Crosstalk May-Jun 2009

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1 Volume 3 Issue 3 President's Message Jim Enriquez We had great support from club members in setting up and organizing numerous quality events for March and April. Needless to say, several club members were able to participate in social activities, drivers and a very successful car show It s what our club is all about. Key Events & Organizers Dinner and book signing with Barbara McQueen - Caccamo, Rhode Ostrich Festival Parade and lunch - Caccamo, Rhode Julio G s Corvette s On the Green - Deacon, Ray Laughlin overnighter -Rhode, Caccamo Founder s Day Driver- Kerber, Enriquez All the events were great examples of the variety of activities we share within our club. Plans are already set for two major events in May as well. So the club activities are on the up swing as we head into another Arizona summer season. Yes, it will be hot, sunny and dry, but there are still cool places and events we can see. Give it some thought and I am sure our Activities Director, Rhonda Deacon, can help you pick a date to sponsor or cosponsor a club activity. See you at our May meeting, Jim 1

2 Have you been waiting to get an official CCA club jacket? How about a new denim shirt with the club logo? CORVETTE CLUB OF ARIZONA BRINGS YOU A NEW ONLINE STORE FOR CLUB MERCHANDISE NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS! (If link does not activate, please copy and paste in browser) On the website you will see all available colors, sizes and prices. If you are unsure of the size you want, do not order it, as it is not returnable. Samples of clothing will be available to try on at all business and board meetings in the near future. FYI: The primary purpose of the store is not to raise money for the club, but to allow members to purchase club merchandise at a reasonable price. Your price is only $0-$3.00 per item above club cost.

3 A Gala Evening with Barbara McQueen March 2009 Bob Caccamo - Event Coordinator CCA Kicks Off March Activity Madness On Friday, March 6, thirteen members of our club participated in a promotional and dining out activity in Historic Downtown Chandler. Barbara McQueen, actor Steve McQueen s widow opened her pictorial exhibit, The Last Mile, at the Chandler Center for the Arts. Barbara s book (of the same title) chronicles the last three years of Steve s life and his battle with lung cancer. Many of the pictures on exhibit at the Center are from images included in the book. Club members helped draw attention to the event by showing their Corvettes in front of the Center, dining with the McQueen entourage and then attending the gala grand opening. Dinner at La Stalla received rave reviews. Also gathering rave (or rage) reviews was the lively exchange of barbs initiated and instigated by none other than our own C.C.A. Corvair King, William Rhode. The levity was sweetened with desserts at the exhibit and as a thank you for our part in the event, Barbara donated a book to our club to be used for future fundraising efforts. Rhonda got added value to the book by having it autographed. Participants included: Jim and Pat Kerber, Jim and Esther Enriquez, Bill and Marge Rhode, Ray and Pat Jenkins, Dave and Kathy Golec, Rhonda and Rob Deacon and Bob Caccamo. 2

4 Chandler Ostrich Parade Bob Caccamo - Event Coordinator CCA Loves A Parade Nine chauffeurs extraordinaire from our service conscious club participated in the Chandler Ostrich Festival Parade on Saturday March 7, Bob Caccamo, Jim Kerber, Jim Enriquez, Rhonda Deacon, Marge Rhode, Joan Nieman, Dwight Gertsen, Jim Gray and Pat Jenkins drove the parade route with V.I.P. s riding shotgun, flashing smiles and practicing parade waving. Rhonda led the parade with Grand Marshal Eddie Basha seated next to her. Rhonda is to be commended for not leaving the parade route and detouring to Vegas as per Eddie s suggestion. Bob made it through the parade with Barbara McQueen without any stops and Jim Gray actually kept one eye on the road as he drove Arizona s Irish Beauty Colleen in his black C6. Dwight allowed Council Member Trinity Donovan to drive his C6 drop top and word is that jealous Council members all want to test drive his vehicle and have him be their driver next year. Look out Dwight! All drivers got a little bit of auto-cross practice driving the length of Arizona Ave. dodging the pile ons left by the equestrian entries. At parade end the drivers and their spouses headed to Sauce and a great lunch. (Good choice Rhonda.) This driver/service activity was hot fun and it is not even summer time. Special thanks go out to Bill tape man Rhode for making sure we all had the correct sign properly secured to our Vettes, complete with entry number and place in the parade. Thank you all for being flexible. As we all know after two parades.stuff happens! 3

5 March 2009 Corvettes On The Green" at Julio G s Rob Deacon & George Ray - Event Coordinators On March 14th, the Corvette Club of Arizona had a very successful 12th annual car show at Julio G's Restaurant in Scottsdale. This success was the result of many of the club members assisting George Ray and Rob Deacon with the coordination of the event. Support from Jim Gray, past event coordinator, was important to everything from trophies to advertising. George Ray and Rob Deacon split up the list of preparations with George organizing trophies, dash plaques, and handling most of the communications. Rob handled the registration, raffles, and announcing. As always Jim Enriquez was behind the scenes during the planning of the event. Jim Kerber posted a very nice event information package on "Cruizin' Arizona". This is where I believe the Arizona Republic tracked down Jim Gray and Rob Deacon for an article. We were all pleasantly surprised to see the article become a full-page - on the front page of the cars section of the Arizona Republic the day before the event. Rob's home phone number was included as the contact and he fielded over 100 calls on Friday. When the event started early on Saturday morning there was a team of CCA members to support the event. Many thanks to Janet Ray, Patti Kerber, and Rhonda Deacon for managing the registration and information tent. George Ray, Dwight Gertson, and Dave Friesz parked the cars while Jan and Bruce Mundy set up a professional sound system complete with a microphone for announcements. Sharon Lund had a "new system" this year that helped her sell lots of tickets for a very successful 50/50 raffle. Jim Gray not only sold tickets but we also recruited him for the prize drawings. 4

6 Corvettes On The Green" at Julio G s (continued) So how did the show turn out? It was a total success with a near capacity 55 registered Corvettes - C1 to C6 all represented. I was the first time that I have seen two 2009 ZR-1's at a show! The attendance at the event was elbow-to-elbow at times due to the Arizona Republic article. The attendance kept Julio G's very busy and Dick was extremely happy - even though he had to work during the event. The attendees, and the many guests that dropped by, seemed to really enjoy the cars, music, food, and weather. We brought over 100 CCA club information handouts and they were all given out. I'm sure Marge Rhode will get a few calls this month from potential new members as 44 of the registered corvettes were not from the CCA. Sun Country Corvette Club was once again the biggest supporter of the event with 10 cars registering. Craig Smith, President of Sun Country Corvette Club, accepted the new award for Most Registered Corvettes by one Club. Everything went smoothly and we had enough members supporting the event to allow everyone to enjoy lunch and the show. Article by Rob Deacon 5

7 March 2009 Laughlin Overnighter Marge & Bill Rhode Event Coordinators Lady Luck Dash for Cash Thirteen Corvettes left the McDonald s at the Pavilions about 8:00 a.m. Saturday morning with a Lady Luck CD and rally quiz in hand. While listening to the music, we headed toward Wickenburg to our first haircut stop (which we made in record time since Gold Rush Days was not in progress!) By that time, people realized that only some of the questions on the quiz were based on the CD. Other questions were based on Corvette knowledge, road awareness and inane obscure trivia. After a second stop in the metropolis of Wikieup, the parade of Vettes arrived at the River Palms shortly after noon and parked on the top floor of the parking garage where camera surveillance was available. It didn t take long for everyone to find their way to the buffet for lunch and then the rest of the afternoon was open for anything. Some took the River Walk, some gambled, some napped (!) and two of us graded quizzes. We met for dinner at The Lodge restaurant in the River Palms and probably the majority of us ordered the special two lobster tails for $19.95 and they were great! Then it was time for the prizes. But remember the rally quiz instruction sheet: there are no winners, only finishers. So-o-o, everyone got something for participating, and we would venture to say these awards set a whole new standard for the CCA term fabulous prizes! Complementary tickets to the Sunday morning buffet were part of the package and after that everyone was on their own. The last group of six Corvettes headed back to the Valley of the Sun about 11:30. Special thanks to Bob Caccamo for his help on this fun driver, and to Scott Feck for his sense of humor! Bill & Marge 6

8 Once arriving at the park, we parked our cars in formation which everyone at the park noticed. I even heard a German tourist excitedly explaining to his family about Corvette clubs as they took souvenir pictures of our cars. I have to admit, it was an impressive and unexpected sight at the Caverns. 34th CCA Founder s Day Event Kartchner Caverns The Enriquezes & The Kerbers Event Coordinators April 2009 Eighteen Corvettes and 35 drivers and passengers participated in the Corvette Club of Arizona s thirty-fourth anni versary celebration. Our trip took us south on the 10 freeway through the construction detours, photo speed enforcement areas and a final jog to State Hwy 90 to our destination, Kartchner Caverns State Park. After a quick picnic lunch we divided into two groups to make the cavern tour. Everything seemed to go off as planned and after the tour groups saw the awe and splendor of the caverns, we regrouped for a slice of anniversary cake and awards. Awards were given for answers to the road trip quiz. Even without the aid of her Blackberry, Kathy and Mike Terrey had the highest score. The awards for the three highest scores were Arizona travel and road books the winners can use for setting up next year s Founder s Day driver or another exciting day driving along Arizona s roads. 7

9 34th CCA Founder s Day Event Kartchner Caverns (continued) Crosstalk May-Jun 2009 Esther and I want to thank Jim & Patty Kerber for all their help. Once we announced the event, they immediately stepped up and organized the lunch and snack portion of the trip -- it really helped since we had a few family distractions leading up to the driver. It was a long day for the Kerber s since they were at Paradise Bakery by 6:30 AM to pick up our box lunches for the day. If the club would have been depending on me for the lunches, it might well have been the sheriff Joe special of green baloney and stale bread sandwiches. After leaving the caverns, some members went on to visit friends in the area, drove over to Tombstone or made the trip home. For those of us making the Tombstone loop, it was a typical, dusty day in Old Tombstone. We can now all say we ve been there, done that. However, as the afternoon turned into early evening on the drive back home, cell phones began to ring and suddenly dinner plans for the evening were set. It s not often that a driver turns into a breakfast, lunch and dinner event, but it was a great day and the refreshments and dinner with friends really capped off the day. We had great time and hope you did as well. Sincerely, Jim & Esther 8

10 CCA Birthdays May 5/2 Ray Jenkins 5/13 Cindy Keith 5/23 Jim St. John 5/27 Dave Friesz June 6/14 Fern Gray 6/17 Marge Rhode 6/24 Scott Feck 6/29 Bob Keith Condolences To the Enriquezes for the passing of Esther s brother & father To the Stovers for the passing of Bud s mother To the Lunds for the passing of Bruce s mother Corvette Club of Arizona - Club Merchandise Contact Marge Rhode, marge-rhode@msn.com New online store Coming Soon! New merchandise will be available including official CCA Club Jacket Watch for the link on our website in the members only section. 9

11 CCA Board of Directors President - Jim Enriquez Vice President - Bill Rhode Secretary - Janet Ray Treasurer - Patti Kerber Activities Chair - Rhonda Deacon Membership Chair - Marge Rhode Crosstalk Editor - Patty Friesz Webmaster - Jim Kerber Member-at-Large - Mike Terrey N.C.C.C. Governor - Bruce Mundy Club Sponsor Club Contact Information Membership - Marge Rhode: marge-rhode@msn.com Crosstalk Editor - Patty Friesz: d-pinmesa@cox.net Webmaster - Jim Kerber: kerbers@cox.net Activities & Photos - Rhonda Deacon: rhondadeacon@aol.com Flowers & Cards - Sandy Duhaime: p.s.duhaime@mchsi.com 10

12 CCA Business Meeting March 5 th 09 May-Jun 2009 The March Business Meeting was called to order by Vice President, Bill Rhode at 7:07 PM. The minutes of the February Board Meeting were read and amended as follows: Under NCCC report change Competition Corvettes to Arizona Competition Corvettes. The minutes were approved as amended. Membership: Guests: Marge Rhode introduced John Hilty. This is his first meeting. He owns a 2001 white convertible. (He was the winner of a set of Corvette tires at Thorobred Thunder last year.) Also present was George Haggerty for his second club event. He has a 1994 white coupe Marge Rhode is looking for men s and women s light wind breakers for the logo wear website. There is a limited selection for women so Marge is looking at the possibility of an extra small men s size that may work for women. She hopes to have samples at the next business meeting. Treasurer s Report: February 1, 2009 through February 28, 2009 Beginning Balance $5, Income: $ (50/50 raffle, club event fees) Expenses: $ (advances for Founder s Day and Julio G s) Ending Balance: $4, Activities: CCA Activities 3/6 Steve McQueen Art Exhibit Drive-In, Bill Rhode: (arrive before 5:00 PM in coned off area at Chandler Center for the Arts) 3/7 Ostrich Festival Parade, Bill Rhode: (arrive 8:15 AM at Thorobred Chevrolet for donuts and coffee; one extra car needed in case an extra VIP shows up and needs a ride) 3/14 Julio G s, Rob Deacon: (an array of prizes have been purchased, trophies were ordered and received, there will be different colors on ballots and dash registrations to separate the different car categories to make voting easier, the club with the most registered cars will receive a trophy and $100, sign up sheet was circulated for volunteers to work the day of event) 3/19 Board Meeting at Julio G s 3/21 Dash for Cash to Laughlin Driver, Bill Rhode: (so far 13 cars going, last day to sign up) 4/2 Business Meeting at Thorobred Chevrolet at 7:00PM 4/4 Founder s Day to Kartchner Caverns, Rhonda Deacon: (there is room for only one more couple for the event; deadline to sign up is tonight) 9/18 Magical Mystery Tour, Rhonda Deacon: 11

13 NCCC: (sign up sheet was circulated; $100 deposit will be collected at the next Business Meeting, destination unknown. Non CCA Activities: 4/18 Mike Terrey explained that CCA members have the opportunity to take a lap at PIR on National TV before the NASCAR race. PIR needs Corvettes to drive one lap on the track as part of NASCAR introductions for the race. Participants can purchase two PIR tickets for the price of one. Contact Jim Enriquez if interested. Bruce Mundy reported the National NCCC Meeting will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, August 7-14, This is the 50 th NCCC anniversary. CCA will purchase a quarter page ad in the program for the convention to congratulate NCCC. The cost of $20 was approved by the membership. Bruce Mundy reported that NCCC will be implementing a new insurance requirement. Clubs will be required to apply for an insurance certificate for any event where the wheels are turning. Application would include: when, where and type of event. It must be made 14 days in advance of event via snail mail or 1 day for . The definition for wheels turning is unclear. It would apply to a pool party but maybe not to the social gathering after the Business Meeting because it is voluntary and not an official part of the meeting. A plan to put the calendar of events in compliance will have to be developed. Sanctioned events like Julio G s and Thorobred Thunder are automatically covered by insurance. Old Business: None New Business: None Buy/Sell: None Correspondence: Another mid-america catalogue Raffle: 50/50 ($39) Bruce Lund T-Shirt Laura Halladay T-Shirt Marge Rhode Hat Jim Gray Driver Prize (Hat) Bruce Mundy Name Tag ($25) Jim Wilson Meeting was adjourned at 7:47 PM. 29 members in attendance 12

14 CCA Board Meeting March 19 th 09 May-Jun 2009 The March Board Meeting, held at Julio G s, was called to order by Jim Enriquez at 7:50pm. The minutes of the March Business Meeting were read and approved. Treasurer s Report by Patti Kerber: March 5, 2008 through March 19, 2008 Beginning Balance $4, Income $2, (Julio G s, 50/50) Expenses: $ (Julio G s, PO Box Rental) Ending Balance $6, Membership by Marge Rhode: Club business card printing: $85 for 1,000. Jim Kerber motioned, Bruce Mundy seconded, and all approved the purchase of the business cards. The Thorobred horse head logo will be removed from the card. Clothing samples for online store: men s jackets and denim shirts. More information will be provided on women s jackets. Another site that offers clothes will be reviewed. Information presented on potential hats. Activities by Everyone: 3/21 Laughlin Driver (Rhode) 4/4 Founder s Day to Kartchner Caverns (Enriquez/Kerber): discussion about picnic tables. The price for picnic tables may cost $ /2 Progressive Dinner (Terrey, Duhaime and Friesz): isn t a fundraiser this year. It will be BYOB to keep the price down. People hosting events at their house will also pay the $5 fee. There will be a casino night during the progressive dinner for people who want to participate. Games to include: Black Jack and Left Right and Center. There is concern with it being a BYOB and the driving aspect. The price for the event will be $15 + $ /16 Driver to Roosevelt Lake (Jenkins) 7/4 4 th of July Party (Lund) 9/18 Magical Mystery Tour (Deacon) 12/5 End of Year Banquet (Duhaime and Halladay) NCCC by Bruce Mundy: There are newer new insurance certificate requirements. We are no longer required to have insurance certificates for non-sanctioned by NCCC events, like the Laughlin Driver. The issue of passengers riding in autocross or other racing events needing a valid driver's license has not been resolved. Bruce presented an example of a congratulatory message to the NCCC on making it to 50 years in the Convention Program and on celebrating its 50th Anniversary 13

15 as an Organization. The cost of this message which will be included in the 2009 Convention Program Book will be $ Old Business: None Cross Talk: Deadline for articles is the 20 th of April New Business: Condolence and get well flowers: if a Board member hears about an illness or death, the board member will notify the rest of the board. The Secretary will then notify Sandy Duhaime that flowers need to be sent. Website: available week after next. Old website and new website will be available for a short time while we make sure the new site is up and running. Correspondence: None Meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm. Board Members in attendance: Jim Enriquez, Bill Rhode, Marge Rhode, Patty Friesz, Bruce Mundy, Jim Kerber, Patti Kerber, Mike Terrey and Janet Ray. Guest Members in attendance: George Ray, Jan Mundy and Dave Friesz. CCA Business Meeting -- April 2 nd 09 May-Jun 2009 The April Business Meeting was call to order by Jim Enriquez at 7:09 PM The minutes of the March Board Meeting were read and approved. Treasurer s Report: March 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008 Beginning Balance $4, Income $2, (Julio G s, 50/50 raffle, club event fees) Expenses $ (Julio G s, Annual Banquet, misc.) Ending Balance $6, Membership: Business card: draft sent around for suggestions. Samples of clothing for online store: denim shirts, polo shirts, ladies shirts, jackets. Online store will be connected to our website. Marge is going to contact the 20 attendees to Julio G s who are not affiliated with clubs. We need to add an address to the registration form for next year and Thorobred Thunder. 14

16 Activities: NCCC: None 4/4 Founder s Day to Kartchner Caverns (Enriquez): 35 people, 18 cars. Picnic areas reserved. Drive to Tucson after the cave tour for people who are interested. 5/2 Progressive Dinner (Terrey, Duhaime and Friesz): flyers were ed. Not a fundraiser. Casino night at the Terrey s. 5/7 Autocross 5/16 Driver Arizona History Tour (Jenkins): start at Denney s for breakfast. Then on to Roosevelt Lake visitor center and dam. 7/4 4 th of July Party (Lund) 9/18 Magical Mystery Tour (Deacon): flyers passed out tonight. 12/5 End of Year Banquet (Duhaime and Halladay) Old Business: None New Business: Jim Kerber: Website will be ready in two weeks. Site looks good. We will temporarily use two domain names ccofaz.com and ccofaz.org. Jim Enriquez: Lap at PIR. The contact people have not been in touch, so it s off. Correspondence: Thank you card from Esther Enriquez. Buy/Sell: None Announcements: Raffle: Betty Irish thanked the club for the plant the club gave to Mike after his surgery. 50/50 ($39) Rob Deacon T-Shirt Sandy Duhaime T-Shirt Janet Ray Driver Prize (Hat) Bud Stover Name Tag ($5) Josephine Wilson (not present) Meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM 19 members in attendance 15

17 CCA Board Meeting Minutes April 16 th 09 May-Jun 2009 The April Board Meeting, held at the Kerber s, was called to order by Jim Enriquez at 7:32pm. The minutes of the April Business Meeting were read and approved. Treasurer s Report by Patti Kerber: April 2, 2009 through April 16, 2009 Beginning Balance $6, Income $ (Founder s Day, 50/50, MMT) Expenses: $ (flowers, Founder s Day) Ending Balance $6, Membership by Marge Rhode: Business cards were printed. Cost $95.08 (after tax). A typo was found on the card. Marge will contact the printer for a correction. Results of coat survey: one color, black, logo only on left chest. Marge is pricing having our name on right chest. Names will be in gold. There will be no markup on the name embroidery. Clothing price list: Jim Enriquez motioned to approve the price structure Marge presented for the CCA merchandise for online store, Jim Kerber seconded and all approved. Once the store link is up, orders will be paid at time of order with credit card. Proud Owner will then cut a check back to the club for its cut at end of the month. New Members: Marge still needs to send new membership info to the Julio G participants and spoke with two people from our website. She will contact them before the next business meeting to invite them to the meeting. She has not received an application from Keith Deutscher yet, she will contact him. Activities by Rhonda Deacon: 5/2 Progressive Dinner (Terrey, Duhaime and Friesz): 11 couples committed, room for 8 more. Directions and instructions will be sent prior to the 5/2. 5/16 Driver to Roosevelt Lake (Jenkins) 7/4 4 th of July Party (Lund) 9/18 Magical Mystery Tour (Deacon): 11 cars committed so far 12/5 End of Year Banquet (Duhaime and Halladay) NCCC by Bruce Mundy: Member s privacy: the name, address and phone number of the sponsor, chairman and co-chairman of NCCC sanctioned events are listed on the internet. Bruce asked Paul Hamersley, the Regional Governor, about member privacy and Paul is going to take it to NCCC. Tech inspection: Bruce ed out the new specs for people who are interested in autocross competitions. 16

18 Old Business: Jim Kerber said we are still waiting for the URL for our current website to be released. Jim may buy another URL for $20 so he can start up the new website and add a link to the new site on the old site. Cross Talk by Patty Friesz: Discussion regarding personal information printed in the Cross Talk: do we want to print condolences and congratulations in the Cross Talk? It was decided yes we do, however, Patty will use discretion when printing this type of information. New Business: Thorobred Thunder: Vendor List: Bill, George and Mike will call the vendors on our list to see if they are interested in coming this year. Flyer/T-shirt Picture: we committed to using the 3 best of show cars on the flyer and shirt. Proposals: #3 & #4 Charity and Registration: increase registration to $30 and then donate $10 to a local food bank. The rest of the funds will to go to the club. Preregistration gets a t-shirt; day of event registration will be the same price, but no t- shirt. A food bank will be suggested to the general membership as the charity of choice. #2 Trophy Formulas: there are NCCC rules regarding trophies. Bill s formula exceeds the NCCC standards. #1 Classes: Bruce will check the NCCC rules to see if the ZR1 requires its own class. Suggestion of adding a disclaimer to the flyer saying we reserve the right to modify classes based on registration. Discussion of trophy purchase: order extra generic trophies that can be used every year and plaques that can be adhered on the day of show. The club may need to underwrite the purchase of extra trophies. Research will be done on trophy pricing. Governor Duties List: Janet Ray moved to have the Governor Duties List be part of the club bylaws, Marge Rhode seconded and all approved. Correspondence: Thank yous from Bruce and Sharon Lund, Bud and Allison Stover. A letter of acknowledgement from the Avera Foundation for donation in Bruce and Sharon Lund s mother. A flyer for Corvette insurance and Mid America catalogue. Discussion of Cancelling PO Box: price is $50 per year. Mike said Thorobred will allow us to receive mail at the dealership. Next renewal is in February of Marge Rhode motioned to have the mail transition to Thorobred and cancel the PO Box, Jim Kerber seconded and all approved. 17

19 Meeting was adjourned at 9:35pm. Board Members in attendance: Jim Enriquez, Bill Rhode, Marge Rhode, Patty Friesz, Bruce Mundy, Jim Kerber, Patti Kerber, Mike Terrey, Rhonda Deacon and Janet Ray. Guest Members in attendance: George Ray, Rob Deacon and Dave Friesz. 18

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