Steve,
I agree with you... I sent an e-mail a week earlier to Steve Chan regarding a chapter for Minnesota. I also asked about HUMMER Club shirts, hats, etc if they had any for sale.
He returned my e-mail and said they are clearancing out old stock since they are doing up a new logo to incorporate the newest members to the club, the H2 owners.
He also said they will explore what need to take place for other chapters in the states.
Currently, the closest is the Wiscoonsin HUMMER owners group, and
www.AMGHUMMER.com in Illinois. The later is Chuck Koppelson's. Both are at least 6-8 hours drive.
I think with AMG & GM wanting to produce 41,000 H2s we need local chapters for all HUMMER owners. The HUMMER Club, Inc. has a few thousand members now. Most of their outings seem to happen out in California.
There is still the rest of us out east that need to organize local outings and events. Not everyone can afford the luxury of heading out west. We would be giving up either a huge amount of time and/or the expense of transporting your H2 or H1 via truck, train, or plane to be apart of a club event out west for a few days. This is where local chapters would come into play.
The closest we had lately was held by Lynch HUMMER in Missouri, and that was a 11 hour drive from Minnesota. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]
Respectfully yours,
Gary
Finlayson, MN