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Way to go paul! can't wait to see the new look....

i love this thread

Sorry mate, i've been skimming the posts at work... may have missed some detail... PM me with the features you're working on in full... i'd be interested to have a look and help where time permits...

ClioF1 hit it on the head...

Thats all very cool stuff Nate! As i have posted before, although i forget if it was in Admin or here... i'm all for us becoming closer to the RCCA, in a measured manner, it would appear that we would be able to plug many of our needs and events quite nicely into their current structure, and enjoy the mutual benefits... This forum and website must remain open and free to the general public, sure if you want to make it exclusive have a members chat area, but even for the RCCA it would be silly to have it accessed by only members. One of the problems we faced at Club Lotus was how to get all the new elise and exige drivers interested in our club events... a website and forum such as this would have been a perfect face to the crowd, a great way to introduce people with a general interest in Clios/Meganes to the Renault faithful... It doesn't have to turn into a look how great the RCCA is forum, but features such as banners advertising the RCCA merchandise, or discounts and benefits that are available to RCCA members would help justify the costs associated with subsidising the website an forum hosting. Common areas such as image gallery's and FAQ's could be combined on a central html site, but still free to use for everyone, with the idea to build famliarity with the club and their events, then also communicate the extra value of being a member... but not to force membership on people who may not be able to use it... You could also offer a RCCA web-membership fee of $5 to allow you to post pics and other content intesive gear. It would be included in the standard club membership (an added bonus for existing club members and feature for those joining) but it woud also allow for interstate or international users to gain full functionality without paying for services or benefits they will never reap... include possibly even the RCCA E-newsletter (not sure if they've got one yet) If you didn't want to pay the $5 you could still use the forums free of charge... exactly as everyone is currently doing... Also it would be nice if this forum was diluted and turned into a hub for all things renault, this site is more suited to a couple of spoke on that wheel covering the Clio sport and Megane sport variants... building parallel forums would be one idea otherwise linking and building a similar relationship with the aussie frogs forum could be a solution... I feel much of this sites value is its focused nature... Flame on...

Re: the stickers. We've got some i think, looking at you Karlos, do we still have any left?

yeah you can see it ramping up a little... word of mouth helps as well as it gathers momentum... just wait till we see all ringo's hairdresser pals switch over, that'll be some spike! It's cool watching it grow though... and i'm right behind a meeting down in the snowy for a national thingy!

i was just thinking that a database or something simila would be great... Dave has a list of i think just about every Mk1 in the country, and we seem to be getting plenty of Gordinis...

So lets see the photos then!!!!

i'm with Renault on this one...

How big is it? sounds like something for Rex-static...

Paul as the resident celebrity on the site... (that mention in wheels has gone straight to my head ) can i say... WELCOME! The RCCA is CAMS affiliated as far as i know... RENAULT CAR CLUB OF AUSTRALIA INC NSW Contact: President Ted Merewether Phone: 02 9428 5192 PO Box 119, Ryde NSW 2112 I think Nate has been dealing with them of late, looks like we might morph into a sub-chapter in the future... they had a 182 Cup out at a Motorkhana not long ago...

I'm just enjoying your avatar Renault... someone had to take it there... but you've opened a pandoras box my friend...

I've been cruising the phpbb site and we can plug just about anything we ever wanted into this place... off the top of my head i was thinking a hit counter could go nicely with a calendar and a gallery... Apart from having no idea on computer programming/web stuff outside of frontpage and only a couple of seconds to spare... i'll have a crack if one of the powers that be lets me in the back door... As this is a community site, and whilst PaulD and Static have gone beyond the call of duty setting it all up i think the rest of us need to look at stepping up and helping out... especially seeing as we're making the press now and have flash looking cards! So where are the closet computer geeks... there has to be plenty out there just rolling around to summer uni holidays or some such who feel like pumping out some phpbb gear! c'mon hands up...

Karlos... where are you tonight, totally forgot about the cards in my madness... (see OT) i could grab them from you in Ryde today, but wouldn't be there till 5:30ish...?