Do we have a club here?

[33Spec2]

i think that starting a club is even more relevant seeing as you are entering western salon later this year

[G0DF4Th3R]

i understand tuning shops etc being sceptical about sponsoring an unregistered club, i mean think about it from their point of view.

but 4000(!) members in SAU! a lot in WA as well, so many ppl have heard of us. we're getting bigger and bigger man. i was at Weststate tyres and some ppl (ok well 2) came up to me and asked whut the club was all about. even my sisters friends have heard of us.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Bam, We still need at least 50 members paying $50 to get going:D

[33Spec2]

ill hand out flyers! and adrian can dress up as a promo girl!

just kidding

youll get 50 ppl no probs seeing as there are hundreds of skyline drivers in perth and im sure we have at least 50 on here already

[GTS-t VSPEC]

We need the money, not just people who like Skylines:D

[APA]

let's wait for tryo's info first, before we dive head first into it

adrian

[G0DF4Th3R]

i agree that we will need to go over the info thoroughly

however, i know this is possible coz the situation then and now is wayy different and we have more people with 'lines now

what paul said is true - we need people who are willing to commit, liking Skylines is not good enuff. plus i think there are lots of clubs popping up everywhere making things harder

[Pva_Glue]

addition of what I said above...

I wanna see at least 50 people waving $100 notes in their hands.

would you?

cheers

Joe

[N I B]

SST would be interested in sponsership and i will ask Per4manz

and Wheelspin, Simon can work on Works.

[RB20LagWagon]

Ok im not much of a club man type, ok i like the odd drag or cruise, and i like the forums as they are now. What will change once the club goes official, positives , negatives. Usually making things official = more politics, more talk then work and more people pissed off. I like the cams affiliation though.

[zanda]

Thanks for volounteering yourself already Steve.

In regards to Rollaboyz, their non-official status has not stopped them attracting sponsorship from companies.

However, they are "organised" in that they arrange meets which provide increased exposure for their sponsors.

*dB drag sound-offs

*rice cook-offs

*and the biannual "that's an outrageous neon" award.

seriously though, their culture is very "club" oriented, rather than simply car-oriented, and I think that that is the way you need to be in order to attract sponsorship, otherwise businesses never get a return on their investment.

This would theoretically produce a marked contrast between the SAUWA that exists now, and the one which would potentially exist as an organised club. Both have their good and bad points.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

SAUNSW have there own club and it hasn't affected the rest of the NSW forum to my knowledge.

[RB20LagWagon]

Affected them has it improved the club?

[G0DF4Th3R]

Thanks Steve for volunteering

[GTS-t VSPEC]

There was no club before, and I believe the members of SAUNSW are happy with the club.

[RB20LagWagon]

Ok let me put it a bit more simply,

As it stands

Skylines Australia Discussion Forums > Skylines Australia > Western Australia >

We already have meets, group buys, get good prices from dealers that post here etc etc, how is paying money into a group going to make this better. I dont think lining the pockets of insurance companies and auditors is worth it just so we can say "oh look we are an offical club"

[ix9]

I'd be all for an official club, like I said before. $50/membership is quite a good deal really, if only for cams affiliation.

But really, all we want is good deals at shops for our products and friendly support. We've already got that.

The minority that would want the cams license for affiliation can join another club that's already set up.

my 2c.

And the stuff about shops not wanting to support an unaffiliated club is bullshit. If a shop umms and ahhhs, piss them off. They're not worth our custom.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

The cams affiliation is one major reason, but it would provide the club with a more visible level of presence when entering competitions, and we could vastly improve the level of orgainisation of events etc.

[zanda]

Although, as has been proven previously, people dont want to much organisation for the events - because it draws too much unwarranted police attention.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

As a club, we'd have our own sealed section of the forum aswell, where only members can access, so we wouldn't have the same problems:D