07-11-2011, 02:25 PM
Jake and I were just talking about the TOTD thing at work instead of, you know, working. So I guess I'll share my thoughts. To be honest it pisses me off a little bit that people expect the club to be anything and everything but manage to simultaneously ignore all of the events and get-togethers it does offer. If you don't like the stuff we do well then maybe its not the right club for you.
That being said don't think I'm against suggestions and change, I see and hear a lot of good ideas being batted around. Being open to change is important to keeping to organization strong and populated with new members. However, now that that is said, I'm going to squeeze into my bitchy, too-tight alumni pants for a second. We're a goddamn motorsports club. We're not a car club, or a herraflush club, or a drive-around-on-public-streets-like-a-fucktard-with-little-to-no-driver-training club. If you think that somehow you're gonna get 20 hormonal 19 year old college students about to splooge all over their gas pedals through 310 turns in 11 miles without something bad happening, then you're exhibiting borderline retarded behavior.
I'm not ripping on anyone in this thread in particular, and I'm not saying any of this trying to hurt feelings, but this topic keeps coming up over and over again. The reason we do less cruises is because the more we did them the more dangerous behavior and close calls we experienced, so we ended up nixing them. Like Jake said, if it's really that important to the current administration to offer cruises then by all means, go for it. But please start small, keep it local. Brow beat the participants a little bit, remind them why you're there and use a zero tolerance policy for dangerous behavior. I think the best place for cruises is skyline drive. Its heavily trafficked and has low speed limits, which allows for a nice pretty drive, some good photoshoots and the occasional throttle-womp through a tunnel, but you can't really get out of control like you can with 15 cars going balls out down a mountain one right after another.
At the end of the day I stand behind this club 100%. I love everything I've ever done with MM and I don't even know what I would've done as a student without it. I probably spent as much time autocrossing, at the track, fixing a car, or just shooting the shit with someone in MM than I actually did in class. I want to see the club grow and change, but I hope that everyone remembers what kind of club we are, and our new leaders proceed with caution when it comes to organizing any event in the public eye, because nothing will kill this club faster than giving the university a reason to put their foot down.
That being said don't think I'm against suggestions and change, I see and hear a lot of good ideas being batted around. Being open to change is important to keeping to organization strong and populated with new members. However, now that that is said, I'm going to squeeze into my bitchy, too-tight alumni pants for a second. We're a goddamn motorsports club. We're not a car club, or a herraflush club, or a drive-around-on-public-streets-like-a-fucktard-with-little-to-no-driver-training club. If you think that somehow you're gonna get 20 hormonal 19 year old college students about to splooge all over their gas pedals through 310 turns in 11 miles without something bad happening, then you're exhibiting borderline retarded behavior.
I'm not ripping on anyone in this thread in particular, and I'm not saying any of this trying to hurt feelings, but this topic keeps coming up over and over again. The reason we do less cruises is because the more we did them the more dangerous behavior and close calls we experienced, so we ended up nixing them. Like Jake said, if it's really that important to the current administration to offer cruises then by all means, go for it. But please start small, keep it local. Brow beat the participants a little bit, remind them why you're there and use a zero tolerance policy for dangerous behavior. I think the best place for cruises is skyline drive. Its heavily trafficked and has low speed limits, which allows for a nice pretty drive, some good photoshoots and the occasional throttle-womp through a tunnel, but you can't really get out of control like you can with 15 cars going balls out down a mountain one right after another.
At the end of the day I stand behind this club 100%. I love everything I've ever done with MM and I don't even know what I would've done as a student without it. I probably spent as much time autocrossing, at the track, fixing a car, or just shooting the shit with someone in MM than I actually did in class. I want to see the club grow and change, but I hope that everyone remembers what kind of club we are, and our new leaders proceed with caution when it comes to organizing any event in the public eye, because nothing will kill this club faster than giving the university a reason to put their foot down.
Now: 07 Porsche Cayman S | 18 VW Tiguan
Then: 18 VW GTI Autobahn | 95 BMW M3 | 15 VW GTI SE | 12 Kia Optima SX | 2009 VW GTI | 00 BMW 540i Sport | 90 Mazda Miata | 94 Yamaha FZR600R | 1993 Suzuki GS500E | 2003 BMW 325i | 95 Saab 900S