shiralee Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 Dont really know what to say except my Goodbyes Been a member now for 5 or 6 years and seen some changes but nothing like what I experienced tonight!! After finishing work at 9.30pm, I attend the KS meet and well lets just say, I felt a stranger amongst those I considered friends So like Pele I have decided that with the few members that seem hell bent on being in control of something they breezed into a few years ago!! So your welcome to each other...slowly you are getting rid of the divide...BY MAKING GOOD PEOPLE LEAVE...Pele, Yogi Markie to name but a few... Although all but 2 members have made me feel welcome I have made this decision as after being given a diagnosis on my eyes that basically gives me only a few years left driving!! I have no intention of arguing through it or feeling like an outsider!! I am not letting anyone spoil my final memories and plan to take up the invitation to join ESC There are other plans on the cards that you'll all become aware of in time... I have many fond memories with most of the members here and wish you all the very best.. This club (in my opinion) could have moved on with Pele where she should be..working alongside Granby...both who have the interest of the club at heart!! There will be a free place if anyone wishes to take my place at BHP Love ya and see you around for a wave!!
EN4ever Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 (edited) i never actually got to meet you,you were either crashing and your car was off the road or ive been on lates eg last night,again! but im gonna miss ya.ill wave like crazy if i see you take care and g/l(you could always change your mind and stay } Edited March 21, 2009 by EN4ever
granby Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 I'm really sorry to hear this Shiralee and ashamed that the club has made you feel like this, i would really like you to reconsider this as you are a valuable member of the club, if theres anything i can do to help then please let me know Ian
phil Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 Thats sad news for Kent As Essex is my local Club I look forward to seeing you
badpenny1 Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 Bloody hell you lot must be doing something wrong still to lose yet another loyal member !! Good luck shiralee kents loss is essex gain . All the best mate x ps just something for all the people harping on about change " If it aint broke dont try and fix it "
Scooby Hoo? Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 (edited) As a newer member of the SIDC and Kent Scoobies I do fined myself saddened at the thought of losing Shiralee from our number. She's always managed to bring along her own light hearted air and a touch of glamour. Sometimes Shiralee we would all have a laugh, at your expense, but you never took offense and laughed along. But I for one would like you to reconsider your position and make your views known, to help the club. I know that you have made a lot of friends in Kent and the car show world and will get to see you around. Some of the points you raised need to be addressed, one of them being the issue of people being WELCOMED. This has always be an issue which Pele has always tried to address and she still is. As far as I know she hasn't left Kent Scoobies and has attended most of the meets. I for one would like to see Pele as the official club WELCOMER because she is so Good at it. She should have a bright Orange jacket with "Kent Welcomer" on the back. As for members falling away. The only member, I know to leave, because he was tied of the in house chat, was Marky, who can be seen around at most of the Rally events. The club has had natural loses because people have sold their cars. Yogi can still be seen at meets and always turns up at a TUNNEL RUN. So I think the impression you portrayed is a little misguiding. In fact the BHP show, on the 4th May has 30 people coming from all over and Kent will be flying the Sails and pitching the Gazebo. Kent Scoobies does, like all clubs, have a hard core of members who do things, and these members have a wiliness and wanting to see the club expand and develop. This doesn't mean that every one has to take on a task as many like to just turn up and then go home which is fine. But lets not knock those that are wanting to build a future for the club. So lets all encourage each other and put a little bit in to make Kent Scoobies GREAT. It's always nice to be praised for the good things we do but bad things take time to mend. Just the ramblings of a GRUMPY OLD MAN. who drives a scoobie, some times fast but mostly slow. Edited March 22, 2009 by Scooby Hoo?
phil Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 Use everybody to their strengths Pele was allways fantastic at greeting people and making them feel at their ease Work together guys and you will reap the results
matthew_buckland Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 Sorry your leaving Shiralee, although i can understand how you feel it will be a shame to see you go, take care and hopefully see you around.
20withascooby Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 i also felt the same the other night when i bumped into everybody at strood there was only one person who came over to talk to me
prodrive tony Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Sorry to hear that, I feel Ive spoken to the same few people at meets. C'mon guys and girls, more bonding needed. Eveyone in the VW GTi club were very friendly and approachable. Its not the Pors*he Owners Club you know!!
Garth W Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Im really sorry to see you go hun, i havn't known you very long but in the short time you have been a good laugh and fun person to be around! Kent Scoobies has lost a good member, i hope we dont lose anymore! I hope to see more of you on Japworx! I felt an icy atmosphere at fridays meet too, things need to be done about this before more members get put off from going to meets!
ScoobyShep Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 (edited) Wow, sorry too hear your going only met you a few times as im still quite new here, you always spoke to me along with Pele, and always told me to go home after half an hour of me saying 'Im off now' 'Im off now' lol. Hope to see you about girly take care and good luck in all your future plans. Edited March 24, 2009 by ScoobyShep
shiralee Posted March 27, 2009 Author Posted March 27, 2009 Thanks to everyone for their messages both on the forum and to my phone A great deal of good advice was given and has made me rethink the whole scenario!! I will be joining the ESC as think I will fit in better there and well know a few of them and they're a good laugh...and really into what matters...IMPREZA's ...oh and did I mention a TUNNEL RUN every time I go to see them !!! I will however, I will not let 2 members driven away from people I have become friends with over the past six years...well not totally!! I had committed this show season to KS and the SIDC (seeing as I now actually had a car worthy of it lol). When asked "why let them spoil it?" my reply was simply cos they do..and thats why my support for events with KS will be very limited...will choose them accordingly....the first being BHP (as Ive already paid). Granby, had no reply so assumed ok...and with reference to your sorting out...I considered this sorted that evening...Torque Cars! So no need! Anyway Berol came back 2 days ago...slight issue with her being lets say...not the standard So few more bits to sort when she goes back next week...plus the newly found SLIPPING clutch!! Warren, Steve and everyone at Kai have pulled off the look I wanted her to have and have discussed everything with me at the time...sent photos of each stage of progress and well guys YOU ROCK!!! lol I am sooooooooooooooo happy to have her back and have done about £150 in fuel doing so!!!
mark_sheepwash Posted March 28, 2009 Posted March 28, 2009 good to see you tonight (or was it this morning he he) happy days you've got the car back and you will still be part of KS see u soon x
matthew_buckland Posted March 28, 2009 Posted March 28, 2009 Glad to see her back on the road and well done you for staying despite whats gone on. Good you still around.
Kai Performance Posted March 28, 2009 Posted March 28, 2009 Thanks for the kind words Shiralee....... We always aim to please And glad to see you staying with KS but there gain is our loss Wazza
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