This Saturday we held the 2008 version of The Picnic in the Park. We ended up with about 40 club members attending, and had approximately 20 cars participate in the show 'n shine. It was certainly nice to meet a few more members, many of whom were more than happy to give us feedback on our work over the last 4 - 6 months.
We received feedback on how the BoD is running the club in general, feedback on the new website, and feedback on some of our upcoming events. I have to say that I was very pleased that the feedback was overwhelmingly positive, and several members commented on how much they enjoy the emails, and newsletters that we've been sending out. As you might imagine, we're always looking to do the right thing for our members, and we need to be a financially viable club if we're to stay in business. So, it is with some hesitation that we send out the emailings to our members.
We certainly want as much participation as possible in all of our events, because when we fill up an event, as you might imagine, it's going to be profitable, while events that do not sell out cause the club to lose money. We try to balance these realities when we send out the invitations to attend the events, and we're always concerned that we're sending out too much information to our members. I was certainly surprised when several people came up to me to tell me that they actually enjoy getting these mailings.
While we're glad that you get a lot out of the mailings, and that you get excited to see what other events you might possibly attend, but rest assured, we will not abuse this privilege, and we will continue to exercise restraint when we send these mailings out to you.
Thanks to everyone that attended. We have a pretty good number of prizes to give away, and we gave away 5 passes to the upcoming ALMS hospitality tent at Laguna Seca.