October 2, 200718 yr comment_201300 Okay, a suggestion has been put to me by someone not related to RollaClub in anyway, and I want to put it out there: Would any of you be interested in joining a proper, formal club in the NT? Before you answer, please check the following: You would HAVE to attend meetings regularly. There would be monthly meetings and we would require a minimum turnout. So you don't have to attend every meeting, but we'd have to have at least ten people at each meeting. Of course, it would be preferred if everyone tried to come to every meeting. There WOULD be a membership fee - let's say $100 a year for instance. It would probably be less, but I want to know that everyone's serious. It might be as much as $100, but you'd get a club shirt or something included in that price. There would be an annual general meeting, which would require a larger turnout of members. This is a legal requirement of having a proper club, as are the monthly meetings. There would be a budget, financial reports, annual auditing & tax stuff, and much more. More legal requirements. There would be elections for a club executive each year, including President and Treasurer. Again, all legal requirements. These are all the hard work parts. The benefits of having a proper club would be: We could actually have public liability insurance for cruises and stuff. BIG benefit. As a proper club, we could choose to arrange shirts, caps, stickers, etc and have them produced locally. We could appeal to a wider audience than simply Corollas. There is NO reason why you could not all remain members of RollaClub - I know without any doubt that I would remain a member. Local organisation = local interests We could arrange a local forum (like Boost or RollaClub), but probably wouldn't. Always have the option though. More benefits - just can't think of them at the moment. Still interested? There would be a LOT of work involved, but I think it would be worth it. Currently the only clubs we could really join would be the Motor Vehicle Enthusiasts Club (MVEC) or NT Gassers, and I don't know much about NT Gassers, but MVEC is VERY vintage and classic car orientated. The style of club that I'm thinking of is either a Toyota club of some kind, or a Japanese car club. Or possibly a modern car club. I like the idea of the Japanese car club as the Holden & Ford owners already have their own strong clubs. A Toyota club would be nice, but I'm not sure we'd get enough membership to warrant forming one. Please give me some feedback in replies below. The topic is open to discussion/suggestions. If you say you're interested in joining such a club, I'm going to assume that you've read ALL of the above and agree with it and that if I go to the hard yards of forming a club, that you'll definitely be joining. Report
October 3, 200718 yr comment_201323 Sounds like a good idea mate. Have you thought of posting it on boost for more exposure or just fleshing out the possiblities I work for the place where clubs/associations lodge all there forms etc. I could grab some info packs if you would like. As this is a serious proposition it would have to be researched seriously(I am sure you have already don't it Adam). Other things that would need adressing is whether or not there will be A clubhouse Service of alcohol Service of food There are also many others But as you said forming a club that caters for Japanese cars would be great. :) Good idea, thanks for putting it forward :):D:D Report
October 3, 200718 yr comment_201324 great idear i'd be happy to pay 100 bucks a year no worries i like the shirt idear should do sutbbie coolers as well Report
October 3, 200718 yr Author comment_201325 Sounds like a good idea mate. Have you thought of posting it on boost for more exposure or just fleshing out the possiblities Considered it - want feedback off here first. I work for the place where clubs/associations lodge all there forms etc. I could grab some info packs if you would like. Already got them. :) Haven't read through them all yet though. As this is a serious proposition it would have to be researched seriously(I am sure you have already don't it Adam). Other things that would need adressing is whether or not there will be A clubhouse Service of alcohol Service of food There are also many others But as you said forming a club that caters for Japanese cars would be great. :) Good idea, thanks for putting it forward :D:D:D There wouldn't be a clubhouse as such. We'd just arrange a place to have meetings monthly. Motorsport House at Hidden Valley would probably be the location for meetings, but I'd need to check first. And I won't start checking until I get some idea of possible member numbers first. This is just the first step, getting an idea of numbers. great ideari'd be happy to pay 100 bucks a year no worries i like the shirt idear should do sutbbie coolers as well The main thing was whether people would pay as much as $100. What the actual costs are and what that buys would be decided a LOT further down the line. Report
October 3, 200718 yr comment_201349 sounds good adam. if there's enuf interest would be cool to see a club start up for younger car enthusists Report
October 3, 200718 yr Author comment_201376 It'd be good to see younger enthusiasts getting into a club (main reason I'd be starting one), but would also be VERY good to have experienced older persons joining. With age comes experience after all. Report
October 3, 200718 yr comment_201384 I would be willing to spend $100 a year. Under $2 a week :) A club wouldnt work with just "younger enthusiasts". But yeah good idea Adam keep it up :) Report
October 3, 200718 yr comment_201437 yeah not so much younger enthusiasts but younger cars as the as most clubswant unmodified and older cars. VCC wouldnt allow my dad into VCC because his XY had large wheels and what not. and nt gassers wouldnt let me mate enter their club with his turbocharged camaro cause its to modified so they reckon Report
October 3, 200718 yr Author comment_201523 VCC? Haven't heard of that one. I know that VCC stands for Vintage Car Club, but that's in reference to club car registration for anyone that's a member of a club and has a car over thirty years old. Another benefit - if we got enough people, we could look at VCC registrations. They're cheaper, but you can't use the car as a daily driver. It's okay for some people, but obviously isn't for everyone. I know I'd get it for the TA22. And there's lots of KE55's and KE70/AE71/AE86's that aren't far off being thirty years old. :no: Report
October 4, 200718 yr comment_201568 yeah but the cars must be original for vcc. Vcc is a load of crap and yeah u can only do 100km a month or some crap Report
October 4, 200718 yr Author comment_201696 Yeah, there is a limit on km's (I think it's a fair bit more than 100km/month though). It's still a good thing to have available. Didn't realise the cars had to be stock though. Report
October 4, 200718 yr comment_201703 It is 100km a week. Yes the cars have to be stock. As so my mother said, she worked at MVR a few years ago for friggen ages. The rules might have changed but I doubt it. Report
October 5, 200718 yr Author comment_201732 100km a week sounds a lot better. But if the car has to be stock then the TA22 won't stand a chance. :no: Report
October 5, 200718 yr comment_201776 club thing is a good idea u recon i can get in as a VCC??? Report
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