NCFSDC Meeting Minutes
JUNE 2002

As a prelude to the start of the June meeting, club members were treated to a little adventure the mystery meeting. Trusting hosts Bill and Charlotte Delli to get them to the
meeting location, members set out across country with only a list of directions without an end location identified. Everyone assembled on North Main Street in Williston FL. They were given a set of directions along with a sheet of items that had to be identified along the way a highway scavenger hunt. The winners with the most correct finds received some well-deserved prizes. The trek took only an hour and everyone agreed that the countryside was some of the prettiest to be found in Florida. The final destination was Carmichael's Restaurant in Ocala, FL. If all goes as planned, this could become an annual event.

The official meeting was called to order by President Edith Fifer at 3:00 p.m. in Carmichael's Restaurant. Twenty-six members and three guests were present. Thirteen Studebakers were driven to the meeting. These included a 1962 Cruiser, two 1961 Hawks, a 1963 GT Hawk, a 1964 GT Hawk, a 1960 Lark, two 1962 Larks, a 1965 Daytona, a 1959 Lark, a 1952 Studebaker Pickup, a 1964 Cruiser, and a 1956 Studebaker.

President Fifer started the meeting by introducing guests Nicholas Giacomo, Michael Cade and Emilie Cade.

The tribulations experienced by club members at the May meeting were described. The meeting was in High Springs, FL but the planned meeting place was already occupied by other events. Everyone arrived at different times and drove around until a gathering of old cars and trucks was found. It was an 91 unofficial" car show, not connected with the Pioneer Days celebration. _,_ The club congregated there. In fact, the sponsors of the car show decided to add a trophy just for the NFCSDC because we had so many cars there.

Following this discussion, President Fifer requested that action be taken on approving the minutes published in the newsletter for the last meeting. Charlotte Delli, editor, stated that there was a correction needed. Kathleen Marsh had been identified as Kathryn Marsh. With this correction, the minutes were approved by unanimous vote.

The Treasurers report was provided by Barrie Thelin.

The meeting was then opened for old business. Charlotte Delli provided copies of the NFCSDC By-laws with the changes approved at the May meeting annotated in blue. These changes included adding an office for funds raiser and giving the president authority to establish committees for special events. She also made a motion to change Article V of the By-laws; active members only are given the authority to approve changes to the By-laws while Article 11 allows associate members voting privileges as well. By specifying only active members in Article V. almost half of the club members are denied voting rights for changing the By-laws. There is a conflict within the Bylaws between Article 11 and Article V. The motion was seconded by Danny Thomas.

A spirited discussion took place. It was mentioned that the By-laws were copied from those in the national SDC. It was stated that if it was good enough for the national club, it should be good enough for the local club. It was also stated that the national club showed both active members and spouses on the membership card. Several recently issued membership cards from the national SDC were checked and only the husband's name appeared on the card. A vote on the motion took place. A two thirds majority of the active members present did not vote in favor of the motion and the motion was not approved.

Martha Cade made a motion to remove associate" members from Article 11 and just have active members. It was pointed out that the definition of active member would have to be changed because it would be unclear as to how many in a family would have to pay full dues. Mary Cade then suggested that the word " active" be removed from Article V. At this point, it became clear that there was a lot of confusion because there were several ways the problem could be resolved. Without action on any of the options, it was agreed to table the discussion until the August meeting to allow the members time to review the By-laws.

There was no other old business and the meeting was opened for new business. Dr. Bob Cade suggested that the NFCSDC send an invitation to the Orlando Chapter of the SDC to work with the NCFSDC to host a national meet in two years. President Fifer requested that Dean Gessner, a member of both clubs, check with the Orlando SDC to see if the idea was feasible. It was suggested that two years would not be enough time to make all of the arrangements for a national meeting and that the national club schedules the meets years in advance. The request was amended to host the first available meeting.

It was questioned whether the proposal was for Orlando to host the meet and NFCSDC help. It was clarified that the two clubs would be co-hosts.

There was opposition voiced to NFCSDC hosting any national meet. It was stated that the state meet was enough. The matter was tabled until the August meeting to allow time to find out what dates were available and to obtain a response from the Orlando SDC.

The meeting continued with a status report on the University of Florida engineering team car by Roger Thelin. NCFSDC was one of the sponsors of the team. It paid for a set of tires

for the team for its Formula SAE competition. The Gainesville Street Rod club bought another set of tires as well. One set of tires was worn out in practices but the second set was available to take to the competition. The team's position in the competition is not yet known, but Roger will report the outcome at the August meeting. He stated that the team usually finishes in the top four.

The location of the August meeting was discussed; there is no July meeting. As tourmaster, Roger Thelin agreed to find a place. He will check with George Matt who expressed an interest in hosting a meeting. Members will be notified of the location and date.

President Fifer thanked Bill and Charlotte

Delli for hosting the meeting.

President Fifer specifically requested that the meeting minutes contain the following: "Every time the newsletter is published, it just gets better and better."

On this note, the meeting was adjourned.