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1 20th Anniversary 2018, est.1998 Minutes of the meeting for Tuesday, August 07, 2018 The meeting convened at Sinclair's East in Montgomery. Jo Alexander, President/Board Member, called the meeting to order at 6:45PM with 58 in attendance. SECRETARY S REPORT: Michael Thrash, Secretary/Board Member, stated that the minutes of the July 05, 2018, meeting were completed. Michael ed a copy of the minutes in pdf format to all members, and made available a printed copy at the meeting for review. A motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as they were distributed. TREASURER S REPORT: Vickie Lavender, Treasurer/Board Member, reported we started the month with $ in checking, she deposited $426.64, and we had expenses of $ We now have $ in checking and with savings of $ , leaves us with a total of $ We earned interest of $3.64 for checking and $1.56 for savings. Vickie also stated that she needs the $25 per person for the Hendrick trip for those that are going, by the next meeting. MEMBERSHIP REPORT: Pam Smith, Membership Chair, stated that as of July 31, 2018, we have 79 family members including 1 that joined in the month of July. Birthdays for the month of August are: Skipper Thomas 05, Wendee Wingo 05, Denna Benson 08, Roger Lavender 10, Dennis Hogan 13, Ron Ryall 16, Clint Kelly 17, Mark Wilkinson 18, Carol Turner 21, Roy Mahyles 22, Wendy Briggs 26, Mark Reese 27, & Kris Lyons 30. Happy Birthday! *Happy 15th Anniversary to Dari & DeAnna Oberbeck, congrats! *Pam is making a new directory this year so please send her any updates you may have. *Anyone that would like to purchase club shirts, hats, or jackets, please contact Pam. If you need CCCC car decals please see Jimmie or Carolyn Middleton. 1 of 8

2 *If you have any car updates, need business cards or the Please do not touch signs, let Pam know. New Members: * Stephen Windom; C7 Z06 & C Split Window Coupe with Fuel Injection * Renewal - Van & Corrine Free; 2015 Torch Red Coupe Visitors/Now New Members: *Brandon & Yeneth White; 2017 Sterling Blue Metallic Grand Sport *Jimmy & Priscilla Robbins; 2003 Red Corvette New Cars: *Billy & Ruth Zemo; 2012 Centennial Edition Grand Sport, Carbon Flash Metallic; He needs suggestions on a Vani Tag *Bob & Brenda Whetstone; 2015 Stingray, Shark Grey (For This Month Only, Probably) MOTOR SPORTS REPORT: Mark Reese, Motor Sports Chair, reported: *Last month Mark, Brock and Stan went to Road Atlanta and had a fantastic time. Brock and Stan got to ride with, and this guy rode with them, his name is Brian Leonard. If you ever want to see a serious race car driver, go to his FaceBook page. He was in the car with Stan most of the time and Stan kept telling him go faster, go faster. Brian has a new company called Race Division. Mark said, I thought I was fast, but Brian with Stan, they were up the hill and gone, I couldn t see them. Mark also let everyone know that Brian will go with us anytime we would like him to. *King of The Drags dates for the rest of the year are: August 17, September 14, October 26, and the finals on November 16. We still do have openings in every class, their have also been quite a few challenges thrown down. Dari got sick and missed the last event at the drag strip. There are a couple of new ones shooting for Dari now. Jamar and Michael squared off, you got to understand that Michael has never ran, though he always comes out to watch us faithfully. Well, he finally decided to go, I am telling you guys, Dari has got somebody new to look out for cause Michael can definitely drive that stick car. Applause(Thank you) Dari exclaimed that, Finally I can get out of first gear.(laughter) Mark said it was a good thing he wore his boots getting deep in here. When Michael & Jamar ran, Michael won the first, Jamar won the second, and they lined up for the third one. Everyone was waiting to see who would win, but the track got 2 of 8

3 oiled down by the previous car right in front of Michael. So we have a couple more good runs that are going to be great. Mark stated that he would not bring Sassy out to beat Dari until the very end, so he can stay king all the way down to the final. (Laughter) *The next HPDE at the NCM MSP is in August, Brian & Stan are going. You can still sign up for this event if you would like to go. Notes/Reminders: *Mark previously mentioned the club having an Autocross day. Autocross is running one car at a time around cones set up on a very small course. Mark is working on finding a location and setting up a day for us. *Anyone wanting to get on the track, go to justtrackit.net to see the schedule of events. TOURING ACTIVITIES REPORT: Bob Whetstone, Touring Activities Chair: *Jo announced that Bob was back as our Touring Coordinator, everyone applauded. *August 17, Cars & Coffee at Riverside Chevrolet 10am-12pm *Anniversary Par this Saturday the 11th, 4pm-7pm *September 22, Saturday, planning around 11am, The Bright Star Restaurant in Bessemer, AL; The food is excellent and one of the best steak houses in Alabama; show of hands at next meeting; we will have to make a reservation with them. *NCM 25th Anniversary; August 28-31, 2019; Is anyone interested in going, Jo counted hands; Rockcastle Resort at Park Mammoth is one place to stay, they have shooting sports, horse back riding, golf; all sorts of activities in the area; It is somewhere we might want to consider for our stay; There is also the Hilton in downtown Bowling Green *September 9-12, Hendrick Museum & Tail of The Dragon trip; If you do not want to go to the Dragon you can come back on the 10th *GNOCC; ExtraVetteGanza; October 20, Slidell, LA; Saturday; Some of us leave out on Wednesday, or Thursday, and Friday; It is a really great trip if you have never attended think about doing so 3 of 8

4 *First Friday in Gadsden; October 5; We usually leave out Friday morning; It is a lot of fun; Food vendors and entertainment; They block of the streets in downtown *We will have the Christmas Caravan again this year *CCCC Christmas Par NCM AMBASSADOR REPORT: Brian Newton, NCM Ambassador Representative Reported: * th NCM Anniversary Caravan; Brian stated his job is to get us to attend, and that he did not see enough hands raised earlier, come on people, this is twen-five years in the making.come on! (He was very excited) Come on and be a part of fifteen or twen-thousand Corvettes converging on Bowling Green! It is an awesome thing, I helped open up the museum when it first began. It was fun then and it will be great now after twen-five, and we hope they show the mid-engine Corvette then. You can also go to the one in August of this year. The place Bob mentioned staying is great too, it is only a twen minute drive to the museum. Thank you Brian! I have provided a website link below to Rockcastle Resort at Park Mammoth; a resort Brian has mentioned for our stay when visiting the NCM. You can look at each individual section with the links on the website; shooting center, lodging, winery, restaurant, and golfing. Prices for lodging during the NCM 25th Anniversary Celebration range from $85 to $104 a night depending on room selection. WEBSITE REPORT: Roger Lavender, Webmaster Representative, reported: Roger stated if you subscribe to the site, you will get an every time there is a new post. He has posted the dates for the King of The Drags and the minutes of the last meeting on the website. The articles OJ wrote for the club when he was the CCCC NCM Ambassador are also posted, hopefully the first of a series. He has a lot of old photos that he is thinking of making a collage and posting to see if anyone remembers any of it, some he got from Larry a long time ago when he first took over the website. 4 of 8

5 BUSINESS: *20th Anniversary Celebration, August 11, Saturday, 4pm-7pm, at the #2 Fire Department on Redland Road; The food will be served about 4:45-5pm; the drinks will be set up earlier; There will be memorabilia set up for everyone to see and Averil will have a slideshow set up showing the club from the beginning; Larry, OJ, and Dennis will speak about the club and how it got started at the par *Dennis Hogan spoke about the club and its history; How they restarted the club in 1998 with the help of a lot of people. He stated Bet, his wife, made a newsletter and they handed out flyers to gain new members; and that was twen years ago. He said he would have never envisioned twen years ago that he would still be here. Dennis said he knows after another twen years he will not be here; but the neat part about it is that we were there and the time has just flown by. If you all are just starting out, some of the younger members, if you do hang around the association with Corvette is really what keeps everybody together. This is a whole new group here, I had a 71 Stingray and I think some of the others had some older cars, you know, but you can t find them any more. But now you are on a new generation, so the younger ones you are following the same foot steps and I really do appreciate everything and all of the club members for the last twen years and I thank you. (Everyone applauded) Thank you Dennis! Jo thanked Dennis and told him we really appreciate that. *Jo and Pam showed everyone the 20th Anniversary Shirts; $10 each; Blue, gray, or red (paprika); They did order a few extra shirts that were available for purchase; Jo asked that everyone wear the shirts on Saturday at the par *Wetumpka River Perk; Prevention of Soldier Suicide; 12pm; August 23; They have asked that we bring some Corvettes. *Vets N Vettes; NCM; November 8-10; Our club member from Pennsylvania Jack Delong will be speaking Thursday at the event *Church of the Highlands; Men s Night; August 10; 6:30pm-10:30pm; They asked if some of the guys could bring their cars *Hendrick Museum; Pay your $25 per person donation to Vickie by the next meeting 5 of 8

6 *Dari spoke about the car show the guy was passing the flyers out for at the First Friday event. Only six cars showed up for the show and come to find out the guy passing out the flyers, the show was for him. He has advanced kidney disease and is on three different lists for organ transplant. He also works at the O Reillys where the show took place. This is near and dear to Dari s heart, some sixteen years ago Dari lost his wife to kidney disease. This guy used his own money to buy the items for the show; beverages, hotdogs, and trophies. Dari and three other participants gave a little extra when getting their meal that day at the show to help out. Dari suggested that we pass the hat to raise money to help out also, and that the club match the amount in the hat; also that the club s portion of the 50/50 be included. The motions were approved for the donations. Pam also stated she would include the money from a shirt sale and the money from the C5 purse that is for sale. Passing the hat raised $352, if we matched that it would be $704, then with the $55 from the 50/50 it would be $759, Vickie recommended we just say $800 and rap that up. With the $55 from Fred and the $20 C5 purse purchase by Dari for DeAnna, the total donation will be $875. * Care Package for Ryan Schnepf; Ryan is in the USAF and has been deployed to Afghanistan; Wendee stated that you can also bring your donation for the package to the par on Saturday; Wendee also passed around two cards for everyone to sign, one of the cards matched Ryan s car; The first package should go out next week *Freedom Steps; Will also be sending a care package to Ryan; An organization that our club member Jack Delong told us about *Care purses & Back Packs; Continuing Donation Effort; Janet said they still need coffee, wipes, and hand sanitizer. Also the goodies we get from our hotel stays are good items. *Larry stated that they took the 98 out for a spin Saturday night and the serpentine belt broke. Larry asked you want to know how far you can get when your serpentine belt breaks no where.aaa bailed us out. (LOL now, but not at the time I am sure.) *Chip stated that if we wanted to participate in the Millbrook Mardi Gras Parade, we need to fill out an application in October; Jo asked that Chip remind her 6 of 8

7 lu b Ca Co rv pitol Ci ette C *Jo asked for a couple of more volunteers to help set up Friday for the par Notes/Reminders *Jo previously mentioned that Larry Martin has suggested that we have a group photo taken again in front of the State Capitol Building. This time we would arrange the Corvettes to reference the twentieth anniversary. (XX) *Annual Dues, $36; Please make your check out to CCCC and give it to Vickie Lavender if you have not already done so *If you notice that you have stopped receiving club s, it may be that you have forgotten to pay your club dues for the year. *Suggestions Needed for Club Activities & Shows; Please let Jo or Wade know which events you would like the club to attend as a group function. *CCCC 20th Anniversary Celebrations, Please give suggestions to Jo or Wade *First Friday Cruise In, Lower Dexter Avenue, Downtown Montgomery, click on CRUISE-INS tab once there. *First Friday Cruise In, Gadsden, AL; October 5 *Cars & Coffee, Riverside Chevrolet, Wetumpka, AL; 10-12pm, Every Third Saturday *Newk s Cruise In, Last Saturday of the month, Arrive 4:30-5pm, ends at 8pm *In 2018 the Capitol Ci Corvette Club will have been in existence 20 years. Jo stated that we will celebrate everyday of 2018 for our twentieth anniversary. We are going to figure out some things to do and ways to celebrate. Thank you to all who were so instrumental in starting the Capitol Ci Corvette Club! *Paul Lammon stated that he would like to offer a full detail or $150 off any of their services for a drawing and all proceeds would go to the club. 7 of 8

8 50/50 DRAWING: Fred Springall won $55 in the 50/50 drawing! Fred asked for it to be put with the donation pot, everyone applauded. Thank you Fred! President Jo Alexander adjourned the meeting at 7:46pm; after thanking everyone for attending. Respectfully submitted, Michael Thrash Secretary Officer, CCCC Click on the link to our club s website and enter your address in the Follow Us via section to subscribe to notifications of new posts! 8 of 8