CEO ' s MESSAGE
Dan Bathie
James Roberts
At the end of the month, I had a busy Sunday arriving early at Bicester for the autumn Scramble event to welcome members of our 27 committees, and their guests, to our wonderful building at the heart of the old RAF airfield complex. The weather was perfect( unlike at the start of the year) and there was an amazing collection of fabulous machinery spread around the site. However, I couldn’ t stay long as I had a three-hour drive to Llandrindod Wells in the heart of Wales for the AGM of the Welsh Association of Motor Clubs. Joining me was John Ryan, and we had the usual lively conversation with the members about the health of our sport, covering a vast array of subjects. The subject that stuck with me was the need for the recruitment of more volunteers and officials to maintain the Welsh community’ s ability to hold events. There were a couple of ideas that I thought worth sharing, one being to run a local test day on a closed stage, invite key
stakeholders such as the media, and give the opportunity for a selection of marshals to sit in the passenger seat and experience the excitement from inside the car. The other was the concept of creating a loyalty scheme for marshals whereby they would accumulate points from their attendance at events that could be built up and redeemed for benefits and products, ideally for money can’ t buy items to reflect their loyalty. The latter of these is something I would like to explore with the community and see if there is an appetite that we could develop across the board. Maybe this would be better appreciated than the typical goody bags.
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