. IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR YOUR CAR CLUB MEMBERS ROCKY MANGINELLI MEMORIAL SWAP MEET WALK THRU SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 1:00 P.M. LOCATION: EAST PARKING LOT BEHIND PAVILION #3 PARKING COLLECTIONS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL WORKERS SHOULD ATTEND DUE TO THE UPCOMING GATE 2 CLOSURE PRIOR TO AND DURING THE SWAP MEET. CLUBS AFFECTED: OMAHA MUSTANG NEBRASKA CORVETTE CORNHUSKER CORVETTE SHRINE CRUISIN CLASSICS RIVER CITY HEARTLAND CHEVELLE PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOUR CLUB MEMBERS PRIOR TO THIS WALK THRU FOR OPTIMUM ATTENDANCE. 1
RWheel Issues Newsletter of the Eastern Nebraska Western Iowa Car Council P.O. Box 106, Blair, NE 68008 www.enwicc.com ENWICC OFFICERS - 2018-2019 President Vice-President Ron Gillis Michael Dixon 17519 I Street 409 Chateau Dr. Apt. 14 Omaha, NE 68135 Bellevue, NE 68005 402-630-9214 402-999-5311 Treasurer Connie Johnson PO Box 106 Secretary Cindy Wimmer 2031 Surfside Dr. Blair, NE 68008 Lincoln, NE 68528 402-690-2609 (Cell) 402-890-6408 (Cell) Committee Chairs Rocky Manginelli Memorial Swap Meet Kerry Fox 524 W Harvest Dr., Lincoln, NE 68521 402-499-9711 Frank Wimmer 2031 Surfside Dr., Lincoln, NE 68528 402-450-8490 Paul High Memorial Scholarship Roy Murabito 1005 Fern St., Plattsmouth, NE 6804 402-298-8204 Legislative Dave Vollmer 17670 Ida St., Bennington, NE 68007 402-238-2396 Webmaster Kurt Balhorn 5525 N 113 th Street, Omaha NE 68164 402-630-4672 Car Council Directory Ron Gillis (President) and Connie Johnson (Treasurer) Contact information above Regular meetings are held on the third Wednesday of every month alternating between Omaha and Lincoln. Officers and representatives of member organizations are asked to sign in before the meeting, and guests are always welcome. Meetings begin at 7:30 PM - many arrive early for dinner. Omaha meetings are held at the Tangier Shrine Center, 2823 South 84 th Street. Lincoln meetings are held at the Pizza Ranch, 8420 Lexington Avenue. MEETING DATES FOR 2019 LINCOLN: March 20, May 15, July 17, September 18, November 20 OMAHA: February 20, April 17, June 19, August 21, October 16, December 18 If a weather advisory exists for a meeting, it will be canceled and business is carried over to the next month 2
Wheel Issues Newsletter of the Eastern Nebraska/Western Iowa Car Council www.enwicc.com Clubs in Attendance at the January 16, 2019 Meeting Capitol City Ford & Mustang Club Classic GM Truck Club Cornhusker Corvette Club Cornhusker Early Ford V-8 Club Lincoln Cornhusker Model A Club Lincoln Crossroads Chpt Buick Club America Heartland Chevelle Club Meadowlark Model A Club Midwest Early Corvette Club Mustang Car Club of Omaha National Corvette Restorers Society Nebraska Corvette Assn. Nebraska Model T Club Nebraska Region AACA Nebraska Rod & Custom Assoc. Nifty Fifties Ford Club Plymouth Owners Club Prairie Region Rebels Auto Club Lincoln River City Classics WPC Club Greater Omaha Region GUESTS Randy Crom Wolf Pack Car Club Miles Rasmussen and Jesse Mumaugu 7 Miles Ride Car Club MEETING MINUTES - January 16, 2019 Meeting started at 7:25 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance Was Presented INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS Randy Crom Wolf Pack Car Club 2900 Hancock Lot 54 Bellevue, NE 68005 402-753-7618 charmed641@msn.com Rany Crom gave a brief description of the 15 members in his club. Ron Gillis asked for a nomination for their acceptance into the Car Council. Motion to approve by Chuck Garber and motion seconded by Gene Gau. Motion approved. Welcome Wolf Pack Car Club! Miles Rasmussen and Jesse Mumaugu.of the 7 Miles Ride Car Club of Prague, NE They hold a car show the first part of August. They also do the Wahoo Swap Meet with new leadership of that swap meet. They are here to possibly become members of the Car Council. Connie Johnson gave them an application form. We hope they will consider joining our council. 3
INTRODUCTIONS OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS President Ron Gillis asked that everyone sign in on the sheet going around and to check your information on the membership roster to make sure that it is correct. THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS None this evening PRESENTATIONS OF OUR GUESTS ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL See above APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion to approve the minutes as printed in the last newsletter by Kerry Fox. Motion seconded by Boyd Ready. Motion carried. TREASURER S REPORT Connie Johnson read the Treasurer s report. Motion to approve the Treasurer s report by Curt Wagner. Motion seconded by Larry Stephenson. Motion carried. There was one bill submitted this evening from Secretary Cindy Wimmer for the December newsletter in the amount of $117.69. Motion to approve payment of this bill by Chuck Garber. Motion seconded by Kerry Fox. Motion carried. OLD BUSINESS SWAP MEET Kerry Fox said there was a lot to discuss this evening. Port-a-potties have been arranged to be delivered. $1,165.00 was paid for the insurance for the swap meet. Kerry Fox and Frank Wimmer had a meeting with the Event Center with Jason and Amy and a couple of other people from the Event Center, They found out that they will have only 2 gates open for the swap meet this year instead of the usual 3 gates. The west gate will be closed at Havelock Avenue. Gate 3, the east gate on Havelock Avenue, will be open from the east and north off of 98 th Street and Havelock Avenue. The the gate on 84 th Street will also be open. There will be a lighted sign at Cornhusker and 98 th Street and possibly an officer in addition to 84 th Street to direct traffic. They anticipate that 84 th Street will have 3 lanes coming in in addition to the outgoing 1 lane during the beginning hours of the swap meet. Later on that will change to 2 lanes in and 2 lanes out. We will need to leave one lane open at all gates in order to allow for emergency personnel and vehicles. 98 th Street is a well maintained road. They are going to have to change some jobs around for the clubs that normally work the west Havelock gate to have work to do instead of their normal jobs. The Event Center agreed to help us out by printing the flyers for us in addition to maps locating the new detour routes at 4
no cost to us.. Please grab some of them tonight and pass them out to everyone you know.businesses, etc. The Event Center is also going to be printing out larger buyer tickets for paid parking vehicles so that they will be easier to see for the crews that are collecting those lanes at no cost to us. Gary Wyers will be in charge of parking collections. Vendor and buyer collections.no money leaves where you are at. Personnel will be picking up money from you on a very regular basis. Check the ENWICC website for updates as we receive them from the Lancaster Event Center. Getting vendors into the appropriate lanes is paramount with these new lane restrictions. They will try to move vendors into the buildings a little earlier than normal. We are doing a walk thru February 17 th at the east end of Pavilion 3. We will be able to check the conditions of the grounds, all traffic control, etc. Gate personnel should definitely attend. This will occur at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, February 17 th. Workers are encouraged to come in early the day of the swap meet because of the additional traffic. Check in at the West entrance. Sign in as always in the Lincoln Room. The west door will be open. Come to the 84 th street gate have your worker pass visible and stay in the right lane. Everyone should park at the Caboose grounds. Frank and Kerry will take the map and flyer to the fire department so that they are aware of the changes this year. In prior years, we have had to use their assistance with some medical emergencies. We will notify them of the open lanes at both driveways. Lastly, we needed a flyer for the 2020 swap meet to go into the 2019 book. Frank and Kerry took it upon themselves to up the rates $5.00 per spot for the vendors to cover the increases at the Lancaster Event Center. Over the years, we have had to start charging parking, increase parking costs, having the Car Council take a cut in proceeds.it was time for the vendors to have to pay more for their spots. This is reflective of the flyer in the 2019 Car Council book. Technically we need a motion to do achieve this increase. There is a motion to increase the vendor s fee $5.00 per vendor across the board for the 2020 swap meet. Jim Snyder made the motion. Boyd Ready seconded the motion. Motion carried. Hopefully people won t complain too much. There were a few questions about 98 th Street. Kerry handled those questions well. SCHOLARSHIP 2019 The scholarship committee has $4,000.00 to donate this year and they had a meeting on this subject. They also took the application form out of the 2019 car council book. They are now going directly to the colleges. The money will be distributed to the following colleges: McPherson College Automotive Restoration SE Community College - Milford Iowa Western Automotive Repair SW Community College in Iowa by Omaha Donations won t go out until after this year s swap meet CAR COUNCIL BOOKS FOR 2019 Almost everything is in and ready for print. The Suburban and Omaha World Herald have over 2 dozen new advertisers this year. They are very happy with that. The book is on time and they are trying to figure out how to get their 3 vans to Lincoln this year without breaking down. The weight of 10,000 books causes a lot of problems. 5
DUES ARE NOW OVERDUE FOR THE FOLLOWIN CLUBS: FORD MERC LINCOLN HORSELESS CHARRIAGE REBELS SAUNDERS COUNTY CRUISIN CLASSICS FALL FOLIAGE TOUR 2018 Boyd Ready made a motion to reimburse the Slo Rollers Car Club for the food they provided at the Fall Foliage Tour Event last fall. They are kind enough to hold this event for the Car Council and it is only right that we reimburse them for their expenses. Kerry Fox seconded the motion. Motion Carried. They submitted a bill in the amount of $280.00 There was discussion about the Slo Rollers paying for the Fall Foliage ad in the Car Council book this year. Hopefully we are getting that for free from the Suburban newspaper. Treasurer Connie Johnson will check on that for us and report back next month. NEW BUSINESS Banking: ENWICC had 2 signers at the bank. Boyd Ready is stepping down from that duty. Treasurer Connie Johnson is the other signers. Swap Meet Co-Director Kerry Fox will take over as the second signer in the future. ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN MARCH You are encouraged to run for office. Be prepared to throw your hat in the ring at the February 20 th Car Council Meeting in Omaha if you are interested in running for one of the offices. HOBBYIST OF THE YEAR The Hobbyist of the Year Committee now consists of Jim Snyder and Boyd Ready. Any nominations that you can think of should be given to one of them by the February 20 th, 2019 at the council meeting in Omaha. NATIONAL COLLECTORS DAY IS JULY 12, 2019. UPCOMING EVENTS March 15, 16, 17, 2019 is the World of Wheels indoor car show at the CHI building in Omaha, Nebraska. Ceresco Car Show for National Collectors Day on July 12, 2019. PAST EVENTS Shows, Swap Meets and Auctions Promoted at the Meeting Please withhold discussion of your upcoming event until this comes up in the Agenda 6
REMINDERS HANDOUTS CAR SHOW FLYERS At the front door ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn by Jerry Koraleski. Motion seconded by Terry Breen. Motion carried. Meeting ended at 8:22 p.m. NEXT MEETING February 20, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. in Omaha. Due to the absence of our President, the Vice President will be chairing that meeting. MEMBERSHIP DUES DUE OCTOBER 1, 2018 Dues are 25 cents per member per year for each club, with a minimum charge of $10.00 and a maximum charge of $150.00 for each club. Dues are due October 1 st and are delinquent December 31 st. If not yet made, bring payment to the next meeting, or mail dues to the Treasurer. Each club is entitled to receive two copies of the Wheel Issues newsletter. It is the responsibility of each club to inform us of any changes in mailing information. You can submit changes in writing by mailing them to: Secretary, ENWICC, PO Box 106, Blair, NE 68008, or at the next meeting of the Eastern Nebraska Western Iowa Car Council. GET WHEEL ISSUES BY E-MAIL AND HELP US SAVE $$$ It costs the Car Council to print and mail on average $3.50/newsletter for each one sent. Help us lower our expenses and get your copy of Wheel Issues by e-mail. Please provide your e-mail address to the Secretary at the next Council meeting to receive it directly. 7
HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS COUNCIL BY-LAWS CURRENT EDITION AVAILABILITY A copy of the most-current revision of the By-Laws, which was revised in 2016 and does include the current dues policy, is available. Those wishing a copy of this are asked to contact the Secretary to obtain one. PLEASE STAND AND SPEAK UP!! Due to the open layout and large size of the Crescent meeting room in Omaha, as well as the configuration of the meeting room in Lincoln, it is difficult for many attendees to hear conversations and discussion during the meeting. PLEASE stand and speak up for the benefit of attendees and the Secretary so that accurate notes can be obtained. It would also be appreciated if non-related conversations be kept at a minimum during the business portion of the meeting as a courtesy to attendees. AGENDA ORDER NO EVENT DISCUSSION BEFORE IT S TIME, PLEASE Representatives are reminded that meetings of the Council follow an established agenda as follows (* - When Required): 1. Call to Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Opening/Introductions - President 4.* Guests Addressing/Presenting to the Council* 5. Approval of Minutes of Last Meeting 6. Treasurer s Report - Treasurer 7. Old Business (Items carried over from previous meetings) 8. New Business (Items new to the agenda not previously discussed, excluding events discussion/promotion) 9. Past Events (Discussion of recently-held events) 10. Upcoming Events (Promotion/Discussion of upcoming events) 11.* New Clubs wishing to join the Council* 12. Adjournment - President NEW AGENDA ITEMS: If you have an item that should be included in the Agenda for the next meeting, please notify the Secretary prior to the beginning of the meeting by calling the President or emailing president@enwicc.com to arrange for its addition. EVENTS DISCUSSION: Discussion of past and upcoming events is to be held following close of New Business as the last items before adjournment. Please help meetings proceed in a more-orderly fashion by withholding discussion of events until that portion of the agenda is opened by the President or presiding officer. ENWICC S MISSION To serve all member clubs and their individual members in a spirit of cooperation and fraternity. To encourage the acquisition, restoration, preservation, and maintenance of collectible old and special interest automobiles. To serve as a clearing house for historical and technical information beneficial to and required by member clubs. To support sound and protective legislation and regulatory actions. To defend vigorously the rights and privileges of the old car and the special interest hobbies to use of the public highways, byways, and streets. To protect and assure sound licensing provisions in State Laws and local ordinances. To publicize our hobby: to bring favorable public reaction to bear upon the hobby, and to make legislative authorities and the general public aware of the existence of the hobby and the intrinsic value of preserving a part of automotive history. To perform such other promotional and community service programs as will reflect to the credit and success of the automotive hobby 8