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March 2009
There are so many clichés about how time flies, but
there are some corollaries that may not have come to light. First is that when
there is a deadline each month to write an article, those months get really
short. And second is that not only is February a short month, but when the
publisher needs to bump the deadline by a week due to his work commitments, well
HOLY COW !! Maybe the good news is that next month will be really looong. I am one who likes to have my SlipStream in hand. Many of you have said the same thing for your own reasons. The most challenging has been some of you have a dial up Internet connection and downloading SS is nearly impossible. Your Board is not insensitive to the problem and some things are being considered. First is that our publisher is looking at doing two versions, the really nice one that we currently enjoy and a bare bones version without the graphics. We tried a variant of this a while ago by just doing the cover in black and white that really did not solve the problem. If this happens there will be separate links to choose your SS download. Second is my own hairbrained idea. I looked into the costs of mailing a SlipStream and for $2.50- $3.00 per month to cover printing and mailing a hard copy could be in your hands each month. Mailing would be first class USPS, not the discount bulk mail we used to use. The printing would not be the same quality and might even be grayscale. It would not necessarily be an official club function. So, two things need to happen to make this happen. I’d need to know how many people would pay $30 - $35 a year to get the paper version and second if there is somebody who would like to do this. If you have an interest in this idea let me know. It would not be a high volume thing as it looks like we only have a dozen or so members that are on dial up.
Read elsewhere details about the March program.
Representatives from Pratt & Miller will visit us.
While the memories of last night’s Awards Banquet are fresh I’m putting fingers to keyboard. If I were to say what a great event it was you’d think “they always say that” and you’d be right so let me tell you how it was great. Of course all the things we do were done last night, but with a fresh approach. For the second year LIVEWYR has been involved in helping with the awards presentation and she is not stuck in the paradigm of how we always did it, so each year she has taken a different approach and it is both brief and entertaining. As a presentation preparer in her day job she is full of ideas and is already thinking of next year. Tom Dunn did a great job of honoring Gil Roycraft in 2 minutes instead of the usual 5. The year in review was split between the competition and social directors with entertaining video support by Dave Krom, not to mention the background video of the 50th Anniversary highlights that Dave put together that ran in the background on that monster screen thru the evening. And then there was the most special award. The Most Valuable Member Award has been renamed the Ken Watson Memorial Most Valuable Award and was presented by Brett, Kris and Diane to a very deserving Chris Scafero. It was a moving presentation. We had a guest who is not a CCM member and at the end of the evening his comment was, paraphrased: I go to many holiday parties and this was the best one. Expect him to become a CCM member. We also had a raffle and an auction, one item being the CCM 50th logo from the large banner. Proceeds of over $500 from both will be donated to the ALS Ken’s Friends fund. Last night was the general membership meeting. The turnout was a little light due to the weather, but Mr. Art Spong, Group Manager, Brand Quality Performance Cars, rewarded the brave souls who came with a great tech presentation. If you had any questions about your Corvette he truly had the answers. Maybe he will agree to return later in the year when the weather is better. Thanks to Gary Claudio for making the arrangements for Mr. Spong to attend. Thanks to Bob Palmer for offering to join the Board of Directors as the Detroit Council of Sports Car Clubs rep. Welcome aboard. At the February
meeting Harlan Charles will again join us and is planning to bring another
Corvette Engineer with him to further enhance our Corvette enjoyment
January 2009
There are numerous bright spots on the horizon in addition to the usual fine jobs being done by our social and competition committees. Their reports are elsewhere for your enjoyment. The Corvette Encounter will also have some surprises for you that we are not yet able to reveal and I’m sure Jim Rees is chomping at the bit to be able to tell you the news. Also, look for an Open House at Les Stanford in March with a significant announcement from them regarding a special car they will have available from some un-named company that just might be located in New Hudson. Our new member to the club and Board of Directors, but not to the Corvette world, Gary Claudio, has some great plans for Programs throughout the year so mark all those 4th Wednesdays on your calendar so you don’t miss any membership meetings. Remember the general membership meetings now start at 7:30 p.m. I hear that he might also be able to arrange some alternate prizes for the 50-50 raffles so there could be more than one prizewinner each night at the membership meetings. We always have coffee and donuts in the back room for our members/guests compliments of Les Stanford Chevrolet. Don’t miss the next CCM big event, the Annual Awards Banquet on Jan 24 that will culminate our 50th Anniversary year celebrations. This is one event you will not want to miss (buffet dinner, open bar, dancing and lots of door prizes). The deadline to RSVP is January 11th ($35.00 per person). Contact Pat Jutras at 734-397-6942 to make your reservation. Cocktails at 6:00 p.m. and dinner at 6:45 p.m. Be sure to see the special Corvette from Les Stanford that will be on display. I’ve heard a rumor that despite the poor economy in Michigan we will have some great door prizes. Don’t miss our biggest and baddest Social event. Get on your fancy duds and see if you can recognize all your friends in their fancy duds, instead of shorts/jeans and T-shirts. Don’t forget to wear your dancing shoes so we can kick off the next 50 great years. Save the wave, Bruce
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