Re: Re: The future of the TOC and this forum

Encouraging people to attend the AGM is well and good, but some of us are from out of country, and the chances of my ever attending any club event are near zero. I don’t expect a national club to cater to an overseas market, but still, with a tool as simple as a forum why wouldn’t you? I moderate a local board that is easily run by a couple of volunteers.

So why join at all if I’ll never go to an event? This appeared to be the only English language forum about, and from other forums I’ve used, a good on-line community can be very nearly as good as a ‘real life’ one. If the discussion is strictly limited to technical discussion that leaves little chance for community to develop. It’s been disappointing to see some of the main contributors go, and I’ve had a question up for a couple of days with no response so that isn’t speaking well for the technical usefulness of the forum. If the forum dies there’s little point in continuing my membership. The magazine is fine for a quick read, but it won’t help me keep my car going or interact with the membership in any real way.