I'll be helping our Club on various matters in 2013 and 1 of the items that requires a fair bit of planning is the organisation of Club Tech Days.
In the past, we've organised events on suspension & alignment, car care and dyno day just as a few examples but I'm now looking for your ideas and inspirations to guide me to organising better, more current and more interesting events.
Some fast facts:
- I'm looking at organising 3 to 4 Tech Days in 2013;
- I'm still working out the dates that would not clash with other Club Events but in the meantime, please assume that these Tech Days will be hosted on weekends by default. If you have ideas that would work on weeknights then I'm all ears;
- These events don't need to be in Sydney. In fact, if you've got an idea that will combine a Tech Day to the back end of a Club Run with another Chapter (i.e. Canberra, Hunter or Shire), that'll be an added bonus!;
- Events will be open to everyone but frequent flyers will definitely be encouraged to join;
- If you have a supplier in mind who might be able to implement the idea, then please put them down as well;
Layout:
This is an open discussion forum and I know how quickly threads can gain momentum. To help me keep track of ideas from comments, can everyone with an idea please follow the simple layout below?
Headline idea: (A 1-liner on what this event can be called and what it is)
Time & Date: (Weeknight / Weekend) + (Preferred month in the year)
How it might work: (Details about the event, theoretically)
Resources required: (Anything attendees need to bring or the Club needs to provide)
Possible contact: (If you have a supplier in mind, please provide their name and contact details here)
And here's a working example...
Headline idea: Suspension day @ Spinning Wheels!
Time & Date: Weekend. Maybe a weekend that is just before a major track day would attract a bigger crowd (optional);
How it might work: A set time between 8am to 1pm for back-to-back alignment service at a group discounted price. A tech briefing by their in-house experts with some Q&A time thereafter. Attendees can hang around or check out other people's cars in the meantime;
Resources required: Organised lunch, good coffee and a few chairs would be good to encourage people to hang around;
Possible contact: Call Stu at Spinning Wheels, Waterloo on 8396 7888;
AND That's it!
Thanks very much in advance everyone... and let's keep this thread rolling
due to insurance problems and/or cost the Club may not be able to consider this type of event that would probably have to be an informal event at the risk of the organisers for insurance exposure, if any. 
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the Competitions Secretary does not have the resources to run Motorkana or Skidpan days as their volunteer officials are fully committed with the Club Track Days, Super Sprints and other competition events. You cannot run these type of events without officials and insurance in the 21st Century and you could not suggest that a privateer organise such an event without experience, staff and insurance cover. S#!t happens especially in motor sport. 
that will will go through car set up and track driving techniques in the classroom and on the track with in car training from the experienced members of the track team.
