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.
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
