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February 2020 Vol. 28, Number 2
PONY XPress
The Official Publication of the Garden State Region Mustang Club
GARDEN STATE REGION MUSTANG CLUB
2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Everyone has a favorite number, mine happens to be "48" right
now. You’re wondering why "48"?? and only a few of you
might know why this number is very important to me
now. Drum roll please….. The number "48" is the number of
President Messages that I have written over the past 4 years, all
of which my wife had to correct for grammar and
spelling. Forty-Eight times, I had to hear from our newsletter
editor, “Is the Presidents Message done yet?” And THIS month
is no different. My bad- Mike D.
This month’s, GSRMC membership meeting, will be
a little strange for me, because it will be my last time sitting up
in the front and looking out at all of our members’ faces. For
the last (8)eight years (four as VP and four as President), I have
been sitting up front at the GSRMC Officers’ table trying not to
look nervous and say something completely inappropriate,
which I have done many times over the years. It is also amazing
to me that I made it through the last 4 years without getting
impeached.
I would like to say "thank you" to everyone for all your
support and helping me through the good and bad times. Over
the years I had great support from Past Presidents, Board
members, my two VPs and all of my fellow GSRMC members.
Again, THANK YOU.
Over the years I (we) saw this GSRMC grow in great
ways. Here are some of the improvements that WE
implemented to the club: PAY PAL and 501C3. Our Club had
(6)six great charities over the years: MDA, American Cancer
Society, Toys for Tots, Michael J Fox Parkinson Research,
Interfaith Food Pantry, and Project Help. Our club members’
hearts and hands went out to help people and other Mustang
Clubs in need like Northside Mustang Car Club, in Texas, after
Hurricane Harvey. Our car show DJ was injured in a motorcycle
accident and we donated to offset his medical costs. Lastly,
donating to the Lee Iacocca Foundation, in honor of his
contributions, upon his passing.
As I reflect as VP, we (GSRMC) had just lost Route
23 Automall as a car show sponsor. We had to improvise in
getting different car show locations: with help from Mike D we
hosted a car show at Wall FORD. Tom Addeo helped us to host
car shows at Beyer FORD, a couple of different Home Depot
locations (Newton & Dover), Magarino FORD, and now
Nielsen Dodge and Nielsen FORD. I would like to thank Tom
Addeo for ALL his
support in getting
these car shows started
from zero to what it
has become today,
Thanks Tom.
We also
initiated and
incorporated a new
GSRMC holiday into
our calendar over the
past several years on
April 17th, “National
Mustang Day”
(NMD). Our first
NMD was on a horse
farm, in Chester NJ &
lately at our VFW
Meeting Hall, in Whippany NJ. We have grown from 30+
Mustangs to almost 100+ Mustangs on NMD.
Last year Joanne and I, to show our gratitude and
appreciation to all, donated two 12x12 GSRMC pop-up tents
and two GSRMC table coverings for our GSRMC car shows
and events.
Again, before I email this LAST President Message.
Thank you for making me look good, while representing our
club, as your president.
My closing thoughts reflect your loyalty and goodwill
towards our club mission, one another, and our many charities.
I wish you and your families during this holiday season a
healthy, safe, happy and prosperous, New Year. As always in
our hearts and prayers we remember the service people who
have and still do protect our country’s freedoms, while
sacrificing their holiday traditions for us.
President’s Message to follow.
President’s Message
Welcome New Members
William & Sandra Walsh Clifton
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GSRMC Contact Information
President Dale Favia
201-306-8127 [email protected]
Vice President Rich Izenberg
973-769-7920 [email protected]
Treasurer Jim Signorelli
201-845-7014 [email protected] Secretary Pete Cullen
973-650-2957 [email protected]
Board of Directors
Past President Bill Chernack
973-214-4060 [email protected]
Tom Addeo
973-229-7735 [email protected]
John Gaschler
973-333-8882 [email protected]
Ken Najarian
201-666-9669 [email protected]
Al Vizzone
201-826-6071 [email protected]
Maureen Yowe
973-398-4325 [email protected]
MCA Nat. Dir. Helaina Semmler
856-642-0764 [email protected]
Membership Joe DeLeo
201-790-4372 [email protected]
Newsletter Mike DeLiberto
201-933-6915 [email protected]
Website Bill Chernack
973-214-4060 [email protected]
Facebook Bob Acker
201-694-1325 [email protected]
Sunshine Joanne Leser
973-865-7134 [email protected]
Hospitality Norm Leser
Feb. 19 First GSRMC Meeting of 2020
Feb. 22 Monster Mini Golf
Mar. 15 GSRMC Bowling Tournament.
Boonton Lanes, Boonton
Mar. 18 GSRMC Meeting
Mar. 28 Ringwood St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Apr. 17 National Mustang Day
Apr. 19 GSRMC Spring Round Up Car
Show. Nielsen Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep
Rt. 10, Hanover
May 3 69th Ann. NJ Region AACA Car Show.
Mennen Arena, Morristown.
www.njregionaaca.com
May 9 3rd Ann. Modern Muscle Car Invasion.
On the boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ
www.blinkerfluid.com
May 17 42nd Ann. North Jersey Auto Show.
Bergen Comm. College, Paramus
May 24 39th Ann. Chester County Mustang
&Ford Show. Kimberton, PA.
www.thevfmc.org
June 4-7 Team Shelby East Coast Grand Nats.
Pocono Raceway, PA & Carlisle, PA.
June 5-7 Carlisle Ford Nationals. Car show,
swap meet, cruise & racing. Carlisle
PA. www.carlisleevents.com
June 25-27 NMRA Ford Motorsports Nationals.
Drag Racing & Car show. Maple Grove
Raceway, Mohnton, PA.
www.nmradigital.com
Sept. 20 GSRMC End of Summer Car Show.
Nielsen Ford, Rt. 23, Wantage
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2020 GSRMC
INSTALLATION DINNER
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ST. PATRICK’S
DAY PARADE
he GSRMC will once again be
participating in Ringwood St. Patrick’s
Day parade, . The 2020 parade will be the
31st annual parade and will take place on
Saturday, March 28th . We will be meeting
behind the CVS building located at 115 Skyline
Drive at 11:00am. The parade begins at 1:00pm. All
years & body styles of Mustangs and special interest
Fords are welcome.
SHOW REGISTRATION DISCOUNT
ne of the perks of being a GSRMC member is
that you get to register for any or all of our 2020
shows for only $5. This discount only applies to
vehicles preregistered by the deadline. This special
rate is not printed on the flyer so it is up to you to
register at the $5 rate and indicate on the form
that you are a GSRMC member. If you are
registering online, use the special discount code - We
also hope that all members attending shows will
volunteer while they are there.
FORD VS FERRARI RECEIVES
OSCAR NOD FOR BEST PICTURE
ince this story is about the Oscars, perhaps car
enthusiasts should emulate Sally Fields and go
on about how Hollywood really, really likes us car
people—but even if your Fields impression is rusty,
it’s nice to see our enthusiasm affirmed by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
nominating Ford v Ferrari for Best Picture of 2019.
Surprisingly, for a movie nominated for best
picture, the film about Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles
taking on both Ford and Ferrari to win at Le Mans in
1966 received no nominations for acting. Though
Matt Damon and
Christian Bale made their
characters believable, it
was Tracy Letts’
characterization of Henry Ford II, which
gave the industrialist a human side, that
initially garnered speculation about a
Best Supporting Actor nod. Ray
McKinnon’s portrayal of Shelby
American’s technical wizard Phil Remington was
also very good.
In Hollywood, nothing succeeds like success;
but it seems as though the aesthetes of the Academy
sometimes like to distinguish between fine art and
finances. Makers of commercially successful racing
films often get patted on the head by the Academy
with technical Oscars. That template has been
followed this year with Ford v Ferrari getting
another three nominations: editing film, editing
sound, and sound mixing. A nomination for
cinematography or possibly special effects did cross
our minds; but maybe the Academy regards the
realistic filming of auto racing as old hat these days,
50-plus years after John Frankenheimer’s technically
groundbreaking Grand Prix.
With the critically-acclaimed Once Upon a
Time in Hollywood, The Joker, and The
Irishman also nominated for best motion picture,
don’t bet on Ford v Ferrari taking home that Oscar
next month. However, the film’s commercial success
(so far it has grossed $211 million on a production
budget of $97.6M) does bode well for future movies
car enthusiasts will enjoy.
Ronnie Schreiber - Hagerty.com, 1/13/2020
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CLUB NEWS
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ndy Reid finally has his Super
Bowl trophy, and he joked on the
Monday after, that he celebrated
the Kansas City Chiefs’ championship
victory with his “trophy wife” of 38 years,
Tammy. But the Reids have had a trophy
car in the family for a lot longer than that.
Andy Reid told Chiefs.com that
his father bought a 1928 Ford Model A for
$25 after World War II ended in 1945—“a
late ’28, they call it. Henry Ford had to
make a little transition with his brake
system, so this is part of that transition.”
Reid, who was an assistant coach
in Green Bay from 1992–98, earned his
first Super Bowl ring after the Packers won Super
Bowl XXXI in 1997. While in Green Bay, he got to
know “a couple of old guys who restored these
things,” so—flush with a little extra Super Bowl
cash—he trailered the Model A from Los Angeles to
Wisconsin, and work began soon after.
“We took the whole thing apart and we just
started from scratch, the engine included, and built it
back up,” Reid told Chiefs.com. “A lot of this car is
wood, which people don’t realize. [And Model A
Fords] are the most restored car in the world...”
Reid, the father of five children (including
son Garrett, who died tragically in 2012), says the
best part of owning heirlooms like his dad’s Model
A is that they can be shared.
“It’s something you can pass down. I
think that is kind of neat,” he said. “It’s kind of
neat to be able to do that with things—we’ve got
furniture, we got this [car], a couple of Super
Bowl rings… that you can pass down. All that’s
great, and that’s what it’s all about… Being a
dad, [it’s] about loving your kids and then
having a chance to present a history to them.”
We’re with you, Coach.
By Jeff Peek
Hagerty.com, February 04, 2020
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COACH ANDY REID TREASURES FAMILY, FOOTBALL
AND HIS DAD’S FORD MODEL A
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GSRMC Bowling Tournament & Buffet
Sunday, March 15, 2020 at Boonton Lanes
On Sunday, March 15th, members of the Garden State Region Mustang Club are invited to gather for the
16th Annual Bowling Tournament at Boonton Lanes! This year, due to alley scheduling and availability,
plan to arrive about 10:30 AM to register, pay and mentally prepare for two hours of bowling from 11:00
to 1:00 p.m.
Special awards will be presented for various categories of excellence! How much will all this fun cost,
you ask? First, the GSRMC will pay for member’s children 12 years and under. If we get 20, 25, or even
30 bowlers, including children, registering, the whole tournament will cost the Adult members about $11
p/p for bowling, including shoe rental. As always, the club picks up the tab for bowlers 12 & under.
Last year’s banquet hosted by the on-site caterer worked out well. The pricing for this year remains
about the same - $15 p/p for pizza, wings, and soda, for bowlers and for spectators, with a salad and
dessert to be provided by the Club. So, if you will be bowling AND eating, that’s $26 per person.
If you are interested in bowling and/or just eating, please call or email me; or see me or President Dale
at the February meeting, and let us know how many people in your group. I will also request a $10
deposit per adult at that time, with the balance payable at the tournament. For planning purposes, it’s
critical that I have an accurate headcount one week prior to the Roll-Off. If you cannot make the
meeting, you can email me your RSVP and mail a check for the applicable deposit amount to the address
below to be received no later than March 8, 2020.
Looking forward once again to a lot of laughter on the lanes – I’ll bring the Advil!
Peter Cullen, Jr.
20 Valley View Road, Verona, NJ 07044
Phone: 973-650-2957
Email: [email protected]
Boonton Lanes
720 Myrtle Avenue, Boonton, NJ
973-335-0123
http://nationwidebowling.com/boonton-new-jersey/
Directions to Boonton Lanes
From Route 287 North:
Take Exit 45 (Wooten Street, same exit as for Wal-Mart). At stop sign turn left. At traffic light turn right
onto Myrtle Avenue. Boonton Lanes is 1/2 mile on the left side.
From Route 287 South:
Take Myrtle Avenue exit. At stop sign turn right. Boonton Lanes is 1/8 mile on left side.
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2007-2014 MUSTANG GT500 IS
ALREADY A COLLECTIBLE
he Ford Mustang has a rich heritage from which
to draw, filled with performance variants aimed
at both road courses and the dragstrip. In 2007,
Ford’s SVT team dusted off the iconic GT500 moniker,
last used in 1970, for its most powerful production pony
yet.
The big news for the 2007 GT500 was its 5.4-
liter iron-block V-8 that produced 500 horsepower at
6000 rpm thanks to a supercharger and charge cooler. The
tall-deck 5.4-liter had been used in the U.S. in trucks and
SUVs since 1997, but only made it to two previous car
applications—a naturally aspirated 385-horsepower
version found in the Cobra R in 2000, and the
supercharged, 550-horsepower, aluminum-block version
from the 2004—2006 Ford GT.
Contemporary reviews of the GT500 praised its
brute power and improved handling, but 500 horsepower
wasn’t enough for Ford. The limited-production
GT500KR of 2008 and 2009 brought the iron-block 5.4-
liter’s output up to 540 horsepower, the same as the
standard GT500 for 2010, which also got a thorough
redesign along with the rest of the Mustang lineup. For
2011 and 2012, the 5.4-liter produced 550 horsepower
and received a new aluminum block, matching the mid-
engine GT’s power output and surpassing the GT’s torque
figure with 510 lb-ft of its own.
For most of its life, the GT500 had no real
competition, but soon after the Camaro returned to the
market, Chevrolet added the 580-horsepower ZL1 to the
mix. Just when it seemed that the 5.4-liter was tapped out
and Ford would have a hard time upping the ante, SVT
engineers went all-in with the 5.8-liter Trinity V-8. With
more than an eighth of an inch added to is bore, the Trinity
V-8 stretched the displacement of Ford’s Modular V-8 to
its limit. The bores were so large, cast-in iron liners were
a no-go. Instead, iron plasma was sprayed into the
aluminum block to form the bores. The cylinder heads
received improved cooling, but were otherwise almost
identical to the 5.4-liter heads. New camshafts and extra
boost from the supercharger, working with the added
displacement and increased flow of larger bores,
combined to produce a staggering 662 horsepower! It
made the GT500 the most powerful pony car yet—a short-
lived title, as the 707-horsepower Hellcat debuted in
2015.
Those later-production GT500s were blisteringly
fast and they brought a racecar-like firm suspension to the
street—not something for the faint of heart. Unlike the
ZL1 with its magnetic suspension, the GT500 didn’t offer
up many compromises to comfort. It was just what
enthusiasts wanted at the time, and apparently they still
want it.
Our valuation specialists go through a lot of
collector car data, and the fifth-gen Mustang GT500
shows some of the most consistent buyer interest, with an
adjusted Hagerty Vehicle Rating between 71 and 75 over
the last five months.
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BEHIND THE BLUE OVAL
ord’s iconic logo is among the most
recognizable car emblems; representative
of one of the oldest and most valuable brands
globally.
When Henry Ford began his
revolutionary automotive company in 1903, the
official Ford emblem was a rather intricate
circle with art nouveau borders, bearing the
words “Ford Motor Co. Detroit Mich.″ at the
center. But all that changed in 1907, when the
first signature-based Ford logo was utilized.
While rumors abounded that the emblem was
actually Henry Ford’s signature, it was actually
created by the company’s first chief
engineer/designer Childe Harold Wills, a friend
of Ford’s, who used the lettering from his grandfather’s
stencil set to get the job done. The text wasn’t set on the
famous Blue Oval background until 1927, although an
oval was used from 1907 onward in the U.K.
Apart from a brief and unsuccessful Ford design
in 1912 that put the brand signature on top of an orange
and dark blue winged pyramid, and a sleek, modernized
version of the Ford text graphic proposed in 1966, today’s
Blue Oval remains much as it did from the very
beginning, an iconic symbol of a world-renowned brand.
January 21, 2020, Barrett-Jackson.com
(GT500, continued)
[Editor’s Note: The Hagerty Vehicle Rating takes
auction and private sales results, insurance quoting
activity, and the number of new policies purchased into
consideration, to sort hundreds of car models and
compare them to the collector car market as a whole. Our
valuation team then assigns a score from 1-to-100, with a
50 denoting a car that’s perfectly following the overall
market trend. Popular cars that are gaining interest and
value will score higher, those with flagging interest or sale
prices score lower. A vehicle’s position on the list isn’t
always a sign of future collectability, it’s more of a pulse
of the current market.]
With that caveat, the solid market performance of
the GT500 over the past several months has helped prove
that it’s not a fad car that sees a sudden gain and then falls
off. As valuation specialist James Hewitt said, “The
GT500 has one of the most consistent HVR scores I have
seen, especially during a time of a fluctuating market, and
this tells me the interest is strong but not excessive and
can be maintained over time—the sign of a car that is here
to stay.”
As expected, the market favors the newer, more
powerful cars, with the least expensive being the 2007-
2009 coupes with an average #3 (Good) value of $25,000
while the Super Snake convertibles—special editions
from Shelby with 850 and 1000-horsepower engine
packages available—are the most expensive at $79,000
for the same #3 condition. On average, a convertible is
worth 20 percent more than a coupe, and there’s no added
value in a manual, as it was the only transmission
available.
For less than the price of a new, more refined
Mustang GT, the fifth-generation GT500 offers a more
raw experience, one heck of a transmission (the Tremec
TR6060), and one of the greatest names in Mustang
history. You could do a whole lot worse.
Brandan Gillogly - Hagerty.com, February 06, 2020
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CARSHOWHELPER
y old job required me to organize and analyze
a lot of digital data. After retiring, I wondered
if I could find software that could keep track of
the data needed to run a car show. There are excellent
commercial packages, but they are expensive. I found
very little freeware and it was not particularly good. I
decided to take a crack at it myself as a hobby project
and tested my work over the course of a few of our
shows. The result is a Microsoft Excel Workbook that
I named (for lack of imagination) CarShowHelper. I
won’t get deep into the details but will talk generally
about what it does.
Software for car shows should do several
things. Most important, it should automate the
registration, classification, judging and tally. In
addition, it should help us keep in contact with people
who would be interested in coming to our shows. It
should also know the kind of cars they have so we don’t
bother GM fans about an all Ford show. It should be
flexible and easy to use and customize.
Excel is great for working with lists of things.
CarShowHelper uses pull-down menu lists to select tasks
like registration, judging or tally, and other lists to hold
useful things like, classes, judging sheets, and contact
info. The two most important lists are “Registration” and
“Contacts” that work hand-in-hand. The Contacts list is a
curated record of old registrations. At a show, a pull-down
menu-tool registers cars either by copying data from the
Contacts or entering it manually for first time registrants.
After a show the Contacts list is updated with new and
returning registrants. We currently have about 1500 cars
in our contacts list.
On startup CarShowHelper presents the
Registration sheet and a menu bar. We use the
“CarShowTools” menu to run a show.
The first step is to select the kind of show, popular
vote or judged etc. with “1-Settings”. “2-New Show”
clears the registration list or saves it to the Contacts list.
Use “3-Register” to classify and register cars for the
current show, “4-Judging” to enter the judging sheet data,
“5-Awards” to assign “Best Of” etc. and “6-Tally” to
summarize the show results. Each item in the list has its
own form and with data fields, pull-down menus and
action buttons.
After Tallying a judged show the registration list
should look something like the screenshot below. The
special awards and class awards are separated by a bold
line, all other cars are hidden. An announcement report
can be printed that removes unnecessary personal
information.
There are two other pull-down lists in the menu
bar that I’ll briefly mention. The “Class Tools” create
classification specifications, and rename, split or combine
classes.
The “Data Tools” help maintain the Contacts list
by identifying or removing possible duplicates, making
the list look pretty etc. They can print dash cards and
registration slips. There is even a data tool to create
practice shows like the one in the tally figure so you can
play with the software to get familiar with it.
“Simple Mail Merge” is a data tool that that I
have used to advertise our shows. It creates a customized
list for printing mailing labels or sending emails using
Microsoft Mail Merge. For example, the screenshot
below creates a non-club email list of Ford contacts going
back four years to promote an all Ford show. We don’t
have to hope that car owners will check our website or
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(Helper, continued)
facebook page. In 2019
we sent over 1000
email messages from
our club gmail account
to our contacts.
As you work with the
menus and forms, the
software does a lot of
error checking. A few
examples, it warns
about duplicate car
numbers or registering the same car more than once and
it rejects votes for a car that is not registered or voting for
a car in the wrong class. Also, cars with special trophies
are automatically excluded from the regular trophy list.
So far CarShowHelper has been really good at
vote entry, tally and show promotion but there is room for
improvement. John P. correctly predicted that during
registration there is too much data to be entered in too
short a time. More than half of the cars at the 2018 Nielsen
Dodge show were not in our Contacts and had to be
entered manually. This may get better as the contacts list
gets bigger. On-line registration could also help.
Creating CarShowHelper has been both fun and
educational for me. I would like to thank my wife Linda
for her comments on my sometimes clunky user interface,
John and Anelle P. for their comments and for the contact
data from previous shows, and Jim S. for guidance about
the registration process.
If anyone is
interested in a guided
tour of CarShowHelper,
please let me know and I
can demo it for you at a
meeting or after a show.
This winter’s project is
to create short
instructional videos to
demonstrate how to use
CarShowHelper’s
special features. Should
be fun.
John Dunsmuir, #394
FORD MUSTANGS JOIN
MEXICAN POLICE FORCE,
ADDING MUCH-NEEDED
MUSCLE TO THE FLEET
here’s a horsepower war brewing in Mexico …
between the cops and the crooks.
Police in the historic tourist town of San
Miguel de Allende have purchased two Ford
Mustang GTs to use as pursuit vehicles to help chase
down thieves, drug dealers and other scofflaws who have
been outrunning the authorities in high-powered sports
cars.
Ford doesn’t currently offer a law enforcement
version of the Mustang, but the V8-powered coupes have
been modified with lights, sirens, radios and other
equipment necessary for duty. The cars are part of a new
safety plan that includes the installation of security
cameras and higher pay for officers in the city, Mexico
News Daily reported.
According to the San Miguel Times, the price of
the Mustangs has not yet been revealed, but as stock
version starts around $40,000 USD in Mexico. The
newspaper said they will be deployed on the roads leading
out of town where they will be ready to chase criminals
looking to make a run for the hills.
Gary Gastelu | Fox News
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JANUARY MEMBERSHIP
MEETING/INSTALLATION
DINNER MINUTES
322nd Meeting
Date: January11th, 2020
Business Meeting opened: 6:15 pm
Meeting Adjourned: 6:35 pm
Dinner Served: 6:40 pm
Holiday Gift Exchange: 8:00 to 9:45pm
There were about 70 members in attendance.
President Bill C. opened his final business meeting
as President with the Pledge of Allegiance, then a
moment of silence for members and those in the
armed forces lost during the past year, then
remembered those affected in Puerto Rico’s
earthquakes. Bill welcomed the membership to the
installation dinner. Bill proceeded to give words of
appreciation to Helaina, Jim and Ron for setting up
tonight’s event, followed by an impromptu chorus of
Happy 50th Birthday to Helaina!
Secretary’s Report:
* Minutes of the December meeting as printed in the
January Pony Xpress.
* Motion made to accept as printed, approved by the
membership.
Treasurer’s Report:
* Jim S. provided a brief financial report.
* He then announced there was a total of $3,750 in
donations made to 5 charities in 2019
* Motion made to accept report, carried.
Sunshine Report:
* Joanne L reported she sent a card to Ken N.
Merchandising:
* Mike advised nothing to report.
Website:
* Bill announced the first webpage updates for the
new decade are new photos for 2020.
* Please send Bill any information on events and
meeting locations/times for future events and to
share any member photos.
Facebook:
* Bob A reported a new feature added – member
contests such as ‘guessing the Auction Price’ he just
conducted (McQueen’s Bullitt sold at Mecum for
$3.4M).
Newsletter:
* Mike announced the January newsletter went out
yesterday.
* Seeking articles (January was a very slim edition)
and to have member cover cars or even any
interesting photos sent to him.
* Mike then presented outgoing President Bill a
special gift from the Editor
National Report:
* Helaina – no report
(contd. on pg. 13)
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(Minutes, continued)
Old Business:
* Nothing to report
New Business:
* Nothing to report.
Miscellaneous:
* Helaina announced that her Mustangs were
selected to be on display at the Philly Auto Show.
* There IS NO REGULAR JANUARY MEETING
at the VFW
* The next
membership meeting
will be on
Wednesday
February 19th, the
3rd Wednesday.
Hospitality Report:
* No report
President Bill
announced he is now
about to become a
“PP” (Past
President), joining a
few other PPPs and a
PPPP, and singled out five members for their
extraordinary support during 2019: Tom A, Dale F,
John P, Mike D and Mark S.
Bill then reviewed 2019’s Club accomplishments:
We got PayPal working, the 501c3 Charitable
Organization tax status approved, the new website
running with a 3rd party, donations made to 6
charities, including hurricane contributions to San
Antonio TX Mustang Club members, National
Mustang Day, the other charities, the Donation of
two Club tents to GSRMC.
Incoming President Dale presented a gift to outgoing
First Lady Joanne C for her support of 8 years of
President’s Messages, in proofing them before
submission to the newsletter – A Mustang blanket
and gift cards.
Dale then previewed 2020 activities, including
Spring and Fall show charities, each emphasizing
local organizations: Boonton Fireman’s Home, and
Operation Chill Out – Vets in NJ; also for National
Mustang Day, Interfaith and Project Help
organizations.
Motion to close the
322nd meeting was
made and seconded.
Helaina then
proceeded with the
swearing in of the
new officers and
2020 Board of
directors.
After dinner, the
annual holiday gift
exchange ensued!
Respectfully
Submitted,
Pete Cullen, Jr., #113
GSRMC Secretary
GSRMC meetings are held at 8pm on
the 3rd Wednesday of each month
EXCEPT JANUARY
at the VFW Hall,
750 Route 10, in Whippany, NJ
Members & guests are welcome
to attend.
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