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Please email me at the VP@ link on the contact page if interested. This is your chance to meet and share the MINI passion with fellow MINI drivers from all over the country.

Thanks!

Ross Dillon
VP SCMC and AMVIV Volunteer Coordinator

This year we are starting from the German-American Social Club on Main Street at Las Vegas Blvd. Breakfast is available there for $5.00 a plate and the first car will go out at 10:00 AM.

Once again we’ll end up at an Irish pub for fun and ceremony. The rallye fee is $10 per car. Not sure about the cost of the food at the Irish pub yet. We’re still working on it. The theme is a Germany to Ireland run with questions about both countries and their beer drinking cultures and the usual ones about landmarks alone the rallye route. Please put out the word and ask interested people to contact me directly at 533-9108. Once again the Murphy Trophy will go to the 2nd place team who will also agree to keep it for a year, add a piece of automotive memorabilia/junk and organize next years event.

This year’s run will be dedicated to the memory of our founding member Ibsen Dow who passed away in October. You might remember Ibsen who had the beautiful white ‘59 TR-3 and who contributed a TR badge to the Murphy.

The more the merrier, so please help me get the word out to your club members and help keep the spirit of the event alive and growing into the future.
Thanks,
Doug Sharp

Also, the Bag stuffing will begin at 10:00 AM on 20 March at the Clubhouse on Mojave, a short half block north of Tropicana.  Can’t miss it, there will be a MINI or two parked there.  Hope to see you there.  If you haven’t already, please RSVP to me so we have an approximate head count (ordering Pizza for lunch).

Thanks!

Ross Dillon
VP SCMC and AMVIV Volunteer Coordinator

If you volunteer by Monday, 22 Feb, you’ll make the order for staff event T-shirts.

Ross Dillon

Vice President, Sin City MINI Club
AMVIV Volunteer Coordinator

Please note that the meeting time is a little earlier than normal (6:00 pm).

March’s Motor in will be held in conjunction with AMVIV and will be at In-N-Out Burger near Aliante.  Exact time and location will be provided when we get closer.

See ya there!

Due to popular demand, we have changed the departure location and time of the Calico run.  Rather than launching from Aliante at 0800, we will now depart from the Las Vegas Outlet Mall at 0830.  The Outlet Mall is located at the corner of Las Vegas Blvd and Warm Springs.  The revised map is here.

Since Calico offers a great location for an overhead group photo, we’re really hoping for a great turnout.  Please join us!

As usual, don’t forget to bring your radios tuned to Channel 7 sub 21 (although it’s not required).

Also, be sure to reserve 25 Feb in your calendar for our next Motor In.  It will be at BJ’s (9520 S Eastern Ave. Henderson NV)…It’s in the same strip mall as Cars and Coffee.

Thanks!

The next couple of clubs runs will be rehearsals for AMVIV events.  For the first run of 2010, SCMC will visit Death Valley and the lowest point in North America (and coincidentally enough only 76 miles from Mt Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous 48 states).  Mike Morine will be leading this run and will depart from the fourth level of the Aliante parking structure at 10 AM (or the third level in case it’s closed).  Timing for the departure is critical to assess traffic prior to the real AMVIV run, so please be on time and ready to go! The following link will show you the planned route on Google maps (http://tiny.cc/deathvalley179).

Since the number of participants expected during AMVIV will not permit an organized lunch, the plan is to let everyone find lunch on their own in Pahrump and regroup after an hour to continue.  So, either bring $ or pack a lunch.

Also, note that Death Valley is part of the National Park Service and as such has an entry fee of $20 per vehicle (an annual NPS park pass will work if you already have one).  Note that my experience is that the entry gates are rarely manned and fees are typically collected by a Park Ranger on foot at the more popular locations such as Badwater.  There’s a chance you won’t have to pay, but be prepared to do so.

Note: Bring your Radios as cell phones don’t work:  Channel 7 sub 21

Board Meeting Minutes: November 19, 2009

6:30pm, Conny & Ladd Pagan’s Clubhouse

Board Members:

Present: Mark Finn, Andrew Ross, Pedro Torres and Julie Preneta

Absent: Paula Moss

Quorum present? Yes

Others Present

Ross Dillon, Conny & Ladd Pagan – SCMC Members

Meeting called to order at 6:45pm by SCMC President, Mark Finn

Proceedings:

• Established a quorum of Board Members present at the meeting, and discussed that the minutes from last meeting were reviewed and approved and are posted on the SCMC Website.
• Board of Director and Officer openings were discussed
  • Paula Moss resigned her position on the Board of Directors, and Larry Simpson resigned his position as SCMC Vice President.
  • In accordance with Club by-laws, the quorum present agreed to vote for a replacement member for the board of directors and for a new vice president.
  • It was voted and agreed that Ross Dillon take the open seat on the Board of Directors and the open officer position.
  • He agreed to the appointment and is now the replacement member of the Board of Directors and the new Vice-President. It was also agreed that the duties of the Vice President will be shared among the board until the beginning of the year, when his schedule will allow it.
• Pedro brought in 5000 newly printed business cards for the Club. Cards were distributed to the Board.
  • It was agreed that five cards will be added to new member and member renewal packets, and distributed at Club functions where more members are present.
• Membership
  • New Membership was discussed. Agro and Pedro noted some deficiencies in the messages generated by the new website. These deficiencies will be brought up with DB so they can be addressed.
  • Again discussed that dues are due for all members at the start of the year – payable anytime after the first of December. Need to announce renewal due date to Club, but will wait on website issues before proceeding.
• AMVIV Bank Account
  • Discussed and agreed on the option of opening a separate bank account just for AMVIV – linked to the Club account, but with a separate number.
  • Julie agreed to contact Bank of America to open the account.
  • Agreed to transfer $3000 from the Club general account to the new AMVIV account. After AMVIV, if the event is successful or at least breaks even, the $3000 can be transferred back to the main Club account.

Future Business:

• December 12 Christmas Party is the Club’s next Motor-In – Pedro has received 9 RSVPs so far.
• Next Club Run will be a Poker Run combined with a Toys for Tots or other charity run – the plan would be to bring donations to the Poker Run and after the Poker Run we’ll drop off the donations. Date to be determined.
• AMVIV Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 3^rd 18:30 at Conny & Ladd Pagan’s Club House on Mojave Drive.
• Determined that a review of the Club’s insurance policy is in order, needs to be done before AMVIV.

Meeting adjourned at 7:49pm.

Minutes submitted by SCMC Secretary, Julie Preneta