What happened to WCLC?
It died.
Pretty much died a natural death a few years ago. The last official meeting was the Haloween party at the VP and Treasurer's house in 2000 or 2001. A year or so later I hear that Jim Wilkerson, the last Prez was officially disbanding the club. In a fit of idealism, I took over the keeping of the stuff and worked a little at getting the club going again. About that time, TLCA was purging clubs that were unrepresented so they could actually get a quorum and get some things done. We got purged.
I still got the stuff and I get asked from time to time about starting it back up, but here's my current position:
The internet is better.
We can get together and talk about cruisers every night if we want, without leaving the house. Trail rides and tech days are easier to set up without club meetings. The politics is non-existant. Nobody is doing all the work. The diversity of Chicagoland rigs is not a problem. Many of us dd nice trucks and many of us wheel beaters. The old club had some problems coordinating events to appeal to both groups. IH8MUD, LCML, COOL80s, and other forums don't have those problems to the same extent. i also have no idea of where to start with all of the proper way of doing things with a club. I really have no interest in elections and Robert's rules of order and all that stuff. Informal works well for me.
If you would like to start up the club as a chapter of the TLCA, great! I have the stuff. You can be the keeper, or start anew. That, in fact, may be a lot easier. What I don't have, and what would be nice if you restarted the group from it's old charter, is the URL. It's a good 'un. I'm sure Jim would want a solid group going before giving it up. Windycity.org. edit - it's been bought by someone else, but is available for sale.
Unless there are objections from someone who would like to do all the proper things to restart the club, I would think as keeper of the stuff I could say we, as Windy City Land Cruiser owners and members of this forum, could use the logo and name of one of the largest groups at one time in the nation. We are carrying on the charter of the club by getting cruiser owners together and sharing information and experiences.
The only charter member I know that would care one way or the other would be Ige. With her blessing, we'll carry on.
It died.
Pretty much died a natural death a few years ago. The last official meeting was the Haloween party at the VP and Treasurer's house in 2000 or 2001. A year or so later I hear that Jim Wilkerson, the last Prez was officially disbanding the club. In a fit of idealism, I took over the keeping of the stuff and worked a little at getting the club going again. About that time, TLCA was purging clubs that were unrepresented so they could actually get a quorum and get some things done. We got purged.
I still got the stuff and I get asked from time to time about starting it back up, but here's my current position:
The internet is better.
We can get together and talk about cruisers every night if we want, without leaving the house. Trail rides and tech days are easier to set up without club meetings. The politics is non-existant. Nobody is doing all the work. The diversity of Chicagoland rigs is not a problem. Many of us dd nice trucks and many of us wheel beaters. The old club had some problems coordinating events to appeal to both groups. IH8MUD, LCML, COOL80s, and other forums don't have those problems to the same extent. i also have no idea of where to start with all of the proper way of doing things with a club. I really have no interest in elections and Robert's rules of order and all that stuff. Informal works well for me.
If you would like to start up the club as a chapter of the TLCA, great! I have the stuff. You can be the keeper, or start anew. That, in fact, may be a lot easier. What I don't have, and what would be nice if you restarted the group from it's old charter, is the URL. It's a good 'un. I'm sure Jim would want a solid group going before giving it up. Windycity.org. edit - it's been bought by someone else, but is available for sale.
Unless there are objections from someone who would like to do all the proper things to restart the club, I would think as keeper of the stuff I could say we, as Windy City Land Cruiser owners and members of this forum, could use the logo and name of one of the largest groups at one time in the nation. We are carrying on the charter of the club by getting cruiser owners together and sharing information and experiences.
The only charter member I know that would care one way or the other would be Ige. With her blessing, we'll carry on.
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