Z Club Start-Up

PaulZ370

All,

Yesterday a small group of us Z guys met up for purposes of starting an Auto Club primarily for the Z of all Generations, but open to the Infinity G lines as well. Below is the official e-mail that came out after the meeting. I know some of us here on the 370Z have in the past expressed an interest in a car club - if you'd like to join, then pipe up. There will be advantages and incentives to being in the club

Here are the meeting notes:
On August 25 at 1:30 pm there was an organizational meeting for establishing a Z Club in the New Orleans/Slidell area. Although no formal arrangements have been made in forming a Z Car Club, we are moving forward. The numbers of individuals interested in forming a club is not clear but I'm thinking we are close to about 20. That's the starting point without even looking at the people on the 350.com site.

The following areas were discussed:

Name for club: Gulf Coast Z Club or Southeast Regional Z Club

The club would be open to all owners of Datsun Z, Nissan Z and Infinity car owners. Associate members would be other interested parties either owners of sports cars or spouses and friends of members.

Dues would be $25.00 per year for a member and $12.50 per year for associate members. Associate members would have limited benefits to the club. If we become a member of ZCON they require $2.00 per person per year dues.

There will be By-Laws and we are looking into getting the formats and information to move forward in this area.

Officers with responsibilities: The following positions would be (so far): President, Treasurer, Event Coordinator and Marketing Coordinator. Paul C (PaulZ370) has volunteered to be Event Coordinator as he has been performing this function on the 370 site. Unless there is a huge objection, I will serve as President up to forming the club and anytime thereafter up to a year. We would like someone to come forward as a Treasurer (once we start collecting dues). At this time no election, looking for volunteers!!

We will look at establishing either a website, facebook page or some means for individuals wanting to become a participating member can find information about the club, events and membership.

Our club would hold events such as: Mechanic day, car shows, meets where we can either race or drive a course, cookouts, cruise/drive to various locations throughout the gulf coast, casino runs, etc. We want to meet in various locations so everyone can have at least one event near them.

As a club we want to also hold fundraising events for charity organizations.

Once we are a club with established members we'll try and get companies to offer discounts (as another benefit for being a member) and maybe allow them to have ads on our website or a club E-newsletter.

We would like to have a Club design for: business cards, t-shirts and other items.

Right now there is a need for someone to either help establish a website or facebook page (and) a design for a club logo.

Paul will be letting everyone we know of upcoming events. He has been posting events on yahoo Z Club and on the370Z.com site. I'm still trying to get a group together for Cruisin' the Coast. For that we would need a place to park (one day only) as a group. So, anyone on the Gulf Coast we need your help. I thought we might ask Peck Nissan if they would do that for one day, as they are close to the beach.

Our next meeting will be in September either on the 15th or the 23rd. Either in the New Orleans or Mandeville/Covington area. LET ME know which is a better Saturday to meet, majority will set it. [Note: Rick's e-mail is gutzy847@yahoo.com and his phone number is listed below if you wish to contact him direct and offer your assistance/help with something]

I think that covers the meeting. Hope more people come to these meeting and when we have events show up. Will be working on Oct/Nov and early Dec. Let me know what you think.

Rick Gutierrez
504-343-8513 (cell)

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