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Well it seems I will not be going to the Birthday event as it is fully booked. I could understand rooms etc being fully booked but anything else seems a bit silly. Surely a event should be able to take all members?

According to FP magazine there are no spaces for the rally. Surely if it is in a field or whatever driving around how can it be full? I have been to MG meets where they have been hundreds of cars yet still been able to join in. Since I am a fairly new member I was hoping to go but that seems to be a non starter.

So are you saying every year not everyone can go on a club do? It seems that new members do not get a very good welcome when events are organised if they do not get a chance to attend because all the spaces are taken by the established members and guests.

The wording is that it is the actual rally that is also full. I too am not a fan of the whole restaurant scene and had it been that the restaurant and hotel were fully booked that would not be the problem. It seems though that the actual rally venue is full and therefore turning up is a waste of time. I wonder how any other new mwmbers feel that the first time there is a major do with the club they are excluded.

@tripyrenees wrote:

On another note – are there any plans for the NEC in November? I always need to plan ahead when travelling.

Ian

In March/April Floating Power it does say that there is a ‘volunteer’ to organise things at the NEC plus looks like Manchester Classic Car Show is booked for 17th & 18th September Ian.

My point is I am not asking about hotels or meals just attending on the day events. I am not aware that there are any restrictions on numbers with the local authority. I understand that early booking for hotels etc is good but I never for one second thought it would be required to book just to attend. As I have said already what happens to any new members between now and then, being turned away from a major event is not a good start.

I was actually meaning that it seems that there is no allowance for day visitors – the number of attendees was based on the hotel accommodation. Yes campsites were mentioned but no specific sites were mentioned. The campsites are not close to Peasmarsh and look to be only small. Yes there was mention of visitors for the barbeque evening on the Friday but nothing else. For a rally such as this i.e. the 40th Anniversary,not to have been thought about and planning started 3 or 4 years ago is ludicrous. What is interesting is that no Committee Members have pitched into this discussion.