Anyone in South Florida wanna start an OCA chapter?
May 23rd, 2009, 06:52 PM
#2
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Location: Port St Lucie Florida
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I'm not sure what it would take to form a chapter but I would consider joining something like that. I'm sure 55olds98holiday would also. We're both up here in St Lucie co. You should come up sometime to one of our local shows, it a lot closer then driving to the west coast! (maybe). Every Tuesday in Jensen Beach at the mall and The City of Port St Lucie has a Show every 2nd friday of the month during "After 5 Live" which draws around 100 cars. Something to think about.
May 23rd, 2009, 08:56 PM
#3
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southside Vajenya
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Make sure you know what you're getting into...
When I was ASE Zone director, I was involved in 6 Chapter startups and one "reinvigoration". It's hard work and kinda like herding cats.
In all honesty, I'd look into forming a local group first, and not affiliate it with OCA until you're sure you have enough membership base to sustain it. OCA requires members of chartered Chapters to maintain OCA membership and that is always a sticking point. I had to certify Chapter membership lists every year and I quite frankly got tired of sending them back to the Chapters 3 or 4 times. One of them finally got their Charter suspended for non-compliance and that woke them up for a few years, then back to same old same old.
I just wish the Zone could get its momentum back. To my knowledge there has not been an ASE Zone show since I walked out of the 2000 Board of Directors meeting, and from 1993 up to that point we had had four Zone events and two National Meets hosted in the Zone.
When I was ASE Zone director, I was involved in 6 Chapter startups and one "reinvigoration". It's hard work and kinda like herding cats.
In all honesty, I'd look into forming a local group first, and not affiliate it with OCA until you're sure you have enough membership base to sustain it. OCA requires members of chartered Chapters to maintain OCA membership and that is always a sticking point. I had to certify Chapter membership lists every year and I quite frankly got tired of sending them back to the Chapters 3 or 4 times. One of them finally got their Charter suspended for non-compliance and that woke them up for a few years, then back to same old same old.
I just wish the Zone could get its momentum back. To my knowledge there has not been an ASE Zone show since I walked out of the 2000 Board of Directors meeting, and from 1993 up to that point we had had four Zone events and two National Meets hosted in the Zone.
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May 24th, 2009, 07:10 AM
#4
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Ohio
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Make sure you know what you're getting into...
When I was ASE Zone director, I was involved in 6 Chapter startups and one "reinvigoration". It's hard work and kinda like herding cats.
In all honesty, I'd look into forming a local group first, and not affiliate it with OCA until you're sure you have enough membership base to sustain it. OCA requires members of chartered Chapters to maintain OCA membership and that is always a sticking point. I had to certify Chapter membership lists every year and I quite frankly got tired of sending them back to the Chapters 3 or 4 times. One of them finally got their Charter suspended for non-compliance and that woke them up for a few years, then back to same old same old.
I just wish the Zone could get its momentum back. To my knowledge there has not been an ASE Zone show since I walked out of the 2000 Board of Directors meeting, and from 1993 up to that point we had had four Zone events and two National Meets hosted in the Zone.
When I was ASE Zone director, I was involved in 6 Chapter startups and one "reinvigoration". It's hard work and kinda like herding cats.
In all honesty, I'd look into forming a local group first, and not affiliate it with OCA until you're sure you have enough membership base to sustain it. OCA requires members of chartered Chapters to maintain OCA membership and that is always a sticking point. I had to certify Chapter membership lists every year and I quite frankly got tired of sending them back to the Chapters 3 or 4 times. One of them finally got their Charter suspended for non-compliance and that woke them up for a few years, then back to same old same old.
I just wish the Zone could get its momentum back. To my knowledge there has not been an ASE Zone show since I walked out of the 2000 Board of Directors meeting, and from 1993 up to that point we had had four Zone events and two National Meets hosted in the Zone.
Not to discourage you. Quite the opposite, the caution is to keep you from spending a lot of time and effort and *then* getting big time disappointed!
Look into it thoroughly, talk to other club *officers* (those are the ones doing the work) before you start the process.
What tends to happen is that a "lot of people" talk support, but when it is crunch time, there will be a lot less by your side.
May 24th, 2009, 05:30 PM
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May 27th, 2009, 06:27 PM
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Location: Port St Lucie Florida
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This sunday May 31st there is a real nice car show at Cars of Dreams Museum at 133 US 1 in North Palm Beach Fl. The museum is just south of Northlake Blvd. They had about 100 cars being shown last year. I'm not going to show but will make the trip down just to check out the museum. Google Cars of Dreams and check out the museum on line IT'S FANTASTIC!I can't think of a better way to spend a sunday.
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