JANUARY 8, 2002 CLUB MEETING
Meeting at the Nuerenberg's started at 7:11PM
Members Present: Larry Baum, Kurt Wirth, Carol Friday, Frank Schaeffer, Frank Koger, Brenda Hildon, Candis and Barry Collick, John Boockmeier, John and Sally Nuerenberg, Arnie Axelrod, Michele Fisher, Rick Riley, Laurie and Doug Tepper.
October minutes approved. The November and December minutes are on the website.
Treasurer's Report: 6 month report approved.
Website: 92 members of Uber Aces. John discussed a proposal to have Groupwise as an e-mail service for everyone with an address. He could create groups of various members, i. e., the officers. Everyone agreed that John should pursue Groupwise.
Membership Report: John B. declared 263 members which included one new member.
UBER ALLES: Candis discussed what was previously decided by a group at a pre-meeting. She will continue what Michele has done and implement some recommended suggestions. Candis' e-mail address is: cblick@iserv.net send articles to her by the 10th of every month. Her first publication will be in March. Some new articles will include: Tech News(to make us competitive in contests that are held as well as be helpful to members); News About Us, and Archival info.
Insurance Report: Kurt said that a down payment has been made on Grattan, Sept. 2002; no other drives have been scheduled until April.
Activities Report: Arnie will take over as new committee chair but will not write articles for UBER; all event's chairs will need to submit their own articles.
IROC Report: Doug said there were changes in next summer's line-up: Motorstadt will host Spartan Speedway in June and our WMR will host the Auto Auction in July.
President's Report:
New meeting locations confirmed: Brenda and Claudio will host the April 9th meeting at their home and Zoom Auto will be approached for the May meeting. Frank Schaeffer will follow-up with Zoom for an UBER ad. Kurt will secure a July 8th meeting at Go Porsche.
NASCAR Dinner Drive: Frank Koger and Renee Krapp may arrange a Wed. or Sun. opportunity in the summer at Rivertown Crossing. The cost will be $45/person.
Old Business: It was discussed that photo collages could be made into posters and distributed in areas which would garner us new members. Candis will organize the photo display and hand out at auto dealers and repair shops, etc.
New Business:
2002 Winterfest: At a previous meeting we discussed that in lieu of door prizes we would give a check to Camille Riley, a representative from Building Block for the full amount of sponsoring a child for a year(the club's contribution would be the difference made up from what we have collected from our charity events all year). Rick Riley suggested we "streamline the process of awards"(presenting all the same awards at once and holding applause til all are present).
Drummond Island for July 25-28, 2002: Candis shared that a card had been sent out this week to all of last year's participants. These are 2002 events planned: Thurs. drive and meet at bridge with no stops to the island; dinner on your own, bowling tournament with 6 of 8 lanes reserved; Chris and Craig have ordered trophies. Friday during the day on your own with cocktails at the Lodge on the 2nd floor balcony, followed by fish dinner at the Northwood and then back to the beach at night for a bonfire. Saturday AM golf or nature walk, then luncheon moved back to 12:30PM. Saturday afternoon 3 pontoons are reserved for island hopping. Dinner at the lodge in an outdoor awning location and later dancing at the Northwood. Tours of the Mohnihan cottage may also be possible on the weekend.
Rick Riley reported on the drive to dinner at the BOB on Wed. Jan. 23. He passed out handouts and took a show of hands from the members present who would be attending that night.
OPEN FORUM:
Kurt discussed the drive to dinner at the Grattan Bar on Wed. Feb. 20th at 7PM; took a show of hands who would attend.
John N. discussed the website's new category of "drive to dinner" during the winter months members would simply drive to a restaurant and meet rather than tour in their cars, thus excluding the need for insurance. John B. agreed to give John N. more UBERS to distribute at dealerships which seem to be running short.
Rick Riley announced a 1-day Grattan event which he would like to offer to Zoom Auto customers. We would provide instructors to their clientele.
Meeting adjourned at 8:45PM
