HEART OF AMERICA MODEL A FORD CLUB

Board Meeting

April 5, 2005

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

  1. Approval of the March Minutes: Lance Burton made a motion to approve the March minutes as written and Lynn Lackey seconded the motion. Motion was carried and minutes stood approved.

 

 

STANDING REPORTS

 

  1. Publications Director:  Newsletter for April has been mailed, Roster were at the printers and handed out at the monthly membership meeting.

 

 

  1. Membership Director: Lance reported there were 118 members paid at present. This is about the same as 2004.

 

 

  1. Activities Director:  Larry And Virginia Weigum held a tour to Fort Leavenworth on April 16. It looked like a good tour.

 

 

  1. Treasurer: Chuck handed out the report for current expenses and revenue. A motion was made by Larry Sparks to accept the treasurer’s budget as presented. Chuck Haber seconded the motion and the budget for 2005 was accepted as presented.

 

 

  1. Plain Old A’s” Bob Hess gave a very informative seminar on painting cars over at Grandpa’s garage. Chris asked Bob if he would write an article for technical tips for May on Painting.

 

 

  1. Other reports not listed: None

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

1.      Swap Meet Update: Larry Weigum will send a copy of the advertising to the Kansas City Star and other rural papers for the Swap Meet. Still a few more volunteers are needed. Larry will work on signs and report at the next board meeting. Meet will be held May 20, 21, and 22 at the Wyandotte County Fairgrounds.

  1. Parkville Update: Planning for the event in Parkville is going well. 26 cars are registered and we have about 10 cars coming form Colorado. We also have others coming from Oklahoma. We will have rooms available at the Marriott Hotel. George Deel will host the out of Towner’s for the club at the Marriott. It was decided that the club would provide decals for all those who register to attend the Parkville Poker Run and event. The cost of the decals is $250 and a vote was taken at the monthly membership meeting on April 18, 2005. George Deel made the motion that the club pay to provide the decals. The motion was seconded and a vote taken. The motion carried without any negative votes. Lynn Lackey will have the decals made up and ready for the Parkville event.

 

New Business

 

  1. Chris made an invitation for the 50th celebration at Martin Luther Lutheran Church. And discussed this briefly, it was not finalized.

 

 

  1. Other items of new business: Cost of the Christmas Dinner is a concern of some members. After a brief discussion it was stated most board members have not heard from the majority of the members, only a few have expressed their thoughts. Next item of discussion was the Heart Of America License Plates. Lance Burton and Chris Launer will work on obtaining pricing for these. Chuck is going to take digital pictures of the clubs merchandise and put it on the web site for people to be able to view what is available. George Deel made a motion to have the sunshine report as part of the web site along with Braking News of interest to club members on events and other club news. Lynn Lackey seconded the motion and the motion carried. Look for these two items on the web site soon. ]

St. Jude’s Wheels for Healing moved the event to the Ameristar Casino and the agreement was that there would not be any outside venders allowed. This was a good fundraiser for the club in 2004 but we will not a part of it in 2005.

 

 

ADJOURMENT-Meeting was adjourned at 8:35 PM