EUROPEAN MG CAR CLUB PRESENTATIONS

MG Car Club Antwerp

• Brief history and presentation of your club:

Founded on 21 may 1978 and always active since that date.
The last 20+ years the club was lead by Guido Van der Borgh, Ron De Laere and now by Fran Boeykens.
No major fluctuations in members quantity.
Our members are situated in the wide region of Antwerp (in the north of Belgium).

• Founded in the year:  1978
• Annual membership fee: € 60
• Quantity of members    : 274
• Quantity of cars involved:  ? (we don’t know)
• How is your club organised:

An official non-profit organization.
With a board with directors and a general meeting with active members.

• How is the board organised:

7 persons: chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, finance, event managing, editorial,
clubshop 

• Do you have registers:  NO
• Do you have a magazine/newsletter: YES
• How many magazines per year: 4
• What type of events to you organise: 
• Get to getter (once per month)
• Non-competitive tours (aprox. 10 a year)
• 1 or 2 weekends a year
• Participating during Antwerp Classic Salon
• Technical and diagnostical days

 

• Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place:    No

 

• How does the club communicate mainly with its members: 

E-mail,  website, club magazine, natters, Facebook,  

• Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business? NO
• What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment:
• Covid and environmental related decision.
• Further things you would like to share:
• Since Covid, optional breakfasts before and dinners after the tours have increased in popularity. 

MG A-Type & Magnette Owners Club Holland (MGATO)    

• Brief history and presentation of your club: The MGATO is a nationally organized club of MGA and MG Magnette owners and sympathizers and aim to: Owning, restoring and maintaining the types MGA and MG Magnettes / Gathering the owners of these types based on collecting and sharing product information, both technical and informative / Providing information, advice and support to members regarding associating matters, technical subjects, event organisation etc. / Organizing tours and activities and participation in events

 

• Founded in the year: 1973
• Annual membership fee is € 70,= (due to the corona epidemic and as a result a very limites rides- and activity program in 2020, the annual membership fee has been reduced once in 2021 to € 45,=  It’s not yet known whether the annual membership fee will be adjusted in 2022.
• Quantity of members: 212
• Quantity of cars involved: about 230
• How is your club organised: the MGATO is organized nationally and has no regional branches. 
• How is the board organised: the MGATO board currently has 4 members consisting of the chairman, the secretary, the treasurer and the editor of our club magazine. In addition to the board, the club has 2 technical specialists for advice to members.
• Do you have registers:  YES
• Do you have a magazine/newsletter: YES (The Octagon)
• How many magazines per year: 6 x
• What type of events to you organise: per year 6 rides, 1 club weekend, fairs, technical days (and appraisals of MGs) and a General Members Meeting once a year.
• Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place:  NO
• How does the club communicate mainly with its members: 

E-mail, newsletters, website, club magazine (the Octagon), natters and Facebook.

• Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business? No
• What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment: The situation in 2022 related to covid and preparing for the 50th anniversary in 2023.
• Which topics would you like to share during the Conference? NA as unfortunately I will not be attending the Conference
• Further things you would like to share:  The MGATO is also confronted with members who no longer keep their MG due to illness and members who die while the remaining partner does not want or cannot keep the MG or of whom a new partner does not want to drive in the MG.

MG Owners Club Austria

Brief history and presentation of your club: The Club was founded in 1985 by Mr. Peter Mieses, who celebrated his 90th birthday this year. There was no earlier MG Club in Austria before 1985. An English Sports Car Club existed until 1962 when it was disbanded.

Founded in the year:     1985

Subscription fee:    €80/year (family incl. partner and children, one vote only), the fee 
            includes a subscription of the Austrian Classic Car Magazine (Austro 
            Classic) in which the club has a regular page

Quantity of members:    127 members – the number of members has nearly doubled 
                since 2014 and is steadily increasing.

Quantity of cars involved:    156 members cars and a total of 512 MGs registered

How is your club organised:    board and members, 3 natters with regular meetings and
                events, 2 more natters with irregular meetings and events

How is the board organised:    President, Vice President, Treasurer, 1st secretary, 2nd secretary, 
treasurer, two outside controllers

Do you have registers?    No, not at the moment, but an e-register for the electric and 
                hybrid MGs is being discussed

Do you have a magazine/newsletter?    Yes, bimonthly email newsletter to all who are 
interested (not only to members). Further a 
website (www.mgoc.at) with lots of information.

What type of events to you organise?    

1. Car rides and social events every quarter, at least one at season opening, one summer run and one autumn run. Of these, most are one day trips and at least one 2–3-day trip per year. Different natters have their own events that are organized locally.
2. There is a club championship for the “Old Number One Trophy” end of August. 
3. Further we organize a “British Car Szene Treff” for members of other English marques end of June and 
4. Martini Gansl Essen (Thanksgiving in November) and a Christmas celebration mid-December.
5. We participate in one classic car show (Tullner Oldtimermesse) in May 
6. Some natters meet regularly every month, others only once or twice a year or for special occasions. Every natter has a person who is in charge of planning and organising local events.

What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment?

1. Future possible restrictions for the use of classic cars and/or internal combustion engines
2. Vanishing know-how in repair and service of classic cars
3. Additional costs and bureaucratic hurdles for the procurement of cars, spares and regalia from the UK
4. Corona restrictions and their effect on club life
5. How to get members to participate in events
6. Young people as classic car owners
7. What the club should offer the owners of modern MGs

Which topics would you like to share during the meeting?
-    I would like to discuss and share my thoughts on how to win and hold members
-     how to increase participation at club events


MG CAR CLUB BELGIUM

• Brief history and presentation of your club: Club founded in 1954 by a bunch of friends
  • Founded in the year: 1954 with as name “Belgian MG Centre” 
  • The club won the Nuffield trophy in 1954, 57 & 99
  • The club had internal discussions in the 50ies & 60ies and there were several splits: * Antwerp * Limburg * South

 

• Annual membership fee: € 55

 

• Quantity of members: circa 250

 

• Quantity of cars involved: circa 400

 

• How is your club organised: 
  • 10 trips – meetings /year. Each meeting is organised by a well-oiled team in a specific area. We are lucky enough to have new and younger teams, so we have no problems to offer more than 10 full day trips/y
  • Two teams organise the trips abroad (Twice a year)
  • The technical meeting is organised by the board (with the partnership of a technical school – they lend us the garage & refectory)

 

• How is the board organised: 
  • president, vice-president, secretary, treasure, regalia manager & a technical manager
  • Meetings on a trimestral base 
  • One general assembly with the active members in March 

 

• Do you have registers:  NO
  • But we have technical people specialised in certain categories of cars 
    • T series; MGA -MGB-C; MGF - TF

 

• Do you have a magazine/newsletter: NO
  • We had a nice magazine, but the editor went on pension, and it is very hard to find a new one.

 

• What type of events to you organise: 

 

• 10*/y, in the season a monthly meeting with a day trip  (mostly with breakfast, lunch & dinner). We have around 60 till sometimes 80 cars
• One a year, in summer, a 5-day trip to France (we have around 45 – 50 cars for these trips abroad)
• One a year, in spring, a trip to the UK (mostly we have around 25 – 35 cars)
• One night rally in October
• Technical day: mostly in February 
• New year dinner & reception 
• One planning meeting (where we organise the meetings for the year to come / dates, R&R, ….)
• On the national Holliday, 21/07, one of the Belgian MG clubs organise a national event (The MG CC Luxemburg is also involved). 
• There is a partnership with a French club for our participation in a winter – snow rally (“La Route Blanche” 3 days on the roads of the famous Monte Carlo rally)
• There is another partnership with a French MMM-TT MG club / One big rally a year, 5 till 9 days (2019 was in Corsica, 2020 was in the Provence) 
• Organised visits to “Old Timers” fairs like: Houten, Gent, Antwerp Techno Classica (Essen), …..

 

• Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place:    NO

 

• How does the club communicate mainly with its members: 

E-mail, mail, newsletters, website, club magazine, natters, Facebook, other social media, special newsletters, website

• Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business? NO

 

• What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment:
  • LEZ  / Environment 
  • Technical aspects 

 

• Further things you would like to share: 
  • We will keep you informed of the EEOTY progress 
    
    
    
    
    
    MG Car Club Danish Centre
    
    
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  • Brief history and presentation of your club:     Founded Dec. 5th 1954 by MG owners interested in racing their every day cars based around the capital of Copenhagen. Club split in 1973 East and West
  
  
  • Founded in the year:  1954
  
  
  • Annual membership fee: € 60,-
  
  
  • Quantity of members    : Approx 635
  
  
  • Quantity of cars involved: Estimated 1,000 MG cars
  
  
  • How is your club organised: Board, cashier, three local subcentres, 6 registers (T-Types, MGA, MGB/C, Midgets, Magnette+Y-types, F/TF-types), webmaster, editor of magazine, club rally representative
  
  
  • How is the board organised: Board (6 member and 2 back ups), 1 cashier not part of the board but participating in board meetings.
  
  
  • Do you have registers:  YES
  
  
  • Do you have a magazine/newsletter: YES
  
  
  • How many magazines per year: 8 printes issues distributed by mail
  
  
  • What type of events to you organise: One club meeting per month per local sub centre (ex July), 3 Sunday drives, 2 club rallies, 3 regularity rallies, 1 summer weekend, 1 DIY day, 1-2 MG for Beginners for new members, club stands at two-three annual car shows, 2-3 charity drives, ad hoc meetings and arrangements… in total approx. 50 arrangements.
  
  
  • Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place:    NO
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  • How does the club communicate mainly with its members: 
  • E-mail, mail, newsletters, website, club magazine, natters, Facebook, other social media 
    or other:
    
    
  • Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business? NO
  
  
  • What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment:
    Modern fuel vs. old cars. Spare parts from UK after Brexit (prices and availability). Modern Chinese made MG’s in the club.
  
  
  • Which topics would you like to share during the Conference?
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    Format of the Conference. We would like it to be something like this:
    Arrival and meeting start Saturday at 14 hrs or 15 hrs. 3-4 hours meeting. Dinner and socialising at 19 hrs. Sunday meeting start 8.30 hrs. 4 hours meeting and ending with a farewell lunch. If the Conference is held in a central place with good flight network like e.g. Frankfurt you can leave your home Saturday morning and be back home Sunday evening. This means only one night in a hotel and no need to take the Friday workday off.
    
    
    
    
    MG Car Club Denmark
    
    
    
    
  • Brief history and presentation of your club: 
  • In 2023, it is 50 years since MG Car Club Denmark was founded at a meeting on Himmelbjerget initiated by Jørgen Poulsen who is still a very active member! And since then, the MG enthusiasts west of the Great Belt have not missed an opportunity to add new experiences to their joint collection.
  • In the 90ties the Club became much more international by organizing International events, and many more members started to visit international meetings all over Europe. This became much easier as with transparent calendars from all MG Car Club Affiliated clubs. 
  • The now around 1,100 members have driven thousands of beautiful kilometers, forged bonds of friendship across Europe, carried on crazy English customs and together cultivated the deep passion for a piece of completely unique English motor history.
  
  
  • Founded in the year: 1973
  • Annual membership fee: € 57, -
  • Quantity of members    : 1130 members
  • Quantity of cars involved: Estimated 2.500 (many members do have more than one car!)
  • How is your club organized?
  • Board with 5 members – and two suppliants. 
  • 8 Pub meetings area – but all club members on cross of the country can participate in the pub meetings. Each area does have local committee to organize pub meetings and the activities etc.
  • One international coordinator 
  • Travel committee – arrange tours internal Denmark and abroad. 
  • Committee for arrange orienteering 
  • Committee for arrange MG Sport (time tracks)
  • Event committee for planning and arrange the event of the year in DK 2023
  • Separate shop for MG collections, regalia, and books (mostly MG and English car)
  • Committee for arranging shows /exhibitions. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • How is the board organized?
  • 5 members:
  • Chairman
  • Coordinator for orienteering and MG sport arrangement
  • Web coordinator  
  • Accountant / budgets 
  • Secretary (minutes from board meetings) 
  
  
  • Do you have registers:  YES
  • Do you have a magazine/newsletter: YES
  • How many magazines per year: 6
  • What type of events do you organize? 
  • See above mentioned –“How is your club organized”
  • Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place:    
    • No, but we had experienced great success with younger members taking part in MG-Sport (Sprints and Driving Tests). Here we see the biggest mix of young and old
  
  
  • How does the club communicate mainly with its members? 
  • E-mail, mail, newsletters, website, club magazine, natters, Facebook, other social media 
    or other:
  • 2 yearly exhibitions for classic and vintage cars – our own boot (biggest in Denmark)
  • Our own Magazine – 6 times a year
  • Own Facebook page
  • Pub meeting in all 8 areas 
  • Picnic and other arrangement for all members 
  
  
  • Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business? 
    • No so far, we have not. 
  
  
  • What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment:
  • We have started the committee / project organization to arrange the event of the year in Denmark 2023. Already more than 20 people are involved. 
  • Local meetings in all 8 Pub meetings area
  • Debate in Facebook all issues regarding reconstructions / small events etc. 
  
  
  • Which topics would you like to share during the Conference?
  • Report from Kimber House – how are they organized now a day / person gallery?
  • We like to inform in general of the Event of the year in MGCC DK 2023 
  • Which attitude / opinion do we have regarding the new MG’s? (Do we accept the owners as member of the MGCC?)
  • Safety Fast…. Can it be more “international”?
  • The effect of UK no longer is a member of EU / trading / cooperation etc.?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • 2 suppliants’ 
    
    
    
    MG Car Club Deutschland
    
    
  • Brief history and presentation of your club:
    It was in the spring of 1970 when two M.G. Midget, a TC and a TF, met for the first time in Frankfurt. The drivers stopped, got out and greeted each other like old friends or even better, like members of a large family who had just lost sight of each other. This was the hour of birth of our club, because the MG Club Frankfurt was founded in Oberursel in August of the same year. The name was soon changed to MG Car Club Frankfurt, brought about by the connection to the English club. In 1977 the increased and also geographically more distributed membership was taken into account and the final club name “M.G. Car Club Germany e.V. " set. The M.G.family in Germany had found an institutional home.
  
  
  • Founded in the year:                 1970
  
  
  • Annual membership fee:             € 60
  
  
  • Quantity of members    :            1000
  
  
  • Quantity of cars involved:             appr. 1500-2000
  
  
  • How is your club organised:            Specialists for each MG-Model, several personalities for website, magazine, international contacts etc.
  
  
  • How is the board organised:            chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, Sports
  
  
  • Do you have registers:              NO
  
  
  • Do you have a magazine/newsletter:     MG Kurier
  
  
  • How many magazines per year:         4
  
  
  • What type of events to you organise:     Booth, Social events, workshops and gatherings
  
  
  • Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place:    YES
  
  
  • If yes, what kind of incentives:             Instagram
  
  
  • How does the club communicate mainly with its members: 
  • club magazine, website, Facebook, other social media 
    
    
  • Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business? NO
  
  
  • What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment:    
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    Get the club running to normal situation after Corona.
    
    
  • Which topics would you like to share during the Conference?    NONE
  
  
  • Further things you would like to share:                NONE
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    MG Car Club of Finland
    
    
    
  • Brief history and presentation of your club:
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    Year 1995 and 12 MG enthusiasts met in the cabinet of the Tower Hotel in Helsinki to discuss the possible creation of MG Car Club Finland.  They all agreed and the club was formalised immediately.  The following year the number of members grew to 114 and the club issued three B&W pamphlets to its members. The first event was in 1996 at the Nokian Tires slalom test track but was not as popular as had been hoped, and it was decided that we would go in future to a quieter place. So in 1997 a picnic was organised in the grounds of the Haikko manorhouse and this is still being held annually, being one of the most successful events of the club.  The second major event was later planned - a trip to Estonia should be made though only three cars attended the initial 2004 event; however this has become a very successful annual event up to the present day and current attendance is 12-15 MGs.   In 2006 the club established Brittisportti - the club magazine which is now A5 size with 24 colourful pages.  Our club doesn’t have a clubhouse; however we try to meet once a month in a classic car cafe mainly to discuss what kind of events to arrange.  
    
    In summary, the main events for the MG Car Club of Finland are the Haikko Picnic which opens the season, followed by a trip to Estonia where we normally visit the historic manor houses/hotels, there is a weekend trip to Finland’s lake district, and various one-day drives, followed by the End-of-season overnight in September.
    
    The club is small with a current membership of 165 and there are few activities; however we are making efforts to try to join other MG events in Central 
    Europe.
    
    
  • Founded in the year: 1995 
  
  
  • Annual membership fee:  € 25
  
  
  • Quantity of members : 165 
  
  
  • Quantity of cars involved  About 200 in MG club, and in total about 600 MGs in Finland
  
  
  • How is your club organised: Two general meetings a year
  
  
  • How is the board organised: Chairman and 6 board members
  
  
  • Do you have registers: No
  
  
  • Do you have a magazine/newsletter:   Yes, 4 magazines per year
  
  
  • What type of events to you organise: Classic car driving and meetings. 
  
  
  • Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place: NO
  
  
  • How does the club communicate mainly with its members: E-mail, mail, newsletters, website, club magazine, natters, Facebook, other social media or other: Club magazine, email, Facebook and website.
  
  
  • Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business?  No  
  
  
  • What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment:  Next year's activities
  
  
  • Which topics would you like to share during the Conference? Nothing special
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    One Picnic meeting,  Annual trip to Estonia, One weekend drive to lake district, One day drives to interesting destinations. 
    
    
    
    The MG Club de France
  • Brief history and presentation of your club: 
  • The MG Club de France was founded by 3 friends who raced in classic races in France. Increasingly they found that other MG owners were attracted to their cars by the MG Car Club logo on the front of their MGA. The idea then became obvious that such a club would be popular in France.  So in 1981 the club was founded and their first representation was at the Salon Retromobile in Paris in 1982. A total of 150 members were registered by the end of the 3-day show!  The club grew slowly until early 2000 when the membership increased rapidly from 350 members to 1200 in just 13 years. 
    
    The MGCF is the 5th. club in the FFVE (Fédération Française des Véhicules d’Epoque). The club organised the MG Event in 2006 and 2016, awarded the Nuffield Cup 3 times in 2004, 2013 and 2016. There are about a hundred activities organised each year by the MGCF: One day outings, weekend rallies, participation in classic motor shows, meetings. The club holds a big meeting every 2 years, The MG Days which is open to all MG owners nationally and internationally.
    
    
  • Founded in the year: 1981
  
  
  • Annual membership fee: € 60
  
  
  • Quantity of members    : 1280 (+ 9% from previous year)
  
  
  • Quantity of cars involved: About 1500 MGs from 1930 MGM to 2005 ZTT 
  
  
  • How is your club organised:  
  • The club is run by an elected committee (15people), regional and registers representatives as well as many volunteers (around 50 in total), all of whom are voluntary.
    
    
  • How is the board organised: 
  • The board is formed by the president, two vice-presidents, treasurer and secretary. The committee comprises 15 members (including them).
    
    
  • Do you have registers:  YES
  
  
  • Do you have a magazine/newsletter: YES/NO   YES
  
  
  • How many magazines per year: 4
  
  
  • What type of events to you organise: 
  • Rallies (One day, WE and even more), track days, stands at exhibitions, presence at other national and international events, shop for MG regalia on line and at some events.
    
    
  • Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place:            YES
  
  
  • If yes, what kind of incentives: 
  • Membership fee 30€ for those under 30 years of age, MG Sport
    
    
  • How does the club communicate mainly with its members: 
  • E-mail, mail, newsletters, website, club magazine, natters, Facebook, other social media or other: The club produces its magazine “Heritage” every 3 months, as well as newsletters by email, the website is kept up to date and Facebook page. One or two letters (in paper form) every year
    
    
  • Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic 
  • car business? Yes, technical courses are held each year at the technical college for mechanical engineering in Paris, run by a member who instructs both novice and expert MG owners.
    
    
  • What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment: 
  • The future of classic car ownership vis a vis pollution controls in cities, the practicality of electric cars, and the future cooperation with MG Motor. 
    We will organize the centenary of MG with the MG Days in 2023 at Reims
    
    
  • Which topics would you like to share during the Conference? 
  
  
  • Events for the centenary MG: the first event is a meeting with the very early MG at Abingdon at the beginning of June 2023. Is this meeting confirmed and date? We would like to make our meeting at Reims one or two weeks after so a maximum of early cars could attend .
  • Cooperation with MG Motor: something official between the marque and MG Car Club and European clubs? future of the marque (Cyberster?)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • Make the pre-war car survive: owners are getting older and we see less and less such cars at our meetings
  • How to share material to help every country for their magazines
  • Utilisation of MG logo on our products 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • M.G. CAR CLUB HOLLAND
    History:
    It is September 3th 1955: A small group of friends get together in a restaurant in Zandvoort. This group of friends knew each other from their mutual hobby, racing on the Zandvoort Circuit with their MG’s. The friendship is so strong that they decided to found their own association. To set up a MG Car Club, permission was needed from the British MG Car Club who owned the rights to this name. The UK MG Car Club set requirements for the use of the name of the club. The Dutch Club received permission to found a club similar to the UK Club and, as all other MG Car Clubs outside the UK, they were registered as Dutch “Centre”.  The MG Car Club Holland was one of the first Centers on the continent. Only the Swiss MG Car Club was founded a few years before 1955. In 1956 the MGCC Holland had 47 members, today (2021) the MG Car Club Holland has about 2.625 members.
    Foundation:
    September 3th 1955 at Haarlem (The Netherlands)
    
    
    MG Car Club Holland Board:
    President:        Wim Nieuwenhuijzen
    Treasurer:        Gerard Steverink
    Secretary:        Vacancy
    Event Commissioner:     Gert-Jan Polman
    PR Commissioner:    Rolf Smit
    
    
    Registers
    In the Netherlands the Registers are independent units from the Dutch clubs. The three Dutch clubs (MGCCH, MG-TTO, MG-ATO) are supporting together the registers. In total 13 registers are covered. (Prewar models by MG-TTO and MGA + Magnette by MG-ATO, rest by MGCCH)
    At this moment the registers are transformed from “paper” into “digital” registers. Clubs are supporting the digitalization and are offering support in linking the registers to the clubs’ websites.
    At this moment no register has been set up for the ZS-EV and EHS.
    
    MG-Magazine
    Every month a 44 pages full color magazine (MG-Nieuws) is published. This magazine is exclusively available for members of the MGCCH. The magazine is also available for reading on the website, in the “member’s only “area. In this part of the website all “MG-Nieuws” magazines are available from 1956. The magazine is very much appreciated by the members and covers a variety of articles and information. There are regular technical articles, mostly from members. Also the new electric vehicles are getting more and more attention. Every region has its own page and often pictures and reports of events are included. Recently a series of articles about VIPS in MG’s and MG in miniature was introduced. The editorial team consists of 5 people.
    
    Events organized by the MGCCH: 
    In the MGCCH two types of events are organized: national events, organized by the club and regional events organized by the ten regions.
  
  
  • MG information and spares day: This is THE New Year reception of the MGCCH, MG-TTO and MG-ATO. This event is a yearly MG fair, held at the Expo Center in Houten, organized by the MGCCH on the first or second Sunday in January. Every year also the two German clubs, MGCCBe, MG Antwerp and MGF-BE are presenting themselves to the MG community on this fair.  Next to the social character of this fair, members of the clubs can sell their “left-overs” from restorations and other (noncommercial) materials. A selection of approx. 75 Dutch retailers in MG linked parts and services, 20 lifestyle product retailers, 10 UK retailers of (used) spares and services are present. The entrance for members of the three Dutch clubs is free of charge. In total more than 1.500 MG lovers are visiting this fair.
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    MG CAR CLUB D’ITALIA
    
    
  • Brief history and presentation of your club: THE CLUB WAS FOUNDED BY 7 MEMBERS RESIDING IN ROME AND OVER THE YEARS IT DIFFUSED IN ALL ITALIAN REGIONS.
  
  
  • Founded in the year:  1973
  
  
  • Annual membership fee: €  95.00
  
  
  • Quantity of members    : 578
  
  
  • Quantity of cars involved ABOUT 600
  
  
  • How is your club organised: REGIONAL CENTERS
  
  
  • How is the board organised: 7 MEMBERS: PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER, TECHNICAL MANAGER, EVENTS MANAGER, COORDINATOR OF REGIONAL CENTERS, RESPONSIBLE FOR RELATIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL CLUBS.
  
  
  • Do you have registers:  YES
  
  
  • Do you have a magazine/newsletter: YES
  
  
  • How many magazines per year: 1
  
  
  • What type of events to you organise: 4 REGIONAL  AND 1 INTERNATIONAL + LOCAL
  
  
  • Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place:    NO
  
  
  • If yes, what kind of incentives: 
  
  
  • How does the club communicate mainly with its members: 
  
  
  • Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business? YES SOME TIME
  
  
  • What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment: ORGANISING NEXT YEAR EVENTS
  • E-mail, mail, newsletters, website, club magazine, natters, Facebook, VINTAGE CARS EXIBITIONS
    
    
    
    MG CAR CLUB MONACO
    
    
  • Brief history and presentation of your club: 
  • FOUNDED IN 2003 HAS A VERY LIGHT ORGANIZATION, THE CLUB IS ACTIVE TO ORGANIZE AN INTERNATIONAL MEETNG EVERY 3 YEARS. THERE HAS BEEN 5 EVENT IN THE LAST 15 YEARS, UNFORTUNATELY THE 2020 EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED, THE NEXT EVENT IS EARLY OCTOBER 2023
    
    
  • Founded in the year: 2003
  
  
  • Annual membership fee: €   THE MEMBERSHIP IS 100. AND IS OBTAINED THE FIRST TIME A MEMBER MAKE INSCRIPTION, THE IS RENEWED DURING THE MEETING IF THE MEMBER TAKE PLACE. THERE IS NO OBBLIGATION TO PAY THE MEMBERSHIP EACH YEAR
  
  
  • Quantity of members    :    APPROX 60
  
  
  • Quantity of cars involved    APPROX 100
  
  
  • How is your club organised:    PRESIDENT-CHAIRMAN-SECRETARY-TREASURER
  
  
  • Do you have registers:  NO
  
  
  • Do you have a magazine/newsletter: YES A COUPLE OF TIMES PER YEAR
  
  
  • What type of events to you organise: ONE INTERNATIONAL EVENT EVERY THREE YEARS
  • Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place:    NO
  
  
  • How does the club communicate mainly with its members: 
  • E-mail -  newsletters
    
    
  • Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business?  NO
  
  
  • Which topics would you like to share during the Conference? COOPERATION BETWEEN CLUBS
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    M.G.C.P. – MG Clube de Portugal  
    
    
  • Brief history and presentation of your club:
  • It all started within a professional group - TAP crew members - who on the stopovers between flights, especially the long-haul ones, could talk quietly about their MG brand "assets".
    It was the first single-brand car club to emerge in Portugal.
  • Founded in the year: 1981
  
  
  • Annual membership fee: 35€ after a 1st fee = 85€
  
  
  • Quantity of members    : +/- 220 
  
  
  • Quantity of cars involved: +/- 270 
  
  
  • How is your club organised:
  • The M.G.C.P. is nationwide and has its headquarters in the Cascais region. 
    Since 2005 has had the support of “A Boutique do MG”, by Joaquim Preces Diniz, that affirms itself as an exclusive workshop for the repair and restoration of MGCP member’s vehicles. 
    The Club has agreements with other entities to provide insurance for Classic and Non-Classic MGs; to Certify MGs as Vehicles of Historic Interest; to obtain discounts in leisure areas as hotels, campsites, Repsol Service Stations, audio and home cinema systems.
    
    
  • How is the board organised:
  • The Board has a President and two Vice-Presidents plus two Advisers, one for Europe and the other for the Data Protection and Privacy Policy. The General Meeting Table and the Fiscal Council are composed of three members each.
    
    
  • Do you have registers:  No
  
  
  • Do you have a magazine/newsletter: No
  
  
  • What type of events do you organise: 
  • We promote events known as – Concentrações – that can go from meetings, gatherings, one day run + C. d’ Elegance, rallies to other recreational sports and cultural activities. Once a year the Club participates in the MOTORCLÁSSICO - International Motor and Classic Motorcycle Show organized by Caramulo Museum in partnership with FIL - Lisboa International Fair.
    
    
  • Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place: No
  
  
  • How does the club communicate mainly with its members: E-mail, website and Facebook 
  
  
  • Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business? No
  
  
  • What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment:
  • Mobilizing members to participate in the Club activities especially in this year of celebration of its 40th Anniversary.
    
    
  • Which topics would you like to share during the Conference?
  • The implementation and regulation of the LEZ – Low Emission Zone.
    How to deal with ‘E10’ petrol incompatibility.
  • Further things you would like to share:
  • How is MG-e progressing in the Continental Europe?
    How MG Car Clubs relation is progressing in regards with SAIC (Support, Partnership, etc.)? Is there a way to work to have a seamless relation in Europe?
    
    MG CAR CLUB - REPUBBLICA DI SAN MARINO
    
    
  • Brief history and presentation of your club: I started running MG on 1989 and never stop. I have been member of MG Owners Club England for many years. During those years I have met a lot of MG owners, many of them were not full of passion. So, I’m trying to collect in San Marino MG Car Club those few people who feel the MG style of life and try to transfer this passion to the young generation. 
  
  
  • Founded in the year: 2021
  • Annual membership fee: € 50
  • Quantity of members    : 5
  • Quantity of cars involved 7
  • How is your club organised: Office addressed in Hotel I Design San Marino
  • How is the board organised: 1 president and 3 board members
  • Do you have registers:  NO
  • Do you have a magazine/newsletter: NO
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  • What type of events to you organise: 
  • Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place:    YES
  
  
  • If yes, what kind of incentives: periodical school visit to our classic cars
  
  
  • How does the club communicate mainly with its members: 
  • E-mail, mail, newsletters, website, club magazine, natters, Facebook, other social media 
    or other: e-mail and WhatsApp
    
    
  • Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business? NO
  
  
  • What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment: Try to collect much more MG enthusiasts
  
  
  • Which topics would you like to share during the Conference? How to support small MG Cars Clubs to let feel the international members part of a big family.
  
  
  • Further things you would like to share: My over 30 years love for MG 😊
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • MG CAR CLUB SWEDEN
    
    
  • Brief history and presentation of your club:
  • Started under the name of:    Stockholms M.G.-Klubb
    Today it is the oldest, still active, car model club in Sweden.
    The club is connected to the National Federation for Historic Vehicles (which is connected to FIVA)
    The club offers its members a favourable insurance for historic car through a Swedish insurance company (FOLKSAM)
    
    
  • Founded in the year:  1952
    
    
    
  • Annual membership fee: € 38.-     € 6.- (familymember)     €29.- (e-member)
  
  
  • Quantity of members    :  2.211 by 8 oct 2021
  
  
  • Quantity of cars involved:   2.032 by 8 oct 2021
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  • How is your club organised: 
    
    
    
  • Swedish National Board 
     
    11 Centres (from north to south which is 975 miles) 
    Each Centre has 1-2 Centre Leaders and in some Centres also a few District Leaders
    Centre Leaders report to the Board
    Representatives for:
    Member Admin, Europe, Car Models (14 groups), Insurance, Environment, Regalia,  Historics, Facebook/www, Media, Company Advertisements
    
    
    
  • How is the board organised:
    chairman/dep chairman/secretary/cashier/ 4 commisioners
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    A resigned chairman becomes President (till next president) and after that Past President (life long)
    
    
    
    
  • Do you have registers:  NO
  
  
  • Do you have a magazine/newsletter: YES     BULLETINEN
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • How many magazines per year:  6 issues
  
  
  • What type of events do you organise: 
    One national annual event called SMGM (Swedish MG Meeting).
    All other events are organised in the local Centres; both small and bigger events.  Social events, Technical events, Driving events, Historic events
  
  
  • Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place: NO
  • For all new members it is lower fee first year; € 20.-
    
    
  • How does the club communicate mainly with its members:
    E-mail, mail, newsletters, website, club magazine, natters, Facebook, other social media 
  • or other:
    
    
  • Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business?
    Not financially support but in some Centres there are close cooperation with schools regarding the mechanics classes and historic cars.
  
  
  • What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment:
  • New members, mechanics/garages, access spare parts, environment subjects (for ex. petrol, zones)
    How to engage more members for club work and events
    
    
    
    
    
    MG Car Club Switzerland
    
    
    
  • Brief history and presentation of your club: 18 years after the MG Car Club in the UK  MG enthusiasts in Switzerland founded the Swiss club in 1948. In addition to the MGCC UK we are member of the “Dachverband Swiss Historic Vehicle Federation” (www.shvf.ch) an organisation with more than 100 clubs of historic cars and more than 10.000 members.
  
  
  • Founded in the year: 1948 (73 years)
  • Annual membership fee: 100.- CHF approx. €95.-  
  • Quantity of members    : 600
  • Quantity of cars involved: 1948
  • How is your club organised: board, registers & regions (8)
  • How is the board organised: : 6 members: president (Martin Kraft), secretary (Walter Stucki), Register (Kurt Strähler), Finance (Roger Rouffieux), Overseas (Markus Kotterer), Regionals( Remo Suter)
    
    
    
  • Do you have registers:  YES  10 (3 vacant) MMM, T-Type, (Y), MG A, MG B, MG C, MG V8, Midget, (ZR, ZS, ZT), (MG F /TF)
  • Do you have a magazine/newsletter: YES  3x/year SignPost, magazines of previous years are publically available on mgcc.ch
  
  
  • What type of events to you organise: regional monthly meetings, yearly register rides, one Swiss event, annual closing event.
  
  
  • Do you have special incentives for the recruiting of young members in place:    NO
  
  
  • How does the club communicate mainly with its members: 
  • E-mail, newsletters (via e-mail), website, club magazine, WhatsApp
    
    
  • Does the club support projects for the tuition of professional mechanics in the classic car business? No
  
  
  • What specific topics are leading in your club at this moment: 
  • GDPR within the board, WhatsApp (what’s fun chat, what’s MG relevant), club internal discussions: people promote private MG events which are colliding with club regional events, or use member data for other purposes.
    
    
  • Further things you would like to share: if you have ideas on how to attract younger people to clubs we are curious to know.
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    MG Car Club U.K.
    
    
    
  • Brief history and presentation of your club:  Founded 1930, taken into the MG factory pre-WW2, left the MG factory 1969.
  
  
  • Annual membership fee: p.a. £50/55
  
  
  • Quantity of members 9,300 (joint 12,000).
  
  
  • Number of cars not known.
  
  
  • Organised by Registers of Models, geographical areas (Centres) and Branches (different racing championships).
  • An Executive Committee of between 6 and 9 directors elected annually.
    
    
  • Magazine: Safety Fast!
  
  
  • Activities: Social, driving, racing
  
  
  • Topics: Concern with E10 petrol and membership.
  • E10 and congestion zones.