August 2019 NEWSLETTER
LAST MEETING: Our last meeting was held on August 6th at Mitzel’s Restaurant in Kent with one new member present, Robbie R. - Robbie attends many of our Friday nite cruises driving a yellow 1937 plymouth coupe. Welcome to the Maple Valley Street rats Robbie.
Vickie M. informed those in attendance that she is presently undergoing some health issues and thanks everyone for their thoughts and prayers . We are hoping for the best for Vicky going forward!
PRESIDENT REPORT: President Don G. reported that he and Vice President, Dave M. had met with the leaders of the Kent Cornucopia Show . We discussed that we felt we could make some changes to our advertisements to improve the number of vehicles in attendance, They took notes and will implement the changes in their flyers. They informed us that their team has received numerous positive comments about our show and are excited to see us come back next year. The trophies built for the Maple Valley Street Rats were a big hit not only with the lucky winners but to all that attended this show. Doug A. deserves a huge thank you for building and designing the trophies..
Treasurer Report: Doug S. was not at the meeting so President Don G. gave a quick Summary of how our club is doing in reference to funds for our scholarship program. Don informed the members that the Kent Cornucopia Car Show generated more funds than any car show we have put on. Kudos to all members that helped in assuring this show went smoothly. As an added footnote, as long as I have been a member of this club I can’t ever recall having the club participation as I have in the Kent Cornucopia show. Kudos to all that helped. Doug also has been tracking the amount of cars we have had attend our Friday night cruises. To date we had a total of 1,503 cars go through our entrance gate.
ACTIVITIES REPORT: Larry J. gave a readout on upcoming car shows for the month of August. It appears that August is full of great car shows to attend.
APPAREL: Dave M. reported that he has received numerous requests for hat bands that have Maple Valley Street Rats printed on them. He will purchase 20 and if you want one please get in contact with Dave. It appears that that the T-Shirts and hats that we recently purchased are really selling .
WEBSITE: Darren M. informed me that Matt E. has volunteered to run our website. Darren and Matt recently met and have some big plans for our website. Darren will be the contact for the members . Darren will be the person you contact to put pictures or stories on the website. He will then forward your request to Matt.. Thanks Matt for taking on this task and a big thank you to Darren for getting involved with the website.
LUNCH OUT: Lunch out will be on August 25th at Jimmy Macs in Renton. The address there is: 2310 225th sw 7th in Renton.
NEW BUSINESS: Howard V. E. and Larry J. will be checking with The Tahoma High School to see if there may be an opportunity to put together a car show with them .
BOARD MEETING: Our next board meeting will be held on August 27th at 6:30 at Stockton’s in Maple Valley.
ANNUAL 2019 CLUB PICNIC: Our picnic will be on September 22nd at President Don G’s residence. More detail will be discussed in our September meeting.
50/50: Lyle N. won the 50/50 and donated his winnings back to the club.
NEXT MEETING: Our next meeting will be September 3, 2019 at 7PM at Mitzel’s Restaurant in Kent.
Editor: Dave M. - Co Editor: Judy M.
LAST MEETING: Our last meeting was held on August 6th at Mitzel’s Restaurant in Kent with one new member present, Robbie R. - Robbie attends many of our Friday nite cruises driving a yellow 1937 plymouth coupe. Welcome to the Maple Valley Street rats Robbie.
Vickie M. informed those in attendance that she is presently undergoing some health issues and thanks everyone for their thoughts and prayers . We are hoping for the best for Vicky going forward!
PRESIDENT REPORT: President Don G. reported that he and Vice President, Dave M. had met with the leaders of the Kent Cornucopia Show . We discussed that we felt we could make some changes to our advertisements to improve the number of vehicles in attendance, They took notes and will implement the changes in their flyers. They informed us that their team has received numerous positive comments about our show and are excited to see us come back next year. The trophies built for the Maple Valley Street Rats were a big hit not only with the lucky winners but to all that attended this show. Doug A. deserves a huge thank you for building and designing the trophies..
Treasurer Report: Doug S. was not at the meeting so President Don G. gave a quick Summary of how our club is doing in reference to funds for our scholarship program. Don informed the members that the Kent Cornucopia Car Show generated more funds than any car show we have put on. Kudos to all members that helped in assuring this show went smoothly. As an added footnote, as long as I have been a member of this club I can’t ever recall having the club participation as I have in the Kent Cornucopia show. Kudos to all that helped. Doug also has been tracking the amount of cars we have had attend our Friday night cruises. To date we had a total of 1,503 cars go through our entrance gate.
ACTIVITIES REPORT: Larry J. gave a readout on upcoming car shows for the month of August. It appears that August is full of great car shows to attend.
APPAREL: Dave M. reported that he has received numerous requests for hat bands that have Maple Valley Street Rats printed on them. He will purchase 20 and if you want one please get in contact with Dave. It appears that that the T-Shirts and hats that we recently purchased are really selling .
WEBSITE: Darren M. informed me that Matt E. has volunteered to run our website. Darren and Matt recently met and have some big plans for our website. Darren will be the contact for the members . Darren will be the person you contact to put pictures or stories on the website. He will then forward your request to Matt.. Thanks Matt for taking on this task and a big thank you to Darren for getting involved with the website.
LUNCH OUT: Lunch out will be on August 25th at Jimmy Macs in Renton. The address there is: 2310 225th sw 7th in Renton.
NEW BUSINESS: Howard V. E. and Larry J. will be checking with The Tahoma High School to see if there may be an opportunity to put together a car show with them .
BOARD MEETING: Our next board meeting will be held on August 27th at 6:30 at Stockton’s in Maple Valley.
ANNUAL 2019 CLUB PICNIC: Our picnic will be on September 22nd at President Don G’s residence. More detail will be discussed in our September meeting.
50/50: Lyle N. won the 50/50 and donated his winnings back to the club.
NEXT MEETING: Our next meeting will be September 3, 2019 at 7PM at Mitzel’s Restaurant in Kent.
Editor: Dave M. - Co Editor: Judy M.
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