Secretary's Report APRIL 2026
ARCHIVE REPORTS
CORVETTE CLUB OF MARION COUNTY
General Membership Business Meeting Minutes
April 1, 2026
Prior to the meeting starting, Laptops were open and the big screen projected the Artemis launch
to circle the moon which was successful. Chills and Cheers filled the room.
PRESIDENT: Mike Stone
Mike called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Following the Pledge of Allegiance, Mike
welcomed our guests, Morgan Nebel and Cheri Pettit, from Arnette House. Following their talk
of the good they do for the children of Ocala who are in turmoil due to either home situations,
homelessness, waiting for placement in foster care, truancy or other unfortunate circumstances,
Mike, on behalf of the membership of CCMC, presented them with our donation of $6000 to put
towards educational needs for the children at Arnette House. Morgan and Cheri were most
grateful for the club and all they did to make this gift possible. Morgan and Cheri also spoke
about their upcoming fundraising event of Footgolf Saturday May 9 th at 9 a.m. at Rolling Greens
Executive Golf Course. With a donation of $200 per team of 4, CCMC could enter the Footgolf
tournament. If you cannot play, do come out and cheer the teams on. It is for a worthy cause.
The Executive Board Meeting is April 29 th at Mimi’s, breakfast at 8:30, meeting at 9:30 a.m.
Membership is always welcome to see behind the scenes of topics discussed, upcoming events
and goals for the year.
VICE PRESIDENT: Tina Farabee
Membership Update: 68 families.
New Members: Larry and Julie Bembenek have a Millenium Yellow Corvette. Greg and LuAnn
Gibbs have a 2011 Torch Red C6 Grand Sport Convertible. Dennis Meunier has a 1973 Elkhart
Green T-Top L82 automatic. Welcome everyone! We welcome back Ron Butler who has rejoined
driving his Grey 2023 C8.
Service Providers: Nick had his corvette tires replaced at Lake Tire on 441 as reported at last
month's meeting; however, he forgot to mention to ask for a quote on the website and talk with
Matt as he is the one who will give the discount on tires and alignment as referral from Ed
Williams at WickED.
New Car Purchases/Changes: Michael and Nicole Limper bought a 1968 Lemans Blue T-Top
that he is overhauling the engine on. Lyn Yanss bought herself a Chevy Traverse SUV as a
runaround car and ordered a 2027 Grand Sport Opulent Blue with white stripes. It is expected off
the line for Christmas Delivery or sooner. Congratulations!
Trophies/ Awards: Mark and Carla Pettus won Best in Class for C7 2018-2019 at the Venice Car
Show. Congratulations Mark and Carla!
Picnic Update: July 4 th is the picnic date. A pre-pay of $10 per car can be paid to Tina and will be
returned to you at the picnic or donated to the charities, your choice. This is requested for a count
of people attending so the proper amount of food can be purchased. The picnic is at Molly’s
Farm AKA Dave and Robin Rosser’s. Picnic T-shirts are for sale at $12 to be worn that day.
Please pay Tina. We will have a club participant choice car show with three trophies to be
awarded for member cars only. There will be a raffle of a corvette quilt for a lucky winner.
SECRETARY: Joyce Stone
A motion was made to accept the March 2026 meeting minutes, second made, all in favor,
opposed none, therefore the March 2026 meeting minutes were accepted as posted.
TREASURER: Jack Carroll
Financial Report: March 1 st beginning balance was $21,407.20. One bank deposit was made for
$786.00. Three mobile deposits were made totaling $630.00. One charge was made for $65.
Bank service fee was $5.08. Ending balance March 28 th , is $21,855.49. A motion was made to
accept the March Financial Report, second made, all in favor, opposed none; therefore, the
March 2026 Financial Report was accepted as read.
SPONSOR/VENDOR COORDINATOR: Roger Duty
WickED has renewed his sponsorship for 2026. Gen-One has elevated his sponsorship to
Platinum paying $500. Currently, sponsorship total is $3400.
Pasta Faire and Francesco’s have chosen not to renew their sponsorship; however, they will still
offer a 10% discount on meals when eating there by showing them your current CCMC
membership card.
EVENT COORDINATOR: Cheryl Whiteley
April Events: April 15 th , ORF’s breakfast at the Farmhouse; April 16 th , ice cream at Jeremiah’s;
April 18 th , Chris Cruz Tour, currently have 9 cars and would like to have at least 15; April 22 nd ,
Monthly dinner at Pasta Faire; April 23-25, NCM Bash.
May Events: May 20 th , ORF’s breakfast at Denny’s (West Silver Springs Route 40); May 21 st , ice
cream at Twistee Treat; May 23 rd , Memorial Cruise; May 27 th , Monthly dinner at Primary Tavern.
June Events: June 17 th , ORF’s breakfast at Eggs Up; June 18 th , ice cream at Jeremiah’s; June 19 th ,
Singing River Cruise; June 24 th , Monthly dinner at Pig and Cattle on SR 200.
2026 All-Corvette Car Show: Rosalee D’Altilio
We accomplished a lot at the March show meeting. Flyers and posters are done and printed. We
have rented a 20 x 30 tent that has been ordered and paid for. The Ocala Police have been
contacted for traffic control on exiting. Trophies have been picked out including Best of Show.
We are still looking for volunteers. Please contact the following people if you are interested.
Art Roy – Vehicle Placement.
Judging – Karen Dold.
Traffic – Wayne Tanner.
Baskets – Lyn Yanss.
NATIONAL CORVETTE MUSEUM (NCM) AMBASSADOR: Dave Rosser
We have 7 cars going to the NCM Bash. We will leave Tuesday morning and arrive home
Sunday Evening.
WEBSITE: Lyn Yanss
Lyn reminded membership to use the website. It is very user friendly and all the information
about where, when, how and why is all available. You are missing out if you do not check in.
Questions, ask me and I will be glad to help you.
FACEBOOK: John Farabee
We had 2.7 million views last month and then fell off 36%.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Birthdays: Nancy Duty
Celebrating birthdays this month are Sallie Tanner, Barbie Selvaggio, Lee White, Rene Duprey,
Roger Peterson, Nick D’Altilio and Kevin Turner. Happy Birthday everyone!
Sunshine: Nikki Colom
Get well wishes went out to Robin Rosser. Thinking of you card went out to Linda and Tom
Jones. Sympathy cards went out to Nancy Duty who lost her sister and to Don Peyton who lost
his sister.
Club Shirts- Nikki Colom
The club shirt is a white-collar polo shirt for men and a white shirt/blouse for the ladies.
Purchase your shirt(s), bring it to a meeting with the money and Nikki will have it embroidered
and returned at the next meeting. The logo and name are $15.
Hats/Visors: Don Messenger
Mesh hats and fabric baseball style hats as well as visors with the club logo already on are $15
each and are available at every meeting.
Club Badges: Ernie Brandes
Magnetic name badges are available for $11. See Ernie after the meeting to order and the badge
will be returned to you at the next meeting.
Food4Kids: Ernie Brandes
Thank you to Pete and Nikki Colom for picking up and dropping off bags of food in March. Art
Roy will be picking up and dropping off in March. We currently are picking up16 bags which is
less than last year due to cuts in funding.
OTHER: Rene Duprey wants the membership to know he has a 2.5-ton hydraulic floor carjack in
a carry case for sale. If interested, please see Renee.
RAFFLES: Tina Farabee
50/50 Raffle: John Farabee won $120.
Mimi’s Gift Card: Dave Rosser was lucky tonight.
Motion to Adjourn: A motion to adjourn the meeting was made and seconded. Motion passed.
Meeting adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
Submitted by Joyce Stone, CCMC Secretary