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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cobra Kai" data-source="post: 272127" data-attributes="member: 5936">I think the current committee has done a good job bringing the club to where it is today - particularly with regards to the status as part of the international club and this forum itself. I realise that as a forumer only I am benefiting from this resource, and I do appreciate the current committee / official members allowing forumers to participate.I agree with your thoughts JPB & Alex that the club has potential to improve. The key reason why I have not joined to date is that the benefits of being an official member are not balanced with the cost. I would think that most members / forumers are business minded people and would be doing a cost benefit analysis in their own head when deciding whether to join or not.There are 2 ways to rectify the problem and increase membership: reduce the cost of joining (or eliminate as suggested by AB) or increase the benefits of joining. I do not think AB's suggestion is viable as the club does need financing to operate - no such thing as a free lunch. It's a good target to eliminate fees in future when the club can financially sustain this, but it's obviously not feasible at the moment (unless AB has a list of potential sponsors lined up outside his door). At the end of the day though, I think many people would be willing to part with RM150 if they at least got that back through club benefits.Therefore to increase membership, the club needs to look at how it can increase benefits. As JPB pointed out, closer tie-ins with BMW and it's local operatives would be a good start (e.g. why aren't official members being given an invite to the BMW F1 parties / events etc). Closer links with sponsors would also be good. Personally, as a foreigner in Malaysia, if the club had a list of reputable sponsors with some discount / benefits for members I would definitely prefer to use their services rather than trying to find someone on my own.Again, I recognise that it would take time to set up these kinds of benefits. However, whoever forms the new committee, it would be useful to see an action plan of what is going to be done in terms of increasing benefits, and some target timelines for this. Using the business man analogy, I would be perfectly happy to join the club as an investment if I could see that the club was moving in a positive direction.I do not intend my comments to be taken as criticising anyone, but rather as an explanation of my current views of the club (and based on my interactions to date, the views of some others I have met). I hope that the official members will take some of the above as constructive advice when deciding the future direction of the club.CK</blockquote>

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