Monthly Meeting Minutes February 19, 2018

30 Members in attendance.

CMGC President Ray Hansen opened the meeting at 8:03 pm and noted the regular club meeting will be followed by the annual Business meeting after the break.

Car Projects
Dean Hickenlooper finally completed the V8 conversion for his 1977 MGB. Looking forward to the upcoming Driving Season.
Doug Clark completed the installation of a retractable sunroof on his MGBGT. The sunroof kit was purchased from Legacy Products> in Arizona and installed by Riggs Bros in Downers Grove.
Kevin Carlson asked which type of bushings he should use to replace on his 1967 MGB. Reply was red bushings to use; V8 for the A-arm assembly.

Past Events (detail summaries of these events were in the February Driveline issue)
January 19-21 – Amtrak Road Trip (Detroit Auto Show) Good train ride, great hotel, mediocre auto show

Upcoming Driving/Social Event Schedule (additional details of these events are in the March Driveline issue)
March 24 – Indoor Racing School - Blackhawk Raceway
April 19 - Swap Meet - Jim Evans notes this is the 22nd Annual event for the club and need the support of members to make it a success. A sign-up sheet was passed around. 60 of the possible 100 vendor booths have been sold; this is less than last year at this time.

Break/ 50:50 raffle – CMGC member – Tim Schafer -- was the winner of $25. Dave Bralich and George Phariss opted for a pair of driving gloves.

CMGC Annual Business Meeting
A complete summary of the Annual Business Meeting can be found on the CMGC website in the ‘members only’ section. You will need the member name and password.
http://chicagolandmgclub.com/home.html

2017 Summary - Ray Hansen – 2017 saw several initiatives accomplished with a few still on-the-table for the new year.
- Membership - Victor L’Heureux - Membership has been decreasing slightly for the past five years with 24 new members joining the CMGC in 2017. Our current renewals to-date for 2018 total 169 members. This is slightly less than previous year’s renewal progress. There are potentially 71 current members that have not yet renewed their membership to-date.
- Regalia - George Phariss – Continued to monitor sales and evaluate products that are available at our online store at fieldhouse.com/mg. Continued to sell off old inventory and added new inventory of Hats, Grill Badges, and received the new windshield stickers.

- Library - Bill Mennell - For calendar year 2017 we spent $98.78 for four new items. One book was lost by a member who refunded the club. If you have any suggestions for additions to our library, please let me know. Just remember that we have a limited budget, so a $100 fancy coffee table book is out of the question.
- Website - Barney Gaylord – Activity has been brisk regarding technical information pages but ‘hits’ to club activities has declined. Noted also was a decline of member-submitted pictures of activities.
- Driving Events – Jamie Schafer - 2017 was the fifth year that the Vintage MG Car Club of Chicago and the Chicagoland MG Club shared the Driving Events, the combined calendar offered a variety of driving events and participation continued to increase. The 22 events saw 113 different members participating 335 times. These numbers went down at bit (37 less participants but more members).
- Driveline - Victor L’Heureux - The CMGC Driveline was successfully published and distributed via two methods of delivery to over 250 members and other MG car clubs monthly. The average publication contains 20 pages of club activities and articles.
- Treasurer Report - Phil Wydra – The year ended with $6,728 in checking, $19,239 in savings for a total of $25,967. Club is no longer operating at a deficit. Net cash flow is positive.

2016 Club Awards
The following awards were presented:

Safety Fast: Success in competitive driving – Jeff Powell

Maintaining the Breed: Commendable efforts in restoration work – Tim Schafer

Ambassador at Large: Promoting goodwill towards the club through contacts with other organizations – Dino Perez

New Members of the Year: Enthusiastic contribution from a new member - Melissa Gonzales

Cream Crackers: Contribution to the MG community -Steve Sparks & Jody Simmons

President’s Award: Special Appreciation – Victor L’Heureux

With no further business to discuss, president Ray Hansen closed the meeting at 9:42 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Victor L’Heureux