With spring fast approaching, I am starting to hear the call of the drag strip. In preparation for the disappearance of snow, I am changing out my stock shifter for one with a short throw. Hopefully, this will bring my times down into the low 12 second range. I am also looking at doing a couple of cosmetic things to enhance the look of my ride.

On that note, Rick and I attended another meeting of the “The Edmonton Race Experience”. This is the effort to coordinate and promote racing and everything to do with cars in and around Edmonton. Well, the month of July is going to be jammed packed with events leading up to the Indy.

If all goes well, there will be a number of show n’ shines, including our Healy show (July 10th), a Super Slalom
and Super Cruise, and a racing movie night. So, if you like cars, and I know you do, block off the month of July on the calendar and plan to four wheel it through. Once the schedule for this is finalized, we will get it out to you.

Speaking of schedules, this month marks the (re)start of the Saturday breakfast club. As I mentioned last
month, on the third Saturday of each month, we are going to host a brunch at Ricky’s Grill on Kingsway
Avenue at 11 a.m. (across from the Aviation Museum). The brunch is open to members, their families and
potential members. If you are interested let either Rick or I know so we can book enough space. I hope to see you out on March 20th.

One final thought, I’ve noticed that a lot of the things we do tend to be geared more towards the guys. I’d like to hear from the women who are members or affiliates about activities that the club might sponsor that would be value-added for them specifically.

Well, that’s about it for this month. 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 – April 2010
2. President’s Message – February 2010
3. President’s Message – July 2010

On that note, we kicked off 2010 in January with an evening of bowling and socializing with The Northern Alberta Corvette Owners Club. Thanks to the Linda Martens for organizing the event and hosting us! This is the second event that we have partnered on with the Corvettes. Last year we went for a cruise to Viking and were hosted by Rose and Earl Kjelland. We look forward to co-sponsoring a couple of events with the Corvette folks over the coming year.

Our first monthly meeting is set to go on Monday January 18th in the Healy Ford boardroom. Please mark this on your calendar and plan to attend because we will be starting to make plans for the coming year. The meeting will be dedicated to having a good discussion about what we want to do. One of the goals of the new executive is to increase the number and range of social activities that we offer for our members and the general public. We will be building on the core events that AMOA sponsors each year such as the Healy and Freedom Ford Show ‘N Shines and adding in a range of other less formal, but very fun events. We hope to do a few things that will appeal to all members of the family. So, if you have some good ideas about events or activities that we might do, come to the meeting and be part of the discussion, or drop me an e-mail to share your ideas.

A second goal that we are pursuing this year is increased communication with the membership and the general public to raise awareness about what we do. We hope to get more of our existing members involved and pick up some new members along the way. We took the first step to doing this over the Christmas Holidays. Deb Taylor and daughter Erin worked hard to rebuild our website and it is up and running again. In the coming year, the website will be a source of information about upcoming events, photos from past events and links to other interesting websites. The President’s monthly message and other club specific information will also be posted to keep you up-to-date on what’s happening. Check it out at www.amoaweb.com.

By the way, if you are heading down to Barrett-Jackson, there are quite a few of us going. We are planning to meet up, probably on Friday or Saturday night, to swap stories and enjoy the show. Drop me a quick e-mail and let me know if you are interested in grabbing a beer at Barrett. If you have club colours, bring them with you for a group photo. I’m a first-timer so I haven’t been able to concentrate on work since the start of January. Only ten more sleeps until Barrett-Jackson!

As you can see, 2010 promises to be a busy year for AMOA so keep an eye on the events calendar and plan to come out and join in the fun! We look forward to socializing with you at these events.

Cheers,
John Church (a.k.a. Johnny Mustang)

Related posts:

1. President’s Message – March 2010
2. President’s Message – February 2010
3. President’s Message – June 2010

The AMOA Executive elections are done & the 2010 AMOA executive are poised to take over running our Club! I would like to welcome the 2010 executive & congratulate all those who have made the commitment to help run our Club in 2010!! For a full list of those holding executive & volunteer positions in 2010, please check out the list in this month’s newsletter!

It was another great year for the Club and by hosting our usual events, we were able to make another sizeable donation to the Cancer Society…thanks to everyone who attended and especially to those who helped out at the shows!!

Our Social Director and Vice President Barb did a fantastic job organizing the AMOA Xmas Party…dinner at Chili’s & a comedy show at the Laugh Shop. Despite the rather poor weather conditions, we had a good turn out for this event and it was a wonderful evening! So thanks to Barb for arranging it and thanks to those who braved the snow to show up, enjoy a tasty meal and some very entertaining comedy!

You may have noticed that our website is not exactly operating at peak efficiency these days…in short something went VERY wrong with it at some point recently and very little of the actual site was working, so with the help of my daughter, Erin, the entire site is being re-done! This will take some time and effort, but unfortunately the old site was not salvageable! I will keep you updated on the progress! Hopefully, in the not too distant future we can have a website that does all the things we would like it to!

Finally, I would like to thank all of you for your support during my 3 years as President! This had been a very fulfilling experience for the most part and I enjoyed my time in the “big chair”!! I would like to take this opportunity to thank 2009’s executive for all their support and efforts! I would especially like to thank Barb Royer, who kept me sane and was always there to pick up the slack, no matter what that entailed! And after the devastating loss of Dale, Sharon heroically stepped into the treasurer’s position and has decided to continue on in that post for 2010, Sharon you are a rock and your strength inspires me! John you continue to work magic with the newsletter each & every month making it a joy to read! And before this message gets as long as a regular newsletter, I finish by saying to the rest of the 2009 team…all of you who chose to regularly go that extra mile in the positions you held, you made me look good and I sincerely thank you for your efforts!

On behalf of the 2009 AMOA executive, I would like to wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic 2010!!

See you around,

Deb Taylor
The Pink Prez!

Related posts:

1. President’s Message – November 2009
2. Jan 2010 President’s Message
3. President’s Message – March 2010

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