February 2009 Newsletter
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web at: www.downtheroadcorvettes.org
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Mountain Region NCCC at www.rmrnccc.org
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at: www.corvettesnccc.org
Next Meeting: 4th
Thursday of the month. February 26th, 7 PM Go Chevrolet - 7320 North Broadway near I-25 and
the Boulder Turnpike.
Guest Presenters - Limit of 2 presentations per meeting, please make
arrangements with the President at least a day in advance to be placed on the
agenda and to see if the limit has been reached for this month.
2009 Down the Road Corvette Club Officers
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President |
Mike Davis |
Vice President |
Bill Schultz |
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Treasurer |
Gail Krusen |
Secretary |
Nancy Keyser |
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Governor |
Nancy Burritt |
Board Members |
Mike Kelley |
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Newsletter Info (Deadline the 15th) |
Official Club Address |
A note from Mike:
Well, it is still
difficult getting used to my new title, sooo.
As the Corvette
season fast approaches, it seems every ones calendar is starting to fill. With
the Convention, Caravan, Races, Mystery Meals, Rallies, Car Shows, Parades, Saturday
night “drive-ins”, & Spur of the moment drives, I don’t know how we will
get it all done in such a short season. (But we will try).
With this being our
second club meeting this new year, please let me emphasize the importance of
every one attending this one. Every one knows that the results of the survey we
took this past month will be announced & discussed, we all need your
feedback and ideas.
On a personal note,
this past news year eve, I learned that the Denver Police have UNMARKED CHEVROLET
TAHOES!!!. They do NOT keep up with
Z06’s, except when they turn on their RED LIGHTS. (One of our club members knew
this, D. R.), but forgot to warn me.
See you all at the
next meeting, Save the Wave
Mike
Ps. Remember one thing……..
Misc. ramblings from the
Editor
Well, I’ll tell you, combining all different kinds of documents into HTML is
quite a challenge, but I’m getting the hang of it – sort of. Maybe by the end
of the year, I’ll actually be to the point where things will look half way
decent.
My favorite time of year is here – April Fool’s Rally time. Let’s all get behind the rally committee and make this a great event!
One thing that I’m going to do is to publish a schedule of upcoming events – say within the next month. My version of the schedule will include not only club and NCCC events, but also events of other non-NCCC clubs. My goal will be to give better visibility to not only club events and NCCC events, but also to other events in the local Corvette Community so that we can support our friends in all the clubs in the area.
I’m also waiting on word from Western Hills Elementary School on if and or when the Justin Anderson Bike Repair Day will be coming. I know that all of us that helped out with the event last year had a ball and I’m pretty sure that they would like to have us back again this year. Tim’s Challenge will again support the event, but probably not to the extent that we did last year.
Tim
Minutes of Past Meeting
Down the Road Corvettes
Minutes of January 2009 Meeting
QUORUM
There was a Quorum present.
VISITORS
We were pleased to be joined by Richard and Fancie Lock who have a 1984 and 2009 Z06.
PREVIOUS MINUTES
The previous minutes were approved.
TREASURER'S REPORT
Gail was not present(hope she feels better). Mike D. gave report and was approved.
GOVERNOR REPORT
Regional Banquet is March 7. Reminder NCCC Convention is August 7-14,2009.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
No new members Send any new info to Nancy (new car pics,new e-mail address).
MERCHANDISE COMMITTEE
Mike and Martha are now in charge. $300 was approved to buy mew stock.
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
The Mystery Meal is March 21.
OLD BUSINESS
Tim B. gave a great wrap up of this year Christmas deliveries.
NATIONAL CORVETTE MUSEUM
No Report. John M. will assist new Ambassador.
AUTOCROSS COMPETITION
The Golden Autocross is June 27. This will be the only one besides the Convention race. We need lots of worker bees, good training for convention.
DRAG RACE DIRECTOR
No report.
NEW BUSINESS
April Fool's Rally- Joan B. will chair (she needs lots of HELP), Phil O. will be Route Master.
A survey was handed out by new prez. Mike D., he will e-mail to all members and present they results at future meetings.
MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
Submitted by
Joan Breher
Club News:
March Birthdays:
Joe Breher - 25th
April Fool’s Rally – It’s Time!!!!
Joan Breher has stepped up to the plate to be the chairperson of the
umpteenth annual April Fool’s Rally. Phil Olbert has volunteered to head up the
route planning effort. Joan will also need someone to head up the People’s
Choice car show which will be done to support Tim’s Challenge.
Upcoming
Other Events
Rather than try to put the entire schedule in here, I’ve opted
to include items both NCCC and otherwise into a close up schedule. If you want
to see the entire NCCC schedule, please go to the Rocky Mountain NCCC regional
site at http://www.rmrnccc.org/
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Date |
Event |
Sponsoring Club |
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March 7th |
Regional Awards Banquet |
RMR |
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March 15th |
Triple Low Speed Auto-X |
CWCC |
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March 21st |
St. Patrick’s Day |
DtRC |
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April 5th |
PC Charity Car Show |
DtRC |
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April 5th |
April Fool’s Rally |
DtRC |
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April 19th |
Driving School / Auto-X ? |
TORCA |
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April 25th |
Auto-X School – PPIR |
CSCC |
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Aptil 26th |
2 Low Speed Auto-X – PPIR |
CSCC |
DtRC has been invited to participate in Georgetown Colorado’s 4th of July parade. I’ll update the information as the time gets closer.
Justin
Anderson Memorial Bike Repair Day
I don’t have the details on the event this year, but the Justin Anderson Memorial Bike Repair Day at Western Hills Elementary School will be coming soon – probably the first Saturday in May. The club has expressed an interest in participating in the event again this year the school is excited to have us participate again. I will work as the coordinator of the event and hope to have details soon.
DtRC
Club Bone-Head award
Rumor has it that the “bones” are getting prepared for an active season though early bets are that our Vice-President has a lock on them!
Committee
Updates
Social
Committee
Mary Kay, Mary and Cathy
Watch for spur of the moment events!
Be sure not to forget the March mystery meal (well, it’s not really a mystery, but it is a lot of fun).
MARY’S 5TH ANNUAL ST.
PATRICKS’ DAY OPEN HOUSE
WHEN: SATURDAY MARCH 21ST,2009
WHERE: 8414 W. SWARTHMORE PL.
LITTLETON, CO.
ALL YOU CAN EAT & VERY
LITTLE TO DRINK. ( SOFT & “HARD” DRINKS)
BEWARE OF “HARD” DESSERTS
PLEASE RSVP TO 720-981-9796
(MARY)
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Governor’s
Report -
By Nancy B.
Upcoming NCCC Events:
Regional Awards Banquet - March 7th
Same place as always - Embassy Suites - I70 and Havana.
Doors open at 6 p.m., Dinner & Awards at 7 p.m.
$35 in advance, $40 at the door.
For RSVP info, menu information, etc. please see the flyer posted on the
Regional website.
CWCC AutoCrosses (3) - Fruita High School - March 15th. Flyer on the regional website.
TORCA Driving school and AutoCross - I've received email that TORCA is in the final stages of planning a morning drivers school/afternoon autocross day in the Denver area. The tentative information is: Date - 4/19. School entrollment will be limited. I would expect final details to be coming out soon, and will forward on as soon as I get them. In the meantime - if you are interested please mark your calendars. Also - for you experienced autocrossers, they are looking for a couple of additional volunteers to be instructors. If you are interested, let me know and I'll send you Ken B's contact info so you can see if they have filled all the instructor spots or not.
Other
Governor items
The governors have received a note from NCCC asking them to remember to support the NCCC sponsors. Instead of taking space here - I'll just forward that all on to you. Obviously, nothing is obligatory, but if all things are equal please do try to do business with our sponsors and make sure that you let them know that you are NCCC so that they know their sponsorship dollars are going to good use. More details in the email I will forward on after this newsletter comes out.
You should have gotten your 2009 membership packet by now. In it is the convention schedule. You only have 6 or 7 more months of me reminding you that Convention is coming up right in our back yard - Colorado Springs - and is being hosted by the Rocky Mountain Region. We (DtRC) are doing the timing for the low speed autocross. So we will need workers on August 11 & 12. So whether you intend to attend the entire thing or not, if possible, please come on out and help on those days.
The Colorado Spring Corvette Club is having an AutoX and Drivers School 4/25 and 4/26 - at PPIR in the parking lot - which is the same place the Convention low-speed autocross is at. I'll contact Walt to see if it is in the same part of the lot that the Convention autocross is. If it is - then it would be good if some (or a lot) of us could go down there on 4/26 and check out the facilities and logistics. I'll definitely find out before I write up the March column. For those that are autocrossing - you'll be down there anyway. For the rest of us - a nice drive down to check it out, and then a late brunch somewhere sounds like a nice pleasant day. I'll let you know as it gets closer.
That's it for now. The next regional governors' meeting is on March 8th - so there will probably be more to share next month.
50th Annual National Convention - August 7 - 14,
2009 - RMR - Colorado Springs, CO.
And a permanent reminder for the next year’s worth of newsletters. Don't forget as you start making 2009 vacation plans - mark the following in your book. DtRC will be hosting the low-speed autocross currently scheduled for the parking lot at PPIR. I don't have the AutoCross dates handy, but can get them if you need them this soon. Even if you can't join us for the whole week, we'll need lots of help the days of our events (it is over two days I believe).
NCCC RMR Events
The competition season has ended for 2008. The results will be up
within a couple weeks on www.rmrnccc.org
. The regional planning meeting is coming up soon - Frank has one date on
the CSP calendar in June for our 2009 AutoCross, and I am of course going to
put on the April Fools rally for the 1st Sunday of April and the Sno Big Deal
shows the weekend before Thanksgiving - unless I hear otherwise. We're
not locked into anything by putting events on the calendar. But we may
get locked out of a date if another club has a similar event scheduled for the
same day. So better safe than sorry.
15th Anniversary National Corvette Caravan -
August 31 – Labor Day 2009
Planning is underway for the fourth National Corvette Caravan heading to Bowling Green Kentucky to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the National Corvette Museum. Repeating the Denver stop of the caravan from the 50th birthday bash in 2003 is going to be a daunting challenge. A lot has changed since 2003. The caravan planning committee is meeting on the second Thursday of every month at Go Chevrolet.
Up next is preparation of a budget so the committee can put together a request for sponsorship from the Colorado Chevy Dealers Association. Given the state of the economy at this point in time, sponsorship is not a slam dunk and it will take a lot of hard work by a lot of people to insure that caravan participants have another experience to remember with this caravan. For those of you that participated in the 50th birthday caravan, please come out and help the committee.
Drag
Racing Report
Joan B.
The 2009 schedule should be available rel soon now. Depending on the interest this year, we could re-establish the club in the points chase.
AutoCross
Committee
Frank A.
DtRC has reserved Jun 27th for an autocross at the CSP track in Golden.
Merchandise Report
Mike and Martha are busy getting things organized and ready
for the new season. Be sure to check out the merchandise table for new items
and to get great prices on the old merchandise.
NCM
Ambassador’s Report
For the latest news and events at the museum go to http://www.corvettemuseum.com/.
With the departure of John Harnagle from the club, this position is open!
The Museum had its first delivery in the new Corvette Boulevard! The construction cams are also now up and running so you can watch as the final stages of the addition are completed! Be sure to go to www.corvettemuseum.com to check out the progress!
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2009 Committees:
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Dealer Rep |
Mike K. |
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Membership & Directory |
Cathy S. / Nancy B. |
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Social Committee |
Mary Kay, Mary and Cathy |
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Merchandise Committee |
Mike and Martha |
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Rally Committee |
Joan – Chair, |
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Show Committee |
Open |
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Open |
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Webmaster |
Mike P. |
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Newsletter |
Tim B |
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Drag Racing Competition Director |
Joan B. |
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Autocross Competition Director |
Frank A. |
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Tim’s Challenge Representative |
? |
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Sno' Big Deal Extravaganza |
Open |
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Roving Reporter/Photographer |
Bill S. |