Plymouth Owners Club

So I went to the POC site to see if thee is any progress of indications of events for 2012.  Since it is nearly spring and folks might be wanting to put thing on their summer and fall calenders. 2010 and 2011 items are listed in their glory. The info on the site says that events will be listed in the Events section of this forum.  Lo an behold on this site the last post on 2012 events was from October in relpy to the POC presidents call for regions to host events.

Knowing what it takes to pull off a national event, it looks like 2012 will be un eventful so to speak.  Also seems to be a sparsity of regional events. 

Wonder what the POC club leadership and other members might be thinking regarding this state of affairs, since the bylaws call for a National event alternating geographically to the east and west of the Mississippi river.  I did send the President a personal email regarding this, back in October, as yet to be replied to.

Any other opinions or concerns among this group?

I have been wondering about these events also. I am pretty new to this, but I plan on attending some of these, look forward to it. Have been waiting to make plans, but, still waiting.  Not many of us up in this neck of the woods, I would love to see what others look like.
Thanks
SD Glenn

Events are being planned for 2012 and will be posted shortly.  Conference call coming up in a few days and final plans will be announced. 

Mom told me that a few was less than that which could be defined by other terms for multiple items; Couple=2, half dozen=6, fortnight=14.

My guess would be a few would be between a couple, and a dozen, having past 12 days since your assertion that a concference call was to be made in a few days, it would seem that that definition of time has come and gone.

So has the call been completed?  Was there progress??

Perhaps the shortly used as the term of measurement was adapted from the legal or medical, realm.  As in "the doctor will be with your shortly".

Or "the judge will render his decison shortly after the briefs are presented."

I guess the result will be immenently presented.

Horologically speaking, I guess we will proceed with plans to attend the WPC event in Kalamazoo.

Greg,

You are beating a dead horse.  The POC doesn't communicate via the POC Forum.  They use a telephone tree, whatever that is ?

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The conference call scheduled for last Thursday night was postponed when the club president ended up in the hospital.....if I had the information I would post it -- but I don't, so, as Sarah Palin would say "don't get your panties in a knot..."   

For anyone who wants to do the reseach, the club is 55 years old and has hosted a meet (or meets) every year since 1959 so there is no reason to think there won't be one this year......

Sorry to hear the president was in the hospital.  But the isn't the Vice Pres delegated with overseeing events, and wasn't the rest of the board able to act without direct presidential oversight???  And since the last three events were west of the Mississippi shouuldn't the 2012 events be east of the river and wouldn't that make planning more area specific?

My boxers aren't in a bunch nor my knockers in a knot, nor my panties in a pinch.  Your intimation that they might be is offensive, but thanks for the (non) update.

Now if you will excuse me, I need to curry my dead horse. 

2012 Meet Information - as being posted in the Jan-Feb issue of the Bulletin which should be in the mail anyday now --

May 24-27, 2012, Prince Edward County, ON, Canada. ?24h Annual Four Cylinder Plymouth Meet and Driving Tour?  Bill Wybenga, P O Box 6263, Picton, ON K0K 2T0.  (613) 476-4085.

July 30-August 3, 2012, Michigan: ?2012 PJ Tour? for 1935 Plymouths.  Wayne Brandon, 5715 Forest Green Dr.,Perry, MI 48872-9197. (517) 675-5717

September 19-22, 2012, Kansas City, MO: 2012 National Fall Tour hosted by the Heart of America Region.  Contact: Mike Schaefer (816) 298-4074; Ron Holloway (816) 985-5204. plymouthclub.com

Well interesting, but I have neither a 4 cylinder nor a 35, and the touring meet makes the 3rd on the wrong side of the river again.

From the Constitution;

Clause E. One National Meet shall be held geographically "west" of the Mississippi River and one shall be held "east" of the Mississippi except years In which a Grand National meet is held.

Quote from: plym_46 on February 25, 2012, 10:30:37 PM
Well interesting, but I have neither a 4 cylinder nor a 35, and the touring meet makes the 3rd on the wrong side of the river again.

From the Constitution;

Clause E. One National Meet shall be held geographically "west" of the Mississippi River and one shall be held "east" of the Mississippi except years In which a Grand National meet is held.

Regions host/run the national meets. National sanctions them and covers some expenses for things like trophies, etc. Even if the bylaws/constitution say the meets will alternate sides of the Mississippi River you need to get a region to step up and volunteer to do it. I am not a national officer nor have I ever been but I've seen two national meets put on at close hand and my impression is that the national club officers would leap at any offer or request a region made to have a national meet.

If you are not in a region or if you are in a region that has not volunteered to host a national meet in recent years the I don't have a lot of sympathy for your post.

I belong to the First Capital Chapter of the AACA here in New Bern, NC and we've hosted local each year, regional, national and a Grand National meet (almost 600 cars) in 2010 and the work and logistics is staggering. I'm just a worker bee but with less than 40 members and 30% of them name only members ( the real credit goes to the few who actually know how to run one of these things ) I don't have any sympathy for anyone who just wants to load up the trailer or drive to a meet for the joy and pleasure one gets from  showing his vehicle. If an enthusiast belongs to a regional car club, go to a meeting and see if there is any interest in hosting a show, be it a local. regional or otherwise. You will see in a hurry why they are few and far between anything larger than a local show. Don't want to start a cat fight here in this forum but felt the need to respond.
Brian, captbrian41, '41 P11 TPC

certainly understand what you guys are saying.  I belonged to a National Professional Association as was both a worker bee, and a chairman for national and regional weeklong conferences, so I get the work necessary, I was also the VP Regionally and had the overshight for several years worth of regional conferences.  Part of my duties on the National council was to ascertain the viabbility of the regions for the purposes of scheduling national events.  And While our folks were volunteer, they new by region based on the schedule when the responsibility would fall to them.  And they had this information at least 3 years in advance of their turn.  They also had the help of the nationa staff and national VP.  So with the schedul and the assistance, events were assured.

Since the closest region is 200 miles distant, my involvement with any events is pretty much limited to that of participant.  Were ther one closer I would likely be involved.  So while I get your implication that I need to put my effort where my concern is, as it stands, it probably pretty much wont happen.  But part of the purpose here is to gin up some discussion, and hopefully get folks interested in supporting their regions, in an effort to effect more positive program than "please somebody host a nationl event" that seems to be the system currently in place. 

Tod hit the nail on the head pretty well.  It takes a local region to put on a meet and be the "boots on the gound".  The national club helps sponsor local regions financially but its pretty hard for the Plymouth Club board to put on a meet with the board and officers scattered all over the USA & Canada.