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**crxforum** · 12-28-2006, 03:32 PM

Sounds good Tom. I can't wait to see how things turn out in the new year. I think that most of the negativity towards this whole situation from other members in other threads and such are because they are affraid of how things will turn out. It seems that there is more strength and toughness behind the new ideas and plans and there is less room for people to screw around and act like immature people when in public. I hope this is the case in the next season. We dont need people acting like idiots ruining it for everyone else who are just out to have a good time and participate in a group.

In the last year weve been kicked out of Home Depot, The Brick, Philthys, Moose Winnoskis and East Side Marios. Maybe not kicked out persay but told not to come back if we were going to continue to act the way we were acting. Weve been back to the Moose and ESM since then, but in smaller groups and acted accordingly and there were no problems.

Big changed are needed and thats what a lot of us members have been hoping for all season long. Its really good to see and hear that things are starting to come around and plans being put into action to make these ideas happen, thus making VM a better place for all members to be a part of. The idea of a controlled lot is great. I know that Ive had discussions with VM members and mods about this in the past and how important it is to have control of the people who are participating in weekly events, but it usually was followed up with "How are we going to police the people who come and go out of the meet?" its good to hear that a solution has been thought of. I dont think that we need a police officer to do it, Im sure a few members will be more than willing to sit at a gate and make people sign in and take their information. Im sure Big Jeff would have no problem removing people from the meets if need be (Ill pay you 200 Yen for each person you have to remove Jeff :P).

When the meets were large it was great. People were around to be with their friends. To hang out with each other and talk about their cars and lives in general. This is what most of us miss the most about VM in the last little while. Everyone was looking for someone else to blame. Hell even Misshift was supposed to be secretly taking over VM somehow or another. Which made me laugh. The life responsibilities of the leadership of VM is more important than the club and with Nick and Mike having too much on their plate as it was and trying to fit in VM when they could was too much for them and its totally understandable. They did a great job for as long as they were able and Im sure I can speak for the majority of the members by saying we do appriciate what they did for us and VM. However now that they have more pressing matters to take care of VM is on the backburner for them which is very reasonable. Im sure with Tom at the helm we will be able to have a group of people dedicated to the club again that will be able to make it what it was back in the day.

Things can only get better from here on out. There is not going to be a worse season than last. We need to think of this as a stepping stone into the future and we all need to pull our weight to make this succeed the best that we can. There is no room for negativity or time to screw around trying to explain what happened in the past. That doesnt matter at this point. What we as a group need to be concerned about is how we can make VM a better place and what we can do as individuals to help our friends in this group.

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12-28-2006, 03:32 PM	#30 (permalink)
crxforum VM Administrator Posts: 3,338 Location: Kitchener Join Date: Feb 2005 Ride: 1990 Honda CR-X SiR Fav Mod: Ninterior Class: Street	Sounds good Tom. I can't wait to see how things turn out in the new year. I think that most of the negativity towards this whole situation from other members in other threads and such are because they are affraid of how things will turn out. It seems that there is more strength and toughness behind the new ideas and plans and there is less room for people to screw around and act like immature people when in public. I hope this is the case in the next season. We dont need people acting like idiots ruining it for everyone else who are just out to have a good time and participate in a group. In the last year weve been kicked out of Home Depot, The Brick, Philthys, Moose Winnoskis and East Side Marios. Maybe not kicked out persay but told not to come back if we were going to continue to act the way we were acting. Weve been back to the Moose and ESM since then, but in smaller groups and acted accordingly and there were no problems. Big changed are needed and thats what a lot of us members have been hoping for all season long. Its really good to see and hear that things are starting to come around and plans being put into action to make these ideas happen, thus making VM a better place for all members to be a part of. The idea of a controlled lot is great. I know that Ive had discussions with VM members and mods about this in the past and how important it is to have control of the people who are participating in weekly events, but it usually was followed up with "How are we going to police the people who come and go out of the meet?" its good to hear that a solution has been thought of. I dont think that we need a police officer to do it, Im sure a few members will be more than willing to sit at a gate and make people sign in and take their information. Im sure Big Jeff would have no problem removing people from the meets if need be (Ill pay you 200 Yen for each person you have to remove Jeff :P). When the meets were large it was great. People were around to be with their friends. To hang out with each other and talk about their cars and lives in general. This is what most of us miss the most about VM in the last little while. Everyone was looking for someone else to blame. Hell even Misshift was supposed to be secretly taking over VM somehow or another. Which made me laugh. The life responsibilities of the leadership of VM is more important than the club and with Nick and Mike having too much on their plate as it was and trying to fit in VM when they could was too much for them and its totally understandable. They did a great job for as long as they were able and Im sure I can speak for the majority of the members by saying we do appriciate what they did for us and VM. However now that they have more pressing matters to take care of VM is on the backburner for them which is very reasonable. Im sure with Tom at the helm we will be able to have a group of people dedicated to the club again that will be able to make it what it was back in the day. Things can only get better from here on out. There is not going to be a worse season than last. We need to think of this as a stepping stone into the future and we all need to pull our weight to make this succeed the best that we can. There is no room for negativity or time to screw around trying to explain what happened in the past. That doesnt matter at this point. What we as a group need to be concerned about is how we can make VM a better place and what we can do as individuals to help our friends in this group. CRX Forum ------------------ Honda CR-X If you need it I can get it.