Last
month I was shocked to be re-elected as President, even though I was there
to influence the vote as much as possible. I thought a year of irresponsible
and reckless activity would be enough to ensure my defeat in the election,
but I was wrong. I should have known better since it seems our elected
officials' public approval rating seem to go up with each new scandal…..
All kidding aside, I'm looking forward to another year with this great
club. We have a great slate of officers. Some new officers
this year include Jim McClure as Vice President and Pete Richen as Secretary.
Many of the other officers remain the same as last year since such a good
job was done by all, with a record number of track events since I've been
a member, and many more track days scheduled already for 2002! Thanks
to all for such a great year last year, and here's to another one in 2002!
We plan to have as many or more fun events this coming year.
And
we've been thinking of ways to get other members more involved. I'd
like to encourage all of you to submit a write-up for the Chapman report.
With so many members, we have hundreds of great stories, experiences, etc.
bottled up in the club that I would like to see published here for all
to enjoy. They can be serious or humorous, fiction or nonfiction,
or whatever you'd like to write. As an incentive, those who send
in any writing of at least 3 or 4 hundred words, will receive a $25.00
discount on an upcoming track day. If we get too many submissions
for any single Chapman Report, we will spread them out, but the more the
better!
Along
those same lines, we are encouraging you members to come up with and/or
host any events you may think of. Let John Z. or me know your ideas,
and as an incentive, the club will either help defray any costs related
to hosting such an event, or give the host some benefit such as a track
day discount for hosting and/or planning a new event. So put your
thinking caps on and lets come up with some ideas, since the wet season
is here, and we have time to plan these types of things and to get our
cars repaired and ready for spring!
On
a serious note, I'd like to ask the membership of our club to be very careful
in disseminating any personal information about our fellow members.
I have noticed some suspicious and/or annoying things this past year (ask
me if you want specifics), but the reality is that we need to work together
to protect our cars, our personal privacy, and ourselves more than ever.
Any personal information about our fellow members and officers should be
respected, and I'm asking you to be suspicious of strangers and people
you don't know well, perhaps brand new members, asking suspicious/personal
questions about the personal matters of our members. We don't
need to be paranoid, but we don't |
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