The Villages Area Ford Model T Club
(temporary name)
Meeting will be held Tuesday, September 1 (first Tuesday of every month) at
Perkins Restaurant, 4110 Wedgewood Lane, The Villages, FL
(off 466, south of US 301 in front of new Wal-Mart)
AGENDA
1) Dinner 6:00-7:00 PM
2) Business Meeting 7:00 PM
3) Pledge of Allegiance
4) Introductions
5) Report: As we head toward becoming Charter members of MTFCI and MTFCI, several criteria must first be met. Bill Hayes will report on the boiler-plate bylaws provided and make recommendations. Our objective is to submit the Charter paperwork after this meeting. Some things we need to decide are:
a) Selection of Officers:
i) President
ii) Vice President
iii) Treasurer
iv) Secretary
b) Selection of a name for our club.
c) You must belong to MTFCI and/or MTFCA to be included as a Charter Member. Officers must belong to both organizations.
d) In order to qualify for liability insurance all Club Members must belong to either MTFCI or MTFCA.
6) Dues. We’ll need to cover the cost of minor expenses (photo processing, stationery, etc. Dues should be low, effective 9/1/2009.
7) Volunteers needed for:
i) Web Site (info at bottom of this)
ii) Newsletter (John will email for now)
iii) Social Event, Cruise, etc. planner(s)
iv) Historian
v) Photographer (Bill Holzmann volunteered to be photographer)
vi) Publicity
8) Steve Ellis from the Ocala area Model Ts will speak about the past 5 years’ Model T tours in this area.
9) Future activities/tours:
a) Increased Club participation at September 19 Cruise-in at Spanish Springs.
b) Featured group in January’s Cruise-in in The Villages (first in/park in front of Church on the Square). John already sent an invitation to all Florida Model T clubs. Information from The Villages Entertainment Department to be handed out.
c) February 2010 – The Villages Vintage Car Club is hosting a Cruise-in at The Markets of Marion. More info to follow.
10) Other Business
11) Adjourn 8:00 PM
Possible names for our club (I may have missed a few):
1. The Villages Area Model T Ford Club
2. The Orange Blossom Model-T Ford Club
3. Tri county? (Lake, Sumter, Marion)
4. The Lady Lake Area Model T Ford Club
5. North Central Florida Model T Ford Club
6. Ocala Leesburg Florida Area Model T Ford Club
7. Horseless Carriage Club of Central Florida
8. Lady Lake Lizzies
9. Old Guys Car Club
10. Dizzy Lizzies (of North Central Florida)
11. WW I Era Car Club
12. Running Board Ramblers
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Bill Holzmann’s 1914 Huckster is running GREAT, now! It just took a rebuilt carburetor and a little lovin’. If you have a mechanical problem, let us know and we’ll get you to the resources you’ll need. We want to help in any way we can to get your Lizzie on the road with us.
Here is a friend’s suggestion regarding setting up a web site. If you can help with this, let me know.
My suggestion is that you go to GoDaddy.com. That is the company that is hosting our web page. They have a complete software package included the “cart” in the case you want to add items for sale.
Web page tonight is a very simple program that allows you to create your webpage, using the templates in that program, or you can create your own using and of the Microsoft office products and then uploading it to them and create an HTML file.