THE VETTE SETTE. President s Corner. Barry. Volume XVI Issue 5 May, Congratulations Bogey s Winners:

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1 THE VETTE SETTE President s Corner Hold on tight as we take off into the Classic Glass Corvette time of the year. There are plenty of car shows for you to spit shine the Vette and get in the sunshine and show off the best sports car in America. Also there are a ton of cruises coming your way, some day trips and some overnighters for the group that likes to just get out and drive. Bogey s was the first of our car shows that we put on and it was a great success. We had 65 cars there, even with a little threat of rain. We got wet 3 times during the day but no one seamed to get upset, they just went out and wiped her down and then got back to the fun. We gave out 23 trophies, Top 20, Bogey s Choice, Crowd Pleaser and the Best of Show. Best of show went to our own Tim Eason with his Burgundy 67 convertible. We had our 1 st SuperVette Saturday meeting Saturday before last and it went well. We started thinking and made some small decisions. If you would like to be involved, please let us know or just listen for the next meeting time and place. We will have two more meetings before the show in August. We still need every ones help in asking for some door prizes and silent auction items. Help make this the best show yet. Some of our upcoming events include the Mid Alabama show May 20th, Classic Glass Corvette Club work weekend at the NCM June 3 rd - 4 th and Dyno Days at MTI Racing on June 10th. Be sure to be at these and join the fun. A Monthly Publication For The Members of The Volume XVI Issue 5 May, 2006 Page 1 We had our May general meeting at US Play and it went well. They have a nice room and good audiovisual. We are still talking to Sidelines and they are telling us that they want us to stay and that they will make improvements to keep us. So stay in touch and we will keep you informed about the progress. I would like any and all comments about this subject. Please me at (bartom@bellsouth.net) and let me know what you think. Let your voice be heard. We have a good line up so far of events and cruises but we can use some more. Do not worry about the calendar being too full as people have different likes and we can have more than one thing on the same weekend. Let Cindy know or tell me and I will get with Cindy for you and we will get you on the calendar. Congratulations Bogey s Winners: Best of Show Don & Rita Jones Bogeys Choice Robbie Padget Crowd Pleaser David L Dew Barry Top 20 No particular order Tim Eason Mike Treadaway Bob Beaudin Bob & Gale Smith Mike Green Bob Renneke Bill Smith Howard Daws Steve Proper Thomas Fink Jennifer Thomas Ron Floyd Henry Miles, Jr. Chaz Cone Tim Daugherty Frances B Luther Kenneth Lindsey Jim Prather Cindy Owens Robert & Hillary Dukes

2 CLASSIC GLASS CORVETTE CLUB OF MARIETTA Meeting Minutes from May 9, 2006 Monthly Meeting 7:30 PM Barry Tomlinson, President Barry called the meeting to order. The meeting was held at US Play in Kennesaw, and Barry said that he considered it a test meeting. We are looking at this venue and others as possible options for our future meeting place. A SuperVette planning meeting was held on May 6 th and another is planned for June. See Cindy and Joe for additional details. Other events discussed were: Braves Cruise Year One Bowling Night Vettes of the South AJC Show In memory of Charles Eason, Barry suggested that the club buy a brick at the NCM in Charles name. Charles was also honored when the Dothan Run show was dedicated to him by printing his name on the flyer. Charles son Tim spoke to the members present to express his appreciation for all that was done to honor and remember his father. Bill Gohr shared with the group a quilt that he had made from a collection of Corvette T-shirts. If anyone is interested in a bed quilt or wall hanging of any size, please contact Bill Gohr for details. 7:45 PM Jamie McSwain, Secretary Jamie asked for a motion to accept the minutes from the April meeting that were included in the newsletter. A motion was made, seconded and passed by the club. 7:47 PM Tom Sauntry, Treasurer April 2006 Summary: Beginning Cash Balance $ Cash Receipts Cash Disbursements Ending Balance $ (Includes $2,000 Emergency Rainy Day Fund) 7:52 PM Cindy Owens, VP of Activities Cindy discussed the following events: Bogey s May 13 Mid Alabama Show May 20 CGCC Volunteer Wkend at NCM June 3-4 Dyno Day at MTI June 10 Top of Georgia Show June 24 Club Picnic July 8 Mystery Cruise July 29 Harriette Majoros discussed the Mystery Cruise that will be a one-day event that includes lunch. The cost is $30.00.pp. Bridget is organizing an event with a local theater for the club to go as a group to see the movie Cars. 8:09 PM Don Shamel, VP of Membership We had 65 members present with four guests. Our current membership stands at 189 members. Rita won the membership drawing. 8:14 PM Fred Hale, NCM Ambassador Fred was absent and Joe spoke on his behalf. The NCM Work Weekend is scheduled for June 3-4, and a block of rooms is being held at the Hampton Inn. The American Dream club will be in Bowling Green that weekend, but it is not a working weekend for that group. If any members have questions regarding NCM membership, they are urged to contact Fred or Joe. 8:19 PM Chris Siddall, Corvette Store Tom gave us a summary of the Treasurer s report and asked for a motion to accept the report as given. A motion was made, seconded and passed by the club. for by members. Page 2 Chris discussed store items that are available for purchased. She urged members to pick up and pay for any outstanding orders as the club pays for those items until they are picked up and paid

3 8:22 PM Bridget Stephens, Webmaster Bridget apologized for being behind on the website due to her travel schedule. She mentioned the Members Garage. She is looking for 100% participation by the end of the year. On the sign up sheet on our website, please note that the Staying Over Night option defaults to Yes. If signing up but not planning an overnight stay, please click to reset to No. Officers for 2006 President Barry Tomlinson Vice President At Large Randy Cooper Vice President of Membership Don Shamel Vice President of Activities Cindy Owens :25 PM Randy Cooper, VP at Large Randy held the 50/25/25 drawing. $ was collected. Two tickets of $32 each went to John Pardus and Greg Brooks. 8:28 PM Wrap-Up and New Business Barry had no new business. Two members had new cars, a 94 coupe and a 06 coupe. Joe mentioned that Lotto Georgia needs Corvettes to display at various venues around town to promote the new Corvette Cash scratchoff contest. Participants will receive KENO merchandise and cash scratch-offs. Bob Renneke asked for a show of hands for those who would like to see future meetings held at US Play. A large number of members raised their hands. Don Shamel touched all those present when he shared his heartfelt story of a recent medical problem that could have had very serious consequences for him. He had a mini stroke when Barry and Cheryl were driving behind him. They stopped to say hello and realized that Don was having a problem. They took him right to the hospital, and Don is with us here tonight because of those friends. Like we always say, it s not about the cars, it s about the people. It s all about friendship. Thank you, Don, for sharing that story with us. We re glad you re OK! Next Board of Director s meeting May 16 th at 7:00 PM at US Play. Next Monthly Meeting June 13 th at 7:30 PM. 8:30 PM Close (end of minutes) Secretary: Harriette Majoros Treasurer: Tom Sauntry Board Members John Pardus Reggie Martin Bob Renneke Joe Owens NCM Ambassador Fred Hale Webmaster Bridget Stephens Newsletter Editor Bill Majoros Page 3 Editor s Corner One or the other of the Majoros Did you come to Bogey s? It got to be a game of wipe off not wipe---out as the rain came and went and came and went and --- well you get the picture. But no matter it did not dampen the spirit of those in attendance nor those lookers. PeachState Posse s website has a goodly number of pictures from Bogey s. Find your car. Well as you can see, Harriette is now the secretary. Any mistakes, blame Bill. If all is ok with the minutes, Harriette will,of course, take all of the credit. She has never done minutes before so be wary of what you say in her hearing, it may end up in the next month s Vette Sette. Kudos to Chris and Merv for having the good sense to sell cozies with Coke at Bogey s Thanks to Jamie McSwain for her service as secretary. As we all know, sometimes our business life gets in the way of our fun life and something has to give. Thanks Jamie.

4 Ask Party Bob how to handle the rain. There are those aficionados who will wipe your unique Vette down from the rain just be cause they can then get their hands on that Greenwood. So Bill is thinking if he gets a white Vette he can have a plaid wrap done and be immortal in the Vette world and get others to do the work.. Have you put in for your slot to help at SuperVette Saturday? Get your registrations in. The sock hop will be in a large area with great food and all for the cost of registration for club members. Registration is $40. Be sure to keep on looking for stuff for the goodie bags or just to be on hand to be given out, first come first serve type of thing. Picnic is upcoming and again. You are needed to race cars, talk to the kids from Calvary Children s Home and Party Bob has promised the ice cream man will be there again serving up frogs. So plan on having a fun summer Glen Burns says it will be warmer than normal. That means, run with the top down and the A/C up. Plaid Bill here Corvette Racing Update C6R Corvette Racing June Corvette Racing Schedule 24 Heures du Mans July 1 New England Grand Prix July 15 July 22 Aug 20 Utah Grand Prix Grand Prix of Portland Generac 500 at Road America Sept 3 Grand Prix of Mosport 21 Championships *Corvettes For Sale* Or this month is tire month For Sale: 4 Chrome 5-spoke wheels for C5 and two front tires with ~95% tread left. These came off of Sunnie when we put the new wheels on. All for only $600. Call Joe Corvette Trivia 1. What is the true base color of the 1998 Indy pace car? a. Pace car purple b. Purple Plum c. Radar Blue 2. What year did Chevrolet change the color of the engines from orange to blue? a b c John DeLorean was the General Manager of Corvette in What else is he famous for? a. DeLorean Cadillac b. The Gull Winged DeLorean c. A Federal Drug Conviction Bring your answers to the meeting. Sept 30 Oct Petit Le Mans Monterey Sports Car Page 4

5 LOOKING BACK Classic Glass June 1996 By Ron Floyd The Vette Sette featured an article on the recent passing of Zora Arkus Duntov. John Iroff, Membership VP, reported that membership now totaled 55. Robert Sorrell wrote about another great Vette Fest all Corvette show in Birmingham with 10 Classic Glassers walking off with awards. And, after the June meeting at Houck's it was reported that "everyone met in the parking lot and admired the new paint job on Otter's '72 orange coupe". the day. MEETING FOR JUNE WILL BE AT SIDELINES. Unfortunately, Bob Slaney was not present to win the membership pot which totaled $166 at the last meeting! Ron Floyd UPCOMING EVENTS Remember to always check your and the website for information about events. June 3-4 CGCC Volunteer MCN, Make reservations at Hampton Inn, Bowling Green June 10 June 17 June 24 July 8 July 15 July July 29 Dyno Day at MTI Racing in Marietta, $50. for 3 pulls Riverstone Cruise In, Canton X 20. Meet at Town Center Varsity Top of Georgia Show Club Picnic with the kids from Calvary Childrens Home. Bring your remote car for the races. Panoz Road Atlanta ZO 6 fest Mystery Cruise - $30 per person includes lunch and all events of Page 5

6 Fred Hale, NCM Ambassador Back by popular demand is the special recognition program for Business/Club members. Your club has the opportunity to have one member's car on display inside the NCM to represent your club! This is a special opportunity for your club to shine at the NCM and showcase your club's support. There are approximately 50 clubs supporting the NCM as Business/Club members and we hope this special opportunity will in some way show our appreciation for all you do for the Museum. We began with six clubs for the first six months and will continue with six more clubs from July to December. The first three will be drawn June 10th. The next three clubs will be drawn September 1. If your club is a business/club member and is interested in participating and has not already been a feature club this year, please submit your club information, including a point of contact - no later than June 9th for the first drawing. You may this information to me at: Stephanie@corvettemuseum.com via fax or place the information in the mail to my attention. - Shipping/Transportation will be the sole responsibility of the car owner. - Specifics/photos on each selected Corvette Club member and their Corvette will be featured in our "America's Sports Car" Magazine and in our weekly enews - "NCM enews". If you are not subscribed to the weekly enews you may sign on via our website at: Stephanie Morrill Membership Services Manager National Corvette Museum "A Member-Driven Organization" Registration is open for our 12th Anniversary Corvette Celebration August 31 September 3! 2006 SPECIAL EVENTS* Here are a few of the guidelines for this display promotion. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. Thanks again for your support. - Each club display will remain for one month. - The Corvette Club Display will be featured in the front turn-table of the NCM. - It is the responsibility of each club to select which member's car will be displayed. You must submit a letter of approval from the president of the club. - Clubs can include a small display of club items along with the car. These items are subject to room and NCM approval. - Displays will begin again July of 2006 and each month's feature will randomly be determined at the discretion of the NCM. - After the initial drawing, we will need the name, information of the owner and photo of the car drawn as the first display feature no later than June 20th for NCM approval. - There are no fees to participate; only active Business/Club members are eligible. ZO6 Fest Anniversary Celebration /HOF Camaro/Firebird Invasion R8C Xperience Reunion C3 Extravaganza July Aug 31 - Sept 3 Sept Sept Oct Page 6

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10 Upcoming Activities: June 10 June 17 June 24 July 8 July 15 July July 29 Dyno Day at MTI Racing Riverstone Cruise-in Top of Georgia Show Club Picnic Panoz Road Atlanta ZO6 fest Mystery Cruise National Corvette Museum Activities Jul Z06 Fest Aug 31 Sept 3 Anniversary Celebration Sept R8C Xperience Reunion Oct C3 Extravaganza P.O. Box 4936 Marietta, GA HOTLINE (770) Web Page: Meeting Location Sidelines Grill 1440 Roswell Road Marietta, GA Approx. 1 Mile East of the Big Chicken 2nd Tuesday of Each Month Meeting Time: 7:30 PM Next Meeting: Jan. 10 th THE VETTE SETTE Page 10