What A Great Night

Hello to all the Hurricane Chapter gang!

 

First of all, I want to thank everyone who was able to make it to our Date Night last night at the Northridge Sports Lounge!  The open bar and finger foods was a great idea; the videos, sofas, great host and hostess, parking and weather made for a good setting, but as always it was the people that made the night. Thank you all for your participation, presence and good cheer.

 

I did get a lot of RSVP's from members who want to be more involved in the club now that we are moving in a different direction, but were not able to make the party for lots of reasons. Thanks to you too, who couldn't make it and were kind enough to let me know that you want to be part of the fun. I want you to all be up to date with what happened last night, so here is a brief synopsis of what we discussed for everyone who wanted to be there but couldn't;

 

1) The first order of business: Future Cruise-In plans: (the BIG news first!)

 

August: We've been invited to Ted Vernon Specialty Autos, Inc at 471 NE 79th St., Miami. WWW.SouthBeachClassics.com He's got close to 300 classic cars for sale and available for us to wander around and look at. There is a video company who is doing a reality show in Miami, and they will be there in August to show his cars, and he wants US to be there to be in the show and be famous! Fifteen minutes of fame, here we come! No date has been set yet by Ted or the video company, so I can't tell you yet when we'll be there. It will be a Saturday, I just don't know which one. Stay tuned!

 

October: Marge's Garden Restaurant at Andrews Avenue and Prospect, in Fort Lauderdale, was just awarded a tribute for being the oldest business in Fort Lauderdale to be owned by the same family. Marge used to have a big classic car show every year in October, but since she's turned the business over to her daughter they haven't had one. We got to talking, and BANG! We have a sponsor for our B.O.P. show, which will be expanded into a Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, GMC, and CADILLAC show, making it a B.O.P. GMC C. show! Again, no specific date has been set yet. I plan on making a date soon.

 

November: Thanksgiving means it's time for turkey and the Turkey Rod Run in Daytona Beach!!!  We'll have a presence there since we have already reserved the 304 spot at turn 4, and we are getting inquiries regarding parking stickers. We will be paying $2 each for them and selling them for $5 each. This year we will NOT be doing the Bar-B-Que and free drinks for everyone who shows up. Last year we were in the red ink for $273 after we got home. Its a lot of work with no reward, and just isn't worth the effort. So we will have a great big parking place and I will be contacting the other clubs who usually join us, and telling them the good news: The party is officially THEIRS!

 

December: We liked the place we were in last night. Big sofas, big video screens with our car movies, big drinks, lots of good food, good parking and a great host and hostess makes for a super fine meeting place. It was decided to have a Christmas Party / Date Night / Cruise-in there, with more planning to go into it than we could do last night. Maybe a secret Santa gift exchange would be nice. Please send your ideas! We welcome any help you can offer.

 

2) That leaves September open, and since the next order of business was "Where Is The Club Going?" , this idea was floated:

 

ROAD TRIPS!

 

For September a ride to Rag Tops Motor Cars (www.ragtopsmotorcars.com) in Palm Beach would be a great idea. The plan is to meet up in Broward at a parking area and cruising there together on a Saturday. More planning has to be done here.

 

Naples was a great place to go once. We had fun driving across the 'Glades for lunch and then driving home again. It's not too far and the cars all seemed to like the easy ride on the straight and flat road. We could always cut the trip in half and stop at the Billy Swamp Safari camp that's in the middle of the state.

 

Drag Racing at the old Moroso Speedway was suggested (but not too well received by those in attendance; Sorry Don!). We can always have a smaller group cruise there.

 

 

3) More Business: New shirts, which lead to the idea of a new logo. I don't have a new logo and since we may be on TV this month, I'm looking into getting new shirts fast, so that idea may be premature. The vote was for collared Polo type shirts with a breast pocket and the logo on the pocket for men, and cap sleeve shirts for women. This week I will have information regarding pricing and availability.

 

4) Other Business:

-A Facebook page for our club? Dawn will help us with that idea and assured us it was easy and a good thing to do.

-A new website using Go Daddy was suggested, along with a new E-mail address (this one is mine). I hope to do something there soon as well. Help is desperately needed will be appreciated.

-Ed Cozzi is getting our first newsletter together, and hopes to have something ready for us soon. Look for that.

-The second Friday of every month we will be having a Semi-Official meeting at the Tower Shops Cruise-In. There will be a cooler in the trunk with cool drinks. Watch for more news regarding this.

-Time to get off your wallets! Club renewals are due in August. Notices will be sent out via E-mail and phone calls. No snail-mail because it costs money and is WORK!

 

Again, if you were there, THANK YOU for coming to kick off the new and improved version of the Hurricane Chapter of P.O.C.I. If you couldn't make it, watch your E-mails for more exciting news and fun times.

 

Topless Tom

Chieftain

Hurricane Chapter