Mid-West Corvettes, Inc.
12/3/2025
President Patric Nichols called the meeting to order at 6:32PM. There were 24 members present and 0 guests. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. A moment of silence was observed for all Veterans, Fallen, Past and Current Military Personnel and First Responders..
Reminder to set phones to silent, wear nametags to all Club functions and donate for Birthdays/Anniversaries/No Name Tag at the beginning of the meeting if wishing to do so.
We have a vacancy on the Board; the Social Director position is open. Please let Donna Jochim or Patric Nichols know about your interest in taking over this position.
There are open positions in the Parade, Publicity, and Photos committees.
Secretary’s Report: Jan Ebert – The minutes will only be posted to the website. Motion to accept the Minutes as submitted was made by Jeff Olson, seconded by Sue Severs, passed.
Treasurer’s Report: Carl Burney – Passed a current Club’s balance sheet around for members to see. Income and expenses left an available balance of $3,569.98. Charity: Income was: $136.00, Charity has an available balance of $1,479.14. Motion to accept Treasurer’s report made by Carol Mathias, second by John Severs, motion carried.
Jeff Olson thanked Carl for all the work he does as Treasurer.
Governor’s Report: Roger Miller – Governor’s Notes:
Nov. 15 Morning Regional Meeting
New NCCC cards will be mailed in late January or early February. Black cards for NCCC lifetime members will not be mailed out as they do not expire.
As of November 13, 16,420 members and 232 clubs in NCCC. So far, this is down 1054 members and 16 clubs. This will change as renewals finish up.
The Wisconsin Dells Convention showed profits of $7046.00.
2026 Convention will be held in Syracuse, New York.
2027 Convention will be held in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
MWC Rallye is scheduled for 4 events on April 19, 2026.
MWC Low speed is scheduled for 10 events for our club and 4 events for Northern Rays on July 11 and 12, 2016.
Nov. 15 Afternoon NCCC Governors Meeting
Corvette Museum is having a car give-away of a ’67 Corvette. Details should be on the Museum website.
Renewals were progressing slowly.
157 members converted to lifetime members. It is usually only a half dozen or so each year.
Insurance should now be finalized. There have been no claims for speed events over the last 4 years. It was found that the Lake of Ozarks club ran speed events without insurance coverage since they did not request it, exposing them to liability, but there were no incidents.
Much discussion about going from 4 to 3 meetings per year. It would not go through until 2028 due to hotel contract. Voted on keeping February, September and November in person meetings and using something like Zoom for May meetings. 145 in favor and 65 opposed to going to three meetings a year. Elimination of one in-person meeting may save between $30-$35K a year.
Membership: Cindy Kuehner – If you have a lost or damaged, need a name change on your Club name tag, let Cindy know, she’ll get you a new one. If you have changes (car, plates, address, phone, etc.) let Cindy know so she can update the information. And don’t forget – members can update their information themselves including any updates to your Corvette model, year, color, and license plate.
We have the same number of members and no guests tonight. Membership is at 111, no more have dropped and that number includes honorary/lifetime members.
Social: Donna Jochim – We welcome and encourage all members to take an active role to plan and lead one drive out. No dinner in December. Breakfast 12/16 at Flags in Davenport. Awards Banquet 12/7 at Lavender Crest.
Speed: Jeff Bellmyer – Slow time of the year as thinking about snowmobiles now.
Communications: Jeff Olson – Reminder emails are sent at least 1 per week. If you are not getting these, contact Jeff and he can help you with this or go to the Club website and under the Members tab there is a link for MailChimp, enter your name and email to sign up to receive emails.
Jeff reported the website was down; overloaded by a bot from some China web company. It was nothing faulty on our end.
The Car Show photos on our website under Photos – Bateman. Also took those photos and put them on Facebook too.
Charity: Patti Bellmyer- Thank you from Deanna Glossop’s niece for our $200 donation. 50/50 winners were John Severs and Carl Burney, $15 each. Carl Burney won the pie; Patti Bellmyer won the vanilla.
Webmaster: Jess Toth – Please use the club’s website (https://mwcorvettes.com/). If you have any questions contact Jess at webmaster@mwcorvettes.com. If you have suggestions or ideas for website improvements, please let Jess know. F.Y.I. Members are able to update information in your user profile including information on your Corvette such as Model, Year, Color, and License Plate #.
Car Shows: Jeff Bellmyer – Car Shows are on the Mid-West Corvettes Calendar on the. There are also links to external sites that list car shows. If you know of any local car shows let Jeff know.
Car Show Report: nothing to report. Some are coming up and we will talk about those in January. Veterans car show might be in Muscatine, not at QC Expo.
Publicity: Open position
Parades: Open Position
Quartermaster: Rita Painter – Nothing changed. New sweatshirts without the emblems are $20 and to add the emblem is another $15.
Historian: Waldo Arnholz – Nothing to report.
Sunshine: Gail Olson – Two birthdays and one anniversary were noted. Sympathy card sent to Deanna Glossop on loss of her niece’s husband. Congratulations card sent to Thorngrens on birth of their first grandchild.
Photos: Open Position
Old Business: Amendment to Constitution and By-laws: Edited copies were laid on the table and put on the website; everyone should have had an opportunity to read them. Motion to accept the changed in the Constitution and By-Laws by Marie Foster; second by Patti Bellmyer. Passed.
Doug and Nancy Swanson from Galesburg had an accident on the Tail of the Dragon. They did get a new Corvette.
New Business: Galesburg Club has invited us on the drive outs as well.
Galesburg and Muscatine Clubs: would we like to invite them to participate in events with our Club? (Clubs would need to be NCCC members to participate.) Motion by Sue Severs, second by Patti Bellmyer. Passed.
Sean McKay: Car Show: Teagen ______ was a judge; she’d been treated at St. Jude’s and currently is cancer free. She had a tough time picking the car; the C1 was picked. Motion by Sean that we write a check to her for $200. We have $150 from the mileage contest and add to it to get it to $200 and give it to Teagen; Carol Mathis first, Quint Early second, passed.
Sean McKay is retiring in April; for 19 years Lake of the Ozarks has been in the plan; will be coming back here as parents are here and need help. Due to this retirement to Missouri, he can’t commit to leading the car show this next year as he can’t do it justice with leading it from Missouri.
Ascentra in LeClaire will be a Culver’s by next summer.
Meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jan Ebert, Secretary
MEETINGS ARE HELD AT 6:30PM ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH
2025 Board of Directors are as follows:
President: Patric Nichols
Vice-President: Jeff Olson
Secretary: Jan Ebert
Treasurer: Carl Burney
Governor: Roger Miller
Membership: Cindy Kuehner
Eriksen Rep Erica Walker
Social: Donna Jochim
Speed: Jeff Bellmyer
Communications: Jeff Olson
Charity: Jan Ebert
Chair Persons:
Webmaster: Jess Toth
Car Shows: Jeff Bellmyer
Publicity: Open Position
Parade: Open Position
Quartermaster: Rita Painter
Historian: Waldo Arnholz
Sunshine: Gail Olson
Photos: Open Position |
