Just a precis of my notes,answers in BLOCK CAPS. Please raise anymore queries here and please, please, I'm only the messenger!!!
BTW, the Board were pleased that these subjects were brought up, and thankyou all for it. And PS, I was the only RS to do this......
Rgds Mel
1.Would like to know how the club tools/ info thing is progressing if that's poss? LG
TO BE ADVISED
2.Yes - cheaper track days please! EVIDENCE PLEASE JASON WITH COMPARATIVE COSTS, TIME OF YEAR AND NUMBER OF CARS ON TRACK -ONLY THEN CAN I TACKLE STEVE KEVLIN ON THE SUBJECT
3.Less ruddy politics and in fighting. WHAT CAN I SAY????
4.More pressure on PCGB (thats cars) when things go wrong that shouldn't rather than embedding ourselves deeper up their ar... I BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF RMS, PCCB AND GT3RS WHEEL CORROSION WITH BOTH THE BOARD AND GEOFF TURRELL OF PORSCHE CARS GB. LATTER BASICALLY CONFIRMED THAT THEY MUST PERSUADE PORSCHE AG OF THESE PROBLEMS -HE ADMITS THEY HAVE NOT COVERED THEMSELVES IN GLORY WITH RESPECT TO ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES.
5.Some decent arrangements with tyre/brake companies at rock bottom prices wouldn't go a miss...hell there is only 16,000 of us... JASON WATCH THIS SPACE.
6.Please can the club take the forum and the internet more seriously. It is clear from a lot of comments from "management" that they consider this new fangled Inter world wide net web thing to be a minority interest and of no relevence. THE PLAN IS TO STILL GET AN ONLINE SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING FOR THE WEBSITE AND MEMBERSHIP, WITH SECURE INFORMATION/CAR DETAILS FOR THOSE THAT WISH ETC.
THE FORUM WILL STILL INVOLVE INTERACTIVE REAL TIME INFORMATION.
THE WEBSITE WILL CHANGE!!
PORSCHE AG HAVE DELIVERED NOTHING SPECIFIC FOR THE WEBSITE. THEIR STANDARD FORMAT WEBSITE IS DESIGNED FOR SMALLER CLUBS AND NOT SUITABLE FOR PCGB. THEREFORE PCGB ARE WORKING ON THEIR OWN WEBSITE AND WORKING ON A DATABASE SUPPLIER -I.E. D.I.Y!!......IT'S GOING TO COST, BUT IT WILL BE THE WAY PCGB WANT IT. THE BOARD HAS ALLOCATED 10% OF THE ANNUAL AG CONTRIBUTION TO THE WEBSITE.
7.Please can pressure be put on the board to publish the COC online in the members only section. Contrary to what the board would like us to believe,this is allowed by the COC. The reason I want this is to stop all the speculation and conspiacy theories. It really would make the club a better place.
IT WILL BE PUBLISHED, BUT NOT THE FINANCES.
8.Please can the board be asked to accept some sort of mediation with Jeff Maynard so as to get the 45th Anniversary book published.
SEE ELSEWHERE -I THINK EVENTS HAVE OVERTAKEN THIS QUESTION. A FORTY + FIVE BOOK IS BEING PUBLISHED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT PP COVERING THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF THE CLUB IN PREPARATION FOR THE FIFTIETH....
9.Trackday prices are too high. Paying a premium for PCGB only days is just wrong.
The club should be providing them cheaper than alternatives. SE
SEE ABOVE.
10. I agree with Simon on the point about the forum - for many people the forum is their main (or sometimes only) two-way contact with their club. It needs to be recognised how important and useful this forum is for members. And how valuable it could be for the club in terms of advertising revenue and it's use as a recruitment tool. SEE ABOVE
11. If not parts, tyres etc - would it be possible for the Club to look into negotiating a deal with a fuel company for example? Perhaps create a 'corporate' scheme (PorscheClubGB is a company afterall) with discount negotiated for all members. I guess it would need to be managed through individual accounts where the discount is applied - rather than over the counter. (I don't know the in's and out's of how these fuel discount schemes work.)
There are 16,000 of us - okay, not all UK based or own a Porsche (but WILL own other cars) and that is a huge number of potential loyal customers for one petrol distributor.
Just trying to think of added-value member-benefits which could be considered - things that make PorscheClubGB really attractive to new members, and really valuable for existing members? RC SEE ABOVE
12. Next year is 15 years of the 964RS the greatest ever Porsche we all are agreed, presume we will hae a proper display this year at the National Event"¦"¦ DS SEE OTHER THREAD AND WATCH THIS SPACE!
13. I would be interested to know the long term strategy for the web forum as we have a good base to build on but are starting to lack behind some other forum experiences that I am a member of.
Do PCGB have a development strategy for their web presence? OW SEE ABOVE
14. the clubs internet strategy. TONY SEE ABOVE
BTW, the Board were pleased that these subjects were brought up, and thankyou all for it. And PS, I was the only RS to do this......
Rgds Mel
1.Would like to know how the club tools/ info thing is progressing if that's poss? LG
TO BE ADVISED
2.Yes - cheaper track days please! EVIDENCE PLEASE JASON WITH COMPARATIVE COSTS, TIME OF YEAR AND NUMBER OF CARS ON TRACK -ONLY THEN CAN I TACKLE STEVE KEVLIN ON THE SUBJECT
3.Less ruddy politics and in fighting. WHAT CAN I SAY????
4.More pressure on PCGB (thats cars) when things go wrong that shouldn't rather than embedding ourselves deeper up their ar... I BROUGHT UP THE SUBJECT OF RMS, PCCB AND GT3RS WHEEL CORROSION WITH BOTH THE BOARD AND GEOFF TURRELL OF PORSCHE CARS GB. LATTER BASICALLY CONFIRMED THAT THEY MUST PERSUADE PORSCHE AG OF THESE PROBLEMS -HE ADMITS THEY HAVE NOT COVERED THEMSELVES IN GLORY WITH RESPECT TO ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES.
5.Some decent arrangements with tyre/brake companies at rock bottom prices wouldn't go a miss...hell there is only 16,000 of us... JASON WATCH THIS SPACE.
6.Please can the club take the forum and the internet more seriously. It is clear from a lot of comments from "management" that they consider this new fangled Inter world wide net web thing to be a minority interest and of no relevence. THE PLAN IS TO STILL GET AN ONLINE SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING FOR THE WEBSITE AND MEMBERSHIP, WITH SECURE INFORMATION/CAR DETAILS FOR THOSE THAT WISH ETC.
THE FORUM WILL STILL INVOLVE INTERACTIVE REAL TIME INFORMATION.
THE WEBSITE WILL CHANGE!!
PORSCHE AG HAVE DELIVERED NOTHING SPECIFIC FOR THE WEBSITE. THEIR STANDARD FORMAT WEBSITE IS DESIGNED FOR SMALLER CLUBS AND NOT SUITABLE FOR PCGB. THEREFORE PCGB ARE WORKING ON THEIR OWN WEBSITE AND WORKING ON A DATABASE SUPPLIER -I.E. D.I.Y!!......IT'S GOING TO COST, BUT IT WILL BE THE WAY PCGB WANT IT. THE BOARD HAS ALLOCATED 10% OF THE ANNUAL AG CONTRIBUTION TO THE WEBSITE.
7.Please can pressure be put on the board to publish the COC online in the members only section. Contrary to what the board would like us to believe,this is allowed by the COC. The reason I want this is to stop all the speculation and conspiacy theories. It really would make the club a better place.
IT WILL BE PUBLISHED, BUT NOT THE FINANCES.
8.Please can the board be asked to accept some sort of mediation with Jeff Maynard so as to get the 45th Anniversary book published.
SEE ELSEWHERE -I THINK EVENTS HAVE OVERTAKEN THIS QUESTION. A FORTY + FIVE BOOK IS BEING PUBLISHED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT PP COVERING THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF THE CLUB IN PREPARATION FOR THE FIFTIETH....
9.Trackday prices are too high. Paying a premium for PCGB only days is just wrong.
The club should be providing them cheaper than alternatives. SE
SEE ABOVE.
10. I agree with Simon on the point about the forum - for many people the forum is their main (or sometimes only) two-way contact with their club. It needs to be recognised how important and useful this forum is for members. And how valuable it could be for the club in terms of advertising revenue and it's use as a recruitment tool. SEE ABOVE
11. If not parts, tyres etc - would it be possible for the Club to look into negotiating a deal with a fuel company for example? Perhaps create a 'corporate' scheme (PorscheClubGB is a company afterall) with discount negotiated for all members. I guess it would need to be managed through individual accounts where the discount is applied - rather than over the counter. (I don't know the in's and out's of how these fuel discount schemes work.)
There are 16,000 of us - okay, not all UK based or own a Porsche (but WILL own other cars) and that is a huge number of potential loyal customers for one petrol distributor.
Just trying to think of added-value member-benefits which could be considered - things that make PorscheClubGB really attractive to new members, and really valuable for existing members? RC SEE ABOVE
12. Next year is 15 years of the 964RS the greatest ever Porsche we all are agreed, presume we will hae a proper display this year at the National Event"¦"¦ DS SEE OTHER THREAD AND WATCH THIS SPACE!
13. I would be interested to know the long term strategy for the web forum as we have a good base to build on but are starting to lack behind some other forum experiences that I am a member of.
Do PCGB have a development strategy for their web presence? OW SEE ABOVE
14. the clubs internet strategy. TONY SEE ABOVE
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