Your club... what do YOU want?

[R31Heaven]

Oops didnt read properly, should have clicked Full & Social

[funkymonkey]

think combo is a winner and nark think more ppl than we expect would be happy to fork out the extra dosh... besides most of us are techies

[Al]

Combo.

Would also like to be more involved with the running of the club.

Is a CAMS lic. really required?

I have been a member of another club for about 3 years and we do go on "offical" cruizes, DECCA, calder, heathcote, etc. And never bothered with cams.

What are the benifits of CAMS, and what it the total cost to each member per year to hold the lic.?

[inark]

Dont need a licenece Al...

[JAGR33]

I'm in for a full, willing to pay a bit extra.....

[West]

Yeah Nark, anything that i can do to help man, let me know. Don't mind do that training thing either, it's about time to for us to start up a club i really think.

[funkymonkey]

true dat... we got the trophy to show... now we need a club to back it up...

[coco69]

NARK, I WANT CAMS MEMBERSHIP. please...

[NismoR34]

Originally posted by inark

Dont need a licenece Al...

You should double check that nark - I used to have a cams licence and it was required for track days. I may just be able to renew mine unless the rules have changed? I think its a level 2 one

[R31Nismoid]

Full & social for me.

i think some will want the full.. CAMS blah blah

and some just the social side.

I'd want the full, and i'd be prepared to give up my time for CAMS training (even though i miss out on participating sometimes) and i'd be in 100% to volunteer my time to but part of a comittee or whatever, and get tihs great show on the road

Also note, you dont have to have highly modded car to go on a track day, Thats the whole fun. Get your car, the way it is. And give it a belt around the track.

[inark]

Originally posted by nismoR34

You should double check that nark - I used to have a cams licence and it was required for track days. I may just be able to renew mine unless the rules have changed? I think its a level 2 one

well i remember there was a track day held by the Nissan Datsun club which u didnt need it... will look into it tho.

i will organise a meeting soon for the guys that want to help out so that we can get a few things down and get the ball rolling.

u dont have to be apart of the club to help out on the track days either i think so if any friends or family dont mind helping outwould be good.

not too sure how much it will be to hold a track day either i spose we can sort that out later on.

[Snowman]

I'd like the full as Id like to do the CAMS side of things but can definitely see the benifit of having both full and social.

[inark]

thanks for everyones input thus far its been a good guage... keep the ideas and comments coming!

[Wardest]

Just hook me up with a membership card, some stickers, clothing, bandanna, a secret handshake or secret sign and I'll be more than happy. Full and social membership is my vote. I wanna hang with everyone and cruise but I'm not putting my car on a track altho I'd be there to take pic and film it.

[predator]

Its good to see things coming together, and finally the club move forward. Signs have been good lately, and MAS and GOR was a great example of things moving.

I think up to $100 for "full" club membership will be fine for most of us here, considering most of us will spend that in a week or two just on petrol Is fine with me. An optional "social" membership could be useful to get people into the club... i guess it could be seen as a "tier1" membership or something so people can join and be informed of upcoming, and we can get to know people b4 they are allowed into some of the more interesting "tier2" stuff. .. but i kinda see lose the point of a paid "social" club exactly? What would u get putting forward that money ? say fully funded bbq's or something? And would people really be just that interested in just a "lesser" membership if they could not attend the more interesting stuff

I think track days may be a little hard to get organised, just because of the costs involved and enough people willing to put the money down. Apparently you need fire-proof overalls, fire extinguisher, full ADR helmet to get on the track, so you're up for maybe $800 before you even get on the track, and yes, you do need your own CAMS Level2 license, as well as be an member of an affiliated CAMS certified club (this would not necessarily have to be us). After that I believe the costs come down to around $100-$150 per meet depending on the track and numbers involved.

I think the whole thing should be incremental process, the first step i think is setting a price for membership, deciding what you receive with this, and certain rules that need to be adhered to upon being a full member. I think once the interest is guaged, and maybe its decided how much money there is in the bank, then things can move forward into more exciting possibilities such as track days or club days. Even regularly monthly mailouts could be a useful thing, as people often do forget about the site and miss out on certain upcoming events occasionally. It shouldn't be strictly a website based club, maybe thats what i am getting at. Having a certain budget to work with will make this a possibility.

So will be good to see it all coming together, but just not too sure whether I will be living in the state long enough to see it to full fruition

[funkymonkey]

We could just start right now with a social club, with an upgrade option for when we get the affiliation settled etc. (ie pay an extra xx amount of money and you can participate in track events.)

At least then we would have the foundations going.

Its not too hard to organise sponsors for the club, I can already see BMT and Ice involved, get a couple of retailers involved as well, and we have sponsors. After all as a motoring club all we need is a place to service (Ice in the shouth, BMT in the north) and a place to buy mods lol.

So I suggest $20 as a base fee for membership, and with that you'll get stickers, membership card (entitling you to discounts), access to a members only section on the forums and maybe a yearly magazine or sumfin.

Then when and if we get cams you can top up your membership fee to whatever it costs and participate in track events.

The longer we put ths off the more people will want to have this.

[R31Nismoid]

agree with you funkey.

lets get the social thing up, separate forum section for those 'paid-up' members and lets get the show on the road.

Getting into it furher at a later stage can be look at as the official club just growing.

How about we all meet for dinner to discuss?

i missed out last time for... some... reason... /points at ALL those who forgot about me.

It'd be much easier in person than over forums, the interest is undoubtably there.

[predator]

Ok, that seems like the best plan of attack.. at least there is one thing people can join, there is some funds available for a few basics, and we can get formal membership lists and things like that.

Its already seems we know who would be the "regular" members so its just a matter of making it happen. There is no time like the present, so time to stop dragging toes on the whole club issue and get some shit into gear..

Dinner could be a good idea, but i just have bad memories of the MAS one with people standing around, too much noise, people not buying food and the cafe stuff getting shirty, and then people leaving and Ash having to pay the bill. I think it needs to be done somewhere where its nice and quiet - somebody's house could be a good idea?

[R31Nismoid]

That was MAS... a bit different i think.

it was a bit rushed to say the least.

For dinner.... just book out a back corner and go it from there.

Airstream was too loud to begin with.

But then again... if my house was big enough i would have everyone over... but i got a tiny house !

So one or the other. But this must be done in the next two-three weeks. I'd do it... but predominately it's eastern people so out east would be better.

[Jamezilla]

Good idea.

How about Keg in Albert Park? Easy parking - and they have nachos that come in edible bowls!