Location, location, location.

Romeo wrote: Tolerate? ...Yeah, in the interest in keeping the forums clean, we'll use that term.

Heh heh, I was referring to what goes on in the restaurant. I know nothing of what goes on after hours.

How about IKEA and Meatball Madness:)...Boyz have their meeting and the ladies go shopping...lol

How about other location types like bowling lanes, etc...I am taking pages from a few other club's that I have seen on their forums...thought's:)

Do talk about not enough events, well maybe make an event out of the club meeting:)

Dawg wrote: ...as mentioned at the last meeting, there are many that rarely use this site.  They would be mighty pissed if they finally got the chance to come to a meeting and found no one there because we were somewhere else that night.

I cannot believe that there's anyone who's interested in attending a club meeting who can't access the club's webpage once a month to see where the meeting might be held that month (if we decided we'd move around from month to month). Seriously, if that's too much to ask of anyone, then I doubt they'd make the effort of actually attending a meeting in the first place.

Another club member recently asked me whether or not we really need to be incorporating a "meal" with our meetings. I realize this has been one way of acquiring a room to meet in, but of course there are other types of rooms to meet in such as community centers and church halls, etc.

That then leads to the question as to whether a room itself is even necessary, especially during the warmer months. To tell the truth, I've always enjoyed the tire kicking out in the parking lot at least as much as the "formal" part of the meeting held inside.

I'd be happy with just gathering in the parking lot of an A&W restaurant, or some other casual food place, where people could simply grab a coffee or a burger if they wished.

I attend the club meetings to talk to other members (in person) and to see their cars. I don't mind how we've been doing the meetings up to this point, but I'd be happy to try something different if a majority of ACTIVE club members felt the same way. (I'd like to see the people ultimately deciding this to be members who actually go or wish to go to the meetings.)

Let's hear some more feedback. Speak up everyone, don't be shy!

Dawg wrote: I hear ya, but lets not alienate the very people we are trying to be sensitive to.  The only reason we brought this up was some people wondering if we could attract more attendance by adapting a little.

Who is it you're afraid I'm in danger of "alienating"? The few people who post in our forum from other parts of the country?

I don't see the point of having people vote on this who have NO intention of ever attending a meeting. That's all that I was addressing earlier (copied below).

Patrick wrote: I'd like to see the people ultimately deciding this to be members who actually go or wish to go to the meetings.

lol...I see I created some conversation

We have these formal monthly meetings, it's nice to bring us all together, but maybe have this formal discussion every 2nd/3rd month...make it interesting and attract other's.

I am with many who on a nice night, meet in a lot, bring some take out and chat about our cars and what's going on in other areas...or as noted above why do we have to eat?...I think I originally stated this:).

I will be attending my 1st BC Mazda3 event maybe (they call it an event not a meeting) next Friday night because...it's bowling...other than just drive and general gatherings, we don't as often as we could do events that attract more of us for fun.

As Pat mentioned which is suprising to me...at least once a month one cannot check out the site and see where the next event/gathering/meeting is?...now days with iPhones, etc. that is no excuse anymore, nor should anyone take additional calls with stupid questions...sorry but that does not fly with me...that's laziness.

We can all continue to beat this topic up, has anyone spoken to the management as I suggested?...I think we all agree that location does work for all, so maybe alter every 2nd month especially with Spring/Summer around the corner...there's no contractual agreement is there?....lol

Cheers

Dawg wrote: Are you guys alright with me contacting the owner on the Club's behalf?  If so I will make it happen and report back.

Sure, that's fine with me.

Perhaps mention that attendance at our meetings there has been dwindling steadily due to a number factors...

1) Introduction of the 12% HST.

2) The automatic 15% "gratuity" added to every bill.

3) Meals which often seem not worthy of what's being charged for them. (ie poor preparation, etc.)

We obviously wouldn't be able to guarantee that we'd continue to make use of this particular restaurant for all our future meetings, but it certainly wouldn't hurt the odds of us staying there at least for awhile longer if management brokered us a deal.

If they give you any flack about how we take up a whole banquet room and therefore we need to be charged for it somehow, make sure you mention we're quite aware of how empty the rest of the restaurant is. It's not like they're turning away customers because there's no place to seat them.

Brian, I don't believe he's asking for the HST or the tips to be waived. I believe his point is that we have to pay for those two things, as well as higher prices, and yet the quality has gone downhill despite all the extra costs. I'm sure the HST and gratuity wouldn't have even come up if the quality of food remained the same, as with the prices.