SES MEETING 22nd AUGUST (1.00pm)

[BIG"E"]

This months meeting will be at "The Woodman" near Sevenoaks KENT.

The pub a has a large car park the food is good has a childrens menu and is easily accesible from all areas.

We have not had a meeting for a while so no excuses lets make this a good one!!

For more info please use the following link:

http://www.thewoodman-idehill.co.uk/

[BIG"E"]

Please put your names down on the list if you can attend.

1. BIG"E"
2.
3.
4.
5.

Great idea Ian, this way we can all get together and discuss future trips.
The dover castle sounds interesting

Please put your names down on the list if you can attend.

1. BIG"E"
2. Crowman + Crowboy
3.
4.
5.

[Scooby Wez]

Sorry will not be able to make it as it's a saturday and do not finish karate till 1ish with the kids.

If the scoobs back, then I'm in

[BIG"E"]

Originally Posted by worzel

If the scoobs back, then I'm in

THere is plenty of room round the back for the beemer.

[majorscooby]

what happend to idea of dover on the 23rd then??? talk about chop and change!

No scoob........ no meet for me mate.

It is not the same

[lady-turbo-wrx]

Originally Posted by majorscooby

what happend to idea of dover on the 23rd then??? talk about chop and change!

Whats happened to the Dover idea As being the new meets the 22nd,i think Lee's working so know counts me out..

Guys and Gals

The prob is that we have really struggled for getting any meet together, i think Ian is getting a central pub type meet together so we can all have a chat about other trips, the Dover one is definatly a go, just need to drum up enough interest.
We can hopefully get plenty of us along to this one and go from there.

What you all think.

We are all open to sugestions, coments etc

[BIG"E"]

Originally Posted by majorscooby

what happend to idea of dover on the 23rd then??? talk about chop and change!

Thank you Crowman for your support.

I am trying to increase the number of people that attend the meetings.

7 people posted saying they thought Dover Castle was a good idea, thats great but out of 270 members its not so good.

The support of the regular attendees is obviously is brilliant!!

We have recently had new people posting, and a few people from Kent have said that its time we had a meeting in Kent.

I have chosen "The Woodman" because it fairly close to the middle of the region and easily accessible from all areas.

AS Crowman has said future meetings can be discussed at our next meeting and take things from there.

Your comments are always welcome.

[C. J.]

sorry to far for me and money for petrol is going in the new engine for the next few months

[herbert]

Originally Posted by majorscooby

what happend to idea of dover on the 23rd then??? talk about chop and change!

i put a post up for a meet in the south east of kent i.e margate/dover area, u could not get no more south east than that
and once again its going nearer surrey/sussex. Thats 2hours from me and the closest meet that has been near me was notcutts and that was a kent scoobies meet not a SES one! The closest SES meet to me was Beachyhead.
plus we always have meets on saturdays a lot of people work . a meet on a sunday wouldnt go a miss !
I dont want to cause a argument but southeast scoobies seems to be up surrey/sussex area rather than the rest of the souhteast

[Steve_PPP]

I can see what your saying herbert - but this is never going to be an easy thing with the club covering such a large area. Sometimes a fairly long drive might be necessary to go to a meet (but i know everyone here enjoys driving - if you didn't, you wouldn't own a scoob! ).

the flip-side to this is consider the opposite end of the region - when was the last time a meet was held towards the West end of Surrey, or West Sussex - think Midhurst, Petworth, Chichester, Haslemere, Farnham etc. As SES, we've never had a meet that way, i guess purely because it makes sense to make it more central to get members coming from both East and West directions. in all honesty, it'll never be possible to please everyone.....

anyway, unfortunately i can't make this meet as i'm away, but i'd be there if i could

[majorscooby]

Originally Posted by BIG E

Thank you Crowman for your support.

I am trying to increase the number of people that attend the meetings.

7 people posted saying they thought Dover Castle was a good idea, thats great but out of 270 members its not so good.

The support of the regular attendees is obviously is brilliant!!

We have recently had new people posting, and a few people from Kent have said that its time we had a meeting in Kent.

I have chosen "The Woodman" because it fairly close to the middle of the region and easily accessible from all areas.

AS Crowman has said future meetings can be discussed at our next meeting and take things from there.

Your comments are always welcome.

This is ok for me on the saturday and its not to far away but what i want to know is ,is the sunday one at dover still going to happen. im not doing both!

Most people i rekon will go for the closer option of sevenoaks on the sat so this now pretty much rights off dover i suppose.

oh well ill wait and see how much interest we get on each event

[SpecB]

Sorry guys can't make this one but if I wasn't 'working' I'd be there - I have an idea for a good meet down my neck of the woods with some nice flowing dual carriageways and a few country lanes along with a good pub with plenty of parking.

[lady-turbo-wrx]

Without Causing an Riot is there a way of say working out where members are from and putting them into say 4 groups,and giving each group a meet within a reasonable driving distance of them,as it appears we dont see a lot of the members that SES have at the meets,as its to far for them to travel,as Mark,Damien,and Rich have said,there are no meets closer than nearly 2 hours drive away normaly for them..
So by having a meets divided into say 4 area's we would surely get bigger & hopefully better meets attended by those that at present,have to far to travel to come to the ones we have recently had..

I must say though i have been one of the lucky ones,as the meets where ever they have been are within an hour driving for me,others are not so lucky...

I also think that sundays are a more exceptable day for the meets has Lee works most saturdays,so this often counts me out

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by lady-turbo-wrx

Without Causing an Riot is there a way of say working out where members are from and putting them into say 4 groups,and giving each group a meet within a reasonable driving distance of them,as it appears we dont see a lot of the members that SES have at the meets,as its to far for them to travel,as Mark,Damien,and Rich have said,there are no meets closer than nearly 2 hours drive away normaly for them..
So by having a meets divided into say 4 area's we would surely get bigger & hopefully better meets attended by those that at present,have to far to travel to come to the ones we have recently had..

I must say though i have been one of the lucky ones,as the meets where ever they have been are within an hour driving for me,others are not so lucky...

I also think that sundays are a more exceptable day for the meets has Lee works most saturdays,so this often counts me out

Dividing into 4 area's will just end up with Kent, East & West Sussex and Surrey, which is back where it all started.

I have produced a map with a 'Meet Zone' of 50 mile diameter, based on a central location.

This central location takes into account :
1. Most westerly lat/long (approx : Havant/Chichester)
2. Most easterly lat/long (approx : Ramsgate/Margate/Broadstairs)
3. Most northerly lat/long (approx : Thames Esturary)
4. Most southerly lat/long (Beachy Head)

The centre point of the 'Zone' ends up being Groombridge (Kent).

This meet zone should hopefully pull in the max number of people and the least amount of travel for the majority.

We will have event outside this 'Zone' but the monthly's should remain within it.

I would of posted it this evening, but forgot to email it home from work.

[Hongkongfooi]

1. BIG"E"
2. Crowman + Crowboy
3. Hongkongphooey
4.
5.

[herbert]

count me out
i have got a footy match any sunday meets comeing up ?

[BIG"E"]

Originally Posted by majorscooby

is the sunday one at dover still going to happen.

The Dover Castle trip will not be happening this month.

But I am sure this will take place, at a later date.

Please if you can come to the next meeting as obviously things need to be discused.

I feel we need to have a programme in place so that we are not living from month to month.

This is why this meet is so crucial really. Without peoples input Ian is swimming through treacle trying to please everyone.

The meets need input from ALL SES members, without that input we can't give you anything that suits you.

I'll stick my scabby arsed beemer down for the meet, why not?

Come on guys and gals, without your input it's hard work to give everyone what they want. This is the time to get your point across.

1. BIG"E"
2. Crowman + Crowboy
3. Hongkongphooey
4. Worzel (in his scabby arsed beemer)

[majorscooby]

1. BIG"E"
2. Crowman + Crowboy
3. Hongkongphooey
4. Worzel (in his scabby arsed beemer)
5. majorscooby

[SUBARMAN]

1. BIG"E"
2. Crowman + Crowboy
3. Hongkongphooey
4. Worzel (in his scabby arsed beemer)
5. majorscooby
6. Subarman (hopefully, although it's the Vulcan at Shoreham weekend)

[Cath]

1. BIG"E"
2. Crowman + Crowboy
3. Hongkongphooey
4. Worzel (in his scabby arsed beemer)
5. majorscooby
6. Subarman (hopefully, although it's the Vulcan at Shoreham weekend)
7. Cath

The only problem here is that is the 3rd saturday of the month, which is generally a east sussex meet

[WRX_Paul]

I cant make it as we have our daughters Christening on that day.

[BIG"E"]

Originally Posted by Cath

1. BIG"E"
2. Crowman + Crowboy
3. Hongkongphooey
4. Worzel (in his scabby arsed beemer)
5. majorscooby
6. Subarman (hopefully, although it's the Vulcan at Shoreham weekend)
7. Cath

The only problem here is that is the 3rd saturday of the month, which is generally a east sussex meet

It is actually the 4th Saturday of the month.

The following Saturday is also a bank holiday.

It will be good to see you Cath.

[iain1502]

Sorry no can do this one as away on summer hols - but will see you all on 5th September

[BIG"E"]

Originally Posted by iain1502

Sorry no can do this one as away on summer hols - but will see you all on 5th September

Thats a shame, have a great time.

[iain1502]

Originally Posted by BIG E

Thats a shame, have a great time.

Cheers, I'm sure I will.

[graydog]

wont ba able to do meet on sat 22nd aug have to work would be nice to have one closer to dover area as sevenoaks is bout two hours away for me

[lady-turbo-wrx]

Originally Posted by graydog

wont ba able to do meet on sat 22nd aug have to work would be nice to have one closer to dover area as sevenoaks is bout two hours away for me

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by graydog

wont ba able to do meet on sat 22nd aug have to work would be nice to have one closer to dover area as sevenoaks is bout two hours away for me

Sounds like your scoob needs a tune.......
multimap route planner reckons 1hr 9 mins

it's 58mins for Big 'E'. Although if he's in 'Ring Mode' he may bottle it half way there.

[C. J.]

Originally Posted by lady-turbo-wrx

You could always go to dover castle on sunday !

[BIG"E"]

The Dover Castle trip HAS NOT been ruled out.!!

If people can make it to the next meeting, ideas can be discussed.!!

[majorscooby]

[quote=C. J.]

Originally Posted by "lady-turbo-wrx":1egi8wdb

You could always go to dover castle on sunday ! [/quote:1egi8wdb]
we should of left the dover meet on sunday the 23rd a goer and had our discussions there, may of had a bigger attendants by the sound of it?

[Scooby Wez]

I would love to make all the meets but with saturday day time it is a no good for me as i have kids things to do and they do not normally finish till after 1.Then add the time on to get there and most people would be leaveing as i get there.So for me it's not a case of not being bothered to turn up or the distance to travel it's all in the time of the meet.Please do not take this the wrong way i know how hard it is from my time as meet organiser with my bike club and Big E is doing a sterling job.

[Scott.T]

Originally Posted by majorscooby

we should of left the dover meet on sunday the 23rd a goer and had our discussions there, may of had a bigger attendants by the sound of it?

The list, from what I recall, for Dover castle was only 7 people.
To organise an event/meet at a venue such as this for such a small number is pointless.

It is also not the sort of venue where things can be discussed.
People would park in the main public car park, in amongst the MPV's, then bugger of into the attraction only to be seen fleetingly while you all walk around.

This should be classed more as a 'DAY TRIP' or 'EVENT' and not a 'MONTHLY MEET'.
Possibley with the costs of entrance (£34 for family ticket) included in the Event details, much like a Brands/Lyden meet etc....

If numbers are not great enough why should Ian bother with the arrangements.........
Hey if the car park is big enough you may find more then 7 other scoobs there anyway, and then you can wave at anyone in the attraction wearing a blue and yellow shirt.

[majorscooby]

Originally Posted by SilverSurfer

The list, from what I recall, for Dover castle was only 7 people.
To organise an event/meet at a venue such as this for such a small number is pointless.

It is also not the sort of venue where things can be discussed.
People would park in the main public car park, in amongst the MPV's, then bugger of into the attraction only to be seen fleetingly while you all walk around.

This should be classed more as a 'DAY TRIP' or 'EVENT' and not a 'MONTHLY MEET'.
Possibley with the costs of entrance (£34 for family ticket) included in the Event details, much like a Brands/Lyden meet etc....

If numbers are not great enough why should Ian bother with the arrangements.........
Hey if the car park is big enough you may find more then 7 other scoobs there anyway, and then you can wave at anyone in the attraction wearing a blue and yellow shirt.

no comment!

[herbert]

Originally Posted by majorscooby

no comment!

[SUBARMAN]

I think a trip to Dover Castle is a club trip out, and is a separate thing to a monthly meet, especially when important things need to be discussed. If I am going to Dover Castle I will be spending my time enjoying the venue rather than sorting out club stuff. I am a bloke, so can only focus on one thing at a time.

Bravo sir, I whole heartedly agree with that comment.

[Scott.T]

Sorry guy's, can't make this as on Hol's with family.
Pretty gutted as would defo of come along to this one.
Can't even pop in on the way back (in the Seat) as am travelling back on 22nd, but along the coast not round M25.

Now if it had been Dover Castle on the 23rd............

[lady-turbo-wrx]

Originally Posted by SilverSurfer

Sorry guy's, can't make this as on Hol's with family.
Pretty gutted as would defo of come along to this one.
Can't even pop in on the way back (in the Seat) as am travelling back on 22nd, but along the coast not round M25.

Now if it had been Dover Castle on the 23rd............

Here we go again talk

[majorscooby]

Originally Posted by lady-turbo-wrx

Here we go again talk

what a big turn out this could be we might get 7 of us.........

[BIG"E"]

Originally Posted by majorscooby

what a big turn out this could be we might get 7 of us.........

Time to move on.

Hopefully any one that has a grievance will come to the meeting have beverage and discuss things.

In the nice atmosphere that 'The Woodman' has.

There might even be a moderator or two there.

[SUBARMAN]

"There might even be a moderator or two there". QUOTE



But not three!!!!

[crow sti]

1. BIG"E"
2. Crowman + Crowboy
3. Hongkongphooey
4. Worzel (in his scabby arsed beemer)
5. majorscooby
6. Subarman (hopefully, although it's the Vulcan at Shoreham weekend)
7. Cath
8. crow sti and kim

[DukeBoy]

1. BIG"E"
2. Crowman + Crowboy
3. Hongkongphooey
4. Worzel (in his scabby arsed beemer)
5. majorscooby
6. Subarman (hopefully, although it's the Vulcan at Shoreham weekend)
7. Cath
8. crow sti and kim
9. DukeBoy (i'll do my best)