baser999

Great article on Kent Scoobies going to France : :

[font="Comic Sans MS"] Stop it...........I'm getting embarrassed Big thank you to those guys and gals that submitted photos.

[font="Comic Sans MS"]You've made two points which need to be addressed. Firstly, at this stage no one has asked for names to be put forward as new R/O. Someone suggested that perhaps Granby should take on the role but no one, and quite rightly so, has asked for this to be seconded and furthermore he himself has not made any comment as to that proposal. In fact it was he who asked for Peles views on what had been going on. How matters proceed will surely be down to next Sundays meeting. Secondly, I cannot see that anyone has 'lambasted' Pele. Dalthegooners initial thread simply asked whether now was perhaps the time to consider appointing a new R/O. He clearly felt, perhaps as other members of Kent Scoobies do, that a change at the top might help to drive the Club along. I cannot see any evidence of there being anything ".....insulting and damn rude....from those that contribute nothing to SIDC and/or KS......." Think carefully before pointing the finger again as you may find that some of these people have perhaps been more involved with SIDC and KS than you have over the last year or so.

Same here.....possibly

In case it's going to affect anyone here, the tunnel will be closed in both directions from 23:00 Saturday 13 to 05:00 Sunday 14 October. There are diversions in place but the clockwise route is 27 MILES long and the anti-clockwise a mere 18 MILES . You have been warned.

Hardly ever drives home either.....gather that Rachel picks him up

Still interested

Sorry to hear this Ian but I have to ask what gear were you in........not those fishnets and high heels? Now that would have been worthy of a caption competition

Badboy - you could always organise a trip to France lol . Hows things with you and Ann?

As I've said on another thread, I believe that given every ones present work and other social commitments the everyday management of Kent Scoobies is beyond one person. I feel that now is the time to either 'reappoint' Pele or decide on a new RO and at the same time put together a team of perhaps 4 others who would be happy to arrange meets and events (whether they be our own, or participation in national ones) and take on other general issues - sorting out the t-shirts would have been a case in point had someone not stepped in to deal with this. These members need not have specific job titles or roles but simply form the base around which the Club would be able to function far more pro-actively than it does now. On many occasions someone's picked up a thread posted somewhere and added the note "....anyone fancy this?" and a handful might add their names and attend. What we should be saying is "....look this is happening, lets get ourselves along there and make a show of it, banners etc". With the exception of the Bromley Pageant and last weekends Kent Mod Show I don't believe we can say we've made any real efforts to do this? Perhaps as a specific part of the agenda we should discuss the future structure of the Club management unless the majority are happy to keep things as they are and leave everything in the hands of the RO,whoever that might be. If the Club is to go forward with a 'team' in place then interested members should make themselves known.

Sorry that you feel we're a miserable narrow-minded lot Ian, but Kent Scoobies IS a Club - you don't need a chairman, treasurer etc etc to make it 'work'; you don't even really need funding if people are happy to put their hand in their pocket. What is needed, before it falls down altogether under the weight of the ongoing arguments, is some sense of unity from its members and a sense of purpose as to where its members want the Club to go. To achieve this I personally believe we probably need a small 'team' (headed by a Regional Organiser who could oversee issues and liaise at national level) who are willing to take on the everyday running of the Club and Dalthegooner in his initial thread, and I believe quite justifiably so, brought this matter to the fore by asking whether it was time for the present RO to perhaps be replaced. Its all got a bit niggly since then, with people falling into pro- and anti- camps. I've only been with Kent Scoobies for just over two years now and the Club has grown considerably since then, however, there's been no obvious sign of any form of management team being set up to cope with it. Given everyones 'outside activities' we all surely have to accept that we need more than one person to drive this along. I believe that as a matter of priority we need to sort out the position of RO - is there anyone willing to take this on - could we have two people sharing the role? If Phils attending the meeting it would be useful to know the true implications of this role. We then need a team willing to organise events, local and national and a couple of others to 'share the load' handling anything else that needs doing /font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"]Think I read somewhere that they were planning something else this year - believe the organisers / Police etc were concerned at the numbers that were turning up in Norwich - all well behaved, just toooo many

If you're going to hell, thats one less t-shirt to worry about

The whole issue of club t-shirts now is becoming a farce.........perhaps we should have "Kent Scoobies - Comedy Club" on them

bttt for the weekend

"].......but it's only 400 miles........[/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"].......but had anyone given any thought to attending the Colin McRae Service of Rememberance? It's on Sunday and in Lanark. Yes I know its about 425 miles away but its not until 4pm.........leave Saturday afternoon, stop overnight ? There's over 85 names down on the Scottish Scoobies site but no real attendance from the south...........

Sans MS"]Neil, he sounds sooooooo grateful that I wonder if you and the missus would like a night out and he would babysit for you. You'll then see how grateful he is

Sadly I can't make the meeting. I assume that if there's anyone else in this situation it'll be ok to have someone act as proxy?

[font="Comic Sans MS"]Hi........as you'll have noticed, there's a lot of mad mad mad mad mad people out there - I paid my shrink £50 yesterday and he confirmed this so the voices in my head must be right. Do we call you TWB or 1975 for short?

Got tickets for TheBoss.....Bruce Springsteen for the 19th

Well lets have someone make a decision about where we can have a meeting and discuss the issues raised by Dalthegooner in his opening post. Someone PLEASE just decide on a venue. a date and time and let everyone make a real effort to get there. PLEASE, let's not have someone come up with "....let's vote on it...." as an opening suggestion! Perhaps the longer standing membrs here should make that decision? An ongoing thread is not going to achieve anything......opinions have been expressed in this thread that some will agree and/or disagree with......these matters need to be addressed as soon as possible before there is any sort of fallout. So, lets sort out a meeting.