This is the fifth edition of Southampton Virtual MAG -
A way of keeping in touch with members and friends.
Our regular meeting is at:
Home Tavern, Eastleigh (opposite Eastleigh Train Station).
Every Wednesday, 8:30 for 9pm.
You are all welcome. You even come in your car if it
is cold and or wet. We won't mind,
you know......
Webpage: www.miesta.demon.co.uk/sotmag.html.
Please feel free to forward this to anyone else you might think interested, even better mail me (andy@miesta.demon.co.uk) their email address and I will send them their own copy. Conversely if you don't want to keep receiving this, mail me and I'll take you off the list.
Also, any comments will be gladly received and acted on.
Not a member? And why not? I have some membership forms Please mail me and I will get one to you.
Frozen Beaver Bash.
Southampton MAG premier rally event. 5-7th of March, at
the Hampshire Bowman, Dundridge.
Tickets are a measly £4, but spaces are limited.
Further information can be found on the web site at www.miesta.demon.co.uk\frozen.htm
or from Mark on 01703 (694890).
Basingstoke MAG Easter Egg Run and Party.
Sat 27th March. Easter Egg Run to local children's home,
followed by an evening party.
For Run Meet at Magnums Bar, Basingview Basingstoke at
1:00pm
Party at Magnums in the evening 8:00pm-2:00am Band and
Disco.
Admission for party £4.00 contact 01256 414058
after 6:00pm for further details
Pet Food Run
The Pet food run will be to the Second Chance Animal Sanctuary on Sunday 28th March. Meet at Home Tavern 2pm. Please bring pet food stuff - straw, food, blankets. We have use of a van so if anyone has anything that they can't fit on a bike mail me and I will arrange something.
Reading MAG Bike show.
Free!!!! Entry. Sunday 4th April. At Reading Rugby Club from 11am. There will also be a party afterwards - tickets £3! For further information please contact me and I will find out for you.
Southampton MAG AGM 14th April.
Time and Venue TBD. All members are invited to attend.
Activists Training weekend. 7-9th May.
Location not confirmed yet. Its not a fanatics brain washing weekend but instead deals with communications and 'working the system' to help get your message across. Think of it as a 'How to Lobby' course and you'll be on the right tracks.
Bike Awareness Day.
Thanks to the sterling efforts of Rose, we have permission to hold a Bike Awareness day at the Bargate Southampton . Date and Time TBC, plus we have to obtain permission from the shops nearby.
Hot Otter Rally.
Southern Region MAG rally event. 9-11 July. Rally
poster
We currently have a large number of Road Hazard Warning cards. How it works is as follows... You find a dodgy bit of road. e.g. a Pot-hole, a bad rut, huge swathes of rubber overbanding. You mail me (andy@miesta.demon.co.uk) of its location and type. We will then fill out a Hazard warning card on your behalf send it off to the relevant authorities. Now, once notified of a hazard, if it causes you to come off - or indeed anyone you know, the council should then become liable....
Dodgy Hoses.
Binzy has mananged to purchase some servo-hose to repair his car...and found a potentially lethal problem. The hose came curled underneath a vacumn packed blister - however the packing had damaged the hose so that the vacumn generated by braking would constrict the hose so that no braking force would be generated. So please be careful when purchasing hoses.
On-Street Parking in Eastleigh.
Thanks to the sterling efforts of Binzy and Mark we has been promised on-street parking in Eastleigh. By all accounts we will be getting some secure parking as well. We still don't have any further information on when it will arrive.
Rock Nite!
We have found a DJ! Cost will be up to £75 if he has to supply his own PA, and up to £40 if the venue already has decks and sound system. We are looking for a venue! If anyone can recommend a location please mail me or come along to a meeting and tell us all!
Calling all budding Artists!
We are looking for someone with some kind of artistic
talent to design Southampton MAG T-shirts and flyers. We cant promise huge
rewards, but we might bung you a free T-shirt (and I'll be dead impressed
- I failed finger-painting at primary school).
We have (thanks to Keith) already received one entry.
Contacting Southampton MAG
You can either mail me - just reply to this message, come along to the meeting, or contact one of our reps. If you would prefer to use the telephone you can try either of our very helpful reps- Mark Young 01703-694890 or John Franklin 01703-738322.
copy; Andy Suter