End Of Year Review

Car Park of the Foxhunter @ 11:30 onwards and leave for Mullingar about 12?

topazman wrote: Richie wrote: LAZY BUGGER Not getting any younger Topazman

.....Lazy old fart then...

I think I'll be coming too!! GF has to work so I am free!

Robbie Bradford wrote: ...........heard there was snow in Mullingar today!!!!!!

That's mean donughts for free!

A good discussion about the season gone by and the season to come

Many suggestions about trips abroad, Frankfurt show, The 'Ring, AGM in May and motorsport evnet in Wales the same weekend

One person took on the possibilty of getting more tickets for club members for the BTCC weekend in July (hope that one works out)

As well Kirkiston we should look at Pembrey and Anglelsey in Wales for weekend away track days.

Robbie Bradford wrote: I watched it aswell after reading the discussion on them M forum, have to do that for sure some time in the not to distant future, won't be driving a diesel though . That Sabine is a bit of alright, would'nt mind her taking me for a ride......know mean!!

Lets set a date! May bank holiday?

here is how to get there:

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Robbie, get in touch with the lady to see how many of us she can accomodate!

For cost, an hotel room for 2 or 3 can be found for 45/50 yoyos/room with 3 breakfast.

Boat (or shuttle) will be the most expensive thing here. As for time, probably 6hours accross englend and then free motorway accross france, blegium, holland, luxembourg and germany.

Leaving on friday morning, we should be around nuburg late in the evening (don't forget, foreign country means higher average speed!) or stop in belgium/luxembourg and a bit more driving in the morning.

Anyway, getting back onto topic, thanks go to the following who braved the elements to come down to Mullingar:-
gjoconnor92 (aka Gerard O' Connor),
ludo,
myself,
Richie (Mooney),
Robbie Bradford,
techno violet (aka Turlough Nolan)
topazman (aka Niall Barrett)

Topics discussed were:-
* track days & how entries are processed (i.e. making money collection easier, etc.)
* Vehicle launches (3 series) & Refurbished dealer launches (having a club presence at both)
* promotion of club (leaflets [raising a litter issue], newspaper promotion [e.g. Better driving days], etc.)
* overseas trip(s) - possibly to Isle of Man, Wales & AGM, Frankfurt Motor Show, the Ring, Munich & Mobile Tradition
* attendance (with BMW Irl) at events such as the BTCC
* ongoing group buys (with a future item likely to be Irish Region t-shirts).
* an idea of having a dealer of the month (bi-month) to co-incide with the club mag. This would allow us to give a dealer a bit of advertising whilst giving the club some profile with the dealer network (and maybe even some prizes, etc.). This could be done by writing a small review of the dealer along with an advert on the irish region site/forum.

I think people were generally satisfied with the events held during the year but it must be mentioned that most at the meeting were not active members of the club until recently and did not attend all events .