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MG TD TF 1500 - How do your car clubs communicate with you?
| How do your car clubs communicate with you? My British car club uses Meetup to schedule events, RSVP, distribute meeting minutes. Each of my other antique car clubs post events on their websites and email minutes. What works best for you and your club? |
| MAndrus |
| I'm a member of two local auto clubs and both use Google Groups for communication. Works quite well. |
| John Quilter (TD8986) |
| Facebook "Whitworth Nuts" |
| efh Haskell |
| Web site, printed and/or emailed newsletter, annual planning meeting, weekly lunch, and events 2 - 3 times a month during the driving season: Minnesota MG T Register www.mnmgtr.org |
| Lew Palmer |
| This is a timely question. We will have a "Summit Breakfast" at GOF-South in March to discuss ways to make our clubs stronger. I feel that good communication is key to keeping organizations active. I hope that the question comes up for discussion at the Summit.
GOF-South Mk LII March 22-25, 2018 Hilton Altamonte Springs FL http://www.gofsouth.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTHxyFV5zxg Our club relies on the monthly emailed newsletter, monthly meetings, and email blasts. Looking for a new webmaster. No ability or download info or to interact on-line. We need to claw our way into the 21st Century. Lonnie |
| LM Cook |
| My club has 2 runs each month - 2nd Wednesday (mid week) and last Sunday in month (LSIM). All events are advertised with starting venue, time, morning tea and lunch requirements (ie. buy or BYO) in bimonthly Magazine and on website. An email is sent out to all members a week prior reminding them of the event. New website went live in January. Stuart Club webmaster and Membership Secretary http://www.goldcoastmgcarclub.com.au/ |
| Stuart Duncan |
| Our schedule of events is on our web site, with upcoming events in the newsletter and also group email reminders as they approach. Minutes are posted in the newsletter. |
| Steve Simmons |
| Our club has printed or online newsletter monthly plus a website and facebook and monthly meetings Never see the minutes of meetings |
| William Revit |
| I belong to two 'clubs'.: NEMGTR sends a bi-monthly publication, the TSO. SEMGTR is no longer a T-Register. It has now become a social club open to all car owners. I think that there's a monthly email about the next social gathering. Do I sound perturbed -- you bet. Bud |
| Bud Krueger |
| Social media (i.e. Facebook groups) is the only way to communicate these days. Sad, but true Lonnie! No webmaster required and unlimited user content/comment. Ed |
| efh Haskell |
| Bit of a long response ...
It's a good question. The UK T Register used to have a printed and emailed pdf newsletter 4 times a year but less and less people requested the printed version and the downloads of the pdf file dropped below 150 and kept falling. We now have a formatted monthly marketing-style email newsletter with lots of links which goes to c.1000 members (including officers of overseas MGCC affiliated clubs, so if you're one of these and don't receive it, get back to me) and it gets opened by about 70% of recipients, which in marketing terms is pretty good. It also reports back on which links were clicked most and where and when recipients opened it. The drawbacks are the time and commitment to keep the newsletter interesting and relevant, and the fact that we don't have the email address of every T Register member - we reckon we have about half of them. And of course the time taken to maintain and update the email list which means lots of communication with recipients and finding out why you get email bounces and undeliverables. I described the system to another section of the MGCC and they came with 'we've tried that and we didn't get any more members on events'. Well, it's an interesting question of what a club is for, and if members don't go on events, maybe they deserve some other service for their money ... We also have a Facebook Page which is an open Page and not an open or closed Group. That too demands a lot of input and it's a bit like the old newspaper adage - you're only as good as your last post. And the input is not just in posts to the page, but in Liking other pages, posting on others Pages, and all the other social media demands Facebook places upon you. And working out the hits is confusing as well; you can 'Reach' 1000 people and yet 500 have viewed the post. Go figure. The reach we get varies enormously from posts to post from 200 or so to over 2,500 for one of our posts. Video always seems to work better than photos. And then there's the question of to whom the page is aimed at, and in our case it's not just club members, but actually caters for a worldwide interest in our cars which I'm sure varies from the fleeting to the committed. So I guess the first question to ask in all of this is, what's the purpose of the communication? David |
| David Wardell |
| How can car clubs require that members must join Facebook? That's frightening. Bud |
| Bud Krueger |
| Email. Hi Bud, how is the knee? The Florida clubs do most by email. Facebook nothing to be afraid of, ask any teenager how to set up with privacy protections in place. There are a bunch of cool automotive related feeds on there- Leno's Garage, Wheeler Dealers, Grand Tour, Top Gear, many US and UK MG clubs, Moss, etc. Great source of info, and the stories automatically pop up on your page. If you were really worried about privacy, you could register as John Doe or something, etc. George
PS- Sorry to hear about the SEMGTR. If the Florida clubs had not let later cars (As, Bs, etc.) in years ago they too would be dead. |
| George Butz III |
| Bud, Facebook is fine and is FREE! Nothing "frightening" about it. Most of the world uses it! Yes, the whole world! And it's safe. Been using it for years. No problems. David, the purpose of "all this communication" is to justify to ourselves (and our wives) that there is a reason to have our old cars, imo. Ed |
| efh Haskell |
| Our MG Classics of Jacksonville Florida have multiple ways to communicate with our greater than 90 members.
The most important is our monthly dinner meetings, the last Monday of each month with the exception of December, when we have our Holiday party. We also have a monthly newsletter, our website and "reminders" sent via email from time to time. As president, I also write directly to all members via email, as required. We of course as special communications for any car show, GOF, technical sessions, shared activities with other clubs, etc. See: www.mgclassic.org. |
| DLH Hodson |
| MG Octagon Club communicates via its Bulletin (mini magazine really) 10 times per year. It contains news, articles, events, technical issues, Q&A, etc, and a few Ads from MG T type suppliers. In addition there is an office that is manned most days, for technical enquiries, parts, etc., and a website. Dave H |
| Dave Hill |
Dave, SEMGTR had this on its last members email. Is this a Facebook group? Bud
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| Bud Krueger |
| How do your car clubs communicate with you? Interesting question...
As a now unfinancial/lapsed member of a car club with an aging membership & well over $350,000 in the bank - the club that is, not me - I joined quite a few years ago with expectations of contributing in the usual way. One of which was via suggestions at the monthly club meetings. The response by the executive to my motion from the floor in relation to spending some of that loot on club premises to rent out space to garage cars, provide a place for members to gather & to foster hands on assistance to members restoring their cars, was - apart from dismissing it out of hand - to cease describing the meetings as meetings & to then call them gatherings. This practice was continued even after it was pointed out that by refusing to conduct meetings they were in breach of their own incorporated constitution, risking huge fines. The practice probably still continues today but I wouildn't know as I haven't been to a meeting er.. gathering for years. With subs then at $80/annum & an executive with a 'good old boys/closed shop/you're either with us or against us mentality', it was easier to just walk away. Call me old fashioned but I think that a club should exist for the benefit of its members with a real focus on the preservation of the cars. The inescapable fact remains that the cars will still be around long after the members & the executive have rusted away. I'm with Bud on the Facebook question. Too much big brother for my liking, especially after seeing Social Network the other day. Interesting that Zukerberg didn't quibble about his portrayal - he comes across as a total ^%$#@ - he just had issues with a couple of plot points. Cheers Peter TD 5801 |
| P Hehir |
| I'm the youngest person in our club of 200, and have been involved with computers since the early 80's. I have no interest in Facebook, and probably 90% of our members don't either. It's a terrible interface, but it does serve the purpose of making it easy for people to post about themselves without having to figure out an actual web site.
What is "safe" is open to interpretation. In fact, Googling "Is Facebook safe?" yields over 25 million results. You are far more exposed to the bad things in the world when you're posting your life story online, whether on Facebook or elsewhere. That doesn't mean something bad will happen, just that it could invite something unexpected. Of course this depends on how you use it. People have ruined their careers, friendships and relationships for posting the wrong thing, thinking only friends would see it, assuming everyone would like it, or that it was completely harmless. So think before you click, especially when it comes to your kids. Always assume that the worst person in the world is following everything you post. |
| Steve Simmons |
| Just to be clear, the T Register doesn't require its members to be Facebook members to see information. We of course have a conventional website which duplicates most things and that still remains the best place to view static information. Facebook is more like a rolling news system and in fact you can see most information on it without even logging in.
We don't have one, but I suspect if you have a closed group on there you would have to join Facebook. Having said all that, Facebook is a very useful place to post photographs and videos and they get seen by an awful lot more people that an on our website. David |
| David Wardell |
| "...Call me old fashioned but I think that a club should exist for the benefit of its members with a real focus on the preservation of the cars. The inescapable fact remains that the cars will still be around long after the members & the executive have rusted away..." I can't argues with that. The club I'm most active with was created solely because of the cars, and exists to serve its members and support their efforts to preserve and promote the hobby. http://www.tcmotoringguild.org/ |
| Steve Simmons |
| Bud. I’ve never used Facebook either so can’t say. Dave H |
| Dave Hill |
| Facebook is a very useful tool, I originally joined so I could see the pictures of my grandchildren, then to hook up with my old friends from my days in the military. The only problem with that is they are so damned old now!
Now I am able to get political news and points of view from every lunatic out there, just before they get "unfriended". I belong to at least 4 MG related Facebook groups, all are apolitical. All are sources of good information, but of course none match this group. My 1c worth, my wife gives the other 1c worth! |
| P G Gilvarry |
| My club, Foothills British Car Club, relies on announcements at the monthly meetings, an excellent monthly newsletter of Club activities (more what has happened that what's coming up) and Google Groups email. We have at least one driving event (mostly up into the Blue Ridge) per month and we have events at our Club Garage. These are announced and coordinated via Google Groups. We have a web page but I'm not really sure why. Email via Google Groups works very well and I don't get a lot of unwanted junk mail. I am, and most of our members are, old fogies and I know we want to attract younger folk but I don't think that means we always have to adopt the latest social media fad. I inadvertently created a Facebook page for me that I've never visited. Nonetheless, I get several text messages a day saying someone wants to "friend" me (fortunately, these are easily deleted). If you want to friend me, give me a call, come to a Club meeting, drive over and put your car on my lift or just come over with some cold beer.
Jud |
| J. K. Chapin |
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