No bar on my boat, sure we have beer but not mixed drinks.
My Club has a bar.
I think Mr. Green is asking good quesitons.
As for event rules, it has been 2 or 3 years since I read them so I am not qulified to speak to them right now.
As to fees, I attended a meeting a few days ago and I am hardly going to say the organizers are doing bad in the current environment. I know well no one is making money at it. I think in the long run we are going to need to make a new approch to rally - if nothing else to get roads.
There are already some car clubs where a club has built a track and has club houses etc - like country clubs.
Forest land produces income, a club buying a large tree farm and using the tree crop to pay for the land over time is not a crazy idea. Same goes for ranch land. An organized club with some solid membership income could put together something very interesting.
In today's world a million in income would support debt on about $15,000,000 in land, even if the land did not produce any income. Sevral tree farms have sold for way less than that with miles of good roads.
I am also a member of a flying club, I pay no dues (since I have my own plane non owners pay like $50/month) and the club owns or leases several planes. I can go down and use the planes for about $100/hr They have mecanics, hangers, staff, planes etc, there are many ways to organize that make the finances work better than what we do now. Think about rental cars for a few hundred and hr at a forest complex about 2 hrs out side of a major city in the club like thing I talk about above. Sure there should be a road cource for the track people...
Now think about doing something like that in conjunction with Native Amricans on a reservation say with a ground lease for roads. Hmmmmmm Say Yakima 1:20 from Seattle or where we have the Doo Wops about 2 hrs from Seattle.
Derek
In the long run reality always wins.