Gaydon display southeast

There will be a SE region stand - what I was unaware of was whether there was a show and shine this year due to the concours being there - what were you told

So will we be parked up as southeast or just all parked up ?
I was hoping to catch up with southeast members and have a chat for future events down near me in kent .

Thank you for help rich
I will call in the morning and try and find out ?

Who would I need to contact to find out about the stand ?
Thanks west

Hi funny enough I own a e63 m6 .
It's just I can remember the m3 details easier one of my best cars I owned lol
Looking forward to it now polishes at the ready

HI I AM GOING TO GAYDON BUT ON THE 02 STAND AS I HAVE A LOT OF BITS TO SELL HOPEFULLY

A grand total of 5 cars were parked in the Southeast area, no sign of Area banner.

South East has the largest number of members than any other region and has done for years 

Steve H, I was discussing with Tim Maltby last night the low attendance for the Wessex region. It was quite confusing as he had been told by the club office that there were 16 people booked, in the event including him I think only 5 were there.

I was amazed that there were even a potential of 16, I have never seen more than 10 people at any Wessex regional event actually turn up. In the event it is usually the same 6 or 7 cars and most are Alpina, so would not be parked with the Wessex anyway.

I also spoke to another regional chairperson and they did not know how many people were coming or who, not sure why that information could not be provided?

If any former member is in possession of equipment, banner or publicity material owned by the club and are no longer active, I suggest the new incumbent informs the office and the directors write to the person who is alleged to still have the items giving them a time and location to return it?

Issy, I think that you are very good at what you do and I agree that they way you operate works very well for your and your region. I could see you were all having a good time and enjoyed it as I hope others did.

However, I am pretty certain that in our region we do not have a definitive list of who is a Wessex member, many people who are members we have never seen and I am unsure how they are contacted? Despite quite a bit of publicity via the club, forums and social media we still don't get many takers, perhaps there is just too much to do in the
South. We also have lots of competitor groups down here, BMW enthusiasts group is growing, West Berkshire cruisers, Hampshire BMW drivers Club and so on.

I was at our pub meet last night and everyone except two owns an Alpina, so they would not be parking with the region at Gaydon for example and the other two are M cars, so same might apply for them?

It would be an interesting exercise to see how many people from a region like ours attended even if they parked elsewhere, if the majority are parked in other locations it might explain the low numbers parked in the region section?   

The email number was 16, but no names attached? In the event 16 people did not turn up only 5, it would be useful to understand who they were, why they did not come and if there was some kind of problem or issue. In the hope that we can get more people to attend next time?

I only am involved organising Alpina events, have done two this year overseas with Simon and everyone turned up and we all know what we are doing, down to booking travel, hotels, itinery, route planning. They were two fantastic trips and we will do more as we make more connections and friends in Europe. There are two more trips available this year one in Belgium and one in Germany.

I am pleased you are growing in numbers and it is good you all enjoyed it. I am not knocking the regional unity and it is admirable that you are able to get all model types together.

Nice idea from Mr Haslem liking the idea

Would think could keep models together for anniversaries etc but in principle it has merit

That makes sense that the successful regions and registers can assist others with ideas it's a two way street with ideas and can only help the club as a whole

hi imust admit from what I have heard the south east was a shambles I could not find them with all the troubles we have had this last year its a wonder we had a stand iam trying to bring the region back together so hopefully will get it right next year

Issy, thanks for your comments. I will check with Tim Maltby and see if there is an up to date list and also if we can email people and see what interest we can get.

We are coordinating with the lady who runs a SE region pub meet just 18 miles from ours and she and her husband came to our meet this week and we are going to theirs next Tuesday. Hopefully that will bring a few people closer.

One element that might have been missed is this, and it was true in my case and I know of others. Some people have come along to the National Festival, parked in region section, in their E30 or 7 series or M car or whatever it is, then gone along and chatted to that specific register, from that point on the don't want to park with the region.

For me, I would prefer to park with my fellow register owners than in a region at the National Festival. If this was not an option
then generally I guess people would have to make their mind up how it suited them.

However, are there not a host of people who come to see specific groups of cars? It would make it quite difficult to find them if they were spread over a number of regions?

I think this require quite a lot of canvassing and discussion between registers and regions, not one want people not to attend as they are not parked in the peer groups?


Edited by Norrie - 20 Aug 2015 at 8:55am

Westm3evo wrote: I was chatting with a lad from Scotland about his green m3 evo . Real nice guy I loved his car . Seemed a shame for the south east .

That was my son😇😇😇

The SE region is no bigger than ours geographically.

When the Scottish region was resurrected 13-14 years ago by james Westwood and fraser Darcy we had a pub meet on a Sunday (can't remember which)of every month at the same pub.

This worked fine as a starting block and once we had some numbers people became bored of this.

Duncan ireland then took over and we changed it to doing runs as well
As shows

Issy took over and this has grown to a fixed first Sunday of every month (pay weekend) dine and drives organised by different people each month but under the watchful Eye of the chair incase the designated organiser forgets or real Life gets in the way.

This has been a proven formula since I've been a member which is now 13 years.

We move about the country every month so
As to involve as many members as we can.

The majority of us are in the central
Belt but we try to include the highlands and lowlands as much as possible.

In fact sept embers meet is in kielder Forrest where we are meeting up with our northeast and west cousins

We use Facebook to promote ourselves pretty successfully but all organisation is done via this forum.

In essence you need willing and enthusiastic volunteers good communications and a willingness to try different things. Once you have this formula people will come to your meets and from that shares ideas will become your next meet.