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 shaihulud
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| posted on December 8th, 2011 at 04:50 PM |
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Old farts! Retire!
This is only a suggestion, but if you are a long term member of the executive committee of any of the VW Clubs and you are also an old fart, I
strongly suggest that you retire and hand over control of the club to the younger members.
That is exactly what has happened in the WA VW Club.
The older members who have been running the club for years and who have been doing a very good job of it, became tired of it all. Our esteemed
president/editor/treasurer, literally burned out after the organisation of the WA Bug In.
To put it mildly, we needed a break.
At the last AGM we handed over control of the club committee to some of the younger members, by getting ourselves voted off the executive, but
remaining on the committee..
We then showed them how to organise the Day of the Volkswagen and stepped back on the day and left them to it.
They ran the DoVW like a well oiled Swiss watch.
We can now confidently hand over the whole of the running of the club to them, in the knowledge thet they will do a good job of it.
In the immediate future the cheque signing change over will be finished and it will then be their show.
I say it again. If you have been running your club for years and you are an old fart, get out of the way, hand the club over to the younger people.
If in your club there is a group of younger members who are clever, intelligent and talented, they will have new ideas, new enthusiasm and new
attitudes.
The club can only benefit from that.
Don't argue!! Just DO IT!!
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| posted on December 14th, 2011 at 07:36 PM |
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Gate keepers will always gate keep.
some people are like slinky's
they have no useful purpose
but they are fun to watch
when you push them down the stairs
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68AutoBug
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| posted on December 14th, 2011 at 08:29 PM |
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there is a better way to name older members of a club...
any club...
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STIDUB
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| posted on December 15th, 2011 at 02:11 AM |
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sounds like what vwdcq is trying to do, not many people willing to step up in an official capacity around here though 
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STIDUB - yep its still a work in progress
Vwdcq club car racing/ and crashing while my bug isn't finished.
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| posted on December 15th, 2011 at 02:42 AM |
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well said Richard (shailuhud), not elequently, but to the point.
As the new VP, its a daunting task taking over something which is a corner stone of the local VW community, the last thing we want to do is screw it
up, but on the other hand we do want to bring in new ideas, a fresh approach, and more open minds. As part of the new crew its an interesting
challenge and hopefully we'll get "most" of it right, for the stuff we get wrong, we'll get it right next time!
I'd like to think that in the last couple of months we are doing it right, the last committee did a stearling job, organising events, runs and
quizes, if we (the new crew) can achieve a similar level of professionalism and bring something new to the party then we will have done ourselves and
the club proud!
if anyone would like any help or advice who is thinking of taking on such a role i'd be happy to have a chat! (vwdcq people?)
cheers jon
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| posted on December 15th, 2011 at 07:36 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by STIDUB
sounds like what vwdcq is trying to do, not many people willing to step up in an official capacity around here though
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So... you're callin me an old fart now Davo ?!?!?!
I've definitely retired tho... lookin forward to spending the time on my Ghia instead, and of course trying to drive the wheels off Jezebel on as
many Sunday's as possible.
Agree it's important to have the occasional "changing of the guard" in those that run any club, and there'll always be the "old farts" around to
help if needed. I guess biggest thing is that it ain't rocket science... really just a case of being prepared to jump in and give it a go !!!
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| posted on December 15th, 2011 at 09:10 AM |
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Over the past 50 or so years I've been involved in many car clubs, including committee positions. Age is not as relevant as the ability to jump in
and do what needs to be done..........sometimes while others stand by giving advice, or just watching.
New, fresh ideas are important, and if anyone is getting 'stale', or 'inefficient', they should 'move aside, regardless of age.
Merry Christmas.
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| posted on December 15th, 2011 at 06:25 PM |
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If you have the passion and want to get involved just go for it no matter how old young or what sex male, female or both just do it.
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STIDUB
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| posted on December 16th, 2011 at 03:32 AM |
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i think the point was more that the people that have been doing the same thing for ages are getting tired of newbies coming along & not doing
anything beneficial to the greater good, sides can relate/back me up im sure
new blood to the clubs is great, provided they stick with it & ignore personal agenda, cant forget where the club came from while pushing it to
bigger better things to appeal to more people in the constantly changing vw world, look around at how many watercooler fans are around, they are vws
too, encourage them to help, listen to new ideas, share old ones, its all about compromise right?
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STIDUB - yep its still a work in progress
Vwdcq club car racing/ and crashing while my bug isn't finished.
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greedy53
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| posted on December 17th, 2011 at 05:57 PM |
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hay i mite be old and smelly and grupy but I GOT HERE FIRST so wait your turn
anyhow old age is not for the puny
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