During the whole of the past year negotiations have continued between the General Committee of the Royal Automobile Club and the affiliated clubs throughout the country without any definite results until finally in, November, the Executive Committee of the Royal Automobile Club decided to withdraw the matter from the purview of the general Committee and have since submitted to the Provincial Clubs a new form of agreement which offered the same benefits previously enjoyed by the affiliated Clubs at an increased fee of 25/- per member. This offer was formally submitted to a special General meeting of the members upon December 8th last when it was formally accepted upon a unanimous vote of those present. This decision finally closes the very lengthy and tortuous negotiation and a period of great uncertainty, although the result is not exactly what your committee would wish, yet it is satisfactory that the long connection of the Lincolnshire Automobile Club with the parent body will remain unbroken and that the members will still enjoy the benefits of the legal backing of the R.A.C. which under the more crowded state of our roads becomes more valuable every year.
The membership of the club remains nearly stationary, the
present numbers being 253 as against 242 at the end of 1922, 25 new members
having been elected and 14 have been lost by death and resignation. Your
committee record with great regret the death of Mr G.H. Martyn, of
Your Committee supported and assisted the Skegness Motor
Race Meeting held upon Skegness sands in may last; the meeting was a most
successful one and excellent sport was witnessed,
Your Committee made arrangements for the comfort of the
members at the Lincolnshire Agricultural Show held at
The members have made extended use of the “Get you Home” and legal defence privileges during the past year and a large number of complaints of road conditions and dangerous points have been dealt with and considerable improvements have been obtained from the local Authorities concerned.
The members are again requested to influence new motorists to join the local club instead of becoming direct Associates of the R.A.C. through the medium of the local R.A.C. guides, as Direct Associates are not entitled to enjoy the benefit of local arrangements and entertainments provided from time to time by the club, whose members enjoy by affiliation all the privileges granted to Associates by the R.A.C., this point appears to be still very imperfectly understood.
Your committee hope to be able to institute new arrangements during the coming year by which the number of members may be largely increased and in this work your assistance is particularly requested.