-British clubman owners club
Its hard to get a catchy name because of clubman and club how they are so alike
Clubman Saloon Owners Club
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, Feb 17 2008 11:23 AM
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 01:41 PM
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 02:11 PM
Clubmans for life club, the club for clubmans, the Clubman Owners Organisation aka the COO or replace Organisation with Society/Guild/Alliance 
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 08:16 PM
I have searched for the Clubman group I was thinking about, don't think Steve's running it anymore as I can't find it anywhere. It was on Yahoo groups or MSN or something like that.
I found his myspace page though and there was no mention of it (though he still has the Mini!
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I haven't received any PMs :lol
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I found his myspace page though and there was no mention of it (though he still has the Mini!
)I haven't received any PMs :lol
Andy - I remember you - hope you can make this year's TR as well (as I hope you all do!) Click on my sig for info
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 08:31 PM
Andy - I remember you - hope you can make this year's TR as well (as I hope you all do!) Click on my sig for info
I'll be there even if I have to bring diesely wiesely! I'll try not to snore loud enough to keep half the site awake!
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 08:44 PM
The Thong run is a good laugh. Here's some pics from last year. You should all try and get there.
Mine is the rough blue saloon (reg starting HVS) and I'm definatly not the tall bloke in the red pimp suit! Apparently were dressing up as Mexicans this year....
Mine is the rough blue saloon (reg starting HVS) and I'm definatly not the tall bloke in the red pimp suit! Apparently were dressing up as Mexicans this year....
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 09:02 PM
The thing you will have to be careful of is the fact that BMW own the 'Clubman' name !
If you called your club 'The Mini Clubman Owners Club' or such then you might be treading on their toes and they may react !!!!
Good luck with it though !!!!
My Clubman has a big bottom !!!
If you called your club 'The Mini Clubman Owners Club' or such then you might be treading on their toes and they may react !!!!
Good luck with it though !!!!
My Clubman has a big bottom !!!
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 09:09 PM
The thing you will have to be careful of is the fact that BMW own the 'Clubman' name !
If you called your club 'The Mini Clubman Owners Club' or such then you might be treading on their toes and they may react !!!!
Good luck with it though !!!!
My Clubman has a big bottom !!!
So if its called 'clubby' its okay and not 'clubman'?
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 09:13 PM
The thing you will have to be careful of is the fact that BMW own the 'Clubman' name !
If you called your club 'The Mini Clubman Owners Club' or such then you might be treading on their toes and they may react !!!!
Good luck with it though !!!!
My Clubman has a big bottom !!!
So if its called 'clubby' its okay and not 'clubman'?
The clubman estate register get away with it....
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 09:15 PM
ohhh yah, should be alryt then! No one got any more ideas and who is goin 2 set up a site?
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 09:36 PM
The clubman estate register get away with it....
That could be because there is not a BMW "Mini Clubman Estate" but there IS a BMW "Mini Clubman" !!
Just something to bear in mind !!!!
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 09:51 PM
The clubman estate register get away with it....
That could be because there is not a BMW "Mini Clubman Estate" but there IS a BMW "Mini Clubman" !!
Just something to bear in mind !!!!
Then we won't say 'mini'.
There ism't a 'BMW Mini Clubman Saloon' either...
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 11:38 PM
I'd be up for this...
Wouldn't mind being a mod if needed
Cant think of any better names than already suggested though to be honest, maybe start another thread with a poll on the best 4-5 names and see what comes of it?
Wouldn't mind being a mod if needed
Cant think of any better names than already suggested though to be honest, maybe start another thread with a poll on the best 4-5 names and see what comes of it?
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Posted 22 February 2008 - 11:57 PM
I'd be up for this...
Wouldn't mind being a mod if needed
same
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 10:55 AM
Gray is right to be warning you of the dangers of using names that are owned by BMW.
The CER only 'get away with it' (not that we are doing anything wrong of course!) as we have not yet been approached by BMW to change the name. We started in 2002 before all the fuss about the lawsuits and closing-downs began, so it wasn't something we even thought about back then.
Now, we are simply hoping that a disclaimer (to the tune that we are a group only for owners of CEs made between 69 and 82 by BMC and Austin.... see www.clubmanestates.co.uk) and generally being polite to BMW will help. So far we haven't been approached.
If you were named the Clubman Saloon Register you could slot into a similar position, as there is no such thing as a 'BMW Clubman Saloon' as there isn't (in name) something called a 'BMW Clubman Estate'.
Another thing to consider is that (quite possibly) being a Register rather than a Club means that you are simply compiling a list of people who own one, and then getting together at events etc rather than creating a club. Don't quote me on this, I am not a lawyer, it's just a thought I had.
I think it's a brilliant idea, so don't give up on it (we shouldn't not do things simply as BMW are intimidating us) but please take the threat seriously. Unfortunately, discussing it on an open forum doesn't help
I don't think I forgot anything I wanted to say
The CER only 'get away with it' (not that we are doing anything wrong of course!) as we have not yet been approached by BMW to change the name. We started in 2002 before all the fuss about the lawsuits and closing-downs began, so it wasn't something we even thought about back then.
Now, we are simply hoping that a disclaimer (to the tune that we are a group only for owners of CEs made between 69 and 82 by BMC and Austin.... see www.clubmanestates.co.uk) and generally being polite to BMW will help. So far we haven't been approached.
If you were named the Clubman Saloon Register you could slot into a similar position, as there is no such thing as a 'BMW Clubman Saloon' as there isn't (in name) something called a 'BMW Clubman Estate'.
Another thing to consider is that (quite possibly) being a Register rather than a Club means that you are simply compiling a list of people who own one, and then getting together at events etc rather than creating a club. Don't quote me on this, I am not a lawyer, it's just a thought I had.
I think it's a brilliant idea, so don't give up on it (we shouldn't not do things simply as BMW are intimidating us) but please take the threat seriously. Unfortunately, discussing it on an open forum doesn't help
I don't think I forgot anything I wanted to say
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Posted 23 February 2008 - 11:08 AM
i had a PM from a lovely TMF member who has experience in web design & forum building, who says he'll give us a hand as he's got a clubby himself, so that should be good.
We'll work longside to create a little forum, but we still need to settle on a name?!
hi all, sheree on another account. i like the clubman saloon society, or the clubman saloon apprecation society, hehe
i think the guys name i was talking about above was Ollie - fprumname.
yeah, we could have area mods / events mods etc.
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Ollie - website / forum
anyone else interested?
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