Beyond the Glass November 2010

Transcription

1 GraphicsFactory.com Beyond the Glass November 2010 From the President GraphicsFactory.com I want to thank the following for their help. Larry Armbrecht for setting up our Halloween Party and Gary Cummings for doing our Leaf Run, great times were had by everyone that attended. To all our members, at our October meeting the club passed a motion to move all our meetings to Pat McGrath Chevyland starting with our November 18th meeting. For those that do not know why the change, here s the reason. Pat McGrath has been our Major Sponsor for well over 15 years and wanted us at his place of business. We will set up tables and chairs and take them down, McGrath people will get them out and put away. Our meetings will be concluded by 9PM. Our treat committee will stay in place for treats at eight meetings. Pat wants to continue with food for our March, July and October meetings. The cost to us for the hall space will be $0.00. On the other side St. Elizabeth has been a good place for our meetings. The main factor for the change was that our hall rent went from $10.00 to $50.00 a meeting. I want to thank Karla and Dan McMurrin for their donation of time to set up and clean up at our meetings in St Elizabeth s hall. As we come close to the end of 2010 please thank the following officers if you get the chance. Vice President Mike Williams, Secretary Madeline Watertor, Treasurer Larry Bushaw, Governor Larry Beebe, Competition Director Chris Beebe, Social Director Emily Rozinek, Homecoming Director Bob Baker, Editor Karla McMurrin, Historian Dianna Knutson, Trustee Diane Bowen, Wayne Martin, Larry Armbrecht Appointed Officers Messenger Bob Bowen, Webmaster Larry Bushaw, Committees Car Show Dick Butschi, Wayne Martin, Larry Bushaw, Danny Roberts. Treats Pat Fritz November meeting is nominations for next year s officers, please give serious thought about running for an office. All offices are open except two Trustee positions. We do have nine present officers that would except a nomination, while we also have four offices with no incumbents running. They are Trustee, Editor, Social Director and Homecoming Director Take Care Tom

2 Cedar Rapids Corvette Club Minutes Meeting October 21, 2010 Madeline Watertor Secretary Correction to the minutes of the September meeting. There was a discussion on the charities for 2011, but it was sidetracked by the discussion as to whether CRCC should set a number of years before we replace a charity with a new charity. That discussion was tabled until early next year. Also there was discussion on a donation to the Honors Flight and further discussion was also tabled during our charities for 2011 discussion. A motion was made and was seconded that CRCC keep the same five charities for 2011 unless the Vinton Braille and Sight Saving School does not have student residence any longer. If the Braille School does not have student residence we will then divide the monies among the remaining four charities. Dick Butschi is to contact the school to get information as to whether we will or will not include them in our donations. President Tom Oakley recommended this idea at the start of the discussion and after all the time spent going in other directions. The motion was passed. The October meeting was called to order by President Tom Oakley at 7:05 PM. There were 64 members present at the meeting. The meeting was held at Pat McGrath Chevyland. President Tom Oakley requested the Trustees take a count of the number of members present. Car Show chairpersons Dick Butschi, Wayne Martin, Larry Bushaw, and President Tom Oakley presented donation checks to the representatives of CRCC s five charities. Representing the charities were Carla Morrow from the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, Tim O Neill from the Make A Wish Foundation, Jim Arnold from Clothe A Child, Roger Norton from the Eastern Iowa Brain Injury Association, and Fran Hansen from Miracles In Motion. Each representative spoke about their charity. There were three guests present at the meeting. Guests present were Mark and Deb Templeton from Maquoketa, and Steve Sulhoff. Mark and Deb own a 1993 Black Corvette Coupe, and Steve owns a 2005 Silver Corvette Coupe. Mark and Deb were voted in as new CRCC members. President Tom Oakley announced that new member Mervyn Sturdivan passed away. Tom attended the visitation representing CRCC. Doug Schoon announced he and Sarah were back in the work force. Doug is opening an office for Farmers Insurance and Sarah is working at a bank in Oxford. President Tom Oakley read the list of members celebrating birthdays and anniversaries during the month of October. Anniversaries and Birthdays can be found at the back of the newsletter. President Tom Oakley asked for any additions or corrections to the minutes of the September meeting. The correction can be found at the beginning of the October minutes. President Tom called for a motion to approve the September minutes with the correction. A motion was made by John Pickerel and was seconded by Larry Beebe to approve the minutes with the correction. The motion was passed. Treasurer Larry Bushaw presented the club s financial report. President Tom Oakley called for a motion to approve the financial report as presented. A motion was made by Doug Schoon and was seconded by Wayne Martin to approve the report as presented. The motion was passed. President Tom Oakley thanked Chris Thompson for organizing the Bag Toss at the Amanas, Larry Armbrecht for organizing the Halloween Party, and Gary Cummings for organizing the Leaf Run. Tom also thanked Bob Baker for all the work he did for the Homecoming Events. President Tom Oakley reported he received a note from Lori Ampry, Director of Programs for The Boys and Girls Club. She is trying to find someone who could possibly find a group that would be interested in helping the kids build some soap box derby cars. If members are interested contact President Tom Oakley. Vice President Mike Williams reported a great time was had at all of the CRCC cruises. Mike also reported part of the newsletter advertisers have renewed their ads. It has been tough to get advertisers this year. Mike reported members need to utilize the services of these advertisers. Also members need to wear their name tags. Secretary Madeline Watertor reported a Get Well card was sent to Lyle Knutson, Lyle had surgery on his eye, a Get Well card was sent to Dr. John Goedeken, Dr. John had back surgery, and is going to have hip surgery. Sympathy cards were sent to the family of Mervyn Sturdivan, club member Mervyn Stursivan died suddenly last week, and to Dean Boesenberg for the death of his dad. President Tom Oakley reported he received thank you letters from the Catherine McCauley Center, Camp Courageous, and Clothe a Child. The letters thanked CRCC for its generosity during Governor Larry Beebe reported he has received renewals from 127 CRCC members for There will be a governors meeting on November 13 th and 14 th. All of the West Region events are finished for this year.

3 Competition Director Chris Beebe thanked everyone who helped or participated at events this year. There will be a Practice Auto Cross on April 9, Social Director Emily Rozinek reported there would be a cruise to the General Store Restaurant in Stone City on Sunday October 24 th. The Christmas Party will be on Saturday December 11, 2010 at the Indian Creek Country Club. Emily thanked members that picked up pieces of her car. Homecoming Director Bob Baker thanked members that participated in the homecoming events this year. Editor Karla McMurrin reported members should let her know if they are not getting the newsletter. Karla thanked Paul Hildebrand and Gary Cummings for their help in getting out the newsletter. All information to be printed in the newsletter must or received by Thursday October 28, Historian Dianna Knutson reported she is taking pictures of new members. Dianna will have the club history updated by the Christmas Party. Dianna also reported members should send her pictures to put in the CRCC display at McGrath s. The trustees counted the members present at the meeting. Web Master Larry Bushaw reported he has had trouble with the web site. Larry has been keeping the calendar of events up to date. Messenger Bob Bowen reported members should send him their address. Pat Fritz has the treat calendar. President Tom Oakley reported there has been a change of venue for the club meetings. As of the September meeting Saint Elizabeth Anne Seton Church has the rental fee. Also Karla and Dan McMurrin have to be at the church at 6:30 to set up chairs and tables. The E-Board unanimously supported a move of the meeting place to Pat McGrath Chevyland. Pat has been CRCC s major sponsor for over 15 years and has wanted CRCC to hold its meeting at his dealership for many years. The agreement worked out between CRCC and Pat McGrath was that CRCC will set up and take down the table and chairs for each meeting. Pat McGrath will get them and put them away. Meeting will be wrapped up by 9:00 PM. Pat will provide food in March, July and October. President Tom Oakley called for a vote on the new meeting site. The motion was made by Doug Schoon and was seconded by Al Willenborg to move the meeting site. The motion was passed. Carol Cummings suggested maybe there would be a problem with Pat McGrath getting out chairs and tables for the meeting. John Baker said there would be no problem for Pat McGrath to get out chairs and tables. President Tom Oakley reported members should start thinking about running for office. All offices are open. Offices that will not have an incumbent running are the Editor, Social Director, Homecoming Director and one Trustee. Chris Thompson reported there are some T-Shirts left over from the Miracles in Motion event at the Amanas. Larry Armbrecht reported there was perfect for the Halloween Party. There were 35 members there. A good time was had by all. Gary Cummings reported there 33 cars for the Leaf Run. Jim McLaughlin was the winner of the fifty-fifty drawing. President Tom Oakley called for a motion to adjourn the meeting. A motion was made by John Pickrell and was seconded by Jack Gilmore to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourn at 8:20 PM. The next meeting will be on November 18, 2010 at Pat McGrath Chevyland.

4 Beyond the Glass Cedar Rapids Corvette Club November 2010 clipart from GraphicsFactory.com 6 pm-cocktail Hour 7 pm Dinner Buffet $22.50/person send checks to: CRCC Christmas Party PO Box 414, Marion, IA by November 26 Call Emily with questions:

5 we get Thank Yous

6 Cedar Rapids Corvette Club Beyond the Glass Welcome new members in October-Mark & Deb Templeton of Maquoketa. They have a 93 black rose coupe, and joined us on the Leaf Run. FOR SALE I am moving to Tennessee and do not need a front license plate anymore and will purchase a new bra without the plate cutout. I want to sell the almost new Colgan Custom bra and double stick tape license plate holder for $60...It is easy to install and remove. It will be available Dec 7 so it could be a nice Xmas present. I have all the paperwork and instructions. Please contact me by at slwhite@yahoo.com Thanks, Scott White November 2010 TO ALL CRCC MEMBERS We need unaltered picture files for the Christmas Party Slide Show Display. Please note that Re-sized and especially Compressed pictures DO NOT give the best display on the wall at Indian Creek. If you have pictures from this year's CRCC events, from your own Corvette Vacation, or from any other Corvette outing that you would care to share with the membership, please send them to me via at crcchistorian@mchsi.com or you can get them to me on a jump drive or cd. (Send me an if you want to get them to me on Jump drive or CD, and we can arrange a time and place to exchange the media.) We need your pictures as soon as possible so Lyle can get the slide show compiled. Please note that I DO NOT do Facebook or any of the other internet sharing stuff like that. And often the picture files from websites are too small to make great display photos because they have been compressed, etc. Thanks for your help Dianna Knutson

7 The November Dinner Outing will be Monday, November 6:30 at the Chrome Horse Saloon in downtown Cedar Rapids rd St. SE We will meet there. We will be sitting in the party room at the front of the building. You can check out the menu on-line, just use the address below to see choices and prices. index.html Please RSVP before Nov 11th so that I can give them an accurate count. You can call or erozinek@keystonesenior.com to RSVP or if you have any questions. Thanks! GO KART RACING We had 6 people compete at the 61 Kartway go kart race track after the leaf run. Danny Roberts whistled around the track with the best time of 1: at mph on the 1/2 mile track. Bob Bowen never wanted me to publish his time in the newsletter so I am going to abide by his wishes. Although he never said anything about his finish position (which is listed in the correct finish order) or the best speed. FINISH POSITION DRIVER BEST TIME BEST SPEED 1 Danny Roberts 1: John Watertor 1: Mike Williams 1: Mark Templeton 1: Bob Bowen???.??? Cheryl Roberts 1: I enjoyed the race track and hope to go and race there in the future. John Watertor

8 Officer Duties PRESIDENT: Chair monthly club meetings. Oversee any Club business as necessary to keep the Club flowing in an organized and progressive manner. Hold Board meetings as required, 3 required. Will be main contact with sponsor. May initiate telephone tree at his/ her discretion. VICE PRESIDENT: Responsible for all outside public relations. Liaison with other Clubs in area. Keep equipment inventory. Advertise monthly meetings and any other important events on the radio, TV, and news ads. Make new members and visitors welcome. Sell advertising for newsletter. SECRETARY: Record meeting minutes and see that Board and meeting minutes are in the newsletter. Do all Correspondence. Make up and keep current membership packets. Do ballot sheets and official forms. Hand out membership packets (Club rules, By-laws, etc.) Take care of cards and flowers. TREASURER: Handle all finances. Keep licenses and registration for trailer up-to-date. SOCIAL DIRECTOR: Help chairmen with events. Plan Christmas party. Supervise all social events. Take care of the awards portion of the Christmas party. Oversee calling committee for social events. TRUSTEES: Audit the books semiannually. Determine job descriptions for all positions. Monitor and recommend changes in the By-laws throughout the year. Other projects as assigned by the President GOVERNOR: Keep Club updated on NCCC. Help event chairmen with NCCC paperwork. Know and interpret all NCCC rules. Obtain sanction number for events. Recommend trophy rules. Take care of NCCC dues and applications for NCCC. EDITOR: Determine guidelines for newsletter. Publish and send out newsletter at least one week prior to meetings. Publish By-laws in the newsletter prior to the November meeting. HISTORIAN: Take pictures and plan a Club group picture. Keep photo albums and other memorabilia including newsletters. COMPETITION DIRECTOR: Oversee competition chairmen & competition events. Oversee calling committee for competition events. Distribute event packages to event chairmen. Oversee event results. HOMECOMING DIRECTOR: Will be main contact for schools and will be responsible for getting cars and drivers organized.

9

10 Recipients of proceeds from the June 2010 Cruisin the Ave Car show attended the October meeting at Pat McGraths. Carla Morrow representing the Iowa Braille & Sight-Saving School in Vinton. IBSSS expects to close their residential school and expand their regional programs. They hope to have a special weekend in Spring 2011 to include CRCC. Fran Hanson representing Miracles in Motion. Miracles in Motion is a therapeutic horseback riding program for disabled children. Their facilities are near Swisher. Jim Arnold representing Clothe-a-Child. The program was started by the Marion Masonic Lodge. This fall they provided shoes and clothes for 105 children during their annual shopping day. Mark October 29, 2011 on your calendar - next year s event. Roger Norton representing Eastern Iowa Brain Injury Association. Their organization provides support, education, advocacy and prevention programs in a seven county area. Tim O Neil representing Make-A- Wish Foundation, which grants the wishes of children with lifethreatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. The Iowa Chapter has granted over 2,300 wishes since its beginnings in 1987.

11 November & December 2010 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 31 November 1 2 Mike Williams John & Pat Fritz 7 Sheila Pickrell 8 Diana Patten Bob & Linda Bonar 9 10 Mike McConnell John & Jan Airy 21 Francis Lebeda Pat Blake CRCC Dinner- 6:30 Chrome Horse 16 Marcia Veatch Garland Groom 17 Larry Armbrecht 24 Kyle & Fawn Shatek 18 CRCC Mtg, 7 Pat McGrath Al & Kathy Willenborg 19 Lyle Knutson Kathy WIllenborg 20 Bill & Behlina Hampton Paul Steier December 1 Rocky Dales Doug Blake David Rugg 19 Liz Ster Emily Rozinek 13 Jack Gilmour 20 Larry Bushaw Brad Roehr 14 Dianna Knutson Doug & Sarah Schoon 21 Marcia Schwandt Rob Bowen Dean McCall Dan McMurrin 17 Danny Roberts Steve Luense Doug & Pat Blake 11 Marlin Veatch CRCC Christmas Indian Creek CC Paul & Jan Hildebrand 27 Bob Parrish Ron Arends John & Denise Baker Jan

12 stamp here Cedar Rapids Corvette Club P. O. Box 414 Marion, Iowa To: November st St. NE Cedar Rapids 2008 Jetstream Blue Automatic, 30,000 mi 2009 w/ 1LT Coupe, 1700 miles polished aluminum wheels 6 speed paddle shift Call the Vette Specialist John Baker ext Grand Sport Convertible Torch red, automatic Beige top/cashmere interior