We are in process of planning our 2010 activities. Have any good ideas? Send them to dgcarver@aol.com

Here are few ideas to stimulate your thoughts:

• Trip to a casino to eat at the buffet and other activities if you desire
• Trip to Branson for a shopping weekend
• Trip to Tail of the Dragon in the Great Smokey Mountains
• Have a CVCC garage sale to raise funds for local charities
• Give rides in our Corvettes to kids at schools or ??
• Have a slow speed auto-cross so the ladies can drive also

Of course we will still do our dinner cruises and our weekend at Eureka Springs as we have for several years.

Here is the report from Mike Nodine on our Christmas meeting in December:

Well we wrapped up another year!  Once again if you weren't there you missed some really good food and the company was, and is, the best. Marylin ordered smoked meats from the Rib Crib and then every one fixed a dish to go along with it.  Thanks Marylin and to every one for fixing such good food.  Like any of our get togethers we had way more than what we should have.  I think we all hurt ourselves, I know I did.  I just didn't want to hurt any body's feelings so I had a little, well some, well even seconds, of each dish.   

As far as the meeting, Marylin reported that we have around $300 in the bank.  Being the last meeting of the year, we ushered in the new officers.  Darrell Carver is our new President.  Six of us held him down and gagged him while every one voted.  Blaine Janzen got up to use the bath room and got voted in as Vice president.  Marylin's mouth was full and couldn't say no, so we voted her in as Treasurer for another term.  And, yours truly had a brain freeze and volunteered to do the Secretary position for the next couple of years.  So, next time you talk to any of these folks be sure to give them a big congratulation.  Seriously, we thank and appreciate every one for stepping up and doing these jobs.  With out peoples willingness to do them we would not have our Club.  Darrell is going to make a good president, he has some really good ideas for our future.   

Don't know if you have been on the Web sight lately but Darrell has worked on it and it has some updated info on the front page.  Darrell says it will still be a little while before it is completely back up and running but he is working on it.  Thanks Darrell.

I am going to try to do a monthly news letter so if anyone has suggestions on what they would like to see in it or if you have any thing for sale (automotive related). let me know and I will try to get it in the letter.

Come January, dues are due.  They remain at $25 dollars.  Please be sure and get them in.

I've enjoyed being President for the last couple of years and look forward in continuing as a member.  My thanks goes out to each and everyone who have given me the most valuable assistance anyone could ever ask for and ask that we all continue to give that same support to our new president. 

Oh yeah!  Darrell did say the only way that he would accept his position is if I would continue to be leader of the pack in our outings and excursions.  So, ladies, keep you Dramamine handy!

Yours Truly
Mike Nodine