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I've been wondering about this for some time and I don't recall there ever being a thread about this ( I could easily be wrong though), but with all this talk of organising track days and meetings at national events, surely a better way of getting owners involved is to do it through an owners club.
I bet a lot of owners don't look at these pages all that often (if at all) so no wonder we get a poor turn out at the likes of CPoP if it's only organised on here.
So why not a club? Maybe even the factory would support it to a certain extent even if it's only directing new owners to the club web site.
Any thoughts?...
I bet a lot of owners don't look at these pages all that often (if at all) so no wonder we get a poor turn out at the likes of CPoP if it's only organised on here.
So why not a club? Maybe even the factory would support it to a certain extent even if it's only directing new owners to the club web site.
Any thoughts?...
I disagree, there is a huge difference between PH and an owners club, there will be many owners that simply don't come on here because they don't need to build or repair anything (that is the overall feel of what the PH Ultima section is about) whereas a dedicated club website would be able to have separate sections for new builders tips/questions, up and coming events, track days etc.
e.g. If someone posts a new thread on here and it goes off the front page, any casual visitors will miss it.
My main point is that there are many car owners clubs... There's probably even a Dacia owners club
but yet our marque surprisingly doesn't
e.g. If someone posts a new thread on here and it goes off the front page, any casual visitors will miss it.
My main point is that there are many car owners clubs... There's probably even a Dacia owners club
but yet our marque surprisingly doesn't I know what you mean about maintaining a site and setting it all up, it does take a certain amount of effort.
However, it doesn't have to be as onerous as you think.
The example I can offer is a kitesurfing club that 8 off us started in Scotland around 10 years ago, one guy had some knowledge of website building (but not that much) and after downloading a template for a club website, we ended up with a website that had forums for all the main subjects, sub sections for other information (like details of local beaches and weather feeds) and there was a chat column on the front page that folks could post simple things e.g. that they were heading out if anyone fancied joining them ... In other words small snippets of info that didn't warrant a full forum post.
It worked really well and had next to no maintenance throughout the 10 years that it ran, it ended up disbanding as a club because kitesurfing is very much a solitary sport and the main guys like myself that were keen enough to organise events moved onto other things (or got too old! 😉) and the younger guys just wanted to kitesurf in their small groups of two or three.
The type of thing I'm thinking of would be very similar and the biggest advantage is that by registering everyone would be signing up to receive group emails. So when someone is organising a run to say the Silverstone classic or a track day, then one email would potentially reach every Ultima owner in the country. I bet that would increase the numbers turning up at these things, there could also very easily be sections for other countries like the U.S. or Europe so that all owners can be involved no matter where they live.
I would be happy to be involved but unfortunately I have no experience of web design what-so-ever, so could not help with that but it I'm happy to get involved in other aspects of running/organising it.
If suggesting something like this ends up coming to nothing, then at least I've planted the seed, whether it grows or not is down to all of us.
Pete
However, it doesn't have to be as onerous as you think.
The example I can offer is a kitesurfing club that 8 off us started in Scotland around 10 years ago, one guy had some knowledge of website building (but not that much) and after downloading a template for a club website, we ended up with a website that had forums for all the main subjects, sub sections for other information (like details of local beaches and weather feeds) and there was a chat column on the front page that folks could post simple things e.g. that they were heading out if anyone fancied joining them ... In other words small snippets of info that didn't warrant a full forum post.
It worked really well and had next to no maintenance throughout the 10 years that it ran, it ended up disbanding as a club because kitesurfing is very much a solitary sport and the main guys like myself that were keen enough to organise events moved onto other things (or got too old! 😉) and the younger guys just wanted to kitesurf in their small groups of two or three.
The type of thing I'm thinking of would be very similar and the biggest advantage is that by registering everyone would be signing up to receive group emails. So when someone is organising a run to say the Silverstone classic or a track day, then one email would potentially reach every Ultima owner in the country. I bet that would increase the numbers turning up at these things, there could also very easily be sections for other countries like the U.S. or Europe so that all owners can be involved no matter where they live.
I would be happy to be involved but unfortunately I have no experience of web design what-so-ever, so could not help with that but it I'm happy to get involved in other aspects of running/organising it.
If suggesting something like this ends up coming to nothing, then at least I've planted the seed, whether it grows or not is down to all of us.
Pete
I'm only basing it on my previous experience of a "club" web site which was extremely successful and was more for the social side of things...e.g. I've just looked back 5 pages of threads on here (100 threads) and there are only 3 social oriented posts about meeting up for an event or track day.
Is that really all that's going on out there? I know 2 or 3 owners up here in Scotland and we have a small 'whatsapp' group and we use that if we are just shooting the breeze about something rather than PH.
PH is perfect for what we currently use it for, but it's definitely not a social site which probably more what I'm proposing and by that I mean JUST a social site and not an official paid up club membership type thing.
Is that really all that's going on out there? I know 2 or 3 owners up here in Scotland and we have a small 'whatsapp' group and we use that if we are just shooting the breeze about something rather than PH.
PH is perfect for what we currently use it for, but it's definitely not a social site which probably more what I'm proposing and by that I mean JUST a social site and not an official paid up club membership type thing.
Mmmm... It sounds like it has been tried enough with limited success, so maybe it's not worth the effort.
However, the Facebook group is a good alternative and it could easily be done as 2 different ones (a North and a South group) with links between the two so that bigger meets or events could be mentioned on both.
Jim: PM me your mobile number and I'll add you in, I thought Mark (confusion hunter) had added you in, or certainly mentioned it...although I make no apologies for some of the rubbish we talk about
However, the Facebook group is a good alternative and it could easily be done as 2 different ones (a North and a South group) with links between the two so that bigger meets or events could be mentioned on both.
Jim: PM me your mobile number and I'll add you in, I thought Mark (confusion hunter) had added you in, or certainly mentioned it...although I make no apologies for some of the rubbish we talk about
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