When is the next meet?

[The wheel man]

its not fair saying "further south" when the conversation has just been between southerns!! i think the last meet area is about right, i like robs idea aswell with the sprint track,

end of january sounds good, shall we say SATURDAY 26TH JANUARY?? now if we have a date set we can concentrate on a good venue 

26th's a Monday!!    24th or 31st.  Sprint track sounds like a great idea, give me a good chance to test my new TPMS system!!

[T88OMM]

Im defo up for the sprint track....something different and gives us all chance to open our cars up legally  Any saturday in January is fine for me 

[joesgti]

SATURDAY 31ST

 

[SteveP]

^^^ Agreed Saturday 31st and some where around the midlands. 

Lets get a venue agree and then we can start of list of attendees 

I think somewhere like the last meet location would be best for this time of year and then put plans into place for a bigger event at a track/circuit for when the weather might be better.

[RedRobin]

^^^ Agreed Saturday 31st and some where around the midlands. 

Lets get a venue agree and then we can start of list of attendees 

I think somewhere like the last meet location would be best for this time of year and then put plans into place for a bigger event at a track/circuit for when the weather might be better.

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[joesgti]

that sprint track looks good thow! but may be better in the summer time 

[SteveP]

that sprint track looks good thow! but may be better in the summer time 

Yep I agree the sprint track would be great and I will be looking into this for the early summer months 

[Phil Mcavity]

So us southerns have to travel 170 miles whilst you nothern lads go 80 odd miles, hardly fair is it!!!!, is the weather too warm if you head south for you northerns or something!!! Northampton area would be a good call. Thats in the middle of the uk!!

Most people are from the Manchester area and stafford isnt exactly far south from there, but it could be harder for a couple that come down from further afield. For the likes of myself, stealthwolf,redrobin have miles to go, as there isnt an easy route to get there. Birmingham south would be 130 miles and about the limit. If you drove south for 130 miles from krispy Cremes , where would that get you??? London??

Manchester to Northampton 128 miles

Southampton to Northampton 135 miles

(as an example, to show roughly how much further us southern boys have to travel.)

[Top Cat]

So us southerns have to travel 170 miles whilst you nothern lads go 80 odd miles, hardly fair is it!!!!, is the weather too warm if you head south for you northerns or something!!! Northampton area would be a good call. Thats in the middle of the uk!!

Most people are from the Manchester area and stafford isnt exactly far south from there, but it could be harder for a couple that come down from further afield. For the likes of myself, stealthwolf,redrobin have miles to go, as there isnt an easy route to get there. Birmingham south would be 130 miles and about the limit. If you drove south for 130 miles from krispy Cremes , where would that get you??? London??

Manchester to Northampton 128 miles

Southampton to Northampton 135 miles

(as an example, to show roughly how much further us southern boys have to travel.)

You have also got to take into account the amount of peeps from each area, at the moment there is Stealth, Red and yourself from the med from the north there is 5 times that amount so its all relative. it is always going to be painful for a few people but as i posted earlier, may be the bottom of the M6 were it meets the M1 would be more central. 

[Phil Mcavity]

Agreed, rugby, coventry or south Brum area's are more middle, 130 miles is more do'able

[stealthwolf]

Like I said above, the location should change regularly so it's spread out more. Unfair for those of us down south to have to drive up each and everytime.

This way everyone has to drive some considerable distance to make the meet.

We need to put our locations on one of those map thingies so we can figure out where everyone is based and use that to help decide future venues.

[billyboy]

just a thought, and am not driving in any wedges, or splitting the site in two,or more
this is a site for all, and wouldnt it be best for us to draw a cross on the map of britain, north, south, east, west. then having a representative (if thats spelt right) for each corner/region, and do are/your own thing monthly/yearly when ever,
then when show season starts get together as a club/forum/group/mob,
just tell me to EFF OFF if am talking 80ll0CK5
but that could be an answer, we could travel to other meets/gatherings if you/we wanted to catch up with others
yes/no
delete if ness
billy

[stealthwolf]

I thought about suggesting something similar but then figured it'd lead to problems and people forming their own 'cliques', which is a bad thing.

My suggestion was to first see where everyone comes from then have say "north" "midlands" and "south" groups and the meet would change between each of the three regions and that group would be responsible for organising location, food and timing. This way, everyone would have to travel roughly the same amount in the rotation.

[Top Cat]

just a thought, and am not driving in any wedges, or splitting the site in two,or more
this is a site for all, and wouldnt it be best for us to draw a cross on the map of britain, north, south, east, west. then having a representative (if thats spelt right) for each corner/region, and do are/your own thing monthly/yearly when ever,
then when show season starts get together as a club/forum/group/mob,
just tell me to EFF OFF if am talking 80ll0CK5
but that could be an answer, we could travel to other meets/gatherings if you/we wanted to catch up with others
yes/no
delete if ness
billy

Hopefully, well im sure that will happen eventually when we have more members. The idea at the moment is to get this place off to a good start and try and get as many members as possible together as one big Mk 5 community. 

[WhiteGTI]

Like I said above, the location should change regularly so it's spread out more. Unfair for those of us down south to have to drive up each and everytime.

This way everyone has to drive some considerable distance to make the meet.

We need to put our locations on one of those map thingies so we can figure out where everyone is based and use that to help decide future venues.

Whilst this is a good idea, I dont think it will work in the real world.... I think what will happen is that people will only go to meets that they can 'be bothered' to go to. With all due respect, I can't see Joe coming to a meet in e.g. Southampton, and likewise, I can't see yourself or I going to a meet in Newcastle / Manchester!! So, it may result in arguments along the lines of "well I bothered to make the journey up to Manchester, so why can't you make the effort to come to Southhampton......................

In reply to other posts...

I think regional meets will come about as the forum grows definitely! And Billyboy's idea of regional reps is a great idea, and Im sure it will happen! Its certainly a feature of a lot of other online motoring forums, and its a system that works well.

I think its all about picking a central (ish) location that everyone is willing to travel to, that will get a good turnout of 20+ cars, so that we as a community grow together kinda thing! Not in dispersed units as it were...