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~ EVENT REPORTS ~
Fall Meeting 2009. Ed Moyzan drove up from Pennsylvania to join me for the trip to Mike
Newell's residence in Morris, NY for our Fall meeting. I was happy to have the company, it's much
easier to stay alert when someone else is there to bounce your thoughts off of. Ed probably got an
earfull... We stopped off at Dunkin Donuts to get some diet pills for everyone and then off to Gary
Wood's place in Page Brook to pick a windshiled from the Don Yeingst #44 for new owner John
Clark. I also had a intake from the '63 Ford FE John had traded us in the trunk - no problem with
traction today, those things are heaavvvyy.. We're the first to arrive - which means we have first
shot at the donuts.. Mike is setting up chairs and it isn't long before members start showing up.
We're supposed to start at 10am but of course the 'bench racing' starts as soon as the second
member shows so we get going at 10:20. Sue Witter reads off the Secretary's report efficiently and
it's approved and recorded. I read off our expenditures for the treasury again with no hitches. Old
business is next and we discuss our racing division which is now headed on it's third year of
hiatus.. again it is agreed that until we have enough committed members (and we have
conservatively set this number at a dozen) that it is not a viable option. We conclude that the show
car class is still the way to go, nobody argues over rules, no ones car gets clobbered and we all get
along great. Good Deal. There has been interest from car owners outside our membership
expressed, as well as current members but until we have enough, the issue remains tabled.
Next we discussed this website and it's perforamnce to date. I must say that I have been
pleased with the response it has received, I had no idea when we started it that it would be as
popular. To date we have recorded 92,101 front page hits (we are on two seperate browsers - www.
& http.) and we currently average somewhere's between 15,000 and 18,000 page hits per month.
No bad for a 'free' site. Which brought up the next topic - the domain name dues were up for
payment, and our hosting dues as well. The club approved payments of each and we're good to go
for two more years at this point. Future additons will include an expanded Utica-Rome page with
contributions from Rod Nacewicz and friends - which I will work on this winter.
Next up was a lenghty discussion of the Central New York Hall of Fame. Jim Chase went into
brief detail what was required for this event to happen, advertisement, vendors, insurance,
selections, and of course the physical work involved and related that he and his wife Kay had
decided that they couldn't do it alone anymore. There was an open discussion about this past
years event, members concerns, questions, and future plans. As I said, it was a lengthy discussion,
including the current state of sponsorship and how this event should be handled in the future. I
suggested that a committee from the club be initiated to assist Jim in planning the event as well
as delegating duties. To date this has been an event that the club supports only - like any show
on our schedule, but has not been run by the club. It appears as though in the future that the
club will be more involved. My thought that as a 'non-profit' organization, as we are - the only way
for us to properly use our incorporation in conjunction with this event is to run all of the monies
involved through our books, and be able to show no profit at the conclusion. I think this can be
done to the satisfaction to our sponsors and members alike. The committee was not chsen at this
time although Jim related any member could call him over the next few weeks to volunteer for
duties - obviously there is more work to be done on this subject. It is one of our 'crown jewels' on
the schedule, we all look forward to it. Jim and Kay have done a great job with this event and we
do not want to see it go by the wayside, however there are some issues to resolve and we agreed to
work to those ends. Dad and I finished our thoughts on this by relating that the next event should
include a memorium to our first class President - Carl Carpenter, which all felt was deserved. By
this time Debbie Newell's mac and cheese casserole is hitting our nostrils and it's time to get
moving with the rest of our bullet points for this meeting..
Winter car shows were next - little interest was shown in attending so we'll see what comes of
it. Onto New Business: Mike Newell related that the Norwich Auto Museum has offered to have a
display of our cars - they want (9) cars and the display will last for (1) year, May 2010 until May
2011. A quick count of willing members found that we have enough to cover their wishes.
Prospective members are to send pictures of their cars to Mike for submission to the museum and
they will make the selections. Great storage I'm sure, the car is in the museum for the full year
though and you should plan accordingly. Next up was the Midstate Hall of Fame building. This
idea has been tossed around for years - Mike Newell and Brent Cobb have taken the bull by the
horns and held a fundraiser already, Mike also has had roofing donated as well as conversations
with the Otsego County Fair Board and a site has been discussed. It's in the planning stages at
this point but appears to be well on it's way to becoming reality. All club members expressed
interest in this endeavor, I don't think we'll have any problem with volunteers. Next we discussed
the need for more input, and shows for our 'Northern' members - we only have a few at this time
for those from the Utica area. Again, members from this area agreed that they would keep us
cognizant of their plans and possible club dates. OK - business - that casserole is smelling good -
dues are next and all agreed that this years dues shall be $10 - that'll offset our only current costs
which are the website hosting and domain name. We're cooking now, elections are next. Mike
Newell is nominated for the office of president, there are no objections or other candidates offered.
I'm pleased to hand over the duties to Mike, I'm sure he'll do a great job. Jim Chase will remain as
VP, Sue Witter will remain as Secretary and John Mason made the mistake of having to go pick up
his son at school during the meeting - upon his return he found he was the new treasurer... We
adjourned at 12:30 or so and got to the still warm casserole (which, was excellent, thank you
Debbie) and I started to laminate membership cards. All in all a productive meeting. I would have
liked to get a few more issues resolved, but at least the seeds are planted, and can blossom in the
spring.
Ed and I headed over the hill to my folks afterward. I want to hear that engine in the 99 run..
Dad's been tinkering on it lately, one day while I was there he had it running but it was a little
sick. We tried carbs, coils, condensors.. until finally deciding it was the distributor. Off came the
Lincoln radiator, the distributor, the crank pulley had to be pulled in order to replace the front
timing cover. He had a two bolt cover that would work with the 'diver bell' distributor we're going to
try, a button spacer is needed. It went like clockwork, I almost forgot the point where Dad dropped
a 2x4 on my head. My mother is calling us in for dinner but we're almost done... tighten the hoses
up - let's try it! The Fish carb. is still on and there's no return spring - Dad hits the starter button
and VROOOOMMMM!!!!
Brother! That thing has to hit 5K before I can grab the throttle and slam it back. "That's a good
engine!" We say in unison. Ok, let's go get some dinner. He has the headers on it by now and a
stromberg, fires right up and sounds great. That engine we got on our trip to Burt this summer is
a good one, pegs the oil pressure gauge, and the headers sound great. The 99 is coming around
fast.
Off to see the boys at this point, Ed and I go over the days events on the way home and he
keeps me awake. We have much yet to resolve this winter but I think we're in good hands, Mike is
going to work on the schedule and I 'm going to stay involved with the website - and likely offer my
opinion as a 'consultant' - old habits die hard? Stay tuned.
2009 MASCC Line Up:
President: Mike Newell
Vice President: Jim Chase
Secretary: Sue Witter
Treasurer: John Mason
Webmaster: Jeff Ackerman
Membership Inquiries to be sent to:
MASCC Secretary
C/O Sue Witter
374 Miller Rd.
Newark Valley, NY 13811
Suzyktoo@hotmail.com
607-349-1148
Newell's residence in Morris, NY for our Fall meeting. I was happy to have the company, it's much
easier to stay alert when someone else is there to bounce your thoughts off of. Ed probably got an
earfull... We stopped off at Dunkin Donuts to get some diet pills for everyone and then off to Gary
Wood's place in Page Brook to pick a windshiled from the Don Yeingst #44 for new owner John
Clark. I also had a intake from the '63 Ford FE John had traded us in the trunk - no problem with
traction today, those things are heaavvvyy.. We're the first to arrive - which means we have first
shot at the donuts.. Mike is setting up chairs and it isn't long before members start showing up.
We're supposed to start at 10am but of course the 'bench racing' starts as soon as the second
member shows so we get going at 10:20. Sue Witter reads off the Secretary's report efficiently and
it's approved and recorded. I read off our expenditures for the treasury again with no hitches. Old
business is next and we discuss our racing division which is now headed on it's third year of
hiatus.. again it is agreed that until we have enough committed members (and we have
conservatively set this number at a dozen) that it is not a viable option. We conclude that the show
car class is still the way to go, nobody argues over rules, no ones car gets clobbered and we all get
along great. Good Deal. There has been interest from car owners outside our membership
expressed, as well as current members but until we have enough, the issue remains tabled.
Next we discussed this website and it's perforamnce to date. I must say that I have been
pleased with the response it has received, I had no idea when we started it that it would be as
popular. To date we have recorded 92,101 front page hits (we are on two seperate browsers - www.
& http.) and we currently average somewhere's between 15,000 and 18,000 page hits per month.
No bad for a 'free' site. Which brought up the next topic - the domain name dues were up for
payment, and our hosting dues as well. The club approved payments of each and we're good to go
for two more years at this point. Future additons will include an expanded Utica-Rome page with
contributions from Rod Nacewicz and friends - which I will work on this winter.
Next up was a lenghty discussion of the Central New York Hall of Fame. Jim Chase went into
brief detail what was required for this event to happen, advertisement, vendors, insurance,
selections, and of course the physical work involved and related that he and his wife Kay had
decided that they couldn't do it alone anymore. There was an open discussion about this past
years event, members concerns, questions, and future plans. As I said, it was a lengthy discussion,
including the current state of sponsorship and how this event should be handled in the future. I
suggested that a committee from the club be initiated to assist Jim in planning the event as well
as delegating duties. To date this has been an event that the club supports only - like any show
on our schedule, but has not been run by the club. It appears as though in the future that the
club will be more involved. My thought that as a 'non-profit' organization, as we are - the only way
for us to properly use our incorporation in conjunction with this event is to run all of the monies
involved through our books, and be able to show no profit at the conclusion. I think this can be
done to the satisfaction to our sponsors and members alike. The committee was not chsen at this
time although Jim related any member could call him over the next few weeks to volunteer for
duties - obviously there is more work to be done on this subject. It is one of our 'crown jewels' on
the schedule, we all look forward to it. Jim and Kay have done a great job with this event and we
do not want to see it go by the wayside, however there are some issues to resolve and we agreed to
work to those ends. Dad and I finished our thoughts on this by relating that the next event should
include a memorium to our first class President - Carl Carpenter, which all felt was deserved. By
this time Debbie Newell's mac and cheese casserole is hitting our nostrils and it's time to get
moving with the rest of our bullet points for this meeting..
Winter car shows were next - little interest was shown in attending so we'll see what comes of
it. Onto New Business: Mike Newell related that the Norwich Auto Museum has offered to have a
display of our cars - they want (9) cars and the display will last for (1) year, May 2010 until May
2011. A quick count of willing members found that we have enough to cover their wishes.
Prospective members are to send pictures of their cars to Mike for submission to the museum and
they will make the selections. Great storage I'm sure, the car is in the museum for the full year
though and you should plan accordingly. Next up was the Midstate Hall of Fame building. This
idea has been tossed around for years - Mike Newell and Brent Cobb have taken the bull by the
horns and held a fundraiser already, Mike also has had roofing donated as well as conversations
with the Otsego County Fair Board and a site has been discussed. It's in the planning stages at
this point but appears to be well on it's way to becoming reality. All club members expressed
interest in this endeavor, I don't think we'll have any problem with volunteers. Next we discussed
the need for more input, and shows for our 'Northern' members - we only have a few at this time
for those from the Utica area. Again, members from this area agreed that they would keep us
cognizant of their plans and possible club dates. OK - business - that casserole is smelling good -
dues are next and all agreed that this years dues shall be $10 - that'll offset our only current costs
which are the website hosting and domain name. We're cooking now, elections are next. Mike
Newell is nominated for the office of president, there are no objections or other candidates offered.
I'm pleased to hand over the duties to Mike, I'm sure he'll do a great job. Jim Chase will remain as
VP, Sue Witter will remain as Secretary and John Mason made the mistake of having to go pick up
his son at school during the meeting - upon his return he found he was the new treasurer... We
adjourned at 12:30 or so and got to the still warm casserole (which, was excellent, thank you
Debbie) and I started to laminate membership cards. All in all a productive meeting. I would have
liked to get a few more issues resolved, but at least the seeds are planted, and can blossom in the
spring.
Ed and I headed over the hill to my folks afterward. I want to hear that engine in the 99 run..
Dad's been tinkering on it lately, one day while I was there he had it running but it was a little
sick. We tried carbs, coils, condensors.. until finally deciding it was the distributor. Off came the
Lincoln radiator, the distributor, the crank pulley had to be pulled in order to replace the front
timing cover. He had a two bolt cover that would work with the 'diver bell' distributor we're going to
try, a button spacer is needed. It went like clockwork, I almost forgot the point where Dad dropped
a 2x4 on my head. My mother is calling us in for dinner but we're almost done... tighten the hoses
up - let's try it! The Fish carb. is still on and there's no return spring - Dad hits the starter button
and VROOOOMMMM!!!!
Brother! That thing has to hit 5K before I can grab the throttle and slam it back. "That's a good
engine!" We say in unison. Ok, let's go get some dinner. He has the headers on it by now and a
stromberg, fires right up and sounds great. That engine we got on our trip to Burt this summer is
a good one, pegs the oil pressure gauge, and the headers sound great. The 99 is coming around
fast.
Off to see the boys at this point, Ed and I go over the days events on the way home and he
keeps me awake. We have much yet to resolve this winter but I think we're in good hands, Mike is
going to work on the schedule and I 'm going to stay involved with the website - and likely offer my
opinion as a 'consultant' - old habits die hard? Stay tuned.
2009 MASCC Line Up:
President: Mike Newell
Vice President: Jim Chase
Secretary: Sue Witter
Treasurer: John Mason
Webmaster: Jeff Ackerman
Membership Inquiries to be sent to:
MASCC Secretary
C/O Sue Witter
374 Miller Rd.
Newark Valley, NY 13811
Suzyktoo@hotmail.com
607-349-1148
