Our October
news is our minutes from the September 20th, 2011 Chapter
meeting.
GREAT LAKES CHAPTER, VCOA
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Members
present
Tim Cox,
President, Harriet Cox, First Lady
John and Nancy
Northup, Co-Treasurers
David Irvine,
Secretary
Daryl & Bonnie
Tammen
John and Janet
Mendler
James and
Joyce Webb, Rick
Webb
John and Nancy
reported we have $677.25 in our account.
Nancy has send out 26 letters to those who have not
renewed and has received some renewals. We have
approximately 60 paid members. Cost of mailing pins has gone
up from $1.21 to $1.71.
President’s
Report
OLD BUSINESS: None.
NEW BUSINESS Bylaws – suggest asking
other Volvo Clubs for their bylaws. ACTION ITEM: Tim to ask
other club when he is at the Malibu, CA meet. Ask also why
there is a VSA and VCOA, and suggest combining.
Tim could also ask Gretchen, and also suggest having
Tim contact Jan about our November meeting date being
different (Saturday).
Betten was
very generous in providing a location and barbecue for all
attendees at the Saturday, August 27th. We had
approximately 25 cars there. Will support if we did a color
tour cruise in Mid October.
ACTION ITEM: board members and members
who attend board meetings to actively recruit for new board
members. The board also decided there is not enough time to
properly coordinate a color tour cruise in Mid October.
Tim and David
talked about a show at Gilmore. Thereis a date available on
August 11th. We would use the G Barn field that
would allow us to have a goal of 100 cars. There will be a
group of motorcyclists by the diner, but that will not
affect us. Tim
has volunteered to head up and do the organization. The
group took a vote and it was unanimous we continue this
every other year tradition. Tim suggested a picture of the
rows of 1800s with writing over it to promote our event and
will send one to the folks in Malibu from the Gilmore
photographer’s collection. The Gilmore charges us nothing
and we are all set to hold this. We will have expenses for
tents, etc…. We
purchased a membership to help to sponsor them as a
corporate member to show our thanks. Tim encourages our
members to buy a family membership for $50 that covers your
entry, VIP passes and a very nice dinner for sponsors in the
spring.
Tim and his
car “may” be in a movie with Richard Gere that comes out on
Friday, September 23rd, 2011 called “The Double”.
He is not sure it is in the final cut yet.
Tim discussed
a color tour and due to the closenessof the date, we have
decided to pass, and consider doing it next year. Suggest a
Saturday Meeting on November 12th at 12 noon
Janet Mendler
enquired about east side events. It was mentioned Motor
Muster has drawn a few Volvo enthusiasts in the past. She
suggested having events on the east side of the state and
west side events to get east side people involved.
Tim suggested researching a “spring dust off” in
Dayton, OH, the Wright Patterson Air Force base.
ACTION ITEM: John will research both
ofthese. (see
end of minutes for follow up that John did since the
meeting)
Officers:
Tim and David
have expressed an interest in stepping down from their
respective jobs. We need to have two year officers. Tim is
gathering ballots. David said he would be willing to run for
office but if elected, would only serve for a one year
period so that both officers would not leave simultaneously.
So far, our nominations would be as follows:
David Irvine,
President Pro Tem (one year)
Darryl Tammen,
Secretary
John and Nancy
Northup, Treasurer, as well as sending e-mail communication
out monthly as they have the roster.
Any member
can run for office. If you are interested, please
contact Tim Cox at
timcox102@hotmail.com.
ACTION ITEM: David to create a survey
monkey for a ballot. Election would be open for a set period
betweenNovember and December with new officers
starting January 1st, 2012.
Tim suggested
waiving Paul Fletcher’s membership to thank him for his web
services. The other suggestion was to make the club more
visible and “branding.”
There was talk about t-shirts to cover cost and help
to “brand.” The use of Facebook and other social media sites
could also be used.
The meeting
was adjourned at 7:00 pm.
Respectfully
Submitted by:
David Irvine
September 20th,
2011
LINK TO PHOTOS OF THE MEETING:
https://picasaweb.google.com/102693683722660518447/VCOAMeetingSep2011
SUMMARY OF
PROPOSED SPRING DUST OFF EVENT
When: late April, early May
Where: Ypsilanti, MI.
What: Spring Dust-off Proposal, 2012
Places of interest: Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum
http://www.ypsiautoheritage.org/
(Miller Motors)
Michigan Firehouse Museum
http://www.michiganfirehousemuseum.org/index.html
Sidetrack Bar and Grill
www.sidetrackbarandgrill.com
Nancy and I have been to all three of these places on many
occasions, and can highly recommend them. TheYpsi
Automotive Heritage Museum is run by Jack Miller, a personal
friend ofours, and a fine gentleman. Jack's family ran
one of the last (if not the last) Hudson dealerships in the
country, and the building now houses a widevariety of
vintage cars. Jack also still sells one or two Hudsons per
year, as well as engaging in some restoration work.
The Michigan Firehouse Museum is a fine place as well. With
many vintage firefighting apparatus (apparatii? You
can tell I never studied Latin!) on display, it does a great
job of preserving firefighting history, as well as promoting
fire safety.
The Sidetrack Bar and Grill, as the name implies, is located
adjacent to a railroad track, and when the Amtrak screams
by, one would have to be completely unresponsive to all
forms of perception to not take notice! Seriously
though, food and drink is fabulous, and they are
specifically noted for serving one of the nation's twenty
best burgers. One is surrounded by vintage railroad
memorabilia, and the ambiance of it all is inescapable.
(Sort of a Clara’s of East Michigan, if you will.)
All three of
these places are on Cross St. in Ypsilanti's historic "Old
Depot Town" and are within walking distance of one another.
There are several motels in and around nearby Ann Arbor, if
some of our people are inclined to stay overnight. I
haven't done any investigating of them just yet, but am
willing to do so in the event there is some interest. Please
have a look at the accompanying websites and let me know
what you think. All input graciously received.