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The April meeting started out
in the usual chaotic way, until officially called to order. Keeping
with tradition, the mail was the first order of business and
contained a few interesting items. The California Oil Museum
in Santa Paula sent an advertisement for a British Motorcycle
Display running from May 7 through August 27. The MG Club of
Nantucket invited us to join their upcoming parade so anyone
who feels like a short drive across the country to Nantucket
would be welcome to participate in the festivities. The rest
of the mail was the usual offerings of various catalogs, the
ARR newsletter and a flyer from Petersen Museum regarding current
displays.
The first order of business was to discuss the recent threat
of legal action over a seemingly anonymous poem published in
the last newsletter. It was undecided how to deal with the problem
and will most likely remain that way until more research can
be done. If anyone has legal advice to offer please contact Ron
Simon.
Members
consider the owl's sage advice Old
business began with a review of last month's minutes. They were
accepted as printed, but a typo in the newsletter was corrected
regarding the holiday party. This year's party will be held on
December 3, not April 3! Many apologies if anyone showed up for
the Christmas party last month!
Joyce Edgar reviewed the club's membership status and reported
that 103 members have renewed, leaving only 8 unaccounted for.
Lloyd Hendrickson noted that the presentation on wire wheels
has been rescheduled for June. In July the Henkels will hold
their annual picnic. August will be a car safety check for the
Conclave event. The Simon Movie Night will be held in September
and October is of course the Halloween party. November is currently
set for a paint touch-up class offered by Lloyd and the year's
events will wrap up in December with the holiday party.
Jim Crandall put out a request for more photos for the next issue
of the Classic Chassis, and as of the time of this writing he
has received more than he can handle. He also noted that Stan's
story which was recently published in United Airline's Horizon
Magazine has been pulled from the upcoming Classic Chassis because
the required time period since United's publication has not yet
lapsed. Look for it in the next issue. In its place will be a
humorous reprint of a Road and Track article on Nigel Shiftright's
MG TC.
  "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for
some ice-cream and cookies today."
(Thanks go to Kevin Kershaw
for bringing the cookies and ice-cream for refreshments.)
Kay Einhorn recounted the recent
Hollywood Hills Run and all agreed that it was a fantastic event.
There were over 20 cars, mostly T-Types on the run and despite
a brief period of rain, the tops stayed down! Evan and Judy Humphreys
of the Vintage MG Club did a wonderful job coordinating the run.
Kay also started out new business by mentioning Kavanaugh Motors
in Sherman Oaks as a good place to take your TC for maintenance.
They have taken over Mike Goodman's old stock of parts and regularly
have TCs in the shop for repair.
A few moments were taken to reflect on Gayne Wimer's recent passing.
The last order of new business was a discussion about transferring
old club film and video footage to DVD for archival. Larry Einhorn
and Steve Simmons offered a few options which are being considered.
The meeting was then adjourned and the group returned to the
normal chaos. ll
Submitted by
Steve Simmons,
TCMG Secretary
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