Chicagoland MG Club
Staff Position Elections

The Chicagoland MG Club consists of a membership of over 200 members; the majority residing in the Chicagoland area. The club is staffed with four elected officials and currently eight support staff positions. Staff members meet once a month. Being a club staff member is an honored position and is truly rewarding.

As we prepare for our 45th Anniversary in the year 2021, we will need strong leadership moving forward. You as an active member in good standing it is your obligation to cast your vote for the candidates running for the staff positions.

Below are the general responsibilities of the elected staff positions. We will be accepting nominations for staff positions at the November Club meeting on November 15th. Won’t you consider ‘tossing your hat into the ring’ this year?

Elected Staff Positions                  function
President	Provides leadership in club operations and presides over staff meetings and club meetings.
Vice-President	Assists President in the organizational responsibilities of the club.
Secretary/Membership	Records meeting minutes and is responsible for club correspondence and membership database
Treasurer	Records and maintains club finances.

Soon after developing an interest in British cars most of us realize there is a new language to learn. Terms such as spanner, silencer, off side, and sorted seem to crop up frequently. Then, when you pick up a tool, things are not always what they seem. “It looked like a Phillips screw to me”, or “What the heck is Whitworth?” Enter the lowly hose clamp, which is not so lowly at all. As with so many seemingly simple devices which work well there is a story, and a learning curve which made it so...

Lumley Robinson was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1877. After a brief stint with an engineering firm, Robinson found himself in the Royal Navy during World War I. While in the service he realized there was a need for a better way to attach a hose to a pipe. Upon leaving the navy Robinson began working on a solution to this problem. By April of 1921 he was convinced he had it figured out. He called it the “Jubilee Worm Drive Clip”, and it only took a short time to convince several railroads and motorcar manufacturers that his product was a good one. Exports soon followed and demand for Jubilee Clips grew exponentially throughout the 1930s.

A worm drive hose clamp similar to the Jubilee Clip tradename product of the Robinson company.

Quite unexpectedly Commander Lumley Robinson died just fourteen days before the UK declared war on Germany in 1939. The British War Ministry immediately realized the importance of Jubilee Clips for the war effort and made plans to take over the company. But Emily, Lumley Robinson’s widow, rebuffed that attempt. She changed her name to Emily Lumley Robinson and skillfully ran the business herself for the duration of the war. Later, when their youngest son John came of age, he assumed the reins from her.

Jubilee Clips were the first, and by most accounts are still considered the best. Although copied many times with many similar designs the others have done nothing to improve the quality or diminish the success of Jubilee Clips. When you look under the bonnet of your classic British car the hose clamps should be Jubilee. If not, perhaps it’s time to get it properly sorted.