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saxons newsletter - June 2008
hastings 18/19 april scooter rally update
saxons a.g.m - outcomes
saxons website/branding/logo - update info
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5th June 2008

Hi Saxons

Just a reminder, this Saturday is the Norsemens Poker Run. We will be meeting at the Cutter for 11am. It’s in aid of my niece who has leukaemia, her granddad is a member of the Norsemen, hence the connection. Hope you all can make it. See you there.

Club Family BBQ will be at the helipad (Fairlight) on Sat 12th July, starts at 2pm. For those that didn’t come last year you missed a great day. I will supply all the food all you need to bring is your drink. A small charge is applicable. Saxon families need only pay £5 per family. Individual Saxons £1.50 and Non Saxons £2.50 each. It is important that I have approx numbers so can you confirm by e mail to club site or text club phone if you are coming and how many.

For your information I am currently negotiating about having a professional Club photo. It would be great to see every one on their scooters all in the same place. Pictures will be taken on the seafront or Battle Abbey. I will let you know as soon as I have more information.

There is the Senlac Car Show opposite Bodiam Castle on July 6th. It is for charity and I have been assured it will be bigger and better than last year. I will text nearer the time if people want to ride out together.

It’s my Birthday soon and will be going out for few drinks to celebrate if you would like to join me down the old town, meet at Paddy’s Dragon Bar on Sat 14th June at 8pm.

Very quickly, Tall Rob had a small accident on his scooter last night and unfortunately broke his collarbone. We wish him well and hope he is back on the road soon. The good news, his bathroom fittings did the job and prevented any damage to his Loafers. Rob quoted:

the ace is down, but not out! when asked how he was!

WANTED. Stabilisers for a mod scooter. If anyone has or knows where you can get them, please contact Rob.

Happy Scootering - Michael

LCGB have been in touch, we have given the ok to the advert they have produced which will appear in the next issue of jetset mag.

there is a dedicated page on this site now to provide help/info/details to those who want to attend the event, it will include a small version of our scooter weekend poster.

please get in touch with mark, me, mike or sarah if you can help out with the event, theres quite a few things to do and organise, we will bring a list of tasks to the next club meeting for those who put themselves forward to help (at the a.g.m).

flyers and posters have been produced, they are available to download below for you to either print or email on:
hastings 18/19 april scooter rally - A3 poster
hastings 18/19 april scooter rally - A4 poster
hastings 18/19 april scooter rally - A5 flyer

to email - save the image to your PC by either clicking the link to open the image in your browser then use file >> save as to save it to your desktop or other folder, or right click on the links above and click save target as... to email the flyer - start a new email the look for the attach or insert button/link and send to your pals!

in the meantime - spread the word!!!!!!!!!

1066 Saxons Scooter Club
Annual General Meeting
7th February 2008

Present:

Mike W, Tony , Ian, Justin, Sarah, Rob W, Tony C, Helen, Jane L, Jane W, Tamara, Rob L, Julie, A.J, Paddy, Calvin, Lee S, Paul, Keith, Ryan, Jason, Ivan, Pete, Crawford, Mick G, Mark, Lee.

1) Club Structure/Committee

Mike W said that the committee would like to see the club go forward. The 5 proposed committee members were voted on and agreed:

Mike: Chair
Sarah: Treasurer
Justin: Secretary
Ian: Committee member
Tony L: Committee member/p>

2) Club funds and subscriptions

Club has a Halifax Building Society account for members funds – 2 signatures are needed to withdraw funds. Mike W and Sarah are authorised to sign. Mike W has records of previous use of these funds if anyone wants to see them.

The committee proposed that subscriptions will be:
£20 per year for individuals (running from 1st April to end March)
£30 for a joint membership

This will pay for:
A club mobile phone and club texts (texts to one person in a joint membership)
A membership card for discounts at Gedges, and any interested local traders.
£2 each to a charity
A club T Shirt
Any other annual club expenses

There were no objections.

Mike Wootton will hold the club phone. If he is away, it will be passed to one of the Committee members.

It was suggested that the local charity be St Michael’s Hospice, this was agreed with no objections

Rob L offered to take charge of club clothing. Those who haven’t received T-shirts and paid subs last year should speak to Mike, and he will sort this out.

3) Events and rideouts

Everyone who is a paid up club member will get texts from the club phone about club rideouts and info about events with other clubs.

Phone records will be available for viewing.

A list will be sent round for those that want their phone numbers available to other club members, the list will then be photocopied for all club members.

Keith volunteered to organise club rideouts.

Mike W will also get a list of dates of events for the year to everyone.

Hastings LCGB rally:

The Lambretta Club Great Britain (LCGB) weekend rally in Hastings will be held on 18th and 19th April. This year it is not just LCGB club members - it will be an open event.

LCGB will organise the Saturday events and the 1066 Saxons will be associated with the rideout.

1066 Saxons will organise the Friday night event - venue, band, dj’s, etc.

The club’s money must front this, and we need to set the entry price, so it is up to the club to make it a success.

Mark has volunteered to co-ordinate this. There was a show of hands for those volunteering to help out with this event, who were:
Helen, Julie, Jane L, Paddy, Mick G, A.J, Rob W, Crawford, Keith, Jane W, Calvin, Sarah.

Anyone else willing to help should contact Mark Howlett or Mike W asap who will contact the above volunteers very soon to start organising the event.

Paddy offered the use of the Dragon bar in the daytime.

It was raised that we need to advertise this event to other nearby clubs better. Anyone affiliated to any other scooter clubs should spread the word, once we have some flyers and posters.

It was discussed we could advertise via editorial in relevant magazines, local advertising, etc.

Cannonball run/Treasure hunt:
Mike W made some suggestions:
£5-10 per person to take part.
Competition T-shirt.
A list of things to find with a route to follow
A prize for the winner
A BBQ at the helipad in Fairlight

No date has been set yet. The idea of another club BBQ was popular but it was preferred that this did not clash with Hastings Carnival this time.

Help would be appreciated. Mick G offered to help as his brother has organised similar events before.

Beginners/Intermediate Scooter workshop:
Ian and Tony L offered to run a workshop to outline the basics of scooter maintenance and breakdown problems, e.g. cleaning the carburettor, changing a wheel, cleaning spark plugs. It was possible this could run on 2 or 3 days according to take up.

4) Club meeting venue

It was agreed that the Cutter is a convenient venue for parking etc, and that the club will continue to meet there on the first Thursday of the month.

It was proposed that there should be another venue for a second club meeting on the third Thursday of the month from May to Sept. The Squirrel Inn on the North Trade road (A271) outside Battle was agreed as it was a bit further from town and the landlord is scooterist-friendly.

5) Club merchandise

It was suggested the club could have t-shirts, banners, mugs, stickers, and pin badges. Any profits would contribute to club funds.

Rob L agreed that the club could use Wards men’s and women’s wear facilities.

Mike W, Sarah and Justin will meet with Rob L to sort out new T-shirts.

Logo:

A vote was held on whether the club logo should be changed. The majority of club members present agreed that it should.

Justin passed round some ideas for a new logo design. see: saxons website/branding/logo - update info/p>

It was suggested that everyone should vote for their favoured design via the website: www.1066saxons.co.uk

Some members prefer embroidered designs, and some prefer transfer print. Rob L said that although embroidery set-up costs were more expensive, both were possible. It was suggested that each club member should choose their own preference. Rob L very kindly offered to cover the set-up costs for the club clothing design.

6) Any other business

It was suggested perhaps a camping weekend could be organised by the club and other clubs could be invited.

It suggested that club rideouts to meet other neighbouring clubs could be organised.

Ivan was keen to be the main person responsible for liaison with other local clubs, and Mike W and Keith, as rideout co-ordinator, could also keep in touch with other clubs.

Mike W asked that people with contacts at other clubs could text or email contact details to him.

It was discussed that we should promote the Saxons more to reach other local scooterists not yet involved in the club, some club members have press/media contacts.

If anyone has a business they want to promote and be associated with Saxons/Hastings rally - please contact Mike.

Ian will also speak to some local businesses about involvement in/donations to the Hastings rally.

Isle of Sheppey Rally on 13-15 June was mentioned.

Helen is going to Great Yarmouth at Easter by van from Hastings and asked if anyone wanted to go with her. Jane W has a list of B&Bs in Gt Yarmouth.

It was discussed that at the monthly club meeting, people would like to be more organised and have a chance to discuss events, make decisions, etc.

It was decided that 8.00-8.30pm at the Cutter monthly meeting would be the time for a more structured club discussion.

Mike W said that if anyone wants to organise something they should bring it to his or a committee member’s attention.

And finally

Sarah thanked Mike W for his time and commitment to chairing the club in the past and in the future.

website

the website is currently going through a refurb, this ties in with the new logo and the advertising for the hastings rally in april. there will be a few gaps for a while but i intend to add more features when i get time (and a new messageboard), at the moment web content relating to the hastings rally will be given priority.

logo

designs where shorlisted at the a.g.m and a number where then tweaked based on a few suggestions and added to this site for vote, 21 votes in all plus a number of suggestions led to the following design

Thursday 07th - Saxons Annual General Meeting 7th Feb 2008

firstly... as promised, Im going to try my best to keep this site more up to date during the new(ish) year ahead, ....cough!, thus hopefully restoring your faith in this site as a valid communication channel once more.

improvements will include - a revamped (spam free) message board, bang up to date events page and some outstanding members profile updates.

Please see:
a.g.m minutes >>
vote for your logo! >>

xmas is upon us, if you are interested in a ticket for our do then get in touch via our contact page or phone justin direct on 07971 448019, tickets are a fiver each, though, if you want just want to come a long for a drink and you dont fancy any festive nosh then youre more than welcome to just turn up...

The 1066 Saxons will be supporting the UK Coastline Ride, which will cover the entire perimeter of the UK coast including the Isle of Wight.

On Thurs 30 Aug 07 Tony Leigh with support from other members of the Hastings based 1066 Saxons scooter club will be undertaking a sponsored scooter ride from Hastings to Margate for the benefit of the Robert Sebbage appeal.

for more details and sponsor forms see: uk coastline page

Site updates

yeah.. yeah.. i know - its about time! - well theres a few extra members profiles added to the members page, remember i need those photos or you get the default 'nora' or 'compo' pic. im looking into getting an online gallery sorted out too, pics take ages to add to the site so maybe something we can just upload pics to that does the gallery part for us, then we just link to this.

for the benefit of us lightweights who decided to play it safe at Pontins last month, mike has sent pics of the Saxons epic voyage to territory previously uncharted by any club members - see: gallery - beetsugar 2007, amiens, france.

New..... caption competition

back to lighter matters.. new this month is our caption competition, please send your suggestions to caption@1066saxons.co.uk. the winner will be announced next month with their caption and will and receive the grand prize of an inner tube courtesy of creation scooters.

For newcomers/visitors...

Welcome to the site, we are an informal club dedicated to riding Vespas and Lambrettas. We meet every first thursday of the month currently at the Squirrel Inn, just outside Battle, then from September to next spring (IE during the lousy months) we will return to Cutter Pub on Hastings seafront.

New members are welcome, so if you live in the area, own a scoot and want to hang out with some like-minded people, do the rallies, come for a rideout, then come and catch us on our meeting night

See the contacts page and the events page for some recently added info