HEART OF AMERICA MODEL A FORD CLUB

Board Meeting

September 6, 2005

 

 

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

1.      Approval of the August Board Minutes: George Deel Made a motion the August minutes be approved as written. The motion was seconded by Lance Burton. A vote was taken and the motion was approved.

 

Those present at the September Board meeting were: Chris Launer-President; George Deel-Vice President; Lynn Lackey-Publications Director; Chuck Haber-Treasurer; Lance Burton-Membership Director;  Larry Sparks-Secretary and guest Bob Hess who is Committee Chairman of the MAFCA Regional 2008 Meet.

 

  

STANDING REPORTS

      

1.                       Publications Director: Lynn passed out Registration Forms to be used for members to register for the Christmas dinner and to pay for the dinner if more than two are coming. The form will be added to the September newsletter. Other discussion was regarding entertainment for the Christmas dinner, this was left for later. A new section will or might be added to the newsletter called “Tales from the Road” that might preserve history of the club and could even be put together into a book for publication. Chris said he would look into the possibilities for this.

 

 

2.                       Membership Director: Lance reported there are 127 members as of September 6, 2005. Lance said he was getting lots of request for Medium and Large Size T-Shirts. The discussion centered on whether or not we wanted to spend the money to buy the shirts. A discussion then went to do we want to keep the current design or change the logo. Lance agreed to look into the options for the current shirts. Next we move to the issue of Polo Shirts. The discussion lead to whether or not we wanted pockets on the polo shirts or not. Some have expressed interest in pockets and others have said they do not want pockets. The board decided it would be best if we could get prices for both with and without pockets. See Polo for more info on Logos etc.

 

 

3.                       Activities Director: Glen was on vacation and not present at the September meeting. Lynn Lackey ask for anyone going on tours to please give him pictures and a narrative on the tours for inclusion in the newsletter.

 

 

4.                       Treasurer: Chuck Haber went over the Treasurers report. He reported our spending has slowed from the same time a year ago, but our club will still end the year in the red.

 

 

5.                       Plain Old A’s:  Nothing to report

 

 

6.                       Other Reports Not Listed:  Nothing discussed

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

1.        Cabinet for church to store our stuff: Lance Burton has a cabinet selected for purchase and will pick up before the next membership meeting. Larry Sparks supplied a combination lock to secure the cabinet.

 

 

2.        2008 MAFCA Regional Meet: Bob Hess shared that he would do a “Springfield like” tour since he had lots of positive comments on the Springfield event. He said it would require less manpower to cover such an event. He also brought up the 2000 event received lots of complaints about how hot it was in July in this area. Heat being an issue, Bob has asked Hotels to respond for September 2008 vacancies and rates. He said once he selects a hotel than sub committees could be formed to work on all the loose ends and functions of the event itself. Some board members feel the board should be on the committee and also have a vote on which hotels will be on the list. This issue was not resolved and will be discussed more in the next meeting.

 

 

3.        Other items of old business agenda not listed: Nothing was reported.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

 

 

 

 

1.        Polo Shirts: Chris Launer ask Chuck Haber to look into Logo options. Chuck thought a membership contest would be fun for everyone to design a new logo for the Polo Shirts.  Chris Launer said he would write an article for the newsletter asking for suggestions to be in by Christmas Party. He will bring this up at the next membership meeting and ask members whether or not the logo should be changed.

 

 

2.        New Plan for Parkville Days: Jim Spawn told Chris he was getting signals from the Parkville people that the Model A Club was not being recognized a viable draw for the event. The board feels this is a large contributor to our revenue stream and would like to continue the pancake breakfast if that can be done in the future. Jim Spawn will be a large part of that decision since he was actively involved in the negotiations with the city of Parkville. More to follow on this subject.

 

 

3.        Election Committee: At the last monthly membership meeting the board ask for volunteers to serve on the nomination committee and none came forward. Chris Launer will follow-up and call for 2 members at large to volunteer to serve on the committee. Three board members will be relinquishing their board positions at the end of 2005, the office of Vice- President, Publications Director and Secretary will need new people for 2006 and 2007. The swap meet chairman also needs to be officially named for 2006.

 

 

4.        Other items of new business: Lindsborg, Kansas has asked for the club to bring cars to transport dignitaries in a local parade. After a discussion the board decided there was no interest in our club doing the parade. Logistics plays a large roll in this decision.

 

The board Adjourned at 7:35 PM.