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November meet (Thursday 03/11/2011)
Our meeting this month is our club AGM and will be held at the Orchard, Spot Lane, Otham, Maidstone
ME15 8SE.
This AGM meet is open to all and members are encouraged to have their say on what direction the club will take in 2012 and vote for the club reps.
By: Rob | Posted: 01/11/2011
October meet
Our meeting this month is at the Orchard again. Details below.
By: Rob | Posted: 03/10/2011
September meet
Our meeting this month is at the Park Gate Inn. Details below.
Ashford Road, Hollingbourne, Maidstone, ME17 1PG
'Click' to visit their website
By: Rob | Posted: 01/09/2011
Sussex Show, Chalvington - Sun 14 August
Great show, if you've not been before.
Highlight is the interclub competition - tug o'war, bonnet pull etc.
We have a club stand so pop along and say hi.
www.thesvwoc.org.uk/main_pages/svwoc_summer_festival.html
Posted: 13/08/2011
August meet
Our meeting this month is at the Orchard again. Details below.
By: Rob | Posted: 03/08/2011
July meet
Our meeting this month is at the Orchard, Spot Lane, Otham, Maidstone ME15 8SE.
If you need directions current members can check out our club blog or forum, which has a link to their website or...
- Exit the M20 at junction 7
- Take the exit on the roundabout at Nottcutts nursery and then right towards the TV studios
- Turn left onto the A20 signposted Ashford
- Turn right onto Spot Lane
By: Rob | Posted: 06/07/2011
Club's Show 'n' Shine
The June KVWK meet (Thursday 2nd) will be the Clubs Show 'n' Shine. We will also be at an alternative venue, The Ringlestone Inn, Ringlestone Road, Harrietsham.
The meet starts from 7.30 and judging will start at 8pm.
It has been arranged that we park in the top car park so that we can all park together for the show 'n' shine.
Classes are:
- Best air cooled cars all types.
- Best van all types.
- Best custom.
- Best water cooled all types.
- Best engine.
By: Rob | Posted: 01/06/2011
Club's Christmas Meal Postponed
The KVWK Xmas meet/meal has been postponed due to the snow. Val is currently trying to reschedule.
The Windmill have offered either 9th (Thursday next week) or 14th as dates they can fit us in instead. So far the 14th seems to be the most popular but if you have not yet replied to Val's email with your preference, please do.
The postponement will also give a second chance to anyone who previously could not make the original date. Please contact Val ASAP if you would now like to attend.
By: Rob | Posted: 02/12/2010
Club's AGM
Thursday 4th November meet will be the club's AGM. Please do come along to help us decide how you want the club to be run next year, and by who.
By: Rob | Posted: 03/11/2010
June Mote Park meet
The Thursday 3rd meet will be held at Mote Park again this year. Looks nice out so get your polish out and shine those V-dubs up before you head over to the park. I'm off out to do mine now!
By: Rob | Posted: 03/06/2010
January meet cancelled!!!
The Thursday 7th meet at the The Windmill Inn has been cancelled due to snow - best to stay safe at home!
If you need a VW fix before then how about attending the Sussex Koolest Krooze - 17th January, Hailsham in aid of Brads Cancer charity.
By: Rob | Posted: 01/01/2010
Happy New Year!!!
KVWK wishes you all a very happy new year and to kick off the next decade, membership fees have been dropped to just £6 per year!
Thanks to savings made in the administration and general running costs of the club we can still give all our members the same great benefits.
So, bring on 2010 - We look look forward to meeting new friends and seeing old acquaintances.
By: Rob | Posted: 07/01/2010
Chairman's report on the AGM
Thursday 5th November was not only Bonfire Night but also the night of our Annual General Meeting and for those who were not in attendance but may be wondering, it did not go off with a bang!!!
Formal minutes will be published as usual in the newsletter but as nearly half the membership did not attend, indeed may never have attended a club AGM before, I want to use the pages of our website to let members know the reasons why we have an AGM and really, the importance of taking part in the "format" of your club.
In its early years your club had only a "boy/girl" management with no formal management or constitution (club rules) and with the sudden departure of two such early management systems, both leaving the club in disarray, a new more "professional" approach had to be made if the club was to survive. As a result a club constitution was formed and a management team for various key roles was appointed nearly 12 years ago. Although the actual people appointed for those position changes as time goes by, as you would expect, the frame work has proved successful and gives your club strength and stability.
Of course our club must be fun for everybody but a well structured club provides more opportunities for members to become involved in administration and organising events and so on.
The AGM is important to attend to "air" your views on club matters but also provides an opportunity for nominations to stand for each key post. All officers, including I may add the chairman, has to stand down at every AGM and, if prepared to stand again, be considered along with any other nominations and elected by membership majority. In this way we have the opportunity to bring in "new blood" from time to time.
The AGM is also an opportunity to create new key posts if deemed necessary, as we did some time ago when setting up our web site. This post was taken over very adequately by Rob last year and what an improvement we have seen in our web site during the last year.
It is not all serious stuff as anyone at this years meeting will tell you but it does give all members an opportunity to express their views and take an interest in what I hope, as your newly elected chairman, is an interesting, informative and enjoyable hobby.
I do hope as many members as possible will participate in the various activities during 2010 and will make a point of attending the AGM in November 2010 and hope to see as many of you as possible at the Christmas meal on Thursday 3rd December at the Windmill. (I need to know numbers and menu selection by 20th November)
Finally, on behalf of the membership as a whole I take this opportunity of thanking ALL officers for their hard work and efforts in making the Kentish VW Klub the successful club it is today.
Mike Wood (Club Chairman)
By: Mike Wood | Posted: 11/11/2009
August Club Meet
KVWK meets are heading back to The Windmill Inn, Hollingbourne, from 6th August meeting onwards
By: Rob | Posted: 23/07/2009
July Club Meet
The July club meet will take place on Thursday 2 July from 8.00pm at the Brookers Oast pub. For the August meet we will be back to our usual venue, The Windmill Inn, Hollingbourne.
Brookers Oast, The Hop Farm
Maidstone Rd, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge, Kent TN12 6PY
01622 872068
By: Rob | Posted: 30/06/2009