As with all car clubs I have been a member of, and that is a large number,
10% of the people do 90% of the work, and any person will get tired of this
sooner or later. I'm also a member of the SCIO, and notice the ebb and
flow of enthusiasm.
The folks in the club are really true enthusiasts, and nice people too, but
they all have another life to live, and I guess right now other things have
higher priorities. Our own Bob Schmitt is the member who got me interested
in the SCIO, and was a sparkplug for a lot of the activities. Now, Bob has
other things that have to take up his time, and the lack of his input shows.
The only cure for this is to have a paid staff, but I don't think it makes
sense for the SCIO to get involved with that sort of operation. One of the
clubs I have been a member of for many years (The Studebaker Driver's Club)
has that arrangement, and it works well, but they have a membership of
12,000 or so, so it makes sense for them.
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: kenneth leighton <kenleighton@xxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: IML: S. Calif. Imperial meet
Hi IML,
I have been a member of the So Cal Imperial club off and on. It seems that
the club has had many ups and downs in the past. I have tried to find out
who is in charge at this time and it is hard. There used to be a newsletter
but that has gone away. Somewhere I paid my dues and then never received
anything after that because nobody was doing the club. Then I received a
letter saying that my dues were due. I paid for a year of nothing and did
not want to pay for another year not knowing what I was going to get. I
tried to get in touch with the treasurer of the club and we played phone tag
for about a month. I finally gave up. If anyone has any new and good info
on the club I would be happy to re-join. I don't want to join and pay for
something that is not there like in the past. Most of the dedicated people
that were involved in the club have grown tired and dropped their membership
and the newcomers are letting the club fall farther and farther into the
dust. I have been involved in many clubs that have let this happen and it
is sad but the overworked few that care about the club give up eventually.
It is very hard to get members to participate in contributing info for the
newsletter and help in planning events. I hope that this does not happen to
this club as the people and the events from the past made it a very
enjoyable club to be a part of.
Ken Leighton
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