Roadster Owners Club

[slimtater]

I was sad when I sold my Roadster but always wanted to remain loyal to the forum (and friends from it). I even offered to assist the new club as a vehicle registrar - linking in with the engraved build plaques I purchased.
However, reading posts like the above make me think perhaps it's time to move on?
The forum attack last year was bad enough - especially all the crap on LCB before it happened. I just now get that bad feeling again that someone seems to want to come along and spoil things.
G'day and good luck all!
slim

[John Marchant]

I for one just want to voice my support for the comittee members (many whom I met at Stoneleigh). Although I couldn't stay for the meeting in the evening, I felt very comfortable that all who attended had the clubs best interest at heart and showed a real commitment to doing things the right way. I think the certain posts could undermine the good work being carried out by the elected committe and if a forum member has genuine concerns about anything then a PM would be preferable in the first instance, it's just common courtesy in my opinion. Keep up the good work guys.

[baz-r]

Originally Posted by John Marchant

I for one just want to voice my support for the comittee members (many whom I met at Stoneleigh). Although I couldn't stay for the meeting in the evening, I felt very comfortable that all who attended had the clubs best interest at heart and showed a real commitment to doing things the right way. I think the certain posts could undermine the good work being carried out by the elected committe and if a forum member has genuine concerns about anything then a PM would be preferable in the first instance, it's just common courtesy in my opinion. Keep up the good work guys.

HERE HERE !

im sure the comitte are quiet ok with sorting the details on thair own
if thay need help im sure thay can ask for it from thoes who thay think is best for the job.
lets no mess it all up for everyone

Hello all,

I look forward to hearing the name of your new club, along with it's URL.

David

[davidimurray]

urmyworld - while you may think you are helping please let the committee get on and do its job.

Having been on this forum for over 18 months now (since I first considered building the car) I have to say that it is the most pleasant helpful and friendly forum I have ever been on. The reason people are so angry about your interference is because of the passion and comradeship they have built up on this forum. I have made a number of friends on here and the generosity and banter is fantastic. It feels like I am chatting with old friends when I come on here - no question is too stupid and everyone helps each other out unconditionally.

You seem to have appeared from nowhere and bulldozed your way in, thinking you are helping. If you believe you can help then please contact one of the committee members. There is no hierarchy on the this forum - this forum exists in such a brilliant way because of the mutual respect we all have to each other - from teenagers to OAPs, engineers to accountants all helping each other out. Please don't think that you will get away with railroading your way into a position of power on this forum - the committee members are all in place because they are trusted, respected members of the roadster community. I am 100% behind the club and will do anything I can to assist the committee if they require any assistance.

Now please let the guys get on and sort the club out - I'm sure official announcements will follow in due course.

[deezee]

Having only just read through the recent posts on this thread, I'm also a little taken aback by the counter-productive efforts.... but that's neither here nor there in the bigger picture of starting a club.

I'd just like to cheekily enquire about some features I've thought need centralisation. The honest fact is we need a forum with more sections. We need a place for our build diaries, FAQs and tips and tricks to assist the new guys asking about revisions and IVA modifications. A proper photo gallery would be a god send, so people can not only put there build photos on, but look through and see how other people have done it.

I would have thought a massive benefit of a club, is to pass on knowledge from a build. Sadly the free forum offered by Haynes, I feel, has been out grown. Its great, but lacks features and management (as highlighted by the earlier posts).

Hello all,

The intention of my post referring to the use of the Haynes name within a domain name was to bring this to the attention of all 1688 members of this forum, and was not aimed at just the club.

For example, if my name was David Haynes, and I was going to set up a gardening website, I do not think that I would require permission from Haynes to use the domain name DavidHaynesGardens.com as this would be obvious that I am David Haynes and my website is about gardens.

As opposed to someone creating a website about the Haynes Roadster that they have built and using the domain name "mywonderfulhaynesroadster.com" this would be going against Haynes policy and could land the person in trouble.

I hope this further explains the reason for my post, I was only raising awareness of this issue to the forum members and not having a go at the club.

David

[twinturbo]

All the other functions can be part of the website, personaly I don't like forums with tooo many categories it just gets dis-jointed.

Having used/run/moderated/admined car forums for 10+ years I think this one works quite well as it stands.

The only issue is the moderation. Not that it generaly needs much.

TT