Hmmm seems this thread has gone a bit off track.
From what I can read most of the comments above were positive and just offering ideas, a willingness to help and the expression of a few concerns, none of which should be classed as whinging.
Everybody really appreciates the time and effort that has gone into the setting up of the club and no-one is devaluing that at all. And it seems that everybody above is interested in helping out in some way.
But the fact is that this is now a paid membership club, and the moment money was collected from people, a certain responsibility was thereby accepted by the executive committee to ensure that people get something back for that money.
Excuses are no longer a valid response for questions and the accusation of whinging when concerns are raised is childish and unworthy of the committee executives.
You are right no-one really cares if Slip, Gary et al, personally comes to these events at all, what they care about is that the holders of a certain office (whoever they may be) in the club, do come to some of these events as representitives of the executive committee.
From what I can see the raisers of the concerns are indeed the people who have done the most organising of recent events and cruises i.e Strutto who pretty much single handedly started the Thursday night cruises that is the base for the core group on here today, NismoGirl for the Massive Skyline Cruises and Dyno Day, Ska for collecting donations for the SAU website at the cruises.... I could go on.
I am not having a go at anyone or "dishing out flack for others to cop" but trying to better express some of the concerns that have been discussed by the members over the last couple of weeks.
It is fine to say there is "transparancy", but then turn around and say that the raisers of concerns are "whingers" is an analogy to that statement.
There is absolutely nothing personal in the concerns the people have raised and to take it personally is puzzling to say the least.
I for one, as I know others are, are wholeheartedly behind the club and want to help out in any way we can, and in fact I will organise to offer discounts for club members in the business I manage, once the structure and organisation of the club is laid out in some discernable way.
Yes lets have more cruises and events...... and as you say "Go out for a drive, you'll love it"