Council News | Year 3 | Issue 3 | November 2005 Council News 3/05 Newsletter of the International Council of BMW Clubs Participants at the this years International Council Meeting in Leipzig Highlights of this issue: Meeting of the International Council • Event: BMW MOA International Rally of BMW Clubs 2005 in Leipzig. • Event: 43rd BMW Club Europe Meeting Every year, BMW Club umbrellas 200 years before our home coun- from around the globe send dele- tries were first visited by European • Report: IAA 2005 gates to the International Council explorers. We recognised the work • Portrait: BMW Car Club Hellas Meeting. This year it was in Leipzig, of many craftsmen working over a centuries old university town. hundreds of years in sandstone, in • Diary: The most important events on the Southern Hemisphere delegates timber and in iron. BMW Club scene this year looked aghast at buildings built over Continued on page 4. Council News 3/05 Editorial / Contents Dear BMW Club Members, Content Edition 3/2005 Continuing the work done in May Page Editorial / Contents at the working meeting of the Greeting from Ian Branston International Council Board, the 2 full council met in September at the new BMW factory in Leipzig. Page News Many issues – some new, some New Publication, BMW Mobile ongoing – were considered. 3 Tradition live A range of topics were consi- BMW Classic Calendar 2006 dered and some of the outcomes were: Page Event •International Council website Meeting of the International Council to be improved, include new Ian Branston, Chairman International 4 Council of BMW Clubs of BMW Clubs features, and will be integrated News from the parts market on the BMW.com website. • Further work will be carried Page Report out to investigate options in relation tosponsorship of the International IAA 2005 Council. 5 • Four new clubs were approved and joined our global family – BMW Car Club Brasil, Moto Club Nacional BMW – México A.C., BMW Z8 Page Interview Club e.V. and ClubE31 Worldwide Owners Group. On the data highway to • Use of the BMW Roundel in club merchandise was discussed at length 6 BMW history and clubs will be reminded of their obligations. • 25th Anniversary of the International Council is in 2006 and ways to market this occasion are to be finalised. Page Event • BMW Club Europa issues in particular the likelihood of several large BMW MOA International Rally clubs leaving the current umbrella organization. 7 • Commencement of procedures to examine the establishment of an Asian Regional Umbrella Organization. • Approval of nominations for International Council Recognition Awards. Page Event • In addition to these matters there is much more work to be done by 43rd BMW Club Europe Meeting the Board and the International BMW Club Office. However the level 8 of activity is a sign of progress and interest and the next 12 months are shaping up to be very interesting for the global family of BMW Page Portrait Clubs. BMW Car Club Hellas 9 The next working meeting, scheduled for February in Singapore will maintain the momentum and again set the agenda for the next meeting in South Africa in 2006. This meeting promises to be interesting, not Page Diary only because of its venue and wide ranging agenda, but also the 25th 10 Key international events for the Anniversary party to celebrate the important Anniversary of the club scene and BMW Mobile International Council. Tradition Ian Branston Chairman International Council of BMW Clubs Further information Visit the International Council of BMW Clubs on the Internet at www.bmw-clubs-international.com Publication details: Responsible: Dr. Thomas Tischler Schleißheimer Straße 416 / BMW Allee 80935 München International BMW Club Office www.bmw-clubs-international.com Council News 3/05 • Page 2 Council News 3/05 News New Publication BMW Mobile Tradition live – Anthology 2003 – 2005. To bring the past alive – that is the mis- BMW enterprise. 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After all, the model of all sporting open-topped fans. www.bmw-shop.de Council News 3/05 • Page 3 Council News 3/05 Report Meeting of the International Council of BMW Clubs Between work and variety in Leipzig. By Richard Hussey, Chairman BMW Clubs Africa (Continued from page 1) . Deep below with keen response from delegates. The street level, in cellars that have seen meeting closed with a call to re-assemble beer-drinking and wine-tasting for cen- in South Africa in September 2006. turies, we too drank of those liquids that Delegates then travelled to Nürnberg and have been made exactly the same since visited Dr. Bernhard Knöchlein’s extensi- the Reinheitsgebot. We ate well on local ve collection of historic BMW’s. Test-dri- fare, with delicious Weißbier to ensure it ving a BMW 330i on narrow winding went down smoothly. On Sunday before country roads in the area using hand- Council business started, delegates tou- written route notes, I got lost. What an red Dresden and down the Elbe River to interesting experience it was to use the Meißen. car’s navigator to get back again – in German and on the right side of the road. On Monday, work started in the council In South Africa we use English and drive room at the Leipzig plant. New clubs With the convertible bus through Dresden on the left! were introduced and memberships gran- ted. Matters relating to communication, On Thursday we parted company to go websites and other media were noted. lity inspection areas and the beautiful our separate ways. BMW Clubs Africa Sponsorship at local level and possible cars they build there. continued on privately to visit München. clashes with international sponsors were BMW Mobile Tradition is such a wonder- investigated. Working groups set 5-year Back in session, International Council ful collection of memorabilia to view and targets. Constitutional changes were discussed global club issues. Emerging remember! In Frankfurt we also visited handled. markets and regional umbrellas to be for- the Motor Show for a few hours, where med there were tabled. “Friend of the we were able to see many models not Between work sessions, delegates Marque” awards were bestowed on available in our country and to see a enjoyed quality food in the factory can- rewarding candidates. The seat of Vice BMW Z4 Coupé and the HP2 motorcy- teen. As we ate and talked, assembled Chairperson Vintage came up for elec- cle. BMW 3-series bodies passed over our tion and Dr. Bernhard Knöchlein was heads from body shop to paint shop. unanimously re-elected. Perhaps next year, delegates to the Nobody at Leipzig plant can lose focus International Council Meeting in South from what they do - the product is ever By the end of the second business day, Africa will bring their riding gear and try present overhead. Walking to the advance plans were tabled for the 2006 riding on two wheels through that beau- bathroom, glass walls in the passage let International Council Meeting and a poten- tiful, wide open semi-desert region of one look into the final assembly and qua- tial candidate for the 2008 Council venues South Africa called The Karoo.