Meeting: 24 April 2007

Welcomed Visitors:

Treasurer's Report:
Ed still has T-shirts and Decals for Sale.

Reviewed minutes from previous meeting.

Old Business:
Mike and Pepper Burtt attended their last meeting. We voted Mike as the 2007 member of the year for all of his hard work for the club. We sent him away with a conglomeration of broken jeep parts and a White Sands plaque. Of course, not to let the Grayrock ride incident die without one last shot, the cake featured a jeep getting pulled by a tow truck.

Everyone was reminded that the Freshwater fishing pass (good for 1 year from date) for Eglin is only a little more expensive than the range pass (good only from Oct 1 – Sep 30). You will need this for any Eglin rides.

The club voted and approved an award for the member who attends the most club events and meetings. They will receive a check for $200 good towards their next major event. i.e. grayrock, marsh mt, Tellico, or similar.

We also voted a 2 category award for “Most Stuck” and “Best Stuck” of the year. The winners will split the pot. Stuck is classified as any time you need assistance getting out, using your own winch does constitute stuck to level the playing field for the non winch jeeps. Tearing up the landscape just to avoid being stuck not only is against “tread lightly” but makes the club look bad. So if your stuck just cough it up, a $1 is cheaper than a new driveshaft. If you get stuck you will have to pay $1 to the kitty. This is really on your honor style system, but we all know that the club will point your stuck out to the rest of us. Most stuck is just a simple addition (though we know the possible winner in this category). Best stuck will be voted on at the end of the year at the Christmas party.

April Events:
31 March – Exploratory ride. The ride went well just to check out the new property. It was a fairly short day for a scenic ride.

21st – Beach ride. Of course the ride turned into the coldest day of the month to go ride the beaches. The only thing that was missing was snow, so everyone called it a day and headed home.

New Business:
Cherokee is still on it’s way to the paint shop. Work will continue after it comes back.

The owner of the Pace property was at the meeting to discuss options, costs. Question and Answer time. His initial bid for use was $7200 per year for the club. Very costly.

Possible upcoming charity event (car show) for a deceased co-worker of Craigs. More details to come at the next meeting.

Jason Gunter was voted in as a new member. Ed and Tim opposed due to the need for a repeat of the hunter and gun safety courses. Welcome to the club Jason.

Ron will be taking a break from the club position so that he can get his house completed and catch up on other items. Donna Stork will be helping out with the secretary position for the time being.

Quote for the Night:

May Events:
27-29th April – Gray Rock ride, contact Dwayne for more information.

12th – Munson Ride – Meet at the texas road house in Milton at 0900, ride at 0930.

19th – Charity Car wash at Milton dodge. Meet at 0900, start washing at 0930 or when the first car shows up. The guys promise to keep the shirts on this time.

Swap and Sell: (Prices subject to change without notice)
Nothing at the moment

Pass the Hat
Next Meeting - 29 May 2007
Meeting Adjourned.