Sep 4, 2019 | Event Chronicles
We had a nice run up to Tulare less than an hour north of Bakersfield this past Wednesday to view the brand new 2020 C8 Corvette. Nine intrepid travelers plus a guest drove north on the 99 to Merle Stone Chevrolet and were met up by several other members of our club (16 Corvettes in all) that showed up later. The object of our trip was to see the local unveiling of the new mid engine C8 Corvette and boy were we impressed. Many minds were changed and who knows how many members took the plunge to get on the ordering list for the new mid engine Corvette. At least three members have committed to get on the waiting list and put in an order.
Many thanks to the managers and sales people at Merle Stone Chevrolet for hosting this event. We had a great time taking turns getting into the driver’s and passenger’s seat of the gorgeous Elkhart Lake Blue Corvette and asking a multitude of questions about its capabilities.
Food was provided by Mariscos Colima of Fresno, Hanford and Oakhurst. The tacos were delicious and were provided the whole day for all customers coming to the dealership in conjunction to its grand opening.
Click on link to our Flickr page for more pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/158760832@N02/albums/72157710789465271
Sep 4, 2019 | Board Meeting Minutes
Corvettes of
Bakersfield, Inc.
Board of Directors
Meeting
9/3/19 at Lorene’s on 23rd St.
Call to order: 5:57 PM by President Larry Young
Present: Larry Young, Virgil & Kim Miller, Betsy Slauson, Danny Ellison, Carl Lange, and Liz Zaninovich.
Absent: Bill Dean, Dave Kielty and Adrian Medina.
Guests: Chris Espitia, Dale and Bill Frye, and Cathy
Telese.
Minutes: Carl moved to approve minutes from the last BOD
meeting. Betsy seconded. Motion passed.
Vettes For Vets: Virgil submitted a budget for the car show.
Carl moved to approve the budget. Liz seconded. Motion passed.
Christmas Party: A budget for the annual Christmas Party to be held on 12/14/2019 was submitted for review/approval. Carl moved to approve the budget. Betsy seconded. Motion passed.
There were questions about the liquor license. The topic was postponed, and Larry will do some follow up.
NCCC: Greg Brott has resigned as
the club’s governor due to personal obligations. There are four meetings annually that the
governor has to attend. Larry will cover
the meeting on 9/14/2019 in Anaheim but he can’t take the position and a
replacement needs to be found. Subject
will be taken to the general membership meeting next week.
Membership: The membership application and the information regarding membership were both updated online. The information matches the bylaws. There is a 60-day waiting period from the time an application is submitted until membership is granted. This gives the committee time to review the information and time for the prospective member to attend a couple meetings and/or events.
Virgil put together and gave Betsy 6 new membership packets. It will be up to the Membership Committee to pass out and replace the packets as needed.
Video Postings: It’s been noticed that there have not been any video posting to the COB
website since March 2019. This is about
the time Greg resigned from doing it.
Larry will talk to Adrian and see if the process can be continued. There are several videos available that are
not on the website.
Gifts: Larry pointed out that we have several events coming
up before the end of the year where we are requesting gifts or raffle prizes be
donated by members; wine run, car show and Christmas party. This will be added to the agenda for next
week.
Christmas Parade: Do we want to participate? The
board didn’t really jump at the opportunity.
This will also be put on the agenda for Tuesday’s General Membership
meeting.
Corvettes and
Coffee: Larry would like to host a “breakdown shakedown”
event at his shop in the area of Oswell St. south of Hwy 58. There is room for 35 cars and he has 3 bays,
a compressor and vacuum available. He is
proposing to have the event on 9/21/2019 in the morning. This will be put on the agenda for next
week’s meeting to see if there is interest from the general membership.
Vettes For Vets: Copies of
the car show application will be made to be handed out at the next general
meeting. Liz asked about the media and
if any PSAs were being done. Virgil said
he is working on it and it is still too early to get them out. Need to start getting out about 30 days
before the event. Liz also brought up
Bakersfieldnow.com.
By-laws: Question was asked if anything further has been done about updating the
by-laws. Carl has been in contact with
Zelma once, but no further has been done.
Virgil mentioned his concern about the officer terms. They need to be aligned between the 501(c)7
and 501(c)3 since the officers are the same between the two entities.
Adjourn: 6:36 PM
Sep 1, 2019 | General Meeting Minutes
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Corvettes of Bakersfield, Inc.
General Meeting
8/13/2019 at Three Way
Chevrolet
40
members in attendance.
6:32
P.M. Meeting called to order by President
Larry Young. Thanks to our sponsor,
Three Way Chevrolet, for the meeting room and the monthly financial contribution
to the club.
Flag Salute: Led by Dave Kielty.
New
Members:
Larry Young welcomed Eric “Skip” Schipper.
He has a gray with blue 2017 Grand Sport and has been to three events
with the club. Also welcomed Ken
Stewart, a retired fireman with a gray 2019 corvette.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: Acknowledged by Larry Young.
Prizes
& Refreshments: Dale Frye brought raffle
prizes and Annie Bailey provided the refreshments.
Minutes: Denise Hollister motioned to approve the
minutes from last month’s meeting. Mitch
Townsend made a second. Motion passed.
Larry Young/President:
Got a little more clarity regarding the NCCC
vs WSCC and what has to be sent to the NCCC regarding our events. NCCC needs to receive notification of
competitive events, in writing. We do
not have to send notification of our small runs to them.
Thanks
to Yolanda Atkinson for arranging for our club members to be able attend the Official
Corvette C8 Reveal.
Bill
Dean/Vice President: Kevin Fennell, a
friend associated with the boat races, shared that on Oct. 5, 2019 the
Nostalgic Car Show will be held out at Lake Ming. It was suggested that we get some of our cars
to attend and promote our November car show.
There will be boat drags out there too.
Cost is $30. Suggested that we
all get together and drive in together.
Betsy
Slauson/Membership:
Most of our members have renews, but there are still a few stragglers.
Carl Lange/Treasurer
Report: We
have $20,406.93 in both accounts.
Dave Kielty/Sergeant
At Arms: Collected
for no name badges. Also advised that
Streets of Bakersfield is moving along.
There will be no motorcycle spots this year.
Virgil Miller/Webmaster:
A PDF
of the monthly minutes can now be found on the website. This was added for those that wanted to able
to print the minutes in a clean format.
A Mailchimp account was opened in the club’s name and is being used to
send out the minutes.
Adrian
Medina/Social Media: Reminded everyone
about our Facebook page.
Liz
Zaninovich/Public Relations: Nothing to
report.
Danny
Ellison/Events: Greenhorn Run – we made $125 on the raffle. We now have $1,371 to go towards the
Christmas Party. Reminder that our next monthly
Corvette Owners’ Breakfast is at Riverlakes Club House on 8/21/2019 from
8:00-10:00am. The next gathering at the Firehouse Grill will probably be cancelled
due to the heat. Don’t forget we meet at Chuy’s on the first Thursday of the
month. Rootbeer floats are a must at these
gatherings.
The calendar has already been made up for next year. If you want to do an event, contact Danny. Our Memorial Day weekend brunch is scheduled for 5/24/2020. Danny would like to find a different location (from the Seven Oaks Country Club). Any ideas?
The
annual Summer Solstice event is scheduled for 6/20/2020. We need a location and someone to set it up.
Brunch of Corvettes is slated for 10/20/2019. Need someone to step up and make plans.
Annual
Wine Run
– September 28, 2019. Due to heavy construction going on at the interchange of
Hwy 46 and I-5, we will meet at Blackwell’s Corner. An alternate route to Blackwell’s Corner is to
take Hwy 58 to Hwy 33 and then north to Hwy 46.
We will have access to the restrooms. Check-in is at 8:15 am and the driver’s
meeting at 8:35 am in the parking lot on the west side. We are on the road at
8:50 am. The third winery has changed
due to an increase in the tasting price ($35).
The new drive plan has been posted on the website.
John
Silliman – Camarillo Outlets Run is scheduled for 8/17/2019. Meet at 7:30 am at The Park at
Riverwalk. We will leave at 8:00 am. There will be a stop at the Pistachio Company
on Highway 33. Lunch will be at Aloha
Steakhouse in Ventura. After lunch, we
will take Highway 101 to the Camarillo Outlets.
Everyone is on their own from there.
Carl
Lange – on 9/14/2019, Brookdale Assisted Living is having a car show to benefit
the Alzheimer’s Association.
Annie
Bailey had a correction to the July minutes.
She will assist with the donations for the goody bags, NOT get the donations.
New
Business
Larry
Young proposed that the club join the National Corvette Museum. The cost is $250 for the first year and then
$150 for each year after that. Carl
Lange made the motion that Corvettes of Bakersfield join the National Corvette Museum. Betsy Slauson seconded the motion.
There
was discussion. When asked about the
benefits of membership, Larry said we could promote our events in their
magazine for free. This would enhance
the club’s visibility. Upon voting for
the motion, 5 members opposed. Motion
passed.
Vettes
4 Vets Car Show – Virgil is still trying
to come up with a location for a committee meeting to include representatives
from the groups we will be donating to. Tom
Jones suggested we contact Robert Villanueva from Three Way to see if can use
this room.
Next
month Tony Sparano is scheduled to bring snacks and Brad Hayden is signed up to
bring raffle prizes.
Video
of the Greenhorn Run was shown.
7:50
PM Meeting adjourned.