As I mentioned at last night's meeting we have accepted an invite to hold a meeting at the Brooklands showroom. There are no definite plans yet for the meeting other than having a browse around the cars for sale, chatting to sales staff, looking at Porsche Selection goodies etc. It might be possible for some members cars to be checked over in the workshop subject to how busy they are. They have offered to put on some nibbles, coffee etc as well. We could probably organise a drive to coincide with the meeting either starting or finishing at the dealership. We now just have to tell them what day and date we would prefer.
My personal view is that weekday evenings wouldn't really be suitable as the dealership closes at 7.00 pm and we couldn't reasonably expect them to stay open especially for us given that we can't guarantee numbers or start / finish times. A weekend meet would therefore be preferable and I would favour Sunday over Saturday as the showroom is likely to be less busy and we have a better chance of getting more members to attend. However, this would prevent any inspections of members cars taking place as the rokshop would be closed.
In terms of dates, there has to be enough lead time to advertise the meeting in PP and it should be after the 997 launch so that hopefully there will be some 997s available for us to have a look around. I reckon late October / early November. This would give us and JCT plenty of time to make whatever arrangements are necessary but would not be too close to the Christmas period. It would also allow plenty of time for any orders of Porsche Selection goodies to be placed and delivered before Christmas.
If you have any views on dates, days or what you would like to do there (sensible suggestions, please!) could you let me or Chris Northern know by Friday 20th August. I will then take things forward with JCT.
My personal view is that weekday evenings wouldn't really be suitable as the dealership closes at 7.00 pm and we couldn't reasonably expect them to stay open especially for us given that we can't guarantee numbers or start / finish times. A weekend meet would therefore be preferable and I would favour Sunday over Saturday as the showroom is likely to be less busy and we have a better chance of getting more members to attend. However, this would prevent any inspections of members cars taking place as the rokshop would be closed.
In terms of dates, there has to be enough lead time to advertise the meeting in PP and it should be after the 997 launch so that hopefully there will be some 997s available for us to have a look around. I reckon late October / early November. This would give us and JCT plenty of time to make whatever arrangements are necessary but would not be too close to the Christmas period. It would also allow plenty of time for any orders of Porsche Selection goodies to be placed and delivered before Christmas.
If you have any views on dates, days or what you would like to do there (sensible suggestions, please!) could you let me or Chris Northern know by Friday 20th August. I will then take things forward with JCT.
