Skylines Australia Drag Day Cancelled

[useless]

I think under the circumstance the decision was not debatable.A few complaints sure beats blood on his hands.Abo this may well be the last communication with you...I hope you got my pm.Keep the 20 when you send the money back and buy yourself a beer.

cheers Stav

[Swiper the Fox]

Adam, great work to get the cash back mate. See ya at Drag warz on the 17th.

[Duncan]

... This facility is owned by the tax payers of NSW (State Government) not the "management comittee" apointed to run it. I suggest drafting a letter to the Minister of Sport and Recreation enlightening them to the going's on out there and the constant battle we have persuing out sport of choice. Enough is enough!...

now thats an excellent idea, atm we are basically in a situation where the members are thankfully not out of pocket but we may not be able to run a drag day in the future.

I think raising it as a letter to the minister is great, no doubt club days like SAU are half the reason that WSID was justified ie keeping these cars off the street. And the number of days they made available to us as alternatives at short notice make it clear they are not fully utilising the track.

BTW Paul we are looking to run the xmas cruise on 11 Dec. Will it rain that day? Or are your perfect forecasts only available the day after?

[Swiper the Fox]

BTW Paul we are looking to run the xmas cruise on 11 Dec.   Will it rain that day?  Or are your perfect forecasts only available the day after?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

A sensible response Duncan...quite surprising...then you cannot help but be a d1ckhead can you....so here's the forecast...

Never rains on my Birthday, its either sunny or it hails (Singleton hail storm 1996)

Edited November 22, 2005 by DiRTgarage

[Tommyk]

you 32 gtr owners are so immature

Must be an AGE thing ?

[elbee111]

Duncan & Paul, Paul & Duncan.

PM each other, work out a time and sell tickets. This may get the club out of a shortfall.

Anyway, it sounds a bit off that WSID Management will forego the cancellation fee on the understanding that we go away somewhere.

The question is..... where ?

The facility has been built for Drag events to ensure that these do not take place on the streets of NSW.

Sooooooooooo..... Why do we have to wait until next year ? Are our alternate spots taken up ? Is someone from the board retiring at the end of this year ? Are legal procedings underway ?

This is so confusing.

El Bee

[benm]

Send a letter after we get knocked back for the next meeting, not before.

Edit: No doubt they are reading this forum anyway.

Edited November 22, 2005 by benm

[Swiper the Fox]

Duncan & Paul, Paul & Duncan.

PM each other, work out a time and sell tickets. This may get the club out of a shortfall.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

What and have another refund saga on our hands, it wouldn't last as long as the drag day!

[elbee111]

What and have another refund saga on our hands, it wouldn't last as long as the drag day!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If it is called off for any reason, I reserve the right to confiscate any Motor Vehicles owned by the participants.

No further correspondence will be entered into.

El Bee

[Swiper the Fox]

If it is called off for any reason, I reserve the right to confiscate any Motor Vehicles owned by the participants.

No further correspondence will be entered into.

El Bee

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

lol nice one....

[NXTIME]

Apart from the 10th or 11th December, what are the next available dates given when SAU cancelled on the 5th?

Looking at the WSID event calender, there would seem to be plenty of opportunity to have private track days. I would be willing to bet that this facility is not being utilised to its potential (in relation to non-public events).

[Swiper the Fox]

Apart from the 10th or 11th December, what are the next available dates given when SAU cancelled on the 5th?

Looking at the WSID event calender, there would seem to be plenty of opportunity to have private track days. I would be willing to bet that this facility is not being utilised to its potential (in relation to non-public events).

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Stacey is heavily involved with the Premier's department through her work so we will make some enquiries on what is the best possible course of action.

[blk180]

Not welcome back maybe they sould look around these forums and the forum who some times joins our drag days we make up alot of the import racing community.I think these need to jump off there high horse set the rules they want us to follow and let us race

Edited November 22, 2005 by blk180

[Kel]

Thanks blk, if they went back and actually read what was said instead of jumping on their high horse and mouthing off. I had an opinion that i thought that they could have waited longer and/or even consulted the people who paid (the drivers) for the track before making there decision. Only my opinion, it may not be yours, but shouldn't be ridiculed by "executive comittee" and their hangers on about it.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Paul, I'm not hugely interested in keeping this bullshit going, and I'm definitely not interested in fighting battles for Duncan (as many have said he's big enough and ugly enough to fight them himself- doesn’t need me to post on his behalf).

But I actually do take offence to your last comment about the exec committee and our "hangers on".

The highhorse/mouthing off comments are not all that friendly either.

By all means have opinions - I respect anyone who has one whether I agree with it or not- but please think before you post them.

Hell, even read them and try to imagine what the people you’re directing them at might think as they read them.

You have a go about the comments directed at you, but completely ignore the fact that your own comments could be viewed as derogatory (the way you’ve used the term "Hangers on" in this instance wasn't exactly friendly, nor was what you inferred).

And for the record, the exec and their "hangers on" put a bloody lot of their own time into organising the club - making phone calls from work to negotiate club discounts, accepting deliveries of club merchandise despite the raised eyebrows of bosses, pushing CAMs paperwork about, and, as Adam has proven, spending their days writing scary letters to WSID to make sure people get their money back when things don’t go so good.

I don't think any of the exec, or the “hangers on” expect everyone on SAU to bow down and worship at the alter of the great SAU club execs, but at the same time we don't get paid anything for doing this.

In fact, we don't even charge for things like fuel to get to meetings which many clubs do (I'm sure Dan and Shell would be far better off if we introduced those kind of rules).

All I'd ask is that you- well everyone actually- extend the same courtesy you expect of others- think of how what you're about to say could be viewed before you type.

[Kel]

Organising a BBQ and hiring a venue for the Newcastle cruise.. http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=94348 ..why dont you come along...id love to see you face to face!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

....and can you let me know if any kind of expectation has been set (particularly with the venue you're hiring) that this is an SAU NSW Club thing?

If this is the case we'll need to organise CAMS permits which the exec can help with.

Not sure if I'll be able to attend given I think I'll be travelling, but best of luck with it (see, us Exec Members can say nice stuff).

[B-Man]

Here Hear Kel,

That's all I have to say.

[red900ss]

Oh it's so much fun running a club isn't it?

Duncan, Adam et al I feel your pain.

Glad WSID offered a full refund.

Let some water pass under the bridge and try for another day. benm has the right idea, write the letter after they knock you back.

[Abo Bob]

Part of the reason why we are not going to push for a date this year is that a number of entrants have pulled out leaving us with around 30 of a minimum 40 entrants and not very long to get the rest.

Also WSID are yet to provide an answer to my request for a relaxation of this new rule on cars faster than 11.000. In fact I still don't understand how they can justify their stance given that these cars have previously been allowed and all they have come up with so far is that these cars 'are full blooded race cars' or something like that.

Firstly this rule excludes some of our club members, secondly it takes away some of the attraction of the day. I mean, sure we all want to go and race but we love to see two.06l smashing some 10's down the strip. It's part of the enjoyment of the day.

The other thing is that there are other club events to organise like the christmas party and observation cruise, skid pan day as well as a newsletter to get out and various other things. I just don't have time to stuff around with this any more at the moment. (Not to mention my work being very busy this time of year and the engine I've got to put in my car shortly.)

Better to start fresh next year I think.

[ECR033]

I agree that starting fresh next year is the best option. There's way too much on between now and Christmas to try and organise another day at WSID.

For those that still want to race, there's always the Sport Compact meet at WSID on December 17th ($110 to compete) or good ol Wed nights at WSID.

I've never had a go at any of these Sport Compact meets before, but since there's no SAU drag day and i've still got the bug to race, i've decided to turn a negative into a positive and have decided to enter. I personally think it would be awesome if we could get a heap of Skylines out there and make a day of it

Adam, excellent work on organising the refund from WSID.

Look forward to the drag day next year

[fatz]

duncan has a hot arse so he is allowed to be a smart arse