Starting clubs

***SMWS6TA*** · 11-05-2009, 08:40 AM

Does anybody here have any experience in starting a car club?

**ls1camino** · 11-05-2009, 08:43 AM

Why did my mind go to leading with clubs in the card game "Spades" when I read the title?

**shady milkman** · 11-05-2009, 08:44 AM

honestly i have been thinknig about it...cant be too hard

get a few friends together name the club..lay out some rules or guidelines
make a webpage for the club (optional)
and just recruit members...maybe have monthly or weekly cruises ..maybe a get together every once in a while...then from there
rent a day at the track (if large enough)
get merchandise
merge smaller car clubs into yours.

**shady milkman** · 11-05-2009, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by ls1camino

Why did my mind go to leading with clubs in the card game "Spades" when I read the title?

because you are intoxicated

**justinmc978** · 11-05-2009, 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by SMWS6TA

Does anybody here have any experience in starting a car club?

facebook group, put flyers up etc.

you can use that as a template, i worked for a while making it figure i can share..

**Spaz** · 11-05-2009, 08:50 AM

best way to start is to get some friends together and do a "cruise" for some non profite charity in your neighbor hood... advertise the meet for all intrested in a local paper... maybe a toys for tots run and then a meet at a resturant after... get some window stickers to represent your clubs name... call a news paper and let them know about the run... get a web site set up to let members and other intrested in the club know about meets and events...

oh... and it's going to be a shit load of work...

**86 IROC-Z** · 11-05-2009, 09:12 AM

I came in here thinking you wanted to start a dance club/bar and got excited.

I was disappointed.

**silverWS6** · 11-05-2009, 11:09 AM

Me and some friends started one in high school. We would hang out at the carwash and cruise and we had shirts and stickers for our cars it was pretty cool and i was the fastest

but then we all took different ways in college and there was girl trouble and that was the end of it

***SMWS6TA*** · 11-05-2009, 11:13 AM

The reason I ask, is because F-bodys around here I feel are shut out. Too many Buttstangs and ricers. My car isn't old enough to join the classic car club here. There are enough T/A's and Camaros in the area that I think if word got out it could be a decent size club.

**Y2KPewterSS** · 11-05-2009, 11:19 AM

I ran our local club for 1.5 years, if you want it to be worth a shit its a lot of work. We had over 100 members at one point.

**SiggyZ** · 11-05-2009, 11:26 AM

Yep, I couldn't agree with you more there.

Originally Posted by Y2KPewterSS

I ran our local club for 1.5 years, if you want it to be worth a shit its a lot of work. We had over 100 members at one point.

**pajeff02** · 11-05-2009, 11:29 AM

If you want to be an offical organization, you generally start with By-Laws and then file with the state. You can also operate as an unicorporated association -- all depends on what your goals are as to what you should do.

Once thing to be concerned about is liability -- if you host an event and someone is injured or killed, you may have issues. That's why event insurance is a good thing to have and it is generally inexpensive.

Again, if you are pursuing an offical status versus a bunch of people hanging out, start by plagiarizing some organizational documents. Here is one by way of example: http://www.psccny.com/about/constitution

**toi tyme** · 11-05-2009, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

I came in here thinking you wanted to start a dance club/bar and got excited.

I was disappointed.

me too......... but i wasnt disappointed.. ive never been to either

**Y2KPewterSS** · 11-05-2009, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by 86 IROC-Z

I came in here thinking you wanted to start a dance club/bar and got excited.

I was disappointed.

Now you know how I feel, you disappoint me every night.

**toi tyme** · 11-05-2009, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by silverWS.6

Me and some friends started one in high school. We would hang out at the carwash and cruise and we had shirts and stickers for our cars it was pretty cool and i was the fastest

but then we all took different ways in college and there was girl trouble and that was the end of it

hah we dont have a club, but basically all if not most of my friends have TAs, Z28s or an fbody.. but college happened and we all spread apart.. most of us

But my good friends with TAs arent members of this forum

they should be..

**SandmanWs7** · 11-05-2009, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by toityme

hah we dont have a club, but basically all if not most of my friends have TAs, Z28s or an fbody.. but college happened and we all spread apart.. most of us

But my good friends with TAs arent members of this forum

they should be..