National Weekend and AGM

[chugga boom]

the bear is hillarious  great set of photo's

[thecolonel]

I believe it registered under the name Pinnin,
obviously a pseudonym, the bear faced cheek of it,
was also seen occupying my space at the bar, bearly legal I should think.

[Autonut]

I Did ask Connie to keep her pet under control....but hey ho!

[Peter W]

June & I add our thanks for a most enjoyable weekend so ably arranged by hardworking organisers & committee.  We both felt that the new program made things much more relaxing particularly on Sunday morning.

Peter

[Peter Gerrish]

Must agree, new Saturday AGM format worked well and we had a good number of members attending! Fine entry for the concours with a few different names among the winners and a generally very high standard of all models.  Good to see Hugh Ross (well into his eighties) and his unique Lambda saloon.  Hotel excellent, location good, well done Andy and all your team.  Peter Gerrish.

[Dodgems]

I have to agree with all the other posts, the AGM went superbly well.
Many thanks to all the organisers for your obvious hard work for making the event run so smoothly,
and thank you to everyone who made Steve and I feel so welcome as it was our first AGM.

Could I just remind everyone of the Beta Meet event this weekend. Meeting at Bowood House (SN11 0LZ) at 10am
Saturday 6th August and then a Treasure Hunt (Short Distance around Silbury Hill), and a BBQ after at Andy's. All details were posted by Tony
in June under Events 2011. (Beta Meet). Any interest please feel free to contact me on elmtreehomes@hotmail.co.uk

[Mark Owen]

Hi all

National was v enjoyable.  I attach some piccies I took

[HF_Dave]

Great pics Tony, I think Harvey should have got an award for growing the beard, and an extra special award for wearing that shirt !

[TonyLanciaBeta]

Thanks it was good to meet you Dave, your right Harvey was brilliant as were the rest of you that dressed up, I was beging to feel like the odd one out.

Great evening

[neil-yaj396]

Just returned myself as we followed up the National Weekend with a weeks camping in Wiltshire with the Beta. Ran perfectly for over 700 miles in the week except a strange hiccup in the carpark of the wildfowl centre on the Saturday run, whereby the (mechanical) fuel pump seemed to fail for several minutes. It was roaring hot so I assume it was some sort of vapour lock in the line.

I thought hard about staying on for the Betameet, we passed Bowood several times, but it would be starting to be a bit of a busman's holiday even for me (not to mention the kids). Hope the superb weather continues for tommorrow.

Well done to the National Weekend team for such a great start to the holiday!

[ColinMarr]

Before everyone forgets about the weekend and the AGM, let me repeat the message I put in the members only section, which seems to have fallen on deaf ears.

My post was:

I am sorry I didn’t manage to get there. I had decided to leave very early and take part on Saturday, but at the last minute events intervened….

It sounds like the national rally and all the social bits were good fun and much appreciated. The after-dinner speaker must have been great – any chance of sharing some of this on the forum?

Any news of the AGM itself? How are membership numbers holding up? What is the current position with the book?

Well done the organisers, sorry I missed it,

Colin

[sparehead3]

Hi Colin,
Some 'best guess' answers but not official in any way:
- I don't think we can publish any of the material from the after dinner speaker (if that is what you meant) - but he was great.
- No news of membership numbers at the meeting
- Book was reported as basically done - but needs final proof reading and that sort of thing
Steve

[ColinMarr]

Thanks Steve. Any news on a new Register of Members and their Cars, printed or otherwise?

Colin

[fensaddler]

Thanks Steve. Any news on a new Register of Members and their Cars, printed or otherwise?

Colin

There was discussion.  Its on its way, and it will be printed.  Doing such things is considerably more problematic than it was 10-12 years ago, though, and there was a sense in the meeting that over time, and possibly in realtively short order, technology may render printed lists both unecessary and a waste of the club's limited resources.  Having said that, there is still concern that moving to electronic distribution, on CD or online, may tend to disenfranchise some members.

[sparehead3]

There is a new 'Library' tab on the Online Database that links through to an Online Library of stuff uploaded by Chris H and generated by from the Online Database. This includes lists of members and cars where members have chosen to put in those details. Pretty easy to use and I'll do a forthcoming article in VL! soon.