midwest boundries

RE: midwest boundries

ok, ok we gotta sort this out. We need to find out how many people there are. I alwasy though that nebraska, kansas, N&S dakota were mid weststates.
But obviously there are not enough people in those areas to make a seperate chapter.


I know rywegh and i are both in KY jsut 10minutes South of Cincinatti. Howard is in South Ky. Craig is in Cincinatti, Eli is in Columbus, along with his wife that owns a 97 mark VIII and Bill lives in youngstown OH. That is 7 people in two states. we could include WV since it is pretty close and possibly indiana. Indianapolis is only 90 miles from me and 120 miles from columbus. If we had these 4 states then we could have 8-10 people, and not be take many members from the midwest chapter. But what do we do about michegan though, since it is so close to Bill? I think we will run into these problems until we have enough members in one state to make a chapter.

If we did make a new chapter what would we call it? The upper mideastern chapter..lol

wqhat do you guys think?
 
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A detroit chapter would be cool, but i don't know if we have enough people. I like going to chicago in the summer to meet up with the midwestern folks, but that's quite a drive. i can't really make it to many of the meets down there.
 
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With the amount of Marks here is Detroit Area we could have our own club, let alone a Detroit Chapter. Too bad only few are the club members. I didn't mind driving to Chicago with stock gears, but now it's a bit painful, and rather expensive. I think I need another Mark ...
 
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Maybe take a geographical approach by state population of LOD members. If a state has XX members, it can form it's own chapter. If not, aggregate states surrounding the most member populated states until XX members is reached.

You can make up any rule, the fact is someone will be left out. After all, it's not mandatory to be in a chapter to attend a chapter event, is it? Likewise, it's not mandatory to have a chapter to have a event. Kenny and I could have a meet and call it the West by Gosh, Almost Heaven, Dew Drop Inn Bi-Centennial Appalachian Lincoln of Distinction Trail Meet! :)
 
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A detroit chapter would be cool, but i don't know if we have enough people.
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What about Detroit being a sub-chapter of the midwest? Same with the other cities and states. Just as the midwest is a part of LOD as a whole, Detroit would be part of the midwest, which is part of LOD.

Kind of excessive I suppose, but I think it would work. You might not be able to get 7 people, but who cares? I'd say 3 would be enough for a sub-chapter.

Thoughts?
 
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Good idea Jeff. Midwest-chicago, Midwest-cincinnati, Midwest-Detroit and Midwest-West Virginia. Any forgotten can be added. If any club had something everyone wanted to visit they would be more than welcome to attend.
If I had time I wouldn't mind meeting some of the members in the Chicago area some time maybe at one of your Hooter's meets. I have a brother and his wife that live up that way. So the visit would be twofold. BTW she drives a Lincoln too.
DO we need to make some type of netmeeting/conference call to get this discussion rolling faster than what it is?
 
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...Midwest-chicago, Midwest-cincinnati, Midwest-Detroit and Midwest-West Virginia. Any forgotten can be added.
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I actually like that idea.

LOD / Chapter / Area

Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia could be the TriState Area of the MidWest Chapter on the same organizational level as Detroit could support it's own Detroit Area of the MidWest Chapter.

Is the LOD roster in Excel format or other format easily sorted and grouped? It would be interesting to analyze the potential. Some sort of demographics/mapping analysis along with participation level consideration.

The way I see it, the AREA or sub-chapter could have mini-meets and obviously be less structured than that of the parent Chapter. As growth and activity occurs, areas could naturally spawn into their own chapter. As more members show interest, local area sub-chapters could form with not much more than a handful of participants and leader. Likewise, areas in decline could combine when interest and or activity wanes. Seems highly flexible and less involved on the lower levels where more impromptu events could be initiated. All that's required from the Chapter for Areas to form would be a little recognition and backing.

I'm assuming this would also require some level of National LOD blessing/guidelines.
 
RE: midwest boundries

Maybe take a geographical approach by state population of LOD members. If a state has XX members, it can form it's own chapter. If not, aggregate states surrounding the most member populated states until XX members is reached.

You can make up any rule, the fact is someone will be left out. After all, it's not mandatory to be in a chapter to attend a chapter event, is it? Likewise, it's not mandatory to have a chapter to have a event. Kenny and I could have a meet and call it the West by Gosh, Almost Heaven, Dew Drop Inn Bi-Centennial Appalachian Lincoln of Distinction Trail Meet! :)
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I LIKE IT JOHN
 
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Once these chapters are sorted out, I would like to join the one that includes Indiana.

I live in (very) Northern Indiana, close to the Michigan border.
 
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Manuel is still working on this part of the site. Email him, I'm sure there is a way to add you to the local roster.
 
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