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Originally Posted by BonzoHansen

Since the topic was brought up....

The club has always positioned itself as a club that supports the rights and responsibilities of the auto enthusiast. We expect a certain level of maturity at our meets. It goes w/o saying nothing illegal, driving or otherwise. And that really includes the trip there & back. It is very cool everyone wants to drive in groups, we do it too, and we encourage all our club members to treat both the drive and the stop as all part of the meet. We simply ask club members to be cognizant of the fact that when you are at a meet, driving to/from a meet, or even if you have an NJFBOA sticker on your car, you represent the club. The actions of a single member or small group of members can reflect very poorly on everyone in the club, and the club itself. None of us want to be seen in a negative light.

We also hold that we are a club with an active online presence, not a forum that has meets. So to us there is solid a connection. I don't think we've ever had to do it, but we've always said if someone gets out of line at a meet that we could limit/terminate a club member’s activity both online and at club meets.

One other thing: We hold most of our meets at restaurants. We expect everyone to arrive on time so we can go in and patronize the establishment that is 'hosting' our event as a group. Last year at the Circus I was let down by the number of people who were late (in some cases very late). The Circus had a whole section put aside for us, but because half the group rolled into the lot an hour + late we could not get organized. Some club members just got pissed and went in on their own. The restaurant eventually just got fed up with us and released the section they were holding. I also know there were a number of folks who never went in, never bought a little lunch or whatever. IMO that was totally unacceptable and it was embarrassing. It was disrespectful to the establishment, and disrespectful to the other club members. I never had to apologize to an establishment before. I hope I never have to do it again.

Be on time.