Non Jeeps in Jeep Clubs - What's your policy?

[Big_T]

Originally Posted by Tasar

MJOC have a 10% non jeep rule - it was introduced as a number of members went away from jeeps after the KJ came out to replace the XJ and they wanted to stay in the club

currently about 5% non jeep - most of them are older members or friends of existing members who want to wheel together

10% seems pretty tight.
I guess your club is large enough to handle that type of ratio

So can anyone sign up and pay fees with a Toyota because they are a brother of another member for instance?
Just so long as it is still within 10%

There is no easy answers to any of this, and there are good arguments for and against...

[Tasar]

its has only been close to 10% once
non jeep owners tend to drift away as majority of benefits tend not to cater for them
discounts to dealers etc

yes its a non easy answer

we tend to develop relationships with other clubs and do joint trips, this works really well - we have done trips with landrover club and goulburn valley

[Tonto]

Originally Posted by Big_T

Yeah, I don't want to see Toyotas at Jambo either.

It's OK BigT, I think I'm taking my triplets to soccer that weekend

[kyro]

Originally Posted by Remus

You are half way there OIIIO - The SCJC is open to all makes but we are only allowed a certain % of non-jeep owners in the club the same as the MJOC.

However the rest is correct, yep they are covered by insurance and also have the same rights in the club as any other member, they can be on the committee and pay the same membership fee.

also to that non-jeep members can not hold a upper committee position eg president

you will find that most of the non jeep will be past members or family and yes they dont seem to stay around to long

[jammy jeep]

Originally Posted by Big_T;

What if you or another long standing member of the club suddenly is going to be a father of triplets in a few months time and you need to get something bigger than what Jeep can offer? (You don't like the Commander)
Do you get kicked out of the ACT club as soon as you rollup with a 7 seater 100 series?

Anyone who is already in the club is allowed to stay, even if they no longer have a jeep. Its just that we're not letting anyone new in (who doesn't have a jeep). All our non-jeep members used to whine as soon as the rest of us headed off for Jambo, or camp coffs, so one easy way to fix that.

[Big_T]

Can you guys give me an idea of how many paid up financial memberships you have in each club?
And is it one membership per couple or per person? (i.e If my wife and I want to become members, do we pay one membership or two?)

[jammy jeep]

ACT we have only 20-25 members. A husband and wife count as 1 for us. A good thought though, we could double our membership numbers overnight.