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   Kevin

I appreciate your comments but the forum should not be a place for complaining about what people do  or do not do, but a constructive media for moving things forward

My only comment in all this is that for the best part of 14 years running the region we put on up to 12 events per year and met monthly in Bury St Edmunds and later near Diss at the Oaksmere/Corwallis Arms on the first or third week of each month. In addition we held annual AGM's so that new members could met us and let have their ideas for the regional events

I regret that no one bar the usual 12 or so stalwarts who support our events ever turned up to these pub meets  whch encompassed both the opportunity to  have a chat and a meal/drink with fellow enthusiasts and also plan events and determine the region's direction

Since the people that supported our events over the years wanted days out, touring weekends, social meetings over lunch and visits to interesting places (eg stately homes)    we responded to these people and ran these events very successfully.

We sent out quarterly newsletters to over 300 members complete with full costings and booking forms, maps accommodation etc to make it as easy for people to respond and book for events.  Unfortunately 90% of the regional members just seem to want a magazine!

The trouble is with Pub meets  people look out the window and if its wet, dark or the wind is blowing in the wrong direction, think. Oh! I can't be bothered and the poor bugger who has arranged it travels 60 miles to drink a coke on his own a lot of the time !

If you and James can help rejuvinate the "regular meetings" event and suggest a venue then i am sure that there will be many who will join in. Unfortunately i do not have the time to organise all this any longer

Likewise it is very important that members help contribute to the magazine with ANY  form of story photo or snippet about their interests. Otherwise all I can do is to write up my own events and place articles in which I think people may be interested in. (ie the people who went to them)  As, in the past 10 years, I have NEVER received a single bit of information to go into the Club magazine from anyone not either at an event or on the committee , you will appreciate why things may appear slightly one sided from newcomers point of view. How can we write about something we have no knowledge of ?

The region has often been accused of been "cliquey"  and snobbish and not welcoming to new members .However it is up to new members to make themselves known to us. We all have telephones and some of us have e-mail addresses which are in the mag.  We really are keen to meet new members but we are unfortunately not clairvoyant or telepathic! so if they don't tell us what they want we can't accommodate their requirements.

EAR regularly still runs the best Better Driving day in the UK and ran almost monthly events for the past 5 years so it is a bit galling to keep hearing the complain about nothing ever happens in East Anglia.... It did!  you just weren't there or didn't want to do what we did! Or maybe you weren't a member then ?

Just so you know East Anglia were one of the first Regions to be "active" 

 Started Better Driving days long before the national new what they were and held Night Navigation Scatter rally's  and all sorts of groovy events..... We even managed to get 50 + cars at a concours.... are well times evidently move on.

I for one will be happy to offer any support to any member who takes the iniative to DO something other than just moan about what isn't being done  so      "go to it my son"....... may the force of EAR be with you!

PS  mines also the 160mph 'shopping trolley" you may see flashing past your M3 occasionally!  The only proper  grand tourer BMW made!

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