How about a member survey?

Blimey Mike that is an inquisition
1) yes
2) Not game to say, wife might find out somewhere about the no off the last question
3) She calls them toys or useless toys some days
4)Yes we are a bit far flung unfortunatly
5) high enough
6) I don't get a lot out off the magazines but I also respect those who don't do the online thing and they are valuable members
7)I wonder at times but pay 3 years and get on
😎 there is a limit somewhere not sure at the moment
9)Everyone want's all sorts but who is going to do the work volunteer of course
10)Yes i look at the board morning and night most days. Can't post much don't know much but I read a lot some may sink in
13) Parts are a nightmare so many of them we all want them for free or close to.
14)I have gleaned a lot from the bulliten board and a few other places
15) I would like to see the technical info on the board a bit easier to research
16)Yes must encourage those who are trying to help us
1😎 no way can you get away that easily my friend you are here for life and beyond.
Way past my bedtime now no more thinking today
cheers WF

Hi, Mike Meyers.
Good idea and good list - BUTTTTT - question 18 is redundant as the answer is obvious - which also makes 19 redundant 'cos you ain't gonna need to send out any checks. LOL.

Hi, Wimmera Farmer.
Your answers to Nos 2 and 3 could be taken to show that you may wear the trousers in your home but also just WHO really 'rools' the roost. LOL.

Your answer to 4 - "Yes we are a bit far flung unfortunatly." Come up to sunny Qld for 3 or 4 years and learn to be THANKFUL for living in your 'postage stamp' state. Yes, I know that you have travelled to Queensland on occasions and I thank you for those efforts. I have also travelled dowm to 'Patagonia' a couple of times for shows there, although I have yet to make it to Lake Goldsmith. Gimme time.

Just my 0.02.

To save a finger one typist a lot of work Wimmera Farmer answers are what fits me as well, with miner changes.

4. I don't know which chapter would want to claim me. And with this north/south rivalry I want to join the winning side. 😉😉😉


One other piece of the puzzle is Caterpillar Company Inc,do we need them,or is it they need us. They had a bit to say about the chapter in the UK that is no longer part of the club. The way things are now I would think they would want to have a large say in what parts are made or sold through the club.


Evan as a non official survey I think more discussion is better so I want to encourage more responses to the future of the club.

1 yes
2 not enough
3no toys for me
4no, because after been on ca chapter committee for severl years I found it to be a very thank less task and very time consuming, so I steer well clear of it now
5I think the membership is fine and could and should be increased, I am still shocked at the last AGM for chapter 18 that two people complained about the cost (then again you could have free membership and some people would then feel they should be getting paid to atttend)
6 yes
7 yes and no , Im no longer a financial member by choice so I guess that says something
8 if the club delivered what I felt I needed from it then yes I would happily pay 2 or 3 times the amount
9 I'll choose not to answer that in a public forum
10 yes I view it daily
11daily
12 answered already
13 not produce parts but should be a store front or a parts locator for people chasing parts
14 no not really, these old Cats are pretty basic
15 be a library for manuals amd drawings etc, apparently this can be done on the forum but I am not computer smart enough to find out how
16 rarely, but I havein the past
17 by the time I got the voting paper's to me and worked out who was who and so on there wasn't enough time to mail the paperwork back to the US
18 Um nah he asks the tough questions
19 done ,I'll be waiting f or the $20 Zimbabwean cheque in the mail

I reckon ypu also need to ask are people a BB member or a ACMOC member or a Chapter member, and why they arent ACMOC or Chapter member
They obviously like the idea of the BB but not the rest of it, so the rest of the it doesnt deliver for a lot of people for some reason

Paul

I hadn't expected people to fill in the survey here, but hey, it's great to see people responding, when I wrote up that list of questions I was only thinking about our 2,800 financial members, but there are a lot of great folks who use this bulletin board regularly who are currently not financial members of ACMOC, so I added a extra question to my list for you folks.

Please feel free to add extra questions that you think will make this survey relevant and useful for saving our Club.
Thanks
Mike

Anything to keep from paying bills, which is what I really need to do today...
1)-Yes
2)-3, a D2 tailseat, a TD6 IH & a TD9 IH.
3)-No. I do have one model of a D2 tailseat.. go figure. (Bought it on ebay for less than whoever bought it new paid. Hell of an investment for him...)
4)-No, there is no chapter on this side of the state within 250 miles across the Rocky Mountains.
5)-Reasonable now, but I have retired & gone on the dreaded "fixed income", so may rethink that.
6)-I suppose.
7)-sometimes I wonder.
😎-As it stands now, none of the above...as it stands now, I'm reconsidering even staying a member...
9)-That's a hard one. I've developed the feeling that the BB has become dominated by a cadre of Californians, plus a few others scattered around the US & Down Under...the club at large, maybe not so much. I have made a living for over 40 years repairing farm & industrial equipment, but it seems like my contributions to the BB are pretty much ignored, due to the fact I don't own 50 pieces of Cat equipment or else every book & manual Cat ever published...
10)- Yes. (since this is only appearing on the BB now, there will be a lot of yes answers.)
11)-Usually once a day I check in to see new posts & marvel over the latest catfight over miniscule model details or elections.
12)-NA
13)-NA, I am an ACMOC member. Since it's an OWNERS' club, I didn't join until I bought the D2.
14)-PRODUCE parts? No, that would be a worse snake pit than the hellhole producing models has become...maybe coordinate with producers of parts & help them with marketing.
15)-Yes, I have received helpful information on the D2 pony motor.
16)-don't know.
17)-I voted in the last 2, as things have developed, the last one was apparently a waste of time.
1😎-NA
19)-Not having met Mike personally, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt... 😊 He is keeping the discussion going.
19)- (again? Why are there 2 19's?) You don't have to send me money, Mike... 😊

OK, there you have it...30-45 minutes of my life I'll never get back, but hopefully it serves some purpose.

Anything to keep from paying bills, which is what I really need to do today...
1)-Yes
2)-3, a D2 tailseat, a TD6 IH & a TD9 IH.
3)-No. I do have one model of a D2 tailseat.. go figure. (Bought it on ebay for less than whoever bought it new paid. Hell of an investment for him...)
4)-No, there is no chapter on this side of the state within 250 miles across the Rocky Mountains.
5)-Reasonable now, but I have retired & gone on the dreaded "fixed income", so may rethink that.
6)-I suppose.
7)-sometimes I wonder.
😎-As it stands now, none of the above...as it stands now, I'm reconsidering even staying a member...
9)-That's a hard one. I've developed the feeling that the BB has become dominated by a cadre of Californians, plus a few others scattered around the US & Down Under...the club at large, maybe not so much. I have made a living for over 40 years repairing farm & industrial equipment, but it seems like my contributions to the BB are pretty much ignored, due to the fact I don't own 50 pieces of Cat equipment or else every book & manual Cat ever published...
10)- Yes. (since this is only appearing on the BB now, there will be a lot of yes answers.)
11)-Usually once a day I check in to see new posts & marvel over the latest catfight over miniscule model details or elections.
12)-NA
13)-NA, I am an ACMOC member. Since it's an OWNERS' club, I didn't join until I bought the D2.
14)-PRODUCE parts? No, that would be a worse snake pit than the hellhole producing models has become...maybe coordinate with producers of parts & help them with marketing.
15)-Yes, I have received helpful information on the D2 pony motor.
16)-don't know.
17)-I voted in the last 2, as things have developed, the last one was apparently a waste of time.
1😎-NA
19)-Not having met Mike personally, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt... 😊 He is keeping the discussion going.
19)- (again? Why are there 2 19's?) You don't have to send me money, Mike... 😊

OK, there you have it...30-45 minutes of my life I'll never get back, but hopefully it serves some purpose.

Hi, Folks.
THE Survey:
1. Nope.
2. N/A
3. Still have 2 , sold a bunch a while back 'cos I didn't have space to keep 'em.
4. Yep, when I'm at home.
5. Could be a little higher and I would still remain a member - - -IF I could see that the club was 'ackshully' MOVING FORWARD.
6. Yep.
7. I personally don't get a lot of value OUT of it 'cos I don't own any machines, Cat or otherwise. But I can't see any point in spending 50+ years gathering knowledge and experience just to take it all to the grave with me when some of it might be of use to somebody.
8. Maybe up to $10.00 - I'm onna fixed income these days.
9. By being managed in ways that keep it afloat and DON'T cause controversy and by being more transparent to the 'rankenfile' members. Maybe finding a way to pay somebody to populate the tech. library.
10. Let me go take a look to see if I do?
11. After careful examination, apparently, several times a day.
12. See last answer.
13. If I was not a financial member, probably yes, maybe $10.00.
14. With suspicions that it could prove to be a bottomless pit, NO. But I would be in favor of the club locating suppliers and listing them on the BB in a member's section to which non-members would have pay to gain access.
15. Don't have any machines to require tech assistance for.
16. I probably help the club WAY more than it can help me - see above.
17. When I get the magazine with the vote card in time.
18. See above.
19. Yes to part, Jury is still out on 2nd part.
19. GOOD!!!!!! Now we might have some peace and quiet from down there in 'Patagonia'.

Hi, ronm. Dunno wothchyer bitchin' about. It only took me about 20 minutes. LOL.

Just my 0.02.

HMMMM Lotta questions there..... Noneya noneya danged business.......

Sorry couldn't resist.

I love old Cats and anything with tracks. Yea I have an old D47U. I've been so laid up with surgeries this past year nothing has been done with it. I'm hoping i'm capable of getting some work done to it and on it this year. If not I'm going to find a new home for it.

But as far as some of the questions? Yea I'd pay a little more.

There is a guy in Fargo ND who loves his old 2 cylinder JD crawlers. He runs a part time parts business and he does get NLA parts made from time to time. YOu may wish to contact him as to the where's and how's and how much. http://jdcrawlers.com is his site.

Rick