June, 2010

Last Meeting Minutes

Read by Jeff.

Treasurer Report

Roughly $350 in the account.

Presented by Rick.

Newsletter

Presented by Tod.

Sergeant of Arms Report

Presented by Craig.

Meeting Recap

Meeting at Kroger’s parking lot we headed for the high country with scenic overlooks of the Ohio River looking over at Kentucky on the roads we were about to travel on, heading past President William Henry Harrison memorial on our way to a Famous West Side Park where we had our Meeting. Then off to the Anderson Ferry Where we loaded 8 Chevelles, 1 Camaro and Jeff C’s ford truck..., where we crossed the Ohio River with enough horsepower on board to power the TITANIC.

Then off to Rabbit Hash KY ,where I had a scavenger planned, and then to eat lunch with a bunch of good cars, great people, for a couple of hours then in a thunder We Was Gone, heading for home ....

Members Attending the Meeting

SPECIAL THANKS TO KROGER’S IN CLEVES FOR PROVIDING US WITH A GIFT CARD.

Also thanks to Ted and Dee for buying bouncing balls for the kids who went with us….

Jeff

May, 2010

Members Attending the Meeting

Secretary Minutes

Larry read the meeting from the April meeting.

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have $354 in our account at this time. Rick cut a check for the T-Shirt order so as people purchase the shirts, our balance will increase. We still have a few members that have not paid for 2010 dues so please send your checks to Rick.

Newsletter

Todd needs your input! Our newsletter is only as good as we make it so pitch in and send Todd an article and some pix.

Joe is putting new seats in his Chevelle and said he would send Todd some pix of that. Keep the pix and pens flowing!

T-Shirts

Get your T-Shirts here! Tanya and Mike have the new T-shirt orders. We have blue and gray in all sizes. Smallest size starts at $8 and go up as the size goes up. Contact one of us to reserve yours today! (sounds like a commercial doesn’t it?.....).

Club Info

Springfield Swap meet is Memorial Day Weekend. I know several of us will be attending. We did not get a club spot put together but hopefully next year we can. I’m sure we will run into several members there.

Some of are heading to Tennessee for CB10. We will be taking the club tent. Watch the thread if you would like to go.

Somernites in Somerset, KY has sparked some interest in the club. This is their website http://www.somernitescruise.com. Larry mentioned that we start a thread on our website to so who is interested and which weekend and we can make it a club event.

Sept 19th is the Club Picnic at Caesar’s Creek State Park. If you attended last year, it is in the same picnic area. The site has already been reserved.

Ronald McDonald House Fund Raiser. Joe Lyons is going to contact the person in charge of the Springboro Cruise-In by Bob Evans and see if we can sell 50/50 tickets.

Goals for Next Year

It’s never too early to start talking about Cavalcade of Customs in 2011. We have a theme and we can discuss at our meetings starting our next meeting in June. Mike has bought the “featured prop” so we need to get the ball rolling.

Next Meeting

Get the Chevelle out of the garage and dust it off…we are heading to Rabbit Hash, KY!

We will meet on June 19th at 10:45AM @ Kroger Parking Lot in Cleves, OH then form a line for a fun day of crusin’. Check out the front of the website for directions and watch the thread for activities. If you have not already done so, send an email to Jeff for our trivia contest. He wants to know a fact about you (that you are willing to share of course) that other club members may not know. Then we will try to guess who that person is.

You can pack your lunch and drinks or buy it at the General Store in Rabbit Hash. I understand that they are serving BBQ that day. This is their website if you want to check it out Rabbit Hash General Merchandise Store.

Our condolences go out to Jeff and his wife at the passing of Theresa’s step-father.

See ya'll in June…I’ll be the one in a Chevelle!

Tanya

April, 2010

Minutes from the meeting held at the Sharonville Car Show.

Day started it out questionable with the rain that may come ,after 15 of us met for breakfast, we drove down to car show.

Members Attending Breakfast

Members that were here also included

Treasurer Report

Rick Reported Aprox 300.00 was left in our account.

Sergeant at Arms Report

Craig reported all was secure.

Club Info

Todd - newsletter - needs more items.

And Jeff left one of the members Jerry H at car show... cause I was in such a hurry to get out of the downpour. I left him at Sharonville he called me as I was pulling in my driveway so I turned around and drove the 30 miles back to pick Jerry up.

We talked about making money for Ronald McDonald House and we agreed that putting together a M20 Trans for raffle May be a good idea, to be given away at the Pumpkin Run.

Banner is done.

We discussed COC for next year and plans are in the works right now.

Sooo for our 1st club event I must say it was a huge Turnout not so much for Sharonville the smallest show I have seen there, awards were done without a speaker and a mic ,and the raining coming down did not help matters, no Goodie bag But trophies did look nice and dash plaques looked cool too other than that, all had a good time.

Next Club Event

The next coming Club EVENT was Chevelle-a-bration in June CHECK CALENDAR.

June Meeting Change

Also CLUB picnic/meeting/scavenger hunt/cruise check calendar (June 19).

Complaints Here _

Jeff

March, 2010

Minutes from the meeting held at Quaker Steak & Lube in Beavercreek, OH at 2:00PM.

Members Attending the Meeting

Secretary Minutes

Jeff read the meeting from the February meeting.

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have $669 in our account, Corp fees have been straightened out.

Club Info

We are going to do the COC again with a new theme STAY TUNED

Mike is going to be putting in another T-Shirt order,also ordering a few kids T shirts. BOWLING shirts have arrived (get yours quick they are going fast

We are still “brainstorming” for ways to raise money for our charity, Ronald McDonald House.

Joe looking into ideas for cruise in's

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be Sunday, April 25th at 2:00PM at the Sharonville car show. We will also meet up for Breakfast at the Perkins 42 and 275 at 8:00 am.

Club Info

New banner is almost done.

We will be having another Club picnic at Ceazers Creek State Park ,Mike Promises great weather.

We are going forth with Mission Statement.

3rd and final vote motion made by Jeff T.Second by Mike W motion carried to adopt new fee schedual to be broke up int Quarters.

Member Projects

Jeff-- got disc brakes on

Dave --72 parts car if someone needs parts

Jeff Condo-- in progress

Mike Toon--70 malibu project car

Jerry--66 vert in progress

DG -- will call for help soon

Ted-- waiting for good weather

Joe-- car saw sun for 1st time in a long time

Larry -- project car

Bob-- in progress

Tanya-- she is PERFECT ( I coulda told ya that) LOL

Mike --Elky tore apart

June Meeting Change

THE JUNE MEETING HAS BEEN CHANGED TO SATURDAY 19th, this will be a club PICNIC/Meeting/CRUISE

check Calendar...

Complaint's Written Here _

Jeff

February, 2010

Minutes from the meeting held at Quaker Steak & Lube in Milford, OH at 2:00PM.

Members Attending the Meeting

Secretary Minutes

Jeff read the meeting from the January meeting.

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report.

We have $570 in our account at this time.

Corporation fee …. PAID

Craig – Sergeant of Arms – COC went smooth without a hitch.

Club Info

Jeff has a Calendar set up for this year ,,for shows ,swap meet’s etc.

Mike is going to be putting in another T-Shirt order, along with bowling shirt order.

The TSC Calendar is completed. We still have extra !!!!! we owe Joe Lyons still.

We are still “brainstorming” for ways to raise money for our charity, Ronald McDonald House. Dave suggested having a TSC booth at shows. For example, the Sharonville Show or the Pumpkin Run. We could raffle off items to raise money. We will discuss this and other options at our March meeting.

Mission statement was approved by all members ,and we will make final next meeting.

Suggestion was made that every member receive a EMAIL and number list .Joe and Rick will get that going.

The carpet that we used for COC was donated to the club by Jon for use for club show’s etc, thanks again Jon.

Moderator’s DG & Mark ,,, we need to do a update on Members page ,we have car show’s and members from 2004 need to update new member’s and pic’s…AND ALL MEMBERS if you want to have your car pic’s added to web site YOU have to send them into DG or Mark.

New banner will cost about 45.00 to update.

Vote on changing bylaws 2 vote passed ,, John Espy 1st Dave 2ND.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be Sunday, March 21 at 2:00PM at the Quaker Steak and Lube in Beavercreek, OH.

January, 2010

Minutes from the meeting held at Quaker Steak & Lube in Beavercreek, OH at 2:00PM.

Members Attending the Meeting

Secretary Minutes

Tanya read the meeting from the October meeting.

Treasurer Report

$325.00

CLUB Fee's are now DUE!!!!!!!

CORP FEES are due and need to paid.

Newsletter

Tod reported for the newsletter, and if someone would like to step up and do a newsletter he would like a break, or if you have topics please send in…

Bylaws Update

Motion was made by Mike and seconded by Mark, to change the way's fees are collected FROM NEW Member's ONLYYYYY. Fees will be 5 dollars a QUARTER, motion carried.

Website Update

We are in the process of updating the web site, (IF YOU WANT YOUR PICTURE OF YOUR CAR,WE MUST HAVE A UPDATE FROM YOU. MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT PAID THERE DUE'S IN 1 YEAR'S TIME WILL HAVE ALL PICS CANCELLED…

Club Info

All member's must update their info.

We need a new Club banner we are looking into that.

We are placing a new T shirt order. We are looking into a bowling style shirt, more to come next meeting.

Car Shows 2010

Cavalcade of Customs 2009 was a blast we are talking about 2010 stay tuned.

Steve is going to Louisville KY to the Street Rod Nat's 5th through 8th of August - he said they opened it up to our style of cars…

Summer's night Cruise in Somerset KY, will be attended by a bunch of us this year.

Also RT 66 CAR SHOW, Springfield IL.

Chevellabration is 8th-10th of June.

You must be an ACES member and Book your room prior to the show, to become a member go to their website.

Man I hope this comes quick, KMART cruise in on Dorothy Lane in Beavercreek will soon be here, FRIDAY'S.

I am talking about have a family picnic/cruise that starts at my house and will show you the sites on my side of town. 2nd or 3rd week in June… Stay tuned.

Mike and Tanya are going to the Autorama in Cleveland and see how the Northern Club does there indoor display.

Member Projects

Paul and Linda - 67 chevelle under construction.

Tod- fired up his car waiting for good weather.

Steve-working on interior and custom console.

Larry- wants everyone to send him some money so he can finish his car.

Ron- wants same thing as Larry.

Rick- needs to pull the tranny shortly.

Tanya -74 wagon back together.

she changing heads on the 72.

67 wagon under construction.

Mike- 67 elky in pieces.

Jeff to put disc brakes on his car.

ANY COMPLAINTS WRITE HERE _

MEETING ADJOURNED

November, 2009

Minutes from the meeting held at Quaker Steak & Lube in Milford, OH at 2:00PM.

Members Attending the Meeting

Secretary Minutes

Tanya read the meeting from the October meeting.

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have $325 in our account at this time. We still need to pay the corporation fee which is approx. $150.00. Dave is to supply Rick with the invoice for the corporate fees.

Club Info

Jeff has looked into the TSC Club having a spot at the Cavalcade Of Customs Show on January 8-10th in Cincinnati. We are able to do this but we need to know if you would be interested in entering your car. Please see the thread started by Dave and chime in. This would be great publicity for the club. We also need ideas for our display so please chime in on those as well!

Mike is going to be putting in another T-Shirt order. Dave suggested changing the T-Shirt and what is on it. Mike is going to get with Mark to see if we can add more graphics-maybe something to the back. Dave also suggested getting some type of “bowling shirt” with the TSC Logo. We will look into this.

The TSC Calendar is completed. If you ordered one and did not already make arrangements to pick it up, please contact Mike so we can ensure that you receive your calendar. We have some extra copies if you need more. The price is $11 each.

We are still “brainstorming” for ways to raise money for our charity, Ronald McDonald House. Dave suggested having a TSC booth at shows. For example, the Sharonville Show or the Pumpkin Run. We could raffle off items to raise money. We will discuss this and other options at our January meeting.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be Sunday, January 17th at 2:00PM at the Quaker Steak and Lube in Beavercreek, OH. Remember there will not be a December meeting.

Tanya

October, 2009

Minutes from the meeting held at Quaker Steak & Lube in Beavercreek, OH at 2:00PM.

Members Attending the Meeting

Secretary Minutes

Tanya read the meeting from the September meeting.

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have $449 in our account at this time. We still need to pay the corporation fee which is approx. $150.00. The club spent approx $250 for the supplies for the picnic.

Ronald McDonald House/Cruise-In Update

Craig reported on the Cruise-in to benefit the RMD. Although the turn out was low for the cruise-in at Quaker Steak and Lube in Milford and we were presented with challenges of not being able to sell 50/50 tickets, we still raised $406. Craig presented the money to Rick to write out a check to the Ronald McDonald House. The club agreed that we would use club funds to raise the amount to $500. Craig was given the check and will be presenting the check to Ronald McDonald House from the Tri-State Chevelle Club. Thank you to all of the club members that came out and helped with the selling of tickets. A special thank you goes out to Craig and Gail who did the majority of the work and organized the event.

Please be thinking of a way to raise money in 2010 for our charity and share these ideas at our November meeting.

Newsletter

Keep the emails flowing for Tod for articles for the newsletter. Jeff mentioned he sent some tech tips to Tod to publish. Our newsletter is about us, so let’s keep the info flowing!

Voting for 2010 Officers

Our 2010 Officers are:

These offices will start at our January meeting.

Club Info

We had our third and final vote to add the 73 and up Chevelles into the TSC. It was voted that we add them. Mike said he will email Mark to add this to the club bylaws. So tell all of your friends with the “newer” Chevelles that we would love to have them as members!

Mike is going to be putting in another T-Shirt order. Please let him know at the November meeting how many you want ordered and what size. We have a few left but most are of a smaller size.

Mike is hoping to have the TSC Calendar done by our Nov meeting. DAVE and MARK-please send your Chevelle pix to him. We can post on line how many calendars each of you want for his order.

Dave is wanting to start a FACEBOOK Group for the TSC. Many of the other clubs have one and we all agreed that it sounded like a good idea. Dave will keep us posted.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be Sunday, November 15th at 2:00PM at the Quaker Steak and Lube in Milford, OH. Remember there will not be a December meeting.

Tanya

September, 2009

Minutes from the meeting held at Caesar’s Creek State Park for the TSC Annual Picnic on September 20th at 2:30PM.

Members Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have approx $315 left in the account as of now. This is after Rick paid for the picnic food and supplies.

Special Visitor

Chuck Hanson, president of ACES, attended our annual picnic. He shared ACES information, including the date for next year’s Chevellabration (June 10th-12th). It was good to find out the direction that ACES is heading as well getting some information for future Chevellabrations.

Newsletter

Chuck Hanson congratulated Tod for doing such a nice job on our last newsletter. In order for TSC to remain an ACES club we have to put out a newsletter and email a copy to Chuck. Chuck stressed the importance of a newsletter for the club’s survival. With that in mind, PLEASE send articles to Tod. This can be only a few sentences of how you may have done something to your Chevelle or even a car event that you attended and took a few pictures at. We all love to read what each other is doing and the pictures are fun to look at. Especially the one with Dave enjoying a beer!

Nominations for Officers for 2010

There is a post on the forum (Officer Nominations 2010) to place any other nominations that you may wish to see included. We will vote for officers at our October meeting.

Upcoming Events

Club Info

We had our second vote to add the 73 and up Chevelles into the TSC. It was voted that we add them. We will have our 3rd and final vote at next month’s meeting.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be Sunday, October 18th at 2:00PM at the Quaker Steak and Lube in Beavercreek, OH.

Where did the summer go?????

Tanya

August, 2009

Minutes from the meeting held at the Milford Quaker Steak & Lube on August 16th at 4:30PM.

Well the meeting went well and it was a very warm day. We had a vote on the newer Chevelles and the vote was a unanimous yes.

We decided to discuss fund raising or a car show the next meeting.

The club picnic is going to be on Sept. 20th at Cesar Creek Lake Reserve. I think last year the picnic was at 12:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m. The club will again be providing burgers, hotdogs, brats and a few other items. The rest is up to everybody else what they want to bring. I hear Mike is making his brew for us again.

In attendance was:

July, 2009

Minutes from the meeting held at the Milford Quaker Steak & Lube on July 19th at 4:30PM.

Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have over $591 in our account.

Sharon Woods All Chevy Show- 7/26/09

Aces Northern Chevelle Regional Show- 8/6-8/8/09 Watch for posts. Some of are leaving Thursday and some are leaving Friday. If you want to join in a caravan let us know.

Rt. 66 Fest in Springfield, IL 9/25-9/27 Mike and Tanya and John and Debbie are attending. Let us know if you are interested and we can give you the details.

Frankenmuth, Michigan car show 9/11-9/13/09. Some of our club members are attending. I know Tod mentioned it. For more information visit www.frankenmuthautofest.com

Cancer Research Benefit Car Show 11/15/09 at Hofbrauhaus in Newport, KY. John Hanas, one of club members, is also a member of the Ft. Thomas Corvette Club. They have invited us to come to the show. For more details visit www.nkyvette.com

Club Info

The TSC Club will be handing out a Tri-State Pick at the Northern Ohio Chevelle Regional. I have ordered the jacket that will be given out. (Thanks Tod for the contact!) .

QS&L Cruise-In

Last night the split the pot made $69 for Ronald McDonald House. Prior to the starting of the cruise-in we found out that we can no longer sell 50/50 tickets at QS&L because it is considered “gambling”. We went ahead last night with the ticket sales and sold tickets on QS&L property but did the drawing off QS&L property. We will be discussing if we will continue to try this as a fund raiser. Watch for posts.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is Sunday, August 16th. Watch for posts for the location in case it is determined that we will not be at the QS&L in Milford selling 50/50 tickets.

I would like to thank everyone who helped sell tickets last night and to work the cruise-in at the entrance. I know some of you held down the post for several hours. Gail and Steve even took one for the team when the sprinkler system decided to explode all over the place!

Tanya

June, 2009

Minutes from the meeting held at the Milford Quaker Steak & Lube on June 21st at 4:30PM.

Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have over $591 in our account. Craig reported that May’s split the pot made the Ronald McDonald house $199. That amount is not included in the $591 in club funds.

July Club Events

Good Guys in Columbus 7/10/09

Trim Parts in Lebanon 7/14/09

Sharon Woods All Chevy Show- 7/26/09

Rumble on the River in New Richmond every Saturday night.

Club Info

We will start the vote at our September meeting to add the newer model years after 1972 Chevelles into the club. Aces recently decided to allow the newer cars into their club. We will have to vote at 3 consecutive meeting to allow the change.

QS&L Cruise-In

Last night the split the pot made approx. $85 for Ronald McDonald House. Rob Geeres donated a $50 gift certificate to be used at Geers Powder Coating in Goshen to go to the winner of the split the pot as well. Thank you, Rob!

Next Meeting-Cruise In to benefit Ronald McDonald House

Our next meeting is Sunday, July 19th at 4:30PM at the QS&L in Milford. The set up will start at 3:00PM. We will only need a couple of people to help with set up. The remaining members can report between 4:00-4:30 to help. We will give away the 50/50 and Tri-State Pick at 7:00PM.

Thank you to everyone who came out to support our club and the Ronald McDonald house yesterday. It was a hot day and at first we were concerned that the turn out was not going to be as good as normal. But thanks to the selling skills of Craig & Gail, the split the pot was a success!

I look forward to seeing all of you next month for our next cruise-in at QS&L in Milford!

Tanya

May, 2009

Minutes from the meeting held at Milford Quaker Steak & Lube on May 17th at 2:00PM.

Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We gave over $600 in our account.

Club Events

Power Tour- Most of the members agreed that they will meet in Dayton for the Power Tour and go to Sommerset. Watch the website for a thread that will be posted.

Northern Ohio Chevelle Show- I talked about the Peach State Show and how a group from the Northern Ohio Chevelle Club attended and gave out a “Northern Ohio Chevelle Club Pick”. They had a criteria for the award. The Chevelle must be driven to show, the longer the better, and it must look great, and must not receive a bunch of other awards at the show. The Northern group chose 4 cars and let the Peach State Chevelle Club make the final pick. Well they chose my ’72 Chevelle. The award was of course a “trunk monkey” a lunch cooler and in the cooler was a beautiful jacket with the Northern Ohio Chevelle logo on the back and the pick award on the front.

Mike and I were impressed with this gesture and with a projected strong presence of the Tri-State Club attending the Northern Regional we thought a Tri-State pick would be a good idea for their show. At the meeting we discussed giving out a jacket as well with the Tri-State logo on the back. Rob Geers announced that he will help pay for half of the jacket. With this in mind we should be able to come up with a very nice jacket to give out as an award. I will take care of looking into getting the jacket with our logo and work with Rob on the details.

Dyno Day- Larry mentioned he would like to see the club rent a dyno facility for the day. We could all take our cars and see how they run on the dyno. Rick and Larry are checking into this.

QS&L Cruise-In

Our first cruise-in to benefit the Ronald McDonald House was a success. We sold $152 in tickets to be able to split $76 to the winner and $76 to the Ronald McDonald House. We also collected over $100 in donations that were not split and are going straight to the charity. Thank you, Craig, for organizing this great event. I think we will see even more cars at the next cruise-in we sponsor. Especially since they know that there will be a 50/50 drawing and we will also give out our Tri-State pick and the Show and Shine award.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is Sunday, June 21st at the QS&L in Milford. Watch the website for details on what time we will be meeting. We may be splitting up shifts for the cruise-in so not everyone has to be there for the entire 7 hours.

Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday and helped. We have a terrific club with lots of great folks that like to get their Chevelles out and put in their time and efforts to raising money for a quality organization. I know that times are tough for many of us in the club but that did not stop our drive to help raise money for an organization that helps families be with their children while hospitalized. Gail and I met a family that was very grateful for what we are doing. They stayed at a Ronald McDonald House when their son was born weighing only two pounds. This family dug into their pockets and gave us $20 to buy a car length’s worth of tickets. I’m not so sure this family could spare this money but they knew it was a great cause and wanted to help other families that may need to use the Ronald McDonald House.

I look forward to seeing all of you next month for our next cruise-in at QS&L in Milford!

Tanya

April, 2009

Minutes from the meeting held at Geers Powder Coating. Thank you Rob for a great cookout and meeting!

Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have 21 paid members as of the meeting on Sunday.

Total in our account is $597.

Secretary Minutes Report

Tanya passed on reading the minutes since it was all being discussed again.

Cruise-In by Craig

Our cruise-in will be once a month at the Quaker Steak & Lube in Milford, OH on the 3rd Sunday of every month starting with Sunday, May 17th. The cruise-in starts at 6:00PM but our club will be there earlier to set up and to have a short meeting. Please watch the website for details. We will be selling 50/50 tickets to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. Craig has spoken with the Cincinnati Branch of the Ronald McDonald House and they will provide a banner but we will need to purchase tickets to sell. Mike and Craig are going to go the first cruise-in at QS&L in Milford on Sunday, April 26th after the Sharonville show to meet with the manager and go over the details. We also want to give out a TSC plaque for the “pick of the cruise-in”.

Newsletter

Tod is putting together our next newsletter…stay tuned!

Club Help

DG is planning a work day on a Saturday to help get his Chevelle on the road sometime in mid May. Stay tuned to the website for posts. We want to all pitch in and help get another member’s car blazing the trails!

Club Events

Power Tour-See the thread that Dave is posting on the TSC website.

Northern Aces Regional- Many of you expressed interest in attending the Aces Regional in the Cleveland area again this year. Watch for posts with dates and hotel information.

Other interest for club events include:

Club Calendar

We forgot to talk about this at the meeting but Mike checked on prices at our local Staples for a club calendar that features one of our Chevelles each month. I call my b-day month of May with my ’72.! Anyway…they are approx $13 each but Mike is checking to see if we can get a discount with a volume purchase. We are probably too late for this year but we can discuss for 2010. So be thinking about your Chevelle and what month you want to have your pix. We can pull them out of a hat if we have more than one car per selected month unless it is for the month of May. (ok…just kidding)

Club Picnic

It was agreed to have the Club Picnic at Caesar’s Creek State Park this year. We will discuss further when the time gets closer.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is May 17th at the QS&L in MILFORD. Time to be determined.

We missed our members that could not attend and hope to see everyone at our May meeting!

March, 2009

Minutes from the meeting held at the BEAVERCREEK Quaker Steak & Lube on March 15th at 2:00PM.

Attending the Meeting

Chevelles Attending the Meeting

It was great to see the show of Chevelles and I know many of the folks at QS&L enjoyed looking at them.

(Hope I have the years right….)

Treasurer Report

DUES ARE DUE!

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have 17 paid members as of the meeting on Sunday.

Secretary Minutes Report

Larry read the minutes from the last meeting.

Cruise-In Committee

Blanchester is out and it looks like things are cooking for our Cruise-In at the new Quaker Steak & Lube in Colerain. Craig is working on meeting with the general manager from the store. We still plan on sponsoring 4 total cruise-ins, one each month starting in May. They will be the 3rd Sunday of every month. This will also be counted as our monthly meeting. We will be able to sell 50/50 tickets to go towards the Ronald McDonald house and have a “TSC Pick” award each month. Craig has also volunteered to be the TSC representative for the Ronald McDonald house. Thanks Craig!

Newsletter

Check out our Newsletter that Tod had posted on the TSC website. Nice job to him and to Steve for the article. Steve wrote 2 articles but Tod will need more. Let’s put the pen to the paper and get our “story” to Tod.

Club Events

Power Tour-Many seem to be interested in participating in this year’s Power Tour. Joe Lyons plans on doing the complete tour starting in Wisconsin in his Camaro. Some of the members plan on meeting up with Joe in Michigan. Joe has also stated that if someone wishes to stay at his home while the Power Tour is in Dayton that they are more than welcome. Watch for the TSC website for more information.

Northern Aces Regional- Many of you expressed interest in attending the Aces Regional in the Cleveland area again this year. Watch for posts with dates and hotel information.

Other interest for club events include:

Club Picnic

It was agreed to have the Club Picnic at Caesar’s Creek State Park this year. We will discuss further when the time gets closer.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is Sunday, April 19th at 2:00PM at Geers Powder Coating in Goshen.

Rob mentioned to Mike that he may be grilling out. Mike suggested that we make it a covered dish and everyone bring something. Mike or I will get with Rob to see what Rob has planned for us. Watch our posts on the TSC website for updates.

We missed our members that could not attend and hope to see everyone at our April meeting!

February, 2009

Minutes from the meeting held at Quaker Steak & Lube on February 15th at 2:00PM.

Not much this month.

Treasurer Report

We have some funds. Dues reminder.

Sergeant of Arms Security Report

Secure.

Newsletter Update

I am sure Tod has news. Tod will be on a new one soon.

Club Events, Cruise-ins/Discussion Items

Club-managed Cruise has changed locations more than likely. Craig and John have been in contact with the Quaker Steak and Lube near Colerain.

The cruise will be held from May-August on the third Saturday hopefully around 4-7 pm.

Craig will be the person heading this one since he is so nearby the location. We discussed the urgency of getting it in the Show and Shine Calendar.

Seems we will have more people heading to the Cleveland Regional this year than Nashville for Chevellabration.

Hot Rod Power Tour was discussed and it looks like some of us might be headed to Michigan on that Wednesday morning and heading to Dayton. Then onto Somerset Thursday morning. This looks like a fun one.

No new cars shows discussed. Looks like the ones on the list are the ones we are all going to do.

Member Car Projects

John Espy: Frame is put together for the 68 Conv.

Rick Shoemaker: Engine is being put together.

Larry Grigsby: Rearend being rebuilt, driveshaft put together, cylinder heads getting checked out.

Craig Holder: New door panel install from Legendary.

Everyone else seems to be in the same spot as last month.

January, 2009

Minutes from the meeting held at Quaker Steak & Lube on January 18th at 2:00PM.

Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

DUES ARE DUE!

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have $292 in our checking account. Rick sent in our donation of $500 to the Ronald McDonald House in Dayton. Dave mentioned that we may want to alternate between Dayton and Cincinnati Ronald McDonald House locations. Since Rick has the contact for Dayton we will need a member to get a Cincinnati contact if we choose to do that for 2009.

Secretary Minutes Report

Tanya read the minutes from the last meeting which was our November meeting.

Cruise-In Committee

Our cruise-in committee (John and Craig) continue to go over all of our options for next year’s club cruise-in. John found a DJ for $100 but now our location in Blanchester only wants the cruise-in to be on a Saturday. Craig mentioned that there is a new Quaker Steak & Lube on 275 and Colrain Ave. that may be interested. Our new member John is friends with the Manager of the Milford QS&L and will see if he has any connections with the new QS&L that is almost completed.

Club Events

Tod will be featuring Steve Martin’s Chevelle and club history in our next newsletter. He mentioned that he would also like to do a bio on club members as well. You don’t have to be an editor to write an article. Tod said he can edit the article but just needs our input. Please contact Tod with your bio. It’s a way we can all really get to know each other!

Next Meeting

Power Tour-Dave will be participating in the Power Tour this year. It starts in Wisconsin and will be going through Dayton, OH on 6/10/09 and then heading to Somerset, KY. Watch for Dave’s post if you are interested.

Northern Aces Regional- Many of you expressed interest in attending the Aces Regional in the Cleveland area again this year. Watch for posts with dates and hotel information.

Other interest for club events include:

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is Sunday, February 15th at 2:00PM at the Quaker Steak & Lube in Milford, OH.

Rob Geers would like to have a summer meeting at his business, Geers Powder Coating and Media Blasting, in Goshen. The “plan” is that we will all drive our Chevelles for a photo shot in front of his business. We will have the meeting and then cruise to the Quaker Steak and Lube in Milford for their Sunday Cruise-In. It was also mentioned that we may use the photo shot to be on the back of a TSC t-shirt. We can put the TSC logo on the front and the photo on the back. Stay turned for more details!

We missed our members that could not attend and hope to see everyone at our February meeting!

Tanya

November, 2008

Minutes from the meeting held at Geers Powder Coating, November 16th, 2008.

Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have $418 to donate to our charity, Ronald McDonald House. After the donation the club will have $300. It was voted on and approved to increase the donation to $500 leaving the club with $218. Rick and Dave are going to get with our local Ronald McDonald House chapter to see where to send the funds.

Secretary Minutes Report

Tanya waived the reading of the minutes from the last meeting.

Cruise-In Committee

Our cruise-in committee (John and Craig) continue to go over all of our options for next year’s club cruise-in. They found out that the DJ would be approximately $150 which the owner of the restaurant in Blanchester should be willing to pay for. We will also be placing the add in the Show and Shine calendar. John is going to follow up with the restaurant owner and report at our next meeting.

Club Discussion

Steve Martin had mentioned to Mike about if the club had or was going to order Tri-State Chevelle sweatshirts. As of now we are not, but DG and Dave mentioned ordering patches so that you can put them on any type of clothing you want. Since DG does so much work with the Boy Scouts and orders patches for them, he is going to check with his vendor and report back on the cost. The club will need to determine the design/logo we wish to order.

Next Meeting

We will not be having a December meeting. Our next meeting is scheduled to be at the Quaker Steak & Lube in Beavercreek, OH on January 18th at 2:00PM.

Special Thanks

A very special thanks goes out to Rob and Katie Geers for hosting our November meeting. The food was outstanding and Rob was terrific for allowing us to bring our Chevelle parts in for blasting and powder coating. We are very fortunate to have him in our club. Also a special thanks goes out to Phil for doing all the “dirty” work in the blasting booth. We all had a great time and went home with powder coated parts and full bellies!

I wish all of you a Happy and Safe Holiday season. We will see you in January to see what Chevelle parts Santa brought everyone.

Tanya

October, 2008

Minutes from the meeting held at Beavercreek Quaker Steak & Lube, Oct 19th, 2008.

Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

Rick read the treasurer’s report. We have $278 to send to our charity, The Ronald MacDonald House. We want to send $500. We passed the hat at the meeting but still need more funds. If you can contribute please email Rick for his home address so you can send a check. Dave brought in the invoice for the corporation fees and they are $170. Rick will be sending in a check for that.

Secretary Minutes Report

Tanya waived the reading of the minutes from the last meeting.

2009 Officers

Tanya was seconded by John Esby to run for secretary. Then the voting took place.

Club Information

Steve Martin, the first president and one of the original founders of the Tri-State Chevelle Club is in the hospital. He is expected to be in there for several days. A card for Steve was passed around to sign by the members that were present. Steve is in Miami Valley Hospital 1 Wyoming Street, Room 6503B, Dayton, OH 45409 if you wish to send him a card. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Steve and his family.

Sumerset Cruise-In is next weekend.

Milford Cruise-In at Steak & Shake is Halloween Dress-Up next Friday.

The Springfield Swap meet is in a couple of weeks.

Tod and his wife have agreed to become the editors of our Tri-State Cruiser Newsletter! Tanya will email Tod all of the last issues as well a prior issue that Ron issued when he was editor. Thank you for taking this on. You have no idea how much it is appreciated.

Next year we plan to do a monthly cruise-in at Cockrell’s Family Restaurant at 762 W St. Rt. 28 in Blanchester, OH. We plan to have it on every 3rd Sunday afternoon starting in May and ending in August. We have lots of details to work out. John Esby and Craig Holder make up the Cruise-In committee. More information will be rounded up by our next meeting. Watch the web site for details.

Projects

Craig has the right front fender installed on his ’70 Chevelle. The left side is still yet to be installed.

Dave has a new project. He has a ’72 Pontiac Lemans Convertible that he is going to transform into a ’70 Chevelle Convertible. This will be a good one to watch!

John’s convertible has the bottom ready for paint. The frame is done but not yet put together. He will have it on the road next year.

Rick is working on a 396 engine for his ’67 Chevelle.

Mike is putting in some time on the ’67 El Camino. He is not taking it down to a frame-off but is going to do some body work on it, pull the engine, paint the engine compartment as well as the car, and put on a new set of wheels. He is keeping it all original so it you won’t see major changes.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be November 16th at 2:00PM at Rob’s shop. Geers Powder Coating and Media Blasting located at 6566 State Route 48 Goshen, Ohio. He will demonstrate what type of services he provides. Rob is providing lunch and drinks. If you want any special drinks go ahead and bring them. Also please bring some small items that you want blasted and powder coated. He will do a demonstration with them. Thanks Rob! We are looking forward to this!

Happy Halloween to all!

Tanya

September 21, 2008

Minutes from the meeting held at Cowan Lake State Park Annual Picnic, September 21st, 2008.

Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

The current report will be read at the next meeting.

Secretary Minutes Report

Tanya read the minutes from the last meeting.

Nominations

Please see the posting on the website for the nominations for next year. Nominations are still being accepted. Please email Mark or put up a post. We will vote for the positions at our October meeting.

Club Events

Next Friday is the Mum Festival in Tipp City from 4-10. It is first come basis and many of the club members will be attending. If you would like to go in as a club please contact Larry. He had mentioned that all could leave from his house to attend.

The Pumpkin Run is the following weekend. (1st weekend in Oct.) Many members will be attending that as well. If several are interested we can start a post to meet up prior to entering the gates so we can park as a club.

Next year the club would like to do some type of cruise-in. If anyone has any contacts in a business that would like to sponsor this please let us know. Mike is going to check with the Quaker Steak & Lube in Beavercreek to see if there is any interest. We will have further discussions on this at our October meeting.

Projects

Congratulations go out to the following members that were able to get their Chevelles on the road this year:

Dave, Rick, Todd and Ron. It was great to see your Chevelles at the picnic and on the Poker Run Cruise!

Rob is in need for ’67 Chevelle parts so if anyone has any lying around that they want to sell please contact Rob.

Next Meeting

Our October meeting will be at the Quaker Steak & Lube in Beavercreek. This will be the meeting that we vote in next year’s officers. Please try to attend.

For planning purposes our November meeting will be at Rob's shop which is Geers Powder Coating and Media Blasting located at 6566 State Route 48 Goshen, Ohio. He will demonstrate what type of services he provides. We will be able to bring in small items for him to demonstrate on

Thanks to all for attending the annual picnic. We were blessed with terrific weather and wonderful food! Many thanks go out to John for getting door prizes for everyone that attended. Also many thanks go out to Mike for setting up the picnic and getting the poker run cruise together! A good time was had by all!

Tanya

August 16, 2008

Minutes from the meeting held at Northern Ohio Regional Chevelle Show at 11:00AM on Saturday, August 16th, 2008.

Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

We have $955 in our account. Corporation fees still need to be paid which is approx. $165. Dave will probably receive the notice. $500 will go to the Ronald McDonald’s house.

September Picnic at Cowan Lake State Park

The picnic will be at NOON on Sunday, Sept 21st at Cowan Lake State Park-Dance Pavalion. Mike will start a thread to sign up for what everyone will bring. The burgers and/or dogs and buns will be provided for by the club. Mike is bringing jambalaya and Tanya is making Chevy Bow-Tie cookies. John Esby is looking into some of his vendors providing some of the door prizes. We also have to nominate club officers at this event and will vote on them in our Oct. meeting. Look for posts for more information!

Club Events

The Springboro Cruise-in is on Saturday, Sept 6th from 4-9. We are going to make this an “official” club event. Anyone interested please meet us at the Kroger/K-Mart parking lot at 3:00PM so we can all arrive together to ensure club parking. Rick and Amy will let us know if it is a Kroger or a K-Mart.

The Pumpkin Run is Oct 3rd-5th. We would like to make this a Club Event as well. Further discussions will take place at the Club Picnic.

Club Projects

Craig has the front of his ’70 off for improvements. He hopes to get it back together this year. The goal is for better alignment.

John hopes to finish up his ’68 convertible by next spring. He will have it in the paint shop in the near future. Speaking of paint shops…John is hoping to get a paint shop put together in his shop for club member to use when they are ready for paint. Larry’s Chevelle is in the body shop. Check out some of his pix on the website

Calling all Tri-State Members with Connections

We are considering a club sponsored Cruise-In next year. We will need to have a location and a DJ. Anyone with any connections please be thinking about this. We will discuss further at the picnic. It was also brought up about post-'72 Chevelles being able to join the club. Mike is checking into this.

Next Meeting

Will be at the Club Picnic in September. Keep your eye on the website for more details!

I want to take this moment to congratulate Amy and Dave to bringing in the newest member of our club! They gave birth to a beautiful baby girl last night and we can not be more happier for them! You wait, Dave, you will be building her a big block before you know it!

Tanya

Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

The Treasurer's Report was read by Rick. We have $955 in our bank account. So far we have collected $278 for the Ronald McDonald House.

Secretary Minutes Report

Tanya read the minutes from the last meeting.

Action Items

Mike is placing another order for t-shirts. Unless we hear otherwise from the group he is going to order only blue ones. We have to order each color 24 at a time and we are concerned that we cannot sell 48 shirts but know we have enough orders for 24. He will order them at the end of this week. Please let Mike know if you have further T-shirt requests.

Mike and Tanya have can koolies with the club logo to sell to benefit Ronald McDonald house. We will have them at each of the meetings if you wish to purchase them.

Craig still has license plates available for sale with our logo on them also. Please contact him if you would like to purchase one.

Club Information

John Espy informed the club that he now has a pipe bender at his shop if anyone has the need for exhaust work. Please contact him if you have any questions

Mark has added a section on the website to post pictures that you have taken of club events. (I tried to post pictures there last night but somehow started a new post…oops!)

John Espy is planning on going on the Somerset, KY cruise next weekend if anyone is interested. If you are not going but wish to participate in part of the event you can head to Quaker Steak & Lube in Milford on Friday (7/25/08) evening for an official “kick-off” cruise-in.

A few of us are heading to Springfield, IL on September 26th for the Route 66 Fest. It is a terrific car show as well as a great festival. If you are interested in going contact Tanya for more information.

And the Winners Are

Congrats to the following for winning in their Chevelle category at the All Chevy Show on Sunday:

We were hoping to take the club participation award but were beat out by the Gem City Classic Club…again. We could have tied them if we could have had one more member bring their car. Perhaps next year it won’t be raining in Peoria and someone can participate. (ha!).

Next Meeting

Our August meeting will be Saturday, August 16th at the Northern Regional Show in Westlake, OH. Several of our members will be attending. Time and exact location will be determined once we arrive and see the schedule.

Tanya

Attending the Meeting

Treasurer Report

We did not go over the report due to the meeting being held out of state and it was less formal.

Secretary Minutes Report

Tanya didn’t read the minutes because she left the Tri-State book at home on the kitchen table!

Club Car Show

The Car show that we had on May 31st in West Union was not as participated in as last year. The weather prediction was for rain and storms. We did not get any rain there but people were hesitant to bring out their cars. We had approx. 52 cars and 8 bikes. The good news is we did make a profit so these funds will go to Ronald MacDonald House. Rick can report on those totals once we have all of the figures.

Action Items

Club Banner looks great! Tod helped us get a good deal and Mark helped with the design. Thanks to both of you!

Club Merchandise

Club Merchandise-It was discussed that we want to order more t-shirts. John suggested that we put the print of our new banner on the back of the shirts. We all agreed that is a good idea. Mike will get with Tod to see how much this would cost and let us all know. In any case we will be getting more t-shirts in the larger sizes. Amy and Tanya are interested in some of the special order items now that the company we are going to use has our embroidery work completed. Mike will be researching this for the club and will put up a post of what people wish to purchase. These special items are golf shirts, etc…

Mike and Tanya purchased can koolies with the club logo to sell to benefit Ronald MacDonald house. We have sold quite a few and gave Rick the funds from the profit to include in our donation to Ronald MacDonald House from the West Union Show.

Projects

Congrats to Dave and Rick for taking their Chevelles for the first time to Chevellabration! We were so glad to see their cars and know all the time, effort, and money that took place for them to achieve this goal. Watch in the mail for your next magazine from Chuck. Take a good look at the cover when you receive it. The tall guy standing next to his El-Camino is Dave! Congrats, Dave, for taking this years feature car and getting it on the cover of Chevelle World.

Also congrats to Denny Gantz, one of our newest members, for taking top 3 at Chevellabration with his ’67 Chevelle! That is a tough class to compete in and we are happy to see him achieve this award.

Larry’s car goes in for paint this week. It’s getting closer and closer to being on the road.

Club Picnic

Mark your calendars for our club picnic this year. We plan to have it again at Cowan Lake unless anyone has other ideas of where they would like us to have it. We scheduled it for Sunday, Sept 21st. The time is yet to be determined.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be July 20th at the All Chevy show in Sharon Woods in Sharonville, OH. We will meet under the club tent. (Time yet to be determined) Also watch the postings because we usually meet for breakfast at the Perkins on the exit to Sharonville off 275. We like to roll in as a group so we can all park together.

We plan to have our August meeting at the Northern Chevelle Show in Westlake, OH on the weekend of August 15th. We talked to one of the Northern club members and this year is going to be even better than last year’s show. If you can make it you certainly don’t want to miss out on this one. The show will take place in the parking lost of the Holiday Inn in Westlake. Reservations for hotel rooms at the Holiday Inn can be made at 440-871-6000.

See everyone at Sharon Woods!

Tanya

Members Present

Club Car Show

Randy handed out posters and fliers for the show in West Union on Saturday, May 31st.

The show starts at 9:00 and any cars arriving prior to noon will be judged.

Duties were assigned for the show. Dave, Mark, John, Larry, Joe, Mike Ron, Rick and anyone else who can attend will park cars at the beginning of the show and judge cars starting at 11:00. Gail, Amy, Tanya, Alba and DG will work in the registration area. Tanya and Joe will tally the points handed in from the judges to determine the winners of each category. Anyone available will also walk around to sell raffle and 50/50 tickets. Joe will bring his camera for pictures.

Please plan on arriving at the show at 7:00AM for a club meeting at 7:30 to discuss our club show for the day. A judges' meeting will be held at 10:30 to discuss the judging duties and to receive the ballots.

If you have a walkie talkie please bring it with you. We will put all of them on the same channel for communications.

Mike and Tanya will be bringing their camper to camp Friday night at the fairgrounds. There is camping available there if anyone wishes to do so.

Action Items

Mike is working on the club banner. He has a couple of resources and will begin the process soon.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be held at Chevellebration in Tennessee. We will post on the place and time when it gets closer.

See you in West Union!

Members Present

New Members that joined the club on Sunday

Jon Hanas from Erlanger, KY. 66 Chevelle

Mark & Pat Gonsor from Hamilton, OH 66 Chevelle

Welcome all new members! Please sign on our website and introduce yourself!

Secretary Report

Tanya read the minutes from the last meeting .

Treasurer Report

The Treasurer's Report was read by Rick.

Club Car Show

Randy reported that the trophies have been ordered.

Sell those TV tickets! The tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. If you need tickets to sell we will have them at our next meeting .

Door Prizes are needed. Randy will have the show fliers back soon. They will be posted on the website to hand out.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AT COWAN LAKE STATE PARK ON SATURDAY, MAY 10TH AT 2:00PM. PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND. THIS IS OUR PLANNING MEETING FOR THE CLUB SHOW AT THE END MAY. WE NEED YOUR HELP! This is a “bring your own lunch” event so we can save time and get right down to business. Cowan Lake is where we had our picnic last fall. See the front of our website for directions. (Thanks Mark!) Mike is reserving a picnic site and will put up a posting as to which site we have once the reservations have been made.

Action Items

Club Banner

Club Banner is going to be purchased soon. Mike is working on it.

Mike and Tanya purchased can koolies with the club logo to sell to benefit Ronald McDonald house. We will bring them to our next meeting. We also have some T-shirts left and will bring them also.

Craig still has license plates available for sale with our logo on them also. Please contact him if you would like to purchase one.

Ron Taylor is close to having his car done! He will keep us posted.

Larry is waiting for his body guy. He is about 6 weeks out.

Rick is working on the carpet in his ’67.

Steve Waller’s wagon is coming along.

Chris’ car is ready for the paint shop.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be held at Cowan Lake State Park on Saturday, May 10th at 2:00PM. Bring your lunch and be prepared for planning for the West Union Car Show. See you in May!

Members Present

Secretary Report

The Treasurer's Report was read by Rick. We spent $374 for shirts which leaves $473 in our bank account.

Treasurer Report

Tanya read the minutes from the last meeting that Mark took.

Club Car Show

Randy reported on the West Union Car show. He handed out temporary car show fliers that we can copy and use for now. He will send the final fliers to DG to post on our website. He will also have approx. 500 poster made up.

The Hard Time Harley Riders will also be sponsoring the show with us this year.

The show will be limited to 3 food booths and Randy already has that taken care of.

We are looking for door prizes so if you know of any one that can contribute door prizes, please hit them up and pass them on to Randy.

Sell….Sell….Sell…The TV has been posted on the website for you to download and copy to sell for the drawing. The tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. You can purchase your own roll of tickets or contact Mike or Rick for tickets to sell.

We need sponsorship/contributions for trophies. There are 3 levels. Gold, Silver and Bronze. The Gold Level is $500 which is two trophies, advertisement on the flyers and posters, ad on the back of the T-shirt, announcement during the show, free set up at show and links from the car show website. The Silver Level is $300 which is one trophy, advertisement on flyers and posters, announcements during the show, links from the website and free set up at show. The Bronze Level is $50 which is one trophy and announcement during the show and the link from the website. Randy needs these commitments within three weeks to finalize the trophies.

There will be a 50/50 split the pot during the show. Proceeds will benefit the Ronald McDonald House.

There will be swap meet sites which are $10 each.

To show a car or bike will also be $10 each.

More information will be available at the next meeting and also at the May meeting prior to the show.

Action Items

Club Banner

Club Banner is going to be purchased for $30. We will also be looking into other purchases for banners.

Club Merchandise-Tod brought in the T-Shirts and they look great! Thanks Tod! Mike has the remaining shirts so please contact him if you want some set aside for you. They are $7 for the gray and $6 for the blue.

Mike and Tanya purchased can koolies with the club logo to sell to benefit Ronald McDonald house. They should be available for purchase at the next meeting in Sharonville.

Craig still has license plates available for sale with our logo on them also. Please contact him if you would like to purchase one.

Projects

Ron and DG are waiting for the weather to break and will need some helping hands when the time comes. Larry's project is in the works for paint. Dave was not at the meeting to give us his update but we all hope his El Camino project is going as planned.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be held at the Sharonville Car Show in Downtown Sharonville on April 27th at 2:00PM. We will meet under the food tent near the main stage. This is the website to register http://www.sharonvillechamber.com/ Some were asking about the site for the Northern Ohio Chevelle Show See you at Sharonville!.

Members Present

Secretary Report

Tanya did not attend. Mark B. took notes.

Treasurer Report

The Treasurer's Report was read by Rick. The club has $708 in the bank account and has 16 members and 2 associate members.

Sergeant at Arms Report

Craig did not attend. No problems reported.

Club Car Show

Vice President Randy gave the President's Report and West Union Car Show Report. The show will be held at the Adams County Fairgrounds in Ohio on May 31. Setup is Friday, the show is on Saturday and the event may be extended into Sunday. A swap meet is planned. The show website update is in progress (see the main TSC website page, click the Car Show button to view).

Raffle items being considered are a 32" flat screen TV. Randy mentioned a phone call from a dealer offering to raffle a 2007 Corvette. The club would have to sell several hundred expensive raffle tickets to cover the cost, so we will decline the offer for this year. Dave mentioned we could possible negotiate a crate engine raffle from this same person. We discussed having the excess proceeds go to our Ronald McDonald house charity.

Dave also mentioned finding a mobile dynamometer provider to run rear wheel dyno runs at the show. We should verify insurance coverage and price with the provider.

We will be researching raffle items to see prior to and at the show. Randy got in touch with Ronald McDonald House and developed contacts and approval to use their logo in relation to the car show.

A new award structure will be developed this year. A top 50 with specialty categories structure is currently the favorite choice. This year a spreadsheet scoring system is planned that will show a list of winner names and car type / year, along with a verification system that will identify specialty winners and remove them from list of top 50 winners. It also may be wise to standardize our judging. In addition to training like last year, every judge could score the same 2 or 3 cars. The variances in scoring between judges can then be normalized within the spreadsheet, so that all judges are scoring cars at the same level.

Verizon has agreed to be a show sponsor again this year and will have a booth at the show.

There are plans to have a truck or tractor pull at the event this year beginning at 4-5 p.m. Hopefully this event will draw additional spectators.

Club Events

Many Club Car Show Events were mentioned as well as meetings being held at local events. Listed Events should be specific activities where all club members should try to participate. Another list of shows, cruise-ins or other activities will be in a separate list. Watch the website for posts.

Member Projects

Dave is working on his El Camino and hopes to have it at the Sharonville show in April.

Rick still plans on having the '67 at Chevellebration this year.

Larry began working on his Chevelle, hoping to have it painted Orange soon.

Tod and his brother Terry were planning on recovering the seats in the '65. We mentioned PUI and Legendary seat covers. Many consider Legendary covers the premier brand.

Action Items

Club Banner

Dave and John Espy have investigated pricing for a new club banner. (Ensure the club email address is updated on the banner: tristatechevelle@…). A 3' x 6' banner costs about $30. The solution will be voted on at the next meeting.

Club Merchandise

Ron brought in a catalog offering multiple car-related items including banners, trophies, shirts, dash plaques, etc. This may be the catalog of the company Mike W. noted at the last meeting.

Tod brought in a catalog from A&S. The catalog is also viewable online. They have many products including polo shirts and promotional items in addition to t-shirts. Note that there is no set up fee for future embroidered items using the standard logo that has already been submitted. The shirts related to the promotion are Hanes brand.

We agreed that a list would be developed with 2 orders of 24 shirts each. One order will be dark blue and one gray, with the dark blue color having the Chevy bowtie logo in white rather than black. Mike will verify the colors and sizes for each color on the website. There will be Large, X-Large and XX-large for each color choice. It is assumed that sizes can be mixed within each 24-shirt order (Mike please verify this with Tod). Dave asked about youth sizes. These are likely not part of the special pricing, but may be included in the order (Mike, please verify this with Dave and Tod). Note that the larger sizes have an additional cost ($2 per shirt).

The club will purchase the T-shirt order and members will purchase shirts as desired. The remainder will be sold to the general public with a few possibly offered as door prizes at the West Union car show.

Steve M. has been speaking with other clubs in the area to arrange a multi-club meeting. The tentative location is Richmond, Indiana. Refer to the forum for more information.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be held at the Quaker Steak & Lube in Dayton on March 16th at 2:00PM.

13 Members were present:

Secretary Report

The minutes were read from the last meeting by Tanya.

Treasurer Report

The Treasurer's Report was read by Rick. The club has $419 in the bank account and has 30 active members. Many members paid their dues to Rick at the meeting so these numbers will increase.

Sergeant at Arms Report

The Sergeant of Arms Security Report was given by Craig. All is secure.

Club Car Show

The West Union Car Show Report was given by Vice President, Randy. Randy wants to ensure that the Tri-State Chevelle Club's chosen charity, Ronald McDonald House, receives funds from this show. We will be researching raffle items to see prior to and at the show. Dave will get in touch with Ronald McDonald House to see what contacts we need and also for the use of their logo. Randy mentioned many new ideas for this years show including a Swap Meet.

Club Events

Many Club Car Show Events were mentioned as well as meetings being held at local events. Watch the website for posts.

Member Projects

We went "around the horn" for project updates of our members:

"El Camino" Dave will have his EL at the Sharonville show. (The one downtown in the spring). Dave is excited about taking his El Camino to Chevellebration this year since it is the featured car.

Rick has his '67 "very close". He and Amy are excited about taking their car to Chevellebration this year.

Ron has his trans & engine back and will be ready this month. He may need assistance with some of the putting the project back together.

DG is working on his project Chevelle. DG can use some assistance and will notify the club of a target weekend to help.

Larry says, "Not this year". See our post for the Jan 09 for his commitment.

Steve states his Chevelle Wagon project is "still there". He will start working on it more this year.

Todd was present for the meeting and is one of our new members. He has a '65 Chevelle and we can't wait to see it.

Action Items

It was decided that we need a new club banner and Dave and John Espy are pulling some strings to see what they can come up with. (Ensure the club email address is updated on the banner: tristatechevelle@…)

Club Merchandise was discussed and as luck would have it one of our new members, Todd, has some connections to this. He is working with Mike to see what we can come up with.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be held at the Quaker Steak & Lube in Milford on Feb 17th at 2:00PM.

1. 2008 Officers

2. Motion to Reduce Dues

3. Newsletter

4. December Meeting

Attendees

1. Election of Officers

3. Motion to Reduce Dues

5. Newsletter

Tanya is working on the third quarter newsletter.
Dave supplied information on EvapoRust.

Attendees

Thank You

1. IRS Filing

2. Nominations for Officers

3. Motion to Reduce Dues

4. Randy

5. Newsletter

6. Club Events

Pumpkin Run - October 5-7

7. Club Participation Shows and Cruise-ins

1. Milford Cruise-in (Fridays)
2. Centerville Cruise-in (Fridays)
3. Germantown Cruise-in
4. Lake Lorelie - September 30

Attendees

The August 18, 2007 meeting was held at the Quaker Steak and Lube in Milford. 8 members attended.

IRS Filing - Tanya will check with various auto and flying clubs regarding this IRS filing and report back to the club.

2008 Club Officer Nominations - The first round of Officer nominations has begun. See the Nominations post thread in the Meetings forum for more information. Candidates nominated have not necessarily agreed to run. This will be decided at the next meeting.

September Meeting – Picnic, September 16 - Every member is strongly encouraged to attend the picnic. Driving a Chevelle is not required to attend the picnic or go on the cruise!

• The picnic will be at Cowan Lake State Park near Wilmington, OH.
• See the 2007 Club Picnic - Sept. 16 (Everyone Please Attend!) thread in the Meetings forum for more information.
• The club will provide the meeting location fee and a few door prizes.
• Mike W. will map out a cruise location and cook up some "Clarksville Jambalaya"

Newsletter - Amy S will provide Tanya with two articles for the next newsletter and pics of Rick's project 67.

Official Club Shows - The picnic and Pumpkin Run (October 5-7) are the final club shows of the year.

Attendees

1. Dave Maphet
2. Rick and Amy Shoemaker
3. Randy Chamblin
4. Steve W.
5. John Espy
6. Mike and Tanya Woodford
7. Mark B.

The May and June meetings were not formally held. We briefly met at a May planning meeting for the West Union show and then at the show in June. The July meeting was cancelled.

The April 29, 2007 meeting was held at the Sharonville Car Show. 13 members attended

• Dave will complete the club's incorporated status with the IRS by filing the final paperwork in May
• Dave noted that the club must designate a charity in order to complete the IRS filing. The club members present voted to designate the Ronald McDonald House
• Dave will email Shorty from the Gem City Classics club to find out if there are any goodie bags left from last year's show to be used at the West Union show
• Mark B. will create a new email distribution list
• Mark B. will reply to all on the email distribution list when receiving an online membership application
• Ron has agreed to continue to check the club P.O. Box every 2 weeks (thank you, Ron!)
• Tanya is preparing this quarter's newsletter. Please send her any content you would like to include in the newsletter. Every member should send something for the newsletter at least once per year
• Dave will create a scoring sheet for judging and send to Tanya
• Tanya will create a spreadsheet and bring her laptop to the show to expedite scoring and ensure accuracy (thank you, Tanya!)

• The West Union show is quickly approaching. The show is likely going to have many participants
• There was much discussion at the meeting regarding logistics. Check the posts in the West Union Car Show Planning topic in the TSC forums


Click here to visit the show website

Club Events - A list of Club Events and Club Participation shows and cruise-ins has been completed. Feel free to recommend others as well by posting in this thread.

• Sharonville - April 29
• West Union - June 2
• Chevellabration - June 7-9
• Sharon Woods Show - July 29
• Club Picnic - @ September meeting (must be approved by vote)
• Pumpkin Run - October 5-7
• Brookville, OH Chevy Dealership - once each month (Ken may have more info)

Club Participation Shows and Cruise-ins

• Milford Cruise-in (Fridays)
• Centerville Cruise-in (Fridays)
• Springboro Cruise-in (1st Saturday each month) - exit 38 and I-75, then east to Kmart lot
• Germantown Cruise-in
• Springfield Swap Meets (near Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends)
• Marion County Swap Meet
• Super Chevy Indianapolis - July 7 or 14
• Trim Parts (Tuesday after Super Chevy Indianapolis - by Trim Parts post card invitation only)
• Goodguys (Columbus)
• Rocket Run
• Somerset Power Cruise (on ESPN this year) - July 28
• Cleveland (ACES Regional) - July 20-21
• Franklin - August 4th (verify)
• Woodward Dream Cruise - August 18
Batavia
• Augusta
• Lake Lorelie
• Mike and Tanya will be attending the Peach Tree ACES regional show in Atlanta in May

Attendees

1. Dave Maphet
2. Randy and Alba Champlin
3. Gary Albers
4. Mike and Tanya Woodford
5. John Singer
6. Ron Taylor
7. John Espy
8. Craig and Gail Holder
9. Steve Waller (new member)
10. DG Adams
11. Jerry and Sharon Paddock
12. Joe Lyons and sons
13. Mark Budke

The March 18, 2007 meeting was held at the Quaker Steak and Lube in Milford. 12 members attended.

Club Events - A list of Club Events and Club Participation shows and cruise-ins has been completed. Feel free to recommend others as well by posting in this thread.

• Sharonville - April 29
• West Union - June 2
• Chevellabration - June 7-9
• Sharon Woods Show - July or August
• Club Picnic - @ September meeting (must be approved by vote)
• Pumpkin Run - October 5-7
• Brookville, OH Chevy Dealership - once each month (Ken may have more info)

Club Participation Shows and Cruise-ins

• Milford Cruise-in (Fridays)
• Centerville Cruise-in (Fridays)
• Springboro Cruise-in (1st Saturday each month) - exit 38 and I-75, then east to Kmart lot
• Germantown Cruise-in
• Springfield Swap Meets (near Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends)
• Marion County Swap Meet
• Super Chevy Indianapolis - July 7 or 14
• Trim Parts (Tuesday after Super Chevy Indianapolis - by Trim Parts post card invitation only)
• Goodguys (Columbus)
• Rocket Run
• Somerset Power Cruise (on ESPN this year) - July 28
• Cleveland (ACES Regional) - July 29
• Franklin - August 4th (verify)
• Woodward Dream Cruise - August 18
Batavia
• Augusta
• Lake Lorelie
• Mike and Tanya will be attending the Peach Tree ACES regional show in Atlanta in May

Attendees

1. Dave Maphet
2. Rick and Amy Shoemaker
3. Randy and Alba Chamblin
4. Larry Grigsby
5. Jerry and Sharon Paddock
6. Craig Holder
7. John Espy
8. DG Adams
9. Mike and Tanya Woodford and son
10. Joe Lyons and son
11. John Singer
12. Mark Budke

The February 18, 2007 meeting was held at the Quaker Steak and Lube in Dayton. 9 members attended.

DG will return as co-moderator of the club forums with Mark B. Ron and Mark will continue to update the website.

Club Events - A list of Club Events and Club Participation shows and cruise-ins has been completed. Feel free to recommend others as well by posting in this thread.

• Sharonville - April 29
• West Union - June 2
• Chevellabration - June 7-9
• Sharon Woods Show - July or August
• Club Picnic - @ September meeting (must be approved by vote)
• Pumpkin Run - October 5-7
• Brookville, OH Chevy Dealership - once each month (Ken may have more info)

Club Participation Shows and Cruise-ins

• Milford Cruise-in (Fridays)
• Centerville Cruise-in (Fridays)
• Springboro Cruise-in (1st Saturday each month) - exit 38 and I-75, then east to Kmart lot
• Germantown Cruise-in
• Springfield Swap Meets (near Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends)
• Marion County Swap Meet
• Super Chevy Indianapolis - July 7 or 14
• Trim Parts (Tuesday after Super Chevy Indianapolis - by Trim Parts post card invitation only)
• Goodguys (Columbus)
• Rocket Run
• Somerset Power Cruise (on ESPN this year) - July 28
• Cleveland (ACES Regional) - July 29
• Franklin - August 4th (verify)
• Woodward Dream Cruise - August 18
Batavia
• Augusta
• Lake Lorelie
• Mike and Tanya will be attending the Peach Tree ACES regional show in Atlanta in May

Attendees

1. Dave Maphet
2. Rick and Amy Shoemaker
3. Ron Taylor
4. Gary Albers
5. Craig Holder
6. John Espy
7. DG Adams
8. Mark Budke

The January 21, 2007 meeting went well at the Quaker Steak and Lube in Milford. 3-5 inches of snow didn't keep 9 members from attending.

The November 19, 2006 meeting went well at the Quaker Steak and Lube in Milford. 40 degrees with a very light rain didn't keep 15 members from attending (and Mike Woodford voting on agenda items via email to Mark before the meeting).

The December meeting has been cancelled. The next meeting will be on January 21 in Milford (maintaining the Dayton on even months and Milford on odd months schedule). In place of the December meeting, these meeting notes will be available in the News section of the website and in the newsletter for December.

• By-Laws change approved in vote 2 of 3. Needs to be approved at the January 2006 meeting (passed in Oct. and Nov. meetings. Dec. meeting is cancelled)
• Mark will contact Team Chevelle and ACES to change the club contact information to:

Tri State Chevelle, Inc.

P.O. Box 751601

Dayton, Ohio 45475

Email: tristatechevelle@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.chevelles.net/tristate

Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana

• A new email address has been created for the club. It is tristatechevelle@yahoo.com
• Ron provided Mark with the latest members list (August 2006) and some printed materials
• Steve accepted the President's nomination to create the newsletter
• Randy's show in West Union on June 2, 2006 passed a vote to become a club event. Club members will assist with the show

The club will supply three trophies

There will be three Chevelle awards

Judging will be by "People's Choice" (participants and spectators vote - except for the Chevelle awards)

• Club Shows - Official club shows will be finalized at the February meeting

Attendees
1. Dave Maphet
2. Randy Champlin
3. Rick Shoemaker
4. Craig Holder
5. Ron Taylor
6. Mark Budke
7. Larry Grigsby
8. DG Adams
9. Steve Simokov
10. Gary Albers
11. John Espy
12. Ernie Sloan
13. Jeff Baker
14. Bill Beard
15. Kevin Couch

1. General discussions were very positive, everyone who attended participated and we had a good time despite the cold weather and occasional light drizzle.

Ron Taylor did quite a bit of work to have his Chevelle at the picnic. Unfortunately, Ron's engine gave out during the cruise. A BIG thanks to DG, Dave and John who saved the day with DG's trailer, Dave's truck and John (and all's) elbow grease to load up the '68 Concours Chevelle and get Ron back to the picnic and home. Ron has an engine to replace the 307, so no real harm done.

2. The By-Law updates have passed the first of the three required votes to approve the proposed changes. A few minor additions were made and the result are posted HERE (link available soon).

3. Elections - officer nominees had the opportunity to speak and elections were held. The results are:

President
* Dave(unopposed)

Vice President
* Randy 47%
* Ernie 35%
* Larry 18%

Treasurer
* Rick (unopposed)

Secretary
* Ron 18%
* Jeff 18%
* Mark 65%

Sergeant-AT-Arms
* Craig (unopposed)

4. Jeff, Ron, DG and Mark provided website updates and confirmed that updates to the site would be handled under a "gentleman's agreement" to discuss significant site updates before posting them. We are also investigating a way to provide secure access to a specific part of the webpage for internal discussions.

5. Thanks to everyone for bringing food and door prizes (and for building the fire!). The efforts of all who set up, cooked and laid out the excellent food is much appreciated! :cool:

Attendees
1. Dave
2. DG
3. Ron and family
4. Jeff
5. Rick and Amy
6. Craig and Gail
7. Ken
8. Ernie
9. Steve
10. Bill
11. Gary and Susan
12. Larry
13. Randy
14. Mike and Tanya
15. Jerry and Sharon
16. Mark
17. John Espy

I believe this is the entire list, we didn't pass around a sign-in sheet. If I've forgotten anyone please chime in.

As far as new business, I received an e-mail from Shorty about the spina bifida car show. They have had a meeting and wanted to use our logo for the show which we approved. They also are planning on using a 56 Chevy and a 66 Chevelle for the flyer. Also the flyer is going to have business card sized ads which will cost $35 and half page inserts which will cost $250. This is a well attended and respected car show and they want help with sponsers, you Dayton guys may be able to help a little more with this. Also Shorty will be getting another meeting together which will be a joint effort between us and them.

The second order of business was to discuss upcoming events, which of course will include Chevellabration 06, June 8th-10th. We ask that everyone consider other events we want to include and bring ideas to the next meeting. Also the Show & Shine calendar will be out at the Sharonville show, and it will help us to plan our year. Other events that were mentioned were:

• The Pumpkin Run, Sommerset, Sharonville, Sharon Woods, Kil-kare, Woodward.

We need everyone's input on club events. If you can't attend put up a thread or e-mail one of the officers we'll be glad to add to the list.

Our next meeting is planned for the 12th of February at El Rancho Grande. It is located right off of the SR122 exit at I-75.