balmy wrote:JoshWard wrote:Sent an email on the 2nd and still no reply...
I have emailed a couple of people from the club several times ( even once offering them money :shock: ) and although they have mentioned they have received them ( when met face to face ) have never replied to them like they promised.
Since joining this owners club I have found some people extremly good and helpful while others, shall we say, lacking. Dont get me wrong, I think its a good owners club but compared to other forums/clubs etc I belong to, this one could be so much better.
Well you know what the answer is Balmy?....Get involved!, after years of being involved with the club i have always noticed one thing, when it all comes down to it there are always a fine few who actually get involved with the club and actually volunteer their services, please bear in mind people,...All club staff are UNPAID VOLUNTEERS who give up some of their spare time to do their bit for the Marina Owners amongst you, none of us are perfect, but we are at least doing something to keep the cars on the road.
Now i`m not having a go at anyone personally here BUT, over the years the club has had its problems, as have many other clubs (many of which are no longer around), this is often down to personal differences between members, officials, or money.
The one thing that always shines through is that the members that moan the most are the ones that put in the least effort themselves, to do something for the club, i have sat through many AGM`s listening to all these people coming up with all these ideas but when it comes to volunteers to actually do something about them, they suddenly go all coy and hope some other mug will take up the challenge for them!.
Just to give you a little insight into the life of being a "club official" i will give you a quick example of the sort of things we do on a daily basis...1, answer phone calls at all hours of the day from every Tom, Dick or Harry who has an old Marina they want to get rid of, or technical queries, or someone who desperately needs a spare part, none of which i personally mind but the Wife does get a bit fed up sometimes :roll:
, 2, check your emails to find some nutter has sent you an email telling you what he thinks of you and your car for daring to speak out against Clarkson etc!, you would be surprised at the lengths some of those sad ba**ards will go to in order to make their point :roll: ..3, organise social events for club members to attend in the summer (at your own expense), i have personally organised a social event on the Island every year for the past 25 years or so and i always end up out of pocket...BUT I DON`T MIND BECAUSE I ENJOY IT!, And that is the point i`m trying to make here, the club officials we have at the moment are good people, they try very hard to keep you all happy and don`t expect medals for doing so, but i think a little more consideration for their personal lives wouldn`t go amiss.
If anyone has a problem in the future, contact the relevant club official first and if you do not get a satisfactory answer, get in touch with me and i will try and sort it for you, this forum is not really the place to discuss personal problems with any club business, the club has its own site for contact of that sort, and of course there is always the AGM!
