Meeting Minutes

August 17, 2010

6:00 pm

Major items discussed were as follows:

1. Treasurer’s Report:  Ed Little reported there was $2,681.74 in our account.

2. Skip Rollins was present to invite club members to participate in the Justin Rollins motorcycle event on Saturday, August 28^th.   This year’s event will benefit America’s Wounded Warriors.  The motorcycles will be a part of the Going-Away Parade for the 744^th (which is being deployed on September 11^th.   Skip’s desire is to have one or more Wounded Warrior ride in each of our cars in the parade.   Anyone interested in participating, please let Wayne know and he will let Skip know.

3. Jack Bowes and Arlene Smith from the Town of Hancock, NH Depot Association, were present to request the club’s presence at their Autumn Festival on October 9^th.  There will be a parade at 11:00 am, a pig roast, foot race and more.  The Car Nutz would be able to hold a 50/50 raffle to benefit David’s House if that is something we would like to do.   No vote was taken, but members present seemed very interested…..  Contact information regarding this event:  (Arlene Smith 525-4229 / 933-3294– healthnurturer@gmail.com) and (Jack Bowes 526-8561)..

4. The club would like to give a huge THANK YOU to Mary Heath for all the hard work she has done submitting our Cruise Night information to various newspapers, magazines, internet sites, the WMUR-9 Calendar, “The Best Read” (a tourism book located at all the rest stops on the interstate highway)
   and more!  Her effort landed Car Nutz’ Cruise Night in the centerfold of “Whips Wheels”!  …And, Mary has a verbal commitment from Kearsarge Magazine that we will be featured in an article of their Spring publication.  All this publicity is very important to the club and we so appreciate Mary’s effort.  We hope she keeps up the good work!!!  Thanks Mary!

5. High Tide’s final “Mega Cruise” is scheduled for Sunday, September 26^th from 1:00 – 5:00 pm.  (Rain Date is October 3^rd)  There will be a dragster and a race car on display along with lots of give-away’s, 50/50 and great food (as always).

6. Wayne is planning to attend a car show in Tucson, AZ in January.  The club in that area just happens to be named the “Car Nuts” (with an “S”).  Well, after comparing car club names, some sweet car talk (and probably some general sucking up), the Car Nuts of Tucson, AZ offered Wayne FREE entry into the show, FREE tickets to their banquet and 4-nights FREE in the local campground!  Whaaat?!!!

7. Noise-R-Us paid for our website service for another year.  (Thank you Shannon!) and she is willing to donate fireworks to the Winter Carnival again this year if the club is still willing to set them off.

8. Wayne announced that Joe’s Family Car Care (Wayne’s sister) has been paying for the give-away’s at our Cruise Nights for the past few weeks and just wanted to acknowledge and thank them for that.

9. September 13^th will be the final Car Nutz Cruise Night of the season.  We would like to hold a few special events.  Some ideas were:  “Cruiser of the Season” (All Cruisers of the Week this season would be eligible for this prize), People’s Choice Show Down”,  bigger give-away gifts (perhaps local merchants would be willing to donate prizes).  Kim Rushford offered to donate some trophies for this event if the club is interested.

10. UPCOMING EVENTS:

·        Aug. 27-29   Moose Festival & Auto Show

                        Colbrook/Canaan/Pittsburgh

                        Check out details at www.moosefestival.com

·        Aug. 28         Justin Rollins Ride & Parade

·        Sept. 10-12   Adirondack Nationals in Lake George, NY

·        Sept. 17-18   Old Orchard Beach, ME

·        Sept. 26        High Tide final “Mega Cruise” of the season

                        1:00 – 5:00 pm  RAIN DATE: Oct. 3rd

·        Oct. 1           8-11pm – Sock Hop

                        White River Jct., VT American Legion

·        Oct. 9           Town of Hancock, NH

                        (See #3 above.  More details to follow)

11. ONGOING EVENTS:

·        Every Monday -                Car Nutz Cruise Night in the NAPA/SRB

                                                           Parking Lot in Newport @ 6:00pm

·        Every Wednesday -           Cruise Night at High Tide

                                                       in Hillsboro @ 6:00pm

·        Every Saturday -               Goshen Farmers Market

                                                       Beginning June 5^th – 9:00am - Noon

12. The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 6:00 pm.

13. Motion by Bill Wentworth and seconded by Ed Schinck to adjourn the meeting.  Passed unanimously.

 Respectfully submitted,