Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes of January 2nd 2012
Meeting was called to order by President Trae Larkin at 7:40 pm. He welcomed all members and also our visitor, Ron Bedford, who is also our newest member.
Old Business:
The VOTS Christmas Party was a big success; all who attended had a great time. The Spirit Award was presented to Drew Beck at this meeting as he was not present at the Christmas party.
New business:
We have once again lost one of our current officers. Ann Hill, our activities director, along with her husband has moved back to FL so we had to elect a new director. We only had one candidate for the position and that is LaGina Vaught, she accepted the nomination and the vote was taken. Jeff Eaves gave the 1st and Pam Napoleon gave the 2nd. All present gave approval. Please welcome our new activities director to her new position.
2012 VOTS Show is fast approaching. The date is May 19th 2012 and will be at the old Wal-Mart building in Bristol VA. More information will be posted about the location at a later date. It was stated that we will need additional tables and chairs for this year since we will not have the ones that Bill Gatton usually supply.
We then voted on the charity which will be St. Jude’s. George Lamons gave the 1st to accept and LaGina gave the 2nd. All present gave approval.
Trae is working on the donation request letter for this year, he will have ready soon for approval.
LaGina suggested that we all keep in mind to bring any gifts that we have received for Christmas that we may not need or may not want to the show for door prizes and ladies Oasis presents. Please keep in mind that we will need to get these door prizes/presents lined up soon.
Drew asked that all persons who helped last year again help this year. We need all members to help with this show if we are to have a successful show again this year.
Trae is working on this years show flyer and will have ready soon for approval. Pam has asked if they are ready she would like some to take with her to the Cabin Fever show in Knoxville which is Jan 14th.
Secretary Report:
Sandy Eaves club secretary stated that last months minutes were posted on the web site and also placed copies of last months report on each table.
Treasure Report:
Shelia Emory club treasurer then gave the treasures report. She did not have copies to present but will email the members later with the current report. She stated that we as a club are in a good position and had a good year. Motion to accept was made by Drew Beck and seconded by Don Hughes. Vote was taken and unanimously approved by all members present.
NCCC Report:
Drew Beck stated that he had nothing new to add at this time.
NCM Report:
Pam Napoleon stated that she had nothing new to report but did encourage all members to look at the web site and purchase from the museum.
LaGina was awarded the “Best all around Mystery Cruise”.
Webmaster Report:
Johnny Larkin was not present at this meeting.
Activities Director Report:
Nothing on this since we just elected a new director. LaGina did state that she would send any current event information via email when she has anything.
No Tech Talk for this meeting.
50/50 prize of $30.00 went to Sandy Eaves.
No further club business was discussed at this time and the meeting was finished up at 8:10.
Meeting Minutes of December 5, 2011
Meeting was called to order by President Trae Larkin at 7:35 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting. We had a total of 21 members and guest at this meeting.
Old Business:
We would like to say a big Thank You to all our members for the donations for the Thanksgiving baskets for families in our area that needed help during the Holiday season. We were able to put 10 full meals together to give to 10 families. Sheila, Trae, and Brenda delivered the meals.
New Business:
The 2011 VOTS Christmas party will be held at the Troutdale at Ridgefield’s County Club at 6:00 on December the 10th. All who wish to join in on the gift exchange should bring one man and one woman gift valued at $20.00 to $25.00 each. We will have the “dirty Santa” gift exchange which is a lot of fun.
The 2012 VOTS Corvette Show will be on May 19th, 2012. Due to construction at Bill Gatton a new location is being looked at. Hopefully we will know more about the new location by the January meeting. A few sites were being looked at but nothing is booked at this time. Please be thinking about the car show and finding sponsors and door prizes as we will need to get this lined up soon.
Secretary’s Report: It was stated that the minutes are posted on the web site by Sandy Eaves and also a copy of the minutes are on each table.
Shelia Emory then gave the Treasurer’s report which was stated that the NCCC payment was sent and that the PO Box was renewed. The Web site was renewed. Ann gave the motion to accept and Jim made the 2nd. All members present accepted as is.
NCCC report:
Drew Beck let us know that our NCCC dues have been taken care of and paid in full.
He did mention to the club that Bill Gatton is planning a Grand Re-Opening and would like the club to support this. All members accepted this and details will be given as we have them.
NCM report:
Pam presented her report on the National Corvette Museum. She did not have much on this as the year is winding down. She did let us know that they are having lots of sales at the present time and that this is a good place to Christmas shop.
Activities report:
Ann Hill presented her Activities Director Report next. She stated that she is working on the calendar for next year. She reminded all about the Christmas Party.
Johnny gave the web master report, he stated that he had nothing new but did encourage all to send photos.
50/50 was awarded to Kris for the total of $28.00.
Meeting adjourned at 8:05.
Meeting Minutes of November 7, 2011
Meeting was called to order by President Trae Larkin at 7:30 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting along with guests Chris and Jenna. We had a total of 31 members and guests at this meeting.
Old Business:
Vettes and Vets at Bowling Green was a huge success. We had 23 club members present for the event. Thanks to the Ennis who went to the road rally put on by the East Tennessee Club.
New Business:
Dues are now a must, if we don’t have them in by 11/9/11 there will be a fee and our club will not pay that fee. The dues are $60.00 per couple and $50.00 per single. Any one who has not paid yet was able to pay tonight at the meeting.
We are going to have the Thanksgiving baskets to give to needy families together on 11/20 and these baskets will be delivered on 11/21/11. Shelia to get additional information out to all about location and time to get these baskets put together. A donation basket was passed around to club members for additional monies to be used for purchasing the meat to put in the baskets. We collected $146.00 from the club members. A great big Thank You to all.
The Christmas Party will be 12/10/11 at 6:00 at Ridgefield’s Country Club. Ann is working with Ridgefield’s about having 3 to 4 selections to pick from. The club voted and thought this would be best. They will also have a cash bar. Ann will send out additional information when she has everything finalized. We will also have the gift exchange so everyone who wants to participate should bring one lady gift and one man gift around $20.00 to $25.00 each. Simply mark them as lady or man.
Secretary’s Report: It was stated that the minutes are posted on the web site by Sandy Eaves and the highlights of the last meeting were touched on. It was also stated that we will have an updated member roster available at the next meeting with current email addresses and phone numbers.
Shelia Emory then gave the Treasurer’s report which was distributed to all present.
Report was accepted by Jeff Eaves and the 2nd was by LaGina. All accepted the report as is.
NCCC report was given by Drew who reminded us that all dues were to be paid in full by tonight’s meeting so that he could get it paid by 11/9/11.
Pam presented her report on the National Corvette Museum. She did not have anything new to report at this time but did want to thank all for the support during her sickness.
Johnny Larkin our webmaster was not present at the meeting.
Ann Hill gave the Activities Director report. We will not be in the Kingsport Parade this year. She did have a current calendar for all present.
No further business was conducted and the meeting was adjourned around 8:30 pm.
Meeting Minutes of October 3, 2011
Meeting was called to order by President Trae Larkin at 7:30 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting and Trae welcomed guests Rob & Melissa Hicks.
Trae then announced some bad news about David Lamons, George & Terri’s son, who was diagnosed that day with Leukemia and will be going to St Judes for treatment. He was at Niswonger the day of the meeting and Cindy left the meeting to visit him
Trae advised that no Old Business to discuss and new Business was membership renewals due by November meeting, November 7th, then Trae asked the membership about donaton to Sycamore Shoals, Trae Thanked David and La Gina for their mystery ride, and the wonderful mystery cruise. Many members donated to the Park system the date of the ride but suggestion was made to pass a hat for donations to be made to Sycamore Shoals. All present agreed and a hat was passed.
Next discussed was food baskets for the holidays to families in need. After discussion it was agreed for members to bring food items to the meeting and then baskets will be made and if members wish they can do monetary donations and food will be purchased. Sheila Emory will locate families or charity for these donations and coordinate this effort.
Trae discussed that he has been in contact with the rep from Adams who is willing to do a car care clinic. Jim & Pam Napoleon acknowledged that the club can use their facility for this event. Trae will contact the Adams rep and see when we can schedule this event.
The Christmas Party was then discussed. Suggestions made included the Ridgefields Country Club, General Morgan Inn and Martha Washington. Of these locations the Ridgefields is available. We have also contacted the Holiday Inn which is unavailable. Suggestion was made to check into Bristol Motor Speedway and the Black Rooster in Marion, VA.
Further discussion on the party will take place in November
Another suggested event was for Thanksgiving pot luck dinner on Sunday November 13th in Greeneville at the City Car Museum Garage. Members would bring covered dish and the museum would charge about $5.00 per person. Minimum required would be at least 20 people.
Vets n Vettes was discussed next. Bob Minke advised that he is coordinating check presentation with the Wounded Warriors while we are at this event. Anticipated now to present the check either Thursday or Friday. The Wounded Warrior Vette is still at the museum on display. The rep from Wounded Warriors advised that he will print a large check for us to present to them at the museum. We need to send him our logo. There is a tour scheduled at the factory and again thru the museum for those that wish to participate. Bob’s contact has also suggested that in the future we may be able to coordinate an event at the air force museum and restoration hanger and maybe arrange for a flight on a transport plane for the VOTS.
The parade in Bowling Green will be Saturday. Last year there were over 100 vettes in the parade. Gather at the museum and then move out.
Sheila Emory our treasurer then announced that with monies collected and monies previously donated to Sycamore Shoals, our total donation would be $225.00
Secretary report – Sandy was not at the meeting, Ann has agreed to take minutes
Treasurers Report – Sheila distributed the report. No questions being made motion was made by Ann Hill seconded by David Vaught, all voted and report was accepted as presented.
Drew was not present for the NCCC report but asked that everyone be aware of dues renewal in November
Pam Napoleon reported on the Museum with several events upcoming including the vets and vettes event, there are several raffles available on October and the store is offering holiday specials and clearance items
Activities report was updated by Ann Hill, who distributed a new calendar to those present.
Webmaster was not present but Trae advised that if you have anything to send to forward it to Johnny for posting.
Cindy returned from visiting David and advised that he had a chest x ray, has had bruising, and had an MRI and CT scan. X ray also showed he was retaining fluid in his lungs. He is presently at Niswonger in Room 205.
The 50/50 was drawn and winner was Bob Minke.
Ann Hill asked everyone to keep our members with health issues in their thoughts and prayers including Pam Napoleon who is having surgery on Wednesday, Judy Sartain that just had surgery, David Lamons at Niswonger and any other members that need our prayers.
No further business being conducted the meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm.
Meeting Minutes of September 12, 2011
Meeting was called to order by President Trae Larkin at 7:35 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting. We had a total of 25 members and guest at this meeting. New members Fred and Vanessa Belcher from KY.
Old Business:
We discussed the Thank You notes for the car show. Ann Hill is getting this letter ready and will present to the board at our next meeting which will be in September.
New Business:
We discussed the presentation of the check to the Wounded Warrior Project. Bob has been getting this coordinated with the Wounded Warrior Project and they want a BIG check (in size) for photo ops. We will be giving the check to them at the November show at the museum which is the 1st Thursday thru Sat of November. We have several members going and we will try to schedule a VIP tour of the museum for this group. We will also get a group photo of those present under our new banner.
Secretary’s Report: It was stated that the minutes are posted on the web site by Sandy Eaves and the highlights of the last meeting were touched on.
Shelia Emory then gave the Treasurer’s report which was distributed to all present. The reports were accepted by the club. Sandy Eaves gave the motion to accept and Jim Napoleon gave the 2nd. All accepted the report as is.
NCCC report:
Drew Beck let us know that our NCCC dues need to be paid by the 1st of November. Fees are $60.00 per couple and $50.00 for a single. Please make sure your dues are paid on time.
Pam presented her report on the National Corvette Museum. She did let the club know that we now have the old banner back and we will get this to Logan’s to display along with our other one. She did remind everyone that our new banner for the club was presented and is now hanging at the NCM.
Ann Hill presented her Activities Director Report next. Ann listed the activities and also gave members a list of all activities that will be taking place in the upcoming months. These will be posted on the message board and she will also send e-mails letting all members know what is coming up. She did let us know that we all need to check the message board from time to time so that we are all up to date on club happenings. We were asked to give her ideas for our upcoming Christmas Party. It will most likely be scheduled for the 2nd weekend in December.
Johnny Larkin our webmaster was not present at this meeting.
The tech talk for tonight was presented by Chris and he suggested and brought for all to see the step stool which is available at Wal-Mart or Target for around $10.00 to keep in your cars for sitting on to clean and detail your car.
50/50 was then drawn and the winner was Drew Beck, he was awarded $33.00.
No further business was conducted and the meeting was adjourned around 8:10 pm.
Meeting Minutes of August 1st, 2011
Meeting was called to order by President Trae Larkin at 7:35 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting. We had a total of 25 members and guest at this meeting.
Old Business:
The All Corvette show was a great success. We had a total of 86 cars and all comments were positive.
A special thanks to Debbie Tritt on her 50/50 success of selling tickets. It was suggested by the members that we write Thank You notes for all that participated in the show. Ann will work on these letters. Maybe we will have the lapel pins to go with the letters. Drew did let us know that Insurers of Tri-Cites will pay for the pins. The thank you notes would give the details of the money earned and how it was distributed and information on the charity that we picked. Big thanks go out to Patty and Pam on the water give out and reaching out to the car owners to make them feel welcome.
A total of $1655.00 will go to the wounded warrior project. It was mentioned that we were low on food by the end of lunch. It was suggested that we do something for Bill Gatton. Drew Beck suggested that Chris would not want anything but it was mentioned that we would present to Bill Gatton a group photo of the club.
The after show picnic was a great time and much appreciated. Good food and fellowship.
New Business:
Bethany resigned as our NCCC director effective immediately due to some family obligations.
It was then stated that per the by-laws a new person would be elected based on vote by members present at the meeting. Drew Beck was suggested for the position and he did accept. It was voted on and accepted by all present that he will become our NCCC director. Please welcome him to this new position.
It was then voted on that our September meeting will be the 12th due to Labor Day weekend.
We then discussed how to present the money to the Wounded Warrior Project. It was suggested that Bob be involved with giving out of the money since he has the contacts. It was suggested that we have the funds ready to present at the Nov event.
Secretary’s Report: It was stated that the minutes are posted on the web site by Sandy Eaves and the highlights of the last meeting were touched on.
Shelia Emory then gave the Treasurer’s report which was distributed to all present. We had both June and July reports to look at. Both reports were accepted by the club. LaGina gave the motion to accept and Jim Moore gave the 2nd. All accepted the report as is.
NCCC report: We did not have a NCCC report at this meeting.
Pam presented her report on the National Corvette Museum. She did let the club know that she needed to send the $150.00 club membership check. Shelia will get the check to her and the approval was voted on by all. Drew gave the 1st and Ann gave the second to accept this motion. The new banner for the club was presented and is now hanging at the NCM.
Ann Hill presented her Activities Director Report next. Ann listed the activities and also gave members a list of all activities that will be taking place in the upcoming months. These will be posted on the message board and she will also send e-mails letting all members know what is coming up. She did let us know that we all need to check the message board from time to time so that we are all up to date on club happenings.
Johnny Larkin our webmaster then gave his report. He had nothing new to report and as always please send pictures to Johnny to be posted on the web site.
No tech Talk for tonight
50/50 was then drawn and the winner was Bruce Tritt, he was awarded $35.00.
No further business was conducted and the meeting was adjourned around 8:35 pm.
Meeting Minutes of May 2nd, 2011
Meeting was called to order by President Trae Larkin at 7:30 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting. We had a total of 33 members and guest at this meeting.
Guests: Janet & Rex Ennis, Richard & Paula Hart, and Chris Williams
It was asked if any members had any storm damage and thankfully we had none.
Old Business: No old business to discuss.
New Business:
Brenda Moore resigned as our activities director effective immediately due to some family obligations.
It was then stated that per the by-laws a new person would be elected based on vote by members present at the meeting. Ann Hill volunteered for the position and it was voted on and accepted by all present that she will become our new activities director. Please welcome her to this new position.
The Reeder Car show was then discussed and we had 13 members present with one guest bringing the VOTS total to 14 at the show.
Please congratulate Pam Napoleon for Best of Show on her car.
The VOTS car show was then discussed and we agreed that we need a person to be our show head and be able to act as a point person for all show items. That person will be Drew Beck as he has great experience with the show and is also has good contacts with Bill Gatton.
Rudy and Ann Hill have been appointed as National Corvette Caravan team captions for the state of Tennessee and the east half of Kentucky. The post will involve a lot of work for them and they ask for help and any ideas. Please get with Rudy or Ann if you wish to volunteer or have ideas. Congratulations!
Secretary’s Report: It was stated that the minutes are posted on the web site by Sandy Eaves and the highlights of the last meeting were touched on. It was also stated that we will have an updated member roster available at the next meeting with current email addresses and phone numbers.
Shelia Emory then gave the Treasurer’s report which was distributed to all present.
Report was accepted by Bethany and the 2nd was by Patty Larkin. All accepted the report as is.
NCCC report was given by Bethany who let the club know that you can now post ads (sale, trade or wanted to buy) on the NCCC web site if you are a current NCCC member. The cost is free but they do ask if you will make a donation in a dollar amount of your choice to the NCCC’s future Corvette Owners Association. It was also mentioned that we have 59 total members (30 primary with 29 spouses)
Pam presented her report on the National Corvette Museum. The C5/C6 bash will be attended by the Hills and the Steffens. Rudy did mention that the new colors have been stated that will be available for new Corvettes.
Ann Hill presented her Activities Director Report next. Ann listed the activities that will be taking place in the month of May. These will be posted on the message board and she will also send e-mails letting all members know what is coming up. She did let us know that we all need to check the message board from time to time so that we are all up to date on club happenings.
Johnny Larkin our webmaster then gave his report. We need pictures of our new member’s cars so that they can be posted on the web site. As always send pictures to Johnny and he will get them posted.
No tech Talk for tonight
Trae did let us know that we can still order the club blankets but we would need to order 10 or 12 blankets to get the price of around $32.00 ea. He also let the members know that we can bring our own shirts to him and he will take them as a group to get the club logo put on. If you need business cards or name tags please let Trae know.
50/50 was then drawn ant the winner was one of our guests, Ms Ennis. She was awarded 40.00.
No further business was conducted and the meeting was adjourned around 8:45 pm.
Meeting Minutes of April 4th, 2011
Meeting was called to order by President Trae Larkin at 7:30 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting. We had a total of 26 members and did not have any quests at this meeting
Old Business: No old business to discuss.
New Business:
Club Photo at BMS was discussed. We would like to have this at the track or at the Drag Strip. There will be more information to follow on this.
VOTS Car Show on July 9th 2011
Brenda Moore suggested that we take nominations for our charity for the car show.
The nominations were:
2nd Harvest Food Bank
Wounded Warrior Project (Vettes for Vets)
St Jude
By vote taken by all members present the charity picked is Wounded Warrior Project.
Trae made motion to accept vote and Jim Moore gave second to accept.
Bob Minke talked some about this project and will get information as required for the club.
Pan Napoleon motioned that club member cars not be judged. LaGina gave second on the motion
No club trophies.
Brenda Moore has emailed the flyer to all area clubs.
Bethany waiting on prices for T-Shirts and lapel pins were talked about. The price for lapel pins would be around $2.00 ea and is up for discussion.
Jim Napoleon will want to meet with all judges before show. Time to be determined.
Secretary’s Report: Due to meeting running very late the minutes were highlighted by Sandy Eaves and also are posted on the web site.
Shelia Emory was not present but Wade Emory did bring copies of the Treasurer’s report which was distributed to all present.
NCCC report was given by Bethany who let the club know that you can apply for a NCCC credit card which would allow you to upload a picture of your own car to be used on the front of the card. NCCC receives a $50.00 donation from UMB for every card issued and used. They also will receive a percentage of all future purchases.
Pam presented her report on the National Corvette Museum. She told about the Bunny Brunch on April 23rd and also the C5/C6 Bash on the 28th-30th.
Johnny Larkin our webmaster was not present at the meeting. The Corvette Show flyer is now posted on the web site.
Brenda Moore gave the Activities Director report. She reminded all ladies about the Ladies Night out at the spa which has been changed to the 27th of April (org date was the 20th). She wanted to remind all club members about the ETCC/Reeder Chevy Corvette Show on May 1st.
No tech Talk for tonight
50/50 was awarded and the lucky winner was Pam Napoleon, she was awarded $31.00
No further business was conducted and the meeting was adjourned around 8:45 pm.
VotS March 7, 2011 meeting
· 34 members in attendance
· New Member: Larry Wilcox, 2006 Silver convertible
· Old Business: Patty Larkin read minutes from February meeting
· Men’s coffee time: Jim Napoleon is looking for a meeting place, is up for any ideas from club members interested
· New Business: Brenda Moore talked about VotS 3rd annual corvette show in July, team members are needing volunteers to help
Shelia Emory is over Registration, Pam Napoleon is over donations, door prizes, and 50/50, Bethany DiMaggio is over advertising: Trae Larkin will get a letter out for businesses with info regarding the show and our letterhead
LaGina Vaught is over Hospitality, water for coolers and women’s tent (we need extra tents), Jim Napoleon is over judging the cars: will judge per generation, C-5 and C-6 will each have a sub group, he needs 16 volunteers
· Super Chevy Show: Jim Moore and Trae Larkin met with BMS, show is scheduled for September 23rd-25th, Brochures should be finished by the end of March, will have Corvettes 4 Kids. Advertising 5 hours Friday night to run 5 cars with 10 laps, Professional photos will include individual or club packages (this will be included in the registration), possible to get each club their own block on the track, Fliers should be out before Corvette Expo, discussed getting our picture on Blue Bars from the track.
· Treasurer’s Report: Profit and Loss handed out by Sheila, Jim Napoleon gave motion to accept and Don Hughes accepted
· NCCC: nothing new to discuss
· NCM: Pam Napoleon talked about volunteers needed at the Corvette Museum during C-5/C-6 Bash April 28th-30th. She will get our July show flier to hand out, will try to get products for donations to our show, discussed the restaurant needing pictures of club member’s corvettes to put on tabletops for display, they are 4 x 4 ½ , cost $50.00 and had 270 spaces available.
· Activities: Corvette Expo, will post on message board when and where people are meeting to go down. Brenda needs a list of each member’s car and year for her spreadsheet. April 30th is the Tybee Island Corvette Show, and some members are going down to Vettes Doin Charleston – AAA members get a discount. Ladies Night: 3rd Thursday of the month – Austin Springs Spa in April.
· Trae explained message board and website to new members
· Webmaster: let Johnny Larkin know if anything needs to be put on the website and send him your pictures
· Tech Talk: Chris & Roger Duncan – wanting feedback on what to talk about at each meeting. Chris Duncan photography: send him an email if interested in professional photos.
· 50/50: Donnie Hughes’ ticket was drawn, won $32.00
· Adjourned meeting at 8:25pm
Meeting Minutes of February 7, 2011
Meeting was called to order by Vice President Jim Moore at 7:30 pm as Trae Larkin was not able to be at this month's meeting. He welcomed all members and also our visitor Nicole, who is Jack’s daughter.
He addressed old business first:
He discussed with the group that at the Super Chevy Show, we had a misunderstanding with BMS about the payout to the VOTS. We were under the impression that we would be given $1000.00 dollars, but BMS was under the impression that any dollar amount was to be included in the payout given to the Children’s Miracle Network. He did let us know that this event had no expense to the club and felt at this time we needed to move on and in any new dealings with BMS get everything in writing. Special thanks to John Larkin for supplying our music that day as he did have to get all that equipment to the track.
He then addressed new business:
July 9th is our VOTS Car Show and we have set up teams to get everything covered so that one person is not trying to get all jobs taken care of.
The teams are as follows and each team has a leader as listed:
Logistic Team – Leader Jim Napoleon
This team is going to head parking and pre planning of the photo shot. Also this team will be involved with the sound.
Advertising Team – Leader Bethany DiMaggio
This team is responsible for our show sponsors and also the show shirts.
Registration Team – Leader Shelia Emory
This team will be handling pre-registration and also goody bag prep and will be there for show day registration.
Hospitality Team – Leader LaGina Vaught
This team will be involved with meal at lunch and water for hand out.
Fund Raiser Team – Leader Pam Napoleon
This team will handle 50/50, door prizes and the silent auction
Each club member is encouraged to sign up and help with these teams. Brenda Moore passed around sign up sheets. Please think about what team you can help with. No one will be asked to do more than he or she wants to do.
Sandy Eaves, club secretary, stated that last months minutes were posted on the web site and did not have any thing else to report.
Shelia Emory, club treasurer, then gave the treasurers report which she did have a copy attached with the meeting agenda for everyone to see. Motion to accept was made by Jeff Eaves and seconded by Bethany DiMaggio. Vote was taken and unanimously approved by all members present.
NCCC Report was given by Bethany DiMaggio. She talked about the NCCC Member Discounts that are offered to NCCC members. For details please visit
www.corvettesnccc.org and click “merchandise".She also told us that she donated back to the NCCC the 7 sanctions that the VOTS had. Please see below for information on Sanctioned vs. Non-sanctioned.
Sanctioned vs. Non-sanctioned:
A sanctioned event is an event that a club hosts with the intent of attracting entrants from other clubs, both in the Southeast Region and nationally that want to compete and earn regional & national points. A list of the types of sanctioned events is in the NCCC Sanctioned Competition Program rulebook. Every NCCC club has seven sanctions that it can use each year for sanctioned events. The VOTS do not have any so that is why we donated ours back to the NCCC. Please get with Bethany with any questions.
NCM report was given by Pam Napoleon. She talked about the fact that we can submit pictures of our cars by 3/15/11. The person that is submitting the picture has to be a member also, not just be a member with our club. She also stated that we can get items on consignment to sell at our VOTS show.
Webmaster Report was given by Johnny Larkin. He would like to remind all that have not done so to please submit pictures of your cars for the website. He has added links where available to all of the calendar events. Any thing that needs to be added to our website please submit to Johnny.
Activities Director Brenda Moore stated that that we were having our Valentines Dinner Saturday the 12th and let Pam speak on that with the details. Along with Brenda, Patty Larkin has suggested that we have a VOTS Ladies Night Out. Patty is heading this up and has invited all ladies to her house on Thursday the 17th for a get together to try and plan our next several months of "ladies night out" so that it can be added to the calendar. It is suggested that we meet the 3rd Thursday of each month. Please stay tuned for more updates on these events. Shelia Emory has suggested a “Text to Ride” program. Each person will offer to text 3 people and then that person will text three more with the idea to get the ride information out to everyone since some of these are planned one to two days prior to the ride.
It was suggested by Jim Napoleon that the VOTS Men might like to have coffee and Cars on Saturday mornings. There will be information to follow on this as well.
No Tech Talk for this meeting.
50/50 price of $40.00 went to JR.
No further club business was discussed at this time and the meeting was finished up at 8:15.
Meeting Minutes of January 3, 2011
Meeting was called to order by President Trae Larkin at 7:30 pm. He welcomed all members to the meeting and also new members Don Hughes and Dorothy Donihe.
Outgoing secretary Ann Hill and new secretary Sandy Eaves stated no report from Secretary.
Outgoing treasurer Drew Beck gave the treasurer’s report which was distributed to all present. Motion to accept was made by Jeff Eaves and seconded by Bethany DiMaggio. Vote was taken and unanimously approved by all members present.
NCCC report was given by the incoming officer Bethany DiMaggio. She talked about the value of the NCCC to our young members and that we should encourage the younger members of the VOTS family to enroll now.
NCM Report was given by Pam Napoleon; she didn’t have much for this meeting but encourages all to support the NCM.
Johnny Larkin did not have any thing to report at this meeting.
Our new Activities Director Brenda Moore stated that she would like to see all members take part in planning and staying involved in as much or as little as each member would like to do. She suggests that she would like to see committees formed to plan and carry out activities so that the same person is not always doing all the work and or planning. She feels that this way each member will stay involved and that this will truly make this our club.
No Tech Talk at this meeting.
50/50 prize or $36.00 was awarded to Jim Napoleon.
On open discussion it was voted on and approved to do away with door prizes at this time. We will still continue with the 50/50.
No further club business was discussed and at this time all outgoing officers presented each new incoming officer with any documents that would be needed to fulfill the office position.
Meeting Minutes
December 6, 2010 Logan’s Restaurant, Johnson City, TN
President Rudy Hill called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone to our first meeting of the year and stated that this was a very important meeting with voting for our new officers.
Ann Hill stated there was no Secretary’s report.
Drew Beck offered the Treasurer’s report which motion was made by Jeff Eaves and seconded by Jimmy Napoleon, approved by membership.
Patty Larkin stated that there is no news from NCCC to start the year but that she did send out all the renewals and members should start receiving their renewal info from NCCC.
Pam Napoleon gave us a report on the National Corvette Museum and stated it was a slow month and there are a lot of deals in the store for Christmas.
Johnny Larkin , was not present
Cindy Larkin, our activities director, distributed a calendar for the remainder of 2010 and start of 2011. She gave details on the Christmas Party at the Meadowview, stated we needed a minimum of 30 people to attend and if you were interested in attending, money needed to be paid to Drew tonight. Cindy needed to call in a count to the Meadowview on Tuesday
Rudy then stated it was time for Nominations and Elections.
Every member was handed a ballot envelope with a ballot for each and every office being elected with the present nominees names and additional lines for late nominees from the floor.
The elections were completed as follows
President: Trae Larkin was nominated, no further nominees, and Trae Larkin was elected President
Vice President; Jim Napoleon and Jim Moore were nominated, no further nominees from the floor. After ballots distributed and votes taken by the members, Jim Moore was elected Vice President
Secretary: Sandy Eaves was nominated, no further nominees from the floor and Sandy Eaves was elected Secretary
Treasurer: Drew Beck and Sheila Emory were nominated, no further nominees from the floor, After ballots distributed and votes taken by the members, Sheila Emory was elected Treasurer.
NCCC representative: Bethany DiMaggio and Kris Steffen were nominated, no further nominees from the floor. After ballots distributed and votes taken by the members, Bethany DiMaggio was elected NCCC Director.
Activities Director: Brenda Moore, Ann Hill and LaGina Vaught were nominated, no further nominees from the floor. After ballots were distributed and votes taken by the members, Brenda Moore was elected Activities Director.
This concluded the elections for the upcoming two year term for 2011-2013. Congratulations to all the new officers and directors and we look forward to a great new year.
50/50 was completed and With no further business, meeting was adjourned.
Meeting Minutes of November 1, 2010
Meeting was called to order by President Rudy Hill at 7:30 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting and Rudy welcomed guests Doug and Ardelle Reynolds.
Ann Hill stated no report from the Secretary.
Drew Beck gave the Treasurer’s report which was distributed to all present. Drew explained that the members dues on the back page was for dues received thru 10/27 and for those that paid after that date your name will be added to next months report., Motion was made by Jeff Eaves and seconded by Johnny Larkin for Treasurers report to be accepted. Vote was taken and unanimously approved by all members present.
Rudy then opened the floor for nominations. Nomination forms were distributed to all members for them to nominate who they like for the officer positions. Also there was a blank on the form for a charity to be named to be considered for this years donations.
While ballots were being collected and tallied the following reports were made
NCCC report was given by Patty Larkin who stated that the dues must be paid at tonights meeting or be considered late and the dues and report will be submitted to NCCC. Also Patty had copies of the by laws and membership roster for distribution.
Pam presented her report on the
National Corvette Museum. Vettes and Vets is scheduled for the first weekend in
November, November 4-6 with special ceremonies for the veterans. Military
Appreciation Month is also the month of November.
Johnny Larkin apologized for missing an award being posted on the
website for Ann & Rudy Hill’s award at the Crossroads Corvette Show. Johnny
also said if you send him information he will post it on the website
Cindy Larkin gave the Activities Director Christmas Party is all scheduled for Saturday December 11, 2010, at the Meadowview. Buffet dinner like last year. We will be doing gift exchange as last year, cost of gift to be about $20 - $25. each – Girls bring girl gift, guys bring guy gift
Rudy advised the membership that it has been decided to table the club photograph until Spring when more of our members will be available for a photo session.
Nomination ballots were tallied with nominations being made as follows:
President: Trae Larkin
Rudy Hill – Rudy declined
Vice President Jim Moore
Jim Napoleon
Roger Duncan – Roger declined
Treasurer: Drew Beck
Sheila Emory
Secretary: Sandy Eaves
Cindy Larkin – Cindy declined
Bob DiMaggio – Bob declined
Bethany DiMaggio – Bethany declined
Pam Napoleon – Pam declined
NCCC: Bethany DiMaggio
Kris Steffen
Pam Napoleon – Pam declined
Cindy Larkin – Cindy declined
Sandy Eaves – Sandy declined
Activities: Brenda Moore – accepted for Brenda by Jim Moore
LaGina Vaught
Ann Hill
Rudy then announced that nominations will be taken at the December meeting prior to the elections.
Proxy forms will be prepared and mailed via email and US mail to all members paid as of November 1st.
Door prizes were awarded – lucky winners were Lora Emory and George Lamons 50./50 was $48.00 to the winner La Gina Vaught
No further business being conducted the meeting adjourned at 8:25 pm.
Meeting Minutes of October 4, 2010
Meeting was called to order by President Rudy Hill at 7:30 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting and Rudy welcomed guests Wayne & Betty Ward, Bob & Pam Minke, Ken and Caribe, and Dennis Leonard and Eddie Conner.
Ann Hill stated no report from the Secretary.
Drew Beck gave the Treasurer’s report and summary on the picnic expenses held Labor Day weekend. Motion was made by Roger Duncan and seconded by Pam Napoleon. Motion vote was made and treasurers report was approved by all present.
Patty Larkin was not present for the meeting and no report was given.
Pam presented her report on the National Corvette Museum. Vettes and Vets is scheduled for the first weekend in November, November 4-6 with special ceremonies for the veterans. Military Appreciation Month is also the month of November. The museum is also doing cards for troops in the Club Room at the Museum. Pam also reported that the Miles of Smiles banner that hung at the museum the last year was received by the museum and hung in our meeting room.
Johnny Larkin was on vacation so no Webmaster report.
Cindy Larkin gave the Activities Director Christmas Party is being scheduled for Saturday December 11, 2010, at the Meadowview. Buffet dinner like last year. Motion was made by Drew Beck and seconded by Ann Hill to reserve the Meadowview for the Christmas Party. After discussion, motion was voted on and passed by all present.
Rudy then asked Eddie Conner and Dennis to speak on the Crossroads Corvette Show to be held on October 16th weekend in Morristown. Registration checks should be made payable to Day Star Productions and mailed to Eddie Conner. Registration for the inside show is $45.00 and outside show is $25.00 – Vendors on site will include Vette Parts, Vette Smarts, Al Knoch Corvette parts. Hotels in area offering discounts. If you want to park inside bring your vette on Thursday or Friday and park inside. Security will be on site 24 – 7 . There are presently 13 NCRS vettes scheduled to be at the show.
Summary was done on the Bristol Motor Speedway show by Rudy and Brenda Moore. Several items were identified and a debriefing meeting will be held to discuss options for next years shows. BSM will be sending a check to our club for $1,000.00 and the show proceeds to Childrens Miracle Network. Shirts were being sold that were left from the show and that money will also be donated to Childrens Miracle Network.
Rudy then reminded all present that the November meeting will be to take nominations for officers and directors positions and elections will be held in December. Elections will be done by secret ballot and counted by the Secretary and Treasurer.
Trae asked for anyone needing business cards for the club to advise since he will be doing a print job soon.
Discussion about a new club photo was held – suggested locations were Bristol Motor Speedway, North Carolina rest stop, and Lake Cherokee near Tazwell. Motion was made by Drew Beck and seconded by Ann Hill and approved by all present to take pictures at Bristol Motor Speedway. Rudy will check with Bristol and advise the membership at the next meeting.
Tech talk was question about the C-4 and one head light not going up and discussion was for the gear to be changed.
Door prizes were awarded – lucky winners were Lora Emory and Sheila Emory; 50./50 was $35.00 to the winner George Lamons.
On a sadder note, George Lamons advised the club members of the condition of Tim Monk who joined our club and was diagnosed with cancer has passed away.
No further business being conducted the meeting adjourned at 8:22 pm.
Meeting Minutes of August 2, 2010
Meeting was called to order by President Rudy Hill at 7:35 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting and Rudy welcomes guests San Mongle who owns a 1990 torch red coupe and Ken Hoover who owns a 1994 Admiral Blue Coupe. Also Rudy then congratulated Ken Hoover on being the newest VOTS member and thanked him for his membership. Rudy then announced that we signed new members at our 2nd annual show, Mark & Diana Singleton from Lebanon VA .
Ann Hill stated no report from the Secretary and no minutes posted as no meeting in July due to the car show.
Drew Beck gave the Treasurer’s report and summary of the 2nd annual corvette show attendance being down 4 cars from last year with the rain potential, 50 50 drawing that was fabulous, silent auction that was double almost from last year, and stated that he hoped next year we can double our attendance. This show is our main fundraiser for the year and it was a great success. After the treaurers report was reviewed, a motion made by Trae Larkin, seconded by Jeff Eaves and approved by all present.
Patty Larkin was not present for the meeting so Pam Napoleon gave the NCCC report. There are 271 clubs in 16 regions for NCCC, with over 17100 members. It is the largest non profit organization in the United States.
Then Pam presented her report on the National Corvette Museum and stated that our new club banner at the museum is in the works and will be hung around labor day this year. The motto for this year’s banner was “ Got Mountains…… We Ride Em. Our club will receive the old banner that we can maybe hang at Logan’s in our meeting room.
Also Pam stated that the Museum is now offering insurance to clubs instead of NCCC. The club requirements are between 14 and 500 members, its cheaper than NCCC and suggested we check into these amounts.
There is a new plant manager in Bowling Green effective August 1st. The R8C reunion is August 12-14. The next raffle is August 5th for a 2011 grand sport at $250.00 per ticket. Also if you are a member of the museum and want to enter into a drawing to have your vette displayed in the front window, you must submit your application no later than August 12th. The vette would be on display during the months of September October and November.
Cindy Larkin gave the Activities Director and stated that they just returned from the museum so her she will give the best she can. The Broad Street cruise in is August 14th in downtown Kingsport. The club picnic was a success at Strawberry Fields and the Jenkins have again reserved the Strawberry Fields clubhouse for September 5 from 6 to 10 pm. Suggestion was made to use the hot dogs and hamburgers left over from the last picnic and for everyone to bring a dish.
Super Chevy show is September 25th
Jim Moore gave a briefing on Super Chevy show to be held on September 25th at Bristol Dragway and Bristol Motor Speedway. Again he stated that we do not need to do anything for the show except if we want to do 50/50 and silent auction or any sort of raffle. Bristol and Wellmont are working on music and other things for that weekend. The jet car and robot car that eats cars will be on hand and display and our role is to promote the show. Rudy then stated that we have handed out over 1500 flyers and emailed at least 50 clubs with information on the show.
Kris Steffen then thanked the Larkin’s for organizing the trip to Bowling Green. Montana’s was wonderful which was much like Cuz’s in Bowling Green.
Rudy then said we are getting inquiries from the Meadowview for the Christmas Party and asked for a volunteer to chair the Christmas Party for the club. Trae Larkin volunteered to do chair the Christmas Party however Trae then asked for someone to host the VOTSY awards during the Christmas party.
Trae went on further to state that the pictures from the 2nd annual show are posted on the FOTKI site – we will be emailing all participants to the show to contact Chris Duncan for a print of their vette at the start of the show. Further information to come
Pam Napoleon further handed out awards from Napoleon Auto Repair to all members of the club who have participated in events and our show to thank them for what they do to make the club better.
Cindy Larkin stated that at the show an award was given for the youngest corvette owner and it was presented to her however it should have been presented to Lora Emory as she is the youngest. Lora had left the show before the awards and therefore the error occurred in presenting that award. Cindy gave the award to Lora at our meeting.
Debbie Tritt stated that she bought some stuff for her wheels and it even smells good, and if you don’t want to use it on your wheels you may be able to use it as deodorant since it has such a great smell.
Rudy stated that we ran out of orange shirts at the show for workers. We estimated 24 workers and had more which was great but as a result we have several members who did not get an orange shirt and instead received or can receive a yellow shirt. Next year we will have better numbers from the past two years to go by for ordering shirts. This was the first year we ordered a different color for the workers and it was well appreciated by the participants to know who to ask but at the same time we didn’t know how many to order, had 14 sign up to work and ended up with more than 24 working. Our apologies however we know better for next year.
Club Picture was discussed as a group of our members went to the museum on August 1st and 2nd and presented the picture to the museum. Inquiry was made where and when we will do a picture for this year and it was recommended for Kris Steffen to host the club picture set up again as she did a great job last year. Further discussion of this will come at the next meeting.
Door prizes were awarded – lucky winners were Lora Emory and Jim Moore; 50/50 was $34.00 to the winner George Lamons.
On a sadder note, George Lamons advised the club members of the condition of Tim Monk who joined our club but then got sick. He has cancer and is fighting the disease. Also John Jenkins is having a heart stint put in on Thursday August 5th in Johnson City, and Frank Baria has 4 stints and bypass done recently. Please keep them all in your prayers.
Finally it was voted on at the meeting that the next meeting of the VOTS will take place at the picnic on Sunday September 5 at Strawberry Fields, picnic time 6 to 10 pm,
No further business being conducted the meeting adjourned at 8:15 pm.
Meeting Minutes of June 7, 2010
Meeting was called to order by President Rudy Hill at7:30 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting and guests Robert and Pam Minke and Jim & Jan Buck were welcomed to our meeting.
Ann Hill stated no report from the Secretary. Drew Beck gave the Treasurer’s report and after it was reviewed, a motion made by Jeff Eaves, seconded by Tim Steffen and approved by all present.
Patty Larkin reported about the NCCC insurance coverage and to make sure that if you go off in a smaller group to contact Patty for NCCC forms for all participants to sign and for coverage to be effective. Pam Napoleon gave the report on the National Corvette Museum and stated that the Museum Banner and artwork need to be to the museum by June 25th. Pam also suggested that our club think about a brick at the museum for $650.00 donation. It was discussed and decided to discuss this further after the shows this season. There is also a raffle at the museum every month and one in a few days and another in July.
Cindy Larkin gave the Activities Director report with lots of activities upcoming. Celebration Church Show is this Saturday from 10-2 and includes free lunch and no registration fee. June 24-27 there is a group in town from Capital City Corvette Club in Ohio that wants to run the dragon on Saturday. Stay tuned to the message board for info on that ride. Other upcoming activities include the club picnic on Sunday July 18th from 6 to 10 PM in Johnson City. There will be information and directions on the message board and email for this picnic – we ask everyone to bring a covered dish and the club will provide hot dogs and hamburgers for cooking on the grills provided. August 1 and 2 a group of our members are planning a trip to the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green. We will be touring the factory on Monday morning, driving down on Sunday morning, touring the museum on Sunday and returning on Monday afternoon to Tri Cities. On July 9 we will have a cruise in at Rita’s for our members the day before our show. Awards for our members from the show will be handed out at the club picnic on Sunday July 18th.
Our show in Saturday July 10th at Bill Gatton Chevrolet in Bristol. We still need donations for door prizes, goody bag items and a case of water from each member. We need workers. There was a sign up sheet distributed to sign up to help at the show and to help stuff goody bags on Wednesday July 7th at 6:00 pm at Napoleon Auto Repair in Greeneville. We will go to dinner somewhere after the goody bags.
With the holiday approaching and the 5th being the legal holiday since the 4th is on Sunday, we will NOT have a meeting on July 5th but ask our members to come out on the 7th and 10th to support the club. It is the funds raised from the show that enable us to keep dues low and donate monies to local charities.
We will also have a truck at Ingles Grocery Store in Kingsport, Colonial Heights, on Tuesday July 6th at 6:30 pm to gather any water, door prizes or other items you can donate so we can have everything together on Wednesday when we stuff the goody bags. If you cannot come to Greeneville on the 7th and have items please contact an officer of the club or come to Ingle’s on the 6th at 6:30
Shirts were ordered for the show – Orange for club members working the show and yellow for participants.
Door prizes were awarded – lucky winners were Trae Larkin and Jim Moore; 50./50 was $42.00 to the winner Johnny Larkin. Rudy reminded everyone that we have fliers for both shows available in paper at the meeting or via email so please pass them to all you meet with Vettes. No further business being conducted the meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm.
Meeting Minutes of May 3, 2010
Meeting was called to order by President Rudy Hill at 7:30 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting and no guests were present at this meeting.
Ann Hill stated no report from the Secretary. Drew Beck gave the Treasurer’s report and after it was reviewed, a motion made by Jeff Eaves, seconded by Butch Tritt and approved by all present.
Patty Larkin reported that the NCCC Southeast Regions 1st Regional Fund Raising weekend will be held June 19-20, 2010, in Shelbyville/Murfreesboro, TN. Pam Napoleon gave the report on the National Corvette Museum and stated that the Museum now has the driving simulators up and running, they are offering free shipping for Mothers Day with a Tshirt with bling advertised for mothers day special.
Cindy Larkin gave the Activities Director report with lots of activities upcoming. Rita’s cruise in this Friday May 7th, come if you can. Also some new items are 5/8 NE State at Elizabethton car show, Sunday 5/16 Club Vette in Greensboro, NC has an all corvette show, Maggie Valley is Memorial Day weekend, show on May 29 & 30, May 15 there is a small all corvette show at West Chevrolet and downtown cruise in at Dandridge, TN, and May 22nd is all car show at Borla which offers plant tours, and lots of food and car vendors. Also every Friday night in Bristol at the train station there is an impromptu cruise in. Cindy is also working on events to Shatley Springs, Bowling Green, and a club picnic. Ann reported that Debbie Tritt offered a flyer for a corvette show in Myrtle Beach on June 4-5, which is also the same weekend as Tri Cities Corvette Club show on June 5. Rudy stated we need to support Tri Cities so they will attend our show in July. Also under activities Rudy was contacted by Nick Thompson with East Tennessee Corvette Club for a Smokies game on Saturday July 17th. Price is $19.50 per person and includes the ticket, dinner buffet, parking, and parade lap around the field with the vettes. We need to give them registrations no later than July 1st. Game starts at 6:15 pm but we will need to gather with East Tennessee group around 4:30, which means leaving Kingsport around 2:30 or so.
Trae discussed shirt design for the Bill Gatton show. He presented a few designs that were passed amongst the membership and asked for those members that did not vote on line to vote for the design of choice from A or B. B was chosen with the small logo on the front and larger print on the back with the vendor names under the logo. Shirts will be yellow and discussion occurred about having a different color shirt for our members to wear the day of the show that will enable participants to locate host club members with questions or comments. Trae asked to have all shirt sponsor names by the end of the week so he can prepare to send it to the printer.
Rudy brought to the members an offer from the Corvette Museum to hang our club picture in front of the Biltmore at the Museum. The club photo was presented with frame at the meeting to be placed at Logan’s in our meeting room. A motion was made by Drew Beck and seconded by Tim Steffen to keep the present photo for Logan’s and order a new print and have the members sign by their vettes to be framed and then sent to the Museum. All present voted unanimously on this motion. Kris Steffen will order the new print.
The Corvette show at Bill Gatton was discussed. We need door prizes, silent auction items, cases of water, trash bags and many other items for the day of the show. We still also need trophy sponsors. Our club’s awards will not be presented the day of the show however we will hold a special function to award our members with their trophies from the show. It was suggested to form a thank you line after the show as the participants are leaving to let them know we appreciated their attendance. Suggestion was also made for a photographer to be on site taking pictures as vettes arrived with a backdrop and maybe a checkered floor.
Discussion was also held about the September show at Bristol with Super Chevy. Rudy announced that registration should be open soon.
Sheila Emory announced from Jim Moore that the telethon for Childrens Miracle Network will be held on Friday June 4 and that we need 10 volunteers from 8-10 pm to man the phone from the VOTS. We ask that if you work you wear a club shirt. Location is either Holston Medical Center or the Meadowview and will be announced shortly.
Roger Duncan gave a short tech talk on purple power and automatic transmissions.
Door prizes were awarded – lucky winners were Andrew Steffen and Wade Emory 50/50 was $32.00 to the winner Wade Emory.
Rudy reminded everyone that we have fliers for both shows available in paper at the meeting or via email so please pass them to all you meet with vettes.
No further business being conducted the meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm.
Meeting Minutes of March 1, 2010
Logan's Roadhouse, Johnson City, TN
Meeting was called to order by President Rudy Hill at 7:30 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting and no guests were present at this meeting however Rudy announced that we had two couples join this month, who have not attended a previous meeting and will be trying to attend one of our upcoming meetings or events.
Ann Hill stated no report from the Secretary. Drew Beck gave the Treasurer’s report and after it was reviewed, a motion made by Johnny Larkin, seconded by Roger Duncan and approved by all present.
Patty Larkin reported that the NCCC convention for 2010 will be held in Palm Beach, Florida, during the 3rd week of July. Pam Napoleon gave the report on the National Corvette Museum and stated that the Museum is offering a $.99 sale on many items in the Corvette Store, she has put the info on our show on the elisting with the Museum for shows, and she reminded everyone about the C-5 C-6 bash coming up on April 29 to May 1st. Corvette racing drive Johnny O’Connell will be present during the bash and Rudy told all present that there is usually new updates presented during the bash regarding colors and or a future C7. Johnny Larkin added that he has now set up an area on the website for the meeting minutes and has temporarily removed the Classified area however if you have corvettes for sale, parts for sale or anything you want to sell, send it to him and he will list the item in the classified section of the website.
Cindy Larkin gave us an activities report and had many items to review with us. Upcoming events include the Maggie Valley show at the end of May, Charleston is quickly approaching for April 16-18, and Corvette Expo is the end of March. There will be several going to the Corvette Expo so if you are interested please contact Cindy and she will coordinate time and place for us to go as a group. The mystery dinner cruise could not happen in February due to the snowy weather so all names were put back in the bag and this months lucky couple is John & Patty Larkin to plan our mystery dinner cruise. As well we received communication from a corvette club from Capital City region of Ohio who are going to have 20 couples in the Gatlinburg area the weekend of June 24-27. They would like to get with us and have dinner or ride the Tail of the Dragon together. Cindy will contact them to see what we can coordinate to get the two clubs together for some time on that weekend.
Rudy gave us an update on the Bill Gatton show, he and Drew met with Chris Lee and the dealership is excited to have us do our show at their location again this year – he will as well donate the luncheon for all participants and the $500.00 to be given away during the day. So with the two upcoming shows he asked everyone to start gathering door prizes, and silent auction items and sponsors for the trophies and T-Shirts for the Bill Gatton show. Last year we raised enough on sponsorship to not have to take any money from the show proceeds for costs.
Trae discussed shirt design for the Bill Gatton show. He presented a few designs that were passed amongst the membership and both he and Rudy are in the process of obtaining quotes from several distributors for multi color on the front and back of the shirts and shirt colors. Also Trae then said that for new members they will receive a static cling of the VOTS logo so he distributed those to all new members present that had previously not purchased one. We have extras in stock and thought it would be a great way to say thanks for our new members. Also Trae reminded all that he still has colored silhouettes in static cling for your vette if you are interested,.
Roger Duncan gave us a Tech Talk – about seats, seat leather, and covers, and to check the quality and thickness of the leather and also to remember to check the seat foam before replacing the seat covers. As well he recommends checking the lumbar support and skins on the seats. Also if you lay the new seat skins in the sun or warmer area they are easier to work with and for application. If cold you will be fighting them all the way. You will need a pair of O ring pliers, but don’t buy the cheap ones at the auto parts store. Get a good set otherwise a good OUCH will be heard around the area.
Door prizes were awarded – lucky winners were LaGina Vaught and Terry Lemons. 50./50 was $30.00 to the winner and the winner was Tim Steffen.
Rudy reminded everyone that we have fliers for both shows available in paper at the meeting or via email so please pass them to all you meet with vettes.
No further business being conducted the meeting adjourned at 8:20 pm.
Meeting Minutes of February 1, 2010
Logan's Roadhouse, Johnson City, TN
Meeting was called to order by President Rudy Hill at7:30 pm. All members were welcomed to the meeting and guests John & Kathy Jenkins, from Johnson City, who have a 2008 Monterey Red Corvette.
Ann Hill stated no report from the Secretary. Drew Beck gave the Treasurer’s report, short as it may be, which was reviewed, a motion made, seconded and approved by all present.
Patty Larkin had nothing to report from NCCC. Pam Napoleon gave the report on the National Corvette Museum and stated that the Museum is offering a Valentine’s Special, a family membership for the cost of an individual membership for $50.00. The Corvette store is having a blowout sale with many items reduced to $1.99, $2.99 and $3.99. She is going to add our events to the museum web page and our shows will be put on e-news from the museum a month before the events are scheduled.
Cindy Larkin gave us an activities report and had many items to review with us, There is a Valentines Dinner scheduled for Saturday February 20th, it’s a week after valentines to avoid the rush on the 13th and 14th. It will be held at Butchers Block and menus are being distributed and will be available on the website to select your meat. In case of inclement weather, drive your every day driver instead. Corvette Expo is coming up March 26-27 in Sevierville. Vettes doin Charleston is fast approaching, April 17th , some members are going to travel on Thursday and others on Friday, if you are interested, please get with some of us to inquire and we can post when we are leaving too . Brenda Moore advised that there is also a big tennis show in town that weekend in Charleston so hotels are getting to be a premium if you are interested. Mystery Dinner Cruise was discussed. Due to schedules it did not happen in January so we are going to retry for February. Pam and Jim Napoleon’s name was drawn for the February Mystery dinner cruise. Other activities were distributed to all present at the show or refer to our website for upcoming events.
Webmaster Johnny Larkin was out sick. Rudy reported that we have many members under the weather so please keep them in your thoughts and prayers for speedy recoveries.
Before new business, Rudy asked if anyone had anything else for the good of the Club.
Bob DiMaggio gave us an interesting recap of the Mecum Auto Auction that he attended in Florida in January, including his story of the bidder in front of him that bought over $500,000.00 in vehicles. He sat on the bleachers all day watching the sights and sounds and recommends it to everyone interested in cars and auctions. Ask Bob for further information and more great stories.
Next was new business. Rudy gave the members a summary of the Corvette show that has been being discussed with Bristol Motor Speedway and Super Chevy weekend. Numerous meetings have been held with reps from Bristol and Rudy and Jim Moore from Wellmont. The summary for the show is as follows:
$100.00 entry fee pays for admission to the corvette show, with judging and trophies; entry for two to attend the Super Chevy show for two days; entry to the Super Chevy grand spectacular show Saturday night; 5 laps on the Bristol Motor Speedway track; a commemorative picture, T-Shirt, Dash plaques, and complimentary hot dog and hamburger meal at the Bruton Smith Suite at the Dragstrip. Package number two is for $65.00 which includes admission to the corvette show and 5 laps on the speedway. $20.00 of each entry fee will be donated to the Children’s Miracle Network in the name of Vettes of the Smokies Corvette Club and Bristol Motor Speedway. The Vettes of the Smokies will receive a $1,000.00 check from the show for our promoting and work on the show. Vendors will have to pay for spaces, costs will be $250.00 - $500.00 depending on size of the set up area. The National Corvette Museum will not have to pay for any space for this show if they can attend. T-Shirts and dash plaques will be paid for by BMS and our club logo will appear on both items. Vots will be able to do 50/50, silent auction, raffle for an item, door prizes and any other items to make additional monies.
Secondly we have been contacted by Bill Gatton Chevrolet to have our second annual show at the dealership on Saturday July 10th. Everything will be the same as last year with Bill Gatton providing the $500.00 to be given away during the day and also providing lunch for all participants and larger area for parking. Our club would be responsible for all we did including t-shirts, dash plaques and trophies.
Drew made a motion for the VOTS to do both shows as presented and seconded by Roger Duncan. Discussion occurred amongst the members, Rudy answered questions, Jim Moore made a few comments on the show and its impact on the community and Children’s Miracle Network charity, and others made comments and observations. A show of hands of our members was done for those interested in participating in the BMS show and paying the $100.00 fee. Most members present had their hands up.
After all discussion, motion was presented for vote on the VOTS doing both shows as presented. A show of hands of all members present was unanimously passed to do both the BMS Super Chevy and Bill Gatton Shows.
Additional new business item was Kris Steffen announced that she brought a print of the VOTS in front of the Biltmore and asked all that were there to sign the poster so it can be presented to the Biltmore.
Tim Steffen gave us a brief description on his and Kris’ time in Las Vegas at the Ron Fellows Driving School, where they were doing 122 on the back stretch and were told they were only using 30% of the corvettes capability. He will share pictures and other information with our members.
Roger Duncan presented Tech Talk to our members on how to clean and polish plastic pieces on the vettes especially the bezel around the shifter, around the vents and the speedometer area. There are now cleaning pads made for these specific plastic areas and cleaners that adhere to the pads. All you have to do is apply a small dot to the pad and wipe on the plastic pieces and it will look brand new. 3M has kits for plastic. Go soft on plastic not to rub it too hard. If you use too much product the plastic will lose its UV protection and you may have to repolish those items more times.
Door prizes were distributed to Bethany DiMaggio and Jim Moore. 50/50 was $40.00 and the winner was Drew Beck. Birthdays were announced for February.
Trae Larkin then presented the VOTS with a plaque made for the annual Spirit Award. It will be for a member to be recognized every year for their outstanding work for the VOTS. The recipients will receive a certificate of its award and then a metal plate on the plaque will be engraved with the recipient’s name and year.
Discussion occurred about displaying the plaque and picture of VOTS at Logan’s in our meeting room. We have authorization for that however we need to come up with a display case and area. Further discussions will be forthcoming on this matter.
Rudy then announced that our guests, John & Kathy Jenkins, have completed our member form and are our newest members of the Vettes of the Smokies. Congratulations to the Jenkins and welcome to our club.
With no further business meeting adjourned.
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January 4, 2010
Logan’s Restaurant, Johnson City, TN
President Rudy Hill called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone to our first meeting of the year. Visitors that have visited us before are JR Jones and Marcia Glaser, who have just signed their membership application and are our newest members, Congratulations and welcome to JR and Marcia!
Ann Hill gave the Secretary’s report which included reading a thank you letter from the Sullivan County TN Sheriff’s Office for our club donation to Sullivan County Animal Shelter. Ann also reported that the minutes will be published to the website this month
Drew Beck offered the Treasurer’s report which as he stated was his second shortest treasurer’s report, consisting of 4 lines. It’s a new year and 1st report is short. Motion was made by Kris Steffen to approve the treasurer’s report and seconded by Jimmy Napoleon, approved by membership.
Patty Larkin stated that there is no news from NCCC to start the year but that she did monitor the dues and reports and all was received and processed by NCCC.
Pam Napoleon gave us a report on the National Corvette Museum. The Corvette store has a rear bumper apron on sale for $47.00 which is used when you are accessing the rear storage so the deck lid will not be scratched. She stated that when we buy from the Museum we are supporting ourselves and the corvette legend. All monies spent at the museum are used for its continued development. Pam also gave a quick brief on the C5-C6 bash upcoming in April this year. She would love to see many of our members make this trip to support the museum, and have a great time at the bash.
Johnny Larkin , our webmaster, stated that he has been posting pictures as he receives them from our members, and reminded everyone to send their pictures in any format. He can access most of the applications and can then post them to our website.
Cindy Larkin, our activities director, distributed a calendar of many of the upcoming events for 2010. There are many more events out and if you are interested in attending something not shown on the list, please contact Cindy and she will gather the info and pass it on to the members. Cindy also discussed with the members our Mystery Dinner Cruises, which is where one of our members is selected and picks a location to take the club members on a ride for dinner, brunch or whatever they choose. It was agreed to restart these dinners in this slower winter season and this month, Kris and Tim Steffen, were selected to host the mystery dinner cruise
Bob DiMaggio asked to speak a few words of thanks – he said that in the aura of not breaking down that he wanted to offer his thanks for our members respecting their privacy, for the flowers, cards, prayers and thoughts during their difficult time in December with the loss of his daughter. Bethany DiMaggio also thanked everyone and said that their thoughts and concerns were some solace to them during that difficult time knowing that we all care. Rudy then told them both that we are there for anything they need at all.
Old business was discussed which included our second annual Christmas Party. Ornaments were distributed at the Christmas Party and Ann asked for any comments or suggestions for the next Christmas party. Ann then distributed ornaments to those that were not present at the Christmas party and were present at the January meeting.
Jimmy Napoleon displayed and presented a Chrome Corvette License Plate Frame for C-5’s. They have purchased a large quantity and are selling them for $25.00 – if you are interested in purchasing one please contact either Jim or Pam Napoleon.
Rudy then introduced Safety Talk 2010. Various discussions will come throughout the year to talk about highway safety when we are caravanning to events. Rudy stated that he used to be a Motorcycle Safety Instructor and many of those rules pertain to any caravan and to our corvette caravans. If you find yourself traveling with a group of our vettes or any group of cars, and the lead group proceeds and the second half of the group is stopped at a red light, the rest of the group should proceed at normal or just below normal speed. If a turn is made by the first group before the second group regroups with the first, the last car in the first group should stop on the shoulder indicating the turn. That way the second group will see that the first group is turning and that way they can rejoin the entire group. If no turn is made, the 2nd group should assume that the group has continued to straight and will drive at a safe speed to resume with the 1st group. More safety news will be coming at future meetings
No Tech Talk was done at this meeting
Birthdays were announced by Pam Napoleon for Jim Moore, Jack Jones and Wade Emory. Birthday cake was presented, Happy Birthday was sung, and cake was distributed for everyone’s enjoyment.
50/50 was won by Kris Steffen and Door Prizes were presented and distributed . With no further business, meeting was adjourned.