gus the bus

Welcome onboard Dougie Your local RO (Bad Baz) will keep you well informed on events in your area. Hopefully meet you at an event soon

They did a lot of work on Iain (Blue Dragons) car a few years back so probably now think they are subaru "specialists" They werent cheap is all I'm saying

Jeezo Drina, wonders will never cease Welcome to the dark side

Great stuff Davie, the more the merrier

well done that man

So here is the plan then: Saturday morning:Revolution Saturday afternoon: St James' Park Saturday night: the other Revolution Simples!

Thats exactly where I thought he meant Cathy

Folks, As you know its been difficult over the last 12 months or so to get meetings in the Edinburgh and Lothians attended even by doing joint monthly meets with the guys in Central So, I 'm going to ask what days,time and venues suit the majority? I thought South Queensferry was fairly central(ish) but happy to look at venues across the area if folks want different locations. I'll run with the meeting this Thursday (all Welcome!) but after that its over to you guys to decide if and when you want meetings Plans are afoot for some runs in the summer months but if nobody is interested in the Edinburgh and Lothians area I wont flog a dead horse and will organise with Haud it and daut it (Tam & Brian) to hold everything on the home patch

Understatement

Ah but thats "modded" Peter lol

Neil, Newer Impreza sounds like a plan for the Mrs but would you genuinely see any better fuel consumption with the Clio. They are thirsty buggers

But Rob we all know which is best

I'm glad to see some humour in here at last. Classic.

But please keep it factual everybody. Slagging each other off is achieving absolutely nothing.

Neil, I think you will find that PM's have not been deleted. As has been previously stated by more than one person if the sender doesn't complete them properly then they aren't sent fully. I too had a PM yesterday between myself and another forum user (Frank C) that encountered a similar problem. I simply had to redo it and send again.

Indeed it is, thats why I joined. Well worth the £25 Keep up the great work folks!

Please dont stop them Imy. I personally read your McRae Vision posts and like to hear what events you are at. Jim Clark Rally? anything more before then?

Peter, All that time, effort and hard earned £'s that you have contributed over the years have been greatly appreciated by fellow members and non-members alike and most deffo by the Hospitals and kids that have received gifts through that so, for that we could never thank you enough There are also a lot of people putting in ridiculous amounts of time at the moment (including myself) to get this place back on track for a more stable future. All because they love the place, value what it is, what we do and what it stands for. However, after reading and responding to a number of posts yesterday and dealing with some of the PM's and e-mails I received, I was VERY close to calling it a day and not just on the committee but altogether!!! I really think this thread has run its course and is not helping anyone (member or non-member)

Ok the time of 2 posts then

Och come on "neighbour" it takes less time than typing your last post

£20 a year it is then Unfortunately, the threads that have been deleted cannot be reinstated (I've already asked that question!) I have also been advised that it was also meant to be set at 30days without a response then they would be nuked but unfortunately a mistake was made. It happens! Anyway, I must agree that the foul language is not appropriate on the forum and the Mods in question know better. I think this thread could go on for ever and ever but you know the old saying "you will never please all the people all of the time" at the end of the day we are all trying to do our best for the club and its the small fee that plays a huge part in keeping it afloat Anyway, all comments duly noted and will no doubt be discussed within the committee.

Frank, that is an area that has been discussed and probably will be high on the agenda in the Committee Forum or at our next weekly online meeting. It was muted at £1 per item (I think thats the rate we discussed!?)in a FS/wanted section for people to advertise their wears if they were non members. Would that be of interest do you think?

As posted above Neil, it was through the survey/meeting discussions that this change was requested by the membership, It was also acknowledged that you could easily recoup the £20 membership fee by selling a couple of items

Frank, through the survey and discussions at meets too mate. Two specific areas that were highlighted were the For Sale/Wanted Sections and for events like Modified Live, Motorshow etc... where members felt both non members and members were treated alike. It was felt that "priority" should be given to members for these events and if any space was left that non-members then be given an opportunity to attend. Please remember that this is coming from the membership not the committee being !!!! You could (and probably do) see it as a tad harsh but at the end of the day they are the paying members and through the survey and discussions have requested these added benefits. The committee are continually discussing what benefits members and lifetime members get but to be brutally honest I cant see us adding anything more to the extensive list (most of which you have noted above) until such times as the finances allow. Its a pretty decent list for the £20 I hope you will agree? One of the reasons it was reduced from £35 a year to £20 was to encourage people to join and help keep the place afloat but gaining well over the membership fee in benefits by doing so. Cheers Gus

Well I'd be VERY interested to hear who that Committee Member was, as at NO point in time has such a thing ever been discussed. Anyway, to update you on the club, a few of us joined the committee in late 2010 through an election process and nobody at any point was "ousted" as the people who were supposedly "ousted" are still actually very active Committee Members and are giving a hell of a lot of their time and effort in trying to get this club back on track. Some people did stand down from post or were voted off by others being voted on. A lot of the changes that have happened on here have been as a result of discussions with members and from the limited info received back from the survey in late 2010. A number of members had been complaining (and rightly so) that they were paying for membership and were getting little more that none paying members (whether they were established users or not!) so it was decided to give fee paying members back some of their paid for benefits. Specifically, advertising in the For Sale and Wanted Section was one area that was seen as being a member benefit. To encourage others to join it was also agreed (as is now well known)to reduce the fee to a much more affordable £20 per annum for these benefits........... oh and yes, all the Committee pay their £20 per annum membership fee!!!!! There has been considerable time and effort put in by the committee since late last year to save this club and I can genuinely say that there is light at the end of the tunnel in getting the house in order with all the committee helping to make savings, cutting un-necessary expenditure, obtaining sponsorship for various events and promotional materials and streamlining other areas to bring things back on track. As has been muted elsewhere, the forum sadly doesn't pay for itself so I would therefore encourage everyone to pay the small £20 per annum Fee (under 39p per week)to keep this place going and to gain some benefits for that small fee . After all, we all have one thing in common and thats to keep this place going! Gus