Chapter Coordinator Newsletters

January 2010 Newsletter

by Lee & Liz Niner on February 23, 2010

Hi all - Happy New Year!

May 2010 be a wonderful year for your Club or Interest Group and for you personally. Here's some items of interest from the world of NAMGAR applicable to you, your club and / or your interest group. Please share this information with your club's executive and members or the participants of your interest group.

Status of NAMGAR Chapters

There are currently 48 affiliated chapters of NAMGAR. Of these 48 chapters, 5 are MGA specific, 33 are all MG and 10 are All British. Interestingly, chapter membership ranges from 900 down to 36 but who's counting - it's all about having fun! Our two newest chapters are the Ottawa MG Club which affiliated last November and the MG Car Club of Toronto which affiliated last December. The Chapter Contacts are Andy Bounsall for the Ottawa Chapter and Johan Petersen for the Toronto Chapter. Welcome aboard!

Status Of NAMGAR Interest Groups

There are currently 8 Interest Groups in NAMGAR. Some are extremely active via messages utilizing a specific Email address while others deal one on one to solve specific technical issues. They serve a specific audience and provide a forum for technical areas of concern to their particular type of MG.

NAMGAR Board of Directors Annual Meeting

The annual meeting is coming at the end of February. Our requirement is an end of year report to the Board. To accomplish this we need you to verify that the contact information on the MGA! chapters listing page and the web site is up to date. Next please Email us the number of members in your chapter, if your club is still an "A", all MG or all British Club and lastly the number of NAMGAR members. Also, let us know if your club has any discussion points for the Board. We need this info by January 23rd in order to complete our report to the Board. The Interest Group Contacts need only to verify that their contact information is correct in MGA! and the web page and get back to us that you've verified it. Also, please let us know if you have any discussion points for the Board.

Reckenberger Spirit Award

Five Chapters and no Interest Groups elected to present this award to one of their deserving members in 2009. We've had inquiries from three chapters about nominating a member for this award in the last month. The nominating process is very simple. The award which is a very nice plaque is a no cost item for the club or Interest Group and all that NAMGAR requests is a brief write up and picture for MGA! Each Chapter or Interest Group surely has a deserving individual or couple that have put in the time and effort so give it some thought and place a nomination into us. Click here to view guidelines for The Reckenberger Spirit Award.

Upcoming Events

2010 Key West Gathering

The first NAMGAR event of the year is a NAMGAR Regional, 2010 Key West Gathering, April 19 - 23. This event is always a hoot. Just one event, the Conch Republic's World's Longest Parade" is just plain unforgettable. The ride down to Key West is another ride to remember. Now, that's an MG road! If you can get out of work for a few days - go for it. What the heck, you could even be listed forever as a founding member of the Mile Zero Club - "NAMGAR's Lowest Chapter" as the word we're hearing on Highway 1 is that Admiral Fred Skomp and Regional organizers Robin and Tommy Camblin are in the process of submitting "paperwork" to be a NAMGAR Chapter (hmm - should that be an interest group!). Visit the Key West website to download a registration form and for further details.

GT-35

This one is going to be "A Get Together of The First Magnette-tude"! It's being held at the Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, WI and is being hosted by the Milwaukee & Great Lakes MG Motorcar Group Chapter. Chapter Contact Dave Hanson along with his chapter's GT committee put together a pretty extensive program. As you can see the MG Magnettes are being featured and there will be a bunch of them to see. We've already reserved our rooms, mailed our registration form in and made plans to travel out and back with our Virginia friends from last year's GT. Spread the word, get in contact with members of your Chapter or Interest Group and make traveling arrangements now. This is especially true if you're thinking of taking one of those Great Lakes ferries as reservations are a god idea. Don't forget that NAMGAR is hosting a Contacts Meeting which a perfect venue to exchange ideas with other contacts and the Board. Click here for further details on GT-35.

Last But Not Least

Thanks for being Contacts. It's you that provide NAMGAR's voice to your Chapter or Interest Group and it's also you that provide your Chapter's or Interest Group's voice to NAMGAR. Have a great 2010 and we hope to hear from you and to see you. May all your journeys be as nice as the ones you take in your MG.

Lee & Liz Niner - NAMGAR Chapter & Interest Group Coordinators