Gathering, Long post with a question. Options

[JoeSharp]

Gathering, why aren’t we getting the participation that we should be? We have over 14,000 members now. I can’t say as all of the last 4 or 5 events that we have had here I have considered flops as far as numbers go. I don’t understand it.
One of the reasons I enjoy gathering so much is the Brainstorming. I feel that it is very important because, we as creative individuals will be turning ourselves lose into Mother Nature’s realties in a creation of our own invention. Brainstorming with anyone that can get themselves to an event and adding their IQ to mine, I am sure that the total will be at least an IQ of 120. And who knows, they may have a totally different insight into what you are thinking about.
Just because you are here you are a unique individual. You have an affair with a car that even Volkswagen pushed off on Porsche. And for years Porsche owners have looked down on us and treated us like they had something shoved down their throat.
No matter who you are, you will find Respect at our gatherings. You will find unique individuals like yourself, interested in the same things as all of the other unique individuals there.
So my question is how can we reverse the trend and get more people to come to our gatherings?
Sorry about the long post.

[BarberDave]

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Well I will jump in here : with my 2 cents.
I have been around since 1999, The 1st. meet I went to was Hershey ,2000

had a great time meat some great guy,s ( Non rust Scott ) and others,but got

pissed that there were only 8 914's in the peoples choise area.

I stewed about that a month and decided to have one in the Mid West . I had no

idea what to do and how to do it. But using the Club site and P.Parts in one month

of Promotion I got 17 914's and 8 or 10 guys with out there cars. That was a

learning experence for me, So 2 wk's after I started getting ready for the next yr.

With family,and help from 1 local guy, I had a 914'er form Columbus put to

geather a website for me. Buy the Summer of the next yr. I had collected 250

E-mail adddress of teeners in Ohio, Mich, E. Penn.Ind, Ill. I got 34 914's that yr.

Decided it was 2 much work for me ( age) so in turned it over to a Big Group in

Mich. and they had it for the next 2 yrs.

My whole point is we can have nice ,shows,meets,get to geathers . but it a lot of

work you need a lot of help ( a lot) . I would do it all over again, but now at

74 . That has passed also.

You young guy's it is in your hands, Please do it! Ask for help from the

comminuty. This my rant, thank,s for reading it. My 2 cents also !!!

Dave aka BARBERDAVE (IMG:style_emoticons/default/slap.gif)