We have 187 members to date. Our newest members are Roger Graham, he owns a 1996 Sebring Silver Collector Coupe. Bill and Diane Zatloukal, they own a 2001 Pewter Coupe. Debra Roberts, she owns a 1995 Competition Yellow convertible. You should all recognize Debra; she often accompanies Mike Lindsay to the meetings. Robert and Patty McKey, they own a 1996 Grand Sport. I know this makes Hutch very happy…one more skunk to tend with!! And last but not least, Arch and Sandy Simonson, they own a 2000 Magnetic Red Convertible. I've been very busy over the last month, lets make them all feel at home so introduce yourself when you see them.

You will find a renewal form in this newsletter and in the next . Please go ahead and fill out the form and write that check to CFCA to renew for 2002. If you have any questions, please see me before you write your check. I'd love to see 100% renewal this year. We have a great club and it's all due to its members. We have a lot more fun to be had this year and I'm sure it will overflow into next year.

A reminder: If you see a guest come into a meeting, please encourage them to sign in and take some time to try and make them feel comfortable. We can be a bit scary to people who don't know us!

We are going to need to re order club shirts for new members. I will have order forms at the next few meetings. I will be ordering the royal blue for our club stock but I'd like to get another color, but we need at least 6 shirts of every color to order them. Also it would be a good time to think about ordering long sleeve T-shirts. There will be an order form for these also. They will come in just black or white. It worked out well before so lets stick with it.

Well that's all for me. Hope to see all of you out at our events in the next couple of months.

Save The Wave!

Hey campers!

Hello to all CFCA:

Here are a few more ramblings from your Club Governor. At the last Governor's meeting on September 15th there were more representatives present at the meeting than one would have expected given the closeness to the events of that black day, September 11th.

I will list several of the main topics of discussion, with perhaps more to follow at a later time.

It seems that the computer age and its use is finally coming to NCCC Board members. They find that e-mail is working well and they are looking for more ways to increase its use. The racers are again trying to bring to the table the issue of classification for the Z06 Corvettes. These cars are grouped with the standard C5's in their race classification. The group with the plain ole C5 cars is squealing and can't get anybody to listen. It would seem that all the good old boys with Z06 cars have made all the rules and do not want any changes. The issue on whether to purchase a National Corvette Museum Lifetime Business Membership for NCCC was tabled again until next meeting (second time now). As one of those at the meeting stated, it seems nobody for sure knew the true cost of this membership (its $2500 dollars folks - ONE TIME, for LIFE). Even though most think that this issue will pass, I'm so disappointed in the group as a whole. At my last issuance of the treasury balance, NCCC had $444,000. For the National Council of Corvettes not being part of the support group for the NCM is inexcusable. There was a 2003 National Convention proposal from Hagerstown, Maryland. As this was the only proposal made, it probably will be the chosen site. However, in true NCCC style the proposed date is just before the Carlisle event in late August. The Carlisle Corvette event is only the largest Corvette gathering in the U.S. A change of date may be forthcoming. Another good ole boy fight may be at hand as several contenders are in the ring for National VP of Competition. One gentleman from the Road Runner Region (West) and the other from the Carolina Region (heavy racing country. Wonder if he has a Z06?). Other openings for Secretary, Business Manager, and Sergeant of Arms were not contested.

Another item of interest is that our northern neighbor club NFCA feels that they are in a good position to win National Club of the year, and are in the process of trying to gather as many points as they can. The cut off date for national points is December 15th and they are scheduling a 7-event autocross on that date. We have given them two sanctions to help their cause and wish them lots of luck.

One more thing. Have you visited the NCCC web site lately? Several of there pages swell with Red, White and Blue. I never though that tears would rise up looking at the NCCC web site. Please stay on the home page long enough to hear the music through. Also, take a look at the "Why you should join NCCC", again with music. The URL is www.corvettesnccc.org

Jon
Your Governor, Jon Gardner