January2010 Newsletter

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Next Meeting: 4th Thursday of the month.  January 28th, 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.

From the Prez....

No words of wisdom from our new president this month. I'm sure he'll have something illuminating to say in coming months. (Ed.)

Miscellaneous ramblings from the Editor:

Well, a new year is upon us. There are new experiences waiting, not that the ones we've already had were less than great mind you.

My new experiences are already underway. First up is attempting to learn enough HTML to actually get the newsletter to not only look right, but also to allow it to have a consistent look. It's taken me a lot of hours to clean up at least some of the formatting issues that I've noticed - mostly induced by my attempts to edit the newsletter in MS Word. The size of this newsletter should be about half of what it has been in terms of the amount of garbage that was in the document hidden from view. It's getting leaner and meaner and should take less time to load. At the same time, I should now also be able to include pictures in the newsletter which will be a nice surprise.

In other news, there are some really fun opportunities coming our way. Richard is working on setting up a trip to California's Monteray Peninsula for the ALMS race at Laguna Seca. This will be a chance to enjoy not only a great race -as the Corvette Racing team attempts to make inroads into the GT2 class, but also to participate in the Corvette Corral sponsored by the NCM. It should be a lot of fun! Or, what about an open track day out at High Plains Raceway?

No matter what your taste, I'm sure that we'll have opportunities to enjoy a broad spectrum of experiences this coming year!

Minutes of October 24, 2009 Meeting

QUORUM

    A quorum was present. Nominations were closed for officers. Votes to counted at break.

CORRECTION OF PUBLISHED MINUTES

   Bylaw changes for the newsletter/minutes.

     2.0  Dues (Old)

     2.0 Dues (NEW)

NATIONAL CORVETTE MUSEUM AMBASSADOR REPORT

TREASURERS REPORT

GOVERNORS REPORT

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT

SOCIAL COMMITTEE REPORT

MERCHANDISE COMMITTEE REPORT

AUTOCROSS COMPETITION DIRECTOR REPORT

DRAG RACE DIRECTOR REPORT

INTRODUCTION OF NEW OFFICERS

TIM'S CHALLENGE

Meeting was adjourned.

submitted by Joan B.

Club News:

January/February Birthdays:

Mike Davis                 - Feb 12^th

Mike Palomar             - Feb 12^th

Mike Perito                - Feb 15^th

Richard Loch              - Feb 19^th

Upcoming 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/

Tim's Challenge Update

A huge than you to all of you who invested your time to make Tim's Challenge a success again this year.

Thanks to your tireless efforts, the Montour family of Commerce City is warmer, better fed and very touched by your support. By focusing on a single family this year, we were able to make a much larger difference than normal. Those of you who were there for the delivery know how much of a difference we made.

To those of you who helped shop, the family wants you to know that your selections were absolutely spot on. They are very, very grateful for the shoes and clothes.

After looking at their home, I'm wondering if there isn't a way we could raise some more money and spend a day at their house doing some simple maintenance like tacking back up broken siding shingles, weather stripping doors and windows and other small things to help them be in a much more affordable situation. We can discuss this at the meeting if there is any interest.

We should all feel good about what we made happen for this family.

Committee Updates

Social Committee

A new club directory is in the works. Please make sure you get pictures of new additions to the Corvette family to Nancy B or Cathy S. (Ed.)

Governor’s Report

No report this month.

Drag Racing Report

AutoCross Committee

By Frank A.

Merchandise Report

By Mike and Martha P.

Thanks to all of the members who support the Tim’s Challenge raffle!

NCM Ambassador’s Report

By Richard Loch

For the latest news and events at the museum go to http://www.corvettemuseum.com/.

Want to Advertise?

If you are a member of Down the Road Corvettes, you may place a For Sale or Wanted Ad for any Corvette related items in our newsletter for free. Submissions must be received via  E-mail to the editor no later than the 15^th of each month. 

Disclaimer: All prices listed here are not guaranteed.  You will need to confirm any and all prices with the selling party.

Advertising
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For Sale:

1980 Corvette 4 Sale, Automatic, 60K miles. glass tops, Silver / Dark Blue,True Spoke wheels & new tires, + original wheels.

Original and stock.  Good condition. Tell me what it's worth.

Bruce Kinney

(303) 543-1238
 

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For Sale:

2003 50th Anniversary Corvette convertible, 52K miles. 2 more years on GM bumper to bumper warranty.

Going cheap - $24K.

Mike and Jackie Malouf

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