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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Juan Powerblow" data-source="post: 259899" data-attributes="member: 20">Guys, just lemme share some thoughts and hopefully, get some consensus so that some of these recurring thorny issues can be put to rest once and for all.  Firstly, the Club must have an elected and functional Committee which must be guided by clear principles that are made known to all. Since this is a BMW car club, the overall guiding principle must be to propagate and enhance the ownership experience of owning a BMW.  It must be accepted though that a pro bono committee will have its limitations and shortcomings. This is a fact of life. So, what can be done? The best solution I can think of is to "encourage" members / forumers to "share" the load i.e. to organise events, contribute technical articles or findings etc. For this to happen, the forum is the best medium and I must urge the committee to never again bring up the issue of members / forumers using the forum to organise events. This is a real bone of contention with members / forumers who might well share common goals with the committee in trying to make the Club better. I can't understand why there should be any restriction (including raising the issue of cost which seems really petty to me!). If the committee insist they be notified first, so be it, it's just a small formality. However, if it is a beneficial event, the committee must provide its approval expediently and allow the event to take its natural course i.e. no need to intervene if intervention or assistance has not been requested. On the issue of membership, the committee and organisers have every right to accord privileges to official members. This is only right and hopefully, this provides incentive for forumers to join. However, forumers too are BMW enthusiasts, the feedstock for future membership and though they should be encouraged to join, they shouldn't be marginalised, including from organising events for all other forumers or a segment of it.  Let's have a reality check here ok! There are not many official events and un-official events can do well to supplement this deficiency! If members or even regular forumers want to orgynise un-official events, why stop it or restrict the use of the forum? If the use of the forum is allowed, why introduce the element of cost? Yet again, I do appreciate the fact that those events orgynise by the committee so far like Annual Dinner and the factory visit are events that would be monumental for an individual member or forumer to undertake and for that the committee deserves some credit without question! Keep up the good work before your retirement!</blockquote>

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