September 2019 NEWSLETTER
LAST MEETING: Our last meeting was held September 3rd at Mitzel’s Restaurant in Kent with 26 members in attendance. We had 2 guests in attendance: Lyle's daughter, Tiffney, and Karen came in with President, Don G. We also swore in a new member to our club, Mike, who brings to us a 1965 Chev Impala. Welcome Mike to the Maple Valley Street Rats Car Club.
President Report: President Don G. passed around a signup sheet for towing the trailer and as best I recall he has the remaining 3 Friday nites covered. Thanks for your persistence Don. Don explained that we see quite a few cars come into our Friday nite cruises at 3pm and leaving by 6:30 pm or 7pm. Don made a motion that we change the hours of the cruises to 3-7pm. The club voted and the 2020 cruises will be 3-7 pm. Don also mentioned that we could use more raffle items to hand out at the trailer. Many thanks to Joe for bringing in his wooden cars for the kids.
Vice President Report: Dave M. reported that we need to start picking up recycled auto parts to present to Doug A. If we provide Doug the parts early it gives him a better selection of which to design the trophies . As always, please provide small parts. If in doubt call me.
Treasurers Report: Doug S. was not in attendance but he reported to President Don G. that we were still solvent. Doug has had difficulty getting to the meetings with his work schedule, but has informed us that his schedule is changing and he will have a better opportunity to attend more meetings in the future.
Secretaries Report: Teresa C. has been busy procuring tropy plaques for the Lunar Rover and for the additional club participation trophy. She is also in the process of ordering plaques for our sponsors. I now have the above mentioned plaques in my hands.
Scholarship Report: Nancy A. was not in attendance to report updates. Teresa reported that she has been in touch with one of our participates (Julio) who is attending Renton Technical College.
Old Business: Dave M. mentioned that we really needed a process for processing new membership applications. It appears that the club was having difficulty getting the applications filed. The club decided we would get a solid process in place at our September Meeting.
New Business: The members discussed an appropriate process to getting the applications into the appropriate person. When a potential new member shows an interest in becoming a member, the following steps must be taken. The potential member is presented a application and as well a copy of the bylaws . Both the bylaws and the applications are stored in the trailer. The application is updated and includes the address of our meetings and additionally all meetings are the 1st Tuesday of every month . The applicant brings his application along with the fee ($25) and is then sworn in. This is the time when the application is provided to the Vice President to be processed. Please if you have any of the old forms, please dispose of them. There were discussions around getting more members in the club. Lyle N. suggested we begin a process of getting more of the younger generation into the club. A committee was formed and will report back to the members in our October meeting. Lyle N., Charlene Faulkner, Firelei Parish, and Jeff K. will be in the committee. There was an additional discussion allowing 4X4’s into the club and updating the years of the cars we would like in our club. Ray M. informed us the process of making this happen and that it requires A vote and a bylaw change. These are some critical changes so please give this some thought before attending the meeting. Hopefully, we can agree on these issues in our October meeting as well. Our annual club picnic will be September 22nd at 11 am at Don G.’s residence. The address there is 24624 se 214th Maple Valley , Wa 98038. A signup sheet was distributed. If you hadn’t signed up, I didn’t notice anyone bringing beans and not many deserts noted. Pop and water, hot dogs, hamburgers are provided by the club. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. If you bring beans or additional deserts, please let Judy M. know. If you are a member and have not had the opportunity to visit with members new and old, this is a great time . There will be no lunch out this month.
Website: Major additions have be noticed on the website thanks to Darren M. and Matt E. Matt is now adding members car of the month to the website. I also recommended that they add a few words about the car and driver. They recently added Dave’s car. Check it out!!! The website is maple valleystreetratscarclub.com
50/50: The 50/50 was won by Dave S. A total of $92.00 was collected and Dave asked that his share be donated to the Maple Valley Food Bank. Congrats to Dave!
Next Meeting: Our next club meeting will be October 1 st at 7am at Mitzels
Editor: Dave M. - Co Editor: Judy M.
LAST MEETING: Our last meeting was held September 3rd at Mitzel’s Restaurant in Kent with 26 members in attendance. We had 2 guests in attendance: Lyle's daughter, Tiffney, and Karen came in with President, Don G. We also swore in a new member to our club, Mike, who brings to us a 1965 Chev Impala. Welcome Mike to the Maple Valley Street Rats Car Club.
President Report: President Don G. passed around a signup sheet for towing the trailer and as best I recall he has the remaining 3 Friday nites covered. Thanks for your persistence Don. Don explained that we see quite a few cars come into our Friday nite cruises at 3pm and leaving by 6:30 pm or 7pm. Don made a motion that we change the hours of the cruises to 3-7pm. The club voted and the 2020 cruises will be 3-7 pm. Don also mentioned that we could use more raffle items to hand out at the trailer. Many thanks to Joe for bringing in his wooden cars for the kids.
Vice President Report: Dave M. reported that we need to start picking up recycled auto parts to present to Doug A. If we provide Doug the parts early it gives him a better selection of which to design the trophies . As always, please provide small parts. If in doubt call me.
Treasurers Report: Doug S. was not in attendance but he reported to President Don G. that we were still solvent. Doug has had difficulty getting to the meetings with his work schedule, but has informed us that his schedule is changing and he will have a better opportunity to attend more meetings in the future.
Secretaries Report: Teresa C. has been busy procuring tropy plaques for the Lunar Rover and for the additional club participation trophy. She is also in the process of ordering plaques for our sponsors. I now have the above mentioned plaques in my hands.
Scholarship Report: Nancy A. was not in attendance to report updates. Teresa reported that she has been in touch with one of our participates (Julio) who is attending Renton Technical College.
Old Business: Dave M. mentioned that we really needed a process for processing new membership applications. It appears that the club was having difficulty getting the applications filed. The club decided we would get a solid process in place at our September Meeting.
New Business: The members discussed an appropriate process to getting the applications into the appropriate person. When a potential new member shows an interest in becoming a member, the following steps must be taken. The potential member is presented a application and as well a copy of the bylaws . Both the bylaws and the applications are stored in the trailer. The application is updated and includes the address of our meetings and additionally all meetings are the 1st Tuesday of every month . The applicant brings his application along with the fee ($25) and is then sworn in. This is the time when the application is provided to the Vice President to be processed. Please if you have any of the old forms, please dispose of them. There were discussions around getting more members in the club. Lyle N. suggested we begin a process of getting more of the younger generation into the club. A committee was formed and will report back to the members in our October meeting. Lyle N., Charlene Faulkner, Firelei Parish, and Jeff K. will be in the committee. There was an additional discussion allowing 4X4’s into the club and updating the years of the cars we would like in our club. Ray M. informed us the process of making this happen and that it requires A vote and a bylaw change. These are some critical changes so please give this some thought before attending the meeting. Hopefully, we can agree on these issues in our October meeting as well. Our annual club picnic will be September 22nd at 11 am at Don G.’s residence. The address there is 24624 se 214th Maple Valley , Wa 98038. A signup sheet was distributed. If you hadn’t signed up, I didn’t notice anyone bringing beans and not many deserts noted. Pop and water, hot dogs, hamburgers are provided by the club. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. If you bring beans or additional deserts, please let Judy M. know. If you are a member and have not had the opportunity to visit with members new and old, this is a great time . There will be no lunch out this month.
Website: Major additions have be noticed on the website thanks to Darren M. and Matt E. Matt is now adding members car of the month to the website. I also recommended that they add a few words about the car and driver. They recently added Dave’s car. Check it out!!! The website is maple valleystreetratscarclub.com
50/50: The 50/50 was won by Dave S. A total of $92.00 was collected and Dave asked that his share be donated to the Maple Valley Food Bank. Congrats to Dave!
Next Meeting: Our next club meeting will be October 1 st at 7am at Mitzels
Editor: Dave M. - Co Editor: Judy M.
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