Mid-West Corvettes, Inc.
3/4/2025
President Patric Nichols called the meeting to order at 6:34PM. There were 25 members present and 1 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. President Patric is recovering well from his retina surgery–again. Sign-up sheets are going around for Breakfast club, Dinner Club, 65th car group photo (need to know how many cars as that makes a difference on the site of the picture), 65th anniversary dinner.
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 and seconded by Marie Foster. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report: Carl Burney – Passed around a current Club’s balance sheet for members to see. Main Account: Income was: $0 Expense was: $0. Balance in Main Account is $4,590.25. Charity: Income was: $127 Expense was: $0. Balance in Charity Account is $1,266.52. Motion to accept Treasurer’s report made by Jan Ebert, passed.
Governor’s Report: Roger Miller – Attended NCCC meeting on February 22 in St. Louis. Quite interesting. It’s a great group and a lot of Corvette attire. It was a good experience. A report was given on going to this meeting. There’s a binder in the black cabinet with waiver and parental consent forms. Talk about MWC membership application and NCCC application. A copy of the Constitution, By-Laws, and SOP are in that binder. This way if we need it, we have it. All officers have a key. The membership form on the website was slightly different so NCCC has it changed and now it will be the same. Re car shows, Club members cannot win at their own car shows. The 2025 NCCC at Wisconsin Dells link is online. 121 have registered from the Midwest and usually it’s 350 nationally. Currently there are no tours of the Corvette plant. Membership nationally is 230 clubs with 16,325 members with under age 16 having 1,056 members. NCCC is projected to have a loss of $170,000 for 2025. Insurance cost went up three percent in 2025. NCCC is looking at ways to attract younger members as NCCC is getting smaller each year. It was voted to eliminate jacket patches. It was talked about to cut the annual meetings from four to three a year; hold one by Zoom.
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. New member tonight is Dave Hangiman (spelling??). He has a 2008 C6, a garage find, 4,444 miles on it.
Social: Donna Jochim – We welcome and encourage all members to take an active role to plan and lead 1 drive out. Do we want a picnic in the park at West Lake; maybe paddle boat vs sack race? A quick survey of members present indicated that we want this event; a date will be figured out for this. Drive out April 12 is open for someone to lead it. If you would like to lead it, please do so. Sean McKay talked about the mileage contest. Eight cars are entered so far. Mileage is what is driven by each contestant from last meeting (February 4) until our November 2025 meeting. $20 to enter. One-half of the entry fee goes to charity. Breakfast is cancelled for tomorrow due to pending bad weather. Dinner Club is Thursday 3/20,6 p.m. at Coal Creek Inn, 101 22nd Avenue in Coal Valley; hosted by Terry Johnson and Cindy Kuehner. Lake of Ozark April 24-27; flyers are available; room block is until 3/12. Club anniversary party is May 3; dinner at Eriksen’s. There will be a group photo so sign up so we know how many cars. There will be a drone photo. Ingersolls and Severs will lead the May 17-19 waterfalls and wineries drive out. Sean McKay talked about the Black Hills Corvette Classic on July 16-10. Tail of the Dragon/Vettes vs Dragon is September 11-14. Fall car show is October 4, Fall drive out for October 17-19 to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, with Quint and Kristin Early helping Raleigh and Pam.
Speed: Jeff Bellmyer – Rallye is April 6; volunteers are needed; please sign up. Low Speed — no place yet.
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.
Charity: Patti Bellmyer- Thank you was received from Kathy Nelson re Laura who has had her second round of chemo. There is a St. Jude charity raffle; next drawing is May 3; this is for tires, etc. Discussion if the club is interested in buying a raffle ticket at $25. Motion by Sharon Morrissey to do so, second by Jeff Bellmyer, discussion that if we win, then use it as a raffle item at the car show; passed. Cindy Kuehner’s sister Cheryl Bealer has cancer; the same type Donna has had; request made for $200 donation. Donna Jochim made motion, Sharon Morrissey second, passed. An envelope was passed around for any member who wanted to also donate; Donna matched this. Raffle: banana bread won by Gail Olson. Cookies were won by Jan Ebert, chocolate pie was won by Jan Ebert. Gale Brown and Del Traub won the 50/25/25 raffle; both donated their winnings back.
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.
Publicity: Open position
Parades: Jim Scranton – no report
Quartermaster: Rita Painter – Club shirts are in; most of the members have picked them up tonight. Everyone should have their order in by March 15, get it to Rita and then everybody will have their shirts by April. Thank you to Sue Severs for her help with this.
Historian: Waldo Arnholz – No report
Sunshine: Gail Olson – Birthdays and Anniversaries were noted. February cards to Bill Morrissey, Sr., Denny Waddell, Sheila Petty, Deb McKay, Gary Huff, Robert Hebestreit.
Photos: Open position
Old Business: Sean McKay: Ozark International speed way parade lap talked about. Plans to maybe go to Hawaii next here; 9 hour flight from Chicago.
New Business: Gale Brown: information re a LED neon sign he saw advertised on Facebook; Discussion regarding it being hung at Eriksen’s etc. Jan Ebert made a motion to purchase it, seconded by Patti Bellmyer. Passed. 26″ sign will be purchased for $315.
A new thing for our anniversary year of 1960 is Fun Facts. This month’s facts were by Donna Jochim: MWC started May 1,1960, by Paul Cassel (spelling?) with seven Corvettes and 12 people at Prospect Park. Bobby and Russel Bentley were married the same day.
Discussion if anyone is interested in a “garage tours” drive out; members are interested.
Discussion about having our 65th MWC anniversary picture put into the Blue Bars magazine.
Discussion re interest in sprint car race at Knoxville. Jeff Bellmyer will follow up on that.
Discussion re the Board needs to meet to do a review of the Constitution, the By-laws, and the Standing Operating Procedures. Roger will set up a meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Jan Ebert, Secretary
MEETINGS ARE HELD AT 6:30PM ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH
2024 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: Jim Scranton
Quartermaster: Rita Painter
Historian: Waldo Arnholz
Sunshine: Open Position
Photos: Karen Brown