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Ok, I want to join and get involved with the club. This way I can put my money where my mouth is in the posts discussions I've had with Scarbrs.

Can I Paypal to Aspendog for this or do you guys prefer checks in the mail? Will this make me the first Virginia member?

Thanks in advance.
 

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just hold on to your money bbh, we are in the works of revamping the registry system , and re organizing the club, we had some lazy sucker at the helm ....

stay tuned for more info this week....

thanks


ps. you will be the virgina first....
 

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I dont believe Tommy till i see it. I'm still waiting for that enrollment pack. :wave:

I know i shouldnt have let you get to far out there now i have to yank you back.

Tommy I'm callin you this week.

I've been talking to BBH and i like what he has to say. Yes his M group is a little to formal for me but after thinking about it it's what it going to take to get what i want out of this club. I want people to get out and enjoy this car together, that was my whole reason for starting this.Tommy maybe founder but he knows where the idea came from.:wave:
So if your serious BBH I and the rest of us would really like you input.
 

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Agreed. BBH has been around the block with setting up formal car clubs and his input would help considerably.
 

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Well I know how the 300M Club was setup and I ran it for 2 years. One of the actual guys that setup the 300M Club, the first President, is a 300C Owner too. I'm sure we can elicit his help too. I'll email him to visit here and join in on the discussion.

The 300M Club was started by 6 dedicated enthusiasts. One was a lawyer, another was good at creating graphics (logos), another was wise in the ways of website setup, another with sales and marketing, etc. These guys met on Edmunds Townhall and talked this thing out for months. Polls were conducted, bylaws written, a non-profit corporation was created, petitions to Chrysler were made for use of trademarks and recognition as a official club, a bank account for the club established, officers elected, etc.

In other words, it was a lot of work. We've got good people and good structure and if we were about a really hot car, we'd have a lot more than 1043 members to join in 4 years. The 300M is a great car, in the same spirit of other 300 letter cars, and was worthy of such a club (not everyone agrees, but we like it). It's just the nature of what it is that only a few of it's owners become enthusiasts and want to join a club. Those that do are really dedicated and it makes for a good group.

Now, do the same thing with the one of the hottest cars out there today, the 300, Magnum, and Charger, and there's a much bigger potential. I wish we were doing this a year ago, but it's never too late. The 300M club effort didn't get started until over a year after it was in the market either.

I think we have a recipie for success again here and now, but we need some dedicated people that will stick this out for the long term, have the required skills, and can be trusted to see this thing through. I see those kind of people post here and over at LXforums everyday. We need you to volunteer, bring forth your skills, get those creative juices flowing, and be ready to discuss the heavy details. We need people that can work well as a team and do so over long distance via the Internet through online chats (meetings), via email, maybe via conference call, possibly use Netmeeting, etc.

Bottom line is we need dedicated people willing to become members, contribute to the club (more than just dues), participate in the club (online and at face-to-face meets), or run the club (trustworthy folks). It will be hard and tough at first, but it will be fun and worth it in the end.

Any interest? I am.

I propose we setup a dedicated area for discussion of the club so we can keep the info organized and that we should conduct some polls on interest and dedication. Can the admins here help us with that please?
 

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BBH,

This is what I'm talkin about :banana: .

I like what you're saying and I've got things rolling over here on the west coast of Florida. I'll do the work - I'm in! I've been in touch with Scarbrs also on this. You all keep me in the loop if possible. I'd like to start out our 1st meet (just a few weeks away now) right and get the west coast membership rollin. We're gonna be BIG!
 

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I've started a thread on this over at LXforums.com too.

http://www.lxforums.com/board/showthread.php?p=76656#post76656


What's a good way to create a multi-question survey for interest in the club. This wouldn't work as well with the poll function here.


An Example Survey:

Would you be interested in joining the proposed LX Owner's Club?

Definately, Probably, Maybe, No

If you joined, would you be interested in assisting in some capacity, possibly the holding of an office?

Definately, Probably, Maybe, No

What do YOU feel would be reasonable yearly dues, if any?

$10, $15, $20, $40, $50, $100

What kinds of things would you like to see the club do?

National events, regional meets, car shows, factory tours, provide vendor discounts

Would you like to see and be willing to purchase official club logo apparel?

Definately, Probably, Maybe, No

What kind of official club logo apparel would you like to see?

Baseball hats, T-shirts, Golf Shirts, Denim Shirts, Lightweight Jackets, Pens
 

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Greetings all,

I haven't posted on the board in a while. I'm the guy BBH was talking about a few posts back. I'm one of the original founding members of the 300M Enthusiasts Club (www.300mclub.org) I proudly hold member number 0001. I guess I'm kinda like the George Washington of the 300M Club. I also own a 2005 300C.

There are probably as many ways of organizing a club as there are clubs out there. We chose to go through all the legal wickets with DaimlerChrysler (logo copyrights, permissions, etc) so that we could be an "official" DaimlerChrysler enthusiasts club. These clubs are listed on this page of the Walter P. Chrysler Museum web site http://www.chryslerheritage.com/pg902.htm. You'll see the 300M Club listed there as well as a bunch of others. These clubs have all obtained the required permissions from DaimlerChrysler (DC).

I know the admin on this board posted a poll a while back to determine the level of interest in creating a similar type of club. I think there was a lot of interest shown, but not enough "hard core" enthusiasm from enough members to get the job done.

We all originally "met" on Edmunds.com in the summer of 2000. That was the largest group of 300M owners and enthusiasts then in existence. We ran a poll, similar to the one that BBH suggested, and based our initial decisions on the results of that poll. We were scattered all over the country: myself in Seattle, an attorney in Colorado, a webmaster and graphic designer in New Jersey, and the rest from Arizona, Texas, Alabama, and New York.

Make no mistake, it IS and WAS a lot of work. After deciding on a Club name (no easy task, believe it or not), we communicated with DC to get the necessary permissions for the club name and graphic elements for the logo. That done, we incorporated as a non-profit social club in Colorado (where the attorney lived). We started this process in October of 2000, and finally signed up the first new member in February of 2001. We run the club as a business, and are a registered IRS non-profit organization (that requires a lot of work also).

OK, so much for the history lesson. If this group wants to set up a club with a structure similar to the 300M Enthusiasts Club, I'll be happy to share everything I know about doing that. I still have copies of all our communications with DC, so you could start the process there. You can certainly adapt our bylaws for your own use.

What the job really requires is at least half a dozen folks (hopefully, with an attorney in the mix, willing to donate his/her services) who are willing to work their a$$es off and put up with a lot of crap and details.

You'll need a point man to act as CEO (that was my job) in spearheading the effort. We held countless 'board meetings" in a chat room to hammer out details. That's not as hinky as you might think, once you establish some rules and a protocol.

Biggest problems I see with a 300, 300C, Hemi, Magnum, Charger club is an appropriate name, and a way to structure the club with so many brand and model variants. We had only one car, the 300M, a MUCH simpler starting point.

Bottom line, I'll be more than happy to contribute in an advisory capacity, if this is the way you want to go. I wouldn't want to be an officer, but would consider a board member position (if asked).

We started out with just a few folks and not nearly the enthusiasm the LX cars currently have, so your enthusiast base is a huge plus. I think you would start out and grow a lot faster that we did. It took us over 4 years to sign the 1000th member.

Anyone interested can PM or email me on the subject. I'm going to be offline for a week or so for knee replacement surgery, so don't expect an immediate reply.
 

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Thanks George Washington.:wink1: .

No we got 2 guys willing to help get this going that have done it and know wht there doing. See we learn from others so we dont make the same mistakes.
As stated in other posts i think we got the leader in place we just need the know how. Were working on a new idea for the name to get a bigger base to build on. What do we need to get from DC for this after we nail a real name?
What is step one??
 

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I have been without internet access most of the day and yesterday was a online wash due to a motorcycle accident involving a family member of a close friend. At any rate I am just catching up with these threads and on one side am very excited about the degree of interest and on the other hand somewhat surprised about the direction things have taken. As mentioned by those who started the 300m club, these things take time and effort and realistically, money to get off the ground successfully. There has been a lot of effort going on in the background on behalf of Club300.

I personally drove my SRT-8 up to Detroit last week (I could have flown) and met with Tommyz about Club300 and was introduced to the individual who is creating the emblems. Tommy is the first to admit that these have taken longer than they should have to come to fruition. Personally the emblems are not my first concern, but they were promised so they need to be delivered on, which is still in Tommy's court. The person producing them commited to Tommy to have a run done this week (a partial BDAY present to Tommy).

While there I also met one of Ralph Gilles best friends, a guy by the name of Chris and one of Ralphs employees, Jeff Gale. Ralph couldn't make it since he was at the SRT Track Experience. Needless to say, there is momentum in working with DCX already and Ralph has expressed interest in becoming involved in some capacity with the club.

The website has been a work in progress, mainly because we initially wanted to work with eKool to provide the hosting service and to get a basic site up, but when we couldn't get a timely plan from eKool on whether this was a possiblity, it was passed around a little bit, first to Tommy, then to JonW, then to me. We have all worked together to determine a website template and I am now awaiting quotes for the site customizations needed to produce what we consider a website worthy of the members. I have also registered the domain names, www.300ownersclub.com, www.300ownersclub.net, and www.300ownersclub.org. Now that it has come up, the LX name is not really available as a website. Since the website has been something we have only actually been seriously working towards for about two months, it is regretably still several weeks away from being ready for prime time. I have also been traveling extensively on business for the last month while facilitating this on behalf of the members, current and future. I mention these things simply because it is important to understand what has been discussed amongst the individuals who have been working to get the club going and to convey that there has been activity towards the club.

We only started in March when I hosted a conference call to kick things off from a planning perspective. Since then those on the founding board have communicated via email and PM's. As professionals, we all have busy schedules, and the planning is a group effort. From our first conference call we have been moving forward. Although there has been a lag in communication, the intent of the core group of individuals was to do this right the first time and not toss something together fast without thinking it through and making sure we had something that would meet the core intent of the Club. Which we all agreed was so you would know your local enthusiasts while providing templates for planning meets and just getting together for a bite to eat and to admire each others cars and mods. And of course those all important Club discounts.

Several people wanted to stay away from something as rigid as bylaws when it was presented. I prefer them, so I thank the founders of the 300m club for offering their bylaws as a template and enthusiastically welcome their experienced input. I agree with magnesium300c, trying to manage a LX agnostic club at this point is a major endevor and I am attempting to be realistic here, as that type of a club would require a large team of VERY dedicated individuals who not only have the time, but are willing to spend it going the long haul. That means making themselves available for online chats and conference calls on evenings and weekends, etc. The bigger the idea, the more it takes to manage. Plus the 300ownersclub domains have already been registered out of my pocket on behalf of the club. If there is a seriously high level of member interest in expanding the club footprint sort of speak, we could always find a LX related domain name, although there aren't too many good ones the last time I checked. If this is the case, the 300ownersclub URL could be redirected. Let's leave this open for debate.

On the topic of what the Club website would offer, here is a list of proposed features so far:

Main Page Links:

1. Club Benefits
a. Club Membership
b. club discounts
c. Club promotion cards
d. Local Member Locator
e. Local Event Planners / Calendars / Event Planning Templates
f. Annual Regional Meets
g. Regional Luxury Sedan Track days: meet the CTS-V club for a bake off, etc.
h. Club Avatars

2. Registration Page:
a. Paypal
b. Mail in form

3. Events / Calendars
a. Localized
b. Regional
c. National
d. Local Event Planner/Organizer
e. Best Practices for attaining Event co-sponsorships from Vendors and Dealerships

4. Club Discounts
a. Exterior Mods
b. Interior Mods
c. Performance Mods

etc., etc., etc., There are several others, but I am working on a laptop upstairs adn am too tired to go to my office to boot up my other computer to go through emails and find the entire list.

Post your suggestions.... and let's keep this re-energized momentum going! :)
 

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If this is going to stand a chance of being an effective club there's going to have to be some communication and unity among the leadership! I am rather new here but I am very ecited about getting this going. Like someone on the LX board said time is wasting as other clubs will be popping up and owners will be spread through out these clubs. The potential is great if we can get some direction and deligation duties with deadlines. I don't see it being any more work to open the club to include other models as this would increase mebership and strength in the club. Whatever ya'll decide is cool with me. I just want to enjoy my car with others enjoying theirs!
 

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I think some of the LX related website addresses are held by the guys running LXforums.com. There appears great interest over there for a club too. If we combine efforts... :D

Here's something I posted over at LXforums about a club logo.

Great dialog guys. Some great ideas here and a good start on the logo. Here's the 300M logo as an example. I'm thinking we need a picture in there that describes LX cars, one that can represent 300, Magnum, and Charger. The logo must be able to be printed and embroidered on all sorts of things (shirts, hats, static cling decals, trophy plaques, etc). Think about that when with complexity of the graphic (how busy it is). It must be elegant right?



What we may want to do is have a logo for each car type, but list the common club name and it website on all of the logos.



Here's an embroidered patch:





Coffee Mug:









Lastly, the logo is a sign of club pride to be shown proudly at large member gatherings: This is our tent at Carlisle All Chrysler Nationals

 

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Like Roger said, I will offer to be on the "Board of Directors" also if asked. Roger and I can help with the learnings of the 300M Club. I am willing to get involved with online chat discussions as you guys wish to start those.

In the meantime, we probably want a common multi-question survey we can get the members here and at LXforums.com to answer. How can we setup such a survey? I had some proposed survey questions in an earlier post.

Also, throughout the summer, how many folks can meet at Carlisle All Chrysler Nationals or at the Detroit Woodward Dream Cruise for actual face-to-face discussions?
 
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