Next
February the whole committee is to resign and unless people, (yes this may even
mean YOU!!), take up the vacant positions the club will cease to function; so
no trials, no camping weekends, no rideouts, no BarBQs, no dinner dances, not
ever again, ever. This will mean the sad demise of a long standing, proud and
growing club! Those of you who know the
rules will know the committee resigns every year and probably some of us may
stand again, but some may not. Whether we do will depend on many things so you
should not assume we all will! One of the things I’s sure we all consider is
how much support we get from club members. The more support the easier things
are for us and I venture to say the more likely we are to stand again for
another year.
On
a completely different subject, I would like to ask for a volunteer to take on
the role of Treasurer for the rest of the year, (or longer if you wish!). Pete
Jenkins has been doing this for two years now but we’d like him to change his
role as we need an Assistant Competition Secretary. We also have a vacancy for
a Social Secretary and for a member
without portfolio if someone would like to give these a go. Please give me a ring to discuss
what you can do to help the club survive before I start chasing you!
Steve
Whitmore
I
shall ignore the Editor’s libelous comment in last months mag referring to my
new Harley touring outfit as being a tractor and trailer. Instead I shall just
mention in passing that £1000 worth of plastic on someone’s tupperware torpedo
recently came to grief, (give thanks the rider is OK), and move right on to
other matters.
The
committee would still like to offer you the chance to lay out a trial if you
would like to do so? If you haven’t done it before then we’ll be quite happy
for you to accompany more experienced layer-outers for a couple of trials so
they can give you some pointers. There is a list of our trials on the back page
and we would welcome volunteer’s assistance. This is your opportunity to give
back a bit to the club.
New
people with new ideas help keeps sections fresh and entertaining. Laying out
will also help you to understand why it is that you lose the odd point here or
there on what looked like an easy section. The art and mastery of the cunning
and devious old bug... blighters who lay out is to take those odd points while
leaving the impression that it should have been easy to clean. So step up the
fresh volunteers, no one need be worried that they’ll be turned away! Give us a
hand, you know it makes sense!
Steve
Whitmore