season costs and the 2 hour race at pembrey

[gadget]

following much talk about costs, would the Board like to consider my proposal detailed in the 24 hour section? regarding the Pembrey 2 hour race.
in fact would anyone else like to comment?
also to the board, what is the cost of the 2 hour race?

Gadget

[Simon Crook]

Having been around the club for a little while now I have always felt that its difficult to comment on a few things that come up as I have never attended a AGM since becoming a member due to work commitments mostly out of the country - I do think Wayne has a point on what he is saying here, giving something back to the members would be a good gesture, after all and I may be wrong with what I am saying 'We' as members are shareholders of the club (I am sure Aubrey will put me right on this) Reminded myself I must respond to Mervyn's membership email - Look forward to seeing you all in 2014 

with all the recent talk about the cost of this forthcoming season, i would like to put forward a proposal for the Board to consider.

As this is the Silver aniversary of the club,and as the club has in exess of £50,000 in the bank, would it not be a good idea that the club fund the cost of the 2 hour race at Pembrey. in years gone bye the board and members of the club agreed that it would always keep a "fighting fund" of £5,000 just in case. we now seem to have 10 times that. to do what with???
It was discussed and implied  at the AGM that the cost of the 24 Hr would be less,as it was also said that the cost of a 2 hour race at Pembrey would be zero or maybe £100 or so.

would this not be an ideal time for the board to make a decision and say, make the 2 hour free?

what would it cost the club??? How much is this race costing the club?  it would be a nice jesture to the members and encourage more people to go to Pembrey. at the end of the day it is the members moneythat we are talking about here.
we could make it a 25th aniversary race and get some nice trophies.it would also perhaps encourage some of the once a year 24 hr teams to come out for another event and experience some sprint racing.
i am sure the club could afford to fund this as i've said and to be honest what are we keeping all this money for?,if not to go racing.
come on Board,do the right thing here and stand by what was said at the AGM.

Gadget

[Paul]

So could you just enter the 2hr race or would you have to enter the sprints to get the 2hr free?It's unlikely i will ever go to pembrey again but some celebration of 25 years seems appropriate.
We haven't had a free race since Eurocars at Silverstone on the luffield loop way back in 1994ish so that's 20 years ago, a weekend i hoped i had erased from my memory,Pole to last in 50 feet,then lapped twice !!!

[gadget]

i myself can't see why someone couldn't just enter the 2 hour race. the more the merrier.
for years the club has been trying different ways of encouraging more people into the club. over the years we have had stands and stalls at , autosport, race retro, we even had a stand at snetterton one year.over the years we have spent many thousands of pounds pushing 2CV racing.

well why not encourage other racers out by putting on a 25th celebration race where the racing will advertise itself.
what have we got to lose?
Gadget