NCFCSDC
NOVEMBER 2003
MEETING MINUTES

The November meeting of the North Central Florida Chapter SDC was held at the home of Jewell and David Lumpkin in Hernando, FL, on November 8, 2003. The meeting was called to order by President Edith Fifer at 1:00 p.m.

Twenty members attended. Seven Studebakers, were driven to the meeting. These included a 1965 Daytona, a 1937 Coupe Express, a 1957 Studebaker truck, a 1958 Commander, a 1950 Coupe, a 1963 GT Hawk, and a 1962 Commander.

The first order of business was to thank the Lumpkins for hosting the meeting and providing such beautiful weather. Because there were many new members attending the meeting, President Fifer had everyone introduce themselves.

The next order of business was the approval of the minutes from the October and September meetings which were published in the newsletter. Robert Marsh motioned that the minutes be approved as written with Roy Mayes seconding. The motion was approved with a unanimous voice vote.

President Fifer announced that Charlotte Delli needed to know birth month and dates for all members as well as the names of those members who would be at least 75 years old in 2004, The chapter has an honored member category for those members 75 and older. It was announced that Robert Marsh would be celebrating his 80th birthday on the 23rd of November. Everyone congratulated him on for his upcoming birthday.

President, Fifer also reminded everyone that volunteers are needed for the various committees for the 2006 Southeast Zone Meet that will be sponsored by the NCFCSDC.

Charlotte Delli reported that the Chapter did not get the grant from the Alachua Convention and Tourism bureau that she had applied for on behalf of the Chapter. There was $100,000 available and the grant requests were #166,000. The Chapter was at a disadvantage because it is not formally registered as a nonprofit organization in the state of Florida. The Chapter may want to consider obtaining this status (it costs about $65 per year to register.) if it is planned to try for the grant again. The up side of the situation is that by not having the grant, the NCFCSDC is free to go outside Alachua county to look at locations for the meet. The grant was contingent upon using a hotel in Alachua county. Charlotte has heard from other hotels who are interested in handling the meet. She pointed out that there still have been no volunteers for the hotel/banquet committee. The Alachua Convention and Tourism Bureau also will help us find a hotel. She pointed out that the hotel must be decided early since it is the driver for a lot of activities during the meet.

President Fifer mentioned that the banquet at the Florida State Meet was different from others she has attended. It was almost like a dinner theater. There were two 1953 Studebakers inside the hotel and special guests, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Loewy. President Fifer suggested that we might want to have a theme for the banquet at the 2006 Southeast Zone Meet, perhaps something along the lines of the era of Al Capone and its cars or something else to do with cars.

Charles Grant reported that he has reserved 4 cabins for Friday and Saturday, February 6 and 7, 2004.

Sam Dixon had planned to have some examples of shirts (but he could not make it to the November meeting. He will bring the samples to the December meeting.

Gerald Tucker announced that everyone was invited to a Halloween party in October (2004). He wanted everyone to put it on their calendars.

The last order of business was the election of officers for 2004. The following officers were nominated: President Derwood Thompson, Vice-President Martha Cade, Treasurer Ronda Scarabino, Secretary and newsletter editor Charlotte Delli, and Membership director Bill Delli. The Tour Master and Fund raiser positions are open. The group decided to go ahead and vote on those positions that had nominees. Robert Marsh motioned that the nominees be voted into office with Don Hoaglund seconding. The motion was approved by a unanimous voice vote. The Tour Master and Fund raiser positions will be decided at the December meeting.

One additional item of business was introduced by Kathleen Marsh, There was concern about placing a limit. on the gifts exchanged at the December party. It was agreed that no more than $20 would be spent and that this was a maximum, not a minimum.

The meeting was then adjourned.