Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Car Show And Cruise Night Participation

[Jim Shadwick <idahoamx@xxxxxxxxx>]

Even though a Club would have been nice....I have just been trying to 
get them together for a lone time now....only get 3 to 5 most of the 
time and mostly the same people...and this is out 20 or so AMC owners 
that I know of.....going to give it one more try in Aug.

Jim Shadwick
Nampa, ID

Eddie Stakes wrote:
> It is exteremely difficult to start...and maintain....a AMC club, period. 
> You will have a few core people who enthusiatically do 90% of the work, then 
> get burned out while others are content to pay dues, sit back and talk about 
> whatever like kids, sports teams and so forth. Even more difficult is 
> putting together a successful Regional or National. Been there done that 12X 
> times and no more.
>
> You see clubs come and go all the time sadly. But the enthusiasm level is 
> tough to keep up high. And the larger the city/town the harder to get people 
> to come out, simply because there is too much shit to do, like here in 
> Houston which never sleeps.
>
> Seems like i just had this same conversation with AJ Grimaldi, who used to 
> one of the forces behind the Albany, NY meet with now deseased Tim Tracy. 
> These guys were workhorses and usually underwriting the costs of everything 
> involved with the show!
>
> While not for everyone, a file on my site called 'amc assholes'
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/stuff/amc_assholes.htm
> shows how successful meets can be destroyed by a few. A bigger example would 
> be Mitchell's old AMC squirrel Clubs now defunct, 1500+ members, successfule 
> meets but he threw it all away.
> http://www.planethoustonamx.com/stuff/good_riddance_amcwc.htm
>
> The big key is to simply get involved and volunteer. You are correct about 
> the 'big meet' in Kenosha, WI. I can easily tell you of ultra low mile or 
> museum quality AMC cars, get this, a THREE IRON from Kennedy Park where most 
> of the huge meets were held, and the owners didn't bring them to the meet. 
> It is their loss, but mine, and everyone's to not see a example like that 
> with 7000 original miles in 35+ years on it. To me, this is a example that 
> other cars shuold be judged against.
>
> One more thing. The AMC highway is littered with good ideas and intentions. 
> How many of you remember:
> Charity AMX(was supposed to be finished last century)
> AMC Magazine (with color photos)
> AMC Unity Club
> AMC Forum.net
> AMC Council of Clubs
> I could keep going with a shitload of meets and other ideas. Many of them 
> start out on internet and everyone goes "wow this is best thing since 
> country gravy!" however actually seeing it come to fruition or 
> work........shit happens, and never hear from again.
>
> So you have tons of enthusiasm, but when it is time to sing up people to 
> volunteer for judging, picking up trash, parking cars, selling sodas to 
> benefit club, ect, people run off like they just saw Casper the Friendly 
> Ghost.
>
> So support your national clubs, hell, if you want a free application for 
> AMO, NAMDRA or AIM click on my "links" section then simply print one there. 
> Go to meets, cruise nights, big or small. Even when AMC was STILL in 
> business I would find myself the lone r/w/b AMC fan at many cruise nights. 
> Who gives a rat's ass, I had fun! And FUN is what it should be all about no?
> Eddie Stakes'
> Planet Houston AMX
> 713.464.8825
> eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *email is currently HEAVY
> Call if important*
> www.planethoustonamx.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 5:21 AM
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Was Gremlin- animal Now Car Show And Cruise Night 
> Participation
>
>
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>> All of this is easier said than done. Me and my friend tried to start an
>> AMC car club and it was advertized in the local automotive paper that
>> advertizes shows and cruise night's and we did not get one call. There
>> is no AMO chapter in N.Y. I used to belong to the CT club that was an
>> AMO member but that is to far for me to travel with my poor health now.
>> There are 9 other AMC owners in and around my town not counting me and
>> my friend but you never see any of them with there cars out. We used
>> used to have a sunday breakfast with 3 other AMC guys but one gave up
>> his cars and moved  Florida, another moved way upstate and the other is
>> very ill. Only one of the 9 showed up for the show last sunday but him
>> and his mother always show up. They are a real died in the wool AMC
>> family, his father worked as a mechanic at a local AMC dealer and his
>> mother worked at the AMC zone office.
>> "Doc"
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>> Yahoo! Groups Links
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