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June 2019
Delaware Valley NCRS Chapter Newsletter
Chairperson’s Notes By Dan Soldano
The NCRS National Convention is scheduled for 14 Jul through 19 Jul in Greenville, SC. What a better way to get there than to participate in the Mid‐Atlantic road tour run by Steve Gansky! His planning and tour sites are always excellent and they provide something for everyone. If you’ve never been on a national road tour, now is the time as the National Convention is on the east coast this year. At our upcoming meeting on 5 June I will show a presentation concerning the new concours judging the NCRS has begun to undertake. If you were in Lakeland and observed concours judging in any way, now is your chance to help “spread the news”. Additionally, since I am not well versed in concours judging, it would be advantageous to the membership for anyone to add information that might be applicable. Stephen Veneziale has set up a Del Val Facebook page, and if you are on Facebook, go check out the “group”. If you choose not to participate in social media, check with Steve and he can show you his work. If anybody has any ideas or suggestions along with offers to help, please let him know. Also, if anybody would like to plan a chapter road tour, please let me know so we can pick some potential dates. Keep in mind that Bloomington Gold takes place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway from June 20 through 23 June. Many of our chapter members are experienced Bloomington judges, and it is quite the experience to be in a place where they hold “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”. I don’t know if it is on the schedule there at IMS for 2019, but last year I had the opportunity to ride shotgun with an instructor from Spring Mountain in a 2019 ZR1. All I had to do was to test drive any Chevy product, and that gave me the opportunity to take that ride. A short video of that ride can be seen at this URL, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFD2e7X87cY Remember to turn the sound up on your computer. Remember to drive your Corvette to our next meeting on 5 June as that will be the first of our dinner/cruise nights this year. Cruise in at 7PM and dinner at 8PM. Cost for dinner is $10. Thanks as always to Elaine Raisner for making dinner arrangements and to John Keane for handing the finances for this. The date for our next chapter meeting is 14 Aug. The reason for meeting being so early in August is that Corvettes at Carlisle is a few weeks after that, and our chapter will be heavily involved in the Gallery. Remember that Tom Hoyer can’t produce this great newsletter that he always does without member input. Also, if you have any ideas for a tech session or would like to be part of one during the year, please let Frank or me know.
In this issue: Chairperson’s Notes Chapter History – Year 31, 2008 Classic Car Auction Bidding 2019 Mid-Atlantic Road Tour NCRS National BOD Meeting Minutes Meeting Notice / Dues Notice 2019 Calendar For Sale / Wanted Run for the Ribbons Application
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Delaware Valley Chapter – 2008 (Year 31) By: Club Historian Bob Cook
For this newsletter we will review the year 2008, the 31st year of the Chapter. Officers in 2008 included: Chairman – John Kane; Vice Chairman – Tim Raisner; Secretary – Kevin Goodman; Treasurer – John Keane; Meet/Activity Chairwoman – Elaine Raisner; Judging Chairman – Frank Stech; Newsletter Editor – John Mulhern III; Website Administrator – Hal Emrich. The year 2008 kicked off with a number of chapter members heading to the Florida Regional, held at Old Town in Kissimmee, FL. It was well attended with over 100 cars judged – one of the largest regionals to that date. The formation of the Award Confirmation service was announced – allowing people to get the results of all previous NCRS judging for any Corvette for a fee of $300. As of the dates of the Regional Barrett‐Jackson had already requested Award Confirmations for all Corvettes consigned for their 2008 auction. (They found two Corvettes that had never been judged and one who claimed a top flight but had only received a second flight.) This was the first year that the Mecum Auction moved away from the Regional grounds to a new location. (The Mecum auction started as a part of the Regional, but had outgrown it by 2008 – and is now a 3000 plus car auction, the biggest in the country.) A “Rear Spindle Trailing Arm Overhaul” seminar presented by Tim Raisner was held May 21st with a Deli Buffet. Reports were that it was well attended and that the Buffet was really good. The 2008 Pennsylvania Regional was held from June 12 through June 14, hosted by the Pittsburgh Tri‐State Chapter at the Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Champion, PA. Many chapter members and their families were in attendance. The 2008 National Convention was held from July 20 through July 24 in St. Charles, MO (St. Louis suburb). Many chapter members made the trip to the convention, a number of whom went with the Corvette Road Tour led by Bill Sangrey of Carlisle. At the convention the Delaware Valley Chapter again received a top flight chapter award for the fourth time. (At that time only about 25% of the chapters received this award.) The NCRS Gallery VIII was held at Corvettes at Carlisle the end of August. Chapter members supported the Gallery well and found a number of Corvette owners interested in joining NCRS and the Delaware Valley Chapter. The 28th Run for the Ribbons was held October 5 at Bryner Chevrolet, a week earlier than usual. There were 34 judged cars – 25 top flights; 8 second flights; and 1 third flight. There were two Duntov displays; one McLellan display; one Bowtie display; one crossed flag display; and seven Sportsman cars. Later in the fall, Kevin Goodman and Hal Emrich organized a road tour of Bucks County covered bridges. It was held on October 26 and was well attended. And, on November 1, a C4 Performance Verification Judging Clinic was held at County Corvette in West Chester, PA. The last event of the year was the Holiday Party held at Earl’s Restaurant in Peddler’s Village, Lahaska, PA.
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Judging at the Florida Regional – 1/11/2008
Dave McLellan at the Florida Regional – 1/12/2008
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Frank Andolara and “Quiet John” Rushak at the Regional (two of the members we have recently lost)
Mid‐Atlantic Chapter Tech Session – 2/23/2008
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A Judging School hosted by the Mason‐Dixon Chapter – 4/13/2008
Pennsylvania Regional – Seven Springs Resort – 6/13/2008
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Seven Springs Regional – Steve Cook waiting to be judged – 6/14/2008
The Road Tour to the national convention led by Bill Sangrey left July 14
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A Drive‐in movie theater was set up for the Road Tour on the 4th night – 7/18/2008
The convention was held in St. Charles, MO, a suburb of St. Louis – 7/23/2008
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Gallery VIII was again held in the off‐site building – 8/24/2008
The Run for the Ribbons was held at Bryner Chevrolet – 34 cars were judged – 10/5/2008
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A C4 Performance Verification Seminar was held at County Corvette – 11/1/2008
Announcement Bob Fox is now a very happy Great Grandfather to a girl born on May 7 weighing 9.2 pounds and 22 in. long.
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Classic Car Auction Bidding By: Bob Cook Auction results have become a common way to estimate the value of your Corvettes. The various car magazines to which I subscribe list the sold price (including buyer’s fee) but if it does not sell, they list the high bid (with no buyer’s fee). So, people tend to value a car based on either by what is sold for or by the high bid. The fallacy here is that the high bid means nothing. Let me explain. Even the folks who review the auction results for specific cars often comment on the high bid. If the car does not sell, they will say, “the high bid should have been enough to buy the car” or “the seller should have taken the high bid”. It’s obvious that they are assuming that the high bid announced during the auction or reported on the auction company website was a “real bid”, which often is not the case. In an auction where cars have a “reserve”, the auctioneer can run the bid up without anyone actually bidding. This is a common in most auctions (not so in non‐reserve auctions or with cars listed as no‐reserve). People tend to think of this as being “unethical”. (It’s often said that the tent poles were bidding – but unfortunately, the tent poles don’t generally have much money.) I think this bidding process applies to the traditional American auctions, perhaps not so much for the English‐style auctions which tend to be mostly really high‐dollar cars. There are several reasons that auctions operate in this fashion. The seller brings his car to be sold if it reaches the “reserve” that he sets before the auction. He has the right to drop his reserve during the auction and in most auctions, the company wants the owner to be on the auction‐block so they can try to get the owner to drop the reserve if they get a bid close to the reserve. In fact, it is smart for the owner to set the reserve a little higher than he is willing to take, because that gives him the ability to negotiate during the auction. (Although as a seller, you should have done your homework and know what similar cars have sold for in the recent past. An unrealistic expectation of the value of your car will likely result in a no‐sale.) The seller’s commission generally runs about 10%. If a car with a $50,000 reserve gets bid to $46,000, the auction representative will ask the owner to drop his reserve (because “that’s a good bid for your car”), but the owner then has the option to say he will drop the reserve if the auction company agrees to cut their commission to $1,000 – or whatever. That would give the owner $45,000 from the sale – the same as if the car had sold at $50,000 with a 10% commission. The auction company will sometimes negotiate the commission because they also get 10% of the bid price as a “buyer’s fee” from the purchaser. You can sometimes hear the sellers negotiating at the Mecum auctions when they are broadcast on the TV. But, don’t put the reserve too high or the auctioneer will run the car through quickly and not work very hard to sell it since he thinks that the car will never get close to your too‐high reserve. Most of the auctioneers work a lot of auctions and they pretty well know how much they can get for a given car. Back to the bidding practices, if the seller does not sell the car, he wants the car to have bid as high as possible. In the case of the $50,000 reserve car, the auctioneers feel pretty safe running the bids up to 70 or 80% of the reserve – believing that the owner will not say “drop the reserve and sell it” at that amount. Then, if the car does not sell, the seller can take the car home, put it on eBay and tell interested parties, “I turned down $40,000 at the Mecum auction – I need more than that for the car”. If there had been few bids on the car and the auctioneer did not “run up” the bids, the bids on the car may have ended at
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$25,000. Now the potential buyer from eBay says, “your car only bid to $25,000 at the Mecum auction (it’s on the Mecum website), so I think it’s only worth about that amount – maybe I can give you $27,000”. So, the bottom line is that a seller would not be happy if the auctioneer did not run up the bids to a reasonable amount, even if he does not sell the car. And, it does not look good for the auction company if they can only get a $25,000 bid on a $40 or 50,000 car – that does not make me want to take my car to that auction to sell. And, if there are no bids and the auctioneer did not “run up” the bids, the car would be passed on in a few seconds and the seller would think that the auction company did not try very hard to sell his car. And, from another point of view, some people get into the excitement of the auction and wait until the car has a few bids before they want to join in the bidding. Some folks will not bid on a car that goes nowhere on the block. There is little excitement in that. And the seller is not going to sell the car until it gets near his reserve, so there is no reason not to “run up” some bids to try to pick up a real bidder in the process. Occasionally, the auctioneer gets “caught” calling a “tent pole” bid and does not want to lose the previous bid. (Maybe the seller has decided to drop his reserve.) You will hear the auctioneer say to the ring man, “I thought your bid was XXX” like he misunderstood the amount bid and is confused – and then the bid will go back to the last “real” bid that he had. It happens! So, it may seem an “unethical” process, but there are good reasons for why it is done that way. and auctions would not be the same if it did not happen. Of course, in a no‐reserve auction the bids have to be real and there is generally no negotiating of commissions. (Although in some cases the auction company will sell the car for less than the reserve but give the seller the same amount as if it had sold at the reserve price – again, because they make the 10% buyer’s fee and are willing to take less for the commission in order to make the sale.) Your only option is to buy‐back your own car if it does not reach an acceptable number at a no‐reserve auction. I have heard that it is not uncommon for cars to be bought‐back by their owners in the Barrett‐Jackson auctions and the percentages of buy‐backs (mentioned to me) are hard to believe. Of course, that means that the seller has to pay 20% of the final bid – 10% commission and 10% buyer’s fee – to get his own car back. Every auction company would probably like to have no‐reserve auctions because they will get both the seller’s and the buy’s commissions for every car in the auction. But most sellers want to be protected from a really low bid price and are more comfortable having a reserve, even though generally commissions for no‐reserve cars are several percentage points lower. Barrett‐Jackson got so popular and got a reputation for high selling prices so that they have been able to require all no‐reserve cars except for a few very high‐dollar consignments. The bottom line here is that the only time you know what a car is worth from an auction is when it is announced “sold”. High bids really don’t mean much, because we don’t know if there was any real money bid on the car – and as I implied earlier, the tent poles usually default on their bids. So, in the auction reviews, you need to take the reviewer’s comments “with a grain of salt” if the car did not sell and he says that the seller should have taken the high bid.
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Bob Gold and I (and lots of volunteers) put on the “Bob Gold Auction” at Bloomington Gold for 5 years (1989 through 1993) and then moved the auction to Corvettes at Carlisle for another 6 years (1994 through 1999)
2019 Mid-Atlantic Road Tour – National Convention
Mid‐Atlantic Road Tour: Led by Steve Gansky
Day 1 stops at Mike & Lea McCagh's Farm where we meet up with the Central PA Road Tour. We have lunch at Mike's brother's Brew Pub, and then head up the Skyline drive to overnight at the Skyland Resort located at the Pinnacle of Skyline Drive.
Day 2 takes us to Natural Bridge and then to The Greenbrier Resort and a Bunker Tour.
Day 3 is on to the Princeton Railroad Museum and then Canyon Rim NP.
Day 4 starts at the Aviation Museum of Lexington and then on the Bourbon trail to Barton’s Distillery. Finish up at fabulous Mammoth Cave.
Day 5 is Corvette Day. Start at the Museum, tour the Plant (if tours have resumed) and track time on your own if desired. On to Falls Creek State Park to finish out the day.
Day 6 visits a Muscle Car Museum, driving the Tail of the Dragon and on to the LNO in Ashville.
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DELAWARE VALLEY CHAPTER National Corvette Restorers Society
Wednesday June 5, 2019
MEMBERSHIP MEETING CRUISE / DINNER NIGHT $10pp
7 PM - 10 PM
Location: LuLu Shiners Complex 5140 Butler Pike · Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462
Hope to see everyone Wednesday night!
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NATIONAL CORVETTE RESTORERS SOCIETY Board of Directors Meeting
Indianapolis, Indiana March 27, 2019
NCRS Board of Directors Meeting was called to order at 7:00 AM EDT Present were: Mike Ingham, Bill Baker, John Ballard, Mike Ernst, Dave Ewan, Bob Johansen, John Perrette, Sue Strawmyre, Mark Tulley Dave Brigham, Joan Burnett, Carlton Colclough, Larry Colvin, David King, Vinnie Peters, John Tidwell, John Waggoner A number of general members were present in the audience. Bill Baker moved, and Mark Tulley seconded, to accept the minutes from the July 20, 2018 Board Meeting.
Passed: 9 for, None against.
1. Election/Appointment of Officers, Managers and Editors a. Mark Tulley nominated Mike Ingham as NCRS President. There were no other nominations.
i. Voting result: Mike Ingham: 8 votes, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham). b. Mike Ingham appointed Dave Ewan as Vice President.
i. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Dave Ewan). c. Mike Ingham nominated John Tidwell as Financial Officer. There were no other nominations.
i. Voting result: John Tidwell: 9 votes. d. Mike Ingham made the following appointments:
i. Larry Colvin as Secretary. 1. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham).
ii. Dave Ewan as National Events Chairman. 1. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham).
iii. Dave Brigham as National Judging Chairman. 1. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham).
iv. Vinnie Peters as Restorer Editor & Driveline Editor. 1. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham).
v. Marilyn Heitzman as Membership Services Manager. 1. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham).
vi. David King as Merchandise Sales and Inventory Manager. 1. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham).
vii. Joan Burnett as NCRS Foundation Chair. 1. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham).
viii. Carlton Colclough as Public Relations Officer, National Sponsor Liaison, and National Corvette Museum Liaison.
1. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham). ix. Kay and Scott Sinclair as National Road Tour Co-Chairs.
1. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham). x. Bill Sangrey as Archive Director.
1. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham). xi. Sue Strawmyre as Youth Activities Coordinator.
1. Approved: 8 for, None against, 1 abstained (Mike Ingham).
2. Reports to the Board
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a. President’s Report – Mike Ingham. i. Thanked everyone for the honor of being NCRS President. ii. Pleased with how the Board operates. iii. Would like the Board to continue planning for the future.
b. Vice President’s Report – Dave Ewan. i. Main concern: declining membership. ii. Need to focus on increasing membership numbers. iii. Thanked Mike Ingham and John Tidwell for their efforts on behalf of the
organization. c. Secretary’s Report – Larry Colvin
i. Discussed results of the 2018 Board elections: 1. Region I: Mark Tulley: 19 votes (18 online, 1 paper). 2. Region II: John Perrette: 112 votes (107 online, 5 paper). 3. Region II: Shannon Urton: 89 votes (73 online, 16 paper) 4. Region III: Sue Strawmyre: 17 votes (12 online, 5 paper). 5. 88.6% of all votes were entered online.
ii. Reviewed all the types of minutes documents to come out of Board meetings. 1. General Board meeting minutes. 2. Summary General Board meeting minutes.
a. Printed in the Restorer magazine. 3. Executive Board meeting minutes. 4. Foundation Board meeting minutes.
d. Financial Report – John Tidwell. i. John reviewed the 2017-2018 financial results and budgets for 2019. ii. The Greenville, South Carolina national convention is on schedule for
registrations but running behind on cars. iii. Mike Ingham thanked John for timely financial results and budgets.
e. Judging Report – Dave Brigham. i. Chapter members should be out soliciting Concours cars. ii. Concours events are best held at the Chapter level. iii. Conducted a good judges’ retreat the previous week.
1. Broke even, financially. 2. Positive feedback from attendees.
iv. Judges seem to be more open-minded. v. Attended by a lot of younger members.
f. Membership – Marilyn Heitzman i. Average new member age declined to 60.9 from 61.1 years.
1. This data is derived from only members who have entered their ages. ii. There are some discrepancies between the number of members shown in
different data sources. iii. Postage costs are going up. iv. There is a 30-day grace period on publications delivery for expired
memberships. v. Discussion of the effectiveness of different member contact methods. vi. Question was asked about the number of Chevelle-Nova-Camaro and
Shipping Data Report transactions. g. Merchandise Sales – David King.
i. Manuals are selling well.
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ii. All NCRS direct merchandise is made in the USA. iii. Most apparel is made outside the USA.
h. Road Tour Report. i. 87 current registrations for the Greenville National Convention. ii. Eastern conventions have larger Road Tour attendance levels.
i. Publications – Mike Ingham. i. Publications Committee reviews all publications before printing. ii. Praised Vinnie Peters for his work on the publications and Carlton Colclough
for his help with advertisers. j. Restorer and Driveline – Vinnie Peters.
i. Vinnie reviewed the publications status report. ii. Eliminating pages from the Driveline by inserting links to event information and
not printing all the event details in the publication. iii. The suggestion was raised to share printing with other outside publications in
order to save costs. 1. Consensus that this would not be practical.
k. National Corvette Museum (NCM) Report – Carlton Colclough. i. Now is a good time to try to advance the NCRS/NCM relationship.
1. 50% of the NCM Board are already NCRS members. ii. There are 2 Boards at the NCM: NCM Board and the Motorsports Park Board.
1. Each Board has 9 members. iii. Carlton suggested giving all NCM Board members complementary NCRS
memberships. 1. Mike Ernst moved, and John Perrette seconded, to provide all active
NCM Board members with complementary NCRS memberships. a. Passed: 9 for, None against.
l. Public Relations – Carlton Colclough. i. Carlton reviewed the Public Relations Status Report (attachment).
m. Website/IT – John Waggoner. i. John reviewed the Website/IT Status Report. ii. Reviewed NCRS Chapter leadership roles and to what national data they have
access. 1. Update capability is usually restricted to one person in a Chapter role
in order to centralize accountability. 2. John asked for feedback from Board members on how well the data
access process is working. 3. Some Chapter leaders may require more access to reports.
iii. John informed the Board that there may be a future requirement to upgrade the NCRS forum software.
1. This may require some IT staff work to accommodate some current functions that have been added to the current software.
2. This expense will be in the future. iv. Social Media Update.
1. The Board reviewed the Social Media Status Report by Lauren Girdler.
2. Discussion of Facebook group access methods. 3. Mike Ingham collected Board questions for Lauren.
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a. Lauren will call Mike to discuss what the Board wishes to accomplish through social media.
n. Activities – Dave Ewan i. National Conventions Status – Dave Ewan
1. 2019 Greenville, SC. a. Hotel rooms sold out in 4 hours. b. Busses will only go to official NCRS locations.
2. 2020 French Lick, IN. a. This is the first event of the new organizational model.
i. No Chapter members directly involved. b. Holding a pre-planning event at the site after this Board meeting. c. Currently defining tours and events.
3. 2021 Palm Springs, CA. a. There will be a tour of the World War II museum. b. Need to find some additional tours. c. All event buildings are interconnected so there will be no need to
go outside. ii. Regional Meets – Dave Ewan.
a. 2021 Regional Schedule. i. The Iowa Chapter is proposing a Regional event in Cedar
Rapids, IA, June 3-6. 1. Windham Hotel has $85-$90 per night room rate. 2. The Hawkeye Downs Speedway is nearby. 3. Bill Baker moved, and Mark Tulley seconded, to
approve the Iowa Chapter Regional proposal of an event to be held in Cedar Rapids, IA.
a. Passed: 9 for, None against. ii. The Texas Chapter is negotiating a new contract with the
Embassy Suites Hotel in Frisco, TX to continue to hold their Regional event there
1. Dave Ewan moved, and Bob Johansen seconded, to approve a 5-year commitment to hold the Texas Regional at the Frisco, TX Embassy Suites location.
a. Passed: 9 for, None against. b. 2022 Convention Proposals.
i. ConferenceDirect has made the following suggestions: 1. Chattanooga, TN. 2. Mobile, AL.
ii. Mike Ingham, Dave Ewan, Dave Brigham, and John Tidwell will make site visits.
c. Discussion about possibly moving the National Convention date to September.
d. Mobile, AL site over July 4th may conflict with members’ family plans.
e. Proposal will be presented at the July, 2019 Board meeting after the team makes site visits.
iii. National Convention Team Status – Mike Ingham, Dave Ewan.
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1. The 2020 French Lick, IN event will be the first National Convention run under the new model where the event is mainly conducted by a dedicated national team.
a. Local Chapter members will mainly be used for their local knowledge.
2. Mike has been looking for feedback on roles and responsibilities. 3. Mike asked for any suggestions of people who might fill the roles still
vacant on the organization chart, or any missing tasks. a. Tab room design was suggested as an additional task.
4. Suggestion was made to have one person who has an overview of the entire event project, an “Event Manager”.
a. This person might come from ConferenceDirect. 3. Old Business
a. Report on Barrett-Jackson Status – John Tidwell. i. NCRS will be at the next Barrett-Jackson event in Las Vegas. ii. Participation after Las Vegas event is yet to be determined. iii. Value of Barrett-Jackson participation is television exposure.
1. Estimated that exposure at the Scottsdale event was worth about $250,000.
b. NCRS Participation in National Corvette Museum (NCM) 25th Anniversary – Carlton Colclough.
i. Costs for the NCRS booth and tent are sponsored. ii. A 1994 Corvette will be displayed. iii. New members joining at the event will get a 1-year membership at the 1994
price ($25). 1. Renewal will be at the current price. 2. Goal is to add 100 new members.
iv. Carlton reminded the group that attendees to the 25th celebration must register in advance.
v. NCRS participation will help determine what the NCRS/NCM future relationship can be.
vi. Booth and tent are in an advantageous physical location. vii. NCRS will be selling printed material, doing a presentation on the history of the
NCRS, and conducting a judging seminar. viii. Dave Hill will be spending some time in the NCRS booth.
c. Update on NCRS Participation at Bloomington Gold-Charlotte – Carlton. i. The Hendrick organization will get space at the event for the NCRS. ii. Event is run in conjunction with the Queen City Corvette Club. iii. The show is dedicated to the memory of Jim Perkins, a previous general
manager of General Motors. d. NCRS Foundation Code of Regulations (Bylaws) Proposal – Joan Burnett, Mark
Tulley, Dave Brigham. i. Establish a “Board of Corporators”.
1. The 9 members of the NCRS Board of Directors. ii. Establish a Foundation “Board of Directors”.
1. Current NCRS President. 2. Current NCRS Financial Officer.
a. Becomes the Foundation Financial Officer.
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3. 5 at-large Foundation Directors. a. Each will be on 3-year staggered terms.
iii. A 2/3 vote of the Corporators and Foundation Boards will be necessary to change the Foundation Code of Regulations.
1. 15 voters: a. 9 Corporator Board members. b. 5 at-large Foundation Board members. c. 1 Financial Officer.
iv. Discussion regarding how donations should be funneled to the Foundation. 1. Consensus that the method needs to follow donor’s wishes.
e. Selection of 5 At-Large Directors for The NCRS Foundation Board – Joan Burnett, Mark Tulley, Dave Brigham.
i. Joan has been considering candidates to fill the at-large Director roles: 1. Joan Burnett. 2. Gary Chesnut. 3. Michael Johnson. 4. Jim Loughlin. 5. Bill Sangrey.
ii. Initial terms will be adjusted to facilitate staggered roll-offs. iii. Bill Baker moved, and Mark Tulley seconded, to approve the nominated
Foundation Board of Director candidates as presented. 1. Passed: 8 for, 1 against (John Perrette).
4. New Business a. Hendrick Proposal for Jim Perkins Award – Vinnie Peters.
i. Award is in memory of Jim Perkins, a former general manager of General Motors and senior leader of the Hendrick organization.
ii. Award could be given to anyone, whether they are NCRS members or not. iii. Dave Ewan moved, and Bob Johansen seconded, to award a Jim Perkins
Memorial Award to a selected recipient, whether or not that person is an NCRS member.
1. Passed: 9 for, None against. b. Update on NCRS Legal Counsel – Mike Ingham.
i. Mike Rosenberg is the current NCRS counsel. ii. There have been some problems with representation.
1. Communications with the Mortimers which were not approved by the NCRS.
2. Two lost trademarks. iii. Have been searching for new representation for the last year. iv. Last February NCRS interviewed a principal from a large firm in Texas.
1. Decision made to transfer representation to this new firm. v. Process is underway to send necessary files to the new firm.
c. Revised Employee Meal Allowance Policy – John Tidwell. i. Previously NCRS did not reimburse for meal expenses. ii. Now NCRS will use the prorated IRS allowance of $60 per day. iii. This change was approved by the Board at the previous-day’s Executive
Board meeting. d. Chapter Top Flight Award Status – Bob Johansen.
i. Bob took over the program administrator role from a previous Director.
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ii. Added the following items to the Chapter Top Flight measures: 1. Keeping IRS forms current. 2. Maintaining a Chapter Facebook page.
iii. Found a lot of different interpretations of the program rules. 1. Plans to send an email to the Chapters clarifying the approved rule
interpretations and emphasis. iv. The point of the Chapter Top Flight Program is to get members active in the
Chapter. v. Bob will copy Directors on emails sent to Chapters. vi. Dave Ewan moved, and Bob Johansen seconded, to waive the Form 990
requirement for the 2018 Chapter Top Flight award consideration. 1. Passed: 9 for, None against.
vii. Discussion clarified a number of issues regarding the program. viii. Consensus that the program is working well.
1. 33 Chapters participated in 2018. e. New Director On-Boarding Process – Mike Ernst.
i. Some things are not in place to be taught to new Directors. 1. For example: need to develop a vision and mission statement.
ii. Has received “NCRS Board Suggestions” document. iii. John Perrette volunteered to put together a package of all tasks and
expectations of an NCRS Director. 1. Will be glad to share with other Directors.
f. Attracting More Kids to NCRS Events – Sue Strawmyre. i. Sue asked for suggestions from the Board to bring more kids into NCRS
events. ii. May need to review insurance provisions covering activities. iii. Sue will coordinate with Dave Ewan in his role as National Events Chairman. iv. Carlton will reach out to local groups in Greenville, SC to explore ways to
involve kids. g. Judging Team Leader Christmas Gift Stipend – Dave Brigham.
i. Original: Mark Tulley moved, and Dave Ewan seconded, to reinstate the $200 end-of-year store credit for the Judging Team leaders.
ii. Mark Tulley amended his motion to: Give a one-time $150 Visa gift card to Judging Team Leaders, Terry McManmon, and Dave Gulley.
1. Passed: 8 for, None against, 1 Abstain (Sue Strawmyre). 5. Regional Director Reports – All.
a. Region I – Mark Tulley i. All Chapters Top Flight. ii. All Form 990 submission on time, iii. Northeast Chapter has leadership step-up issues. iv. Adirondack Chapter has help for their Regional from other Chapters.
b. Region II – John Perrette i. Michigan Chapter has Form 990 issue. ii. Goal to improve communications between all Chapter leaders and the
Director. c. Region III – Sue Strawmyre.
i. Will check into any possible Form 990 issues. ii. Working with the Pittsburgh Chapter.
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d. Region IV – John Ballard. i. Problem with Carolinas and Southeast Chapters over who should judge a
particular car. ii. Challenge getting Chapter financial and Form 990 information.
e. Region V – Mike Ernst. i. No major problems with Chapters..
f. Region VI – Bill Baker. i. New Mexico Chapter is behind due to leadership changes.
g. Region VII – Dave Ewan. i. Chapters doing pretty well. ii. Louisiana Chapter has declining membership issues-need to understand the
numbers. h. Region VIII – Bob Johansen.
i. Two Chapters doing great. ii. British Columbia Chapter still struggling to find members.
i. Region IX – Mike Ingham. i. Four of six Chapters in Top Flight. ii. “Southern Nevada” Chapter is still recovering from erroneous taxable
organization filing. j. Region X – Dave Ewan.
i. Puerto Rico Chapter still struggling. ii. Has received interest in establishing a Chapter for German-speaking parts of
Europe. iii. Might be some interest in forming a second UK Chapter.
Dave Ewan moved, and Mike Ingham seconded, to adjourn the meeting. Passed: 9 for, None against. The meeting adjourned at 3:40 PM EDT. ____________________________________________________________________ Date of the next Board meeting: Friday July 19, 2019 in Greenville, South Carolina. Respectfully submitted, Larry Colvin NCRS Secretary
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Delaware Valley Chapter NCRS Calendar of Events 2019
February 13 Membership Meeting April 17 Membership Meeting June 5 Membership Meeting and Cruise Night (w/dinner) August 14 Membership Meeting and Cruise Night (w/dinner) August 22-25 NCRS Gallery XIX at Corvettes at Carlisle September 18 Membership Meeting October 20 Run for the Ribbons at County Corvette December 7 Holiday Party Non Chapter Events: June 8 CCDV Cavalcade of Corvettes. Middle Bucks Technical School
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DUES ARE DUE!
Please forward your dues payment for 2019 to Al Schwacke as soon as possible.
DELAWARE VALLEY CHAPTER Membership dues are $30 for the year.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL & APPLICATION Please complete below form & submit with your renewal to ensure correct contact information.
Name: __________________________ Spouse ________________ NCRS # ________________
Address: ____________________________ City ___________________ State ____ Zip Day Phone # (_______)_____________________ Eve. Phone # ( ) E-mail: ___________________________________ Cell # ( )
Reminder: You must be a current National NCRS member in good standing.
____ I would like to join the Delaware Valley Chapter at this time. ____ My $30 annual renewal enclosed.
DELAWARE VALLEY CHAPTER NCRS
60 Paul Circle Glen Mills, PA 19342-8838
Contact info: Al Schwacke
[email protected] (215) 688-0217
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Meeting Minutes – April 17, 2019 By: Steve Gansky Membership Meeting was called to order at 8:10 PM. Dan Soldano, Chairman, welcomed everyone. Treasurers Report ‐ John Keane ‐ Balance on hand on April 17, 2019 was $ 6,932.74 Secretary – Stephen Gansky ‐ The minutes for the February 13, 2019 Membership Meeting were distributed. The Chapter binder is updated with the minutes, treasurer’s report, and events calendar. 34 members were in attendance. Newsletter Editor ‐ Tom Hoyer ‐ Nothing specific to report. We need 3 additional technical articles for Top Flight this year. Website Administrator ‐ Tom Hoyer ‐ All is well with website. Meet/Activity Chair’s Report ‐ Elaine Raisner ‐ Next meeting will be June 5th. It will be a Cruise night with buffet. $ 10 per head as usual. Judging Chair’s Report ‐ Frank Stech ‐ Run for the Ribbons final date TBD. Should have it nailed down next week. Historian – Bob Cook ‐ Nothing to report. Pictures were displayed from various shows. New Business ‐ Marvin informed us that the 1st quarter Top Flight paperwork has been submitted. Steve Gansky gave a presentation about his experience with the R8C Museum Delivery Program. He also spoke about the Ron Fellows Corvette Owners Course he attended at the Spring Mountain Motor Resort outside of Las Vegas in Pahrump, NV. This course is made available to all new Corvette purchasers at a large discount. Marvin Burock spoke about the NCRS Judging Retreat he attended in Dallas. Bob Cook filled everyone in on the Lakeland Regional. Steve Veneziale has established the Chapters Facebook page. Paul Sedacca discussed the Paul Brock “Corvette Stingray Genesis of an American Icon” book. The meeting was adjourned at 9:51
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Editors Comments By: Tom Hoyer Thank you to Bob Cook for contributions to the newsletter. I enjoy writing tech articles but since I have no new projects on the horizon I’m going to have to rely heavily on our membership to supply four more tech articles for 2019. It would be great if we could get some C4 or even some C5 tech articles published. I’m always looking for new member profiles (or even existing members). I believe it is a good way for our membership to get to know our new members.
For Sale / Wanted 1962 Corvette 327 engine from #4357 (First year of 327). Stamped FII28RC $900 in August at Carlisle. New Inner 63‐67 Front Fender bonding strips L&R ‐ Long in the box. New, Not NOS. At Corvette Carlisle space G1 & G2, or you pay to ship. Tom Dingman, Phone: 810‐338‐0307, Email: [email protected], Member #4889 Wanted - 65-66-67 Coupe - Small Block – Stick - Driver Quality. A/C is a plus NCRS #2858 [email protected] 267-249-8362
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2019 Delaware Valley Chapter Officers
Chairperson Dan Soldano [email protected] Vice/Membership Chair Al Schwacke [email protected] Secretary Steve Gansky [email protected] (215) 579‐7113 Treasurer John Keane [email protected] (215) 542‐0790 Meet/Activity Chairperson Elaine Raisner [email protected] (215) 675‐4299 Judging Chairperson Frank Stech [email protected] (856) 665‐1557 Website Administrator Tom Hoyer [email protected] (215) 429‐5812 Chapter Historian Bob Cook [email protected] (610) 274‐1447 Newsletter Editor Tom Hoyer [email protected] (215) 429‐5812 Flight Program Admin Marvin Burock [email protected]
COUNTY CORVETTE 325 Westtown Rd. # 2 · West Chester, PA 19382
(610) 696-7888 · Indoor Judging · Space Limited DIRECTIONS: http://www.countycorvette.com/direcprint.htm
Ronald McDonald House Toy Drive · Charity Chapter Event! Please support this wonderful cause by donating a new, unwrapped toy.
From Pa. Turnpike: Exit #312 (Downingtown) · Rt. 100 South · Follow 4 miles - will turn into Rt. 202 South · Follow 2 miles to Westtown Road Exit · Right onto Westtown Road · Follow 1/2 mile to traffic light · After intersection, .1 mile on right
From I-95: Rt. 202 North · Follow thru Delaware (approx 10 miles) · Follow 202 North into PA · Follow signs for Rt. 202 North ( Merge right, onto ramp) · After light look for sign for Westtown Road · Take Westtown Road off ramp · Left on Westtown Road · Follow 1/2 mile to traffic light · After intersection · .1 mile on right
Meet Schedule Registration, Tech & Clean Up 6:30-8:15 am Owners Meeting 8:15 am Judges Meeting 8:30 am
Meet Information Judging Information Tim & Elaine Raisner Frank Stech (215) 675-4299 (856) 665-1557 Days (856) 589-7544 Eves. [email protected] [email protected]
Hotel Information Centerstone West Chester Holiday Inn Express 943 S. High St. 1310 Wilmington Pike (Rt. 202) West Chester, PA 19382 West Chester, PA 19382 (610) 692-1900 (610) 399-4600 Send completed form, proof of insurance & non refundable remittance by September 28th to:
DELAWARE VALLEY CHAPTER NCRS
PO Box 2853 · Warminster · PA 18974
Pre-Registration Only, No Registration Day of Show! Ronald McDonald House Toy Drive: Please support by donating a new, unwrapped toy.
Name Address City State Zip NCRS # Chapter E-mail Phone Day ( ) Phone Eve. ( )
Flight Judging @ $85 $ Concours Judging @ $85 $
Sportsman Participation @ $35 $ Duntov · McLellan · Hill · Bowtie · Crossed Flags · Heritage $ No Charge
Judging Registration $ No Charge Join Delaware Valley Chapter Membership @ $30 $____________ Total Enclosed $____________
CAR ENTRANT REGISTRATION Please CHECK if this will be your first NCRS Flight or Concours Judging experience.
Year ___ VIN# ___________________ Please Note: 1963 and newer Corvettes must include all numbers and characters from the Trim Tag or Service Parts ID Label with respect to Build Date, Paint Code, and Trim Code plus Body Number for 1963-1967 Corvettes.
FLIGHTJUDGING Awarded Display Sportsman CONCOURS JUDGING: Stock Division Motified Division
Horse Power ________ Build Date ____________ Paint Code ____________ Trim Code __________ Body Number __________ Cove Color ____________ Exterior __ Interior Color _ Fabric
Driven or Trailered Hard Top Convertible or Coupe Insurance Co. Enclose a copy of your insurance card & registration. Policy # Expiration Date
JUDGE & TABULATOR REGISTRATION Division: Judging Level __________ Tabulator Level ___________ Judging Class Preference: 1st Choice __ __ 2nd Choice ________ Release and Waiver of Liability (Hold Harmless Agreement): I AGREE to insure my vehicle and property against loss, damage and liability and to provide proof of such insurance to NCRS at time of registration. I AGREE to assume risk of any and all damages or injury and to indemnify and hold harmless NCRS, it’s officers, directors, agents, employees, chapters and meet workers for any acts or omissions which may result in the theft, damage or destruction of my property or injury to me or others occurring during, or as a consequence of this event, wherever located. I AGREE to abide by the NCRS Policy on Drugs and Alcohol (revised 2006). The use of drugs or alcohol by anyone attending an NCRS event including NCRS members, family members, guests, and vendors is prohibited while participating in any driving tests and/or road tours.
Signature: Date: Send completed form, proof of insurance & non refundable remittance by September 28th to:
DELAWARE VALLEY CHAPTER NCRS
PO Box 2853 · Warminster · PA 18974
