Guys,
In the thread titled “Next Official Meeting 2/17/07” there have been some issues in regards to making scheduled meetings……..
Here is my .02 as an elected club official.
1 We have established that life and geography get in the way of and club meetings
2 That we are all interested in this club for different reasons, some of those are for fun technical and wheeling.
Here is what I propose:
First: As long as there are no TLCA minimums meeting requirements lets say we officially meet 4 times a year, once per quarter. These 4 official meetings are in by no means mandatory for any club member’s other then elected officials. That way we have less of the decisions making peoples schedules we need to work around to put something together.
Secondly That 2 of the 4 meetings is Family Oriented. I don’t have a count but I think the majority of members have children. The other 2 be technical meetings where we try to accomplish club business and something mechanical. I will address trails rides but that will come later.
Finally that for 2 of the 4 meetings we meet half way somewhere. Ohio has a lot for people to do no matter what time of the year it is. It looks like Marty is willing to travel so that makes things easier. (Marty if I am wrong please speak up) Columbus is about as close to the center of the state as you can get (Centerburg is the geographic center); however I would say that over half of the people that hold interest in the club are from the Cleveland- Akron Area. I think in order to appease everyone will all need to give a little.
Suggested Meetings: Only Elected Officials have mandatory attendance. The rest of the club members are not required to attend it is suggested as not much of a club can exist with out members.
Family oriented: Have enough activities to entertain family members and make it a good environment for everyone. I would suggest to prevent headaches these family meetings should not have alcohol.
Winter: Holiday Party. This could be one of the family oriented meetings I suggest at the very least we come together and Have a pot luck dinner. Possibly have a Gift exchange somewhere in the 15-25 dollar range. At that price there are a lot of good things for camping, wheeling, auto or tools etc. I may have place to do this type of event in Mt. Vernon come December but I am unsure I need to find out more details. We need to do try to do things low cost to the club as we only have about 700 dollars until we can generate new membership funds.
Spring: A technical meeting taking at a member’s home garage shop etc takes place in either Columbus or Cleveland-Akron. At this meeting the Club should be able to cover food such as Sandwiches or burgers. BYOB
Summer: Family Oriented Camp out Canoe Trip at Mohican. This is about ½ between Columbus and Cleveland we could try to have the club absorb some of the cost of this meeting possibly by covering food. I think that it would make for a nice family experience as well as let all of us get together to have fun and do something outdoors. More Details Can is discussed closer to the season.
Fall: A technical meeting taking at a member’s home garage shop etc takes place in either Columbus or Cleveland-Akron. At this meeting the Club should be able to cover food such as Sandwiches or burgers. BYOB (this meeting should be in the opposite location of the spring meeting.)
Trail Rides. I would say that as far as a trail ride goes we say that Sanctioned TLCA events are official trail rides for the club. These events are typically we organized and a lot of fun. Also by attending these rides we can leave it to just a trail ride and not have any club business discussed. I think we can have unofficial club trail rides if any group of members wants to. The only thing I suggest for the unofficial rides is that there is an open invite posted on the forum board and that people take a few pictures of the ride so we might be able to use them for recruitment.
Other Functions. Outside of the 4 club meetings any other functions should just be posted as an open invite to any club members or people on the board they can then make the decision of the would like to attend or not.
Please feel free to make suggestions. This is just an idea of what we can do. I am only trying to overcome the problems of Life and Geography as well as different interests.
- Jason
In the thread titled “Next Official Meeting 2/17/07” there have been some issues in regards to making scheduled meetings……..
Here is my .02 as an elected club official.
1 We have established that life and geography get in the way of and club meetings
2 That we are all interested in this club for different reasons, some of those are for fun technical and wheeling.
Here is what I propose:
First: As long as there are no TLCA minimums meeting requirements lets say we officially meet 4 times a year, once per quarter. These 4 official meetings are in by no means mandatory for any club member’s other then elected officials. That way we have less of the decisions making peoples schedules we need to work around to put something together.
Secondly That 2 of the 4 meetings is Family Oriented. I don’t have a count but I think the majority of members have children. The other 2 be technical meetings where we try to accomplish club business and something mechanical. I will address trails rides but that will come later.
Finally that for 2 of the 4 meetings we meet half way somewhere. Ohio has a lot for people to do no matter what time of the year it is. It looks like Marty is willing to travel so that makes things easier. (Marty if I am wrong please speak up) Columbus is about as close to the center of the state as you can get (Centerburg is the geographic center); however I would say that over half of the people that hold interest in the club are from the Cleveland- Akron Area. I think in order to appease everyone will all need to give a little.
Suggested Meetings: Only Elected Officials have mandatory attendance. The rest of the club members are not required to attend it is suggested as not much of a club can exist with out members.
Family oriented: Have enough activities to entertain family members and make it a good environment for everyone. I would suggest to prevent headaches these family meetings should not have alcohol.
Winter: Holiday Party. This could be one of the family oriented meetings I suggest at the very least we come together and Have a pot luck dinner. Possibly have a Gift exchange somewhere in the 15-25 dollar range. At that price there are a lot of good things for camping, wheeling, auto or tools etc. I may have place to do this type of event in Mt. Vernon come December but I am unsure I need to find out more details. We need to do try to do things low cost to the club as we only have about 700 dollars until we can generate new membership funds.
Spring: A technical meeting taking at a member’s home garage shop etc takes place in either Columbus or Cleveland-Akron. At this meeting the Club should be able to cover food such as Sandwiches or burgers. BYOB
Summer: Family Oriented Camp out Canoe Trip at Mohican. This is about ½ between Columbus and Cleveland we could try to have the club absorb some of the cost of this meeting possibly by covering food. I think that it would make for a nice family experience as well as let all of us get together to have fun and do something outdoors. More Details Can is discussed closer to the season.
Fall: A technical meeting taking at a member’s home garage shop etc takes place in either Columbus or Cleveland-Akron. At this meeting the Club should be able to cover food such as Sandwiches or burgers. BYOB (this meeting should be in the opposite location of the spring meeting.)
Trail Rides. I would say that as far as a trail ride goes we say that Sanctioned TLCA events are official trail rides for the club. These events are typically we organized and a lot of fun. Also by attending these rides we can leave it to just a trail ride and not have any club business discussed. I think we can have unofficial club trail rides if any group of members wants to. The only thing I suggest for the unofficial rides is that there is an open invite posted on the forum board and that people take a few pictures of the ride so we might be able to use them for recruitment.
Other Functions. Outside of the 4 club meetings any other functions should just be posted as an open invite to any club members or people on the board they can then make the decision of the would like to attend or not.
Please feel free to make suggestions. This is just an idea of what we can do. I am only trying to overcome the problems of Life and Geography as well as different interests.
- Jason
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.i spoke wit you a few days ago about joining you local
yes i want to.i also have a family which leaves me out going to far away from the house during the week
going to.jim'c is about 2 hours for me.
there can be one formal meeting out of the way.i can even bring labtop for the minutes if need be. just a random thought
