LAKE VIEWS THE OFFICAL NEWSLETTER OF THE LAKE COUNTY A’S MODEL A CLUB

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Next meeting April 6, 2016, 11:30 a.m., at the Grange in Upper Lake

Volume XXII, Issue III March 2016

Hello Folks, I was invited to attend a February “Meeting of Presidents” from all of the Lake County Clubs. The purpose of the meeting was to explore the concept of creating a “Lake County Car Clubs” website. Each participating Club would be afforded the option to post any of their up-coming events on the “Lake County Car Clubs” website. The website would enable anyone Googling “Lake County Car Clubs” to find information about each participating club. Further, the “Lake County Car Clubs” website will have a link to each participating Club’s individual website. We would need two things to occur so that we can participate in this venture. One, we would need to develop our own website. Two, we would need to have a member volunteer to become our Webmaster. Our Club decided at our March meeting that we are interested in the concept and to move forward on this project. Margaret Ward has volunteered to be our Webmaster. Therefore, the project is moving forward. The Lake County Car Clubs have members who are very adept in website creation. They have offered to build a website for us at no cost. The only costs associated with this project are the purchase of a domain name for around $30 per year and perhaps sharing in the domain name costs of the Lake County Car Clubs website. The group is currently mocking up a website for us. I have sent them our membership application, directions to the MAFCA website for the MAFCA membership application, a short blurb about who we are, and our Club’s Logo. All of the foregoing will be included in the mock up of our website. The “Lake County Car Clubs” website and our website will provide any interested party the ability to find and join our Club. We will have total control of what we post on our website and the “Lake County Car Clubs” website. It is necessary to keep our website as simple as possible to ensure its continued viability. We will continue to use each member’s email as our primary means of communication. I will keep you informed as to the progress of this project. The second item brought to the February Presidents meeting was an up-coming Lake County Car Clubs’ car show. Our Club was invited to participate. The car show will be held at the Twin Pines Casino on April 16th and 17th. Saturday night will feature a dinner-dance. The Casino will have room rates for this event. Any interested member should contact me for further information. That’s all for now, Dick Munger

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS and OFFICERS

President Dick Munger—707-355-9080 Vice President Tom Macomber Secretary Eileen Talbott Treasurer Ken Barnes Directors Tom Burns Gil Sissons Vacancy

COMMITTEES Editor Margaret Ward Historian Ruby Cuevas Membership Committee Eileen Talbott Publicity Bert Isley Sunshine Lady Terry Dereniuk Tour Director Dick Munger

OTHER LEADERS MAFCA Contributing Editor Irma Eddy NCRG Representative Gil Sissons Sergeant at Arms Ken Barnes Chance Officers Ken Barnes Lake Views is published monthly by the Lake County A’s Chapter of the Model A Ford Club of America to inform & entertain its members. It is sent free to each member in good standing & to other antique car clubs in exchange for their publications. Lake Views takes no responsibility for the accuracy of materials, dates, places, etc. of its contents. Permission to reproduce items in Lake Views is hereby granted provided that credit is given to Lake Views. Lake Views welcomes any article, ideas & suggestions. Please submit all contributions to the editor by the 20th of the month preceding the next month’s issue. Issues are sent by email or mail within 5-7 days following the meeting date. Editor: Margaret Ward P.O. Box 634, Clearlake, CA 95422 Phone: 707-964-6526

RECAP OF THE GENERAL MEETING March 2, 2016

CALL TO ORDER: President Munger called the meeting to order at 11:10 a.m. being held at the Bachelor Valley Grange Hall in Upper Lake with 21 members present. Jim and Barbara Harrison were welcomed back. President Munger passed around the Redding Rambling A’s newsletter. MINUTES: Minutes of the February 3, 2016 and November 4, 2015 General Meetings were approved as read. TOUR DIRECTOR REPORT: The February 17th Chat “n” Chow at Romi’s Brew & BBQ in Nice was attended by 19 members. March 16th, 11:30 a.m. - Chat “n” Chow - Possibly held at a new restaurant at the airport. Barbara Harrison will check to see if they serve lunch. If not, then the Chat “n” Chow will be held at La Parrilla Mexican Grill in Middletown.

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE REPORT: Last year’s Spring Opener hats for sale $5. NCRG REPORT:

• Gil announced that the NCRG Modesto Round Up will be held on May 27- 29 in Modesto. Registration forms are available on the NCRG website. • President Munger will attend the NCRG planning session meeting, on Saturday, March 19th in Petaluma, for the 2018 National Convention in Sparks, Nevada.

SPRING OPENER:

Tom Burns reported that he has received 40 applications so far. Dick has Saturday’s tour completed. More items for "goodie" bags will be picked up from Auto Zone, O'Reilly Auto Parts and Les Schwab. More raffle gifts will be picked up at casinos. Six raffle prizes were received today and Larry Stiehr will take them home.

NEW BUSINESS: Larry Stiehr brought a box of past Club items and old Restorer magazines he received from Peggy Choate. Ken Barns will put them in our storage. President Munger attended a Clearlake Car Club meeting wherein they invited us to be part of a Lake County Car Clubs’ website. Each individual car club would be responsible to have their own "webmaster" who would post announcements, etc., on the site. President Munger asked members if the Club would want to participate. After discussion, members decided that our Club participate if someone in our Club would be willing to volunteer to be our "webmaster". A domain would have to be purchased for possibly $50.00. April 16th-7th - Rock-n-Rods has a two-day event that will be held at Twin Pines Casino. This event is a joint car show of all the Lake County car clubs. They are requesting that our Club included Model As in the show. If interested, contact President Munger for details. Dale Morrison suggested our Club have a car show for antique cars. He said he would contact the Ford dealership in Ukiah as a possible venue and report at next meeting. Meeting adjourned at 11:50 a.m.

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MARCH

Dick Kistner 05 Eileen Talbott 16 Jim Harrison 22 Allyn Thompson 24 Barbara Alexander 29

APRIL

Susan Chonette 03 Anna Macomber 10 Susan Shell 23 Brad Walton 24 Marci Staffelback 24 Ben (Forrest) Hurd 26

MARCH

Jim & Barbara Harrison 06 Ron & Joyce Goodell 20

APRIL

Buz & Terry Dereniuk 30

Sunshine Report

IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE IN THE CLUB WHO IS SUFFERING AN ILLNESS, ACCIDENT OR LOSS, PLEASE CONTACT OUR SUNSHINE LADY, TERRY, BY CELL 707-337-2871 OR BY EMAIL AT: buzzd@valleyinternet.com

1920’s - The Radio

Guglielmo Marconi had conducted the first successful experiments with radio in 1895. But only during World War I did developed countries fully begin to exploit the advantages of wireless communication. The world’s first commercial radio station, KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, began broadcasting in 1920. Within a few years, almost every major city in the United States was broadcasting news, plays, music and sporting events. After World War I, research and development propelled the United States and other industrial countries into the age of modern technology. Advances in transportation, communication, and manufacturing allowed middle-class consumers to buy cars, radios, and home appliances, which they saw advertised in magazines and newspapers. In their leisure time, people crowded into palatial movie theaters to gaze at films featuring their favorite stars. Near the end of the decade, the Great Depression would cause consumer spending to drop precipitously. It would not return to its 1920s levels until the economic boom following World War II.

When radio was introduced in the 1920s many predicted the end of records. Radio was a free medium for the public to hear music for which they would normally pay. While some companies saw radio as a new avenue for promotion, others feared it would cut into profits from record sales and live performances. Many companies had their major stars sign agreements that they would not appear on radio.

1960’s - The Internet

The Internet has revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before. The invention of the telegraph, telephone, radio, and computer set the stage for this unprecedented integration of capabilities. The Internet is at once a world-wide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location. The Internet represents one of the most successful examples of the benefits of sustained investment and commitment to research and development of information infrastructure. Beginning with the early research in packet switching, the government, industry and academia have been partners in evolving and deploying this exciting new technology. Today, terms like "bleiner@computer.org" and "http://www.acm.org" trip lightly off the tongue of the random person on the street.

The first recorded description of the social interactions that could be enabled through networking was a series of memos written by J.C.R. Licklider of MIT in August 1962 discussing his "Galactic Network" concept. He envisioned a globally interconnected set of computers through which everyone could quickly access data and programs from any site. In spirit, the concept was very much like the Internet of today. Licklider was the first head of the computer research program at DARPA,4 starting in October 1962. While at DARPA he convinced his successors at DARPA, Ivan Sutherland, Bob Taylor, and MIT researcher Lawrence G. Roberts, of the importance of this networking concept.

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