Club Timeline – The Land Rover Series 2 Club

Date	Event
Winter 1984	'The Series Two Club' was conceived and founded by Ross Floyd (mem no. 1). 'It seemed logical to start a club which I did in the winter of 1984' Subs were: UK £6. Europe £9. Overseas £12 with a £2.50 joining fee. Read a letter from Ross where he describes the very early days of the club.
Winter 1985	First ever issue of the club newsletter.
December 2nd 1989	Now Incorporated into 'The Series Two Club Limited' a company limited by guarantee. Frank Myatt- Chairman & Membership Secretary. Ross Floyd- Secretary. Jerry Bright- Treasurer. Gordon Lord- Technical Secretary. David Dutton- Shop Manager.
March 16th 1991	92 members. Subs now £9 with a £3 joining fee other rates pro rata. Ross Floyd- Vice President. Frank Myatt- Secretary.
May 25th 1991	Postal vote for committee members, Ross Floyd- Chairman, Vice President's post deleted.
March 21st 1992	AGM- 188 members, Ross Floyd- Chairman, Jerry Bright- treasurer, Frank Myatt- Secretary, Peter Lamb- Editor.
April 24th 1993	AGM- 278 members.
May 29th 1994	Approaching 300 members. Paul Hanbury- Vice Chairman.
April 29th 1995	AGM- nearly 300 members. Helen Lippitt persuaded to become Editor.
April 20th 1996	AGM- 286 members. Paul Hanbury- Chairman, Steve Dowling- Vice Chair.
July 1997	AGM- nearly 300 members. Steve Dowling- Chairman, Chris Bentley- Vice Chairman, David Dutton- Vehicle Registrations Officer. Subs were set at £13 in line with other clubs.
September 1997	Clasped Hands Series II Club Hinge logo suggested by Roger Horne's daughter - Sarah. New club logo approved by the committee to be used on all club regalia.
March 1998	First issue of club magazine as 'Built Two Last' - 42 pages. Named by Jackie Dutton in a competition for best name. Printed by Hedgerow Print, Crediton.
April 18th 1998	AGM -360 members. Club now organised into 12 local 'Areas' Peter Hopkins takes over as editor of B2L
September 1998	Laurence Mitchell- Secretary elect.
March 1999	First club e-mail address- [email protected]
April 17th 1999	AGM- 439 members. Frank Myatt- Life President, Chris Bentley- Chairman, Laurence Mitchell- Secretary, Paul Hanbury- Treasurer.
May 4th 1999	Frank Wyatt passed away.
October 13th 1999	Historic Vehicle Database started by Norman Smith
April 15th 2000	AGM- 674 members.
June 2000	Club's first website created by Eric Leuzinger at www.series2club.org.uk
Late 2000	Club's first internet forum started by Eric Leuzinger, hosted by MSN community.
April 14th 2001	AGM- 764 members.
July/August 2001	Internet forum host changed to ALXnet
October 27th 2001	735 members. Steve Howard- Secretary elect, Eric Leuzinger- Treasurer elect,
April 20th 2002	Laurence Mitchell (Secretary) passed away at the AGM. 800 members. Brian Crelling- Chairman, Andrew Turford - Vice Chairman; Catriona Crelling - Editor.
October 19th 2002	731 members. Club name change to 'The Series 2 Club Limited'. Domain name change to 'series2club.co.uk'
November 2002	Internet forum host changed to 'Ezboard', started by Alan Jones (Wittsend). Winter B2L a massive 60 pages, most issues averaging 48/50 pages.
May 4th 2003	AGM- 890 members.
September 6th 2003	* 1000th member joined at the LRO Peterborough show. * B2L now printed by LeverPress Ltd. Ipswich. Mark Rumsey- Technical Officer.
February 2004	991 members.
April 24th 2004	AGM, Avril Anderton- becomes the first Membership Secretary.
June 2004	Received the 'One Millionth Hit' on the Ezboard forum.
August 2004	Now averaging 100+ posts per day with 500+ forum members.
August 2004	First 'International Rally' at Sibbertoft, Leicestershire. Up to now the main club gathering had been at the ARC Nationals or at the Billing Land Rover Show.
September 2004	1022 members.
Winter 2004	The 1st Series 2 Club Time Line published in B2L.
Summer 2005	2nd International Rally- Sibbertoft. 1134 members. Voted in office at the AGM :- Andrew Turford- Chairman, Eric Leuzinger- Vice Chairman, Vaughan Hartridge- Treasurer.
November 2005	Forum moved to its current SMF Format Membership 1173
July 2006	First Leafers at t'Pit show
August 2006	3rd International Rally- Colney Green, West Midlands. Still the best attended Rally with some 90 units booked in. Memorable for the West Midlands Area rendition of the 'Grease' musical. First version of the Club rules adopted at the AGM
Winter 2006	Subs £20 single, £23 Family, Overseas £25 & £28 with £5 joining fee.
August 2007	4th International Rally- Kelmarsh, the wettest rally ever! Mark Rumsey- Chairman, Chris Bentley- Vice Chairman, Ben Stock - Membership Secretary, Andy Cresswell- Editor. Forum membership 900, approx. with approx. 255 club members.
November 2007	Membership at now stands at 1173
August 2008	5th International Rally- returns to Sibbertoft Membership classes now rationalised - Single level of membership £21 for UK, £25 overseas with £5 joining fee.
August 2009	6th International Rally- Fakenham, Norfolk. Bob Sutton- Chairman, Mike Buss- Secretary.
December 2009	25th Anniversary of the founding of the club.
August 2010	7th International Rally- Lake District Alys Rackham Wyatt- Editor, Dave Snape- Membership Secretary, Dave Barker - Historical Records Officer. Membership now at 1295
Autumn 2010	* B2L goes full colour *. B2L printed by Lavenham Press, Lavenham, Suffolk.
August 2011	8th International Rally- Dorset Jon Hayes- Chairman, Jules Thorne- Vice Chairman, Hazel Smeeth- acting Secretary, Dan Clements- Advertising Manager.
December 2011	1360 Members
May 26th 2012	Death of Mark Rumsey - Technical Officer
August 2012	9th International Rally- Ripon, North Yorkshire AGM - Chairman - Jon Hayes, Eric Leuzinger - Vice Chair, Alex Thorpe - Technical Officer, Dan Clements - Editor Mark Rumsey 'Spirit of the Club Award' presented to Alan Jones
Winter 2012	* 100th Issue of Built Two Last published * Club membership stands at 1400, Subs are £21 and £25 for overseas + £5 joining fee. 1500 forum members, approx. 500 of whom are club members. 630 members registered for the members section on the website. The Vehicle Database Research Area on the website is launched after work by Dave Barker, Avril Arbuckle is Vehicle Database Officer
August 2013	10th International Rally - Hole Park, Kent Mark Rumsey 'Spirit of the Club Award' presented to John Keane
Winter 2013	Acting Chairman - Alan Jones. Joining fee of £5 dropped. Membeship approx 1475
August 2014	11th International Rally - Hatton Country World, Warwick. AGM - The clubs adopts new rules and restructuring. A Board of Directors appointed to manage the Club. Chairman - Alan Jones, Secretary - Hazel Smeeth, Treasurer - Simon Barden, after 10 years of service from Vaughan Hartridge, Areas Manager - Karin Quarrie, Editor - Steve Britch. Membership approx 1575. Mark Rumsey 'Spirit of the Club Award' presented to Roger Horne
August 2015	12th International Rally - Fakenham, Norfolk. AGM - New Board of Directors appointed. Joint Chairmen - Gene Maxwell & Brain Clements, Secretary - Mark Barnes, Treasurer - Ondrej Pavelka, Editor - Dan Clements. 1650 members Subs £21 UK, £26 Overseas. Mark Rumsey 'Spirit of the Club Award' presented to Alan Jones
Winter 2015	Forum has 2300 users, approx 450 are S2C members. 86% of members have an S2C member web account. The club now has an active Facebook & Twitter presence on the Internet.
Summer 2016	International Rally held at Kirklinton Hall, Cumbria. Mark Rumsey 'Spirit of the Club Award' presented to David Dutton for long services to the club, latterly as our VRO.
Winter 2016	Ros Woodham appointed Editor of B2L. Magazine given a face lift and name change to 'B2L'. Club membership stands at 1750, fees remain at £21 & £26 (overseas).
Summer 2017	International Rally held at Hole Park, Kent.
October 2017	AGM held at Midland Air Museum, Coventry. Gene Maxwell is chairman. Membership stands at 1793.
Summer 2018	Club Rally hosted at Wing Hall, Rutland. Our best ever attended rally with 100 bookings!
Autum 2018	The Mark Rumsey Spirit of the Club award was presented jointly to Andy Parker & Edryd Coleman for their successful club displays at the NEC Classic Car Shows.
June 2019	The club annual rally was held in Devon. Another very successful event with 75 bookings.
October 2019	AGM hosted at the JLR Classic Works, Covnetry, CV8 3LF. Dave Snape retired after many years service to the club as Membership Secretary.He was presented with a tankard and life membership of the club. Gene Maxwell reties as Chairman to take on this role, overseeing the introduction of a new online membership system - Crossmember. Club membership stands at 1995. Subs remain unchanged. The Mark Rumsey Spirit of the Club Award was presented to Chris Gregson for his work on setting up the new vehicle register of chassis and parts number and his work with the VRO. The Board appointed 2 new Directors, Gary Gosney & Richard Gosling. Alan Jones retired as Director. John Stokes was selected as the new Club Chairman.
November 2019	John Stokes resigns as Chairman for personal reasons. The Board appoint deputy Alex Bywaters as Chairman and Peter Holden as his deputy.
December 2019	We end the year on around 1900 members. The new membership system is still settling down.
March 2020	The Covid-19 virus pandemic halts all club activities and Land Rover events during the lockdown period.
April 3rd 2020	Chris Gregson passed away after a long illness. He was a Director and assistant VRO. He was instrumental in setting up the new Vehicle Database enabling the VRO to more accurately date vehicles.
June 2020	Because of the COVID-19 pandemic all club events are cancelled. The 2020 Club Rally at Ripon will be held over to 2021.
End of year summary	B2L is awarded Best Club Magazine at the Classic & Sports Car virtual awards ceremony Club membership is 2239 and membership fees remain for the 13th year, at £21 UK and £26 for overseas members.
2021	Julie Stock, Postal Secretary & Anglia Area rep passed away 21st January, a Covid-19 victim. Club's 2020 AGM held on January 24th by Zoom, 40 members logged in - deemed a success.
August 2021	The Club's Annual Rally (Ripon) postponed from last year due to the Covid-19 lockdown took place with over 80 bookings.
2021 End of year summary	Club membership now at 2473. 2021 AGM held via Zoom. Club finances are sound and membership fees remain the same for the 14th year at £21 UK and £26 for overseas Members. At the AGM 4 Directors retired, we now have a new Shows Officer, Ian Garner and we have 2 new posts. Rob Maude is the Historic Vehicles Officer and Vicky Turner is our Communications & Outreach Officer.
2022	Early in the year we passed the 2500 member mark. Successful Annual Rally at Cheddar, Somerset.
End of 2022 Summary	Membership now at 2607
March 2023	Chris Mortimer takes over Membership Secretary
April 2023	Subs are £25 and £30 for overseas
December 2023	Membership now at 2668
January 1st 2024	New club website launched

An email received from our Club founder Ross Floyd, sent to Norman Smith, Historic Records Officer, May 17th 2005.

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