I have to add that no one has ever complained about paying £5 and they fully understand the position we are in, I dont think the landlords will stop us if we give them less money than they have been getting either but it would be nice to keep them sweet so to speak and more cars are needed to do that.
As for the clashes of dates we have always set the Nano dates at the start of the year so people could put them in the calendar and maybe keep some or all of those days free but there are lots of car and family events that dont put their dates out early and clashes are inevitable so comes down to personal choice and there will always be family events taking priority as they should do
We could maybe wait a bit longer to put out our dates at the start of the year but what events do people go to that prevent them coming to the Nano meets is the question we need to ask and not sure of the answer, we traditionally don't do a Nano in April as it clashes with Pride of Longbridge but apart from that cant think of any others
After this year we can look back, do a review of attendance, and get everyone' s input as to what are the best changes to make so the Nano's will live on regardless