Tips for starting an automotive club?

[Serjical]

Hey,
I was just wondering if anyone could help me out. I'm starting a club at school for people who are interested in working on cars and cars in general, and I'm not too sure what exactly we should do in it. Since I'm starting it, I'm going to have an immense amount of responsibility, and to tell the truth, I'm going to look like a clown, because I don't know as much about as cars as some of the guys that want to join. But I believe if your school has an Anime club, a guitar club, and a medical club, a car club is definitely necessary. And I need the leadership points to put on my application for college and scholarships. So, who has ideas? I need to organize two community service projects during the year, as well. Thanks for the help.

 

[ChopstickHero]

First set out the objectives of the club. Gather some interest. With some help, write a club charter, write down the responsibilities of members. how can it help your community (fund raising car wash), what you set out to do, etc.

 

[spike blue]

well you need car meets, parties everyone has to go to them, oh and a club sticker for every person who join your club , have a lot heavy modded cars is the important think those are my ideas i hope it will work for you.

 

[TXMazdaSpeeder]

well you need car meets, parties everyone has to go to them, oh and a club sticker for every person who join your club , have a lot heavy modded cars is the important think those are my ideas i hope it will work for you.

this is what brings a club to its knees very quickly


-heavily modded is not the concern, clean and well balanced is more of a concern than who has the most mods. i could dump $10k into a car and make it look like a horrid piece of s*** when i was done, but it'd be a heavily modded horrid piece of s***, however i can take a civic, drop it on some rotas with a lip kit and cf hood and have a clean looking car for less than about $3k.

-meets are a must, parties are not. Meets are a good chance for your club to gain exsposure and for people to meet your members and judge them in person as to what kind of people they are. Your going to get a better public response if you dont have a club full of assholes. Parties should be for your members and their guests only, at a party you are generally relaxed and not caring what kind of vibe your giving off and to someone that does not know you that may be a huge influence on their judgement.




So basically keep the cars clean looking and respectable, keep your members inline and provide some type of punishment if they are being a dickhead to the surrounding community, get you some decals of some sort signifying who is in the club (make sure you make it to where only YOU can buy the decals so you dont have people going and buying your decals to stick on their 88 civic lx from team auto zone) and keep your focus on having fun. Also try and help as much as possible to support your local car community, IE: support local car shows, maybe hold one of your own.

 

[MazdaAxela]

As the president of a starting car club. Meets are very important it gets people to bring other people and this helps to build members.

And yes car selection is essentiall.they dont have to be heavily modded cars..just nice clean cars with a goal in mind.

 

[solid_snake]

Hey,
I was just wondering if anyone could help me out. I'm starting a club at school for people who are interested in working on cars and cars in general, and I'm not too sure what exactly we should do in it. Since I'm starting it, I'm going to have an immense amount of responsibility, and to tell the truth, I'm going to look like a clown, because I don't know as much about as cars as some of the guys that want to join. But I believe if your school has an Anime club, a guitar club, and a medical club, a car club is definitely necessary. And I need the leadership points to put on my application for college and scholarships. So, who has ideas? I need to organize two community service projects during the year, as well. Thanks for the help.

That is actually a good idea(never thought of it), where are you located?

 

[Serjical]

Thanks for all the support, guys. I guess I'll just kind of look at how some clubs around here are doing. And I'm in the armpit of Arizona.

 

[rednecks_r_us]

Thanks for all the support, guys. I guess I'll just kind of look at how some clubs around here are doing. And I'm in the armpit of Arizona.

Where in AZ are you?


check out www.azmazdaclub.com

 

[YellowMP5]

have a lot heavy modded cars is the important think.

damn, you couldn't be wrong more (deadhorse

the most important thing of a car club is the people or members. cars are nothing. that's just what brings the people together. if you have cool people, it doesn't matter what kind of cars are in the club, it will be a good club, an exciting one and fun. but if you have assholes it doesn't matter how good, fast, expensive, modded cars are, the club will never be successful.

 

[rednecks_r_us]

damn, you couldn't be wrong more (deadhorse

the most important thing of a car club is the people or members. cars are nothing. that's just what brings the people together. if you have cool people, it doesn't matter what kind of cars are in the club, it will be a good club, an exciting one and fun. but if you have assholes it doesn't matter how good, fast, expensive, modded cars are, the club will never be successful.

That sounds like AZMC

We have guys/gals in the club that had Mazdas but have tradem them off but are still a part of us.

We are a Mazda club but don't be suprised if you see a S2K or an integra or and Evo or a WRX on a run.

 

[SkinnyJoint]

im surprised your school doesnt already have some sort of autmotive club, mine did fo sho

 

[65racecoupe]

Keep it clean, no ricer pieces of s***. (Being in High School, this will not be possible)

 

[JCell]

MEETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


cars, stickers, and everyting else r second, meets is what brings people together, because your car could care less where u take it


o...and keep it real

 

[solid_snake]

Keep it clean, no ricer pieces of s***. (Being in High School, this will not be possible)

(mswerd)

 

[katsmp3]

You should speak to the MEC people on the board... they have a very active club.

If you are interested in starting a club with a few different types of cars, speak with Derrick1623. He has a club for building show cars.. Their cars are VERY VERY nice.

 

[derrick1623]

as was said, the cars are secondary. it is definately the people that make a group a group.

that being said... it seems as though you'd like to start a group at school, so make it educational. have an engine you could rebuild, or tweak? maybe get some dented fenders, and rework them, bondo, etc...

just some suggestions, oh... and check out www.vividimagesmd.com to see how our site is layed out.

 

[Katya4me]

If you have to do 2 community projects too, could you find out if there is/are family(ies) in your community who can't afford to have work done on their cars and fix them for free/cheap?