Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Owners' clubs

[Britt2asa (britt2asa]

That sounds more like what we do here in the UK. I've been Area Group Organiser 
for the West Midlands Area Group of the FOC UK for the past 6 years and we run 
a like wise program.  Point is not to make it expensive or elitist but just 
inclusive. Our local member with a LaFerrari and a new tdf is happy to eat fish 
and chips at the local monthly pub meeting as much as the guys with the 308s! 
When I move to Stockholm next year it will be interesting to see how that FOC 
operates.....

Britt in the UK

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> On 7 Dec 2016, at 15:58, Andy Fish <afish [at] telicon.com> wrote:
> 
> Britt -
> 
> The activities of the local clubs are pretty much determined by the club.
> The club in Austin, Texas does a broad spectrum of events such as
> over-the-ropes during races with the race teams and drivers, two-day drive
> (a lot well over the speed limit) in the hill country around Austin, an hour
> drive to a shop that restores vehicles for Pebble Beach, plus outreach
> programs like our 50-years of Ferrari event at the Circuit of the Americas
> where we invited the public to come see the cars, talk to the owners, watch
> the Canadian GP at the track, and then we drove some very sick kids in our
> cars through an autocross.  We do dinners once a month but at obscure
> restaurants, such as the one where the Ferrari team eats when they are in
> Austin for the USGP.  And, of course, our reception during the USGP this
> year was off the charts with lots of very expensive collector cars, two
> Schumacher F1 cars, great food, a mini concert by world renowned violinist
> Elizabeth Pitcairn on the most famous Stradivarius - the "Red Violin".  We
> don't have business meetings.  We will get together for breakfast once a
> month.  We also have tech sessions put on by the three shops in Austin that
> work on Ferraris and lapping session at Circuit of the Americas.  By
> offering a wide variety we've been able to significantly improve
> participation by club members and their spouses.
> 
> I can't say this model would work everywhere but for our membership, they
> seem to enjoy it.  
> 
> Andy Fish
> President
> Ferrari Club of America
> Hill Country Chapter
> 
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> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2016 9:15 AM
> To: Andrew Fish <afish [at] telicon.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Owners' clubs
> 
> You guys really get a crap deal with the FOC. Here in the UK all events but
> track days ( which are subsidised) are free to members including Ferrari
> Racing Days at Silverstone, the concours , ect. All my area group meetings
> are about friends meeting up, cars, car trips and events ect. Nobody cares
> about plastic surgery, showoffs, or who has the biggest house. Must be a
> cultural issue.
> 
> Regards
> Britt
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 7 Dec 2016, at 12:19, Rick Lindsay via Ferrari
> <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Owners clubs here in Houston, whether they be RROC or the local chapter of
> FCA, seem to be about wine, cigars, and whose wife had the biggest boob job.
> Cars are sometimes mentioned.
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