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Notes from Bob Hurtt, IBCC President

Volume 30, Issue 2 February 2020

President’s Notes 1

In Memory of 2

Upcoming Events 3&4

Polar Bear Challenge 5

Coffee Happenings 6

Frogeye/Bugeye Feature Story 7-9

Members Corner 10-12

Presidents Day 13

Board Meeting Minutes 14-15

Board Member contacts 16

Membership Renewal 17

Classifieds 18-19

Inside this issue:

Wednesday, Jan 29, 6:30, Pub Night –

Edge Brewery 525 Steelhead Way

Saturday, Feb 1, 9:30, Coffee at Caffé

Capri

Saturday, Feb 1, 1:00-6:00 pm, open

house in honor of Sue Evans, 6603 W.

Randolph Dr.

Board Meeting Monday, Feb 10 at

6:00 pm, Idaho Pizza - 7444 W Fair-

view Ave

Saturday, Feb 15, 9:30, Coffee at

Deathproof Coffee.

Saturday, Feb 1, 8:00, Breakfast at

Eddie’s.

Wednesday, Feb 26, 6:30, Pub Night –

Oak Barrel, 1065 E Winding Creek

Dr, Eagle

Saturday, Feb 29, Odd Saturday

Out— Save the date!

Events:

Here we are nearly through January and winter and still the weather continues to surprise me. We have had more 40, 50, and 60 degree days this winter than I can recall for the 27 years I’ve lived here. My edelweiss and crocus flowers are blooming already. Debbie and I did take a drive up to McCall, New Year’s Eve since the weather was so nice. Beautiful drive up and no snow till we hit McCall. Then we woke up New Year’s Day to over a foot of snow that fell overnight. Had to dig the car out but it sure was pretty.

As you can see in this newsletter, we’ve suffered some great loss to our club. Jan Gardner was a long time member with her husband Lynn and she will be missed. Sue Evans also passed away in November and her husband Jim will be hosting a memorial get together at their house on February 1st. Lynn Gardner is hosting a memorial for Jan on the 15th of February. Details are in this newsletter, hope to see you all there.

We do have some more uplifting activities planned in the near future, and I invite everyone to join in. “Summer Tour” is on the horizon and I encourage everyone to sign up and call the Motel for your room reservation. This is going to be a fun drive to Baker, filled with a lot more fun, food and events. I can’t wait to see Jim’s F-Type zipping down the back roads around Baker. Cheers and safe driving everyone!

Alan Coleman’s Bugeye

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Janice Ann Gardner

Janice Ann Gardner passed away on January 6th having suffered a very rare and rapidly progressive form of cancer. Her family was at her side, including her brand-new grandson and her ‘womb ma-te,’ Joyce, as she slipped her mortal coil. We admired the grace with which she managed the burden of her illness throughout the course of it and especially the final days; death is hardly a joyous time, but a horrible burden was lifted off our shoulders when her suffering stopped as she slipped away. Janice (Jan) was one of five girls born to Mary and Louis Schmidt. The twins were born on December 10th, 1953 in Cottonwood, Ida- ho. Louis was expect-ing a big baby boy and thought the Catholic sisters at St. Mary’s were playing a trick on him when they called him in from the waiting room. As they grew up, they became the light of his life, combing his hair, painting his nails and so forth. Wonder how he explained that to his buddies? Jan and her sisters had an idyllic life growing up on their Mom and Dad’s dairy farm, they played in the wil-lows, listened to their older sisters records, learned how to milk/herd cows and ride horses, all the while help-ing their Mom and Dad run a farm. Jan and Joyce graduated from Prairie High School in 1972 then went their separate ways but remaining in-credibly close throughout their lives sharing everything, much to the dismay of their spouses and children. Jan went on to become a Nurse having received her Associate's degree from Lewis and Clark State College, then later as her two boys had grown, her BSN from Boise State University. Jan married Lynn Gardner in 1978, much to the chagrin of her Dad (who (I hope) later came around) in Cot-tonwood, Idaho. The married couple went on to Seattle where she helped him complete his studies in medi-cine. During his senior year, they had the first of their two sons, Christopher (the prettiest baby in the nursery) and then Lee, who was born to them 3 years later completing their family. What a blessing they both were! Later in life, Jan became active in Yoga and supportive of environmental organizations as well as keeping her husband out of trouble with his penchant for old British sports cars. The true joy of Jan’s life in her later years were her three grandchildren who she doted on, making cookies, cupcakes and hopefully memories-what a joy they were to her! Jan was preceded in death by her mother Mary, her father Louis, her brother Timmy and her sister Jackie (also a rare cancer). She is survived by her husband Lynn, their two sons, Christopher/Kristi, Lee/Kendra, her grandchildren, Jace, Skylar and Harrison. Her sisters Virginia/Bill, Patsy/David, Joyce/Mark and Brother in law Roy will grieve for her, as well and numerous nieces and nephews. Our thanks go out to family and friends who helped us travel this very difficult path and I would like to men-tion the wonderful care Jan received from Dr. Matt Schoolfield, Dr. Norman Zuckerman, the Emergency De-partment Physicians, the staff at St. Luke’s, MISTI and Hospice. The common thread is that they have a ‘calling’ rather than a job! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. A Celebration of life will take place at the Hidden Springs Community Barn on February 15th, 2 pm, one year after she was diagnosed with cancer. Jan was devoted to making this world a better place for her grandchildren and, in lieu of flowers, she said she would prefer to see a gift made to either the Land trust of the Treasure Valley or the Idaho Conservation League.

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Upcoming IBCC Events

IBCC members meet for coffee the first and third Saturday of each month.

Guests are always welcome

1st Saturday at 9:30 AM— Coffee Gathering at Caffé Capri on Federal Way and Gowen Road

3rd Saturday at 8:00 AM—Breakfast at Eddie’s Restaurant before Coffee

3rd Saturday at 9:30 AM—Coffee Gathering at Deathproof Coffee on Fairview & 5 Mile

WEDNESDAY NIGHT PUB NIGHT

4th Wednesday at 6:30 PM (location announced by host)

IBCC BOARD MEETINGS

2nd Monday at 6:00 PM—Idaho Pizza Company 7444 W. Fairview (Fairview and Cole Rd)

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Please join Jim Evans and family on February 1, for an open house

in honor of Sue, 6603 W. Randolph Dr. 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Mark your calendars “Frisby Garage Tour” and Betty’s cookies! March 7,

2020 11:00 am (after coffee) at 1708 Sunrise Rim Rd.

Save the date, Odd Saturday Out! More information to come on a

Saturday morning breakfast and drive.

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IBCC SUMMER TOUR 2020

When: June 25th through June 28th, 2020

Where: Baker City, Oregon

Registration should be up by the end of February

Host hotel: Quality Inn Sunridge Inn & Conference Center

The block of rooms is set aside, and you must call for reservations, +1 (541) 523-6444 and ask for the IBCC Summer Tour rate of $109 per night. Reservations cannot be made online at the guaranteed rate. Call and get your room now!

Other British Car Events

Mark Your 2020 Calendar

July 18-Western Washington All British Field Meet

Aug 9-BritBull at Grant Park, Spokane, Washington

Sept 2020-Blue Ribbon Rally Car Show-Watch here for dates

Aug 13-16-All Triumph Drive In 2020 in Olympia, Washington

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17th Annual Polar Bear Challenge 2020 - The Polar Bear

Challenge raises money for the Make - A- Wish Foundation

to help grant wishes for children with critical illnesses.

This year the IBCC donated $300 and several members

made the trip up to Spring Shores Marina to present Larry

Gebert with the donation. The event raised $66,960.05,

exceeding the goal of $50,000! (Rod Nichols, Rick Mills

and Larry Gebert pictured).

Humphries car

Jeff Nafsinger’s car

Ron and Lynda Humphries

Rick, Rod, Liz and Ron

Rick, Rod, Liz and Ron

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COFFEE TIME NAMES DRAWN

January 4, 2020 - A great turn out to start 2020, 44 club

members! Rob and Jami Herndon’s name was drawn, but not

there to win $20

January 18, 2020 - No lack of participation in IBCC, over 44 in attendance!

Bill and Sue Dryden’s name were drawn, but not there to win $25

Look below for a change to our coffee drawing!

C O F F E E H A P P E N I N G S

Changing up the coffee drawing starting in

February 2020!, Wear your name tag, purchase a

raffle ticket at the morning coffee and your name

will go into a drawing to win half the raffle sales

for the morning (the other half will go to the club). Those present at the

coffee, wearing their name tag and purchased a raffle ticket, will be

eligible to win. Guaranteed winner at every coffee.

Where are all the

pictures of the cars?!

The editor got so

excited about the

fantastic turnout, she

forgot to take pictures

of the beautiful cars

in the parking lot!

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The car we have now is a 1961 Bugeye Sprite. Since the late 70’s I have always had British sports cars. My hobby is buying dead cars and bringing them back to life. Five years ago I began my search for a bugeye sprite. After many attempts on bidding for cars on eBay, I finally won!. $ 2300.00. The car was brought over from Honolulu Hawaii. At the time there was more metal missing then metal. Fortunately there is a lot of support for replacement panels. The project took more than 4 years to complete. Our first show was at the Village this year. After the show we drove to Indian Creek Winery where my favorite iPhone photo was taken. After a brief stop at the winery we were heading home and the car began to lose power, I feared that we were running out of gas. We pulled into a farmers house

and purchased 2 gallons of gas. Unfortunately that was not the problem. We later discovered that we were experiencing a vapor lock. After 30 minutes with the hood up, the engine cooled down enough that the car started and we continued home. This winter we are adding a few upgrades so that we can eliminate that in the future. Our son has filmed the entire restoration and can be seen on YouTube by searching Bugeye Sprite Restoration. Submitted by: Ed Willson

Jim Hoover lives in Massachusetts but lived in

Idaho. Jim is a member of the club and has recently

received his IBCC stickers, “I like showing my

Idaho roots out here! My ‘60 Austin Healey

Bugeye lived in Idaho from about 1974 to 2018, so

it is an Idahoan.”

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By Graham Robson

Many years ago, when I was an undergraduate at Oxford, I met up and became great friends with Mike Woodcock. We were both petrol-heads, both determined to join Jaguar if we could, and became the company’s first two graduate trainees in 1957. Mike and I roomed together for several years after that, and he often unburdened himself about what he knew to be brewing at BMC’s Cowley (Oxford) and Abingdon plants, where his father was CEO.

Not that he told me everything, though on several occasions in 1957 and into 1958, he would let slip a few comments about ‘a certain

small sports car’ that was being developed, but would say no more. Even so, when BMC announced that they would shortly relocate Austin-Healey 100-6 assembly from Longbridge (Birmingham) to Abingdon (Oxford), where they would be built alongside the MGA, the plan was that the small plant at Abingdon would become BMC’s sportscar assembly site—and ‘the light came on.’

Because I was living in Coventry, and because I had gotten to know almost every young sports car enthusiast in the city, even before the new car was launched I had worked out how BMC’s byzantine reasoning, and way of making cars in their often-chaotic 1950s, was going to work.

Although the new car—which we all christened ‘frog eye’ as soon as we had seen it for the first time—was to be assembled at Abingdon alongside the existing MGA, virtually none of it was to be manufactured there. Basically, much of the structure would come from the independent Pressed Steel Company, the engine came from BMC Engines in Coventry, the transmission and some of the suspension came from Austin at Longbridge, while the rack-and-pinion steering gear was borrowed from the Morris Minor 1000, which was built at Cowley (Oxford).

Confusing? It’s going to get worse. As BMC’s very first unit-body sports car, every example of the Bugeye’s structure would start as a sturdy lower platform which had been pressed and welded together by John Thompson Motor Pressings of Wolverhampton, this then being trucked to Pressed Steel in Swindon for completion, later trucked even further to the BMC ‘Morris Motors’ plant at Cowley for painting and partial trimming, then—and only then—being transported to Abingdon for final assembly. That’s right, three separate road trips before the chassis/body structure of the Sprite was introduced to its running gear for the first time.

As Geoff Healey, Donald’s son and the Healey company’s chief engineer, told me some years later, actually inventing the new car and getting approval for it to be made had been much easier than feared. As he later wrote in one of his fabulously-detailed books: “The Sprite was first conceived in the winter of 1956, the result of a meeting between DMH (Donald Healey) and Leonard Lord (BMC’s dynamic chairman)… During a discussion on the sports car market both men agreed that sports cars were becoming expensive… Len Lord then commented that what was needed was a small, low-cost sportscar to fill the gap.”

It really was as simple as that. Healey had already produced the 100, Len Lord had bought in to the idea and invented the Austin-Healey brand overnight, and after that Healey was totally tied in with development of the new cars, which BMC was to make for them. Geoff Healey then shared with me that they were told that Austin had already tried (and failed) to produce a new sports car of their own, that MG would have nothing to do with the new machine, and that the small Warwick-based group would have less than two years to do the job.

Looking back, this was a very exciting time for Healey—and, indeed, for the British motor industry—for in late 1956, when work began on what Healey called ‘The Tiddler’ project, the mass-market sports car scene was wide open. The vast majority of them were being exported to the USA, where price competition was serious. At the time, there were three popular roadsters: the MGA, which sold for $2,195, the Triumph TR3 for $2,625 and the Austin-Healey 100-6 for $3195. A few specialist companies were building crude little machines (often with poorly-finished glass-fibre bodies) at knockdown prices, but apart from that there was nothing smaller, and certainly nothing cheaper than the MGA.

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Healey’s directive, therefore, was very simple—yet it would be difficult to satisfy. BMC would leave them with a free hand to engineer, style and develop a new small sports car, but they insisted that there should be little new engineering involved, and that a strict price target should be met. As Len Lord would later say to Alec Issigonis when the BMC Mini was being designed: “You can use whatever engine you like, but it must already be on our production lines.” In the case of the Sprite, the same edict not only applied to the engine, but to the transmission, the suspension and the steering too.

Geoff Healey loved such a challenge (to describe him as stubborn was perhaps to understate his usual attitude to life), and set to by demanding, and getting, a mountain of drawings from his link-men at Longbridge. It was only then that the sheer mountain that he would have to climb became clear. Not only would the price targets be demanding, but so was the time schedule—BMC wanted to see the car launched early in 1958, and Len Lord was always impatient about such things. Healey would have to deal with the challenge which Abingdon’s ‘cottage industry’ layout demanded.

Quite simply, from the day that the MG car plant had been set up in 1929, the assembly method had centred around a separate chassis frame, into which the running gear was lowered from above, followed by the addition of the body shell. Because of the way that the ‘Tiddler’ (as Healey called it for a time) was to be engineered—with a unit-body layout—that could not be done. Instead, the engine and transmission would have to be placed on the line first, after which the combined chassis/body shell would be lowered into place.

Then, of course, there was problem of dealing with all the prototype testing and development which was needed, as BMC had no proving ground of their own, the industry’s corporate proving ground at MIRA (the Motor Industry Research Association), near Nuneaton, was certainly not the place to take a still-secret car where the rest of Britain’s automotive world could see it, so the tiny Healey company could originally do no more than use public highways, usually at night, and often during the weekends. Straight line testing took place on public roads near Leamington and Coventry, hill-climb work was centred on the mountainous roads of Wales, and on a few occasions Healey managed to persuade the Royal Air Force at Gaydon (where squadrons of V-bombers were based) that nuclear war was not about to break out on a Sunday, and that he could use the two-mile straight runway there. And how many hand-built prototypes were used? Just two at first, one of which was ready to be shown to Len Lord in January 1957, the other being handed over to MG’s engineers at Abingdon so that they could make it truly compatible with the production facilities there. It was during this time that the original plan, to equip the car with fold-back headlamps in the bonnet, was abandoned to save on cost and engineering complexity. But as British law made it essential for these lamps to be at least 26 inches from the ground, this meant that they had to stick up on the bonnet instead—and it was in this way that the ‘bug eye’ style evolved.

By the end of 1957, the existence of BMC’s ‘baby sports car’ project had become an open secret across the industry. Much of the work involving high-speed endurance running, and rugged, car-destroying pave testing, had both been concentrated at the MIRA proving grounds, while the handful of hard-working prototypes were regularly seen on dashes down to Cornwall, where the rest of the Healey family were in residence.

Originally, BMC had wanted to announce the new car to the world, on 5 April 1958, but this date slipped to 20 May, when an early-production fleet of French-registered cars was shown to the press in Monte Carlo. The first examples reached North America by mid-summer, and from 1959 the trickle turned into a flood.

It was not just the Sprite’s cheeky character which did the trick for American customers, but the fact that it was such a nimble, simple, easy-to-own little machine. Oh yes, and I almost forgot to mention that BMC Chairman Len Lord’s wish to see a cheaper sports car go on sale had been achieved. The first of the bug-eye Sprites cost just $1,795, which made every rival car—even MG—start to worry.

And so they should, for the Sprite was a lasting success all over the world. And it was only British Leyland’s Lord Stokes who killed it off, by pulling out of the Austin-Healey franchise at the end of 1970.

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Members Corner

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NAMETAG REPLACEMENT OPTIONS ~ Liz Mills

• You can order a traditional pin-style replacement nametag from the current membership secretary at

membership@idahobritishcars.org. Current price is $12.00 for replacement, $5.00 for new members,

when purchased through the club.

Or

• You can purchase directly from ABC Stamp, located at 407 N. Orchard in Boise. It may be slightly less

to purchase directly, and you have a few more options (magnetic or clip-on) at an additional cost. If you

purchase directly through ABC Stamp, you’ll want to ensure it has the IBCC logo with your name.

Mori and Kanako Mesgarzadeh, they drive a Porsche and

are members of the Porsche Club of America.

If you would like to nominate a person (s) for IBCC Volunteer of the

Month, please contact Bob Hurtt.

f you would like to host a Wednesday evening drive or an odd Saturday activity simply click on this link and add your name to the date you would like to host.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UyFA9bNAhV-XoZ1EkCESsvjteoPrEWT-bQmvoJdgwvc/edit?usp=sharing

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Well, it has been quite the ride for the last few weeks. You may have heard or read that I have been in the hospital for surgery to remove a malignant tu-mor in my head, followed by six weeks of radiation and chemo "treatment." I hesitate to call these a "treat" but the good news is that I have come out of this without any negative reactions like nausea or severed weak-ness. The hair will return, they say. What lies ahead is still somewhat of a guess, but we are just grateful that I am back to almost normal (whatever that was!). We are just hugely grateful to all of you that were and are still praying for us as we are certain that God had answered those prayers in a miraculous fashion, starting with an angel in a white lab coat and stethoscope that knew exactly what I needed. I was home in less that 48 hours after surgery after some discussions about sending me to a rehab center. I am ever so happy to

be HOME and with Kathie here to keep an eye on me. It took a few days for me to get my thinking going well (maybe not as good as before) but I am now able to do mental math and carry on a decent conversation, which is far more than I could do before the hospital trip. Again, many thanks to all of you for your prayers and concerns. I do believe in miracles, and am walking proof of that! Now the future is still rather hazy, but we will take it one day and a time and be grateful of the time we still have together, however long that may be. We celebrated our 56th anniversary on Dec. 28th and are looking forward to celebrating another one (or more!). Meanwhile, I have some cleanup work to do with our garage still somewhat of a mess, two antique scooters (the bain of Kathie's life) and sorting out several hundred old photos of our family going back to who-knows-when. I am still putting them into the computer, but I have a pile of them on my sorting table. And I guess that the next thing is to sit down with our attorney and get our estate plans updated. I put in a call to do that already, and urge you out there to do the same!!! Blessings to all of you, and thanks some more for your encouraging cards, letters, emails and phone calls! I have been overwhelmed by the response from our family, friends, church, car club, Kiwanis.....hard to re-member them all. Take care. Wes Seideman, your brother in Christ.

Here is to a successful speedy recovery!

For those that weren’t aware, Wes Seideman has had recent

medical issues and our thoughts and prayers have been with him

for a quick recovery! Wes has provided us an update on his

progress. Wes, we hope to see you soon! Members Corner

Wes, it was great to see you at the January 18th coffee! You

looked great and with your sense of humor in tact! You

were missed!

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Safety Fast! celebrates front covers through the ages

The next issue of your MG Car Club Magazine, Safety Fast! will be arriving with members this week. 2020 sees the MG Car Club celebrating our 90th anniversary – amazing! So, to celebrate, we’re tracing our roots right back to the early 1930s and paying tribute to magazines of old by re-running our front cover designs from “through the ages”. How it all began The front cover of the January 2020 issue is based on our very first publication, ‘The MaGazine’. It was first issued in May 1933 as a bi-monthly publication. This was a glossy, A4 magazine designed to not only interest MG fans, but also motoring enthu-siasts in general. The editor was Alan Hess who ‘conducted’ it from The Strand, Lon-don and it was issued by The MG Car Company. The MG Car Club was given some pages in each issue and it was circulated free to MG Car Club members. Each issue of Safety Fast! in 2020 will have a different style cover, from The MaGa-zine, The Sports Car (the MaGazine’s successor), and Safety Fast! which was first published way back, in April 1959. All celebrating different eras of the MG Car Club publications throughout the past 90 years. We are really looking forward to re-living the evolution of MG Car Club Magazines through the ages during 2020!

20th December 2019

Lawana and Dick Johnson shared these great articles with a Happy New Year wish to friends and family!

Along with their message they shared “Pickleball is also one of the most enjoyable, healthy, social, and fastest

growing sports in the entire world...both for young and old. Just Google “pickleball” and you will see why.

We recommend you give it a try!”

Members Corner

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February 17, 2020

The IBCC President is responsible for all club operations and coordinating board members in support of club operations. Key skills include the ability to recruit, organize and motivate volunteers and a knowledge of all board and club operations.

Thank you IBCC past and current Presidents

1990—1993 Bob Muenchasusen

1994 Mark Sufke

1995 Chuck Fleenor

1996 John Lawrence

1997 - 1998 Bob Frisby

1999-2000 Bob Muenchausen

2001-2002 Pete Rolfe

2003-2004 Rod Nichols

2005-2006 Steve McAfee

2007 Bob Dougherty

2008-2009 Pete Rolfe

2010-2011 Rick Mills

2012-2013 Dave Countryman

2014-2015 Realy Ann Wingert

2016-2017 Bill Dryden

2018-2019 Randy Steiner

2020 Bob Hurtt - Current President

Former President John F. Kennedy

Former President Ronald Reagan

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IBCC BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM JANUARY 13, 2020

PRESENT: Bob Hurtt, Ron and Lynda Humphries, Rick and Liz Mills, Peter Van Dorne, Kristen Shreve, Bill and

Sue Dryden, Rod and Becky Nichols, Bob Frisby, Michelle Rolfe, Randy Steiner.

The meeting was called to order at 6:01 by Bob Hurtt, President.

PRESIDENT’S OPENING COMMENTS: Bob stated that he would like to try to keep meetings to an hour, stick

closely to the agenda and discuss the most pressing issues each month.

TREASURER: As Peter is transitioning into the role, he is still working with Terry Shannon, former Treasurer.

He did not have a financial report from the annual meeting/Christmas party. He did file an annual report with the

Secretary of State. He is also working on PayPal with Rick. He stated that he, Bob and Terry are the people whose

names are now on the checking account with Wells Fargo.

MEMBERSHIP: Liz reported that we have 158 members and that 59% (or 93 members) HAVE renewed and

41% (65 members) have NOT. It was decided that current club members will remain current until April 1st. After

that, they are no longer current and will not receive the newsletter. Liz also stated that she was able to update the

name on the Post Office box account to her name.

NEWSLETTER: Lynda is a bit ahead of schedule for next month’s newsletter and will focus on the Bugeye/

Froggy since it is a leap year. Becky suggested having a set deadline for newsletter articles/submissions, and

Lynda said she will implement that once she gets a little more comfortable producing the newsletter. She asked for

items that people cared to submit and said she is using some information from Moss Motors. Liz sent her a copy of

PTOA’s TRAX newsletter and suggested an article that might be taken from it (with it being credited). Lynda will

include Jan Gardner’s obituary in the newsletter, as well as an update on club member, Wes S. Michelle mentioned

that the club used to match donations when a club member passed away, and that was discussed.

EVENTS: Kristen would like a link on the web so members can sign up for drives. She said that the Pub Nights

for January through March are covered. She has also submitted registration for the Southwest Idaho All British

Field Meet with the Idaho Street Rods for them to advertise our event. Becky mentioned that there is an Odd Satur-

day Out in February. Kristen will see if anyone wants to step forward to plan something for this.

WEBMASTER: Nothing to report.

OLD BUSINESS: Bob and Liz discussed ways to contact and welcome new members and will work on a new

members packet together.

EVENTS PLANNING:

Summer Tour: Rod will follow up on a link so we can make hotel reservations on line. The train, park

and event center are all reserved. There will be box lunches, too, for the train trip. The registration fee will be no

more than $45. There was discussion on this, and it was stated that the club has always subsidized the welcome

reception. Bill suggested that the budget be firmed up. Rod wants to be sure that people are adequately fed at the

Thursday night reception.

SWIABFM: Rick said that Wes Seideman (as much as he is able), Alan Lemen and Bob Reiner have all

volunteered to help with SWIABFM. Rick wants to have the budget by the next Board meeting. He is still waiting

to hear from Tina Turley at Lyle Pearson to see if they will commit to the same dollar amount as last year to help

with SWIABFM. Bill pointed out that Tina Turley’s husband just bought a Land Rover and he suggested that Liz

reach out to him about becoming an IBCC member, which she will do. Bill further suggested that we check with

Lyle Pearson and see if they’d be willing to give our club info to people who purchase their Land and Range Rov-

ers and Jaguars.

15 NEW BUSINESS:

Pete’s Library: Michelle put together a sign-in sheet for checking out books. Bob H. has a lockbox

to use for the garage (where the library will be) and offered it to her with the suggestion that she change the 4-

digit code every few months for security. Michelle wants to laminate cards to mark the spots where books

have been checked out. Rod has magazine holders for her, and Bill and Rod are looking for another shelf.

Rick has the database on line and will put it in a membership-protected area when given the go-ahead. Bob

Huston may have cabinets for the library.

Coffee Name Drawing: Lynda suggested an option for this would be to have people at the coffee

each donate $1 to help fund the kitty. Winner would split the final amount with the club. Bob H. suggested

selling raffle tickets for 50 cents with the winner claiming the entire kitty. You would need to be wearing

your nametag to buy a raffle ticket. Nothing was finalized on this topic. There was some discussion about

nametags and the costs of them, and Liz suggested putting ABC Stamp’s information in the newsletter so

people can go in and order their own replacement tags if they’d like (saving $0.71 if they do so for a tradition-

al pin tag).

Newsletter Costs: Lynda has analyzed the costs of mailing out the newsletter and said it comes out

to about $28 per person per year or about $346 yearly. While we can encourage people to opt for receiving it

by email, it was recognized that some people definitely prefer to get a hard copy mailed. Randy also pointed

out that we have raised the dues to $25 (from $20) to help offset some club costs. Lynda just wanted to make

the club aware of the costs associated with mailing out hard copies.

Use of PA system @ Caffe Capri: As we have been asked by management at Caffe Capri to discontinue use

of the PA system we purchased, it has made it more difficult to hear anyone speaking during the business por-

tion of our coffee there. Bob Frisby strongly encouraged us to approach the manager, Terry, at Caffe Capri

and ask her if we could resume use of the PA system for the 15-30 minutes it takes to conduct our meetings

or else let her know we might have to seek another place for our 1st Saturday coffees. Bob Hurtt still feels we

should look for a new place, as we are beginning to outgrow Caffe Capri. Rick suggested he would talk to

the pizza place in the same shopping center and see if they would consider opening up early one Saturday a

month for us to allow use of their facility. Bill said he would talk to Terry first. Becky also pointed out that

we would only need to use the PA system during the cooler months when we’re inside.

Regalia Costs: Liz asked how much we should sell old T-shirts from Summer Tours and Field

Meets. It was decided to price them at $5 each. Becky has purchased 25 IBCC hats to replenish our supply,

and it was decided to leave the cost of them at $17 each.

Petty Cash: Liz asked for petty cash to have on hand to make change for various regalia sales, and a

$50 petty cash bag was approved by the Board. Peter gave Liz a check during the meeting for this amount.

IBCC Business Cards: New business cards are very much needed. Liz presented several options,

and Lynda came up with an idea, as well. Liz will decide on 2 formats and present them to the Board for a

vote.

BLUE SKY DISCUSSION: Bob H. suggested making Rex LaBrie, a longtime club member, a LIFETIME

member. Bob also proposed that he feels all past presidents should be made LIFETIME members. A motion

was made and passed to make all past IBCC presidents LIFETIME members, and that would also include

Rex. This will begin in 2021, with Rex’s membership being made current. Peter put forward that unless the

club enlists new younger members, the future of the club is uncertain. Ideas were tossed around about how to

attract younger club members. Discussion on this will be ongoing.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m. Next meeting: February 10th at 6 p.m., Idaho Pizza.

Respectfully submitted by Liz Mills

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