Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > DSC Membership ? POLL

[Sharpy G]

Originally Posted by doogalman

What about some pics of the Crossbow party then???

oh yeah, good point ! didn't take many but will c what I can do

[Bionicle]

Originally Posted by Sharpy G

Bionicle, thank you ! all input greatly appreciated

however, it is still quite undeniably interesting to gain other peoples take on the whole thing, don't you agree ?

there are review sites for everything else on the good 'ol tinterweb

Have no doubt, I will be making MY own mind up (if I hadn't already)

but there are obviously issues here that need some addressing

1. your welcome.

2. Not really, like I said it was my choice to join for my reasons, did not need any others take on the ifs, buts, why or wherefores.

3.sure there is but they don't all have polls

4. then this topic was pointless

5.Sure, join go to the AGM put them forward and have them addressed, that's the normal way.

Originally Posted by doogalman

Plus you get a nice little card to put in your wallet .

Opps forgot that

[Sharpy G]

having more fun tho' this way mate !
G

[Sharpy G]

Originally Posted by Bionicle

4. then this topic was pointless

ahh.............but was it ? young Jedi

[doogalman]

Originally Posted by Sharpy G

oh yeah, good point ! didn't take many but will c what I can do

Or how about the video??

[Jools]

Getting all the advice and banter on this board (24 x 7 now the webteam have cracked it) is good value for 38 pence* a week !

Paying for your membership fee over and over again with discounts from dealers and insurance is good value for 38 pence a week !

Heavily discounted club trackdays even just once a year (and especially at Cadwell this year) are good value for 38 pence a week !

Getting a club mag that is gonna get better all the time is good value for 38 pence a week !

Having access to a network of regional organisers is good value for 38 pence a week !

Being a member of a club with it's very own race series is good value for 38 pence a week !

Being part of a club through which I've met people who I'm proud to call some of the best friends I've ever had is absolutely priceless !!!




I 'joined' the DSC just by browsing the web. I got so much out of it that I wanted to put something back into it and reckoned that 38 pence a week was peanuts (in fact a bag of peanuts is 40 pence). Following on from that I got more involved and was elected onto the Management Team in January to try and support the regions.

Being on the MT is hard, thankless work that sets you up as an Aunt Sally for everyone with grievance to have a pop at you, it also involves countless hours doing stuff that's just part of club admin, nothing to do with your 'role' on the MT. Before anyone has a go, I'm not whingeing about this, it was my choice to put myself up for it on the basis that the more you put in the more you get out. What I get out of it is the satisfaction of knowing that I'm helping to run a club that has given me a lot and I'm putting my effort where my mouth is - contrary to popular belief there are few perks or fringe benefits to being on the MT but I still feel that I get far more out of it than I put in.

Of course, with any club this size, there are people who like to moan. There are people who are antagonistic. There are people who are prone to childish ranting. There are people whose behaviour is just plain boorish. Thankfully these people are in a very small minority, but it's easy to kick up a disproportionate amount of fuss and give the impression that the DSC is nothing but a forum for bickering kids.

There is no doubt, and no point in hiding the fact, that as a club like ours matures there will be people who disagree (sometimes very strongly) with others. That is especially true of people who have had issues with the MT and we have been through a tough patch trying to resolve these disagreements - in some cases we may just have to agree to disagree. However, as an optimist by nature, I truly believe that we have now worked through those differences and we have a committed team in place who are dedicated to promoting the healthy life of this club.

In my view, the healthy life of this club is not exclusive. It should welcome everyone and also applaud other peoples attempts to further the cause of having fun with like minded people on what (for my money) is the best type of motorcycle in the world bar none. That's why I had no hesitation in posting up links to the Ducatisti site and why I regularly lurk around DuN. These things are reciprocal. Gizmo, the main man behind DuN also put a huge amount of work into this club's newly proposed constitution that went out with Pronto this week (and he wouldn't have done all that if he couldn't give a stuff about the DSC) and why people from Ducatisti have volunteered to be regional coordinators for the DSC. After all, we all love Ducatis.

As in all things you can't please all the people all the time. It would be a boring old world if everybody had the same type of bike, likewise it would be pretty boring if every bike club was exactly the same. That's why individuals have a choice, if the DSC doesn't suit their taste there is the DOC, MOC, DuN and Ducatisti to choose from and good luck to everyone of them.

For me, and not knocking the others 'cos I like them as well, the DSC is the best club and it's only 38 pence* a week

*Based on a £20 yearly sub after the first year

[Sharpy G]

Jools, very eloquently put !

I used to be a member of the Ford RSOC but that got more like kindergarten every day, altho' that was a fair few years ago now

this forum has been amazingly refreshing for me !

CHEQUE'S IN THE POST - as they say

Graham

[andyb]

Well done mate...........corse with your £20 we send you a set of dollys..........as and when your ready, just throw them out the pram!

[Sharpy G]

Originally Posted by andyb

Well done mate...........corse with your £20 we send you a set of dollys..........as and when your ready, just throw them out the pram!

Just keep an eye out for me new carbon roundal !!
BTW
Already got my own dollies thanks m8 !

[doogalman]

Originally Posted by Sharpy G

this forum has been amazingly refreshing for me !

Indeed.

Originally Posted by Sharpy G

CHEQUE'S IN THE POST - as they say
Graham

Good man.