IN THIS ISSUE: Bowling Tournament Page 1, 2, 3 Business Minutes Page 4 Letter from the Editor Page 5 Upcoming Events Page 6 Club member Jared's brother - Jevon, proudly holding the travelling trophy that our club won at the tournament - AGAIN! Www.ncgtoa.com Page #1
Al (from the Denver club) and Sara battling who is boss on the lanes Members of the High Country Mustang Club Either Jared bowled a strike.. Sara getting ready for another strike Or he is reaffirming his muscular dominance. Www.ncgtoa.com Page #2
Jon with his staggering perfect form The Towering Travelling Trophy Where the trophy ended up nice dining room table centerpiece - right?? A little after party with most of the bowlers Www.ncgtoa.com Page #3
CALL TO ORDER - WELCOME MEMBERS AND GUESTS: The March meeting was called to order at 7:03pm by President Scott Van Hoorne There were 23 members in attendance. NEW BUSINESS: Membership cards, rosters and by-laws were handed out to members in attendance again. If you were not at the meeting, you can be expecting it in the mail, sometime soon.. Thank you! MEETING MINUTES: Jay Robinson read the minutes from the previous meeting, and they were approved as read. TREASURER S REPORT: Mary Chevalier was not in attendance to give the Treasurer's report, but are pretty certain we still have money in the account. Meeting adjourned at 7:45pm NEXT BUSINESS MEETING: The next Business Meeting will be held May 5th, at Johnson's Corner - dinner at 6pm, meeting at 7pm. (NOTE: We need more members not only showing up for the meetings, but ordering food as well. We get the room for free, as long as we continue to order meals by the majority of members in attendance). OLD BUSINESS: Club Calendars were discussed again. The Club is going to make calendars that run from MAY to MAY. We now have enough pictures and stories to fill a calendar, possibly two! Thank you to all who submitted your info. They will go for $15 a piece, or 2 for $25. The annual Bowling Tournament was discussed, it was one of the largest turnouts we have had in recent memory, and a great time was had by all. Our Club won the tournament, for better or worse, and we retained the "coveted" trophy for another year. Jared's brother Jevon was nice enough to "store" it until next year. Www.ncgtoa.com Page #4
CLUB OFFICERS 2016 President: Scott Van Hoorne 5924 Mossy Cup Court Loveland, CO 80538 303-210-4244 slim2win1@yahoo.com Vice President: Jared Warnock 5628 Meyers Drive Loveland, CO 80538 970-581-6565 westernskies65@hotmail.com Secretary / Newsletter Editor: Jay Robinson 655 Zuni Circle Fort Collins, CO 80526 970-226-1974 (h) 970-214-3257 (c) secretary@ncgtoa.com Treasurer: Mary Chevalier 1803 Daphne Drive Loveland, CO 80537 970-663-1174 chev52285@yahoo.com Webmaster: Jay Robinson secretary@ncgtoa.com Your Board of Directors has had several meetings this year, all in an effort to make the club run smoothly, to create a list of Club sponsored activities that go month by month throughout the year, and most importantly, to make it easier for Club members to participate in those activities. We have a lot of members, more than we have had in previous years, but as with all clubs, the Club is having a hard time getting members to get involved in the inner workings of the Club, participating in activities, as well as making it to Club business meetings. If April's business meeting is any sort of a measuring device, it seems that we are turning that corner. We had 23 members attend!! That is awesome! Now to get those members to start attending more Club functions, start volunteering to host activities, and generally to get more involved in anything to do with the Club. The Board has laid out a ton of great activities throughout the year that will be put in the Club calendar. This calendar is a product of a lot of hard work by the Club - not only to list activities month by month, or to showcase members rides, but to also be used as a fundraiser for the Club. The calendar will run May 2016 to April 2017, basically through the start of the car season to the start of the next season. There will be lots made, so think about contacting anyone you know that might like to purchase one. Www.ncgtoa.com Page #5
April 17, 23, 24; May 4, 11, 18, 25: Bandimere Test & Tune night Bandimere Speedway - Morrison CO - see website for details - bandimere.com April 29: Loveland Cruise Night - Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers 3479 Mountain Lion Dr, Loveland, CO 80537 970-292-8206 April 29: Fort Collins Cruise Night - Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers 4100 S College Avenue, Fort Collins CO 80525 6 to 12 April 30: Budweiser Distribution Show Budweiser Distribution building, Crossroads Boulevard May 6: Loveland Runza Cruise Night Runza - 2204 N Lincoln Avenue, Loveland CO 80538 May 7: Golden Super Cruise Golden CO May 10: Race Car Test Night Bandimere Speedway - Morrison CO - see website for details - bandimere.com CLUB CLASH MAY 13 JUNE 3 JULY 8 AUGUST 19 SEPTEMBER 9 and 23 Want to know more about your Pontiac? Contact Pontiac Historical Society today! Price is just $50! PHS, PO Box 183251, Shelby Township, MI 48318 www.phs-online.com Phone: 586/781-5167 (fax), 586/781-5164 (office) By supplying PHS with the VIN of your car, along with the other information listed on our "Order" page, you will receive the most complete historical background and VIN information ever offered by any automobile nameplate. The information packet from PHS will include the following: A copy of the factory invoice or billing history A letter decoding the options (when necessary) A copy of a dealer order form for that year Other specific information for that year and model Pontiac, if available Www.ncgtoa.com Page #6
The Northern Colorado GTO Association was founded in 1984 with several objectives in mind. The primary objective is to HAVE FUN and to promote interest in the Pontiac GTO. With that in mind, we try to schedule at least one club event every month. These events may be car shows, picnics, club member attendance at car shows, sanctioned drag races, participation in charity events, Drive-In movie nights (Yes we still have a drive-in theater in Northern Colorado!) or any other event that involves people getting together to enjoy the fun of owning a true muscle car. DUES: $30.00 yearly for the entire household CLUB WEBSITE: www.ncgtoa.com Follow us on Facebook! Group name: Northern Colorado GTO Association (On electronic version of newsletter - control "click" to follow link for both website and Facebook site) The club business meetings are held the first Thursday of each Month Please see the minutes for the time and place of the next business meeting The Northern Colorado GTO Association is an affiliated chapter of the GTO Association of America, and we encourage all of our members to become members of the GTOAA. As an affiliated chapter of the GTOAA, your club is supplied with a $3,000,000 liability insurance policy. This covers both Officers and Members while conducting approved Chapter events. When you become a member of the GTOAA, you get a monthly publication of the Golden Quill award winning magazine, THE LEGEND. This is a 32 page monthly magazine that contains technical articles, stories about members GTO's, a large classified section and much more information. The GTOAA hosts an annual National Convention where GTO enthusiasts can come together and see the vast diversity within this great organization. From the Technical Seminars to the Concours Judging to the Activities and Popular Vote Car Show, there is no other single GTO event like a GTOAA National Convention. No other Pontiac organization or publication does more to bring together the issues, ideas, needs and wants of GTO enthusiasts worldwide. Technical experts for each of the production years are available through GTOAA to answer those difficult questions we all have encountered while working or restoring our GTO's. The annual dues to join the GTOAA are $35.00 and $5.00 for each additional family member. To become a member of the GTOAA online, you can visit www.gtoaa.org. To receive a membership by mail, write to GTOAA, PO Box 455, Timnath, CO 80547. You can contact Bill Vantuono at chapters@gtoaa.org for Local Chapter Information. (NCGTOA Newsletter Editor's Note - This is the "canned" letter given to all local clubs by the GTOAA to place in their newsletter. Not necessarily the views of your newsletter editor) Www.ncgtoa.com Page #7
Northern Colorado GTO Association c/o Jay Robinson, Newsletter Editor 655 Zuni Circle Fort Collins, CO 80526 Address service requested Www.ncgtoa.com Page #8