Originally Posted by Hairydalek
Or set one up. It’s not hard to do - there are plenty of places out there where you can do set up a forum.
Some questions - of a Devil’s Advocate flavour:
Hi Paul - Ill try to answer under each valid point you raise:
• XFi seems to be very USA based - this forum is, and clearly the majority of Crossfire owners are there. What benefits are there for us, as a small provincial group of 12 on the other side of the Atlantic for being affiliated to them?
Reading the UK posts over the year there has been regular mention of us not belonging to a club, & in the absence of a UK club, several refering to possibility of establishing a conection with XFi, which long term can only be good for us. If we can get more organised we may increase interest and be able to market the UK club and increase (free) membership.
• I’d also like to ask what benefits a UK member of XFi would get? It’s hardly a simple task to shop the cars states side to join in the Dragon meets, for example, is it?
We dont know what befefits yet, its up to XFi to tell that to prospective members. Its then up to the individual to say yes or no to membership. We dont know the cost of membership of XFi yet.
• If someone is not an XFi member, would the meetings we have enjoyed so far be off limits if the UK XFi becomes a reality and such meetings fall under that banner?
No, as far as meets and everything else is concerned, XFi UK would just be the name of our group, and nothing else changes - everyone equally welcome, everyone democratically equal. Some people might choose to be members of XFi, some not - its personal choice and therefor not an issue.
The problem here, as others have mentioned, is the small scale of the UK gatherings. There are some scenarios:
1 - We stay as we are, possibly set up a UK Crossfire forum/web site and base operations a round that, with individuals opting to join XFi is they feel the personal inclination. The UK web presence would be a back stop incase this forum goes south.
The only difference here is the additional web presence, which I think is a great idea.
2 - Meets carry on as they are, with all welcome, but under the XFI UK banner. This could create an “us and them” situation where those who aren’t a paid up member feel “outside” shunned (OK, a strong word - but I hope you get the direction this point is heading).
I would not remain involved if I saw even a hint of such rudeness.
3 - Meets are only open to XFi members, which could fragment the small numbers we have already.
Meets are, and will allways be open to everyone, no one has exclusivity.
My freind with hi SLK320 wants to come!
I’d say that I am open to the XFi UK idea, but I haven’t really heard much which has sold me the idea completely partly due to the small amount of information which has been flowing my way about it. In fact, when I started on the logo idea, I was going on what I had been told - a we’d be operating under a UK banner. The XFi had not even been mentioned in this context.