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Last post by HATE2W8 - May 02, 2024, 12:35:30 PMATLANTIC CANADA CORVETTE CLUBS MEETING
APRIL 20, 2024
LOUNSBURY BOARDROOM, MONCTON, NB
Present:
PEI Corvette Club: Errol Callbeck, Kinglsey Lewis
Corvette Club of NS: Ivan Hines
Greater Moncton Corvette Club: Roger Bourgeois, Chairman
River Valley Corvette Club of Fredericton: Wanda Gadd
Corvette Club of Southern NB: Sylvia Blanchard
Absent:
Newfoundland and Labrador Corvette Club
Loyalist City Corvette Club
Meeting called to order at 10 a.m.
The following notes were shared at the meeting:
GMCC:
Welcome to everyone. Hope things are good with you all and you had a great winter. We can proceed with each club activities/shows planned for this summer.
Our club executives are:
President: Dave McPherson
Vice-President: Debbie Legge
Secretary: Helen Estabrooks
Treasurer: Roger Bourgeois
Events Coordinator: Darlene Estabrooks (monctoncorvetteclub@gmail.com)
Web Page: Rick Estabrooks
More activities are planned but not on our schedule yet, as booking dates need to be confirmed.
There are currently 66 paid members with an additional 15 paying this weekend. We raised our membership dues to $35/year/family.
Angie has agreed to gather our notes and will combine into one document to share with group.
Next fall's meeting will take place on October 19th at 10 a.m., here at the Lounsbury Moncton boardroom.
GMCC's calendar of events as follows:
| Date | Day | Event | more info |
| May 5, 2024 | Sunday | Halifax, Peggy's Cove, Bridgewater | CCNS is hosting this tour - members & non-members are welcomed. Moncton group will depart Dieppe Blvd. Irving (corner Dieppe Blvd & Champlain St.) at 7:30 a.m. |
| May 11, 2024 | Sat | Pictou, NS tour | depart Irving, Dieppe Blvd, at 9:00 a.m. |
| May 26, 2024 | Sunday | Breakfast at Knights of Columbus Murphy Ave, Moncton | Group sits together around 8:30 a.m. |
| May 30-June2 | Thurs-Sunday | Bar Harbor, Maine tour weekend | Some folks will leave Magnetic Hill McDonalds at 8 a.m. on Thursday, while others will leave on Friday at 8 a.m. |
| June 15, 2024 | Sat | Lounsbury all-Corvette-show | details to follow |
| June 22-23 | Sat-Sun | PEI Tour | arrangements are being made for a discount with Comfort Inn, Charlottetown, but lots of choice close by for those that want to stay overnight. |
| June 29, 2024 | Sat | Crooked River Distillery Tour & Trueman's, Aulac, for ice cream | depart Irving, Dieppe Blvd, at 1:30 p.m. Rain Date of Sunday, June 30th. R.s.v.p. will be required |
| July 3-7 | Wed-Sun | Atlantic Nationals | |
| July 5, 2024 | Fri | Corvette Tour | details to follow |
| July 18-21 | Thurs-Sunday | Corvette Club of NS hosts weekend in Yarmouth, NS | Details/registration available on their web page. Details to follow for departure from Dieppe |
| July 27, 2024 | Sat | Lavender Fields, Kent Co. | departure details to follow |
| Sept 20-22 | Fri-Sun | Fall Harvest Fest, Bathurst | Details have already been sent to members for registration. Depart Irving, Dieppe Blvd. (more info to come) |
| Sept 27-28 | Fri & Sat | Corvettes of Southern NB, Saint John, Moon Glow show | details to follow |
| October 20, 2024 | Sunday | Trueman's Lobster run | details to follow |
| November 23, 2024 | Sat | Christmas party | details to follow |
PEICC
Presented by Errol Callbeck, with Events Coordinator, Kingsley Lewis.
Good morning everyone. Nice to see everyone and have winter in the rear view mirror! Thanks to the Moncton club and Lounsburys for again allowing us to use the boardroom here.
Quick recap of our winter- our Christmas party in November at Razzy"s Roadhouse in Charlottetown. We had great attendance at the party and a nice evening for our Christmas gathering! Our next get together was in January for our annual Barrett Jackson pot lunch party. Dionne and I hosted the group at our house. Wonderful evening with a good sized group to watch people spend lots of money on some beautiful vehicles! The Barrett Jackson Pot Luck has become a consistently well attended event, and we look forward to having it again next year!
In February, we had our Valentine's Day meal as a group at the Merchantman Pub in Charlottetown. They had a private room for us, which was great for socializing. Harold and Pauline took care of getting some little take away gifts for the ladies in attendance as well!
In March, we had a club breakfast at the Blue Goose in Desable, which is owned by members Tery & Carla Robblee. That was well attended and we intended to do another breakfast in April, but that has not happened. Probably my fault as I still do some tax work, so never gave it the time to organize something.
We do regular Wednesday evening meetings in the nice weather months, so those will likely start in May or early June depending on the weather.
Last year was out first attempt at returning to PEI Vettefest, with a one day event instead of two. I believe our club really needs some more members to re-boot the enthusiasm if we are ever to go back to a two day event. With that in mind, this year will be a very similar format to last year. On Saturday, June 22nd, we will follow a similar format as last year. We will meet a Confed Bridge to leave for a tour – still finalizing lunch/destination stop. Then the evening meal will be at Glasgow Hills golf course again as we had a lot of good feedback on the meal/location/view/parking there. They are going to change up the menu a bit, but probably three options like last year.
On Sunday, we are not going to have an actual car show this year. There is plenty of those to go around and many people seem to enjoy the driving/eating/gathering more than the car show itself. Last year, we did a couple of breakfast meet options without thinking that many places have breakfast included with their room, so there were not many that came to breakfast. If there is interest to do a breakfast meet, we would be happy to do that.
We hope lots of you can make it over as we really appreciate the support we get from your clubs. As a small club, our visitors make the weekend. We do get lots of positive feedback from people that see our group touring on the Saturday and find that is the most fun part of the weekend.
As a club, we have not returned to pre-COVID membership numbers so we do need to focus on getting people back involved in the club. Any ideas we can steal from the rest of you are appreciated! We currently have less than 20 membership families.
We hope to have some representation at all the other Club shows this year, and we thank the organizers of each show – we know and appreciate the work you put into your event.
We don't have any long trips planned for the summer of 2024, and I don't think we have anyone from our club signed up for the 2024 Corvette Caravan yet (Ivan can correct me if I am wrong). Dionne and I will not be making the caravan this time, but having attended three of them – we certainly hope to do it again in 2029!
Our executive for 2024 is as follows:
President: Errol Callbeck
Vice-President: Basil Hambly
Treasurer: Doug MacDonald
Events Coordinator: Kingsley Lewis
Kingsley is our lead email contact. He can be reached at krlewis@eastlink.ca
Feel free to email me at any time at errol.callbeck@gmail.com
Thank you to everyone for being here, and we look forward to the bright sunny days ahead in Summer 2024.
Respectfully submitted,
Errol Callbeck, President PEICC
CCNS
This is CCNS's 50th Anniversary. Membership to date is 100.
First run will be May 5th: Meeting at Bedford Commons. Arerial photo of a "50". Orrie will lead run shore line cruise to Bridgewater for supper.
Executive is as follows:
President: Ivan Hines
Vice-President: Sandy Stoddard
Secretary: Kim Gilby
Treasure: David Kelly
Director at Large: Dean Langille
Past President: Amanda Hines
2024 Caravan details: Numbers have dropped to 10 cars; some opted in to fly into Bowling Green for the 4 day event.
2024 Maritime Meet: July 19 & 20, 2024
Friday – Vette Cruise with lunch at Tusket Brewery; Parade starts at 6:30 p.m. – Vette leading. Parking pass will be for a specific lot so people can "keep their spot"; meet & greet at Johnny Patch Pub @ 7:30 p.m.
Saturday – Car show starts @ 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.; Bus to Pinkney's Point – Tusket Island Tour; later back to Johnny Patch for Tyson vs Paul.
Calendar of events for 2024:
Breakfast Club- 3rd Sunday of the month – November to April – True North Diner, Bedford
Christmas Party - January 27/24 – Dartmouth
Orrie's Run – May 5th
CCNS Halifax Chapter Cruise – May 19th
Vettes of Coastal Maine - May 31 to June 2nd – Bar Barbor, Maine
Lounsbury Chev Corvette Show – June 15th – Moncton
CCNS Valley Vettes Chapter rally – June 23rd
CCNS Maritime Meet – July 19-20 – Yarmouth, NS
CCNS Eastern Shore Chapter Cruise – July 28th
CCNS Kook Kidz Chapter Cruise – Aug 10th
NCM Caravan – Aug 20 – Sept 6th
Hillside Auto Car Show – Aug 24th – Sydney Mines
CCNS South Shore Chapter Cruise – Sept 8th
CCNS Valley Vettes Chapter Cruise – Sept 15th
Fall Harvest Corvette Show – Sept 20-21 – Bathurst, NB
Moon Glow Corvette Show – Sept 27th – Saint John, NB
Ivan Hines, President, CCNS
RVVCC
Good morning to all attendees. Our Executive for 2024 is as follows:
President: Wanda Gadd (gertrude4278@gmail.com)
Secretary: Leanne Robertson (l.m.robertson7511@gmail.com)
Treasurer: Julia Patriquin (vjpat6@gmail.com)
We have 38 registered members, having acquired 2 new members last year (2023-2024).
Our schedule has been set for the summer with attendance to our regular car shows. Two new shows have been added which are May 25th, Fredericton High School annual Spring Classic Scale Model Show. Their theme this year is Corvettes, therefore our club has been invited to display our cars. Please add this to your summer runs and lets show up in support of the high school tech class. If interested, I will forward the accompanied poster.
The 2nd new show is also to benefit a high school student who has put together a car show on May 26th to submit for a class mark to graduate. I also have a poster to accompany that show.
On a sadder note, we lost 2 members last year, John Garwood and Patricia Smearer. As mentioned last year, John Garwood and Harley Smearer had been diagnosed with a terminal illness. John succumbed and ironically, Harley's wife unexpectedly passed. Also, Kelly Kelly had been in the hospital for a serious operation, if anyone would like to send well wishes, her email is as follows: kellysquared3@hotmail.com. I'm sure she would love some well wishes.
We have an annual Christmas party, the 3rd Sunday in January. We meet regularly on the 3rd Sunday, monthly, for breakfast. We also meet through the summer for an ice cream run on Tuesday nights.
Have a great summer, drive safe, and enjoy your ride.
Wanda Gadd, President, RVV
CSNB:
Hello & welcome everyone from the other clubs. I hope everyone had a good winter.
Our last meeting of the year was in November with our annual Christmas Party in December. Our first meeting for this year was our April meeting, held last week, in which Dave McMenoman (Vice President) chaired, as I was South for the winter.
A quick update on our membership of 60.
Our major sponsor is again Coast Tire.
We have our events calendar updated and underway for the season. We have also added a feature to our events page, that is open for event suggestions as the season progresses. We had a nice gathering for a brunch, over the winter months, that everyone enjoyed, and another planned before the cars come out.
Our usual monthly Wednesday night cruises are planned.
Plans are fully underway for our annual Moon Glow & Poker Run, September 27th & 28th. The registration link is posted on our website. Accommodations and other details will follow and be sent to everyone once the details get confirmed.
Our newly elected executive for 2024:
President: Sylvia Blanchard
Vice-President David McMenoman
Treasure: Carol O'Brien-Boucher
Secretary: Jeff LaFrance
Going to try to change Facebook so others can post.
We look forward to another great season!
Sylvia Blanchard, President, CSNB
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Event Calendar / Crooked River Distillery
Last post by Ricko - April 11, 2024, 02:25:05 PMLeaving Dieppe Irving at 1:30pm Rain date Sunday June 30, RSVP required
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Event Calendar / Quad-C Virtual Meeting & ACC M...
Last post by Ricko - April 09, 2024, 02:31:49 PMLounsbury Board room
#5
Event Calendar / Moon Glow/poker Run
Last post by Ricko - April 09, 2024, 02:28:10 PMMore information to come from CSNB
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Event Calendar / Trueman's Lobster Run
Last post by Ricko - April 09, 2024, 02:25:29 PMMore info to follow
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Event Calendar / Corvette Run
Last post by Ricko - April 09, 2024, 02:23:43 PMVisit to Crooked Creek Distillery and Truman Berry farms
More info to follow Roger Bourgeois and Gary Gaskin
More info to follow Roger Bourgeois and Gary Gaskin
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Monthly News Letter / GMCC Monthly Meeting April 02...
Last post by Ricko - April 09, 2024, 02:17:13 PMGreater Moncton Corvette Club
Apr 2, 24
Lounsbury Meeting Room - 7 pm
Present: Dave and Kim McPherson, Dave Fyffe, Ken and Tim Cameron, Gary Gaskin, Ed Leblanc, Margaret Mayes and Trueman Copp, Debbie Legge and Derwin Cooling, Marc Melanson, Roger Bourgeois, Tom and Terri Osler, Scott Mullin.
Dave McPherson opened the meeting and welcomed all.
Minutes of March meeting read by Scott Mullin for Helen Estabrooks who was away on vacation. Kim McPherson pointed out that 20th Knights of Columbus Breakfast was as error, After further review it was determined that the date should be corrected to May 26. Some people reported they were having issues with getting minutes by email and well as finding them on the club website. Marc suggested perhaps saving them in PDF form which should be more universal for people to read on multiple device platforms. Roger Bourgeois moved that the minutes of previous meeting be accepted seconded by Marc Melanson, all in favor, motion carried.
Correspondence: Roger Bourgeois pointed out that the Quad-C virtual meeting and Atlantic Corvette Club meeting at Lounsburys were both on April 20 which coincided with the Speed Sport East show. Dave McPherson to follow up with contacting Quad-C and Roger Bourgeois to send reminder to Atlantic Corvette Club.
Financial Report: Roger Bourgeois stated that the Royal Bank of Canada account had been opened at the corner of MacBeth Avenue and Mountain Road in Moncton. The initial account opened with $280 with the plan being to write a cheque for 80% of the balance and transfer that to RBC. Tom Osler indicated that they were having issues getting a final balance on the old UNI account but would try again to get a statement. It is believed that the balance was $2503.47 with two outstanding cheques of $265 and $300.
New Business: 1) Marc Melanson indicated that there would be additional fees of 60 cents per transaction for e-transfer both receiving and sending. Roger Bourgeois brought up that it was discussed by the executive that going forward new membership and renewals should increase to $35 to offset these new banking fees. Marc Melanson motioned to accept the new rate seconded by Debbie Legge.
Trips: 1) Angie Bourgeois talked to Crooked Creek Distillery in Dover about a possible visit. They open 12-5pm Saturday and Sunday. Roger Bourgeois proposed a trip for May 25th as it is open on the calendar. 2) Scott Mullin had followup with Carly Boileau from the Lavendar farm and she suggested that the best time to visit when the Lavendar is in full bloom is in July. Marc Melanson suggested that he would contact the Soapery to combine on the trip as he knows the owners. Scott Mullin suggested that we could have a BBQ at the Irving Eco Center afterwards as they have bbqs open to the public. 3) Gary Gaskin suggested a trip to Trueman Berry Farm new Aulac as they have a new train attraction that goes around the property. Roger suggested combining the Crooked Creek Distillery trip with Trueman Berry Farm to make a day of it. 4) Scott Mullin suggested that Antiques by Jaxx would love to have us visit some weekend that we are in the area. Roger Bourgois and Dave McPherson suggested perhaps a good time to combine with the trip to Lutz Mountain Meeting house going up the Homestead Road as it is in excellent condition. 5) Ed Leblanc questioned about perhaps a trip to Grand Manan while Trueman Copp added that Deere Island is also a very scenic route however a fair amount of travelling to and from. Questions raised around getting the Corvettes on and off the ferry due to height clearance. 6) Trueman Copp suggested a trip up to Washademoak to visit Harold Jones private collection of tractors, vehicles and other assorted collectables. He suggested sooner than later would be better. Trueman will follow up with Harold. 7) Ken Cameron asked Roger about the old regular trips to the Sussex car show. Roger Bourgois indicated that parking last time was an issue due to the wet conditions and that it simply fell off the radar.
Trueman's fall Lobster run to Alma tentatively planned for Oct 20th. As last year's event held at the Muddy Rudder was a success, suggested that we do that again as members that are not interested in eating lobster have other options off the menu. 9) Dave McPherson to follow up with Wayne Coster on train trestle run to Grand Falls suggested at last meeting.
Speed Sport East: Roger Bourgeois indicated that although we wanted 8 spots together that may not happen as currently the ice surface has been allocated for our club. Dave McPherson to follow up with Joe at the show to try and get 8 spots together. Roger Bourgeois indicated that a C1 entry has been cancelled, however he has a replacement car. Cars submitted to date are C2 from Bobby Cooke and Doug MacDonald, C3 Rheal Cormier, C4 Dave Fyffe, C5 Glenn Best, C6 Dave and Kim McPherson, C7 Landau ?, C8 may be from Lounsbury although both Tim and Ken Cameron offered their Z067. Ken has a new Z06 and it would be preferred as Tim's was in the show last year and it would be nice to offer up some different cars to the viewing public. Dave McPherson has found a glass display to place die cast for viewing but is short a C7, Roger Bourgeois has one he can lend. Lounsbury are looking at backpacks as opposed to the bags that were given away last year.
For the Lounsbury Corvette show in June, Lounsbury will be providing golf shirts instead of the t -shirts as in the past. Every one is giving out t-shirts and they want to be a little more upscale.
Motion is adjourn meeting by Debbie Legge.
Next Meeting: May 6th
50/50 in the amount of $22.50 won by Tom Osler
Apr 2, 24
Lounsbury Meeting Room - 7 pm
Present: Dave and Kim McPherson, Dave Fyffe, Ken and Tim Cameron, Gary Gaskin, Ed Leblanc, Margaret Mayes and Trueman Copp, Debbie Legge and Derwin Cooling, Marc Melanson, Roger Bourgeois, Tom and Terri Osler, Scott Mullin.
Dave McPherson opened the meeting and welcomed all.
Minutes of March meeting read by Scott Mullin for Helen Estabrooks who was away on vacation. Kim McPherson pointed out that 20th Knights of Columbus Breakfast was as error, After further review it was determined that the date should be corrected to May 26. Some people reported they were having issues with getting minutes by email and well as finding them on the club website. Marc suggested perhaps saving them in PDF form which should be more universal for people to read on multiple device platforms. Roger Bourgeois moved that the minutes of previous meeting be accepted seconded by Marc Melanson, all in favor, motion carried.
Correspondence: Roger Bourgeois pointed out that the Quad-C virtual meeting and Atlantic Corvette Club meeting at Lounsburys were both on April 20 which coincided with the Speed Sport East show. Dave McPherson to follow up with contacting Quad-C and Roger Bourgeois to send reminder to Atlantic Corvette Club.
Financial Report: Roger Bourgeois stated that the Royal Bank of Canada account had been opened at the corner of MacBeth Avenue and Mountain Road in Moncton. The initial account opened with $280 with the plan being to write a cheque for 80% of the balance and transfer that to RBC. Tom Osler indicated that they were having issues getting a final balance on the old UNI account but would try again to get a statement. It is believed that the balance was $2503.47 with two outstanding cheques of $265 and $300.
New Business: 1) Marc Melanson indicated that there would be additional fees of 60 cents per transaction for e-transfer both receiving and sending. Roger Bourgeois brought up that it was discussed by the executive that going forward new membership and renewals should increase to $35 to offset these new banking fees. Marc Melanson motioned to accept the new rate seconded by Debbie Legge.
Trips: 1) Angie Bourgeois talked to Crooked Creek Distillery in Dover about a possible visit. They open 12-5pm Saturday and Sunday. Roger Bourgeois proposed a trip for May 25th as it is open on the calendar. 2) Scott Mullin had followup with Carly Boileau from the Lavendar farm and she suggested that the best time to visit when the Lavendar is in full bloom is in July. Marc Melanson suggested that he would contact the Soapery to combine on the trip as he knows the owners. Scott Mullin suggested that we could have a BBQ at the Irving Eco Center afterwards as they have bbqs open to the public. 3) Gary Gaskin suggested a trip to Trueman Berry Farm new Aulac as they have a new train attraction that goes around the property. Roger suggested combining the Crooked Creek Distillery trip with Trueman Berry Farm to make a day of it. 4) Scott Mullin suggested that Antiques by Jaxx would love to have us visit some weekend that we are in the area. Roger Bourgois and Dave McPherson suggested perhaps a good time to combine with the trip to Lutz Mountain Meeting house going up the Homestead Road as it is in excellent condition. 5) Ed Leblanc questioned about perhaps a trip to Grand Manan while Trueman Copp added that Deere Island is also a very scenic route however a fair amount of travelling to and from. Questions raised around getting the Corvettes on and off the ferry due to height clearance. 6) Trueman Copp suggested a trip up to Washademoak to visit Harold Jones private collection of tractors, vehicles and other assorted collectables. He suggested sooner than later would be better. Trueman will follow up with Harold. 7) Ken Cameron asked Roger about the old regular trips to the Sussex car show. Roger Bourgois indicated that parking last time was an issue due to the wet conditions and that it simply fell off the radar.
Trueman's fall Lobster run to Alma tentatively planned for Oct 20th. As last year's event held at the Muddy Rudder was a success, suggested that we do that again as members that are not interested in eating lobster have other options off the menu. 9) Dave McPherson to follow up with Wayne Coster on train trestle run to Grand Falls suggested at last meeting.Speed Sport East: Roger Bourgeois indicated that although we wanted 8 spots together that may not happen as currently the ice surface has been allocated for our club. Dave McPherson to follow up with Joe at the show to try and get 8 spots together. Roger Bourgeois indicated that a C1 entry has been cancelled, however he has a replacement car. Cars submitted to date are C2 from Bobby Cooke and Doug MacDonald, C3 Rheal Cormier, C4 Dave Fyffe, C5 Glenn Best, C6 Dave and Kim McPherson, C7 Landau ?, C8 may be from Lounsbury although both Tim and Ken Cameron offered their Z067. Ken has a new Z06 and it would be preferred as Tim's was in the show last year and it would be nice to offer up some different cars to the viewing public. Dave McPherson has found a glass display to place die cast for viewing but is short a C7, Roger Bourgeois has one he can lend. Lounsbury are looking at backpacks as opposed to the bags that were given away last year.
For the Lounsbury Corvette show in June, Lounsbury will be providing golf shirts instead of the t -shirts as in the past. Every one is giving out t-shirts and they want to be a little more upscale.
Motion is adjourn meeting by Debbie Legge.
Next Meeting: May 6th
50/50 in the amount of $22.50 won by Tom Osler
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