... how do I get a membership card? do I need to contact some one? and is the magazine purely online now? I have soooooo many hard copies from days gone by.
To be honest I got a quote fro Lancaster Insurance and they where too good to even beat, I'm 25 and wanted the 280zx as my second car kept (I know this hurts but) on the drive infront of the house, (the garage has my bikes in there so no room.) and I was getting rediculous quotes in the 4 figure realm which was annoying and Lancaster offered me a fully comp policy using none of my no claims (based on the Z being a classic) required no millage proof or survey, (even though its a 5k limit) and offered me a FREE valuation at any time during the year that I wanted it but took my word that it was worth est 4.5k Now my regular car and thats there only stipulation, is a Saab 93 costing £1754 a yr fully comp (bloody post code!) the Z was quoted and wait for this £294.31 I bit there arm off at the ankl;e and infact called them to make sure I hadnt made this figure up! but they are fantastic and I note they are not listed in your recomended insurance ppl but give them a try, google Lancaster insurance and try an online quote. But back to my original post how do I get a membership card? do I need to contact some one? and is the magazine purely online now? I have soooooo many hard copies from days gone by.
Cool well I do love the card, from my side the insurance I got was fab so love them until I find some one better. And Jak I love the mag was planning on emailing you later to see if you'd like to run a piece on the restoration of my Z?
The membership secretary has been away for a while.
I'd give Steve a call tomorrow but he'll already know as soon as he sees this post. You'll both be turned red in the next day or so. I'd do it my self if I knew how but I don't. Steve can and so will. I apologise profusely on behalf of the committee and hopefully a better solution to this will present itself sooner rather than later. I myself am having having quite a few problems lately with bits n bobs but I hope to remedy these again, sooner rather than later!
Oh, and a Happy & Prosperous new year to all of you's!
Well Im not having a go at you Jak over the fact that the membership
secretary is not around but your post just highlights the basic problem.
If you click and join to become a new member which is the easy way to do it there is NOTHING to tell any new or prospective new member that they wont be attended to for God knows how long.
Its just not good enough.
I have watched this club decline from a membership base in excess of 800 to a figure less than half that in recent years. Treating new members in this way (and existing ones too ) will only lead to a further decline in interest in the club and even fewer members.
Now I got slated a while back for levelling criticism at the membership system(or lack of it )before. subsequent events did however show that my criticism was well placed.
and once again Im not having a personal go at the current membership secretary.
However if ANY of the committee are unable to fulfil their purported roll for whever reason it is only common courtesy for the Club aka the committee to inform the members/potential members . In a similar way to businesses/Ebay retailers etc who post up their "Holiday Closing " hours .
A simple Pop-up message in the Joining sequence stating ...
" Due to unforseen circumstances there will be a delay in acknowledging your membership/sending out documents"
would have prevented this entire thread
And Let me just answer the inevitable "If you think you can do better why dont you volounteer " reply before it appears.
I dont think I can do better or else I would have done so 15 years ago.
Well Im not having a go at you Jak over the fact that the membership
secretary is not around but your post just highlights the basic problem.
If you click and join to become a new member which is the easy way to do it there is NOTHING to tell any new or prospective new member that they wont be attended to for God knows how long.
Its just not good enough.
I have watched this club decline from a membership base in excess of 800 to a figure less than half that in recent years. Treating new members in this way (and existing ones too ) will only lead to a further decline in interest in the club and even fewer members.
Now I got slated a while back for levelling criticism at the membership system(or lack of it )before. subsequent events did however show that my criticism was well placed.
and once again Im not having a personal go at the current membership secretary.
However if ANY of the committee are unable to fulfil their purported roll for whever reason it is only common courtesy for the Club aka the committee to inform the members/potential members . In a similar way to businesses/Ebay retailers etc who post up their "Holiday Closing " hours .
A simple Pop-up message in the Joining sequence stating ...
" Due to unforseen circumstances there will be a delay in acknowledging your membership/sending out documents"
would have prevented this entire thread
And Let me just answer the inevitable "If you think you can do better why dont you volounteer " reply before it appears.
I dont think I can do better or else I would have done so 15 years ago.
Err no. I dont. A quick "sticky" in the "News" section would doWhilst I appreciate your dismay at the current situation, being a CAR CLUB do you honestly expect the admin to reprogramme the entire site to let members/prospective new members know
that their payment processing may take one or two days extra?
thats more than a couple of days.I still haven't got my membeship card yet from November!
I accept that entirely and nothing in my original thread was critical of the running of the site.I may speak for myself here but as site admin we do our damndest to satisfy EVERYONE, from Jak on the media side providing calendars at the drop of the hat, Steve keeping an eye on things and looking after Nidges job when he can't get to the computer, to myself doing everything I can to keep the site running for all out members...
Well the automatic Paypal membership wasnt working and Steve has already acknowledged that fact. It was indeed a negative comment but it was true and I therefore dont see it as below the belt.I saw it as a valid criticism.We put a MASSIVE number of hours into making this site the best we possibly can for you all, so to see negative comments like the above is a bit below the belt!
fortunately I managed to avoid Christmas day Rota. I was however on duty till 5.30PM Christmas eve. 6.30PM New Years eve. I will aslo be working all day Jan 2nd and half a day Sat 3rd. Not too bad given that Im only supposed to be a part timer now.I'm sure you were working christmas day as well?!?!?!
I dont intend to break the habit of a life time.Now PLEASE stop giving the committee a hard time,
the comment didnt originate from me it was a general consensus of several blokesPS I'll pretend I didn't see the comment about Saz....
Just a thought - who sent out my renewal reminder last week if the Membership Secretary was not around for the last 3-4 weeks?
As pmac said a quick one line thread saying that there was an issue would suffice - I am not asking for details.
We are pushing for online based membership so I wonder if the IT specialists can advise something to remove the paperwork side? .
I too received a full postal reminder last week.
I didn't get a reminder, I just went black.
I didn't get a reminder, I just went black.
Hi Steve, l paid up on the 29th Dec,