The 72nd Members' Meeting - March 2014
Discussion
Well done to GRRC/Lord March who appear to have created another truly special event, which will ape The Revival in many ways but provide something more unique, smaller, bespoke and private without the intrusion of the general public.
Echoing the Brooklands spirit of "The Right Crowd And No Crowding" of like-minded friends...I'm in!
I'd been wondering about my GRRC membership for a while now, feel that Breakfast Clubs are not the same; but this new event, purely for members, will make the membership feel special again. My only concern will be the weather and temperature of a late March (29-30) event.
Looking forward to more info...and for those of you who are GRRC members and haven't seen their post today, a treat awaits you when you get home tonight.
Bravo Goodwood!
PF
Echoing the Brooklands spirit of "The Right Crowd And No Crowding" of like-minded friends...I'm in!
I'd been wondering about my GRRC membership for a while now, feel that Breakfast Clubs are not the same; but this new event, purely for members, will make the membership feel special again. My only concern will be the weather and temperature of a late March (29-30) event.
Looking forward to more info...and for those of you who are GRRC members and haven't seen their post today, a treat awaits you when you get home tonight.
Bravo Goodwood!
PF
Well, they're clearly spooked to have sent a letter from Lord March. Mine arrived this morning dated 17 Dec. " James MacNaughton and I have every confidence...". Mmmm....clearly you don't chaps!
As the OP and a member who bought tickets early-on I'm somewhat disappointed as FoS and Revvial have grown out of control as have GRRC breakfasts...and it is now clear they will have to open this up to the general public. You can dress it up as selected motor enthusiasts, but other than those on the waiting list for GRRC I can't see how it would be controlled as I'm sure Lord March has already invited all of his pals and selected enthusiasts.
Letter is a bit like holding a gun to the head of club members..."we're putting on this event therefore you should buy tickets and support us (along with FoS and Revival)". Not a lot of real world understanding of general public's finances...membership, FoS, Revival and now 72nd...that adds up a lot of money for those member enthusiasts on tight budgets buying a few tickets, and grandstand tickets and, and, and.
I also question the timing of the event as it's pretty parky at that time of year and whilst I'm sure we're all hardy chaps, our women will get "tired" of it far more quickly if it's cold/wet/damp...at least at FoS and Revival it's warm and "just hanging in there", respectively...this has to be a factor for slow take up.
So in summary, it's a shame the letter has had to go out, it taints the event and now makes me think it will not be what it was conceived to be. And that it will be full of the general public, not invested in properly as GRRC will be hedging their bets and early Feb is rather late to be committing to expenditure. I wonder with the comments above that the general public are already being offered tickets whether the 7 Feb is now a "go, no-go" decision date rather than a point of opening up to public? We shall see in due course, but this development makes me feel rather "meh" about it all, and I already feel like this about their tracks days...but that's another topic for another thread!
PF
As the OP and a member who bought tickets early-on I'm somewhat disappointed as FoS and Revvial have grown out of control as have GRRC breakfasts...and it is now clear they will have to open this up to the general public. You can dress it up as selected motor enthusiasts, but other than those on the waiting list for GRRC I can't see how it would be controlled as I'm sure Lord March has already invited all of his pals and selected enthusiasts.
Letter is a bit like holding a gun to the head of club members..."we're putting on this event therefore you should buy tickets and support us (along with FoS and Revival)". Not a lot of real world understanding of general public's finances...membership, FoS, Revival and now 72nd...that adds up a lot of money for those member enthusiasts on tight budgets buying a few tickets, and grandstand tickets and, and, and.
I also question the timing of the event as it's pretty parky at that time of year and whilst I'm sure we're all hardy chaps, our women will get "tired" of it far more quickly if it's cold/wet/damp...at least at FoS and Revival it's warm and "just hanging in there", respectively...this has to be a factor for slow take up.
So in summary, it's a shame the letter has had to go out, it taints the event and now makes me think it will not be what it was conceived to be. And that it will be full of the general public, not invested in properly as GRRC will be hedging their bets and early Feb is rather late to be committing to expenditure. I wonder with the comments above that the general public are already being offered tickets whether the 7 Feb is now a "go, no-go" decision date rather than a point of opening up to public? We shall see in due course, but this development makes me feel rather "meh" about it all, and I already feel like this about their tracks days...but that's another topic for another thread!
PF
Edited by PorkaFly on Friday 3rd January 03:18
James P said:
GRRC probably need to explain why tickets to an event arranged for members only are now to be on general sale. If they don't it is simply a "benefit of membership" that has been rendered worthless.
I agree...and they have now effectively broken the contract that this was an exclusive event for members when I bought my tickets over the Revival weekend. I wonder if members who already bought tickets will get entered into a draw to win a ride in a P1, or is that exclusively for non-members to be enticed to purchase tickets. You couldn't make this up....PF
I got my box, and t'm wondering if tickets are missing or were removed in transit as box was easily opened and not sealed?
Mine had a big evening invite (stiff card) on front of pack and then the folded blue wallet had a pocket slot in back which was empty...were the tickets supposed to be in there, or are the metal lapel toggles it?
Txs
PF
Mine had a big evening invite (stiff card) on front of pack and then the folded blue wallet had a pocket slot in back which was empty...were the tickets supposed to be in there, or are the metal lapel toggles it?
Txs
PF
RichB said:
Metal badges are you entrance ticket. There's a little card which explains how the colour of the braid denotes which days the badges are valid for. Did you get that? Wallet contains grandstand passes and programme voucher.
Yes, had the braid business card identifier which matched what I bought, and metal badges were present, but there were no grandstand passes or vouchers...interesting. Thanks for confirming my suspicions something was missing.PF
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