Jul 12, 2019 | General Meeting Minutes
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Corvettes of Bakersfield, Inc.
General Meeting
7/9/2019 at Three Way
Chevrolet
6:39 P.M. Meeting called to order by Bob Vella.
46
members in attendance. 2 Guests (Emily
Ames and Ken Weir)
Bob Vella handed the gavel over to newly-elected President Larry Young. Larry thanked our sponsor, Three-Way Chevrolet, for sponsoring us by providing us a donation every month and allowing us to meet in the current room.
Flag Salute – Led by Dave Kielty. Dave
introduced Emily Ames (Larry’s granddaughter) who sang the national anthem.
Oath
of Office: Ken Weir, Bakersfield
City Council Member, swore in the new officers: Larry Young, President; Dave Kielty, Sergeant At Arms; and Elizabeth
Zaninovich, Public Relations.
Larry Young welcomed the guests and new member, Matt Collins, who has a 2017 Stingray.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: Acknowledged by Larry Young.
Prizes
& Refreshments: Brought by Tony Ennis
and Chevy Garza.
Minutes: Liz Zaninovich motioned to approve the minutes from last month’s meeting. Melanie Mitchell made a second. Motion passed.
Larry Young/President:
At the Board of Directors meeting last week,
Danny Ellison stepped forward and volunteered to be the Events Coordinator
again.
Kim
Miller/Secretary: Nothing to share
Betsy
Slauson/Membership:
Received several membership renewals tonight.
Those that have not renewed yet need to do so soon. Thank you to those that went down to Don’s
memorial service. Pictures were shared
of their car.
Carl Lange/Treasurer Report: Carl was not present but a balance of $19,676.09 for both accounts was shared with the membership.
Dave Kielty/Sergeant At Arms: Dave was introduced as the new Sergeant At Arms.
Virgil Miller/Webmaster: Nothing new to present.
Adrian
Medina/Social Media: If you don’t do
Facebook, try it.
Danny Ellison/Events – The Loading Chute Fun Run raised $135 for the
Christmas party. The fund now has a
total of $1,246 in it. The Summer
Solstice event raised $305, $67 from The Pizza Press and $241 from The Habit
Burger Grill.
The
following events are coming up:
7/11/19
– Chuy’s Cruise-in. Will have root beer
floats.
7/13/19
– Greenhorn Grill with a stop in Glennville and wrap up at Rosemary’s Family
Creamery in Bakersfield.
7/17/19
– Corvette Owner’s Breakfast at The Links at Riverlakes Ranch.
7/26/19
– The Firehouse/Rosedale Station. A
night of car camaraderie.
9/28
& 29/19 – Annual Paso Robles Wine Run.
Information for signing up and making reservations is on the website.
MyCorvette facebook page is a private facebook page for club members only. If you haven’t checked it out or joined it, please do so.
Virgil displayed one of the new portable banners that was purchased for the club.
Vettes
4 Vets Car Show – Flyers
have been printed for the event. There
are several versions available: trophy
sponsor, sponsor application, vendor application and a thank you/receipt for
donation version.
Annie Bailey said she will get donations for goodie bags if we decide to do them.
Michael Rouw received a 58” TV donated by Banducci’s Family Pumpkin Patch for the upcoming car show.
New
Business
– Larry Young presented Bob Vella with a fuel pump trophy as a gift from the
club for all his work as president.
Reminder
that Annie Bailey is responsible for snacks next month and Dale Frye has
prizes.
Larry
Young thanked everyone for their votes and for attending the meeting tonight.
Cher
Silliman shared that the Pederson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles is hosting a
Zora Duntov Tribute Weekend 7/27-7/28/2019.
More information can be found online.
John
Silliman reminded everyone that there will be a Camarillo Run on 8/17/2019 to
the Outlet mall in Camarillo.
Danny
Ellison advised that on 7/18/2019 at 7:10PM Three-Way Chevrolet will be live
streaming the C8 reveal. Wylon is the
Three-Way contact.
8:00
PM Meeting adjourned.
Minutes provided by Club Secretary, Kim Miller
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Corvettes of Bakersfield, Inc.
General Meeting
6/11/2019 at Three Way
Chevrolet
6:37
P.M. Meeting called to order
42
members in attendance. 3 Guests
President, Bob Vella –Thank
you to our sponsor, 3 Way Chevrolet, for sponsoring us and allowing us to meet
in the current room.
Flag Salute – Led by John Silliman. Held
a moment of silence for the loss of Don Slauson and Charlene Neri, the daughter
of member Gary Hurst.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: Shared by Bob Vella
Prizes
& Refreshments: The Brotts brought the
prizes and Dale Frye and Annie Bailey provided refreshments.
Getting To Know You: Shirley Nicholas Vella
Minutes – Denise Hollister
motioned to approve the minutes from last month’s meeting. Kathy Gallego made a second. Motion passed.
Larry Young/First Vice-President:
Not here.
Dick
Compton/Second Vice-President: Talked to Mike Thomas
of 3-Way Chevrolet about Sponsorship for the car show. Thomas will get back to us.
Kim
Miller/Secretary: Nothing to share
Betsy
Slauson/Membership –
Not here. Bob reminded everyone that
July is membership renewal month. Rate
is $65/couple and $55/individual.
Carl Lange /Treasurer
Report– Carl
presented the monthly report indicating $18,628.75 total funds in the accounts.
John Silliman/Sergeant
At Arms – Passed
out a flyer by Tony Ennis as a Save The Date for the Wine Run in the Fall.
Virgil
Miller/Webmaster – Nothing
new to present.
Adrian
Medina/Newsletter – The
Event Chronicles is on the website and has been updated.
Danny Ellison/Events – Another $240 was gained at the Seven Oaks
Brunch for the Christmas Party Fund. The
fund now has a total of $1,111 in it.
Reminder
that on the first Thursday of every month the club has committed to
representation at Chuy’s Cruise-in. The
first Thursday of next month is the 4th of July. No one will be attending. We will move our participation to the second
Thursday, July 11th.
On
Thursday 6/19/2019 8:00AM the Corvette’s Owner Breakfast will be held at Links
at RiverLakes Ranch Clubhouse. The menu
includes a full breakfast.
Summer
Solstice will be celebrated on 6/21/2019 at The Habit at Brimhall Rd/Allen
Rd. A flyer has been posted on the
website and emailed to members with a bar code.
Use this bar code when you place your order and the club will get 20% of
the sale. Share this flyer with family,
friends or anyone else who may go to The Habit on 6/21.
Veterans
Charity Car Show
– Virgil Miller told us we need more volunteers in order to put on this car
show. The sign-up sheet was passed
around again. The Olive Drab Car Club
will be helping us with parking. It was
suggested we contact and possibly get help from the Sheriff’s Office and
Bakersfield Police Department Explorers.
Virgil also made a push for assistance obtaining raffle prizes and
sponsors.
New
Business/Bob Vella
– Bob relayed his appreciation for club members who helped make his time as
President enjoyable. Next month Tony
Ennis is responsible for snacks and Chevy Garza will bring prizes.
Ballots
were passed out and returned for counting.
While tabulations were taking place, a couple of videos of events from
the past month were shown.
The
vote resulted in the following for 2019/2020 Board of Directors:
President
– Larry Young
Vice-President
– Bill Dean
Secretary
– Kim Miller
Treasurer
– Carl Lange
Sergeant
At Arms – David Kielty
Membership
– Betsy Slauson
Webmaster
– Virgil Miller
Social
Media/Chronicles – Adrian Medina
Events
– Open
Public
Relations – Open
Meeting
adjourned at 7:52 PM
Minutes provided by club secretary, Kim Miller
Jun 5, 2019 | General Meeting Minutes
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Corvettes of Bakersfield, Inc.
General Meeting
5/14/2019 at Three Way
Chevrolet
6:39
P.M. Meeting called to order
36
members in attendance.
President, Bob Vella –Thank
you to our sponsor, 3 Way Chevrolet, for sponsoring us and allowing us to meet
in the current room.
Flag Salute – Led by John Silliman.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: Shared by Bob Vella
Getting To Know You: Mark Newton
Minutes – Tim Garcia motioned
to approve the minutes from last month’s meeting. Adrian Medina made a second. Motion passed.
Larry Young/First Vice
President – Nominating committee
has completed the ballots. There are two
running for president and only one running for vice-president. The Public Relations and Events Coordinator
positions need to be filled. Larry will
not be here next month due to prior plans.
Betsy
Slauson/Membership –
We have added four new members bringing the total to 129 members. Membership renewals, at $75, are scheduled to
go out.
Carl Lange /Treasurer
Report– Carl
presented the monthly report indicating $17,223.62 total funds in the accounts.
John Silliman/Sergeant
At Arms – Collected
for no name badges and reminded everyone to sign the attendance log.
Virgil
Miller/Webmaster – A
classified section has been added to the website.
Adrian
Medina/Newsletter – The
newsletter has transformed to a blog on the website. Encouraged everyone to view it.
Danny Ellison/Events – The Chili Cook-off on 5/18/2019 has been
cancelled along with the Santa Paula run on 6/2/2019. Danny advised that $871 has been raised to
offset the members’ price of the annual Christmas Party. Michael Rouw gave Carl an additional $500,
raised at the McNally’s event, to go towards the Christmas Party fund.
Brunch
of Corvettes at Seven Oaks Country Club will be on 5/26/2019. We received permission
to have six of our vehicles displayed on the grass at the event. The Millers (C1), Terry Romanoff (C2), Annie
Bailey (C4), Roger Buckels (C5), Ron Burrow (C6) and Dale Frye (C7) need to be
there by 1:30 to get their vehicles in place.
On
the first Thursday of each month during the summer, Chuy’s will be hosting a cruise-in
for car club members. We encourage
everyone to attend. Additionally, the Corvette
Owner’s Breakfast at the Links at Riverlakes Ranch will be tomorrow, 5/15/2019,
and the Summer Solstice at the Habit Burger Grill on Calloway Dr. on 6/21/2019.
Danny
has created a My Corvette – Members Only page on Facebook. Contact him if you
are interested in more information.
On
6/8/19, there will be a car show at Chuys put on by Larry Thomas. This is information only but would encourage
attendance. Also, The Firehouse on
Calloway Dr. will be hosting a car club gathering on Friday nights from
6:00-10:00. The first one will be on
5/17/2019. More options for more fun!
Veterans
Charity Car Show
– Virgil Miller reminded us we need sponsors for the car show, please send him
any leads. California Pinups & Patriots will be handling the 50/50 raffle
and will have a Little Miss Corvette contest. The Olive Drab Drivers will help
with parking in exchange for entry fees.
New
Business/Bob Vella
– Bakersfield Car Club Council has dropped the Corvettes of Bakersfield. Bob presented synopsis of his meeting with
the Council. Virgil motioned that COB
withdraw, formally, from the BCCC. Mark
Newton made a second. There was
discussion. BCCC kicked us out, we
accept. All in favor, no opposition.
Gambler’s
Classic
– The Riverside Hotel contacted Bob regarding the event and asked if we still
wanted the reserved dates. Bob asked
those in attendance if anyone was interested in pursuing this. No hands.
Bob will notify the Riverside Hotel of our decision to decline.
Next
month’s refreshments will be handled by Dale Frye and the Brotts will handle
the prizes.
Carl
advised we have 12 spots reserved for next year’s Streets of Bakersfield. Ten are still open. Contact Carl if you are interested.
Ceramic
coating drawing will be held at the Christmas Party. The Wine Run, handled by Tony Ennis, will be
on 9/28/2019.
Meeting
adjourned at 8:28 PM
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4/9/2019 at Three-Way Chevrolet
6:38
P.M. Meeting called to order
33
members in attendance.
President, Bob Vella – Welcome to Nomination Night and thank you to our sponsor Three-Way Chevrolet for sponsoring us and allowing us to meet in the current room.
Flag Salute – Led by John Silliman. Prior to the pledge, John asked for a moment
of silence for Trudy Frye whom we lost this past month.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: Shared by Bob Vella
Getting To Know
You: Spotlight on Bill Dean.
Minutes –Larry Young motioned
to approve the minutes from last month’s meeting. Denise Hollister made a second. Motion passed.
Streets of Bakersfield
– Approximately
$28K was made at this event. Corvettes
of Bakersfield netted $4,000 to go to Wounded Heroes of Kern County. Planning is already in the works for 2020
Streets of Bakersfield. Does COB want to
participate again? More volunteers will
be needed. In the future, Streets of
Bakersfield is limiting the number of participating clubs to six (6) to keep
the final donations larger for each club.
The
majority of members voted for the club to participate in 2020. It was decided to stay with Wounded Heroes of
Kern County as the receiving charity.
Bob thanked the liaisons for their contributions last year. Dave Kielty will go to the Streets of
Bakersfield meetings this year on the 3rd Wednesday of the month.
Board of Director Reports
Larry Young/First Vice
President – Larry shared an
America’s Sports Car magazine.
Kim Miller/Secretary – March minutes went
out via email recently. A couple of
addresses on file were rejected. She
will attempt to address the issue with the individuals. Make sure your information is accurate with
the club.
Betsy
Slauson/Membership –
We have added two new members bringing the total to 125 members.
Carl Lange /Treasurer
Report– Carl
presented the monthly report indicating $16,704.03 total funds in the accounts.
John Silliman/Sergeant
At Arms – Collected
for no name badges and reminded everyone to sign the attendance log. Thank you went out to Linda McNitt for
acquiring another car coating donation from Unique Auto Spa (formerly Angel’s
Car Coating). The club will continue to
sell raffle tickets to members and hold the drawing later in the year, probably
at the annual wine run.
Virgil
Miller/Webmaster – The
website continues to be updated regularly.
Please review as all the current information on the upcoming car show is
now on the website
Danny Ellison/Events – We are holding 50/50 drawings at each event
and the monthly breakfasts. The proceeds
will go back to the members to help cover the individual cost of the annual
Christmas party. So far, $266 has been
made from two events.
Calendar of Events/Bob
Vella – On
Monday 4/15/2019, there will be a memorial for Trudy Frye. The Corvettes of Bakersfield will form corvette
procession with their cars. Sign up
sheet is being passed around.
Nomination
Committee for the upcoming election consists of Betsy Slauson, Larry Young and
John Silliman. Bob Vella and Danny
Ellison will NOT be re-running for their current positions of President and
Events Coordinator. A form for
nominations will be passed out before the end of the meeting to be submitted to
the committee.
Vettes for Vets – Virgil provided an
update for the event. Registration is
ready and posted on the website. There
will be a special judging category for COB members. Virgil received information from Yolanda
Atkinson that she can do t-shirts; specifically, 240 pieces at $3.65 each to
include sizes small to X-large. 2XL
would be $6.15 each and 3XL would be $7.15.
These could be used to give away to participants or volunteers. They could even be sold to spectators. This information will be turned over to the
committee for consideration.
Bob
Vella showed a couple of videos of recent events.
Dale
Frye shared a few words with the members, thanking them for their support to
him and his son during recent difficult times.
Meeting
adjourned at 7:53 PM.
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3/12/2019 at Three Way Chevrolet
6:36
P.M. Meeting called to order
40
members in attendance.
President, Bob Vella thanked our sponsor 3
Way Chevrolet for sponsoring us and allowing us to meet in the current room.
Flag Salute – Led by John Silliman
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: Shared by Bob Vella
Getting To Know
You: Spotlight on Liz Zaninovich
Minutes –Larry Young motioned
to approve the minutes from last month’s meeting. Denise Hollister made a second. Motion passed.
Elections – Bob Vella reminded
everyone that nominations for the Board of Directors is open in April, there
will be a vote in May, announcement of the new board will be done in June and
the new board take effect in July.
Street of Bakersfield
– Event
will be taking place March 14 through March 16, 2019. This year the COB earnings will go to the
Wounded Heroes of Kern County.
Parkfield Run – Jack and Yolanda Atkinson
did a pre-run and have made a change in the plans. Instead there will be a Trembler Run which
will entail a run along I-5 towards Coalinga (198) with a lunch in Paso Robles.
Michael Rowe – presented Virgil
Miller with a dual picture of a postage stamp with a 1953 Corvette. Michael came across this picture and thought
of Virgil, who owns a 1954 Corvette. It
was presented in appreciation for the work Virgil has done on behalf of COB.
NCCC Insurance – there is a copy of
the details on the COB website.
Board of Director Reports
Larry Young/First Vice
President – Thank you to everyone
who participated in the Concours de’ Brunch at the Tower Craft Bar &
Grill. Good participation and nice
awards.
Dick Compton/Second
Vice President – Is
anyone interested in doing the Gambler’s Classic? Need to think about this real quick. Also, if anyone is interested in being a
board member, speak up and let someone know.
Betsy
Slauson/Membership –
We have 123 members and one new member, Boyd Smith.
Carl Lange /Treasurer
Report– Carl
presented the monthly report. February
was a light month as far as activity goes.
John Silliman/Sergeant
At Arms – Collected
for no name badges.
Virgil
Miller/Webmaster – Advised
the members that the website has been updated with all the upcoming events.
Adrian
Medina/Newsletter – Posts
events and pictures on Facebook and Flickr.
Calendar of Events/Bob
Vella – Current
list of activities is posted on the website.
Roger and Lillian Buckles are doing a Cayucos Run on 3/23/2019 and Betsy
Slauson is hosting a chili cookoff (people choice) on 5/18/2019. The Corvette Owner’s Breakfast on the 3rd
Wednesday of the month has been moved from Panera/California Ave to the River
Lakes Clubhouse.
Refreshments/Raffle – Check the sign-up
sheet if you need a reminder as to when you are supposed to bring your items.
Robert
Villalobos gave an update on the available corvettes at 3-Way Chevrolet.
Veteran’s Charity Car
Show 2019
– Virgil Miller advised he is still waiting for approval from the property
management company before he moves forward with any solid planning. A signup sheet for committees passed out to
members.
Bob
Vella showed a couple of videos of recent events, Valentines at Frugatti’s and
the Reagan Library. He also reiterated
that if we are going to do the Gambler’s Classic, we need interest and
volunteers. If we stick with the prior
location, the hotel needs to know by 4/5/19 in order to save it for us.
Meeting
adjourned at 7:55 PM.
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2/12/2019 at Three Way Chevrolet
6:32
P.M. Meeting called to order
40
members in attendance.
President, Bob Vella thanked our sponsor 3
Way Chevrolet for sponsoring us.
Flag Salute – Led by John Silliman
Birthdays and
Anniversaries: Shared by Bob Vella
Getting To Know
You: Spotlight on Lillian Buckles.
Minutes –Larry Young motioned
to approve the minutes as corrected from last month’s meeting. Denise Hollister made a second. Motion passed.
It
was asked how we can see a copy of the insurance policy. Jim Walton is the NCCC Business Manager. It was suggested to look at the Q&A
section of the NCCC website and add a link to the NCCC insurance page on our
website.
Bob
presented a slide on NCCC benefit.
Guests: Mike and Shaun DeSchutter. They have a 1981 corvette which they are
restoring.
Board of Director Reports
Larry Young/First Vice
President – Streets
of Bakersfield is coming up March 14-16, 2019.
We have 12 positions paid for.
Larry and crew will be doing the street numbering. He reminded everyone that the Corvettes of
Bakersfield donated $2,000 in 2017 and $3,800 in 2018 to Honor Flight and this
year Wounded Heroes will be our beneficiary.
Also,
Concours de’ Brunch will be held on 3/10/2019 at 1:00pm at the Truxtun Craft
Bar & Grill. There will be corvette
judging, hoods up.
Dick Compton/Second
Vice President – Encouraged
everyone to participate.
Betsy
Slauson/Membership –
We have 124 members.
Treasurer Report – The account total
balance is $19,979
John Silliman/Sergeant
At Arms – Collected
for no name badges.
Virgil
Miller/Webmaster – Advised
the members that the website has been updated with all the upcoming events.
Adrian
Medina/Newsletter – Currently,
most of the club’s activities can be seen via Facebook.
Danny Ellison/Events –
Calendar
of Events was recently sent out and can be found on the website. It you have any new ideas for Valentine’s Day
2020, email Danny. COB Breakfast will be
on Wednesday 2/20/2019 7:30-9:30am at Panera on California Av. The
Ronald Reagan Library Run is coming up on 2/23/2019. We will leave the Chevron Station at 99/Taft
Hwy at 7:45am and caravan down to Simi Valley via Hwy 99.
New Business
Bob
Vellaadvised the Board of Directors
voted that effective 6/30/2019 the Membership Dues will change. New members will be $75/couple and
$65/individual. Renewals will be
$65/couple and $55/individual. All of
these include NCCC insurance.
Jack Atkinson presented ideas for additional runs.
April – Poppy Run to Parkfield via
Harris Ranch with lunch at the Parkfield Café.
395 Run – would be an overnighter
Death Valley Run
Barrett Jackson in 2020 (1/11/2020)
There
was discussion about making the membership list available online. It was also brought up that there needs to be
respect to/for those that don’t want their information out there. The board
will address this and try to make something work.
Virgil
Miller advised that there has been a possible change in venue for the local car
show for veteran charities. Chuy’s on
Rosedale Hwy has shown an interest. More
information to follow.
Meeting
adjourned at 8:05 PM.
