Hi Darren,Just to give you some background; we have debated the issue of how much to open up and how much to keep for fully paid up members for a long time. As you would expect there is no clear or simple answer. Our club is slightly different in the respect that most people who own a G4 would want to join the club and therefore reap the benefits of vehicle info and events. To compare for example with the D3 club, where most people who own a Disco3 will not neccesarily be a member of the Disco3 club.
Our focus has been to create exclusive value for members as much as we can. One of the things we say is that if there is a G4 owner who wants to find out all the details about their specific vehicle, then they need to join. At the same time we do try and help those are enquiring about the authenticity about a vehicle they wish to buy and need some help from us, which we provide.
Any G4 related events that we create via the membership (1. Arrange by the committee e.g. shows and 2. members creating an event/get together on their own), is for the benefit of the fully paid up members. We need to create traction to ensure that there are enough paid up members to make the club financially viable. This exclusivity seems to work well.
The primary recruitment target are G4 owners, but we allow any one to join and have paid up membership, although such members may be enthusiasts, they are very small in numbers are not the primary target of the recruitment efforts.
Your post is good and hopefully the info above will go some way to explain how we are currently working.:)