Scottish monthly meeting minutes for June 2012

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WEDNESDAY 6th JUNE 2012
TIPEC SCOTLAND MINUTES

Neil Fraser welcomed all to tonight’s meeting apologies received from Alan Neilson for not attending due to work commitments. 17 bodies and 5 porkers in tonight’s car park.

First on tonight’s agenda was the up and coming shows etc, Thirlstaine was yet again another great show and we managed to avoid the rain all day as it was very overcast for the whole show. The next show will be Moffat on the 24th another fantastic show and it is now fully booked up with 20 cars and 20 being the maximum any car club is allowed. We will meet at the Halfords Car park just of the Edinburgh city by-pass at Straiton, for those travelling down the west side of the country we will see you at the show entrance to hand out passes etc. We have a few of the Cumbria mob joining us on the day and it will be good to see them once again.

Next month will be Glamis Castle show (8th July) another fantastic setting and show folk’s anyone wishing to go to this one please contact me direct to book your place plenty spaces so far for this show, meet details etc to follow in due course.

The 22nd July will be BBQ and Concourse day at Boness Motor Museum this is a day whereby you the members come along enjoy a free BBQ and of course have the cars all spick and span and you may even win a trophy for your efforts. All members and there immediate family are welcome and the BBQ folk’s is a wee thanks to you as members simply for being members and Alan and myself (and whoever we can con) will cook for your every needs on the day. There are various trophy’s up for grabs so come along and have a day out, also the museum will be open as normal if that takes your fancy also. The day will start at approx midday onwards. All names etc to be submitted as soon as possible in order to determine numbers for catering etc.


Now this evening our special guest star was Chris Wilson from Strathclyde police. Chris very kindly gave up his time tonight to pop along and give a talk and demo on road safety, drink driving and I have to say a few funny stories was told and was a very entertaining talk from Chris. We had 3 volunteers who were being applied with alcohol (not driving afterwards) Chris explained all aspects of road safety, fixed penalties, and driving under the influence of alcohol and illegal drugs etc. Our 3 volunteers were breathalysed at the end of the talk all with similar alcohol intake but it does affect different people in different ways!!!. To be honest folk’s a zero policy is the only way in which you are guaranteed to pass!!! A big thank you to Chris once again and members got to ask there many myth questions regarding all aspects of the above to which Chris answered in detail.


Alan Neilson has done some great work regarding the Autumn trip to Mull and a separate e-mail has been circulated to explain in more detail ie cost and venue etc Anyone wishing to go please forward your name to Alan if you have any questions you wish to ask regarding the trip. I personally have never been to Mull and am looking forward to a wee break away so get booked up and we will try and book the weather to go with it. It is always a nice weekend away in good company!!!

Many thanks Alan for your work on this one mate!!


An addition to the diary of events folk’s we have been asked by Calder Glen Country Park nr East Kilbride to host a Porsche show only day in addition with the normal park activities that go on. We require 40 Porsche’s for the day so a big ask to you Guy’s and Dolls to attend this one. Please pencil this one into your diary and it will be on the 30th September so plenty time to arrange yourself!! We would like a strong show of cars there to make the day a success . All names etc who can attend please forward them onto myself. It is understood lots of entertainment etc will be on offer on the day and it is aimed at the whole family not just the petrol head so something for everyone and I will have more details in due course regarding the day as a whole soon.

The July meeting will be the usual venue at Boness, however it will be a blether in the car park itself as the Museum owner will be on holiday!! Weather permitting we will have tea/coffee etc on hand as well as the normal meeting chat!!!


A big well done to Martin Whitelaw for picking up second place with his 993 at the East Kilbride museum of rural life for best 90’s car. Well done Martin and Elaine!!

Nice to see the ever stunning 964 cabby of James McLauchlan back to it’s former glory after the SP AUTOBAHN visit recently. James the car looks perfect. Well done you!!! I suspect an article to follow in the All Torque!!!

Also a big thank you to everyone who attended the national show at Hatton Country World a fabulous weekend away and the weather was better than in Spain. A big well done also to Gordon Spence who won best in show with his 935 turbo flat nose it had stiff competition from a 2.7 rs replica a rare 928 and a rather good looking Boxster with a kit on it so well done Gordon!!! Another well done to Stewart Gordon for receiving lifetime membership to TIPEC for services to the Scottish region over 13 years dedicated to being the RO. Well done guy’s fabby to see trophy’s etc coming north of the border!!!

Also a big thank you to Sean Smallman and the down south gang for a great show this year it was simply great and the weather to go with it well done!!!




Please get in touch if you wish to attend any of the shows on the dairy of events for the region this season. We are only too happy to help and contact details are listed below.


Please remember to visit
http://www.tipec.net and
http://www.tipecscotland.co.cc

The tipec .net site is the main dedicated site to the club with forums, events and for sale sections etc etc.
The tipec Scotland site is the region site and we are looking for pictures etc to go onto the website particularly recent outings etc Please submit these to Lee Reader, his details are on the site.


If any member requires more information on any aspect of the Scottish Region’s activities this season then please do not hesitate to contact Alan or myself we are only to happy to answer and help with any questions you may have. Our contact details are as below:
Neil Fraser neil@fraser72.freeserve.co.uk RO Scotland.
Alan Neilson alz1933@googlemail.com ARO Scotland.
Mike Stevens western.callander@tiscali.co.uk ARO Scotland

Those of you members who require servicing or any other work to your Porsche, may I remind all that Brian Miller motors, Edinburgh TEL NO.0131 443 7806 IS A PORSCHE SPECIALIST AND IN GERMAN MARQUES. Brian is a Porsche trained mechanic and has over 40 years experience in the business.

Also we have SP AUTOBAHN a Porsche Specialist situated in Stirling. Owner Stuart Paterson your contact on 07973385463 or please visit his website on www.spautobahn.com Over 15 years in the business and offers every service possible for your Porsche.


A reminder also that anyone wishing to submit an article for the next ALL TORQUE magazine please get this into Tony ASAP to arrange. His contact details are tony@typescape.com He is looking for Porsche related articles or pictures possibly a winter project recently undertaken or recent trip out! So get pen to paper or fingers to the keyboard.

We look forward to seeing you all at the July meet. Please remember we are at the The Bo-Ness Motor Museum, Bridgeness Road, Bo-Ness,EH51 9JR. for our monthly meet please come along 8pm start time. This venue has light refreshments and a car museum all under one roof not to mention a good sized car park.

Many thanks,
Neil Fraser (RO SCOTLAND)
MOBY 07946616782