TIPS/COMMENTS BY STAN As I said

TIPS/COMMENTS
BY STAN

As I said last month, the 40th Anniversary of the Mustang is really shaping up to be a show to be remembered. Oh the first few days will be sort of hectic, and everyone will have to learn their way around. When we get it all figured out it will be over and time to go home. It will be fun, and there is going to be something for everyone.

If you plan to go to our Club’s meeting in April in Frankenmuth, remember there is a date change due to some members going to the 40th Anniversary. It will be Tuesday, April 20th instead of Monday, April 19th. Also May is the month that most of us bring out our Mustangs to the May monthly meeting. It is great to see these Mustangs after a long winter.

I hope that everyone will consider joining the Mustang Club of America, if you are not already a member. You get a monthly magazine which is all reorganized and comes with bright, glossy paper. The magazine alone is worth the subscription price.
Don’t forget if your car has been sitting all winter the brakes should be bled. Old brake fluid collects moisture and will cause problems.

Have a suggestion? Want to talk? Come to the monthly meeting. We can be contacted at rmb3909@earthlink.net
Remember don’t be a stranger.

What the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve, and those who persevere will be champions.

Why don’t blind people like to sky dive? Because it scares the dog.

Did you ever notice: When you put the 2 words “THE” and “IRS” together it spells “THEIRS”?

MUSTANG CLUB OF MID-MICHIGAN MEETING 03-15-04

The March meeting was called to order by President, Gary Strappazon at Mancino’s restaurant in Frankenmuth, MI. Those in attendance were: Diane Williams, Chris & Mindy Jansen, Mary Leinberger, Dominic Glasgow, Gary Riley, Dick Lebsack and Linda & Gary Strappazon. There were no guests present. Written proxy votes were presented from: Stan Bentley (this meeting only) Rich & Susan Svatora (this meeting only) and Gregg Glaviano (winter months).

The minutes from the February meeting were amended to correctly read; “No letter will be sent at this time to Brian and/or Wendy Sutherland as it appears we have nearly all those last 3 years of requested records.” The Secretary’s report was approved with corrections.

The Treasurer’s report was reviewed; Stand as presented.

Audit Committee report given by Gary Strappazon in absence of Jack Morton. There has been miscommunication between Gary Strappazon and Jack Morton and consequently nothing has been happening. Gary will get it together and proceed. There are still approximately 4 months of bank statements and cancelled checks still missing.

Membership Committee: The new membership packets are done and are sent to each new member when they join. Every member should have at least one of the new membership brochures with them. Rich, Dick and Gary will carry a bundle of them.

Trophy Committee: Mary and Linda report it is TOO COLD to meet!

Show and Shine: No report, meeting is scheduled for end of the month.

Old Business:

The club is still working at gathering MCA numbers of members.
A sample of the “Be Cool” flyer was shown - 1,500 will be printed. 3 billboards along I-75 will advertise the “Be Cool” show from mid-June to mid-July.
40th Anniversary - leaving April 14th @ 6 am from Clio Big Boy, returning April 19th. It looks like 6 families from our Club will be attending the celebration.
MMCA Web site - Jack Morton is in touch with Computer Country. To make changes/updates costs $50.00 an hour. Jack has purchased Microsoft Front Page to do all the changes. Club members are encouraged to give ideas to any board member and they will be sent on to Jack. Make sure you let your ideas be known.
Show and Shine at Birch Run Mall - area not confirmed yet.
A motion was made and seconded to purchase two new banners with our Club logo on them. Motion carried. A 3x8 banner would cost $85 and a 3x3 banner would cost $65. Rich Svatora has a name of a vendor that does banners.

New Business

An excerpt from the March issue of the Mustang Times regarding the Mustang Museum was handed out.
Dick Lebsack discussed the benefits of joining MCA and receiving the Mustang Times magazine.
The February issue of Mustang Times had a nice article on Gary Strappazon’s Mustang. His “gallop” Mustang lives in the garage most of the time. Congratulations, Gary!
A brochure for car shows in MI, IN, OH and Ontario was passed around for viewing.
On Monday, March 8th Sharon Sutherland turned in her resignation from the Social Committee. Thank you for your dedication and your hard work in promoting the “social” part of our Club.
Gary Riley volunteered Linda Riley to temporarily take on this job. Gary Strappazon will make contacts to get a list of birthdays and anniversaries.
MCMM 2004 Show Update: The DJ that we have had for the past several years has been hired to do the show for the same fee as last year. Gary & Linda Riley have volunteered to man the spectator gate at the show. THANK YOU!
Gary Strappazon is working to get items from the Ford Motor Co. for our show. A suggestion was made to have a Mustang from every year on display at our show. If anyone has a 1964 ½, please contact Gary at (989) 652-4842 or E-mail at Strappazong@yahoo.com.
The Program for the month was the raffling of a Mustang calendar. Congratulations to Mindy Jansen on winning the calendar.
The April meeting will be on TUESDAY, APRIL 20TH at Mancino’s restaurant in Frankenmuth. Please note the meeting changes from Monday to Tuesday for April only. The program will be a report on the big celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Mustang by those members that attended the event.

Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted: Linda Strappazon standing in for Susan Svatora, Secretary (Susan & Rich Svatora are soaking up the sun in AZ!)

UPCOMING EVENTS

April
3-4 Columbus Spring Swap @ Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH
(614) 475-7774 or www.springswap.com

14 Leave in a caravan for 40th Anniversary Celebration
15-18 MCA 40th Anniversary Show, Nashville, TN

20 MCMM regular meeting @ Mancino’s restaurant, Frankenmuth at 7 pm
NOTE DATE CHANGE DUE TO MEMBERS GOING TO 40TH ANNIVERSARY

23-25 Spring Classic Car Auction, Novi Expo Center (519) 352-4575

May
2 Collector Car Festival Show & Swap, Frankenmuth, MI (989) 695-5602

15 1st Annual MCMM Show & Shine, Birch Run Outlet Mall 9 am - 3 pm
(989) 652-4842 or (989) 631-9536

17 MCMM regular meeting

June
4-6 All Ford Nationals, Carlisle, PA

12 West MI 23rd Mustang & All Ford Show, Tony Betten Ford (616) 361-9408

19 KCQ Music Fest, Ojibway Island, (989) 652-4842

21 MCMM regular meeting

24-26 Straits Auto Show, St Ignace, MI (906) 643-8087

July
10 “Be Cool” Car Show, downtown Bay City

11 “Be Cool” Car Show, Essexville

17 Dearborn 04 34th Annual F.M.R.C. Swap Meet
Car Show, Car Corral @ Wayne Co Fairgrounds (734) 397-1685

August
8 17th Annual Mustang Memories, Wilson Barn, Livonia, MI (313) 438-4174

20-21 Woodward Dream Cruise, Team Mustang says this should be extra special for all Mustangers

29 7th Annual Blue Oval Blast, Mustang & Ford Show, Vollman Ford, Portland, MI (517) 649-8805

September
3-5 MCA Grand National Show, Springfield, IL (309) 836-6606

10-12 Autofest, Frankenmuth, MI (989) 652-4842

17 Annual Midland Cruise (989) 631-0856

19 MCMM 11th Annual Mustang and All Ford Show, Birch Run, MI
(810) 688-3909 or (989) 652-4842

THE PREZ SEZ

It is hard to concentrate while sitting at the computer trying to write something that is understandable. With the days lengthening and warming we should all be in the garage working on our Mustangs.

The MCMM caravan leaves our area on Wednesday April 14th at 6 am. We will meet the Great Lakes Caravan to Nashville for the 40th Anniversary of our favorite car. We will have 5 Mustangs and a total of 6 families participating in parts of the caravan. We expect to see Paul and Jan Steinborn (Classic Automotive) down there. It is not too late to join us. Kevin and Kate Barnum have joined us since last month’s newsletter.

Show & Shine Co-chairs Dick Lebsack & Gary Strappazon have scheduled the Show & Shine. The date is Saturday, May 15th and will be held at the Birch Run Outlet Mall. The flyers should already be printed and will be available at the April meeting. This should be a fun event and a great first time out for a lot of our Mustangs and other collectible cars. This also will be a great time for our members to spend some time together and not be working really hard.

Jack Morton has been making great progress with the website. He has been making great improvements and well-needed updates. If you have an idea or suggestion regarding our website, let a Board of Director Member know, so we may work on it with Jack. We also need photographs of our Club member’s cars to put on the site. Check it out by visiting our site: www.mustangclubmm.com.

Please complete the “MCMM Your Mustang Profile”. If you have not received one, contact Rich Svatora @ (989) 689-5040 and he will send you one.

In discussing our 11th Annual MCMM show which will be held on September 19, 2004, Diane Williams had a wonderful idea for the show! How about featuring a Mustang from each year? I have had conversations with several members and everyone is very positive on the idea. After our 2003 show Stan Bentley coined the phrase “Run to Birch Run” and at our Christmas party it was chosen as our theme for our 2004 show. Remember we had a poster contest at the Christmas party and now we need helpers to produce them for the show. Help is needed for this semi-artistic job, any volunteers? Gary & Linda Riley have volunteered to work the spectator gate again this year. Thank you!

Linda Riley has volunteered to take over the MCMM Social Chair as Sharon Sutherland is no longer able to do it. Thanks again, Sharon for all your hard work. Linda needs to hear from members to update their information. She also needs contact from members with information of weddings, graduations, births, illnesses, hospitalizations and all other such events. She also needs to hear from new members with their information to add to the data base. Thanks.

We also have great news! After a winter hiatus, (in Florida maybe?) the parts bucket has turned up. Rumor has it that it will be at the April meeting. Don’t miss it.

We now have 12 MCA membership members on file. Thank you for your cooperation.

This is enough musings for now. It is time to start cleaning the Mustang for the Nashville trip.

Gary Strappazon

HERE IS WHAT IS DUE

THIS IS A REMINDER THAT YOUR DUES ARE DUE.

The Dues for all Mustangs Club of Mid-Michigan members are due January 1, 2004, regardless of when you last paid your dues. This is due to the recently ratified by-laws. As stated in Article #1, “Dues for the calendar year of January-December are to be paid to the Treasurer by February 28th”.

Regardless of when and/or how this is instituted, some will not be happy. The Board is implementing this as passed by the membership. The purpose of having everyone’s dues all due at the same time is to free up Board members’ time at other seasons of the year, to give the Board a projected income amount so as to write an annual budget and to simplify the books and the record keeping.

Also remember, this applies to the Board members also. We all have to pay now, even though some Board members just paid their dues recently.

Gary Strappazon, President on behalf of the Board of Directors.

BECK, Jim                                MCCARTHY, Dennis
FENSLER, Frank                     MOFFIT, Kurt
FIELD, Robert                         ROMANS, Jeffrey
FINK, Chris                             SUTHERLAND, Brian
FOX, Steven                           VOLPE, Tom
HARMON, Willie                     WILCOX, Wally
JOZWIAK, Terry                    YOUNGER, Brian

The dues are $20.00 a year; please send your payment to Gregg Glaviano, Treasurer at 419 Leland Street, Flushing, MI 48433.

Note: If your payment is not received this month your MCMM membership will terminate on April 30, 2004.