Time for different but the same !

 The Corvette hobby, like our club is constantly changing.  No matter what you think you know, a year from now that fact you were so sure of could be blown right out of the water by the most unassuming person on the planet.  Don’t think I will host another trivia night, and I know this may seem hard to grasp but it’s true, I don’t know everything about everything, but I like learning. I f I’m as Ali calls it, idle, at home for about 10 minutes or so, inevitably I will pick up a Corvette magazine, I don’t really enjoy reading but looking and learning about cool Vettes and facts interests me.

One of the things I learned about was the existence of a ZL1, never new they existed before, but after reading an article in my idle time last weekend I discovered in 1969 they built two.  The ZL1 all aluminium engine option was the rarest and most expensive engine option in GM history.

These type of facts become very useful at times, like whilst chatting with people at conventions, Lakeside or at our concourse.  I remember at our last show sparking a discussion about cars in general and Corvettes in particular with some car nuts that rolled on for a few minutes, culminating with me opening the C5 door and letting their girlfriends have a seat and following with a detailed rhapsody about the Tiger Shark body kit.  I was poised to launch into a historical account of the Corvette’s rise to stardom and top it off with some clever and humorous personal Corvette anecdotes when I noticed the glazed looks in their eyes and glancing at their watches.  I paused.

“So what do you have to do with this club?” they asked, grateful for an avenue of escape.

I told them with great pride, I am the President of this wonderful club, and then looking around at the success of this, and every other event, the organisation, set up and abilities of all involved, you too would be proud  to be associated.

So speaking of being involved….. our Annual General Meeting is nearly upon us again, August 3^rd to be precise.  The committee steps down and a new one is elected for the coming year and this has happened every year since 1989.

It is good for the club to have new faces at the helm, new ideas, methods and to share the responsibility of keeping the club active should be on all members to-do list.

Some committee positions have been held by the same person for many years and as we thank them for their contributions it is unfair to expect them to continue.  If you or another member you can think of would be able to fill a position then let me know and we can have prior talks before the election if need be.

So whilst we don’t expect any sweeping changes with a new committee ie; same racehorse different jockey, I’m just wondering who is going to saddle up?

Time to hit the hay,  cheers Peter Turner