Newsletter!

[Ken]

Hello fellow members!

As part of our ongoing development the club has introduced a monthly newsletter which will be sent direct to your email address. This will help us to keep you informed of news, events, competitions, members cars and loads of other stuff too, and will hopefully make sure you don't miss a thing with the club.

To sign up, all you need to do is send an email to us at the club address which is [email protected] Please note that we will hold your email address offline and will not forward your details to any other parties - your address is confidential and we'll keep it that way.

All members that have registered with the above link prior to November 5th 2006 be assured we have your details

The 75 & ZT Owners Club

[Kandyman]

Sounds a good idea Ken, can you tell me on what day the news letter will be going out ?

[Ken]

Sorry I can't help with that as Pete is the man for that. I copied over to the forum something that Pete had already written.

[Pete]

Sounds a good idea Ken, can you tell me on what day the news letter will be going out ?


Troublemaker! :box:

I will from now on be doing a newsletter for the first week of each month. Any suggestions on content or submissions from members are greatfully received though.

[Kandyman]

Hey pete bring it on http://www.xerces.com/images/smilies/sport-smiley-002.gif

I just thought it would be nice to know the day it was meant to be sent out ;)

[windrush]

Great looking forward to this news letter

[cabbers]

does the club still do newsletters if so how do i get one :shrug:

[FLYER]

does the club still do newsletters if so how do i get one :shrug:Dont think so but it might be worth resurrecting , a bit like this thread :D

[cabbers]

Dont think so but it might be worth resurrecting , a bit like this thread :D

i thought i would give it a helpful bumb :D

[philjudo]

I must be a Muppett. I've just registered for a news letter before I noticed the date.2006

[Topgear16]

the link doesnt work?:confused:

[steve811]

Your not the only one! I was also thinking about an article I could write!

[Ken]

Blimey! I thought I had gone back in time when I read the original post this morning :}

Over five years ago now seems like a lifetime away :D

[Topgear16]

Blimey! I thought I had gone back in time when I read the original post this morning :}

Over five years ago now seems like a lifetime away :D the link isnt working:confused:

[Petetourer]

the link isnt working:confused:


Check how old the link is mate ;)

Think this stopped a while back, hence why the link is defunkt :shrug:

Could be an idea to bring the newsletter back though... I would imagine there would be some interest

[pab]

As Ken says the Thread was posted over five years ago,at a time when there was probably about a hundred members.Times have moved on a little as we now have 17,000 registered members.

The administration work involved would be a massive task,and if a newsletter was to be produced, it would contain the same information that is readily available on the forum.

[Rev Jules]

I must be a Muppett. I've just registered for a news letter before I noticed the date.2006

That makes two of us

Julien

[Ken]

As Ken says the Thread was posted over five years ago,at a time when there was probably about a hundred members.

In fact on the day it was written there were no members as the club forum wasn't even live then :}

It went live on Nov 6th that year for the first time. The newsletter was sent out a few times by email but to be honest by the time it got to members the news was old because it only repeated what was on the forum as Pab said.

Newsletters worked well in car clubs when the only way of letting members know what was going on was monthly magazines from the club. Newsletters then bridged the gap between publications so they are no longer needed.

[Jake]

I actually did a newsletter just over a year ago, still have the infrastructre set up for it and the software. I sent it out to about 100 members.

The issue is time, and material - one newsletter using the proper software is a few days work, then there's the legal side of things, permissions etc.

The main issue being that half the time you're just reusing stuff that's already on the forums.

I do think however it would be nice to have a statement from Christopher, perhaps every quarter of where the club is going, and what it has been doing etc.

[carguy143]

2006?
Raised like the Titanic, or the Concordia. :getmecoat:

[greendriver]

Surely a newsletter or monthly magazine could be posted somewhere on the forum...?

[Ken]

Surely a newsletter or monthly magazine could be posted somewhere on the forum...?

The problem that the club had five years ago would still exist though as it's all on the forums anyway :}

[alanT]

'I do think however it would be nice to have a statement from Christopher, perhaps every quarter of where the club is going, and what it has been doing etc.'

:rofl::clap:

[Dragrad]

In fact on the day it was written there were no members as the club forum wasn't even live then :}

It went live on Nov 6th that year for the first time. The newsletter was sent out a few times by email but to be honest by the time it got to members the news was old because it only repeated what was on the forum as Pab said.

Newsletters worked well in car clubs when the only way of letting members know what was going on was monthly magazines from the club. Newsletters then bridged the gap between publications so they are no longer needed.
:iagree::wot: Before internet based Clubs came about, the club newsletter was the only way to promulgate information to it's members. At a cost of production materials and postage. Any information as to what the Club is doing etc is available now within the forums of this Club..
Recent Club events etc can be found here (http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/).... The rest are on the forums ;):D More up-to-date than a newsletter can ever accommodate ;)

[ErikB]

some kind of newsletter would be nice. to keep prices low, send out a pdf containing a couple of pages. The newsletter could contain the best of the postings of the forum (like a summary) and some info about members and their car. Put it all in a nice format and after a few editions you've got the best the forum has to offer

[windrush]

There is no point in having a news letter these days because all you would get is old news that has all ready been read on these forums

[coolcat]

some kind of newsletter would be nice. to keep prices low, send out a pdf containing a couple of pages. The newsletter could contain the best of the postings of the forum (like a summary) and some info about members and their car. Put it all in a nice format and after a few editions you've got the best the forum has to offer

Would be nice but 17,000 second class stamps and envolopes:bowdown:
I pity the person writing the addresses and licking the envolopes:drool4:
Don't think the logistics of it stack up even if it were to be sent out to subscribed members only.
Of course I'm guessing they would be emailed in the real world though!!

[uk_dave&gill]

Interestingly, I have today received an emailed newsletter from "org" (I've not logged on there for months, possible years!)

[steve811]

One thing that could be useful in a newsletter is articles not necessarily related directly to cars and maintenance. For instance we probably have a large number of members with specialist knowledge who could write informative articles and pieces. If we have for example a retired police officer they could write a piece about the changes in policing over the years. I myself would be prepared to write a piece about Health and Safety in the workshop, something I have a little knowledge of.

[Reebs]

Steve we already have a section for that, and it would be great to expand it ;)

It's called the Members Contribution forum.

Once again Ken has the honours of explaining what it's for (with another of his early posts) :D

:smilie_re: http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=564

If anyone wants to contribute, just get in touch :cool:

[AndyV]

some kind of newsletter would be nice. to keep prices low, send out a pdf containing a couple of pages. The newsletter could contain the best of the postings of the forum (like a summary) and some info about members and their car. Put it all in a nice format and after a few editions you've got the best the forum has to offer

Would be nice but 17,000 second class stamps and envolopes:bowdown:
I pity the person writing the addresses and licking the envolopes:drool4:
Don't think the logistics of it stack up even if it were to be sent out to subscribed members only.
Of course I'm guessing they would be emailed in the real world though!!

I think the suggestion was to email a PDF file. But someone's still got to collate, edit and produce the content, and that takes time, which to most of us, is a very precious commodity.

I agree with most that with the website and forums, a newsletter would be redundant. Important announcements (like the National Meets) are placed in positions where they can be easily noticed and the how-tos are continually expanding, so the content is guaranteed to be up-to-date.

[ROVER2003]

Hello fellow members!

As part of our ongoing development the club has introduced a monthly newsletter which will be sent direct to your email address. This will help us to keep you informed of news, events, competitions, members cars and loads of other stuff too, and will hopefully make sure you don't miss a thing with the club.

To sign up, all you need to do is send an email to us at the club address which is [email protected] Please note that we will hold your email address offline and will not forward your details to any other parties - your address is confidential and we'll keep it that way.

All members that have registered with the above link prior to November 5th 2006 be assured we have your details

The 75 & ZT Owners Club

Throwback Thursday
why did the newsletter not start

[ROVER2003]

After looking at some safety fast magazines i thought why don't the member all make a little peace of the newspaper or magazine and one can put old brochures or adverts websites just cause i like reading stuff like this