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   As of 08/02/2026 I seem to have found myself (somewhat on a whim)volunteering to take over sitting on the “cumbrian Chair” from Jim France. 

Being new to the BMW car club as well as new to Cumbria i am going to require your patience and help while i sort out the best time and place for regular meeting  and what sort of events, outing and anything else you would like to take part in. 
While i admit i know very little about BMW’s i do however know exactly what is required to run a successful region. As i spent over 8 years running the east midland region of the porsche club. And we were also involved with the clubs H/O helping to run national events. 

I know Jim held meetings on a Sunday morning at Basecamp farm shop. Was that popular or would you prefer a week day evening meeting ? 

Edited by HelenGoff - 18 Mar 2026 at 1:47pm

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HelenGoff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Region Chair Joined: 09 Feb 2026 Location: Cumbria Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote HelenGoff Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Hello cumbria Posted: 09 Feb 2026 at 11:56am
	As of 08/02/2026 I seem to have found myself (somewhat on a whim)volunteering to take over sitting on the “cumbrian Chair” from Jim France. Being new to the BMW car club as well as new to Cumbria i am going to require your patience and help while i sort out the best time and place for regular meeting and what sort of events, outing and anything else you would like to take part in. While i admit i know very little about BMW’s i do however know exactly what is required to run a successful region. As i spent over 8 years running the east midland region of the porsche club. And we were also involved with the clubs H/O helping to run national events. I know Jim held meetings on a Sunday morning at Basecamp farm shop. Was that popular or would you prefer a week day evening meeting ? Edited by HelenGoff - 18 Mar 2026 at 1:47pm
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Diggerman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Club Member Joined: 03 Aug 2014 Location: cumbria Status: Offline Points: 229	Post Options Post Reply Quote Diggerman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 2026 at 6:51pm
	Hello and welcome Helen sadly a lot of our members don’t use this forum and only a few that like to support the region and meet we’ve always supported jim and Stuart previously and had some great meets and shows hopefully you can get more interest back again we’re down in south lakes nr grange o sands we can’t do week days for meets this is why jim tryed to do something at weekends, Basecamp farm seemed to work and was a great meeting point , we also do joint things with the lovely folks in the Scottish region and the same time to time with the north east region look forward to meeting you at some point again welcome, Andy & Sam
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Diggerman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Club Member Joined: 03 Aug 2014 Location: cumbria Status: Offline Points: 229	Post Options Post Reply Quote Diggerman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 2026 at 6:56pm

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Diggerman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Club Member Joined: 03 Aug 2014 Location: cumbria Status: Offline Points: 229	Post Options Post Reply Quote Diggerman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 2026 at 6:58pm

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HelenGoff Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Region Chair Joined: 09 Feb 2026 Location: Cumbria Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote HelenGoff Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Feb 2026 at 9:02pm
	Thanks, yes i noticed this forum is hardly used any more, but as at the moment i have no other way of contacting the members. I thought it was worth posting, To try and get the word out. I have also just opened a facebook group for the region. Regular week-end meets can be problematic in the summer months as it tends to be when all the shows are held. I do feel the region needs to hold a regular monthly meet. A Thursday evening would work best for me.. but there is no reason why we couldn’t also carry on doing the occasional sunday breakfast meet at the basecamp. The members are really quite evenly spread out all around cumbria (i’m based east of carlisle) so finding somewhere everyone will be happy with is going to be difficult if not impossible. Edited by HelenGoff - 09 Feb 2026 at 9:05pm
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