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Corvette
Memphis Start
Time:
7:00 p.m. End
Time:
7:45 p.m. Doug
Turner called the meeting of the Corvette Club to order. The sign-in sheet was made available at the entrance.
Dinner Shirley
Jones announced that dinner was going to be at Crescent City at the Avenue
in Collierville. A headcount
was taken of participants. Treasurer’s
Report Susan
Allen gave the treasurer’s report. The
checking account balance as of May 31, 2008 was $4184.42.
The charity savings account balance as of May 31, 2008 was $784.55. Membership Tina
Coronna filled in for Ann Hamblin and introduced a guest and asked them to
say a little something about their car.
Newsletter Sherrey
Willis needs more bios from members. If
you haven’t turned one in yet, it is not too late. Secretary’s
Report Debbie
Hochstein reported that the March meeting minutes with corrections has been
posted on the club’s website. She
distributed a draft of the May meeting minutes and asked for corrections.
Corvette
Memphis Website Ed
Allen had no new business. New
Business Peggy
Barnhart from Bumpas Harley Davidson Motorcycle club invited the Corvette
Memphis club to participate in their “Corvettes, Cobras & Chrome”
event. It is scheduled for June
21st from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Bumpas Harley Davidson
dealership in Collierville. Any
question you can contact her at 901-316-1121.
she left a flyer with our club. Chuck
Wombough discussed status of the club’s car show, scheduled for September
13th . He and Fritz
Crombie and Charlie Shaw went to Sommerville to map out the layout for the
show. They are still in need of
door prizes. If you would like
to donate an item to be used as a door prize either call Chuck or bring it
to the monthly meeting. C`athy
Gardner discussed the value of our club having an ambassador to the National
Corvette Museum. After a short
question and answer period Kathy was nominated to serve in this position.
She agreed to the nomination. A
vote was held and she was unanimously elected.
TECH
TALK There
was no TECH Talk this month. Club
Events Tina
discussed the club’s upcoming events. Cruise
with Central Arkansas Corvette Club This
activity is scheduled for June 21st. We will meet at the Pyramid at 11:00 a.m. and go to the
Rendezvous` at 11:30 for lunch. The
cost to park will be $5 and includes security.
From there we will proceed by trolley to Mud Island and return to
Beale Street at dinner time. Currently
only two couples have signed up to represent the club.
We need more participation. Cruise
out of New Orleans Shirley
Jones is coordinating the club’s participation on a Carnival Fantasy
cruise out of New Orleans. The
dates are, Oct 27 to Nov 1, 2008. A
sign-up sheet was available at the meeting.
Any questions, contact Shirley. Weekend
Get-Away Shirley
Jones is planning a Weekend Get-Away at a bed & bath, Rainbow Resort, in
Arkansas June 27th & 28th for club members.
Four couples have already made reservations.
There is an opening for one more couple.
Any questions, contact Shirley. Progressive
Dinner A
Progressive Dinner is planned for August 9th.
To date no one has volunteered to coordinate this event.
If you are interested in coordinating this event or hosting one of
the courses please contact Tina. Mystery
Dinner Cruise The
Mystery Cruise for June will meet at the Agri-Center at 6:30 p.m. Mystery
Day Cruise This
one day cruise was very enjoyable, great ride.
We want to thank Shirley and Norm Jones for making all the
arrangements. The cruise
started on the corner of Appling & Summer at 8:30 a.m. with a police
escort out of the parking lot. It
continued on to Fort Pillow and lunch at the Olympic Steakhouse in Ripley. We then traveled to Brownsville and had pie for dessert in at
Bozo’s Barbeque in Stanton. Cars & Cycles against
Cancer:
We want to thank Joe and Diane Sluder for
organizing this event. Everyone
had a good time caravanning up to Blytheville on June 7th. The weather was great and the people were very welcoming. Drag
Race in Holly Springs Jim
Willis discussed the possibility of reserving an eight mile drag strip in
Holly Springs. There appeared
to be interest from eight members present for this type of event. Jim will check into it and report back. Redbirds
Game The
activity planned for June 27th has been tabled.
A member volunteered to check into getting a skybox.
More information will be forthcoming. Comedy
Club There
are plans to go to the Comedy Club on July 12th.
More information will be available at the July meeting.
Any questions contact Tina. Garage
Day There
are plans to hold a garage day where the guys can get together to work on
their cars or help others work on their cars, or just watch others work on
their cars. The date is
tentatively set for July 10th.
But, no location has been set. Contact
Doug Turner or Fritz Crombie if you are interested in participating. Chris
Johanson ran the raffle at the end of the meeting with the proceeds going to
the charity account. Respectfully
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