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
