Very few people have the time or inclination to be involved in any club in a responsible position. That's how it is.
So the few who step forward should be applauded for spending their time on behalf of the great unwashed. Over the years I must have spent days of my time on car club matters.
The twice monthly local MG meeting was hard enough. The organiser is ALWAYS expected to turn up, but everybody else turns up when they feel like it. The only reason I stuck it for 22 years was that nobody else wanted to do it and having started it off, I didn't want to see it die. It still continues by the way!
I've often travelled to national committee meetings. For MG's it would be Cambridge, Abingdon, or Silverstone. They were good days out in most cases, with a pub lunch at the end on good days, and I got to meet a load of interesting people over the years so I have no regrets.
At least the MSCC meetings are a bit closer, either Warwickshire or at the factory. It's no hardship attending the factory for the AGM. I've never claimed expenses, because I'm a volunteer, so I'm happy to pay my own way.
The biggest danger to MSCC is not the membership, but not attracting new officials. It will slowly suffocate if that happens.
