Again, here is a partial list of locations of official club meets:

Such as Joe T Garcias in FW
Buca di Beppo's in Southlake
Addison stuff
Lake Texoma
Richardson stuff
Grand Buffet in Irving
A garage tour in Mansfield (?)
Main Event in Lewisville
Sneaky Pete's in Lewisville
Gaylord in Grapevine
Spring Creek BBQ in Grapevine
La Hacienda in Colleyville
BD's Mongolian in Las Colinas
Weekend tours in Austin/Fredricksburg
Drive/lunch to Muenster
Poker run to Granbury
Drive from Euless to Hudson Oaks

(Note that some of those drives at the end there were organized by geneb who I haven't heard from in a long time, and nobody has stepped up to help out much.)

Todd, on one hand we've always tried to spread out events (see above) - we do realize this is a large area. (Although sometimes this can be difficult because those of us with the responsibility for organizing such club events have only limited knowledge of various areas.) But on the other hand, many of the social gatherings have NOT been affiliated with the official club in any way. The Thursday Plano Lunch thing, for example - that was just some people who work in that area who wanted to get together every once in a while. I guess that could be considered "catering" to the eastern crowd with "no regard" to western owners but that's not it at all - would you reasonably expect somebody who posts "Lets have lunch Tuesday near Coit & 190" to post up a similar event in the Sotckyards? No, of course not - for random, impromptu and even regular-but-not-officially-NTS2KOC get-togethers its up to whoever wants to see it happen to make it happen. The fact that there are few events in Bedford has nothing to do with Club Directors disregarding Ft Worth owners - we've scheduled plenty of events much futrther west than that - and all to do with, I suspect, relative S2000 owning population density and activity. Anybody who wants more Bedford events, for example, needs to look towards Bedford area owners - MisterMatt's made a great start at https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=651201. The "Club" already spreads things out. (Although with minimal interest in an official NTS2KOC organization these days, I don't see many social events being done by the club in 2009 except for perhaps an Ennis bluebonnet tour or the like. Anybody who would like to see more, now's the time to get active with the club! As you said "this is the first I've seen someone stand up and vocally note interest in meets west of I35E" - the club can only succeed with lots of member participation and lately we've had very little interest of any sort - for either Dallas OR Ft Worth stuff.)

NTS2KOC is open to all events anywhere (even out of state!)
The North Texas S2000 Owners forum on s2ki is open to all events anywhere.
Me personally, along with EgoThreat and Temming, are open to all events anywhere.

 

Sounds like you had a bad experience... however: I've gone to a ton of meets where a new person never introduced themselves to anybody. Usually one or two people introduce themselves and the person remains a "wall flower" so to speak and does not engage in the group. What I'm saying is that it's not just the group's job to make sure that you are in on the conversation.

So when you go to a holiday party at work, do you just talk about work? Man, I hope not... and I wouldn't expect people to only talk about cars at a car club meetings.

Also, I'm not sure who you're talking about but the people that "didn't event drive s2000s", but I would venture to guess that those people used to have S2000s and drove them longer than you've had yours (and possibly longer than you will have yours).

 

^i did come forth and tried to become part of the talk but no one would even hear me! i did in fact now one person that was there and he is hated on by members of this forum! TX_Phantom was the only good hearted person there and he was the only one that would talk to me! So heres to all the people that have ever got banned for stating a fact or there opinon! so heres to tx_phantom i know your out there some where!!!

 

it also doesnt matter how long you have had you car a club is for people that have the same car as you not people who have had the same car as you in the past!!!!!!!!!!! since it is a club meeting then it is a business meeting not a "hey that shirt is cool where did you get it?" kinda thing thank you very much!!! the sad thing is that you probobly have never seen me in person i also could have had my car since it was new! so before you mouth off to people learn alittle more about them and there past!

 

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Calm the emotions a little bit. You have met me and many of the rest of us from the Dallas area (many of which you haven't met) don't like to be called snooty rich bastards.

I am personally inviting you to a club sponsored event - The Christmas/Holiday Party. I know it is a little bit of a drive for you, but it will be worth it. You will meet a number of great people and the environment will promote conversation. I hope you will consider joining us.

 

I respectfully disagree.
NTS2KOC Bylaws.
Many of the people who have owned S2000s in the past (and even some who have never owned an S2000) are still S2000 enthusiasts and that is a big part of the reason that they are still involved with the organization (and in fact, several of the primary contributors to the group no longer have S2000s).

I also disagree with your point that club meetings are business meetings. Yes, there are certain meetings with real agendas and topics that must be covered (like the recent autocross meeting and the 'vote for officers' meeting), but in general, the meetings are purely social events. S2000 ownership and enthusiasm is something we all have in common, but that's not generally enough to keep the social bonds strong. There are often other common interests as well.

 

Oh, and reading the bylaws reminds me of something... Dues.

How many of you have actually paid your club dues this year? I'll admit that I haven't paid them in about 2 years (since I stopped autocrossing), so I'm technically not a member of the club. I suspect many of the people here who are arguing about how the club should be run/organized haven't paid their dues either. So, really, what right do you have to complain?

 

You're forgetting the two community organizers once owned S2000's. They continued to support the club and forum long after their S2000 departed. (clovis, Temming)

There are many active contributors that don't even own S2000's anymore and some never have.

I went a year without owning one, but I drove my Civic Si or my bike to a few meets.

And TX_phantom is one of those guys that usually drove his other car to meets instead of his S2000. So what's your point?