CORVETTES OF FRESNO INC Meeting
Minutes
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CORVETTES OF FRESNO GENERAL MEETING MINUTES February
16, 2010 CALL TO ORDER:
President Jon DeVoe called the meeting to order at 7:20 pm. Board Members present were: Jon DeVoe, Nick
DiLiddo, Harry Bellow, Valerie & Roger Merritt, Jim Agar and Al Hall. MEMBERSHIP:
52 members and 9 guests were in attendance at this meeting. Valerie introduced the following
guests: Ron Miller – black 2007, Teri
Rothchild – red 2003, Cliff & Terry Shall – pewter 1998, Joe &
Margaret Gonzalez – black 2006 and a 1967, Freddie Fam – 2002 silver
convertible, Sherry Dixon – 2006 blue convertible and Mark Mangrum – 1993
green convertible. CoF currently has
95 members and 69 cars. Valerie
acknowledged the February birthdays and anniversaries. Valerie offered club
invitation cards to anyone who wants some. SECRETARY’S REPORT:
Jon DeVoe called for a motion to forego the reading of the minutes of
the January 19, 2010 meeting. Bruce
Looney motioned to forego the reading of the minutes and Chuck Ware seconded. Motion approved. Jerry Najarian motioned to accept the
minutes and Angie DiLiddo seconded.
Minutes accepted. TREASURER’S REPORT:
Harry Bellow reported the account activity which is on file to be
reviewed by members only. Allen
Teixeira made a motion to approve the Treasurer’s report and Rudy Sorondo
seconded. Treasurer’s report approved.
COMMUNICATIONS:
Jim reported that the online version of the February newsletter has a
total of 46 pages. We have one new
advertiser in the newsletter, Carbex.
Please submit your company business card to Jim if you would like to
have your business advertised. It is
an excellent value for your money. If you would like to purchase a club
calendar see Harry Bellow. WEBMASTER:
For the period covering the past two and one-half months the club
website has been viewed 8,110 times. The top three countries visiting are the
United States, the Russian Federation and France. The top three states
visiting are California, Illinois and New York. The top three California cities are: Mountain View, Fresno and Huntington
Beach. The three pages that have been
viewed the most are the calendar page, the photos and the Tahoe page. Our February newsletter has been downloaded
720 times, the January newsletter downloaded 1,849 times and the December
newsletter 1,357 times. The online
directory has been updated and all updated items are in red. Be sure to
update your Adobe Reader on your computer for maximum security. ACTIVITIES, Past: None ACTIVITIES, Future: Please
refer to the Calendar of Events in the club newsletter or on the Club
website, www.corvettesoffresno.com
for more details and up to date information. February 20th – Ice Breaker run to Monterey,
February 27th & 28th – Fresno Chapter of SCCA,
March 6th – Sanger Chamber Blossom Trail Car Show, March 13th
– American Legion 509 fundraiser, March 27th – Kerman Easter park
show, April 3rd – Hooters All Corvette Car Show in Sacramento,
April 10th & 11th – Run to Sylmar/Pomona with Jim
Agar, April 16th – Dinner run to Diane’s Café in Kingsburg with
John Johnson, April 17th – Kingsburg Car Show, April 17th
– Polk Elementary Car Show, April 17th – Cystic Fibrosis
Walk-a-thon, April 30th –
May 2nd – Monterey Coast Corvette Cruise, May 1st &
2nd – Relay for Life at Hoover High School, May 6th –
11th – WSCC Convention in Las Vegas, May 16th – the 2nd annual Marin Sonoma
Concourse d’ Elegance, June 18th
– 20th – Lake Tahoe Corvette Club Tahoe event and July 25th
– Softin’s 2nd annual car/bike/truck show in Camarillo. More information to follow regarding the
DiLiddo picnic which will be held in either July or August. TAHOE REPORT: Harry reported
that the annual Tahoe event will be held on September 9th, 10th,
11th and 12th.
The price is the same as last year, $165, and we will be staying at
The Horizon. Harry will be having a
Tahoe meeting on March 9th at 7:00 pm at Denny’s at Herndon and
Blackstone. He is still in need of a
few more volunteers. OLD BUSINESS: Billie has club shirts for sale for $53 plus
tax. Oversizes cost a little
more. The shirts come in black, tan,
white and navy. She also has club
blankets for sale for $20. NEW BUSINESS:
Welcome back Gene Fox! All of
the members were glad to see him and we’re happy that he is doing so
well! Billie gave an update on Jack
Quigley. He is doing very well also
and should be returning to the club soon. Jon
announced that the Board has approved the budget for 2010. They will submit it for membership approval
next month. The
next board meeting will be held at Denny’s at Herndon and Blackstone on March
2, 2010 at 7:00 pm. All members are
welcome to attend. The next general meeting will be held at The American
Legion at 7:00 pm on March 16, 2010.
The address is 3509 N. First Street, Fresno, CA 93726 (north of Shields on the SW corner of
First Street at Dayton). NAME TAG DRAWING:
Robert Johnson’s name was drawn but he was not available to claim the
prize. Next month’s drawing will be for $30.00. RAFFLES:
Thank you to Jerry & Gaila Peloian for providing the nice raffle
prizes. Next month will be a 50 / 50
drawing. Bert
Sherman motioned the meeting be adjourned and Billie Talley seconded. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Respectfully
Submitted, Debbie
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