mutant mini wrote:
Steve I couldn't agree more with what you said.
This is exactly what we did with the Geelong run that Ausmini members organised. We ran the event under the banner of the Vic Mini Club Inc. and this allowed all the CH plate cars to attend.
It was a great run and the start of more to come hopefully.
This is exactly what we did with the Geelong run that Ausmini members organised. We ran the event under the banner of the Vic Mini Club Inc. and this allowed all the CH plate cars to attend.
It was a great run and the start of more to come hopefully.
Historic rego is just that....a reduced cost scheme to allow historic vehicles controlled access to the road under the auspices of a car club structure. Each club has the responsibility to ensure its members are complying with the spirit of the scheme. If you don't want to conform with the scheme, which includes being a member of an affiliated car club, then go down and register your pride and joy to use as you wish.
Another example to add to Mutants, the ACT Mini Car Clubs recent Show and Shine and subsequent cruise around Canberra. This is an annual club event but this year we had cars participating from Wagga Mini CC (NSW Mini CC sub-branch) and other invited guests from NSW
(sadly no VICs Mutant!! 
). A lot of the coordination of the NSW guests happened via Ausmini.com....and it seemed to work well.
Hey! Steve and Mikey have even been to "Wheels" in Canberra with the ACT Mini Car Club (Wheels is a combined car club display for charity held annually (March) in Canberra).
The MGCC in Canberra has a regular mid-week run which is a bit of an institution AFAIK.....the NSW Mini CC might also be persuaded to support such cruises (including weekend runs) if people went along and proposed such events, offered to organise etc they might just happen.
Not trying to be a wet blanket here, just stating the facts.
The only way you can have the benefits of a club (including Public Liability Insurance) or Concessional Registration is to join one and get involved....you can't have your cake and eat it too.....
To my mind, if you make the MDC an official club, you will probably be getting away from its original intent....enjoy driving cars without the overhead of being in a club.
BTW not all MDC or Ausmini members are youngsters!!! There seems to be this idea that old = fuddy duddy and I for one resemble that remark!!! All of the Canberra club runs in the past have involved a wide range of ages and vehicles types (even a Marina once!!)
Enjoy your Minis!! (hope the above helps...
then the formalising process will be a lot simpler i think. MCCNSW (among many others as well) also maintains an affiliation with CAMS for the motorsport side of things. This stuff is as much a pain in the bum as the conditional rego scheme, and i would not recommend going down that route when there are so many other clubs to participate in. Speaking of the drags (no, racing 
) MCCNSW does not have an affiliation with ANDRA, so there may be an opportunity for a club that specialises in Mini drag racing, but the number of people who would need such an affiliation is probably limited, and they can probably get by using other existing clubs.