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Corvettes of Bakersfield, Inc.
General Meeting
3/10/2020 at Round Table Pizza (White Ln/Gosford Rd)
36 members in attendance.
6:30 P.M. Meeting called to order by President Larry Young. Larry welcomed everyone and thanked our sponsor, Three Way Chevrolet, for their support.
Flag Salute: Led by Dave Kielty.
Guests: Tony Castiglione from Streets of Bakersfield.
Birthdays and Anniversaries: March birthdays and anniversaries were acknowledged by Larry Young. Ten Things Known For March.
Raffle Prizes: Tonight’s raffle prizes were contributed by Betsy Slauson.
Minutes: Liz Zaninovich motioned to approve the minutes from last month’s meeting. Chris Espitas made a second. Motion passed.
Larry Young/President: CHIP $202. Keers V8 Mode. Streets of Bakersfield – is the team sufficient? Dave Kielty said Adrian can’t help. Virgil Miller, David Kielty, Steve Taylor, Mitch Townsend, Annie Bailey, Steve Dallons and Mark Pucilowski will meet at Tina Marie’s between 8:30 and 9:00AM. Need chalk. Tony Castiglione discussed parking and cruise direction. will be held next month. The club bought twelve car slots and only nine have been taken (Dallons, Frye, Medina, Townsend, Sparano, Taylor, Burrow, McNitt and Bailey). Contact Carl Lange if you are interested.
Bill Dean/Vice President: Nominations are open for officers and Board of Directors. Voting will be next month, per Larry.
Guest: Tony Castiglione with Streets of Bakersfield – Cruising for Charity. Going on 4th year with the event. This year it will be a 4-day event, 3/18-3/21/2020. He explained the parking for the event and the event schedule.
Kim Miller/Secretary: Not present.
Betsy Slauson/Membership: We have three new members, for 115 total.
Carl Lange/Treasurer report – We have $16,243.31. The 501(c)3 account has been established and funded.
Virgil Miller/Website: Not present.
Social Media/Adrian Medina: Nothing to report. Larry would like to see a quarterly report (newsletter).
Sergeant At Arms/David Kielty: Checked for name tags.
Public Relations/Liz Zaninovich: Gamblers Classic approved by members, 24 to 12.
Danny Ellison/Events: The Poker Run brought in $152 on the 50/50 to go towards the Christmas Fund. On 3/28/2020 we will be going to the Loading Chute. Please sign on if you plan on going. Are there any volunteers to head up the brunch on 5/24/2020 (Memorial Day Weekend)?
New Business: Larry Young is having an angiogram tomorrow. No new business.
Next month’s raffle prize will be brought by Mark Pucilowski and snacks belong to Larry and Penny Young..
Dale Frye recently visited the Pyrenees Café on Sumner St. The food was great and suggested it might be an idea for a change for the Corvette Owners Breakfast.
Meeting Adjourned at 7:55 pm
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Corvettes of Bakersfield, Inc.
General Meeting
2/11/2020 at Round
Table Pizza (White Ln/Gosford Rd)
47
members in attendance.
6:33
P.M. Meeting called to order by President
Larry Young. Larry welcomed everyone and thanked our sponsor, Three Way Chevrolet,
for their support.
Flag Salute: Led by Dave Kielty.
Guests:
Tony
Castiglione from Streets of Bakersfield and Bob Hurston.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: February birthdays and anniversaries were acknowledged
by Larry Young.
Raffle
Prizes: Tonights raffle prizes were contributed by
Diane Wallace, Donnie Hansen, Larry Young, Linda McNitt and Carl Lange.
Minutes: Kathy Gallego motioned to approve the minutes from
last month’s meeting. Denise Hollister made
a second. Motion passed.
Larry
Young/President: Streets of Bakersfield will be held next
month. Sign up sheet for committee is
being passed around. The COB storage
shed was recently cleaned out. Thanks to
those that helped. We are going to
extend the deadline for submitting logo ideas. The 2020 Christmas Party will be held
at the Crest Bar and Grill on 12/12/2020.
More information will follow as the date draws near. Letter was sent out regarding nominations
for board of directors. The nominating
committee is comprised of Bill Dean, Larry Young and Danny Ellison. Nominations will be taken through the April general
meeting. Nominations will be announced
at the May meeting and voting will occur at the June meeting. Linda McNitt has again accepted the position
of NCCC Governor. The next quarterly
meeting is the second weekend in May in Ventura. Attendance is encouraged if you want to see
what the NCCC is about.
Bill
Dean/Vice President: An email was sent out to members about the
upcoming board election along with a description of each position. He encouraged members to make
nominations. Thank you to Kathy
Gallego for the new member roster she created. If anyone has logo ideas, please
submit the design directly to Bill.
Guest: Tony Castiglione with Streets of Bakersfield –
Cruising for Charity. Going on 4th
year with the event. This year it will
be a 4-day event, 3/18-3/21/2020. He
explained the parking for the event and the event schedule.
Kim
Miller/Secretary: Nothing to report.
Betsy
Slauson/Membership: There are currently
114 members.
Carl
Lange/Treasurer report – There is $21,137.54 between the accounts. The final 501(c)3 account will be set up
after 2/17/2020 (the financial institution is going through a name change).
Virgil
Miller/Website: Under the About Us
tab, a new historical article about the club and the logos that have been
submitted have been posted. Under the Events
tab, information about the Streets of Bakersfield can be found.
Social
Media/Adrian Medina: Encouraged posting on
the Corvettes of Bakersfield Facebook page and sharing on My Corvette page so
outsiders can see activities too.
Sergeant
At Arms/David Kielty: Nothing new.
Public
Relations/Liz Zaninovich: Nothing to report.
Danny
Ellison/Events: Valentine’s Day Dinner will be on
2/14/2020 at the Chalet Basque. Corvette
Owners Breakfast will be on 2/19/2020 at The Links at Riverlakes. Leap Year Day Poker Chip run is on
2/29/2020. This will be a local
run. So far, there are 21 cars and 38
people signed up. 2020 Wine Run
will be on 9/26/2020. Tony Ennis advised
that the first stop will be at Tobin James, followed by lunch at Still Water
and the day will end at Castoro.
New
Business: Larry Young, as president, wants to be
notified of impromptu runs.
Permission is not needed; he just wants to be notified since it is being
done under the umbrella of Corvettes of Bakersfield. The club has had several inquiries about a future
Gamblers Classic. If anyone is
interested in pursuing this venture, please let Larry know. The Riverside Resort in Laughlin wants us
back, per Kathy Gallego. Larry also
shared information he received from another corvette club advising of an event
they are having and inviting us to attend.
Visit Pacificcoastcorvetteclub.org for more information on their August
event.
Next
month’s raffle prize will be brought by Betsy Slauson.
Dale
Frye recently visited the Pyrenees Café on Sumner St. The food was great and suggested it might be
an idea for a change for the Corvette Owners Breakfast.
Meeting
Adjourned at 7:46 pm
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Corvettes of Bakersfield, Inc.
General Meeting
1/14/2020 at Three Way
Chevrolet
45
members in attendance.
6:35
P.M. Meeting called to order by President
Larry Young. Larry welcomed everyone to
2020 and thanked our sponsor, Three Way Chevrolet, for the meeting room and the
monthly financial contribution to the club.
Flag Salute: Led by Dave Kielty.
Guests:
Dave
and Tommie Mongold, who have a Charcoal 2017 Z51.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: January birthdays and anniversaries were acknowledged
by Larry Young.
Refreshments
and Raffle Prizes: Tonights refreshments were brought by Chris
and Liz Espitia, while the raffles prizes were donated by Adrian and Chris
Medina.
Minutes: Kathy Gallego motioned to approve the minutes from
last month’s meeting. Melany Mitchell made
a second. Motion passed.
Larry
Young/President: Larry presented Ken
Wiggins a certificate for a ceramic coating.
Ken was the winner of the drawing at the 2019 Christmas Party.
There
will be a storage shed clean up on 1/25/2020.
All who want or are willing to help with the process, please show up at
Payless Mini Storage, 10202 Rosedale Highway at 10:00 am to clean out the storage
unit.
Bill Dean/Vice President: Readdressed the logo issue and showed some samples of logos that have been submitted. Bill wants to let the issue ride for another month after which the Board of Directors will look at the submissions and bring them back to the members to vote on.
Kim
Miller/Secretary: Nothing to report.
Betsy
Slauson/Membership: Ken and Terry Wiggins
are our most recent new members.
Treasurer
report
– Carl Lange was not here. Larry Young
reported that the club has $25,349.99.
The board approved for Carl to open another checking account for 501(c)3
moneys only
Virgil
Miller/Website: The website is running
smoothly. A non-member asked to have a
post made for a corvette for sale.
Social
Media/Adrian Medina: Would like to have
members post on the FaceBook page, My Corvette.
Sergeant
At Arms/David Kielty: Streets of Bakersfield
will be held March 18-22, 2020. They
have some new events planned over the five days. Schedule of events will be posted on their
website.
Public
Relations/Liz Zaninovich: Chris Espitia is
looking into a beer run at the Firestone Walker Brewing Company in San Luis
Obispo.
Danny
Ellison/Events: Breakfast at Riverlakes next
Wednesday. Bill Dean is looking to play
golf after breakfast. Anyone interested
in joining in, contact Bill. From Ed
Combs, the 2020 Hagerty Car Show in Fontana is on 2/8/2020. Leap Year Day Poker Chip Run is on
2/29/2020. This will be a local run and
the sign-up sheet is being passed around.
Valentine’s Day Dinner will be on 2/14/2020 at the Chalet Basque. Sign-up sheet is going around.
New
Business: Larry Young advised the 2020 Corvette
Buyers Guide is an interesting read and suggested it to those that are
interested. Linda McNitt resigned as NCCC
Governor. Greg Brott advised what
the responsibilities for the position are and said he will assist whoever takes
over. Kathy Gallego and others requested
the members be allowed to consider WSCC (Western States Corvette
Council) before we renew our NCCC membership.
Cathy
Telese has been checking into available locations and dates for the 2020
Christmas Party. She said 12/12/and
12/19/2020 are open dates at the Chateau Basque, The Crest and
Woolgrowers. Much more discussion
followed regarding parking, seating, menus, etc. Vote was taken and the Crest won by majority
vote. Cathy will set up for Saturday
12/12/2020 at The Crest.
The
2020 sign-up sheet for Raffle and Refreshments has been filled up. Thank you!
Cher
Silliman would like to have something sent to Jack Atkinson acknowledging his
recently diagnosed illness. Suggestion
was made for everyone, individually, to send him a card. Address is 21708 Quail Springs Rd, Tehachapi,
CA 93561 or yojack1@aol.com
Meeting
Adjourned at 8:05 pm
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Corvettes of Bakersfield, Inc.
General Meeting
11/12/2019 at Three
Way Chevrolet
41
members in attendance.
6:36
P.M. Meeting called to order by President
Larry Young. Larry thanked our sponsor,
Three Way Chevrolet, for the meeting room and the monthly financial
contribution to the club.
Member Passing: Tim Garcia recently
passed away. President Larry Young asked
for a moment of silence. Services for
Tim will be on Friday 11/22/2019 at Greenlawn Southwest. There will be a reception at Chateau Basque
on Oak St. following the services.
Members are encouraged to attend.
Flag Salute: Led by Larry Young.
Guests:
Steve
Taylor and Ed and Linda Combs.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: November and December birthdays were acknowledged
by Larry Young.
Minutes: Kathy Gallego motioned to approve the minutes from
last month’s meeting. Adrian Medina made
a second. Motion passed.
Event
Calendar:
4/25/2020 McNally’s being led by Michael Rouw.
May
Trip to Three Rivers led by Michael Rouw.
June
Trip to Ponderosa Lodge led by Steve Dallons
Veteran’s Parade: There was a good
showing of members and fun was had by all.
Bill
Dean/Vice President: Would like to see the club come up with a new
logo. With the advent of the new C8, the
board of directors would like to see a “timeless” logo. The membership is being asked to come up with
and submit ideas for a logo. A prize of
$100 is being offered to the winner (board members are not eligible to win). Submit ideas by February and the membership
will vote on it afterwards.
Treasurer
report
– Carl Lange advised we have $25,996.89 between the two accounts.
Virgil
Miller/Website: The website is running
smoothly. Nothing new to report.
Social
Media/Adrian Medina: Nothing to report.
Public
Relations/Liz Zaninovich: The 1st of
May there is a trip to Kingman, AZ.
Danny
Ellison/Events: 50/50 collection has been good. The Harris Ranch Run took in $125 and the
Crest Brunch brought in $132. The total is
now at $1,688
Additional
upcoming events are 11/20/2019 Corvette Owners Brunch at Riverlakes, 12/8/2019
Bakersfield Toy Run at Beach Park (contact is Adrian Medina), and 12/14/2019
Christmas Party at Brighton Park.
Also,
5/1-5/3/2020 is the Route 66 Fun Run.
Hotel is Best Western Plus King.
Corvettes of Bakersfield has a rate of $362. Contact is Brittney at (928) 763-6101.
Virgil
is proposing a Poker Chip Run on 2/29/2020.
More information to follow.
Liz
inquired about the desire to still have a brunch in January at Marie Calendar’s. It is currently on the calendar for
1/12/2020. She will follow up on the
arrangements.
New
Business: Larry Young advised that the club’s storage
shed needs some attention. He
proposes that a crew go and clean the shed up in early February. Gambler’s Classic is still
being asked about. He would like the
membership to think about possibly revisiting the event in 2021. Just for information, from 11/22-12/1/2019 the
Auto Show in Los Angeles will be occurring. A membership
list with names, phone numbers, email address and car color and type is
being put together to share with club members.
The 2020 Refreshment and Raffle Prize list is being passed
around. Please sign up.
Meeting
Adjourned at 8:00 pm
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Corvettes of Bakersfield, Inc.
General Meeting
10/8/2019 at Three Way
Chevrolet
39
members in attendance.
6:36
P.M. Meeting called to order by President
Larry Young. Larry thanked our sponsor,
Three Way Chevrolet, for the meeting room and the monthly financial
contribution to the club.
Flag Salute: Led by Dave Kielty.
Guests:
Lawrence
Melendez, past member who, at one time, was the official photographer for
COB. Mr. Melendez has a smoke-colored
glass top for sale, $400.00, that fits a 1997-2004. He can be reached at (661) 675-8033. Michael Rouw purchased it.
New
Members: Von Schipper and Diane Wallace were in
attendance.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: Acknowledged by Larry Young.
Refreshments
and Prizes: Larry expressed
appreciation to the members that brought tonight’s refreshments and prizes.
Minutes: Denise Hollister motioned to approve the
minutes from last month’s meeting. Tim
Garcia made a second. Motion passed.
Larry
Young/President: Thank you to Tony
Ennis and Chevy Garza for a great wine run.
There were more first-timers in attendance than “old-timers”.
Christmas
Party will be on 12/14/2019. This has
been confirmed.
Displayed
front license plate frame for a C7 – Stop N Show (ticket now, not a fix-it)
Membership
– we have 115 current members.
Treasurer
report
– Larry showed the numbers as Carl is not here.
Bill
Dean/Vice President: Not here.
Kim
Miller/Secretary: Nothing new to report.
Dave
Kielty/Sergeant At Arms: Streets of Bakersfield
will have some new “stuff” going on this year.
More to follow. COB will be doing
the street marking.
Liz
Zaninovich/Public Relations: Have been handing out
flyers for the car show. A lot of flack
has been received on the cost of the show entry fee.
Danny
Ellison/Events: Ventura Fun Run – $60 was collected in the
raffle, making for a total of $1,431.00.
Events are posted and emailed on the first of the month. There will NOT be a January events planning
meeting in 2020. The 2020 Events
Calendar is out. The last Saturday of
each month has been left open for “fun runs”.
If you are interested in planning one, contact Danny.
4/25/2020 McNally’s – Michael Rouw
5/30/2020 3 Rivers – Michael Rouw
6/27/2020 Ponderosa Lodge – Steve Dallons
Corvette
Owners’ Breakfast at Riverlakes on Wednesday 10/16/2019
Three
Way Chevrolet Car Show on Saturday 10/19/2019
Brunch
of Corvettes at the Crest on Sunday 10/20/2019.
There will be a special menu for the event.
Firehouse
Rosedale Station is having a Trunk or Treat on 10/25/2019
Chuys
will be hosting a Trunk or Treat on 10/31/2019.
Christmas
Party at Brighton Park on 12/14/2019 6:00-10:00 pm $25/person
Harris
Ranch Round Up on 10/12/2019 led by John Silliman. Promo video shown.
Car
Show: Virgil showed a PSA for the event. After discussion, members voted to cancel the
show. Virgil will make notifications and
return donations that have been received.
($500 Kern Schools, $250 Fastrip, $300 Stone Chevrolet, large screen TV
from Banducci’s Pumpkin Patch). Virgil
suggested, for the future, maybe we can look at a “Gambler’s Classic” style
event at the new Hard Rock at I-5/99 after it is established.
Passage: Last week, services for COB member Steve
Mathias were held. Stacy, Steve’s
partner, donated $100 to COB.
Christmas
Parade –
Tom Jones expressed concern about COB no participating in the Christmas
Parade. Our participation is a show of
community support.
Veteran’s
Day Parade
– Tony Ennis advised there are only 18
members left in the MOAA and of that only five are ambulatory. Tony suggested we contact the American
Legion. Larry volunteered to go with him
Next
month – Next
month Kathy and Henry Gallego are signed up for snacks and Donna and Danny
Ellison have prizes for the raffle.
Meeting
Adjourned at 7:45pm
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Corvettes of Bakersfield, Inc.
General Meeting
9/10/2019 at Three-Way Chevrolet
37
members in attendance.
6:37 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 Adrian Medina.
Guests:
None
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: Acknowledged by Larry Young.
Refreshments and Prizes: Tony Sparano provided the cookies and Brad Hayden and Michael Rouw brought the gifts to be given away.
The
Ellisons were not here as Donna’s mother is gravely ill. Dick Compton called Larry and said his wife,
Barbara, is not doing well and it may be a while before he is able to return to
club activities. Larry requested we keep
both these families in our thoughts.
Larry
Young, being a car man, shared the most recent car hype in a car magazine and
encouraged the rest of us to look into it.
Fifty-three years after the 1966 24 Hours of Lemans endurance
race between Ford and Ferrari, a new high-speed biographical drama that depicts
this duel is being released, Lemans 66.
Minutes: Carl Lange motioned to approve the minutes from
last month’s meeting. Denise Hollister made
a second. Motion passed.
Larry
Young/President: Larry reminded
everyone of the Wine Run and Vettes For Vets Car Show. Full participation by members is needed/encouraged.
Bill
Dean/Vice President: Not here.
Kim
Miller/Secretary: Nothing new to report.
Betsy
Slauson/Membership: New membership cards
are here. Please pick yours up.
Carl Lange/Treasurer: We have $23,559.27 between the two accounts.
Sergeant
At Arms: Dave was not here, so
John Silliman collected for “no name badges”.
Virgil
Miller/Webmaster: The website has been
updated with the latest offerings.
Please check it out.
Adrian
Medina/Social Media: The blog is up to
date. Jack and Yolanda Atkinson took a
corvette trip to Nova Scotia. Don and
Jeanne Allen recently returned from the Corvette festivities in Bowling
Green. Hope to be able to share pictures
and details from both these trips soon.
Liz
Zaninovich/Public Relations: Stockdale High School
NHS is lined up to help with the car show.
Permission slips will be given to the students to be returned with
parent’s signature.
Danny
Ellison/Events: Not here.
Larry received, and shared, a thank you certificate from Toys for Tots
for our participation in their cause last Christmas.
Larry
also reminded members of the Corvette Owners Breakfast the 3rd
Wednesday of the month and Firehouse Friday Nite Graffiti on the last
Friday of the month. More information
can be found on our website.
Annual
Wine Run
– Twenty-nine have paid. We need 32 to
break even. Please consider the trip and
sign up soon.
Vettes
For Vets Car Show – Virgil gave out flyers
for the car show to be passed out at other car shows within the community this
next month. He also provided an agenda
for the Vettes 4 Vets car show so that members know what to expect at the event
on 11/9/2019.
Christmas
Parade –
Do we want to participate this year? The
Board of Director weren’t really enthusiastic.
How about the General Membership?
The response was NO. How about
the
Veteran’s
Day Parade
– There is a MOAA (Military Officers Association
of America) meeting next week. Tony will
provide more information as it becomes
available.
“Breakdown
Shakedown” Larry is offering to
host a morning at his shop on 9/21/2019 8:00am-noonish for members to bring by
their corvettes and check them out for any services. Half a dozen members showed interest. Larry will provide coffee and put out more
information in the coming days.
NCCC
Governor
– Greg Brott submitted his resignation.
This position requires attending four meetings a year (out of
town). Larry will attend the upcoming
meeting on 9/14/2019, however, he can’t take over these responsibilities. Linda McNitt volunteered to fill the vacancy
for the club. Larry will talk to her
after the 14th and get her up to speed.
Prizes/Gifts
– We
have three events coming up before the end of the year that are will need
prizes and/or gifts donated to them.
Larry reminded the members that those attending the wine run have been
asked to provide a prize for the evening raffle. The Vettes For Vets car show will need
numerous prizes for the raffle. Members
are encouraged to reach out to the community for prizes or provide a raffle
prize themselves. Also, a raffle is held
each year at the Christmas Party.
Attending members are encouraged to bring a prize.
Christmas
Party –
The event will be held on 12/7/2019 at the Brighton Park Club House. The cost is $25 per person.
Next
month – Snacks
will be provided by Melanie Mitchell and Bob and Shirley Vella will provide the
prizes.
Harris
Ranch Run –
John Silliman will be leading the way on this run on 10/12/2019. The planned route is to take Hwy 33 to
Blackwell’s Corner, then to Coalinga to see their museum and from there to
Harris Ranch. Afterwards, for those
interested, there is the option of going to the casino. John expressed his appreciation to those who
went to Camarillo. A video of the trip
was shown.
General
Motors C8 Tour –
A video of the trip to Merle Stone Chevrolet in Tulare was shown. Fourteen of our corvettes participated at
this event and were pleased with the hospitality.
Meeting
Adjourned at 7:35pm
