Marc, your ideas sound great and I would like to help if you go through with it. And I think that there are a good number of East Coast people that would join up. But I think our locations may determine how structured the group would be. I have a feeling we would be very spread out. Getting together at an interior shop or garage or race shop would be very informative and something I personally would like (it is what PCA should be doing). But I would have a hard time making it up to the Northeast more than once a year. Is this how you would see this working?
To me the ideal would be 2-3 large meets per year in central locations, maybe the Hershey meet being one of them. The other two could be split, one north and one south. I don't think there is a need for regular monthly meetings but maybe a few regional representatives that could be contacts for new members or ride/meet ideas, and have info on tech/resto/mechanic sources in the area. Info or reports could be posted to a website, no need for the cost and work of a newsletter, at first anyway. Local drives or breakfast meets or tech sessions would be handled via emails and phone calls or posting to the website.
Whether this would qualify as regional RGruppe division would be up to Cris I guess. I still think it is the philosophy and purpose of the group that is most important and that is what makes the relaxed "Zen" of the RGruppe work. At least that is how it looks from the outside.
Just my 2 cents.
Tom