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Concours d'Elegance of JCSNE
at The Hawthorne Inn, Berlin CT
Call Ken Haas at 1-860-345-4260

The Spotted Cat - May/June 2001

The Spotted Cat - Jan/Feb 2001

Club Minutes from May 2001 Board Meeting

Club Minutes from July 2001 Board Meeting

Club Minutes from November 2000 Board Meeting

Club Minutes from December 2000 Board Meeting

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JCSNE Board Meeting @ V. Raymond ­ 10 July 2001

Meeting Minutes ­ 15 July 2001

1. Attendees
A. Eleven members were present for the meeting.
B. Board members present are identified in bold type:
Virginia Raymond Dean Cusano Ed Rubacha
Steve Gallant Ken Haas Alta Aldridge
Hal Kritzman Ed Messikian Jim Houle
C. Other JCSNE members present at the meeting:
Jan Kritzman Bill Jenkins Bob Aldridge
Lindsay Hart Ian Hart

2. Call to Order
A. President Virginia Raymond (VR) called the meeting to order at 7:37PM.

3. Approval of the Minutes
A. Minutes from the last meeting were submitted prior to the meeting, via e-mail.
B. Ed Messikian (EM) moved to accept the minutes; seconded by Hal Kritzman (HK).
C. Minutes were unanimously approved by the BoD.

4. Treasurer's Report
A. Ken Haas (KH) was not present.
B. There was no report prepared for the meeting.

5. Old Business
A. Action Item List Status
i. See action list at the end of the minutes for status.
B. By-laws
i. Steve Gallant (SG) reiterated that he has not started drafting the new by-laws. He promises to get a draft completed by the end of August for distribution to the BoD.
C. Slalom
i. Are we (JCSNE) planning to hold our own event this year? If so, it needs to be scheduled and placed on the events calendar.
D. Bumper Badges
i. HK reported no additional sales.
E. Jaguar Club Archive
i. It was previously suggested by Ed Rubacha (ER) that the club collect in one place all of its memorabilia, including such things as letters, photos, videos, etc.
ii. VR said that Frank Cornell (FC) had considered taking on this task with the help of members to collect the items wherever they can be found. Since FC was not in attendance, further discussion was tabled until the next meeting.
F. Election Night Dinner
i. The most recent newsletter stated that the election night dinner is going to be at the Hawthorn Inn. This is incorrect. It was agreed at the last BoD meeting that the dinner would be at the Avon Old Farms Inn, if available.
ii. EM was tasked with coordinating reservation of AOFI with KH and setting up the menu.

6. New Business
A. JCNA Annual Meeting
i. The JCNA annual meeting is coming up in August (Franklin, TN).
ii. Gary Hagopian requested that he be designated our proxy for voting purposes. Since no members of our club are planning to attend, this was unanimously agreed by the BoD.
iii. VR will contact Dick Howe at JCNA to inform him that Gary will be our proxy.
iv. Issues to be discussed in committee at the JCNA meeting were distributed to interested BoD members for review. These issues should be discussed directly with the appropriate JCNA committee chair.
B. British Invasion
i. This large (600+ cars) multi marque British car show is held in Stowe, Vermont; this year on the weekend of 14 September (register on Friday, show on Saturday). Sunday is dedicated to all manner of 'British' activities such as a 'costume/theme' tailgate picnic with judging, sheep herding demonstration, bagpipers, etc.
ii. There are approximately 50+ classes of cars, including about 6 or more just for various Jaguar models.
iii. Winners are determined by participant voting.
iv. SG mentioned that he won the XJ-S class 3 years running (1995-1996-1997) with his black '89 convertible.
v. Some members indicated that they might attend this year.
C. British Car Gathering
i. This show, held at Wickham Park in Manchester, is put on by the Connecticut Triumph Register. It will be held on a Sunday, sometime around last year's date of 12 September.
ii. It is open to all British marques.

7. Committee Reports
A. Concours ­ Dean Cusano (DC)
i. DC was not present at the meeting.
ii. Several issues were discussed at the last meeting relative to this year's concours. These will be discussed at the next BoD meeting (please review 12 June minutes in advance).
B. Activities Calendar ­ Ed Rubacha (ER)
i. The current calendar was reviewed.
ii. Events not listed on the current calendar include: 8/4 ­ JAG slalom, Mahwah, NJ; 8/19 ­ Chaplin Car Show for cars more than 25 years old, Ed Garrison Park, 485 Phoenixville Road (Rt. 198); 9/9 ­ JANE slalom, Smith & Wesson, Springfield, MA; 9/22 ­ JTC concours, Lyons Veteran Hospital, Lyons, NJ; 10/7 - Middlesex Car Show, Pat Kidney Field, south end of town, about a block from Route 17 and Middletown HS; 10/27 ­ JTC slalom, TBA, NJ.
iii. ER will update the calendar accordingly for publication in The Cat.
C. Membership ­ Hal Kritzman (HK)
i. HK reported that we now have 101 members; the most in quite some time.
ii. Breakdown is as follows: 98 full members, 2 perpetual life members, 1 associate member.
iii. HK created a new membership application form.
D. The Spotted Cat ­ Alta Aldridge (AA)
i. Most members just received the latest newsletter. This time it was not folded and stapled, but this did not seem to hinder delivery in any way.
ii. Stew Jones will be inserting a flyer in the next newsletter (it should have been in this one, but it was readied in time).
iii. AA to coordinate with EM regarding OSJI ad for the next Cat (see below).
iv. Deadline for the next Cat is 31 July.
E. Advertising ­ Ed Messikian (EM)
i. EM will contact OSJI to determine if they are interested in continuing their advertisement in The Cat. If so, they must pay immediately, otherwise their ad will be pulled from the next issue.
F. Slalom ­ Joe Cusano (JC)
i. JC was not present at the meeting, so was unable to report on future activity.
ii. JANE is having a 2nd slalom at Smith & Wesson on 9 September. Registration at 8:30am, FCO at 9:30am. Includes both regular and giant slaloms.
iii. Other upcoming regional slaloms include: 4 August (JAG ­ Mahwah, New Jersey), 27 October (JTC ­ TBA, New Jersey).
iv. SG will contact Gary Hagopian to get a point of contact at Smith & Wesson. The contact point will be passed on to JC for possible future scheduling of a JCSNE slalom at their facility.

8. Future Agenda Items
A. Review of concours critique (see 12 June minutes).
B. Club archive.

9. Next Meeting
A. Date -14 August 2001 (Tuesday).
B. Place - Motorcars Inc.
C. Time - Meeting starts at 7:00PM.
D. Other ­ Meet informally at J. Timothy's for dinner before hand, if desired.

10. Adjournment of Meeting
A. ER moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:34PM. The motion was seconded by SG.
B. It was unanimously agreed by the BoD, and the meeting was adjourned.

11. Summary of Action Items/Status

JCSNE Board Meeting @ J. Timothy's ­ 10 May 2001

Meeting Minutes ­ 24 July 2001

1. Attendees
A. Ten members were present for the meeting.
B. Board members present are identified in bold type:
Virginia Raymond Dean Cusano Ed Rubacha
Steve Gallant Ken Haas Alta Aldridge
Hal Kritzman Ed Messikian Jim Houle

C. Other JCSNE members present at the meeting:
Brian O'Grady Bob Aldridge Bob Lovell
Laura Lovell

2. Call to Order
A. Vice President Dean Cusano (DC) called the meeting to order at 7:45PM.
3. Approval of the Minutes
A. Minutes from the last meeting were not brought up for approval.
4. Treasurer's Report
A. There was no report prepared for the meeting.
5. Old Business
A. Action Item List Status
i. See action list at the end of the minutes for status.
B. Bumper Badges
i. 100 badges were received by Hal Kritzman (HK). The club paid $16 each, and they will be sold to club members for $22 and to non-members at $24.
6. New Business
A. There was no new business discussed at the meeting.
7. Committee Reports
A. Concours ­ Dean Cusano (DC)
i. DC ordered 100 participation plaques.
ii. Championship Division pewter award plates in 3 sizes (14, 12 and 10 inch diameter) were ordered for the show. Total cost was $793. This should be enough to cover the expected number of class awards.
iii. Wooden plaques will be awarded to the winners in the Driven Division.
iv. It was noted that our concours was not listed in the most recent Jaguar Journal. However, Sue Hagopian did send e-mails to all 6 regional clubs notifying them of our concours.
v. Concours invitations were sent out to about 170 club members and other individuals, including room and banquet reservation information at the Hawthorn Inn.
vi. DC offered to send out mailers to approximately 300-500 'possibles' from his mailing list of 2500 Jaguar owners. This offer was endorsed by the BoD.
vii. The concours agenda has been finalized and individual assignments made. These were reviewed at the meeting.
viii. DC and Ken Haas (KH) plan to check out the Hawthorn Inn on Thursday, May 24th, to make sure everything is in place and that there are no surprises on concours day.
ix. Raffle gifts were received from Welsh Enterprises. DC also expects to get some gifts from Engle's. DC will check with Jaguar if they plan on contributing any gifts for the concours.
x. The possibility of having a 'drive-up' trophy presentation to the winners was discussed. HK, DC and Bob Aldridge will confer and decide if this will be done.
xi. Both Championship and Driven Division classes will be combined on the field.
xii. A judges tech session will be conducted by HK prior to the concours. Date and location will be announced by HK. HK reported that there should be enough judges for 3 teams of 3 judges, with 2 'floaters'.
xiii. It was agreed that non-members of JCNA would be allowed to compete if they pay $10, or pay $19 for a half-year's membership in JCSNE.
xiv. There will be a car corral (cars for sale). Entry fee for the corral will be $10.
xv. Steve Gallant (SG) mentioned that a place for the car's VIN needs to be added to the registration form. The VIN is required for all JCNA competitions (concours/slalom/rally).
B. Activities Calendar ­ Ed Rubacha (ER)
i. ER was not present.
ii. The current calendar was not discussed.
C. Membership ­ Hal Kritzman (HK)
i. HK sent a mailing list of club members to Bill Longstreet at his request.
ii. We have a new member ­ Rod Curtis from Wethersfield.
iii. HK gave a new set of mailing labels to Alta Aldridge (AA) to use in mailing the next issue of The Cat.
iv. HK reported that Stu & Alice King are planning to go the Jaguar AGM (Annual General Meeting) in July and would like to bring 150 club lapel pins with them as a giveaway. This issue was not discussed further.
D. The Spotted Cat ­ Alta Aldridge (AA)
i. AA will ask Stu & Alice King if they are interested in being our delegates at the AGM. If so, they will have to be briefed by the BoD regarding our position on the issues to be voted on at the AGM.
E. Advertising ­ Ed Messikian (EM)
i. This was not discussed at the meeting.
F. Slalom ­ Joe Cusano (JC)
i. JC was not present at the meeting, so was unable to report on future activity.
ii. JANE is sponsoring a regional slalom at Smith & Wesson on 20 May. Registration at 8:30am, FCO at 9:30am. Includes both regular and giant slaloms.
8. Future Agenda Items
A. None planned.
9. Next Meeting
A. Date ­12 June 2001 (Tuesday).
B. Place - At J. Timothy's restaurant.
C. Time - Meeting starts at 7:00PM.
D. Other ­ Informal dinner at 6:30pm for those interested.
10. Adjournment of Meeting
A. DC moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:00PM. The motion was seconded by SG.
B. It was unanimously agreed by the BoD, and the meeting was adjourned.

11. Summary of Action Items/Statur

	Action Item	O/C	Who	When	Status/Comment
1	Prepare for concours	O	All	June 3
2	Contact Stu & Alice King	O	AA	July 15	AGM representation
3	Conduct judges tech session	O	HK	By June 3
4	Contact Jaguar	O	DC	ASAP	Regarding gifts for concours raffle
5	Scout out hawthorn Inn	O	DC/KH	May 24	For next concours
6	Mail out flyers to potential concours participants	O	DC	ASAP
7	Decide if 'drive-ups' award ceremony will be conducted	O	DC/HK/BA	By June 3	For next concours

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JCSNE Board Meeting @ Motorcars Inc
9 November 2000

Meeting Minutes by Steve Gallant

1. Attendees
A. Ten board members were present for the meeting.
B. Board members present are identified in bold type:
Jim Houle Dean Cusano Ed Rubacha Ed Messikian
Ken Haas Hal Kritzman Joe Cusano Steve Gallant
Dick Podoloff Alta Aldridge Bob Aldridge Virginia Raymond
Bill Jenkins

C. Other JCSNE members present at the meeting:

2. Call to Order
A. New president Virginia Raymond (VR) called the meeting to order at 7:15PM.
B. VR thanked everyone for their show of support in electing her president for the new year.
C. She stated that the club had set high standards for car show events in the past, and that she did not want the club to compromise its standards for any future planned events where we may participate with other cars/car clubs.
3. Reading of the Minutes
A. Previous secretary Ed Messikian (EM) read the minutes from the 5 October 2000 meeting (after finding themjust kidding Ed!).
B. Bill Jenkins (BJ) moved to accept the minutes as read. This was unanimously agreed by the Board.
4. Treasurer's Report
A. Treasurer Ken Haas (KH) stated that we have $2998.51 in the treasury after the expenditure for the recently held election dinner.
B. VR moved to accept the treasurer's report. This was unanimously agreed by the Board.
5. Old Business
A. Concours - Dean Cusano (DC)
i. Our annual concours will be held 3 June 2001.
ii. DC met with the president of the MG Club of Connecticut, summarized as follows:
a. The president of the MG club seemed positive about the idea of our club having our concours in conjunction with their show at Harkness Memorial State Park.
b. MG Club requirements were: we would need to pay $10/car to them in addition to any entrant's fees we collect; our entrants would have to be mixed in with their entrants (i.e., our 22+ classes would be divided into about 5 Jaguar classes); we can't have a raffle, but we can increase our entrant's fee to cover the cost of a 'door prize' give away. We would also have to help pay for additional portolet costs due to the increased number of show participants.
c. DC offered $5/car since we don't require any trophies from the MG Club (we give away our own), and we will do our own judging. The president asked DC to put this into a letter to be presented to the MG Club BoD for consideration at their next meeting. DC and KH will be invited to this meeting to listen to the deliberation and answer any questions by their BoD.
d. It was stated that non-show participants will have to pay a parking fee of $5/car to the State. Show participants will be able to enter the park at no additional cost.
e. DC was asked if JCSNE was incorporated. We are not; we are part of JCNA (Jaguar Clubs of North America) which is. No more was said about this issue.
iii. DC thinks that because of the increased cost of paying for the portolets and the extra entrant's free to be paid to the MG Club, our concours will be a 'break-even' proposition moneywise. However, it is possible to justify extra expenses next year over those incurred this past year, and therefore we may get more money from JCNA to offset this increase.
iv. DC also stated that because of the much greater effort to stage our concours at Harkness versus Motorcars, we will have to re-double our efforts to promote out concours and attract more cars. In particular, we should have person-to-person contact with other JCNA clubs to make sure that they know of our event and promote it with their members. Alta Aldridge (AA) has contacted Karen Miller (Jaguar Journal) about placing an article in the Jaguar Journal regarding our concours at Harkness.
v. EM asked if we have discussed our plan to have a 'joint' club event with other local JCNA clubs (e.g., JANE) and how they feel about it. This has not been done, and it was felt that it was a non issue. As an aside, the Jaguar Driver's Club of Long Island held their 1999 concours in conjunction with another non-JCNA car club, and this did not seem to bother anyone. In fact, it attracted more participants and spectators because of the larger number of cars on the field.
vi. DC will draft a letter to be presented to the MG Club BoD at their next meeting. This will propose what we will and will not do regarding our joint participation with them at their annual Harkness show. This letter will be circulated to our board members from comment/input before being finalized and presented to the MG BoD.
B. By-laws
i. VR asked for a copy of the current club by-laws, as well as the proposed revision to same (which were never acted upon).
ii. EM gave VR a copy of the by-laws and the proposed revisions.
iii. VR said she will review the by-laws and organize the proposed revisions and then present them to the board for action at the next BoD meeting.
C. Club Jackets
i. EM has ordered 9 jackets from CCC of Pennsylvania. They will be here in a few days.
ii. Approximate cost will be $70, including shipping.
iii. EM will get in touch with members Guy Wolf and Pamela Morrison who had previously expressed interest in buying jackets.
iv. After this initial order, members wanting the jacket can order directly from CCC since they will have the necessary pattern for the club logos, etc.
6. New Business
A. Membership to the BoD
i. VR will review the club by-laws to determine how club members are appointed to the BoD.
ii. VR will report on the procedures at the next meeting.
B. Web Site
i. VR requested a volunteer to perform updates to our club web site (go to <www.MotorcarsInc.com> and follow the links to our club site).
ii. New secretary Steve Gallant (SG) volunteered to update the web site information as part of the secretarial duties.
iii. Special software (Adobe Pagemill) is required to allow site updates. This will be provided to SG by VR. Until this is done, the web site cannot be updated.
iv. It was agreed that edited BoD meeting minutes will be placed on the web site, since some of the information is not meant for broad dissemination. The secretary will be responsible for editing the content of the minutes placed on the web site.
7. Committee Reports
A. Activities Calendar ­ Ed Rubacha (ER)
i. Nothing new to report regarding planned events for next year.
ii. EM will e-mail a draft projected events calendar, for planning purposes, to the board for consideration.
iii. EM reported the election night survey that was undertaken regarding possible events. Some suggestions were:
a. Social ­ Darts tournament (veddy British, don't you think?), Goodspeed opera house, River dinner cruise, Murder mystery cruise, etc.
b. Day Tours ­ Grafton Vermont, Rt. 66 tour, Yankee candle factory, etc.
c. Weekend Tours ­ Northern New England, Foxwoods casino, White mountains, etc.
d. Events ­ Lime Rock races, Scavenge hunt/rally, Picnic, Foliage tour to Lake Wauramaug, etc.
iv. AA asked EM for an events calendar to be placed in the next issue of The Spotted Cat. EM will do his best to put something together.
B. Membership ­ Hal Kritzman (HK)
i. To date, 21 members have renewed for the 2001 calendar year. $372 was turned over to the treasurer.
ii. We have one new member so far: Matthew Fiedler of Milford, Connecticut.
iii. Many current members have had e-mail messages bounced back since they have failed to inform HK of the change. HK requested that AA place a notice in the next Cat requesting that members with e-mail inform HK if their address changes (as well as their snail mail address, of course).
iv. HK gave AA mailing labels from our updated address database for the next series of club mailings, including The Cat.
v. HK received an unsolicited sample of enameled lapel pins that have a very low cost. For example, a 1-inch diameter, 4-color, epoxy covered pin should cost about $1.75 each in quantities of 150 to 200. This should be discussed at the next BoD meeting.
C. The Spotted Cat ­ Alta Aldridge (AA)
i. The deadline for the next Cat is not hard and fast because of the upcoming holidays. Receipt of material for publication will determine the publication date, rather than vice-versa. Nevertheless, material should be submitted within the next 3 weeks or so.
ii. The issue after the next one will go back to the regular publication schedule.
iii. AA was requested by HK to include an article from the Connecticut Council of Car Clubs (CCCC ­ to which JCSNE belongs) concerning the new law allowing cars to use 'period' plates if the numbers are not in use on a modern plate. A 'period' plate is usually one that has a year embossed on it (rather than a sticker). It was stated that this practice stopped in Connecticut sometime around the late 50s.
D. Advertising ­ Ed Messikian (EM)
i. EM will be taking over the effort to increase the number of paid advertisers in The Spotted Cat.
ii. Bob Aldridge (BA) stated that all current ads in The Cat are expired and need to be renewed by the advertisers for the coming year. EM will contact these businesses.
iii. VR emphasized the need to increase advertising in The Cat to offset potential loss of revenue due to the proposed new location of the concours.
E. Slalom ­ Joe Cusano (JC)
i. JC was not present at the meeting, so was unable to report on future activity.
ii. DC mentioned that Stevens Jaguar will probably not be available to hold our slalom since the site is being sold to allow developers to build a Home Depot.
iii. SG suggested that JC/DC contact Gary Hagopian of JANE to get a point of contact for using Smith & Wesson's facility. The Porsche Club of Connecticut holds one slalom a month at S&W (and it is free), so this should be a viable option for our club considering we only hold 1 or 2 events a year.
8. Future Agenda Items
A. Set up of a concours committee.
B. Purchase of lapel pins for the club.
9. Next Meeting
A. 7 December 2000 (Thursday).
B. At J. Timothy's Restaurant.
C. Meeting starts at 7:00PM.
D. Dinner precedes meeting (at 6:00PM) for those interested.
10. Adjournment of Meeting
A. VR moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:45PM.
B. It was unanimously agreed by the BoD, and the meeting was adjourned.
11. Summary of Action Items/Status
# Action Item Who When Status/Comment
1 Circulate to BoD, draft letter to MG Club regarding proposed joint show DC 17 Nov Circulate via e-mail for comment
2 Present proposed by-law revisions to BoD VR 7 Dec
3 Contact GW/PM regarding club jackets EM ASAP
4 Report on BoD membership procedures VR 7 Dec
5 Provide copy of Adobe Pagemill to SG VR ASAP
6 Update web site SG TBD 1 week after receiving software
7 Place meeting minutes (edited) on web site SG TBD 1 week after receiving software
8 Circulate draft of proposed events calendar to BoD for comment ER 17 Nov Circulate via e-mail for comment
9 Send events calendar to AA ER TBD
10 Place address change notice in The Cat AA Next Cat
11 Place CCCC article about 'period' plates in The Cat AA Next Cat
12 Contact current advertisers to renew ads in The Cat EM 24 Nov
13 Contact Gary Hagopian regarding use of S&W for slaloms JC 24 Nov

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JCSNE Board Meeting @ Motorcars Inc ­ 7 December 2000

Meeting Minutes ­ Steve Gallant

1. Attendees
A. Twelve members were present for the meeting.
B. Board members present are identified in bold type:
Virginia Raymond Dean Cusano Ed Rubacha
Steve Gallant Ken Haas Alta Aldridge
Hal Kritzman Ed Messikian Jim Houle

C. Other JCSNE members present at the meeting:
Bob Aldridge Bill Jenkins Dick Emmons
Bill Longstreet

2. Call to Order
A. President Virginia Raymond (VR) called the meeting to order at 7:06PM.
B. VR thanked the Secretary, Steve Gallant (SG), for doing an excellent job in preparing the minutes from last month's BoD meeting.
C. SG thanked the Board for its praise.
3. Reading of the Minutes
A. VR suggested that reading of the minutes was unnecessary since all Board members had received them via e-mail.
B. Bill Jenkins (BJ) moved to accept the minutes, unchanged. This was unanimously agreed by the Board.
4. Treasurer's Report
A. Treasurer Ken Haas (KH) stated that we have $2998.51 in the treasury, unchanged from last month.
B. There is an outstanding bill of approximately $200 to be paid.
C. BJ moved to accept the treasurer's report. This was unanimously agreed by the Board.
5. Old Business
A. Action Item List Status
i. See action list at the end of the minutes for status.
B. Letter to MG Club
i. Sent by DC to John Dubella, former President of the MG Club.
ii. DC is having trouble touching base with John; they've been playing phone tag.
iii. DC will get the name of the new President, and send the letter to him or her, hopefully with better results.
iv. Bill Longstreet (BL) asked if the MG Club event at Harkness was the same as the "British by the Sea" event he has attended in the past. It was stated that this was not the same event.
C. By-laws
i. VR noted that their were many deficiencies in the current by-laws, and asked the BoD if we should undertake a complete revision, accept the already proposed revisions, or leave it alone.
ii. VR suggested that if we choose to undertake a complete revision, maybe it should be done on a piece-by-piece basis.
iii. VR stated that in order to change the by-laws, a 2/3 vote of all the members is required, which complicates any effort to change them.
iv. SG noted that the proposed revisions also had deficiencies and therefore going through the trouble of getting a membership vote did not make sense. He suggested either leaving the by-laws unchanged or undertake a complete rewrite to reflect how we currently operate.
v. ER proposed that the BoD hold a special meeting to discuss any proposed by-law rewrite. This was agreed as making the most sense.
vi. SG volunteered to take on the responsibility of drafting a new set of by-laws, and circulating them to the BoD as soon as they are ready. This draft will be discussed at the meeting mentioned in the item above.
D. Club Jackets
i. EM contacted Guy Wolff and Pamela Morrison via e-mail, but did not hear back from them concerning the purchase of jackets.
ii. EM delivered the jackets at the meeting (they look great, Ed, good job!).
E. Membership to the BoD
i. VR reviewed the club by-laws to determine how club members are appointed to the BoD.
ii. VR stated that the current officers and the immediate past President are members of the board, as well as three other members of the club selected at the President's discretion (at the "pleasure of the president", if you will).
iii. Using her discretion (like Katherine Harris), she appointed Hal Kritzman (Membership Committee chair), Alta Aldridge ("The Cat" editor), and Ed Messikian (Advertising Committee chair).
F. Web Site
i. VR received an e-mail from Jim Houle saying that he would be willing to continue to maintain the Club's web site.
ii. DC went on to describe how the Club web site is currently hosted on his company's hosting provider.
iii. SG will send meeting minutes, and AA will send The Cat, to JH so that he can post selected information on the web site, as deemed acceptable using his discretion.
iv. VR will e-mail JH that the Club would like him to continue his role as Club webmaster.
G. Events Calendar
i. ER circulated in advance to all members of the Board a rough draft of proposed event dates for CY2001.
ii. By a show of hands, it was decided to move our monthly meeting from the 1st Thursday to the 2nd Tuesday of each month, unless otherwise changed to another day. Time of the meetings is unchanged (7:00PM).
iii. The following meeting dates were agreed:
13 February @ Motorcars Inc
13 March @ J Timothy's (dinner @ 6PM preceding meeting)
10 April @ CRRA (211 Murphy Road, Hartford)
08 May @ Motorcars Inc
12 June @ TBA
iv. The following events were agreed:
24 March - Tech Session @ Motorcars Inc @ 1:30PM (leather dyeing by SG and TBA by EM).
20 May ­ Club tour to Yankee Candle Factory and Car Museum in Deerfield, MA (start place and time TBA).
03 June ­ Club concours @ Harkness Memorial State Park (in conjunction with the MG Club of Connecticut)
v. ER will send the agreed events calendar (by the 6th of January) to AA for publication in The Cat.
H. Advertising
i. EM began drafting a letter to the current advertisers in The Cat.
ii. EM requested clarification on the rates to be charged the advertisers. He noted that our last published rates were from 1995, and these were $200/page, $100/half-page, $60/qtr. page and $35 for a 'business card' (this is for 6 issues ­ a full year).
iii. By way of comparison, JANE's rates are approximately double ours. BA pointed out that JANE also has twice the number of members, hence twice the circulation.
iv. EM reported that we have 8 advertisers, one of which (Print World) is free since it does our printing). Also, we have a quid pro quo with British Car magazine since they place our Club ad in their magazine.
v. BA moved to keep our advertising rates the same. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
vi. EM will solicit new advertisers in addition to the existing ones. EM indicated he would get the solicitation letters out to the current advertisers by the end of December.
I. Slalom Site
i. DC stated that he didn't know if JC had gotten in touch with Gary Hagopian regarding the use of Smith & Wesson's facility for our slaloms. This is a high priority item to get on our calendar of events.
6. New Business
A. Lapel Pin
i. HK circulated a proposed lapel pin design to the members of the Board for review. Changes were suggested and incorporated.
ii. The BoD agreed to place an order for 250 @ 92 cents apiece. HK requested a check from the Treasurer for $287.50 to place the order (1/2 required in advance).
iii. At a future meeting, it will be taken up by the BoD whether or not a pin will be given to existing members for free, or just to new members.
iv. HK also brought up the possibility of purchasing 'Bumper Badges' with the Club logo. The price is $8.25 each for a minimum quantity of 100. RA felt that these could be sold through the Club web site at a tidy profit since they are considered quite collectible by members of other JCNA clubs.
v. This issue will be taken up at a future BoD meeting.
B. E-Mail Listing
i. This agenda item was not discussed.

7. Committee Reports
A. Concours ­ Dean Cusano (DC)
i. DC usually by this time has started to determine who will do what, but because of the lack of communication with the MG Club this is on hold for the moment.
ii. DC thinks we will need at least two trucks, if not more, to move things to the Harkness site.
iii. DC is still working on getting in touch with the new President of the MG Club.
iv. SG volunteered to bring his laptop to the concours to handle the registration of the participants and the tabulation of results.
B. Activities Calendar ­ Ed Rubacha (ER)
i. See Old Business, Item 5G.
C. Membership ­ Hal Kritzman (HK)
i. To date, 55 members have renewed for the 2001 calendar year (best ever at this early date). $1160.50 was turned over to the treasurer.
ii. HK thinks we will still get a few more renewals by the early renewal date of 15 December.
iii. The printout of members was received from JCNA. They have requested a membership update which will be provided by HK.
iv. JCNA has requested a listing of the new officers for CY2001. SG will send this information to them as soon as possible.
v. BL asked for a copy of the membership list for personal, non-commercial purposes. Club policy to date has been to not give out the membership list to anyone other than officers or committee chairs for club purposes.
vi. It was agreed to take up this issue at a later meeting for consideration by the BoD.
D. The Spotted Cat ­ Alta Aldridge (AA)
i. The deadline for submittal of material for the next Cat is the 6th of January.
ii. AA indicated that she had a considerable amount of material for the next issue; quite a surprise.
iii. VR wrote an article for inclusion in the next newsletter, but whether it gets inserted or not will depend on successful contact with the MG Club.
E. Advertising ­ Ed Messikian (EM)
i. See Old Business, Item 5H.
F. Slalom ­ Joe Cusano (JC)
i. JC was not present at the meeting, so was unable to report on future activity.
8. Future Agenda Items
A. Membership list distribution.
B. Purchase of 'Bumper Badges' for the Club.
C. Distribution plan for lapel pins
D. E-Mail listing
9. Next Meeting
A. Date -13 February 2000 (Tuesday).
B. Place - At Motorcars Inc.
C. Time - Meeting starts at 7:00PM.
D. Other - Informal dinner beforehand at J. Timothy's (at 6:00PM) for those interested.
10. Adjournment of Meeting
A. BL moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:50PM.
B. It was unanimously agreed by the BoD, and the meeting was adjourned.

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