President’s Message – June 2010

President’s Message – June 2010

Drag racing season started to kick in for me this month. I was out to the track to test out the new short throw shifter and thanks to Dale, one of our new members, I was able to shoot some video footage for the next You Tube video. I also took Dale for a passenger run and he is now recovering  The video also served a useful technical purpose because I noticed from this and previous footage that I have rear wheel hop happening. The solution appears to be changing out the control arms, which is now underway.

We held our second ice cream run with 15 club members on May 10th, destination, the Dairy Queen over by the Manning Freeway. We then met with 20 club members for our Saturday brunch on the 15th at Ricky’s by the municipal airport. So the numbers at these events are growing on a monthly basis. Remember, if you are planning to attend the monthly brunch, please let Rick know so that we can reserve the space. Otherwise, someone ends up having to wait until a table becomes free. We are literally taking over the restaurant one table at a time!

At the monthly meeting we discussed making some changes to the club structures. In essence, we want to begin looking at doing some advance planning for our social events, keeping in better touch with our members, acknowledging the contributions of members and creating a variety of products (hats, tee-shirts, etc.) that might be used to market the club. Finally, we want to create a vibrant homepage so that we can show off all the great things that the club is doing. Stay tuned for a follow up e-mail to start getting you involved in this process.

One final note about the monthly meeting, an award of recognition was presented to Albert for his extraordinary efforts to sign up new members. (This is where I got the idea that maybe we should recognize more club members for the special things they do for us all).

Just a reminder that our third ice cream run will be happening on Monday, June 14thth , departing from Healy Ford at 7.30; destination TBA. Our fourth Saturday brunch will be happening at Ricky’s by the municipal airport on Saturday, May 19th. Our monthly meeting will be taking place in the Healy Ford boardroom on Monday May 21th. Other important events this month include the Children’s Make a Wish Show N Shine on the 13th and the Devon Cruise on the 24th. and the Poker Run to the Bruce Hotel on the 26th with the Corvette Club. For both of these events, we still need approximate numbers so please let Rick know.

Next month is the Healy Show so Daryl and Rick who are quarterbacking the event are helping me to track down Mark to finalize the details. If it is like past years, the Show promises to offer a great cross section of awesome Fords, tons of people and great prizes, so mark your calendars! We hope to see you out at this month’s events and look forward to continuing to see you at our events throughout the season. Stay tuned and remember to check us out at www.amoaweb.com .

Cheers,
John Church, (a.k.a. Johnny Mustang)
AMOA Club President

Related posts:

1. President’s Message – August 2010
2. May 2010 President’s Message
3. President’s Message – April 2010