MEMBERS’ MATTERS
New BTM Administrator Jeni Larwood (Tim Morris).
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renewals over the phone, to buy tickets or for any other query. I’ll still be here Tuesday to Thursday, at the evening talks and can usually be found mooching around taking photos for the Bulletin and Museum on event days.
Social media We are now featuring on the three main social platforms – Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Our Facebook page is just shy of 1,000 ‘likers’ now so you might well be able to tip it over that mile- stone. We are just beginning to build a following on Instagram but could still do with some more ‘likers’ there – it’s almost an instantaneous way to update you with what is happening at Brooklands. Of course all our social media is aimed specifically at you, the membership, so we do like to hear what you are up to as well with your own postings – particularly on our main medium of Facebook.
trying to catch up with the back-log caused by the computer problems in July. However, we have made it and the enormous pile of renewals and new memberships has now been brought down to manageable levels again so we should be back to a maximum two-week turn-around or usually quicker. We hope that nothing has got lost in the process but if you have renewed in the last couple of months and haven’t received a new membership card then please get in touch. We thank you for your patience during this period. This brings us round to introducing our new administrator, Jeni Larwood. Jeni joined the BTM team in September and has been busy learning the ropes over the last few weeks. We threw her in at the deep end by kindly letting her take the minutes of the BTM committee meeting just a week after she joined, that gave her a splendid insight into how the machinery of the BTM and Museum works.
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Surprisingly she is still with us after that and is looking forward to getting more involved in the day-to-day running of the BTM. I’m sure you’ll join me in wishing her the best of luck. She will be appearing on the Outreach stand when it is at home in the Paddock, so you’ll get a chance to meet her there or just pop in to the office on a Monday or Friday. Yes, that is right, we are now open from Monday to Friday so there is more opportunity for you to get in touch with your
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t has been a very busy couple of months for us in the Brooklands Trust Members’ office –
QR codes
Those who have renewed recently will have seen that the membership cards now include a QR code. If you have a suitable reader app then just point your mobile or tablet at the code and it will take you straight to our website.
The view from our window There was a lot of movement in connection with the Aircraft Factory and Race Track Revival project during September and the Hangar is now being dismantled as you can read about
The new view from the BTM office – not quite as good as the old one! (Tim Morris).
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