CCCC Monthly Meeting Minutes

April Meeting Minutes - 2010

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, April 6, 2010

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:02 PM.

50/50 tickets were sold at the meeting. The lucky winner of $65 at the end of the meeting was Barbara Kelly. Door prize tickets were issued and the lucky winner of a $25 Ox Yoke gift card in this drawing was OJ Webster.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the March meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the March minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Paul Letner, Membership Chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting. He announced April birthdays, which are: Don Hardy, Carolyn Middleton, Diana Letner, Tammy Crum, Tim Russom, Dean Baskett, Tim Keeble, and Craig Thompson. Paul also welcomes visitors, Barry and Mary Hilliman, Mike Aline, and Ed and Linda Honeyman with a ’04 Corvette.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Barbara Bailey, Treasurer, reports that as of March 31st, we have a total of $xxx in checking, $xxxx in savings, for a total of $xxxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 48 paid members.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

Upcoming events:

April 8-10, Panama City Beach, Florida, 30th Annual Beach Caravan and Corvette Show sponsored by Solomon Chevrolet (Dothan) and Circle City Corvette, $40 car show only, or $130 for caravan and car show together which includes 2 people entry to all events and, April 8 (Thursday) registration, silent auction, Cookout and 50/50 in Dothan; April 9 (Friday) caravan to Panama City Beach Pier Park, April 10 (Saturday) car show at Bay Point Marriott, Seminars, Banquet and auction items, Info: John Hickman jehickman@roadrunner,com, All proceeds go to the National Corvette Museum and local charities

April 10, Montgomery, Alabama, 4th Annual Open Car Show at Eastmont Baptist Church, 4505 Atlanta Highway, 9-1, Info: Billy Dickey 334-277-6300

April 17, Eufaula, Alabama, ALAGA Car Club’s 18th Annual Car Show at the Old Creektown Park on Lake Eufaula, 8-3, Info: Everett Kirkwood 334-687-5418

April 17, Pensacola, Florida, Annual Vettes and Jets All Corvette Show at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola Naval Air Station, 10-2, Info: Dave Bennett 850-626-0038 or miraclestripcorvetteclub.com

April 24, Montgomery, Alabama, Flip’s Cruise-In – Cinco de Mayo themed cruise-in hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club, 5-8, Top 10 plaques, door prizes, 50/50 drawing

April 24, Millbrook, Alabama, Autauga/Elmore Cruisers 7th Annual Open Car Show at the Food World Shopping Center on Highway 14, 8-3, Info: Tom Allen 334-358-3687

May 1, Prattville, Alabama, 11th Annual Heart of Dixie Mustang Club Open Car Show at Gilmore Ford in Prattville, Registration 9-11 $20 ($15 before April 23), Awards at 3:00, All makes and models welcomes, cars, trucks, late models, antiques, hot rods, etc. Dash Plaques to first 100 registered, Door prizes, raffle items, food and vendors, To benefit Alabama Charities, Info: Gina Black 334-657-4246 or grblack66@aol.com or Jimmy Faulkner 334-262-3234

May 1, Birmingham, Alabama, Mid Alabama Corvette Show at the Verizon Amphitheater, Info: Paul Boehme 205-243-8464 or midalcorvette.com

May 20-22, Orange Beach-Gulf Shores, Alabama, Bama Coast Cruise, Info: Sonny & Deborah McLean 205-655-4950

Mark Reese spoke about the disappointing parade lap at Barbers Motorsports Park. He went to the Talladega Gran Prix track to explore a possible future track event. It is a 1.4 mile road course. We may be able to have the track all day for about $150 per car.

Mark also spoke about the upcoming Indy race at Barbers on 04/11. There will be a Corvette corral. Tickets are available online.

Jeff Williams spoke about Vettes for Vets. It will be on July 3rd and the track portion will be limited to 200 cars. The cost will be $100 for 2 5-lap sessions and 2 t-shirts. The sessions will consist of 15 cars each. There will be a party on the Friday night before the show. The price for attending the Friday party will be $12 per person to cover the cost of the band and food.

Larry Martin mentioned other upcoming events. Our East Chase show will be on the 2nd Saturday in September, 09/11 this year. We are hosting the May Flip’s cruise-in with a Hawaiian theme. The June Flip’s cruise-in will have a 4th of July theme.

Larry also mentioned that several club members went to the wharf show in Orange Beach, AL and had a great time. The Whetstones won a trophy at this show.

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, NCM Ambassador, brought National Corvette Museum pamphlets for distribution and encouraged everyone who had not joined already to join the museum. He said the new C7 Corvette will be out in 2012 or 2013. He said it will be just a slightly modified C6. Then, the C8 will be a 6-cylinder.

WEBSITE REPORT:

Jerry Lowery spoke about the website. He said it will be updated toward the end of the week. Capitalcitycorvettes.com or capitalcitycorvettes.net will work. People from all 50 states and about 30 countries have hit the website.

Jerry said that the Hooter’s show hosted by the Tri-county Mustang Club and the GM High Performance Club was a great success with good weather and a lot of cars.

RELAY FOR LIFE:

Jon Briggs spoke about the upcoming American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life on April 30th at AUM. The layout has changed this year. The stage is in the middle now. We will still be allowed to bring the Corvettes in close for display. Jon’s goal for our club this year is $6000, which works out to about $100 per person in the club. The envelopes with donations need to be turned in by 9:00pm on April 30th to count in our team total. The silent auction will be brought back for this year’s Relay for Life.

Mark Reese is donating an opportunity to design a piece of furniture to one lucky winner of a drawing. He distributed chance tickets for everyone to sell or buy for $10 each. Tim Keeble is donating the glass for the furniture. All proceeds from this drawing go to Relay for Life.

OTHER:

Steve Badalamenti told about a question he posed on the Solstice forum. He asked for any MacGyver car stories. He got quite a few responses, some of which he shared. All were very entertaining.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 7:50 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday May 4th, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

March Meeting Minutes - 2010

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, March 2, 2010

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:01 PM.

50/50 tickets were sold at the meeting. The lucky winner of $65 at the end of the meeting was Jo Alexander. Door prize tickets were issued and the lucky winner of a $20 Ox Yoke gift card in this drawing was Brenda Whetstone.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the February meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the February minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Paul Letner, Membership Chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting. He announced March birthdays, which are: Alan Davis, Jim Brown, and Mike Hall.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Barbara Bailey, Treasurer, reports that as of February 28th, we have a total of $xxx in checking, $xxxx in savings, for a total of $xxxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 41 paid members. Barbara asked for updates of member information.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

Upcoming events:

March 13-14, Panama City Beach, Florida, 14th Annual Spring Fling Car & Truck Show at Frank Brown Park, Info: Doug Augustine 850-258-4077 or vitalsigns.org

March 20, Orange Beach, Alabama, Fun in the Sun Corvette Show at The Wharf, 11-2, Info: Dennis Frazier 251-968-8141

March 27, Enterprise, Alabama, 14th Annual Car & Truck Show at Enterprise Ozark Community College, 8-4, Info: Geoffrey Whittington 334-393-7135 or weevilcitycruisers.com

April 10, Montgomery, Alabama, 4th Annual Open Car Show at Eastmont Baptist Church, 4505 Atlanta Highway, 9-1, Info: Billy Dickey 334-277-6300

April 24, Montgomery, Alabama, Flip’s Cruise-In – Cinco de Mayo themed cruise-in hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club, 5-8, Top 10 plaques, door prizes, 50/50 drawing

Jimmie also spoke about the Corvette Beach Odyssey on April 23-24.

Jerry Lowery spoke about the Hooters show:

March 6, Montgomery, Alabama, 3rd Annual Ford-GM Show and Shine at Hooters of Montgomery, Jointly hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club and the GM High Performance Club, All makes and models of FM and Ford welcome, Registration $20, 8-4, Door prizes, No judging, Plaques to all registered, Info: Jerry Lowery 334-233-5369 or Bob Hinson 334-315-5248

Mark Reese spoke about a state wide Corvette meet at Barber Motorsports Park on March 27th. Registration is $20 and there is no pre-registration. There will be an opportunity to drive on the track. A group from the club will meet at 6:00am at the Chevron station at the first Prattville exit to caravan up together. Please send Mark an email to let him know if you are meeting the group at markreese@gracefabrications.com. Please note: If you wreck your car, you must pay for any damage to the track grounds or facilities before you will be allowed to leave the track.

Mark also spoke about the upcoming Indy race at Barbers. There will be a Corvette corral. Tickets are available online.

Jeff Williams spoke about Vettes for Vets. It will be on July 3rd and the track portion will be limited to 200 cars. The cost will be $100 for 2 5-lap sessions and 2 t-shirts. There will be a party on the Friday night before the show. The price for attending the Friday party will be $12 per person to cover the cost of the band and food.

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, NCM Ambassador, told everyone about a car show at Graceland on Memorial Day weekend, May 26th through May 28th. This is an exclusive car show. If you are interested in participating, you must apply for registration online and send pictures. The show administrators will determine which cars will be allowed to participate. Go to www.elvis.com for more information.

OJ also gave some information about the C5 Registry.

OJ said one can now Twitter GM at twitter.com/GM customer service. GM has now introduced new colors for the 2011 Corvette. They are Supersonic Blue (totally new color) and Inferno Orange. As of February 15th, almost 50% of 2010 Corvette production is black or red. Also there have been more ZR-1s produced than Z06 models.

WEBSITE REPORT:

Jerry Lowery spoke about the website. He said that he and Chris Coleman are working on the online membership application. He will also get Paul Letner’s infamous video to Chris so it can be placed on the website. The backup website is capitolcityvettes.net as discussed in February’s meeting.

OTHER:

Steve Badalamenti spoke about a BBC show called Top Gear in which the guys on the show bought junk cars and had to go on a rally with these cars and an assigned navigator. The show is on Mondays at 7:00pm on the BBC channel.

Larry presented an award clock to Carolyn Middleton for her hard work as the club’s treasurer for the last several years.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 7:40 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday April 6th, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

February Meeting Minutes - 2010

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:06 PM.

50/50 tickets were sold at the meeting. The lucky winner of $80 at the end of the meeting was Jimmie Middleton. A pair of insulated tumblers from the Corvette Museum was also given away to Dean Baskett. Door prize tickets were issued and the lucky winner of a $20 Ox Yoke gift card in this drawing was Carolyn Middleton.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the January meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the January minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting. She introduced new member Calvin Nelson with a black ’02 Z06. Also, Eric Beasley brought a guest, his mother, Bessie. John Matthews brought a guest, his sister, Myrna. February birthdays are: Gail Keeble, Jo Alexander, Tom Argent, Paul Letner, Liz Martin, and Heather Lambert.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Barbara Bailey, Treasurer, reports that as of January 31st, we have a total of $xxx in checking, $xxxx in savings, for a total of $xxxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 15 paid members.

Larry Martin thanked Carolyn Middleton for her past work as Treasurer.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

Upcoming events:

March 6, Montgomery, Alabama, 3rd Annual Ford-GM Show and Shine at Hooters of Montgomery, Jointly hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club and the GM High Performance Club, All makes and models of FM and Ford welcome, Registration $20, 6-4, Door prizes, No judging, Plaques to all registered, Info: Jerry Lowery 334-233-5369 or Bob Hinson 334-315-5248

March 20, Orange Beach, Alabama, Fun in the Sun Corvette Show at The Wharf, 11-2, Info: Dennis Frazier 251-968-8141

March 21-June 20, Atlanta, Georgia, "The Allure of the Automobile" at the High Museum Featuring 18 of the World’s Rarest Automobiles, Info: Cassandra Stretch 404-733-4437 or high.org

March 27, Enterprise, Alabama, 14th Annual Car & Truck Show at Enterprise Ozark Community College, 8-4, Info: Geoffrey Whittington 334-393-7135 or weevilcitycruisers.com

April 10, Montgomery, Alabama, 4th Annual Open Car Show at Eastmont Baptist Church, 4505 Atlanta Highway, 9-1, Info: Billy Dickey 334-277-6300

April 24, Montgomery, Alabama, Flip’s Cruise-In – Cinco de Mayo themed cruise-in hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club, 5-8, Top 10 plaques, door prizes, 50/50 drawing

Jimmie also spoke about the Corvette Beach Odyssey on April 23-24.

Larry Martin spoke about our upcoming Valentine’s Day cruise on February 13th. We will meet at Flip’s at 1:30pm and caravan over to Crockmeier’s. They are opening early for us with a special menu. Everyone is welcome to bring gifts/cards to exchange while we are there.

Larry mentioned the Prattville Mardi Gras parade. Eight Corvettes were there to participate. Club members gathered at the Outback Steakhouse after the parade. A great time was had by all.

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Mark Reese and Clint Kelly presented the officers for 2010 for approval by the club members. Results are as follows:

President – Larry Martin

Vice President – Dennis Hogan

Treasurer – Barbara Bailey

Secretary – Julie Hall

Social Chair – Jimmie Middleton

Events Coordinator – Mark Reese

Membership Chair – Paul Letner

NCM Ambassador – OJ Webster

Webmasters – Chris Coleman and Jerry Lowery

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, NCM Ambassador, reminded everyone of the NCM C5/C6 Birthday Bash coming up on April 29th through May 1st. Also coming up this year is the NCM Pace Car Reunion on September 23 – 25. Another NCM event for this year is Vets ‘n Vettes on November 4 – 6. Assembly plant tours have returned to normal hours Monday – Thursday.

OJ also gave some interesting statistics on Corvette owners from the Corvette Forum. A large percentage of Corvette owners on the forum are law enforcement. The largest age groups of Corvette owners on the forum are 20-29 and 50-59.

WEBSITE REPORT:

Jerry Lowery spoke about the website. He said the website was down last week due to a billing glitch with the website company. He suggested that we buy a second name in case something happens to the website again. A motion was made and passed to purchase the second website name.

Jerry said that Chris Coleman researches and finds trivia and graphics to make the website more interesting. Jerry said they will link the club website to Mark Reese’s website for the cabinet build.

RELAY FOR LIFE:

Jon Briggs distributed envelopes for Relay for Life. You must collect $100 in order to get a Relay for Life t-shirt. The orders for the t-shirts must be turned in by March. The event will take place from April 30th at 4:00pm through May 2nd. We will have the same setup as always and will be able to display our cars as we have in the past. Luminaries are also available for $10 each. Jon also offered Relay for Life posters to anyone who could post them for advertisement. Mark Reese will built a piece of furniture, possibly a TV cabinet, to give away to raise money for Relay for Life. He will set up a page on his website for purchasing tickets for it.

OTHER:

Larry Martin said that since Carolyn was stepping down from the treasurer position, Barbara Bailey has been appointed this month to fill in. A nominating committee consisting of Clint Kelly and Mark Reese will present nominations for the position at the February meeting.

If you have not already paid your membership dues, please give them to Barbara Bailey at first opportunity. Dues are still $25 for renewal.

It was observed after last month’s meeting that someone did a donut in the parking lot. Please refrain from performing such maneuvers in this setting. There can be a place and time for such stunts but, in this setting, it is dangerous for the person doing the stunt and even more so for others in the area. It could also get us kicked out of our meeting place. Please be careful and drive responsibly.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 7:58 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday March 2nd, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

Club Minutes from the January Meeting - 2010

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, January 4, 2009

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:09 PM.

50/50 tickets were sold at the meeting. The lucky winner of $62 at the end of the meeting was OJ Webster. A 12-volt air compressor was also given away to Gil Brown.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the November meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel. Also, our last meeting together was the Christmas party in December, which was enjoyed by all with dirty Santa and lots of good food.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting. She introduced new members Buddy and Jannette Mitchell with a ’09 coupe and Donald Miniard with an ’06 coupe. Also, Steve Badalamenti brought a guest, Kay. January birthdays are: Lisa Calhoune, Wayne Daugherty, Michael Moore, Ryan Lambert, Pat Hicks, Cindy Lowery, and Janet Reese. Liz asked everyone to double check the information in the club roster. If anything is incorrect, please let Alan M. Davis know. His number can be found in the directory – it is 334-270-8657. Sol Seay’s ’91 Corvette burned so he bought a 2010 Grand Sport (silver with ebony interior). Bob and Brenda Whetstone purchased a ’09 GT1 coupe (black and yellow). Bob has a few items for sale that he had for his ’07 car – a Mild to Wild setup, a cashmere console cover, and Lloyd’s black mats.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Jimmie Middleton, in Carolyn’s absence, reports that as of December 31st, we have a total of $xx in checking, $xxxx in savings, for a total of $xxxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 69 members.

Carolyn Middleton has asked to be relieved of her duty as treasurer. Barbara Bailey has agreed to fill that position until a new treasurer is elected. Barbara Bailey and Larry Martin, President, will need to be given signature rights on the checking account. Dennis Hogan, Carolyn Middleton and Jimmie Middleton will need to be removed from the checking account.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

Upcoming events:

January 29-31, Atlanta, Georgia, O’Reilly 35th Annual World of Wheels, Info: http://www.worldofwheels.com/

February 12-14, Birmingham, Alabama, 39th Annual World of Wheels at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex, Info: Sonny 205-655-4950

February 20, Orange Beach, Alabama, Orange Beach Sports Association Annual Sea Food Festival & Car Show, at the Sports Complex on Canal Road, 8-3, Info: Dennis Busbee 251-981-4477

March 6, Montgomery, Alabama, 3rd Annual Ford-GM Show and Shine at Hooters of Montgomery, Jointly hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club and the GM High Performance Club, All makes and models of FM and Ford welcome, Registration $20, 6-4, Door prizes, No judging, Plaques to all registered, Info: Jerry Lowery 334-233-5369 or Bob Hinson 334-315-5248

March 13, Panama City, Florida, 9th Annual British Car & Bike Show at Grace Presbyterian Church, 8-6, Info: Ken Waringa 850-230-8336 or baybritishcars.com

March 13-14, Panama City Beach, Florida, 14th Annual Spring Fling Car & Truck Show t Frank Brown Park, Info: Doug Augustine 850-258-4077 or vitalsigns.org

Larry Martin asked about interest in the Prattville Mardi Gras parade on Jan. 30th. Several people expressed interest, so he will sign us up for the parade. We will line up in downtown Prattville at 1:30pm.

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Jimmy Davis said the 2010 Camaro SS will be the Indianapolis 500 pace car this year. The Camaro has been the Indianapolis pace car 5 times since 1967. The car will be Inferno Orange with White Diamond rally stripes. The strobe light will be in the rear window instead of on top of the car.

The Beach Boys will be performing at Beau Rivage during Cruisin’ the Coast this year. Get your tickets early, because the always sell out quickly.

The 1961 Corvette was the first one without the heavy teeth in the grill. The trivia question was, "What was another first for Corvette in 1961?" The answer, given by Steve Badalamenti, is twin taillights. He received a $20 gift card for Ox Yoke.

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, NCM Ambassador, read a poem, Forgetter Be Forgotten, which was sent to him by a friend of his. There is not much new at the museum yet. The ZR-1 was raffled off to a guy in Fort Wayne, IN. The 1,500,000th Corvette was produced. Of course, it is white with a red interior. It is in the museum with the 1,000,000th Corvette, which is the same color.

WEBSITE REPORT:

Larry Martin encouraged all to visit the website. It has a lot of great information on the club and Corvettes in general.

RELAY FOR LIFE:

Larry Martin said the first meeting for this year’s Relay for Life is this month. Jon Briggs will attend that meeting and give a report at our February meeting. Relay for Life will be in the first week of May.

OTHER:

The Wall Street Journal has an article about the GM recall on 2005-2007 targa tops. There are 22,000 targa tops involved in the recall.

Steve Badalamenti also mentioned that Excellence magazine, which is about Porsche, did a track comparison between the Porsche GT3 and the Corvette ZR-1. The magazine conceded that the ZR-1 was the better car.

OJ said that his former boss, Ed Castille, has his 2006 convertible for sale. It is Victory Red with a tan top and tan interior and has 33,000 miles on it. It has an automatic transmission and new tires. Please contact OJ if you are interested.

Larry said the presidents of the Alabama Corvette clubs are planning an event at the Barber Motorsports Park later in the year, possibly September.

Larry mentioned the Wellborn Muscle Car Museum in Alexander City. It is not open yet, but when it does, we may plan a trip to that museum.

Larry said we will plan a day to take pictures at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and plan another day to take pictures at the Ox Yoke.

Brian Shirley mentioned that there is a new magazine out called Chevrolet Enthusiast. It is a very good magazine. The second issue is on the shelves now.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 7:50 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday February 2nd, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

December Meeting

Our annual Christmas party took place of the Monthly Meeting for December, until next month!

Club Minutes from the November Meeting

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, November 3, 2009

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:05 PM.

50/50 tickets were sold at the meeting. The lucky winner of $53 at the end of the meeting was Mark Schultz. Club shirts were also given away to Tracy Calhoun and Lisa Calhoun.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the October meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel, and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the October minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting. She welcomed some members we have not seen recently, Dean Baskett, Tom Argent, and Tony Robitzsch. She introduced new members Bob and Brenda Whetstone with a ’94 convertible with a hardtop and an ’07 convertible and Donald Miniard with an ’06 coupe. November birthdays are: Debbie Webster, Gabrielle Webster, Belinda Daugherty, Carl McDevitt, Jean Basket, Linda Achtemeier, Janice Geng, and Paul Crum. December birthdays are: Lonnie Achtemeier, Larry Martin, Marie Kostick, Sol Seay, Tony Johnson, Tracy Calhoun, and Tim Maga. On November 22nd, Jimmy and Carolyn Davis will celebrate their 53rd wedding anniversary. Liz introduced a guest of Jon Briggs, Jim Pace, who has a ’59 and a ’95 Corvette. Liz asked everyone to double check the information in the club roster. If anything is incorrect, please let Alan Davis know. His number can be found in the directory – it is 334-270-8657. Liz once again reminds all that club shirts in all sizes and styles are available for purchase.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Carolyn Middleton reports that as of October 31st, we have a total of $xxxx in checking, $xxxx in savings, for a total of $xxxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 67 members. Carolyn announced that this is her last year as treasurer, so if anyone wants to be nominated for next year, please let Larry know.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Mark Reese mentioned that he and Jeff Williams went to the rally in Tennessee and had a great time. He told of their misadventures while driving with the other rally teams. It was a learning experience for them, but they won in their class.

Mark also mentioned that the Confederation of Corvette Clubs of Louisiana drove the Tail of the Dragon and he and Jeff joined them. Jeff told about this experience. Jeff said about 31 cars went and they really enjoyed it. The club does this annually. He said it would be great if our club got an opportunity to go. The Tail of the Dragon consists of 318 curves in 11 miles. The average speed is 25 – 30 MPH and Jeff reached a top speed of 88 MPH.

Steve Badalamenti mentioned his trip out west and a visit to a petroleum museum in Texas. This museum was combined with a Chaparelle museum which has one of every Chaparelle ever made in it. It is worth seeing if anyone happens to be out that way. Steve saw a lot of other sights while he was traveling.

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

Upcoming events:

November 7, Wetumpka, Alabama, 2nd Annual Chris Davis Memorial Car/Truck/Tractor Show, Wetumpka High School for Faith Baptist Church, Hwy 14, $20 donation for registration 8-11, Awards 2, All proceed benefit the Faith Baptist Church, Trophies for 7 classes, 1, 2, 3rd each, People’s Choice, Pastor’s Choice, Best of Show, Door prizes, cake sale, yard sale, hamburgers and hotdogs, cold drinks, Info: Jack Davis 334-202-3027 or Gerald Wood 334-567-4417

November 9-14, Panama City Beach, Florida, Emerald Coast Cruizin, Street Rods, Muscel Cars, Customs and Classics, Registration $40 before September 30, 2009, $50 after, Register online, Info: 662-587-9572, http://www.emeraldcoastcruizin.com

November 14, Prattville, Alabama, Gilmore Ford Open House and Open Car Show hosted by the heart of Dixie Mustang Club, All years and makes welcome, No registration fee, Goodie bags to first 50 participants, Best of Show, Dealers Choice, Top 3 people’s choice, 10-2, Free hot dogs and drinks, Info: Betty McGough 1-800-650-4799 or Gina Black 334-657-4246

November 26-29, Daytona Beach, Florida, 36th Annual Turkey Rod Run at Daytona International Speedway, 8-4, Info: 386-255-7355 or daytonabeachcarshows.com

December 5, Montgomery, Alabama, Toys For Tots cruise-in at EastChase, 10-2, Sponsored by the GM High Performance Club, Info: Bob Hinson

Tony Robitzsch mentioned the upcoming 2nd annual Vets and Vettes in Kentucky. He will be leaving in the morning to attend the event.

There will be no more Flip’s cruise-ins for this year. They will resume in January.

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Jimmy Davis was asked about the origin of the Corvette cross flag emblem. He did a lot of research trying to find out and finally checked our own website. He pointed out the "Did you know?" section of our club website which is where he found the information.

The trivia question was, "What is the most popular option on a Corvette today?" The answer, given by David Bailey, is MXO, the 6-speed automatic with paddle shift. He received a $20 gift card for Ox Yoke.

Jimmy quoted Bill Mitchell as saying, "The Corvette is you, whoever you are."

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, NCM Ambassador, told about Classic Reflections Coachworks, a company that can take your C5 Corvette convertible and make it look similar to a 1962 Corvette with carbon fiber body panels. The website is CRcoachworks.com.

The Corvette assembly plant will be open between November 30th and December 23rd. Otherwise, it is closed for the rest of the year.

OJ went to Cruisin’ the Coast on the Mississippi gulf coast and had a good time. Several other members were there, as well.

OJ went to Vettes at the Village in Sandestin, FL. There were 118 cars there and OJ won first place in the 2001-2004 class. He also won best interior for the show. There was a beerfest going on here at the same time.

WEBSITE REPORT:

Chris Coleman gave the website report. Renewal fees for the website are due in January. The website is a little behind. Chris is working on updating it. The members only section is running. It has a password that is created by the user. As people log in, they will be prompted to create a password the first time they log in.

A suggestion was made by Roger Lavender to add vanity plates next to people’s names on the website to make it easier to associate people with their cars.

OTHER:

Larry mentioned the upcoming Christmas party on December 1st at the Deer Creek clubhouse. A sign-up sheet was passed around for people to sign up to bring food. Set up for the party will begin at 5:00pm, with the party starting at 6:00pm. Clean-up will begin at 9:00pm. All who want to participate in Dirty Santa must bring a gift for each participant. Please bring your car chair as seating is limited in the clubhouse.

Larry also mentioned that we need to decide whether or not to have a caravan. In order to do so, we must have volunteers to open their houses to club members for the caravan. Several of the people who usually open their houses to the caravan are going to be out of town. Contact Larry if you want to offer your house for the caravan. The date would be Sunday, December 20th at 2:00pm if we do the caravan.

Mark Reese announced that he is going to build another armoire to give away for Relay for Life next year. This one will be on the website to include a detailed description and people will be able to buy tickets for it online.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 7:51 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday January 5th, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

Club Minutes from the October Meeting

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:04 PM.

50/50 tickets were sold at the meeting. The lucky winner of $68 at the end of the meeting was Jimmy Middleton.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the September meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel, and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the September minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting. She introduced new members Mike Moore with a ’94 coupe and George and Joan Brown with a ’01 coupe. Donald Morse was awarded an honorary membership, which he seemed pleased about. David and Barbara Bailey traded their ’07 Corvette for a ’09 Corvette that is jetstream blue with a two-tone interior. Paul and Diana Letner finally got their ’66 completed and brought it to the meeting for all to see. October birthdays are: Barbara Bailey, Vickie Lavender, Walt Haywood, Ray Deurloo, Dale Whitney, Betty Hogan, Steve Badalamenti, Tony Robitzsch, and John Sanford. Liz once again reminds all that club shirts in all sizes and styles are available for purchase.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Carolyn Middleton reports that as of September 30th, we have a total of $xxxx in checking, $xxxx in savings, for a total of $xxxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 66 members.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

Past events:

There was a good turnout for the show at Glynwood Baptist Church in Prattville and everyone had a good time.

The Martins and Middletons went to the Life’s a Vette at the Beach Corvette show in Pensacola and had a good time. There were over 100 Corvettes there.

Upcoming events:

October 10, Alexander City, Alabama, 29th Annual Oktoberfest Custom Vehicle Show at the Charles Bailey Sr. Sportsplex, Hwy 22W, 8-2, Info: Howard Mattox 256-234-7154

October 4-11, Gulfport, Mississippi, 13th Annual Cruisin’ the Coast, Over 4,300 registered cars, Huge swap meet & auction, My Classic Car with Dennis Gage, Info: 1-800-808-1188 or http://www.cruisinthecoast.com/

October 17, Sandestin, Florida, Vettes at the Village 09 hosted by the Playground Corvette Club, at Baytowne Wharf at Sandestin, Show and Shine 8-5 inside the Village, Classes for all Corvettes, Dash plaques for all participants, Info: Kelly Bennett 850-863-4233 http://www.playgroundcorvetteclub.com/

October 24, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Commando Cruise-In Bike, Car & Truck Show at the Air Force Armament Museum on State Road 85, 8-4, Info: 850-884-4252 or 850-884-2189

October 31, Montgomery, Alabama, Halloween Cruise In at Flip’s hosted by the GM High Performance Club, Dress yourself and your car. Prizes to best decorated car, treats for kids, haunted house, lots of surprises, 5-8

Jon Briggs mentioned that the Montgomery speedway on Old Selma Road is interested in having us to bring our cars to the track to put on display this Saturday. Participants would be given free access to the race. We would need to be there by 4:00pm. All who are interested must let Jon know before Friday. They will let us drive around the track, but no burnouts are allowed due to the new track surface. Miss Alabama USA will be there and someone with a convertible is needed to parade her around the track.

Mark Reese mentioned the upcoming Moonshine Mountain Madness Rally in the hills of Tennessee. It will be this Saturday and will be 112 miles. Mark has flyers that he passed out.

Mark mentioned that Talladega is offering the same deal that was offered to the club last year. A package deal is available that includes race tickets to the Amp 500, entry into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, and a separate track day. Mark asked for everyone interested in the package to raise their hands so he can give a count to his Talladega contact.

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Mark Reese told about Keith Norris’ problem with his car. Keith has a 1969 Mustang Mach 1 and his transmission went out. He could not afford to fix it, so a friend of his, Joey Cummings, let some people know that Keith needed help. Emails were sent out to the different clubs and pretty soon, enough money was pledged to fix the transmission and to do some more work the car needed. Mark told about how the gift was presented to Keith at the Mustang club meeting. Keith sent a thank you card to the club for everyone’s help.

Jimmy Davis said Jay Leno had a 95-year old guy on his show doing exercises and Mark Reese called Jimmy and asked if it was him! The guy attributed his long life to driving Corvettes. He was interviewed three years ago and said that driving a Corvette was how to stay young.

The trivia question was, "During the years from 2005 through 2008, what was the most popular Corvette color for each year?" The correct answer, black, was given by Paul Letner. He won a $20 gift card.

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, NCM Ambassador, passed around pictures from the anniversary celebration. For anyone that is interested in high tech gadgets, there is a new theft recovery system that works with GPS. It was available at the museum during the anniversary event. This system will text you or leave you a voicemail if the car moves, even if it is not started. OJ brought back several brochures from the museum for distribution to club members.

The museum is campaigning to purchase a large piece of land across the interstate from the museum. This land will be used to build a motorsports facility. More information is available on the museum website.

OJ gave some statistics on the caravan. There were 25 caravans, some of which were actually made up of smaller caravans. The largest of these had 900 Corvettes in it separated into smaller groups for travel. There were over 4500 Corvettes at the museum and there were 24,000 guests visiting the museum over the course of the event. During the event, 1875 people joined the museum.

OJ told about Brian Shirley’s first experience with the museum and let Brian tell about his first museum visit as a new Corvette owner. Brian told about trailing a ZR1 to the event. Brian had an excellent experience at the museum and at the assembly plant.

WEBSITE REPORT:

Chris Coleman gave the website report. There have been 1400 visitors to the website from 44 states and 30 countries. There have been 358 visitors in the last 30 days. The home page has been changed. Birthdays have been added and a countdown to the East Chase show has been added to the website. Meeting minutes and upcoming events have also been added/updated. There is a personalized plate page. Please send Chris pictures of your personalized tags to add to this page. Corvette raffle information is on the site now. Corvette ownership/modification statistics have been added to the website.

OTHER:

Larry Martin gave some information on our East Chase car show on September 18th. Out of 66 Corvette club members, 50 helped with the show. The money raised from the show after expenses were paid was $4211. The four club presidents who were involved are going to meet at Eastchase at the fountain at 3:00pm on Friday to present the check to the charities. They will have their cars displayed there briefly.

Larry mentioned the upcoming Christmas party on December 1st at the Deer Creek clubhouse. Larry asked for volunteers for a Christmas party committee to organize the party.

Dennis Hogan spoke about how refreshing it was to hear the fresh perspective of a new Corvette owner and how the Corvette builders and museum personnel have a passion for Corvettes. He told about how some people have had to give up their Corvettes or cancel their orders for them due to the economy. He expressed how lucky we are to still be able to keep our Corvettes and emphasized enjoying them.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 7:57 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday November 3rd, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

Club Minutes from the September Meeting

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:00 PM.

50/50 tickets were sold at the meeting. The lucky winner of $55 at the end of the meeting was Donald Morse. A Corvette model was also given away, and Jon Briggs won that.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the August meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel, and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the August minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting. She reported that Linda Achtemeier is doing well after surgery. September birthdays are: Jeff Williams, Jon Briggs, Butch Geng, and Averil Loague. Liz once again reminds all that club shirts in all sizes and styles are available for purchase.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Carolyn Middleton reports that as of August 30th, we have a total of $xxxx in checking, $xxxx in savings, for a total of $xxxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 63 members.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

Upcoming events:

September 12, Montgomery, Alabama, 2nd Annual River Region Benefit Open Car & Truck Show at the Shoppes at EastChase behind Dillard’s for several local charities, Co-hosted by the Capitol City Corvette Club, GM High Performance Club, Tri-County Mustang Club and the Street Rod Club, All makes and models welcome, I-85, Exit 9, 9-3 Door prizes, 50/50, silent auction, awards and trophies, etc. Info: Jon Briggs 334-451-5222, Larry Martin 334-201-8041 or capitalcitycorvettes.com

September 19, Millbrook, Alabama, 2nd Annual Possum Day Festival Open Car Show sponsored by the Millbrook Community Players Inco and Hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club at the Village Green, Registration 8-11 and $20 pre-registration prior to 9/12 and $25 at show, Top 50, Door Prizes, Special certificates, 50/50, etc. Info: Jerry Lowery 334-233-5369 or jlowery289@aol.com or Glenn Hopson 334-365-3616 or hopstanf@gmail.com or website www.3cmc.org

September 26, Montgomery, Alabama, Flip’s cruise-in hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club present Football Jamboree, Wear your favorite team colors and decorate your cars accordingly, 5 plaques for best decorated cars, 5-8, Info: Jerry Lowery 334-233-5369 or jlowery289@aol.com

Roger Lavender reported on Corvette racing. The Corvettes are doing well adapting to the rule/class changes. Petit LeMans is coming up on September 26th. Roger will be leaving at 3:00 AM to attend. The race is run for 10 hours or 1000 miles, whichever comes first. Last year 113,000 people attended. There will be a Corvette corral this year. If anyone wants tickets by mail, you must call by phone no later than September 11th. The advance price is still available until September 18th, but tickets will have to be picked up at will call.

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Jimmy Davis mentioned that he and the Baileys went to the Moonshine Run show in Hiawassee, Georgia and had a great time. This is put on by the same people who put on the Emerald Coast Cruisin’ show. He said the area is beautiful and they did a great job with the show. There were around 1000 cars present.

Jimmy said that the founder of Papa John’s Pizza has found the 1971 Camaro Z28 that he was looking for. He gave the owners $250,000 for it and gave the people who helped him find it $25,000. The owner had purchased the car 8 or 9 months ago for $4000. Last Wednesday, anyone who had a Camaro could drive it to any Papa John’s pizza store and get a free pizza.

The 1,500,000th Corvette was produced on May 28th. It is white with a red interior like the 500,000th in 1977 and the 1,000,000th one in 1992, and the original Corvette built on June 30th, 1953. Over the years there have been many special edition Corvettes. The trivia question was, "What was the first limited edition Corvette that was signed and numbered?" The correct answer, the Ron Fellows edition, was given by Carolyn Middleton. She won $20.

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, Ambassador, gave us the latest information on the 2009 Corvette Caravan. There are 5765 Corvettes pre-registered and several hundred more are expected to arrive. Several couples are meeting at the Cracker Barrel at the Prattville exit to caravan up to join the rest of the caravan.

WEBSITE REPORT:

The members only page is running now. This requires a login for access. To sign in, type in your email address for the user name and make up your own password. Notification will go to Jerry’s system to allow or disallow the login. At the next meeting, Jerry or Chris will bring a laptop and will try to help anyone who is having problems logging into the website.

OTHER:

Jerry Lowery talked about the Possum Day Festival coming up on September 19th in Millbrook at the Village Green park. This is the week after the East Chase show. The festival is held by the Millbrook Community Players. Jerry passed around one of the plaques that will be given away at the show and showed a special certificate that will also be awarded at the show.

Larry Martin mentioned our upcoming East Chase car show on September 18th. He asked for 5 volunteers to judge non-Corvette classes for the show. Volunteers will be picking out their favorite three cars in each of two classes. They will also pick an alternate in each class to replace the car that wins best of show, if necessary. The four club presidents will pick out the best of show winner. There will be a volunteers’ tent set up. If anyone wants to volunteer and does not have a specific assignment already, they can go to the volunteer tent and Larry will direct them where they are most needed. Everyone bring your chairs, and if you have tables that can be used, please bring them, too. Goody bags will be assembled a week from Monday. If anyone wants to bring anything to go in them, please bring it to Jimmie and Carolyn Middleton’s home by Sunday, September 6th. Larry and Liz Martin may be contacted if you need to arrange for something to be picked up. An agenda was distributed and included reminders to wear club shirts and name tags and to bring your chairs. Larry went over the agenda that will be included in the goody bags and explained the poker run. Jeff Williams’ wife will sing the National Anthem. There will be a money tree open to registered cars only. If anyone is trailering a car, the truck and trailer must be parked in the Target parking lot. It was suggested that next year or the year after, we might drop one of our charities out of the show and add one from one of the other clubs.

The Aquapaloosa show featuring Alan Jackson will be on Country Music Television this Friday night at 7:00 PM. This show was performed at Sinclair’s on Lake Martin.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 7:47 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday October 6th, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

Club Minutes from the August Meeting

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, August 4, 2009

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:02 PM.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the July meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel, and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the July minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting. Liz welcomed Bob and Brenda Westall. They own a 1994 Corvette and are guests of David and Barbara Bailey. August birthdays are: Jeri Brown, Roger Lavender, Shannon Johnson, Patsy Maga, Clint Kelly, Dennis Hogan, Jimmy Davis, Mark Wilkinson, Burt Phythyon, Betty Deurloo, Wendy Briggs, Darlene Davis, and Mark Reese. Jon and Wendy Briggs are celebrating their 33rd wedding anniversary on the 7th. Ryan and Heather Lambert are also celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary on the 21st. Liz once again reminds all that club shirts in all sizes and styles are available for purchase.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Carolyn Middleton reports that as of July 31st, we have a total of $xxxx in checking, $xxxx in savings, for a total of $xxxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 63 members.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

Past events:

Lakefest at Steve Badalamenti’s house was a lot of fun, with a wakeboarding show put on by Mark and Janet Reese’s son, Pictionary, food, and perfect weather. Thanks to Steve for a good time.

Upcoming events:

September 19, Pensacola, Florida, Annual "Life is a Vette at the Beach" Corvette Show sponsored by the Miracle Strip Corvette Club and Pete Moore Chevrolet, Early registration $30 (T-shirt) by September 10, Day of Show $30 (no T-shirt), Registration begins 8:00; show time 10-2; Trophies 2:00, Info: Rick Gordon 850-492-7874/678-852-3368, jrgordonfla@yahoo.com or Leah Pittman 850-572-7402, leahsc6@bellsouth.net

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Jimmy Davis gave a little bit of automotive history and included a little bit of information about the 1972 Camaro Z28 that the founder of Papa John’s Pizza is trying to get back. The trivia question was, "What year did Corvette coupes overtake convertibles in sales?" The correct answer, 1969, was given by Liz Martin. She won $20.

Jimmy then said that coupes still outsell convertibles with one exception. He awarded his Billy Mays award (a windshield cleaning tool "as seen on TV") to the person who answered the question, "What year did convertibles outsell coupes once again?" That person was Jeri Brown, who gave the answer, 2003.

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, Ambassador, mentioned one museum raffle for a one-of-a-kind Grand Sport commemorating the National Corvette Museum’s 15th anniversary. The car is a white Grand Sport with black and red striping over the hood and roof. Tickets for this car are $150 and only 2009 of them will be sold. The drawing will be held on Sunday, Sep. 6th.

OJ gave us the latest information on the 2009 Corvette Caravan coming up in September. The group that is going to Talladega will be leaving the hotel in Pell City at 7:00 AM Wednesday. They will leave the track that afternoon and go to Athens, AL to spend the night. They will then go to the museum to arrive around noon Thursday. The cost for the Talladega run will be between $100 and $150 per car. Anyone who is joining the group at Talladega needs to be at the track at 8:00 AM Wednesday. The group that is not going to Talladega will meet at the Cracker Barrel at I-65 exit 181, Prattville before 8:00 AM Wednesday. At 8:00 AM sharp, the group will leave Cracker Barrel and go to the Wal-mart at exit 271, Gardendale to meet the rest of the caravan and go up.

The assembly plant will be running on the Friday of the caravan event, so tours may be scheduled. Originally it was to be down on Friday, but it was shut down Monday to allow it to run on Friday, allowing tours during the caravan event.

WEBSITE REPORT:

Jerry Lowery reported that not much new has been done on the website. He and Chris Coleman have been mainly working on the members only section. This section will have personal information on it and will be password protected. If anyone took pictures at Lakefest, please send them to Jerry or Chris so they can be uploaded to the website. If anyone takes pictures at the Labor Day caravan event, please send those, as well.

OTHER:

Jerry Lowery talked about the Possum Day Festival coming up on September 19th in Millbrook at the Village Green park. This is the week after the East Chase show. The festival is held by the Millbrook Community Players. Last year, at the time they were planning this festival, they were putting together a show called "Beverly Hillbillies." They drew the name for the festival from this show. They didn’t know what to call the festival after that so the name stuck. The door prizes are given out by selling tickets and allowing people to place half of each ticket in a container next to each door prize. At the end of the show, a ticket is drawn from each container for the winner of that door prize. Then, all tickets are mixed together and one is drawn for the 50/50.

Larry Martin mentioned our upcoming East Chase car show in September. Remember that all four clubs are putting on this show so it is "our" show for all four clubs. A tentative agenda was put together by the four club presidents. A copy was given out to all and included 7-9 AM set up, 9-11 AM registration, a poker run, a silent auction, $1000 money tree, awards, 50/50, the show ending at 3 PM, and 3-5 PM take down and clean up, followed by dinner or something. There will be a first and second place award for the poker run this year. Larry also ran down the list of volunteers and their duties. If you bring any door prizes donated by someone, please give Carolyn Middleton a name and address so thank you cards may be sent. Jon Briggs will set up barricades on the Friday before the show. Everyone helping to set up should be on site no later than 7:00 AM Saturday. We are working with East Chase to set the date for the show to always be on the second Saturday of September. We are getting a lot of advertising for the show. For judging, each club will pick five people to judge two classes each. They cannot judge the class they’re in. They will pick first, second, and third place based on "I like it." The club presidents will get together and will pick the best of show, based on "we like it." Anyone who has goody bag items needs to bring them to next month’s meeting. You can bring items even if there are not 200 items. Even if there are only 50, they can be placed in bags until they run out.

Roger Lavender told about the unveiling of the new Corvette GT2 race car. It looks a lot like the car with the Jake paint job, but a little different. It is black and yellow. In the GT2 class, Corvette will be racing against Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, Jaguar, Ford GT, and Viper in a much larger class. The old GT1 and GT2 classes will be combined into one class called GT. This year is a transition year and the Corvettes will be running the 7.0L engine de-stroked to 6.0L, losing about 120HP, which puts it in line with the other cars in the class.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 7:51 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday September 1st, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

Club Minutes from the July Meeting

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, July 7, 2009

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:02 PM.

Larry opened the meeting by thanking Alan Davis for our new copies of the club directory. He did a very nice job with them. If you see any mistakes in the directory, please let Alan know for next year’s directory. A new one will not be issued this year. Larry also showed one of the bricks that can be ordered extra from the museum when ordering a brick to be laid in the museum floor. This is the same type of brick that members ordered with the club recently. This one belonged to Barbara and Clint Kelly. Our bricks are laid just outside the gift shop. Larry took some pictures when he went for his 50th class reunion. Sol Seay’s picture was in the paper regarding a class reunion.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the June meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel, and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the June minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting. Liz welcomed new members Anthony and Shannon Johnson with a 1978 silver anniversary and a 2002 Z06 and Brian Shirley with a 2008 Z06 and a 2006 SSR. Sharing July birthdays are: Carolyn Davis, OJ Webster, Ray Little, Jaimie Little, Bill Morelli, Terry Reilly, Cindy Brown, and Byron Mills. Mark and Janet Reese are celebrating their 33rd anniversary this month on July 31st. Liz once again reminds all that club shirts in all sizes and styles are available for purchase, as well as a size large club jacket for $60.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Carolyn Middleton reports that as of June 30th, we have a total of xxxx in checking, xxxx in savings, for a total of $xxxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 63 members.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Steve Badalamenti reminded everyone of the upcoming Lakefest at his house on Lake Martin. It will be on Saturday, July 18th with a rain date of July 19th. This is for adults only, please. All you need to bring is a chair and a bathing suit. Mark Reese’s son, a wakeboarding champion, will be demonstrating for us. A group will be meeting at the service station at the Tallassee exit off of I-85 (Hwy. 229) at 9:30AM. They will leave for Steve’s house at 9:45AM.

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

Past events:

Jimmie Middleton told everyone about a trip to Texas he made to participate in a fund raiser to help the National Corvette Museum. This trip involved visits to private collections and Indy car driver, Johnny Rutherford was present at one of the houses on the trip. The museum notifies its members of special events such as this. This one only cost $150 and it all benefited the museum.

Paul Letner told about the caravan to Talladega for Vettes for Vets. Jeff Williams gave a quick run through on the show. A lot more cars showed up than expected. He emphasized the help he got from Carolyn Middleton and Mark Reese. There were 240 registered vehicles and 10 to 20 people who just showed up and gave a donation. There was a wide variety of vehicles participating. The show netted $10,000 for the Alabama Gold Star Families. Mark Reese gave details of his experience on the track.

Upcoming events:

September 19, Pensacola, Florida, Annual "Life is a Vette at the Beach" Corvette Show sponsored by the Miracle Strip Corvette Club and Pete Moore Chevrolet, Early registration $30 (T-shirt) by September 10, Day of Show $30 (no T-shirt), Registration begins 8:00; show time 10-2; Trophies 2:00, Info: Rick Gordon 850-492-7874/678-852-3368, jrgordonfla@yahoo.com or Leah Pittman 850-572-7402 leahsc6@bellsouth.net

September 19, Millbrook, Alabama, 2nd Annual Possum Day Festival Open Car Show sponsored by the Millbrook Community Players Inco and Hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club at the Village Green, Registration 8-11 and $20 pre-registration prior to 9/12 and $25 at show, Top 50, Door Prizes, Special certificates, 50/50, etc. Info: Jerry Lowery 334-233-5369 or jlowery289@aol.com or Glenn Hopson 334-365-3616 or hopstanf@gmail.com or website http://www.3cmc.org

Mark Reese said that the Nashville race track has contacted him about holding an event there. Mark is in discussion with them about possibly using the road course up there later in the year, like October.

SPECIAL REPORTS:

Jimmy Davis gave a little bit of history of the TV show, "Route 66," followed by a trivia question. "Route 66" is now available on DVD. The trivia question was, "What year was the museum delivery (R8C) option first offered?" The correct answer, 2001, was given by Janet Reese. She won a gift card to Ox Yoke.

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, Ambassador, said if anyone has any questions about the National Corvette Museum, give him a call.

OJ has a friend in Texas that has five Danbury Mint Corvettes that he wants to sell for a reasonable price. The year models available are ’53, ’61, ’62, ’63, and ’68. Anyone interested should see OJ.

OJ gave us the latest information on the 2009 Corvette Caravan coming up in September. There has been much discussion about getting the caravan to go through Talladega and include a drive around the track. There will now be two caravans going through Alabama. One will go though Talladega and the other one will go on from Birmingham straight to Bowling Green. Details are still being worked out with the Hummer dealer in Birmingham. The Talladega caravan will be leaving from Texas a day earlier than the other caravan. The cost for the trip around the track at Talladega will be about $100 per car. Jimmie Middleton encouraged everyone to participate in a large museum event such as the upcoming caravan.

WEBSITE REPORT:

Chris Coleman reported that he will be keeping the club website updated with the latest raffles from the museum. He gave some statistics on our website hits. There will be member contact information available on the website, but this area will be password protested so only other members can see this information.

OTHER:

The museum sent a thank you letter for signing up for 5 years of club membership. They also enclosed 6 free tickets to the museum which were offered to all in the meeting. Museum members, of course, do not need tickets.

Jerry Lowery mentioned that the East Chase show is listed in a national mustang magazine with a circulation of about 12,000 copies. It was suggested that we try to get the show in Corvette Fever in the future.

Larry Martin mentioned our upcoming East Chase car show in September. It will include a money tree, which is a popular draw at many shows. A sign-up list went around the room for volunteers. There will be a DJ this time instead of a band. The Farmers Market event that we shared space with last year will not be there, so we have the whole area to ourselves. Jeff Williams offered a contact to have t-shirts printed if we decide to do so. Jerry Lowery is making the plaques for the show. There will be first, second, and third prizes in nine different categories.

Dennis Hogan sold 50/50 tickets, one per member present. In order to determine wwho would draw the winning ticket, he asked everyone to guess what brand of golf balls he used to play golf. The correct guess, Hogan, came from Paul Letner so he drew the ticket. The winner of half the money was Mike Hall.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 7:57 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday August 4th, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

Club Minutes from the June Meeting

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, June 5, 2009

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:00 PM.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the May meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel, and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the May minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting. Liz welcomed new members Tony and Reeba Robitzsch with a 2008 coupe, Lisa and Tracy Calhoun with a 1973 convertible, and Anthony and Shannon Johnson with a 1978 silver anniversary. Liz also welcomed Tim Keeble, a member we have not seen in a long time. Liz also asked OJ Webster to introduce his guest, Bryan Shirley, who has a 2008 Z06, 1967 Camaro, and 2006 SSR. Liz asked new members, Eric and Barbara Beasley, to share their first visit to the National Corvette Museum with all. Eric spoke highly of their visit. Sharing June birthdays are: Jimmy Middleton, Wayne Morrow, and Jan Russom. Liz once again reminds all that club shirts in all sizes and styles are available for purchase, as well as a size large club jacket for $60.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

Past events:

We had a great cruise-in at Flip’s on May 30th with 108 cars registered and a whole lot of cars that were not registered. The car of the month was Frank Stephens’ 1941 Chevy Deluxe. The car with the best Hawaiian decorations was Glenn Hopson’s 2006 Mustang convertible. The Top 10 cars were: John and Gina Dinger with a 1956 Buick, Dennis Leatherwood with a 1928 Ford roadster, Bruce Hutchinson with a 1970 Corvette, Tyson Langford with a 2004 40th anniversary Mustang, Bill Sanders with a 1923 Ford Model T, Jeno James with a 1966 Buick Riviera, Andy and Tina Burgans with a 1966 Chevy Nova, Gary Davidson with a 1952 Chevy Deluxe, Rich James with a 1973 porche 914, and John Gieske with a 1930 Ford Model A. Larry thanked Paul and Tammy Crum, Tracy and Lisa Calhoun, and Liz and Larry Martin for door prizes for the cruise-in. Also, Dennis Hogan did a marvelous job handling DJ duty.

Upcoming events:

Friday, June 5th, the Emerald Coast Corvette Club is passing through on their way to the museum. If anyone would like to go with them, see John Matthews and he can tell you where to catch up with the group.

June 11-14, Atlanta, Georgia, HOTlanta Collector Experience Die Cast Convention at the Altanta Airport Hilton, Info: 877-832-2779 or collectorexperience.com

June 13, Birmingham, Alabama, 4th Annual "Rods & Ribs" Cruise In at Centercrest Baptist Church, 8-3, Info: Tommy Godwin 205-838-2709 or rodsandribs.org

June 19-21, Gadsden, Alabama, Noccalula Run 25 Rod Run & Swap Meet at Noccalula Falls Park, Info: Steve Fleming 256-492-2950

June 20, Brewton, Alabama, Alabama Blueberry Festival car Show Hwy 41 & 31 Downtown, 9-3, Info: Glenn Freeman 251-867-4781 or Sam Archer 850-937-8894

June 27, Montgomery, Alabama, GM High Performance Club is hosting the Flip’s cruise-in with an Independence Day theme, free flags and free flag pins for everyone until they run out

July 4, Talladega, Alabama, Talladega Superspeedway produced by the Alabama Gold Star Families, All proceeds are tax deductible, One 5-lap paced session $35; Multiple 5-lap paced session $25 each; Tee Shirts $12, Registration and sign in 8:00, line up the Sprint Cup garage for tech inspection, Drivers meeting at 8:45, On track sessions start at 9:00, breaks for lunch at 12:00 and starts again at 1:00; Info: Jeff Williams jawilliams@trane.com or http://www.Vettes4Vets.com

July 10-11, Point Mallard, Alabama, 22nd Annual Greater Tennessee Valley Antique Car Show sponsored by Lynn Layton Chevrolet, Family Security Credit Union and Point Mallard Park, Held in Jubilee Field, noon-5 Friday; 7-3 Saturday, $25 registration, free T-shirt to first 500 entries, American and Foreign through 1984 only, American trucks through 1984 only, All years for corvettes, Info: Doug Poole 256-303-4762, 256-773-9652, Charles Adams 256-552-5633

In October (do not have a date yet) the LA Cruisers in Opp, AL will be having a show. They sent a show invitation to our club and praised our website.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Carolyn Middleton reports that as of May 31st, we have a total of $xxxxx in checking, $xxxx in savings, for a total of $ xxxxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 60 members.

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, Ambassador, reported that Will Cooksey had to lay down his motorcycle when the steering locked up. He took a nasty spill, destroying the bike, but is recuperating now. He said if he had not had his helmet on, he probably would not have survived.

The museum now offers specialty car insurance for Corvette owners. It is reported to be very reasonably priced and offers stated value policies.

People with silver cars had an opportunity to volunteer their cars for police duty, placing static cling decals and light bars on their cars and carrying a Kentucky patrol officer with them to help escort the caravan. Only four were chosen. Jon Briggs entered his name but was not chosen.

There is a new room in the museum that will be a Corvette enthusiast room which will be filled with pictures of the Corvette lifestyle. If anyone wants to submit a photo, paperwork will have to be completed giving the museum rights to the photo.

There were 12 bricks in the club brick order. Our bricks will be laid near the new entrance to the store. We will plan a trip to the museum for a brick-laying ceremony in which we will see where the bricks will be placed. We will need to come up with a date that does not conflict with other events.

There are currently several Corvette raffles being conducted by the museum. They include $100 tickets for a Grand Sport and $475 for a GT1 Z06.

OTHER:

Larry Martin brought up our National Corvette Museum membership. It is time for renewal and everyone voted to renew for five years for $600 instead of just one year for $150.

Jimmie Middleton has the chrome club decals available for $20. See Jimmie if you need one.

Larry Martin reported that the Christmas party this year will be on December 1st at the Deer Creek clubhouse. Gabriele Webster has made reservations for us.

Jimmy Davis spoke about the history of white wall tires and asked a trivia question about white walls. The winner with the correct answer, Tm Keeble, got a $20 gift card to Ox Yoke, donated to us by our hosts.

Chris Coleman spoke about some of the new additions to the website. He said our site is getting hits from around the world, such as from South Africa. Twitter is coming to the website. Chris also mentioned that June 26th is drive your Corvette to work day. Also, the Tri-County Mustang club is hosting a cruise-in at the Steak n Shake at Prattville on the second Saturday of each month. If anyone has any suggestions, please let Chris or Jerry Lowery know.

Steve Badalamenti spoke about the Lotus owner’s group national meet at Barbers Motorsports Park in Leeds, Alabama. There were about 2,000 cars present from all over the country. There were also many other types of European sports cars.

Steve also mentioned this year’s Lakefest at his house on Lake Martin. There will be food and fun for all, including boat rides. Mark Reese will bring his boat and Mark’s son, who is a wake boarder, will be present to put on a show. The date of July 18th was agreed upon by all present. There will be a rain date of July 19th.

The presidents of the clubs that are putting on the Eastchase show met at Hot Rods and Harleys and made some decisions about the show. There will be Top 100 plaques and larger 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place plaques in ten different categories. There will also be a Best of Show plaque. The show will be on September 12th with a rain date of September 13th. Eastchase will allow us to display a car inside an empty storefront to promote the show. We may have 250 cars this year. Pre-registration will be $25. Those who register at the show will pay $30. It has been suggested that the show be set up on the 2nd Saturday of September every year. Eastchase is promising that there will be power run out to the show site, large coolers that work, and a large tent. Eastchase has set aside $3000 to pay for awards/prizes for the show.

Mark Reese will be working toward getting some speed related club event together. He has not had time recently, but will get back on it as soon as he is able.

David Bailey said there will be a Corvair display at the Corvette museum in October for three months. David is now cancer-free.

The 50/50 ticket was drawn and Steve Badalamenti won it for $53.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 7:47 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday July 7th, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

Club Minutes from the May Meeting

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:00 PM.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the April meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel, and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the April minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting, thanking all for the large turnout. Liz welcomed new members Eric and Barbara Beasley with a 2008 coupe, Jeri Brown and Marie Kostick with a 2001 convertible, Ben and Anissa Rudd (owner of LD Embroidery) with a 1968 coupe, and Solomon Seay with a 1991 convertible. Liz also welcomed visitors Tony Robitzsch with a 2008 Z51 coupe, Lisa and Tracy Calhoun with a 1973 convertible (they joined tonight), Anthony Johnson with a 2001 convertible and a 1978 silver anniversary edition, and Scott Standerfer with a 1972 coupe. Also welcome back to Wayne and Belinda Daugherty, whom we have not seen in a while. Sharing May birthdays are: Kendall Haywood, Beth Hicks, Pat Morrow, David Bailey, and Julie Hall. Liz once again reminds all that club shirts in all sizes and styles are available for purchase.

RELAY FOR LIFE:

Larry Martin reported that the club raised a total of $6,500 for Relay for Life. Jon and Wendy Briggs worked very hard to pull this together. Much fun was had by all who attended the event on May 1st.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Past events:

We had three cars that went to Pensacola for Vettes and Jets. There were 102 cars present. Top 20 trophies were given and we got three of them.

We had 7 cars that went to Birmingham for Vettes and Vibrations. We won five trophies at that show – three Top 10s and two Top 20s.

Upcoming events:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

May 9, Acworth, Georgia, Classic Glass Corvette Club presents SuperVette Saturday at Days Chevrolet in Acworth, GA, One of the largest Corvette car shows in the Southeast.

May 14-17, Dothan, Alabama, Circle City Corvettes Annual Beach Caravan sponsored by Solomon Chevrolet, Visit http://www.CircleCityCorvettes.com beginning January 12 for registration form, events, etc.

May 16, Irondale, Alabama, Alabama Chapter POCI’s All GM Show & Swap Meet at Zamora Shriner’s Temple, 9-3, Info: Bo Bogaty 205-995-9517 or Jim Cox 205-823-8231

May 17, Panama City, Florida, Hot Wheels Car Club Poker Run Cruise In at Sonic, West Hwy 98, 1-5, Info: Phyllis Kidd 850-763-1355 or hotwheelscarclub.org

May 23, Montgomery, Alabama, Hot Rods & Harleys at the Harley-Davidson store, 9-3, for info contact Darrell Cooper at dcooper@h-dmontgomery.com

May 23, Calera, Alabama, 4th Annual Calera Elks Lodge Car & Truck Show, 355 Pelgreen Drive, 8-2, Info: Lodge 205-668-0545 or 205-668-1585

May 23, Mobile, Alabama, The Gear Jammers Car Club of Baldwin County present the USS Alabama Battleship memorial Park Operation Iraqi/Enduring Freedom Memorial Fund Cruise-In, Dash plaques to all participants, Tour the Battleship, Door prizes, $10 donation per vehicle, Info: Frankie Kucera 251-945-5506, 251-215-9630, Bob Schoolcraft 251-945-1227, 251-508-1790, or James Walton 251-269-8024

June 19-21,Gadsden, Alabama, Noccalula Run 25 Rod Run & Swap Meet at Noccalula Falls Park, Info: Steve Fleming 256-492-2950

Mark Reese reports the following:

July 4, Talladega, Alabama, Vettes for Vets at Talladega Superspeedway, benefit show for Alabama Gold Star Families, for info on Gold Star Families go to http://www.alabamagoldstarfamilies.org show is open to all makes/models, rain or shine, for info contact Jeff Williams at jawilliams@trane.com or go to www.Vettes4Vets.com

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Larry Martin reports, in Carolyn Middleton’s absence, that as of April 30th, we have a total of $xxxx in checking, $xxxx in savings, for a total of $xxxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 58 members.

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, Ambassador, reported on the Corvette caravan coming up on Labor Day weekend at the National Corvette Museum. There will be many activities for all. Attendance is expected to be 20,000 to 24,000 Corvettes. There will be a display of the first and last model year of each generation of the Corvette. The museum is still working on routing the east Texas caravan through Talladega.

People with silver cars had an opportunity to volunteer their cars for police duty, placing static cling decals and light bars on their cars and carrying a Kentucky patrol officer with them to help escort the caravan. Only four will be chosen. Jon Briggs entered his name so he may be helping out with the caravan.

OJ attended the C5/C6 Birthday bash in April. He saw Butch and Janice Geng, honorary members of the club who moved away, while he was there. The new Grand Sport edition was there for display. OJ volunteered to be a tour guide at the assembly plant during his visit and was given the opportunity to sign the A-pillar of the last XLR off the assembly line. About 800 Vettes were present and about 1700 people were there.

The new expansion at the museum is huge and is almost complete.

This year all models of all Vettes come in all colors. There will be no C7 any time soon but Corvettes will continue to be produced.

OTHER:

Jimmy Davis read an editorial about the Corvette from a magazine. He then read an old article about convertibles from a different magazine. He then challenged everyone to guess what magazine the convertible article came from. The person who named the magazine correctly won a $20 Ox Yoke gift card. The correct answer was Playboy, given by Lisa Calhoun.

Larry Martin handed out flyers for the Hawaiian cruise at Flip’s which we are hosting at the end of this month, May 30th. Please come early if you can to help set up or stay afterwards to help break everything down.

Larry Martin spoke about club jackets. The new jackets are now available for $76. They have large Corvette lettering on the back, the club logo on the left chest and your name on the right chest. Anyone interested should see Liz Martin and make the check out to the Corvette club. Several members already have these jackets. There is a single large jacket with smaller Corvette lettering on the back for $60.

Steve Badalamenti spoke about this year’s Lakefest at his house on Lake Martin. There will be food and fun for all, including boat rides. Mark Reese will bring his boat and Mark’s son, who is a wake boarder, will be present to put on a show. The date of July 18th was agreed upon by all present. There will be a rain date of July 19th.

A draft registration form for our show at Easchase was distributed to everyone for the discussion – NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION. The date has been set for September 12th with a rain date of September 13th. The show committee is trying to come up with a way to keep people coming back to the show as our purpose for having the show is to raise money for our charities. So award fairness is what they are concentrating on. Several suggestions were made during the meeting. A money tree was suggested. It was also suggested that a committee be put together made up of members of all of the sponsoring clubs. The Montgomery Family Guidance Center is partnering with us for advertising for the show. There will be no drag racing associated with this year’s show, as the schedule does not permit it.

AUM is having a luau to raise money for scholarships. Tickets are $75 apiece and the event is being held at Children’s Harbor. There will be various types of meats and vegetables – no pig with an apple. There will be dance lessons, silent auctions and many other activities. It is always a lot of fun. Jo Alexander had brochures for anyone who was interested. These brochures may also be picked up at AUM.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 7:56 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday June 2nd, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

Club Minutes from the April Meeting

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:14 PM.

To kick off the meeting, all members present were entered in a drawing for a $20 gift certificate towards dinner at the Ox Yoke. The prizes were graciously donated by Jim and Cindy Brown, also CCCC members. The drawing was held at the end of the meeting and the lucky winner was new member, Eric Beasley.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie Hall, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the March meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel, and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the March minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting, thanking all for the large turnout. Liz welcomed new members Ben and Anissa Rudd, who have a 1968 coupe; and Alan and Heather Davis, who have a 2007 Z06. Liz also welcomed visitors Dan Hogan, son of Dennis Hogan; Jeri Brown and Marie Kostick, guests of Mark and Janet Reese and owner of a 2001 convertible; Don Moore, guest of John Matthews; and Eric and Barbara Beasley, who have a 2008 coupe. Please keep in your prayers Steve Badalamenti, who recently lost his brother, and Janice and Butch Geng, as Janice’s sister has cancer. Ryan Lambert has a new “baby,” a 1996 Collector’s Edition. Sharing April birthdays are: Carolyn Middleton, Diana Letner, Don Hardy, Tammy Crum, Daryl Hanners, Dean Baskett, Tim Keeble, and Craig Thompson. Liz once again reminds all that club shirts in all sizes and styles are available for purchase.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Carolyn Middleton, Treasurer, reports that as of March 31^st, we have a total of XXXX in checking, XXXX in savings, for a total of XXXX. As of tonight, we have a total of 54 members.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Upcoming events:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

April 16-19, Birmingham, Alabama, 45^th Mustang Anniversary Celebration at Barber Motorsports Park, Info: mustang.org. Carroll Shelby will be present.

April 18, Pensacola, Florida, Vettes & Jets Corvette Show at the National Museum of Naval Aviation sponsored by the Miracle Strip Corvette Club, Registration 9-10, Show 10-2, Dash plaques to first 100 participants, Trophies to Top 20 corvettes, Info: Leah Pittman 850-572-7402 or leahsc6@bellsouth.net; www.miraclestripcorvetteclub.org

April 25, Montgomery, Alabama, Car show at Eastmont Baptist Church, 9-1:30, $10 donation to enter, Proceeds go to the church’s mission ministry

April 25, Montgomery, Alabama, Flips Cruise In hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club to celebrate the Mustang’s 45^th Anniversary, All cars welcome, Plaques to the top 10 cars, Birthday cake, Music, door prizes, 5-8

May 2, Birmingham, Alabama, Vettes & Vibrations, Mid Alabama Corvette Show at the Verizon Amphitheater, live music, Info: Paul 205-243-8464 or midalcorvette.com

May 14-17, Dothan, Alabama, Circle City Corvettes Annual Beach Caravan sponsored by Solomon Chevrolet, Visit www.CircleCityCorvettes.com beginning January 12 for registration form, events, etc.

May 23, Montgomery, Alabama, Hot Rods & Harleys at the Harley-Davidson store, 9-3, for info contact Darrell Cooper at dcooper@h-dmontgomery.com

June 19-21,Gadsden, Alabama, Noccalula Run 25 Rod Run & Swap Meet at Noccalula Falls Park, Info: Steve Fleming 256-492-2950

July 4, Talladega, Alabama, Vettes for Vets at Talladega Superspeedway, benefit show for Alabama Gold Star Families, for info on Gold Star Families go to www.alabamagoldstarfamilies.org, show is open to all makes/models, rain or shine, for info contact Jeff Williams at jawilliams@trane.com or go to www.Vettes4Vets.com

September 19, Pensacola, Florida, Annual “Life is a Vette at the Beach” Corvette Show sponsored by the Miracle Strip Corvette Club and Pete Moore Chevrolet, Early registration $30 (T-shirt) by September 10, Day of Show $30 (no T-shirt), Registration begins 8:00; show time 10-2; Trophies 2:00, Info: Rick Gordon 850-492-7874/678-852-3368, jrgordonfla@yahoo.com or Leah Pittman 850-572-7402 leahsc6@bellsouth.net

Paul Letner invited all Corvette club members to the GM High Performance Club’s dyno day picnic on Saturday, April 11^th, to test their cars’ horsepower for $32 (3 dyno pulls for the cost of club dues) or to watch and enjoy a cookout. The normal cost for three dyno pulls is $75. The list for the dyno pulls is operated on a first come first serve basis, so sign up early. Dyno pulls start at 9:00AM. The picnic is held at Alabama Dyno Pros, behind the building, on Plantation Way.

WEBSITE:

Jerry gave an update on the website. It is still far from completed though new items are being added on a regular basis. Chris Coleman has been working hard on it. If you have not checked out the website, please do so at www.capitolcitycorvettes.com . If you have any pictures or other material or suggestions for the website, please email the Jerry or Chris. The membership application is now on the website and can be completed online and emailed to Carolyn Middleton.

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, Ambassador, cited a list of Corvettes being raffled off by the National Corvette Museum. The C5/C6 Birthday Bash is coming up April 23-25. There are many activities for all to participate in and some GM VIPs will be present. There will be seminars and tours of places of interest in the area. There will be 500-600 Vettes present. If anyone has any questions, please contact OJ. OJ will be going up there early Thursday morning.

OJ elaborated on the Corvette Action Center web site. There is a lot of good information and statistics on this site. There are 749,943 Corvettes registered since 1967. The NCM has 28,000 members. OJ asks, “Where did the other 720,000 go?” Alabama has 11,991 Vettes registered. By contrast, California has 71,493 Vettes registered. Alabama is on the lower end of the list. OJ also listed some of the top products purchased by Vette owners, including polish/wax and exhaust parts. He ran through more interesting statistics.

The club voted to buy a club hex brick in the new section of the museum. We can get members’ bricks placed around the club brick only if OJ orders all of them together. OJ took final orders for bricks at tonight’s meeting. We will plan a trip to the museum for a brick-laying ceremony in which we will see where the bricks will be placed – they will actually be laid after hours.

RELAY FOR LIFE:

Jon Briggs, liaison, reports that the date of this year’s relay will be May 01 at AUM. Envelopes for Relay for Life were distributed. The event starts at 6PM and we usually leave around 10PM. Also self-addressed, stamped envelopes were passed out along with letters to members so that donations can be mailed to Carolyn Middleton. Food will be provided – just bring a dessert. No alcoholic beverages or generators are allowed at the event. Our site is not assigned yet. Jon encouraged all to come out to the site and walk with us. If you cannot participate, please send donations to Carolyn Middleton. Alternatively, you may contact Jon Briggs and he will make arrangements to pick up your donation. Jon challenged everyone to raise at least $100 per person this year. This year, in addition to luminaria, torches will be available for $100 each. We have already raised $2000 for Relay for Life and for Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund through our car show.

Jimmie Middleton reminded everyone to bring their chairs to the event. He also recognized members who have had cancer or who have family members who have had cancer.

OTHER:

Larry Martin spoke about club jackets. The new jackets are now available for $76. They have the club logo on the left chest and your name on the right chest. Anyone interested should see Liz Martin and make the check out to the Corvette club. Several members already have these jackets.

Next year, Mark Reese will donate another piece of furniture to sell tickets on to raise money for Relay for Life. The armoire he donated last year was a huge success and very much appreciated by the winner.

We will set up another car show this year at Eastchase at the same location we did the last show, hopefully with better weather. Jon Briggs has made some preliminary contact with Bob at Eastchase concerning the show and he is interested. OJ, Dennis, Larry, and Jon will work on the show.

Larry Martin had a box full of old magazines he was giving away to anyone interested.

Tickets were sold for a 50/50 drawing and David Bailey won $70.

Jo Alexander mentioned that Averil Loague lost her brother to cancer the previous week.

Alan M. Davis offered to update the club roster booklet with current info.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 8:20 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday May 5^th, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

Club Minutes from the March Meeting

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, March 3, 2009

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:09 PM.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Julie H, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the February meeting had been distributed via the usual e-mail channel, and a hard copy is on hand for review. No corrections, additions, deletions to the February minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting, thanking all for the large turnout. Liz welcomed visitors Jim and Barbara Pratt, former members of the club who have moved to Texas. Also visiting were guests of Juan Casto, his brother and nephew, Mark Casto and Tristan Casto. Present for the first time was Cindy Lowery, Jerry Lowery’s wife (who wants a Corvette). Paul and Tammy Crum have a new addition, a 2004 Commemorative Edition coupe. Paul says, “This one’s mine!” David Bailey had surgery – the prognosis is good. Sharing March birthdays are: Jim Brown, Mike Hall, and Alan Davis. Liz once again reminds all that club shirts in all sizes and styles are available for purchase.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Carolyn Middleton, Treasurer, reports that as of February 28, we have a total of xxx in checking, xxx in savings, for a total of $xxx. As of tonight, we have a total of 38 members. Twenty-five reminder letters have been mailed out to those who have not renewed so this number should increase.

SOCIAL REPORT:

Past events:

The CCCC had its annual Valentine’s Day cruise on Feb 14^th at Crockmeier’s with 26 people participating. They opened early for us, so we had the place to ourselves. Gifts were exchanged and much fun was had by all!

On Feb. 7^th, several club members participated in Prattville’s Mardi Gras parade. We threw 8,000 beads to the eager crowd. We all had a great time.

Upcoming events:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

Saturday, March 7, Montgomery, Alabama, Hooters presents the 2^nd Annual Ford-GM Show & Shine at Hooters in Montgomery, Jointly hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club and the GM High Performance Club of Montgomery, All makes and models of GM and Ford welcome, Registration $15, Show 8-4, No judging, Door prizes, plaques, Info: Jerry Lowery 334-233-5369 or Ronnie Ladet 334-799-0700

March 21, 11 AM to 2 PM the L.A. Corvette Club will host the Fun in the Sun all- Vette show at the Wharf in Orange Beach. This is a fun event, with a lot of other things to do while there. (Shops, restaurants, ferris wheel, etc.) Info at 251-968-8141, 251-968-6871 or dfrazier@gulftel.com . Many CCCC members will be attending this one, and after the show, we will be making a side trip to the famous (infamous?) Florabama.

March 22, Circle City Corvette Club from Dothan is coming to Montgomery Motorsports Park for Test and Tune, meet at 11:45 AM at the Tin Top Cafe on Highway 231 for lunch, contact Jimmy Middleton for more info

March 28, Enterprise, Alabama, 13^th Annual Car & Truck Show at Enterprise Ozark Community College, 8-4, Info: Jeff Whittington 334-393-7135 or weevilcitycruisers, com

April 11, Plains, Georgia, 3^rd Annual Open Car Truck & Motorcycle Show Downtown, Former President Jimmy Carter will be there, Info: 727-547-8082 or Bobby Salter 229-824-3462

April 18, Eufaula, Alabama, ALAGA Car Club’s 15^th Annual Car Show at the Old Creektown Park on Lake Eufaula, 8-3, Info: Everett Kirkwood 334-687-5418

April 25, Flip’s Cruise-in, hosted by the Tri-County Mustang Club

May 2, Birmingham, Alabama, Mid Alabama Corvette Show at the Verizon Amphitheater, Info: Paul 205-243-8464 or midalcorvette.com

May 14-17, Dothan, Alabama, Circle City Corvettes Annual Beach Caravan sponsored by Solomon Chevrolet, Visit www.CircleCityCorvettes.com beginning January 12 for registration form, events, etc.

Jeff Williams, with the Mid-Alabama Corvette Club, elaborated on the May 2^nd show at the Verizon Amphitheater, (Oak Mountain Amphitheater). The event will be called Vettes and Vibrations. There will be live entertainment all day and they are hoping to get a mainline band, such as the Beach Boys, for the event. Refreshments will be available. The entire facility will be opened up to the event. Jeff will keep Carolyn updated with info as it is available.

Jeff’s club also rented the track at Talladega on July 4^th for the 2^nd annual Vettes for Vets. Hopefully there will be enough sessions for 400-500 cars. The garage area will be available. All proceeds go to Gold Star Families, a 501(c)3 charity, so donations are tax deductible. More info to follow.

Mark Reese elaborated on the April 11^th meeting with the Circle City Corvette Club. Anyone interested can just meet at Montgomery Motorsports Park to participate or just watch at about 1:30 PM if you do not want to meet for lunch. Mark passed around a sign-up sheet called “Gentlemen… Start Your Engines” for anyone interested in receiving race news or info on race events.

Paul Letner invited everyone to make suggestions for events.

WEBSITE:

Larry Martin presented our volunteer webmasters, Jerry Lowery and Chris Coleman, with honorary memberships and club shirts as a thank you for their excellent work on the club website. Jerry credited Chris with doing most of the work. If you have not checked out the website, please do so at www.capitolcitycorvettes.com . If you have any pictures or other material or suggestions for the website, please email the Jerry or Chris. The website will have a members only page in the future. Also, there will be a club store, with purchases and membership dues paid for via Paypal in the future.

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

OJ Webster, Ambassador, commended Dennis Hogan for his work as the former Ambassador. He then cited a list of Corvettes being raffled off by the National Corvette Museum. The C5/C6 Birthday Bash is coming up April 23-25. The National Corvette Caravan is coming up on Labor Day weekend. The caravan that comes through Alabama may be stopping at Talladega Superspeedway for a few laps around the track on their way through. This is in the planning stages – OJ will keep us updated.

OJ passed around pictures of the club’s trip to the NCM for the club brick-laying ceremony in 2001 in which our club brick and several club members’ bricks were placed in the NCM walkway. There are new bricks available inside the new part of the building. They are hexagonal and about 8 inches across. The club bricks are the same size as individual bricks due to the shape. The club voted to buy a club brick in the new section. We can get members’ bricks placed around the club brick only if OJ orders all of them together. If anyone is interested, they should give the money and order form to OJ no later than next month’s meeting – it can be mailed to him any time before the meeting or given to him at the meeting. The order form can be found on the NCM website www.corvettemuseum.com . The bricks cost $200 for museum members and $250 for non-members. For $75, you can have a duplicate brick mailed to your house. Museum membership costs $50 per year. Note that if you are not a member and you want a brick, you might as well join the museum before purchasing your brick – then you will have membership AND a brick for $250. We will plan a trip to the museum for a brick-laying ceremony in which we will see where the bricks will be placed – they will be actually laid after hours.

OTHER:

Dennis Hogan spoke about club jackets. The current club jacket is no longer available, so Dennis has been searching for a similar substitute. One has been found in the Mid-America catalog but it had a logo on it. Dennis called and found out they did have some of the jackets with no logo on them. They need to know how many people are interested in getting the jacket for around $70 with a club logo on it. About 10 of the club members who were present expressed interest. Dennis will call Mid-America back and check on availability/ordering info for these jackets.

Mark Schultz’ oldest son, who lives in Opelika, was on WSFA news because he built a 12-foot snowman. He sent pictures of it to Mark on Sunday, who then sent the pictures to WSFA. The story was aired on the evening news. On Monday, the snowman had shrunk to about 4 feet tall.

OJ has a few club hats available for $15. If anyone is interested in owning a club hat, please see OJ.

Steve Badalamenti mentioned that on Mar. 14^th beginning at 10 AM there will be a fly-in at the Auburn-Opelika airport. This event will include parachutists, vintage aircraft, military aircraft, etc.

Steve had a book signing in Dadeville that was sold out.

If anyone wants a copy of the picture of club members with the governor should see Carolyn Middleton. She has a few extras that are not signed by the governor.

Larry adjourned the meeting at 8:08 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday April 7, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Julie Hall, Secretary, CCCC

Club Minutes from the February Meeting

CAPITOL CITY CORVETTE CLUB

MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA

Minutes of the meeting Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The meeting convened at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka. Larry Martin, President, called the members to order at 7:02 PM.

To kick off the meeting, all members present were entered in a drawing for two $20 gift certificates towards dinner at the Ox Yoke. The prizes were graciously donated by Jim and Cindy Brown, also CCCC members. The two lucky winners were Betty Deurloo and Janet Reese.

SECRETARY’S REPORT:

Steve B, Secretary, reported that the minutes of the January meeting had been distributed via the usual E-mail channel, and a hard copy is on hand for review. Steve also stated that at the same time the minutes were distributed, he asked all members to submit any nominations for Club Officers via E-mail to himself for forwarding to the election committee. In that same communication, he also advised the members that if they preferred, they could submit nominations directly at the February meeting. No such nominations were received back. No corrections, additions, deletions to the January minutes having been noted, a motion was made and passed to accept the minutes as distributed.

MEMBERSHIP REPORT:

Liz Martin, Membership chairperson, welcomed all to the meeting, thanking all for the large turnout. Sharing February birthdays are: Jo Alexander, Tom Argent, Paul Letner, Liz Martin, and Heather Lambert. Liz once again reminds all that club shirts in all sizes and styles are available for purchase.

FINANCIAL REPORT:

Carolyn Middleton, Treasurer, reported on totals for our checking and savings accounts. As of tonight, we have 35 members renewed. The club dues of $25 for 2009 are due. Members who joined in the last couple of months of 2008 are carried over, exempt..

SOCIAL REPORT:

Past events:

Mark Reese reports that on the 31^st, many members met and caravanned up to Talladega for some track time. Most folks had about 20+ laps in their own Corvettes, some reaching speeds of 160 MPH. Paul managed to catch some laps on in-car video, and a DVD is available for club members to eyeball. It may be possible to solicit other clubs re interest in splitting the $6000/day fee to rent the track for a “track day” event.

Upcoming events:

Jimmie Middleton, Social Chairperson, reports the following:

The Emerald Coast Corvette Club will be hosting a show March 07 in Panama City.

The show is to benefit Taunton Children’s Home, which is that club’s primary charity. The home burned to the ground on New Years day. The show is at the intersection of Hwy 77 and 23 St in Panama City, 8 AM, Sat March 07. $25 registration fee.

Saturday, Feb 07- CCCC will be included in the Prattville Mardi Gras Parade. We will meet by 1:45 PM in the Prattville Wall-Mart lot to caravan to the parade. Beads will be supplied by the club as throws, and you should decorate your cars to reflect the parade theme, “The ‘80’s”.

Feb 6-7-8: The World of Wheels show at B’ham Jefferson Center. This is sponsored by O’Reilly auto parts, and they generally have discount tickets available at store counters. Info at 205-655-4950.

Sat Feb 7- A ride-and-dine, meet 10 AM in Shoney’s lot, Hiway 231 in Wetumpka. A caravan will cruise around the lake area, having lunch at a restaurant en route.

CCCC will have it’s annual Valentine dinner on Saturday, Feb 14, at the new Crockmeiers Restaurant on Vaughn Rd. Traditionally, we meet and cruise to the location where we enjoy a boisterous dinner, after which we publicly exchange Valentine gifts with our S/O. This year, we will gather at FLIPS on Vaughn Rd by 1:30, and then proceed on to Crockmeiers. This is a fun event, and all members are encouraged to come join in the festivities. Dinner will run $20 per person. PLEASE LET LARRY KNOW BY TUESDAY, FEB 10 IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND. larrylmartin@worldnet.att.net

Feb 28^th at FLIPS, Vaughn Rd. Mardi Gras cruise in. Wear costumes, decorate your car.

Prizes and plaques. Info http://www.3cmc.org/

On Sat, March 7, the Ford-GM clubs will have a show-and-shine at Hooters in Montgomery. $15, 8-4. No judging. Info: 334-233-5369 or 334-799-0700

Saturday, March 14, will see the kickoff of a new cruise nite, at the Steak and Shake on Cobbs Ford Rd in Prattville, from 4-8 PM. This will be every second Saturday for the summer. Info jlowery289@aol.com.

March 14-15….13^th Annual Spring Fling, Panama City Beach. Frank Brown Park.

Info from Doug: 850-258-4077 or www.vitalsigns.org

March 27-29: Spring open show and swap meet at Daytona. 386-255-7355

March 28: Rosemary Beach Fla. Antique and Vintage show, 10-3. Info: 850-951-2148

RELAY FOR LIFE:

Jon Briggs, liaison, reports that the date of this year’s relay will be May 01 at AUM.

WEBSITE:

Ryan Lambert has handed the keys to the site over to Jerry Lowery and Chris Coleman of the Mustang Club, who have graciously volunteered to set up and manage our new website. The site is presently up on www.capitolcitycorvettes.com , although most of the pages are blank. Much info will be salvaged off the old site, but all CCCC members are encouraged to submit pics, articles, etc. for inclusion just as soon as Jerry is able to post up a “webmaster link” in order to receive them. Other features will be a President’s corner and an NCM Ambassador column, along with a list of upcoming shows, etc. Keep watching!

AMBASSADOR’S REPORT:

Dennis Hogan, Ambassador, reports that September will see the 15^th Anniversary of the NCM. Festivities will coincide with other events happening at that time. Registration begins in March, and if you delay past that, you will probably be shut out of any digs within a 50 mile radius. The first phase of the Museum expansion project should be completed by then, and the new entrance will feature personalized brick paving. Dennis will make inquiries re the price of a large Club brick which will be intended as the nucleus of our proposed club sidewalk display, with individual CCCC member bricks occupying reserved spaces surrounding it. Sounds impressive!

CCCC OFFICER ELECTIONS:

Jimmy Davis, Nominating Committee chairperson, reports that the following names are presently in nomination for various offices:

Larry Martin………………….President

Ryan Lambert….…………….Vice President

Carolyn Middleton………….. Treasurer

Julie Hall……………………..Secretary

Membership Com chair………Liz Martin

Social Com chair……………..Jimmie Middleton

NCM Ambassador………..….OJ Webster

Events Coordinator(2)…….…Mark Reese / Paul Letner

Steve B confirmed that after active solicitation, no other nominations were received via E-mail. Jimmy then opened it up for nominations from the floor. No additional nominations were offered. All those nominated are present at this meeting, and have agreed to serve. A motion was then made and passed to install all the nominees in office commencing immediately. Congratulations to the incoming officers. All those who have served in the past are commended, and we hope that other members will be encouraged to take a larger part in the direction of this fine Club.

OTHER:

Through the good offices of Carolyn Middleton, on January 22, around fifteen or so members of the CCCC got to meet “up close and personal” with Gov Bob Riley. Larry presented the Governor with a framed picture of CCCC member’s cars arrayed around the Capitol building. Steve B offers the following anecdote: “It seems our governor has a sense of humor…. As I stood there shaking his hand, I idly commented that it wasn’t but seven years ago that I retired to Alabama, not knowing a single soul in the entire state…..and here I am today, shaking hands with the governor!” To which he replied: “I’m not sure if you can consider that as goin’ for’ard or back’ard!”

Larry adjourned the meeting at 8 PM. The next scheduled meeting of CCCC will be at 7 PM, Tuesday March 3, at the Ox Yoke Restaurant in Wetumpka.

Respectfully Submitted,

Steve Badalamenti, Secretary, CCCC