VETTE SETTE Newsletter of the Oklahoma City Corvette Club

Established 1960 56 Years of Tradition and Corvette Enjoyment

November Edition, 2016

EDITOR’S NOTE: We will have our November meeting and elections on the 16th at the Will Rodgers Senior Center but will not have a December Club meeting. We will start-up again, January 18, 2017. We will also not publish a December Newsletter. However, if you find a newsworthy article, picture, etc., please forward to me for the January Newsletter.

GOVERNOR’S REPORT ------- The Oklahoma City Corvette Club / Corvette Club of OKC

have a combined Membership of 107. The NCCC currently has a total membership of 18,290. This number will drop

over the next couple months as we go thru the renewal process.

News from the National Level:

Other NCM News, NCCC has partnered with Museum to offer each person who purchases a new Corvette with

Museum Delivery a one-year membership in NCCC at no cost.

Convention 2017 will be held in Bowling Green, KY, August 21, thru August 25. I will give you more details as they

become available.

The latest news from the SW Region

Competition Events: All Competition Events for the year 2016 have been completed.

11/ 19 Brazos River CC will host A high performance driver education event. This event is a non-sanctioned.

Designed for novices and less experienced drivers using their daily driver car rather than for highly experienced

drivers and race prepared cars.

Notes from the SWR Governor’s Meeting October 29th:

On Saturday night (10/29/2016), Craig Kamradt attended the last Regional Governors Meeting in Kyle. A few

items of note:

a. Introductions were done.

b. Secretary’s Report/minutes were approved.

c. Treasurer Report – Paul was not in attendance. The RE presented Paul’s reports for the current status of

the region. We still have some money in the account. Club Fees for 2017 are $45 and events fees that are

due are 75 cents per event.

d. Scholarships in the region, they are available. Please consider applying, no one applied in 2016.

e. RCD – provided a status of events for 2016 for the region. The 2017 database status is open if governors

want to start putting in sanctions for 2017. Outlaws have moved to April 22 and Tejas now has Labor Day

weekend. 6 records broken at Record Drags in Oklahoma. Provided point status, that is no longer valid.

f. RE notes were mostly from the last national meeting, I didn’t write them all, should be in the RE minutes

for national meeting.

g. Omaha Convention this summer made a small profit split between nationals and Cornhusker Corvette

club. Only one bid went in for 2018, New Orleans. Two regions are considering bids for 2019.

h. New Orleans convention brief – room rates 89 + tax with suites at 119 + tax. July 15 – 20, 2018. Hotel

will honor prices 3 days prior and after convention for those that want to extend their trip. Some parking

maybe by reservation.

i. Officers for 2017 are RE – Doc Lambert, RCD Doug McMahan, RMD – Craig Kamradt. All appointed

officers have said they will continue to support the region.

j. Cowtown Corvettes offered to host the Regional Banquet for 2017, it will probably be either March 4 or

11, 2017.

k. Low turn-out at events this year was discussed. One thought to get better attendance was to get back to

clubs providing hospitality.

l. Budget discussions were tabled until next year.

m. New Business – None.

n. Don’t forget Proxies for next year

Later, Ron

“GAME-ON TOP 25ish”

1 Johnny Gann 925 13TIE Chris Gann 455

2 Ron McCubbin 895 13TIE Dana Matzinger 455

3 Joe Szijarto 880 15 Paul Stewart 450

4 Glenda Brown 775 16 Christine Gann 435

5 Alan Brown 660 17 Marilyn Moore 430

6 Lewis Crowder 645 18 Jan Szijarto 380

7 Steve Pistole 625 19 Tom Goodson 375

8 Charles Sharp 610 20 Russell Smith 325

9 Marvin Matzinger 580 21 Bonnie Goodson 320

10 Steve Moore 520 22TIE Lu McCubbin 310

11 Pat Pierre 495 22TIE Benna Sharp 310

12 Brett Ruston 490 24 Shawn Matzinger 295

25 Bob Schneider 290

Membership Point Standings as of November 3, 2016. Here’s the BAD news and the GOOD news. BAD - depression is about to settle in –our racing days have come to the end.

GOOD - however, you still have opportunities to adjust your current position by checking the web-site for the most current

News Letter & Club Calendar for future activities. Then plan to schedule attending as many activities as you can and

we’ll all help make this club even better than it is.

Joe Szijarto - aka Buttercup

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

November 16 – Monthly Club meeting 7:00 Board Meeting, 7:30 Club Meeting, Location: Will

Rogers Senior Activities Center located at 3501 Pat Murphy Drive

This will be the last meeting for the year. Monthly meetings start back in January 2017.

Sunday, November 20, 2016 – Ronald McDonald House, 1301 NE 14th OKC – Let’s decorate

the house for Christmas! Each year there are families staying there for the holidays and they

appreciate our club members taking a couple hours of their time to decorate. We’ll meet at 1:00.

This year if you would like to donate a toy for a child boy/girl any age; please bring unwrapped.

If you are not able to attend the decorating and would like to donate a toy(s) – please bring to

club meeting and we’ll take there for their “store”. They have a store in the house that family

members can go upstairs and select gifts for families staying there—at no cost. So donations

are appreciated. After decorating we will meet at Gigglez Bar and Grill, 1016 N Walker Ave

for a bite to eat and fellowship. Hope to see you there!

On Sunday, December 4, 2016 we will have our annual OCCC Awards and Christmas Party –

505 South Boulevard Edmond. Don’t miss out on a great time with friends!

NCCC Charity Fundraiser – all proceeds going to St. Jude Research Hospital if you bought a

ticket----drawing will be held Saturday, November 12, 2016 National Governors Meeting in St.

Louis, MO. Certificate valued at $54,000.00 toward a new Corvette or $40,000.00 Cash Option

also offered. If you haven’t bought a ticket – still time November 8, 2016 is the cut off.

Go to: www.corvettesnccc.org for details and purchase your ticket online.

See you soon!

Jeannie

CLUB ELECTIONS

Club Nominations are open for Club Governor. At the October

meeting we did not have a candidate so the nominations and

election for governor have been extended. Nominations for officer

positions is open and will be voted on at the November Club

meeting. Lewis Crowder is the Nomination Committee Chairman

for this year. If you are interested in serving on the board, please let Lewis know. All

positions are set out in our Club Bylaws, however, if you have questions on any position,

please contact any current board member for information.

NOVEMBER

BIRTHDAYS

Johnny Gann 11/2

Marilyn Moore 11/14

Toni Miller 11/23

Mike Hoehn 11/30

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Corvette

Trivia

The Corvette was the first and last car with a true “wrap-around” windshield.

Only the driver’s side vent on the 1964 Corvette is functional.

In 1970, big block engines increased from 427 to 454 cubic inches and the

powerful 370 HP LT1 small block engine made its debut.

The 1981 Corvette had two cooling fans to increase engine power.

In early production 1996 Grand Sports models, there was a small area behind

the hatch roof and in front of the panel that attaches to the real window that is

taped, not painted. The tape is 1 inch- long and about 18 inches wide whose

purpose was to eliminate a problem area in the paint booth during

manufacturing.

Active Handling became standard equipment in 2001.

Wishing all OCCC Members a very Merry Christmas.

Looking forward to a Great New Year for our Club.

OCCC Christmas Party

Annual Awards Banquet

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2016 BOULEVARD STEAKHOUSE

505 S. Boulevard, Edmond, Oklahoma

5:00 P.M. TO 6:00 P.M. Happy hour

6:00 P.M. DINNER

Cash bar will be available in the Martini lounge

Cost for the party is $45.00 per person for OCCC members. $67.00 per person for non-

club members. Payment must be post marked no later than November 23rd. Make

checks payable to OCCC, Mail to:

Marvin Matzinger

5700 Covey Run Lane

Edmond, OK 73034

405-340-9467

E-Mail: marmat@ix.netcom.com

Number of Members: _________x $45.00_______

Number of Non-Members: _______ x $67.00_______

Total ________________________

Please print NAME(s): _______________________________________________

Phone number______________________________________________________

NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY

11/05 Cars & Coffee 8:00 a.m.

11/12 NCCC National Meeting

11/16 Monthly Club Meeting 7:30 p.m.

Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.

11/20 Ronald McDonald House – Decorating

Followed by dinner at Gigglez Bar & Grill 1:00 p.m.

12/03 Cars & Coffee 8:00 a.m.

12/04 Christmas Party / Awards Banquet

NO CLUB MEETING IN DECEMBER

NO NEWSLETTER IN DECEMBER

01/07 Cars & Coffee 8:00 a.m.

01/18 Monthly Club Meeting 7:30 p.m. Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.

OCCC OFFICERS

President – Steve Pistole

Vice President – Jeannie Ruston

Secretary – Glenda Brown

Treasurer – Mark Reichardt

Governor – Ron Ruston

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Marvin Matzinger

Joe Szijarto

Gene Holtz

Paul Stewart

Russell Smith Vette Sette Editor – Glenda Brown

gbrown@hartzoglaw.com

Web Master – Pat Pierre

pat_pierre@msn.com

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