On a related note I would like to welcome the two gentlemen who have volunteered to take on the two respective positions that became vacant with Tracy's absence. Many of you know both of these men, who are John Mafrici and Graeme Cruise. Our new Club Secretary, John Mafrici has been a member of our club for over ten years and has previously served on this clubs committee and I would like to welcome him to the role. Our new Editor, Graeme Cruise is a newer member who many of you will already have come to know well as an enthusiastic and active member of the club and I am looking forward to Graeme's contributions to our club. Thank you both for stepping up to the plate and volunteering your time.
In other news we have had our date for our Annual Show and Shine at Darling Harbour confirmed. We will be having our "Corvettes at Darling Harbour" on Pyrmont Bridge on Sunday 19th October 2008 this year, again coinciding with the Sydney Motor Show. I look forward to another excellent turnout of cars on the day.
Our Northern Rep and Hooters Liaison Rusty James has also been at work on this years Hooters Car Show which this year will be held on Sunday 14th September 2008. Last years was a fun event and I will be there again this year and am looking forward to it. Thanks Rusty.
Whilst Bob and a number of our members travelled Southwest for a successful Christmas in July dinner last month, six club members submitted their cars for a club display at Sydney's MotorEx car show. Malcolm Cuming again volunteered this year to coordinate our display and made our stand a success again this year. Not having personally attended last year I was impressed at the quality of cars on display this year. In my opinion this year's event had one of the highest standards of cars I recall seeing at MotorEx both in the Car Club and Elite Show Car sections. Thank you to the guys who gave up a good portion of their weekend to submit and prepare their car on Friday night, leaving their car at Homebush Exhibition Centre over the weekend and picking their cars back up on Sunday. Thanks also to Malcolm for putting in the work to coordinate things for us. Congratulations also go to Brent Carr for receiving the "Best Corvette" award by the events organisers for a well deserved accolade.
Entry forms are now out for the Annual "Corvette Challenge" weekend which this year will be held by our club. Traditionally our friends from Melbourne and Canberra join us on this weekend and those of us who are so inclined compete for the inter-club "Lead foot Award". This is always a fun weekend where you can go as fast or slow as you like and enjoy some great company. This is a weekend where you can pick and choose what parts of the event you participate in and pay for so if you are free on the weekend of 1-2 November 2008 and feel like taking a drive to Goulburn I'd love to see as many of our club members there as possible.
Lastly, as our AGM is only two months away I would like to take this opportunity to remind you all to consider whether you would like to volunteer to take on a role on the committee or sub committee of this club. There is a description of responsibilities of each of the office bearer's responsibilities elsewhere in this magazine and I encourage you to read through it to see if any role would work for you. If you have any queries about any of these roles please let me know and I will be happy to discuss things with you.
Until next month, enjoy and be safe.
Andrew |
