Peter Connan wrote:Sorry for what follows:
A club is what you make it. There is no point 600 people pitching up and having opinions, and then at the end it's the same six guys doing all the work, because then nothing's going to change.
If you want to have a say in what the club does, join it, partake in the activities, find places to help. If you show willing, you will soon be elected and have the opportunity to start constructively shaping the club's activities and future.
The only way the club can grow is if the committee who has to do all the work can grow. Not only in numbers, but also in interests and outlook (no offence meant to any of the current members). There just isn't enough manpower and circulation of fresh ideas if year after year the same few guys make up the committee.
And because i am at this stage in a position where i can't justify the type.of commitment needed, i will not be there, because i feel it is unreasonable for me to go there, demand or ask for changes and then not beeing prepared to put in the effort to make those changes happen.
Peter, you are spot on, however... the club still needs YOU !! I have only done 2 events this year and I think 3 last year due to time commitments and also financial restraints after building work at my place..... but like I said before I have a soft spot for the club and want to have a little "klap" with Nissan SA by means of the Nissan Club, and I believe that YOUR opinion and everyone who feels like you, need to come through for this meeting. You don"t have to become a committee member, or even join or rejoin the club, but your input and the likes of EVERYONE is most definitively needed. I'm sure that if guys see that the Nissan Club is benefiting the members then to join the club and get VALUE out of the club, then I'm pretty sure the membership growth will climb !!
BTW... Peter, not gunning you ( in case it comes across like that ), and thanks for saying what you did !!
....... so can I put your name on the list?????
Yeah with a lot people it will need to be run properly and in an orderly fashion..... I mean after all, we are upstanding respectable people and I believe that there may be a few issues discussed that may get people excited but I don't believe that anything will go pear shaped, as this is something that can benefit ALL of us
