North American Motoring recently introduced their Alliance program – basically a way to collect fees for “enhanced” forum membership. In the case of the NAM Alliance, their larger PM and Gallery space is useless to me – but their first online magazines were VERY well laid out – better than some print magazines I read – although I still haven’t found the time/inclination to stare at a computer screen for the time needed to read the content (and at close to 50 pages, it’s too much to print out).
What clinched it for me, though, was the offer of a fridge magnet – sorry, a magnetic badge. Yes, $40 is a lot to pay for a fridge magnet … but it arrived today and it’s super! And it now lives happily on my fridge, with a couple of other MINI related designs and many non-MINI ones too:
I’m looking forward to seeing what else the Alliance membership offers in it’s first year – we’ll see if they do enough to persuade me to pay them again!
M&I / GBMINI 
So I like the globe badge but what’s that white thing all about? It looks like somethings missing? An oval shape at one end and some red lettering, HUH?
Your comment about the online mag being better looking than some other MINI magazines is priceless. I think it’s gotten worse, if that’s possible. I won’t be re-subscribing.
The NAM sticker is a clear sticker on a white backing, so the white part of the sticker is not visible in the photo. It is just a sticker of the NAM logo.
Did Gabe design this grill badge too?
I am so ready to fork over $40 for the grille badge since I’ve been wanting a NAM mag badge for a while, but it is still $40. Not sure the rest is worth anything to me. I’ll never read the online magazine. I could certainly print up my own on the magnetic sheets I have, but that gold is so… GOLD!