Wheelspin July 2012 - Sporting Car Club of SA

2012-04-23
The Editor
Wheel Spin Newsletter
SCCSA
Dear Editor,
Subject: A Club Membership Roster or List
Personal secrecy is I believe one of the maladies of our time.
The other day, after hearing that a club member was enduring health problems,
I wanted to contact him to wish him well. But, there isn’t a club membership roster
to look up and there were too many bods in the white pages to target him accurately.
So unfortunately, he had to get better alone.
Why doesn’t the Sporting Car Club of South Australia annually publish a
comprehensive list of all members, in both hard and soft copy forms? Every other
car club of which I am a member does this. One club in the USA has such a roster
book comprising four hundred and sixty four A5 pages, and other than me amongst
its 6,000 members it lists at least two SCCSA members.
Our government has decreed that all such lists must be controlled by the individuals’
conscious decision to ‘opt in’ to such a list, as opposed to ‘opt out’. So what, we
can get it done, and those who wish to remain in the dark may continue to do so.
Australians often accuse the Yanks of being fearful of their own shadows. The
reverse probably applies.
For the benefit of members and the club, please let’s put it right and publish a
comprehensive membership list.
Yours sincerely
James William Scammell
27 Fifth Avenue
St. Peters, S.A., 5069
AUSTRALIA
+61 (8) 8362 1177
+61 (0) 488 922 632 (infrequently)
jimscammell@yahoo.com.au
DOB: Feb 15, 1950
Hair colour: Grey
Eye Colour: Green
Height: 188 cm
Wife: Janet
Children: Edward & Alice
Cars: Old
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