Secretary report may 2025
CORVETTE CLUB OF MARION COUNTY
General Membership Business Meeting Minutes
May 7, 2025
PRESIDENT: Mike Stone
Mike called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. He welcomed all members and guests and led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Mike introduced our Corporate Sponsor, Rich Gruber and his manager, Joey Frampton, of Sullivan Cadillac. Rich thanked the membership for being a part of the car show he had on May 3rd, wherein we brought 24 cars. He also thanked us for working together on the upcoming November 15th Toys 4 Tots Event. In addition, Rich also offers generous discounts on his services (please refer to the heading “sponsors who give discounts”) on the website. To show our appreciation for being our Corporate Sponsor, he was awarded a plaque listing the years he has sponsored us. Rich and Joey were much appreciative and we look forward to seeing it on our visits there. We are also honoring Joe Martin, the owner of Mimi’s, who graciously donates his restaurant to CCMC to hold monthly meetings, not to mention the dozens of mini muffins he donates the day of the car show. Joe and his staff are most accommodating to our club members and offer a 10% discount to CCMC members. To show our appreciation to Joe for being a Gold Sponsor, we awarded him with a plaque listing the years he has been our sponsor and declaring Mimi’s “The Home of the Marion County Corvette Club.”
In other news, the Spring Picnic was well attended with over 39 cars. Thanks to Tina and Team Party for another momentous event. As always, the membership is welcome to attend board meetings which are held the last Wednesday of the month starting with breakfast at 8:30 and meeting starting at 9:30. Meetings are held at Mimi’s.
VICE PRESIDENT: Tina Farabee
Membership Update: We now have sixty-eight members.
New Members/Visitors: New members this evening are Bill Schomburg who has a 2025 Sebring Orange. He has had it for three weeks and just turned 1600 miles. Mike Albano has a 2004 white convertible with red interior. Kevin Turner has a 1978 pace car black and silver. Of note, Kevin is the Deputy Sheriff and drives the police motorcycle. Welcome to all who came as visitors and left being members.
New Car Purchases/Changes: None.
Service Providers Pros/Cons: Tina had good service at Sullivan Cadillac where she went to have tires changed and ended up finding out her brakes were bad; so, while there, she had new brakes and her transmission fluid changed by a certified mechanic.
Trophies/Awards: Larry Heier won “Coolest Custom” at Sullivan Car Show. At WEC Festival of Speed, Wayne Tanner won “Award of Excellence” for his 49 Chevy and Rey Salabarria won “American Muscle Heritage Award”. Mike Kurlakowsky was at Daytona One and won third in class for his 94 Torch Red Coupe. Congratulations to all.
Update of By-Laws: The first two proposals presented to the Board were approved and are now being brought to the membership tonight so they can review and vote on them at the next meeting June 4th. They are as follows:
Under ARTICLE II PURPOSE, SECTION 1 – CLUB ADVERTISING, second paragraph, it currently reads: Therefore, the CCMC Facebook page will be maintained solely for the social interaction of members and interested enthusiasts from other clubs and areas. The CCMC Website will be the repository for the members’ roster, the CCMC event registration, the official club calendar, and a listing of CCMC sponsors.
It is recommended the official club calendar should be changed to a listing of events, etc.
Under ARTICLE V REVENUE AND FINANCE, SECTION 1- DUES, under letter C it currently reads: Dues are payable in full at the first meeting in January. Email notices will be sent to all paid members in October each year. Dues announcements will be given at the monthly business meeting. Dues amount is $50 as set for 2020 and continues until changed per this document.
It is recommended that it should read as: The Board of Directors reviews dues yearly and any change will be communicated to the membership. Email notices will be sent to the membership in September. Monies will be accepted starting in October but must be paid by the first General Membership Business Meeting in January. For any new members joining in October, November or December, the said dues will be counted towards the upcoming year dues.
Proposals prepared by Tina Farabee, Vice President and Joyce Stone, Secretary
SECRETARY: Joyce Stone
April Meeting Minutes: A motion was made to approve April 2025 General Membership Board Meeting Minutes, second made, all in favor; therefore, the April 2025 minutes were accepted as posted.
Correspondence: A thank you note from Arnette House was received and read to the membership thanking CCMC for the generous donation they received. A letter was also received from IES Food4Kids thanking us for the donation. Both charities were appreciative of our support.
TREASURER: Jack Carroll
Financial Report: Beginning balance April 1st was $11,630.27. One bank deposit and three mobile deposits were made totaling $2,045.00. One credit card charge was made for $145.60. Five checks were written totaling $2,872.94. Bank Fee was $5.00. Ending balance on April 30th was 10,942.93. A motion was made to approve the April Financial Report, second made, all in favor; therefore, the April 2025 Financial Report was accepted as shown.
Jack asked the membership for their approval to write a check for $350 to order new checks and deposit slips. Questions were raised why so much money, and the cost of “journal” checks was explained as well as the fact they would last for five years. After a total membership understanding, a motion was made to approve writing the check for $350, second made, all in favor; opposes none; therefore, the motion carried.
Sponsor Coordinator: Roger Duty
A check was received from Ed Williams for $400 of WickED Performance. The total monies received in sponsorship is now $3100.
The sponsor plaques are complete and will be handed out to the sponsors.
EVENT COORDINATOR: Nick D’Altilio and Cheryl Whiteley
May Events: May 21st, Ice Cream Cruise-In at Twistee Treat; May 24th, Memorial Day Cruise.
June Events: June 16th, Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park; June 18th, Ice Cream Cruise In at Jeremiah’s Italian Ice.
July Events: July 16th, Ice Cream Cruise-in at Twistee Treat; July 17th, St. John’s River Cruise.
NCM AMBASSADOR: Dave Rosser
Museum Update: Dave would like to arrange for us to attend the NCM Bash April 23rd-25th of 2026. We would travel to Kentucky to the Corvette Museum and then travel to the Tail of the Dragon to the Biltmore Inn. The Museum will make all the reservations for hotel stays and restaurants. More information will be forthcoming. If interested, please let Dave know. Reservations will need to be made early.
Dave was talking with the insurance department for corvettes, and they said thefts were up particularly for C6, C7 and C8 corvettes. Apparently, there is theft by stealing fob codes. John Farabee said there is a solar antitheft device to snatch codes. Please talk to them for more information on this.
WEBSITE: Linda Yanss
The backdoor is complete. The treasurer report is now showing. Work continues on email integration.
FACEBOOK/CAR SHOW: Roger Peterson
Facebook has been active, particularly looking at events the club is doing.
We have a car show meeting on May 14th at Mimi’s at 9:30 a.m. The bumper car is the feature car covering the years 1968-1982. We only have one bumper car registered for the show as of now. The show shirt is $18. See Rosalee if you would like to order one. Baskets will be kicked off in June. Joyce has 20 baskets ready to be filled and will be taking donations at every meeting. Suggestions will be available at the June meeting.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Birthdays: Nancy Duty
May birthdays include Jim Winburn, Carol Brandes, Joyce Read, Ruth Ann Hines, Pat Rolph, Colleen Smith, Stanley Patten, Mike Kurlakowsky, Mary Grace Sullivan, Gail Messenger, Vicki Chick. Happy Birthday Everyone!
Sunshine: Rosalee D’Altilio covering for Nikki Colom
In April, Get Well cards went out to Robin Rosser, Roger Duty, Eileen Peterson, Jack Carroll, Tom Jones, and Sue Carroll. A thinking of you card went out to Walter Joyner, Rene Dupray, Lynda Goodman and Lee White.
Club Shirts/Hats: Don Messenger covering for 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 them to a meeting with the money and Nikki will have them embroidered and returned at the next meeting. The logo and name is $15. Checks can be made out to Brenda Hawter. All shirt embroidery/logo sales must go through CCMC.
Mesh hats and fabric hats as well as visors with the club logo already on are $15 each and are available at all meetings.
Club Badges: Ernie Brandes
Magnetic name badges are available for $11. See me after the meeting to order and the badge will be returned to you at the next meeting.
Food4Kids: Ernie Brandes
Thank you, Art, and Jeanne Roy, for picking up and delivering food bags to the school in April. Carol and I will be closing out the school year in May. There is no summer program. The 2025-2026 school year calendar will be out in August to start again in September. Thank you to everyone who donates their time.
RAFFLES:
50/50: Dave Rosser $72.
Mimi’s Gift Card: Larry Tennison won the $10 gift card.
Auction: Nick auctioned off various C6 accessories that were donated. Bruce Yancy and Rey Salabarria duked it out and each walked away with the winnings. Money received is donated to our charities.
MOTION TO ADJOURN: A motion was made to adjourn the meeting, second made, all in favor; therefore, the May General Membership Business Meeting was adjourned at 8:11 p.m.
Submitted by Joyce Stone, CCMC Secretary