Officers
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING January 14 , 2003:
Next Meeting February 11, 2003 at Performance Plus Corvettes.
President Doug Schwegman called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM.
Those who attended the meeting were: Doug Schwegman, Kurt Meier, Jon Hanas, Jeff Sluder, Gary Benke, Thomas Welch, Gene Cochran, Joe & Sue Sanders, Mark & Melissa Walriven, Stan & Rita Bond, Jim Reed, Bob Adams, Doug Hillman, Nick Lucarelli, Steve Seibert, Joe Bruder, Evelyn Wilson, Dorothy South, Mark Works, Robert Hood, Bill Hengstebeck , Gary Rye, Rick & Gay Deerwester, Jim Freiermuth, Paul Groen, Tony Geers, David & Brends Aubrey, Jerry Sizemore, Jerry Kidney, Charles Griffin, Chip Schwegman, "Doc" Schwegman, Steve Waldemmeyer, Jim Gramer, Bob Reineke & Richard Rolfes.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
PRESIDENT’S REPORT: Doug introduced a new member, Dr. Troy Ashcraft, who has 2001 Corvette. Doug also introduced another guest, John Famous and welcomed him to the meeting.
Doug introduced Steve Waldenmeyer, who along with his new duties as treasurer, will be handling the monthly "Split the Pot".
Jeff Sluder is the departing treasurer, who could not be at the meeting because his father-in-law had passed away. The Club thanked him for his year of service and the great job he did. Doug will present him with a token of the club’s appreciation.
Doug was asked about the availability of Ft. Thomas Corvette Club windshield stickers for member’s cars and Jon Hanas announced that he had the stickers and passed them out to those that needed them.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Steve informed the Club that the treasury has a balance of $4,447.54. He expects to receive $700.00 advertising revenue.
SECRETARY’S REPORT & WEBSITE NEWS: Jon reported that the Club has 68 paid members. We have approximately 11-C1’s, 4-C2’s and 13-C3’s, 16-C4’s and 25-C5’s. Please complete and return the enclosed "Information" sheet so we can get an accurate count of the kind of cars in the club. Currently we are not sure of the total number or what year and model each member has. We are going to use this information to make new name badges and membership cards. The web site now has a free "Hits Tracker" at the bottom of the page that gives the number of visitors to the site. 30% of the hits to date were people using search engines to locate a club. The other 70% typed in www.nkyvette.com to get to the site so we assume they are members or knew of the site from some other source.
VICE PRESIDENT’S /ACTIVITIES REPORT: Kurt, N.C.M representative, has tickets available for the four Museums 2003 raffles. Kurt further informed the members that he is the Northern Kentucky coordinator for the 50th Anniversary Caravan in June, and as part of that caravan, he has 50th Anniversary Caravan window flags at $15.00 each and a Caravan decal for $10.00.
NEW BUSINESS:Upcoming events:
The February 11 meeting will be held at Performance Plus Corvettes at 9516 Princeton-Glendale Road in Hamilton Ohio. Club members will meet at 40 N. Grand, Fort Thomas, Kentucky at 6 p.m. to caravan up.
The March meeting will be held at Restoration Station in Springboro, OH.
The April meeting will be back at The Roadhouse in Cold Spring, KY.
This summer there will be two separate 50th Anniversary events. The 50th Anniversary Corvette Caravan sponsored by Chevrolet, in Nashville, TN on June 26 & 27 and the Birthday Celebration at The National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY on June 28,29 & 30. There is registration information, for both events, on the web site, www.nkyvette.com. You need to register individually for each event.
Tom Keen gave an update on the Caravan. Darrell Bono informed Tom that they are expecting between 300 to 500 cars to come through Cincinnati on Wednesday, June 25, from Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York. Keen Parts & Performance Plus Corvettes are sponsoring a luncheon stop on June 25. The Caravan will then continue on I-275 to the Grand Victoria Casino for an overnight stop. Darrell Bono, from the Hamilton Club, told Tom that Grand Victoria is going to have 175 rooms reserved and the overflow are going to be accommodated at other hotels in the Lawrenceburg area. The numbers are growing daily. Tom Keen is encouraging Grand Victoria to turn this into an event, like a cruise-in or car show, so the public can bring street rods and other types of cars to the event. The next morning, Thursday June 26, the Caravan will cross the Ohio River and arrive at the Kentucky Speedway mid morning. Chevrolet has the track rented for the day and for a $10.00 donation, any member of the Caravan can take his car for one lap of the track. We are working withTom Gill Chevrolet to have a combined presence at the track since we are the local host club. Details on that later. The Caravan will leave the Speedway and continue to Nashville that afternoon. At this point, all local participants should join the Caravan.
Doug Schwegman reported that Mid-Ohio is having an event on June 20-22, the weekend before the Caravan, and Corvette is the feature car. This is a fun event for anyone who would like to run up there for the day. Another event this year is the Concours d’Elegance sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation . Corvette will be the featured car this year because of the 50th Anniversary and we are investigating ways to get the club and Tom Gill Chevrolet involved. This event is on Sunday, June 8. More details, as they become available
Kurt Meier reported that the Queen City NCRS is sponsoring a swap meet at Terry Lee Chevrolet at the Kings Auto Mall on February 2, 2003 at 9:00 a.m.-3:00p.m. The Club is going to have a booth. So if you have any Corvette parts or accessories that you want to get rid of, bring them out. Any questions call Kurt at 859-781-5700.
DENTED HUB CAP AWARD: Kurt Meier was giver the "Dented Hub Cap" this month for all the trials and tribulations he and his son, Ed, went through to display his 54 Corvette at the Cincinnati Convention Center's 43rd Annual KOI Auto Parts Cavalcade of Customs on January 3, 4 & 5, 2003.
Stan Bond’s 
50th Anniversary car was also on display.
SPLIT-THE-POT: Jim Freiermuth won $27.50 as his half of the pot.
The meeting was adjourned at 9 PM.