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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 17 MARCH 2019

Mini Cooper Register, founded in 1986, continues to be a strong, successful club.

Committee reports

  • Membership up by 3.3% in 2018 over the previous year
  • Total membership now stands at 2,092
  • A financial surplus and reserves for a rainy day
  • CooperWorld, which has been running at 68 pages, nominated for an award for the second year running
  • Active regional structure with new contacts recruited
  • A developing club shop contributing to the finances
  • Subscriptions, which only cover CooperWorld magazine, held at 2018 levels despite increased production costs
  • Club now VAT registered

IT news

  • New IT systems being introduced covering:
  •  Booking of trade stands at Beaulieu
  • Car registers which have been transferred from Lavenham Press
  • Mini Sport members discount
  • Regional mailing system which is GPDR compliant
  • Details of 1,878 cars held on the registers giving members access to their own details through the “My Car” drop-down on the website
  • Website members area now has 416 people registered

Communications

  • Increased activity on Facebook with more people interacting with news items and events
  • National Mini Day has had 34.3k unique views compared to 22.4k in 2018
  • The Twitter account has been rationalised to make it more manageable with a small loss in followers, which now stand at 2,672

Annual Awards

To be presented at the National Mini Day at Beaulieu on 9 June.

  • Editor’s Award – Robert Young
  • Regional Award – Kent Region
  • Big Value and Personality – Justin Ridyard
  • Don Moore Award for Services to MCR – Peter Moss
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