Miata Mailing List: January 1994, Message #61
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   From: Alan Dahl 
Subject: Re: National/local MCA
   Date: Thu, 6 Jan 1994 14:02:14 -0500

Jeff Maurer  writes:
>> Will Zehring  writes:
>> I would be curious to hear people's opinions of the club.  I suppose many of
>> you folks out there in net.land are members?  Is the club worth it to you?
>> Again, I inquire because as of a year and a half ago, it didn't seem
>> worth that much to me.  Especially with all the net.wisdom available at my
>> keyboard.  What will I get out of re-upping?  Will I have to join the
>> national club to participate in regional club activities and get on
>> mailing lists?  Does membership make a difference to you in terms of your
>> enjoyment of the car?
>...
>Back in '89/90 my wife and I helped form our local chapter.  We wrote the
>newsletter, and were pretty active for two years.  Things have tapered since
>the arrival of an heir for the Miata, but we've had some enjoyable club trips
>and events.
You know I fully expected that participation in our local club (Puget Sound  
Chapter, the 1st local chapter, BTW) would drop off after a while. I'm pleased  
to see this hasn't happened. As we enter our fifth year the chapter continues  
to grow (up to 260 members now). Quite a long way from the 9 or 10 people at  
the first meeting.

As the "old guard" has stepped out of the way there have always been new people  
willing to step in and lead events. We've done rallys and tours and autocrosses  
and participation continues to grow with each event. In fact, some times it can  
get to be a problem. A tour with 10 cars is easy to plan but once you start  
getting 30 cars or more coordination gets a bit more difficult.

Maybe it's the car and the fact that our enthusiasm hasn't waned over the years  
but I think what really makes the Miata club special are the people. Let's face  
it, Miata owners are some of the nicest and most interesting people there are  
:-).

I hope our club (both locally and nationally) continues to grow and I look  
forward to many more fun events in the future. Who knows, maybe we'll be  
getting together 30 years from now and exchanging stories on how we tracked  
down this rare part or how we found this mint Miata under a tarp in a barn :-).

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