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Members

Shortly you will receive notification of a Special General Meeting to be held on 18 September.  This meeting has been called to consider changes to our Constitution to broaden our membership eligibility.

I am writing to provide background to these proposals and to seek your support for the changes proposed.

If we consider membership numbers, the club is healthy.  The introduction of C4C Concessional Licensing provided a boost to our membership, but the number of active members is decreasing.  We have been unable to fill all Committee positions, and several events have been cancelled due to lack of numbers.

Membership and participation have been topics of concern discussed at club meetings for some years.  As promised during the AGM, the Committee has conducted several workshops and meetings to seek to understand the issues and identify potential actions to redress them.

Analysis indicates that a key issue is the ageing of our members and Committee.  We need to attract new members that will take the club forward over time.  The restrictive membership eligibility is an issue as is the increasing cost of our vehicles that puts them out of reach of many.  It was also identified that we need to conduct events that our members wish to attend.

It is the Committee’s view that if the Club was to continue to operate as it currently does, in 5 years’ time, it would either exist simply to provide concessional licensing with little member interaction or it would be absorbed into an existing larger club as has happened to other niche groups in recent times. From the Committee’s perspective, neither of these outcomes are desirable.

As a first step to address these issues, and in line with feedback provided through member surveys and ongoing conversations, the Committee is proposing that membership eligibility be broadened to include later Nissan Fairlady Z (import), 300ZX, 350Z, 370Z, the current and any future Z.

The Secretary will shortly provide formal notification of the Special General Meeting and details on the resolution proposed. An Absent Voting poll will also be distributed separately for completion by those members wishing to cast a vote who are not able to attend the meeting.  

I invite you to provide feedback via my email (president@wazregister.com) or the comments section of the Absent Voting form.  I also encourage you to attend the meeting to contribute to the discussion if you are in a position to do so.

Paul Maisey
President

The WA Z Register was represented at Challenge Bathurst by Brendan, Bruce Chris and Peter competing in their Zs.  Paul attended as a spectator and took on the role of coach and motivator.

Varying weather conditions meant that Challenge Bathurst was well...Challenging. It was great to run with the 3 other Zs from WA and congratulations to Peter for his third place in the Regularity competition.

Bruce the truckie and John Wilding transported the cars to and from the event.

Thanks to Dave and the team from the Queensland Z club and Michele and team from Challenge Bathurst for a well-run event.

The YouTube link below shows ibn car camera footage from Peter and Chris's cars when they were running at close proximity to each other on the track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7zyMhpEO3k

SPECIAL EVENT

Venue - Belmont Sports Club 

COFFEE and LUNCH PROVIDED

featuring

Zs in SHEDZ dont forget to submit a photo of your Z in Shed ASAP to Secretary

The AGM provides an opportunity for all members to meet and socialise.  To encourage and maximise attendance coffee and lunch will be provided.  

Event commences at 11am

11.00amCoffee and member cars 

12.00 Noon Annual General Meeting (formalities kept to a minimum)

Reports President Treasurer

Election of Office Bearers

1.00pm Lunch  Catchup, chat and vote for your favourite Z in Shed

Zs In Sheds - viewing and voting

Members,

The Celebration of the Motorcar is advertised as WA's premier exhibition of classic, prestige & exotic cars with entry restricted to 150 invited vehicles.  This year I was fortunate to represent the club with my 240Z and Kent Bush invited to display his Datsun 260C.

The quality of the cars on display was exceptional with money no object. There were 2 awards for luxury cars.  The Classic Luxury Car Class award was presented to a professionally restored Mercedes-Benz 300 Cabriolet.  The presenter then went at great length describing the skilled workmanship and restoration of the Modern Luxury Car Class winner.  Foolishly I was thinking of the beautifully restored Rolls, Bentleys, Mercedes, Jaguars etc on display.

The Class winner was announced as Kent's Datsun 260C.

Congratulations Kent and well deserved.

 

When an event is entered into our Club Calendar the Event Manager may configure "Event Announcement" and "Reminders". 

We will notify all members of Club Meetings and key Club Events such as Datsuns in the Park, Members Day and our Spring and Christmas Lunches.  We will not notify members of events in the Calendar hosted by other clubs or organizations unless Club attendance is planned such as Japanese Car Day.

An "Event Announcement" is an email outlining the event details with a link to the event.  The "Event Announcement" will also contain buttons to register attendance or otherwise.  

Normally there will be two "Event Announcements" scheduled.  One well in advance of the event and another on the last day for registration.  If a member responds to an "Event Notification" they will not receive a second Announcement.  Members who register for an event will receive a "Reminder" email the day before the event.

We are aware that not all members are involved in motorsport or able to participate in Midweek Meanders and have separate distribution lists for these events.  If you wish/do not wish to receive "Event Announcements" for these events please advise the Membership Officer.

Dear Members,

I am excited to welcome you to our new membership management system and website: www.wazregister@wazregister.com

Members will shortly receive an email containing log in and password details. 

I encourage Members to log in and explore the website.  Please note that when logging in for the first time Members will be asked to:

1. Accept Wild Apricot Terms and Conditions (Software Provider); and then
2. Accept and agree the Datsun 240Z and 260Z Register Policies (available for viewing without logging in on the on the website under “Corporate Governance Menu”.

Detailed “log in” and “unable to log in” instructions are available under the “Help Menu”.
 
Using the website Members can now:

• Review and update their details
• Pay membership fees and event fees
• View and print their membership card
• View and Register for events
• Register an Impromptu Run
• Engage with other members in online forums

 A phone App is also available providing similar functionality.  Instructions on downloading the App are available under the “Help Menu”.
 
I encourage Members to share their experiences and provide feedback and suggestions by use of a Forum.  The Club wants to hear from you.
 
All Club communications will now originate from the email address wazregister@wazregister.com.  These communications will include newsletters, event notifications, and membership renewal notifications.
 
With your participation this new website will facilitate improved communications and participation in Club Activities
 

Bill Ambrose
President
Datsun 240Z & 260Z Register of WA

Members will note that in "Calendar view" events are colour coded.  This is to assist you in identifying events of interest.  An explanation of the event colour coding follows:

Club Events:  Events organized by the Club. We encourage maximum participation.

Meetings:  Club Annual, General and Special Meetings.  Have your say. 

Motorsport events.  These events may be organized by our Club or another Motorsport Club or Organization.  Please check the event details.  Externally organized events in most cases require direct registration with the organiser.  Depending upon the event, we may ask you to also register your participation with the Club to count towards the Club Motorsport Competition.

Other Events:  Shows and organized by other Clubs and Organizations that Members may wish to attend.  If the event warrants, the Club may co-ordinate participation (e.g. Japanese Car Day) in which case Event Registration will be invited.  In other cases Members can choose to participate.

All events listed on the Calendar are "Club Events" for the purpose of Concessional Licensing.

Club communications with you originate from our website with the address wazregister@wazregister.com

You will receive two kinds of emails:

•    automatic; and
•      manual.

 Automatic emails are sent in response to a variety of member actions, including membership application, membership renewals, event registration, and invoice payment.   They may include event confirmatory emails, event confirmation, reminders, new passwords, and receipts.

Manual emails are initiated by a Committee Member and may include Newsletters and Event Announcements.  It is expected that a high proportion of future emails will be Event Announcements.

An “Event Announcement” is an email advising of an upcoming event containing a link to the event, and response buttons “Register” or “Not Attending”.  Clicking these buttons will take you to the event to complete registration or advise non-attendance.

 Email Distribution Lists.  We have created a number of distribution lists to ensure that our correspondence is targeted and applicable to our members interests. The distribution lists created, and being refined, are:

•      motorsport
•      midweek meander
•     Code 404
•      Code C4C

In addition a distribution list is automatically created for each event registrants.

We will seek your assistance in refining our distribution lists.

Respond To Emails

 If you respond to an email it will either be directed to:

•    wazregister@wazregister.com; or a Committee Member or event organizer such as
•    Motorsport@wazregister.com

Contact details for Committee Members are available from the Governance Menu Contact Us page

Forums

We encourage members to share their views, knowledge and feedback by contributing to a forum.  You do not need to subscribe to a forum but if you do you will automatically receive weekly updates.

The Club seeks your involvement and participation.  Communication is an essential prerequisite.

The club values and respects the privacy of our members and the people we deal with. The club is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) and other applicable privacy laws and regulations.

The Privacy Policy describes how we collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information, and how we maintain the quality and security of your personal information.

This newsletter describes the privacy settings and controls enacted in our membership management system and website.

In configuring the member management system and website the Club elected to set, at a global level, restrictive privacy settings.  These may be summarised as:

Personnel Data

 The only personnel information in our membership database is the information members see in their profile.  Members may edit and update this information.  Access to this information is restricted to a small number of Committee members who have a need to know to fulfill their duties (membership, Code 404, Code C4C and audit).  Sensitive information collected from members who avail themselves of Code 404 or Code C4C licensing is not entered into the online database.

This information is not visible to other members.

Members are not able to change their personnel privacy settings.

What can the public and other members see?

The public are restricted from seeing any names.  “Anonymous” appears as the author of news items and forum topics. When a member logs in the author’s name is revealed.

When a member registers for an event,and does not uncheck the box "Include name in list of event registrants"  the members name is  visible to members who search event attendees.  No other information is available.