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Roland Bouchara
Sales Vice
President, Europe Market Area (Germany, Italy, Spain and UK)
After nearly four years at the helm and following previous roles as Managing Director, South Africa and Marketing Director, France, Roland Bouchara, will leave Renault UK on 1st July, following promotion to the post of Sales Vice President, Europe Market Area (Germany, Italy, Spain and UK).
Speaking about his tenure, including the challenges and successes during the recent economic downturn, Roland Bouchara said, “My promotion is a result of the success our subsidiary has achieved in a very difficult economic environment. I would like to pay full tribute to the effort and contribution that all of our UK staff and dealers have put into the Renault Network Regeneration Plan which we launched in 2007 and, recently, the Destination 5 programme, which has resulted in us becoming the fifth placed brand as well as possessing a profitable dealer network. Clearly in my new role, this country will remain crucial to our European ambitions, so I will not lose touch and will always hold fond memories of my time here.”
Taking up the mantle of leading Renault in the UK, will be Thierry Sybord, currently Managing Director of Renault Netherlands.
Thierry, 47, has been responsible for Renault Netherlands since 1st July 2006, having previously held senior roles including Marketing Director for France.
Commenting on his imminent arrival in the UK, Thierry Sybord, added, “Naturally, I’m delighted to be taking on the challenge of orchestrating Renault’s operations in the UK. With an impressive market share increase this year, one of the youngest car and van ranges in the industry and our innovative range of electric vehicles just on the horizon, it’s an exciting time to be joining.”
At the time of writing, the club will keep Roland Bouchara will remain as the President of the Renault Owners Club until such time as he wishes to change this position. Thierry Sybord and Roland Bouchara will be consulted as to the future positions they wish to take from time to time. The club will then announce any changes (if any)
M.
Roland Bouchara
Managing Director – Renault UK
The
club and committee extend their heartfelt gratitude for his
acceptance of this position and continuing the close ties
between Renault UK and the Club. He joins a long list of
distinguished and recognised people who have filled this
role over nearly 6 Decades of Models.
“I
think it is fitting that the Managing Director of Renault UK
be president of this important club which promotes our
heritage so well.”
Renault UK Press Department
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Crich 2009
Crich 2009 turned out to be a superb day out, wall to wall sunshine and the risk of sunstroke being the most major worry. We had cars from Portsmouth, Manchester (the organiser) and Scotland. Next year we have plans to coincide this event with the major classic car show that happens there (they allow all ages of vehicles) and hopefully get even more. Whilst there we received a phone call about a Renault 12 for sale. One family since new (details soon to appear on the web and magazine) and one member brought a boot load of free parts for Fuegos, 11's etc (all 80'sish era). Lunch was at the local hostelry although the final score was Wasps 0 ROC 3 (they all died happy). For next year it is likely to be a 2 day event. (although single day attendance is OK) we will be providing places to camp, caravan or stay as we work through it. We will also have a entry form. Please read your Renotes Carefully for instructions.
A full report will appear in the December Renotes with more Pictures.
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Renault Owners Club AGM – Unofficial Report
The 2009 AGM took place at Stoke Bruene and saw a distinctive increase in attendance and also three totally new members for the committee. There will be a main report coming out but the key things taken forward is that our membership has been steady recently and an increase in new members has been seen replacing those that have moved on. The ability to join and pay on line also seems to have helped both for the club and the shop and the ease of running the club. The main thing we do need to do though is raise the understanding that we are a club not a company and therefore need as many of the members to do as much as they can in the way of organising and going to shows, submitting articles and raising the profile. We can no longer operate on the basis that it is assumed the committee will do everything as they are just members too.
Events.
We will run events if people attend them. OK they may not be in your area but some of our biggest runs are local to a large number of our members so why do we only get 1 or 2 out and why are the members. (Feel free to tell us if you live near a run and don’t go on it). If we get attendance on these we will happily run them elsewhere. If you want one in your area we will help you set it up, organise and promote it. We ran 3 events last year and have done 1 this year. The attendance this year was very good however most were friends of the organiser and not club members. The club only supplied 3 cars and one was the organisers!
Editor.
After a number of years and for a variety of reasons, our Editor has stood down. He is staying in the club and has expressed an interest in taking it back on if circumstances permit. However this does leave us editor-less. The next edition has kindly been passed on by Ted so it can be completed with the AGM information and posted out but we do need a long term replacement. This used to be a paid role but this year we need to make it a voluntary job but we will help you do it. Renotes is the key feature of this club and is something that I think most people want (although they have not said so).
Finance
Now we have a steady membership, provided we can edit the magazine for free and produce it at a market rate there is no reason why we will not be able to go forward. If we get some more advertising revenue for the web and the magazine (but not too much) then we can look at other stuff too. If we grow the membership even better. The accounts have shown a loss over the last couple of years but now we have written off the cost of the Bolster car and reduced the magazine costs by approximately £4000 per year then we should balance and even see a slight profit.
Shop
With the addition of Paypal, the shop has shown a distinct profit for the last 3 years and the sales for this month alone are nearly £90. Goods are made to order and can be ordered on line or via the form in the magazine if you prefer.
Website
The website continues to be a good asset with nearly 1000 visitors a month. We are now selling advertising space on it on both a monthly and an annual basis and are looking to expand it. I am working on a new design which I hope will be easier to use and less cluttered. There will continue to be news and events on here as well as joining and shop information. I would love to have articles sent, written or emailed to put on it with photos. I can handle pretty much anything you send me. I am hoping by the end of this month to have the new site up with the new club sections (Motorsport, Modern, Classic, Modified and Registrars). I already have 5-6 cars covered for registrars but plan more as soon as we get volunteers to do them.
Motorsport
Our motorsport secretary has stated that he would like this to be his last year so that he can concentrate on his young family. He’s been doing this job for more years than I’ve been a member and in fact it is a very easy position. It is a very easy role to perform so we are hopeful of a volunteer to take it on.
Membership
Our membership secretary stood down this year again after many years. She is helping Malclom do this role which is quite IT intensive but long term we need someone to take it on. Options discussed were to move everyone to the same renewal date. In the past it was hard to send out 100s of letters all at the same time but the advent of PC’s and “Mail Merge” this is now quite easy and it could go out with a magazine, however at the moment we are sticking to the rolling membership. This is a PC based job so PC literacy will certainly make your life easier when you volunteer for this post.
Directors
We have changed it so only the Secretary and Treasurer are Directors, all the other committee members are free to choose if they want or don’t want to be Directors.
Volunteers
We have also picked up 2 new volunteer committee members. These people are vital to the club as they take on roles in the club. They choose what they want to do, be it advice, running an event or administration, it’s pretty much up to you.
The treasurer, events, motorsport and webmaster are continuing in their roles. Membership and Editor are vacant. Malcolm (Treasurer) and Alasdair (Webmaster) will cover these roles on a temporary basis until we receive your letter to volunteer. With the editor we plan to review this on an edition by edition basis but intend to send out the full 4 editions again this year.
We also are looking for a full time Chairman to chair the committee meetings (usually on line via email) and a resident and vice president, which we have not had for a number of years now. We plan to approach Renault to see if they would like the position of Vice President again as usually this is their Director.
Ongoing
We need to know what people want from a club, particularly the new members as we need to attract more like you, please email or write to us and tell us what you want to see. We know there is a need to re capture the classic members as traditionally they go to shows but also more of the sport and modified car owners. As Renault’s Club for post 1940’s cars we should be able to take many more members. To this aim we plan to look this year at members discounts for insurance (which we have already), museums, dealers and suppliers as well as anything else the members want. This will be our priority as we would like this club to build on what we have and start to grow. We also now can re-print or Sell Renault Literature, photos from the archive, we can supply and date cars for the DVLA for a very small fee (something that costs €50-€150 if you don’t use the club) and we can supply information and contacts for help with your car whether new or old.
But we need volunteers, to approach potential members and dealers, run events (even if small) to edit and supply articles for the web and magazine and to look after the members. This year I plan to put some of the articles that don’t fill the already stuffed magazine onto the web, so look out there for them. I will also make some of the back issues available on CD or by email for a small charge as well as information from out literature if we can help you.
Please however be patient, we are all volunteers and we sometimes can’t drop what we are doing immediately or reply immediately (we do try). I am newly married, going to move this year and would love a holiday but still 95% of my emails last year got a reply (even if it was just to say I am working on it) within 24 hours. But you can understand that calls at 3 in the morning….(yes we did) may need working on. We also tend to do what we think is right simply because no one has told us differently.
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