Well...What kind of things would we do that is "hands on". If we help each other out with lifts and mods and such, won't we need a rather large, fully stocked with tools, garage? Where would that go? Who has the time to design and maintain a website? It takes a TON of work....not all sites are self sufficient. Dues? Would there be any? What would they be? Do we hold every meeting at Maggianos? I am good friends with the owner's son of Jim M'Lady Nissan here in CL. We may be able to get some support from them. Did I miss anything? I'm all for it, but it's gotta be all or nothing.

How often are we going to be putting a lift in? Once maybe twice a year and that doesn't take a full service department to do. Changing oil, repacking bearings, mounting a C.B. Proper recovery tools and how to use them. Proper off road driving techniques. We sould have a place to meet and try to stick to it Jim M'Lady would be a good start. so would McHenry county 4 wheel drive in McHenry. Dues Lets get a couple of meetings under our belts to see what people want and are willing to do. We could do canoe trips, outings to offroad parks, fishing trips, parades on the fourth of July. Community services like setting up parks or enter walk-a-thons for cancer. Pumpkin patches for the kids, A Christmas tree run in December. These are all things we could do. as well as a ton of other things and we could get group rates for alot of outing as well.
All of these things including the web site are things to look into and try to get going. People are willing to do amazing things if they are asked.