Renamed: Thanks for a good meeting

2pm Sunday 21 January 2007. Hodson Bay Hotel Athlone. Everybody welcome

Hi All

Thanks to all who came to the Track day as either Drivers, Passengers and most important Helpers.

The meeting will be held as a BMW Car Club (Irish Section) event. In light of recent happenings, lapsed members, future members, forum members are welcome.

The purpose of the meeting would be

• Discuss the role of the BMW Car Club in Ireland
• Discuss the role of the Bavarian Board forum
• Plan BMW car related events for 2007
• General discussion on what a "car club" is for
  • What inputs are expected from members
    • Financial
    • Time
  • What benefits are expected by members
    • Event Insurance
    • Magazine
    • Anything else?
  • What stucture should an Irish organisation have

I hope to begin a healthy debate on the future of BMW car related activities in Ireland, starting here on the forum and concluding with the meeting.

I think that a meeting would be a good idea, especially being open to all.

Not to shoot down your above points, but:

Is the insurance aspect relevant to Irish members?

What BMW AG approved organisations does it give access to here?

Again we need to look at promotion, how many new people have joined the forum/club and why, and how many people have laft the forum/club and why.

I thought that you meant negotiating a discount with insurance companies!!!  Thanks for clearing that up.

Also, in GB they get a discount in the dealerships, which doesn't apply here.  Why not?

Also, before anyone else gets dug in about it, there's the constant bickering about magazine articles being irrelevant to the Irish region, and the delay in submitted articles being published.

Thanks Eamo

I also know of the couple of things in the background which is one of the reasons I have suggested January for the meeting to give a chance for things to resolve themselves.

Maybe Killian, Brendan and yourself could give a joint statement to this debate.

Fey! good point on the Dealer discounts.

From what I can make all regions and registeres have the same delay on Magazine articles. Sometimes we ourselves are at fault. But there is a big delay on articles being published an article in by the end of October closing date will not be published until December. If someone knows otherwise let this thread know.

Two points about Mondello and the track days.

When Mondello organize their own track days (next one on the October Bank Holiday) where does the insurance come from? How many people would have to do it to cover ALL the costs?

And, would an Irish BMW club be willing to share with another club for track days? Porsche club maybe? (I know they would also have to willing to share but it could be mutually beneficial).

Also, as a new member to both the forum and Car Club I would be very willing to attend the meeting, discuss things, and help in any way I can.

From e-mails and PMs I have been getting Hodson Bay Athlone looks like the popular choice for the meeting on Sunday 21st of January 2007.

Edit 2pm is the time I am proposing