Hello Cruisers,
Just got back from my bonus day (Monday) up in Ocala. The final count
(un-official) was 18 Cruisers, 2 Four-runners, 1 Chevy, 3 Jeeps, a 3
mountain bikes. There were a total of 52 FLCA family members and 14
guests for a total of 66 people. There were also 4 Cruiser Dogs. Weather
was great. Kinda cold friday night, but nice. Clear skies, lots of
stars, and no rain.
It was nice to meet many of you for the first time as well as see your
Cruisers. Got some great ideas for the work-in progress here at my
house.
Brian has advised me that Eric Lansaw was the lucky winner of the
Hi-lift jack. Congrats Eric!
A special thanks to Barry Robertson and his friend James Stevens from
the B.F. Goodrich Safari Triathlon for leading the trail ride. Also
thanks to the members of the Ocala Off-Road Club and others who joined
us. There's a lot more other trails to explore so we need to get out
there more often. If anyone plans any trips anywhere, please be sure to
post it so others can join in if possible.
The campground was really nice, except for the no-reservation hassle
that caused some of you to be camping in different areas. Incidentally,
the campground was virtually vacant on monday. Brian and I spoke with a
park employee on Monday morning. He told us that part of the
over-crowding problem we were experiencing was due to the hoiliday
weekend. He said we would have no problem getting a large block of
adjacent sites during a non-holiday weekend. Something to think about
for next time.
New officers were elected/appointed as follows:
| Brian Paul | President |
| Doug Sanders | Treasurer |
| Andy Villazon | Trail Safety (and mall security ;-) |
| Jim Harangody | Membership |
| Tracy Crisp | Newsletter |
| Eric Lansaw | Website Editor |
We stil don't have a VP or secretary, so feel free to raise your hand if
interested.
| Carl Hassel | Tampa Area Regional |
| Ray Garten | SW Florida Reginal |
| John Nguyen | Orlando Area Regional |
| Will Deem | " " " |
| Jim Harangody | SE Florida Regional |
I did this from memory. Correct/add anything that may be wrong Brian. If
anyone wants a regional position, let us know and it is yours. Please
let your regionals know of any trail rides you plan to have between
Chapter meetings. They will help spread the word to others who may be
interested in joining the ride.
Several people are working on getting the club shirts printed. First, we
need to finalize our new Logo. Any of you artistic people feel free to
give us some input/ideas. Contact myself or Doug Sanders and his
girlfriend Rhonda. The final design is starting to gel and it looks like
it will be a circle with the state of florida with a cruiser on it. We
also are thinking about your choice of cruiser (40, 45, 55, 60, etc.) on
the front shirt pocket.
Some of you submitted your club applications to me. Most have not. If
you have not, please be sure to forward you apps and dues to me ASAP as
it takes $$ to get some of this stuff done. If you need any apps, please
E-mail me directly and let me know how many you need. We've decided to
issue membership #'s, so get your app in early if you want an low number
;-)) We are growing with great momentum. If you see any potential
members/trucks, please do your best to contact them and tell them about
our club.
If anyone has any good pics from the weekend that they feel would be
good for TT publication, be sure to let me know. We got a good response
from our last chapter report in TT and I would like to get another
write-up/photos about this weekend in TT if possible.
Our next chapter meeting will be held in the Tampa area on March 20th.
This meeting is still in the planning stages. Plans for the meeting will
be posted as soon as they develop.
Thanks again for all attendees who made this our best turn-out yet. They
keep getting larger and larger!! Let's do the same and keep the streak
going for our March meeting in Tampa.
Those of you who are going to GSMTR this year can get your application
on-line at the STLCA web page:
GSMTR Application
As the event will be limited to only 150 trucks this year, you need to
get your application in ASAP!
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