may 2013 - british car club of northeastern pennsylvania
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Valentine, John Munch,
Mike Coffey, Bill Peirce, ,
Karen Hornbeck, Vince
and Barbara Gatto, Ken
and Debbie Ely, , Bob
Petras, and 3 New
members from Luzerne
County, Darel Matthews,
Wally Sickler, and Lou
Burkhardt. We had a
couple of guests, Brian
Ostrowsky from the NJ
Triumph Association
was in town, so he
attended. If your name
was missed and you
were at the meeting,
please accept our
apologies. If we can read
your name or you didn’t
sign in, it doesn’t hit the
print. It was an
awesome turnout with
quite a few members
cars. Actually looked
like an MGA convention
with a couple of
Triumphs, a Jag and a
Healey for good measure
Treasurer’s Report:
Joel STATES that, all’s
good. In Joel we trust.
Club Meeting: Was
held on Thursday the
16th of May at Midtown
Sports Bar and Grill in
Avoca. This place was
awesome. The food was
good, The service was
Good , so we’ve decided
to book the same place
for the June 20th
meeting. As discussed in
the May meeting the
July 18th meeting will be
at Bo Brothers in Forty-
Fort Pa. Details coming.
Attending Members:
Present at the May
meeting were: Ken
Cooney, Dave and Beth
Koehler, Ed Ostrowsky,
Jeff and Gayle Decker,
Bruce and Veronica
Decker, Bill Shamonsky,
Sarah Carr and Durland
E d w ar ds , No r m
Bourcier and Friend, Al
Borders, Harry Ware,
Sherwood Grabiec, Ron
R o s s e r , J o n
M a y 1 6 M e e t i n g M i n u t e s
We opened it up at the
meeting and there were
no volunteers. So the
club decided to hire a
Scribe/Editor to take
minutes at the meeting
and assemble the news-
letter, post it electroni-
cally and mail it to the
members who so desire.
The estimated cost to the
It was brought up at the
meeting that some
members feel that a
USPS mailed newsletter
is preferable to the
e-mail version. Mike
Coffee stated that his
Stag organization puts
o u t a q u a r t e r l y
newsletter that is
printed and mailed
locally. Our newsletter
is a monthly synopsis of
our meetings and what’s
happened in-between
meetings. The biggest
issue we have facing the
club is that we can’t find
a replacement for our
Secretary Ken Cooney.
Ken has been literally
begging to find a
replacement, to no avail. BC
CN
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NEW
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British Car Club of Northeastern Pennsylvania
M e m b e r s D i s c u s s N e w s l e t t e r
2013 NEPA Vintage Motors Revival
M a y 2 0 1 3
Club will be around $2400
annually. It was voted on
and approved by club
members. So at the next
meeting June 20, you ‘ll
meet the new club editor !
Check the website for
all upcoming events:
www.bccnepa.com
Reminder: WEBSITE
Photo Gallery: Now is the
time to start rebuilding our
club’s photo gallery.
Remember, we’re looking for
p i c t u r e s o f C L U B
MEMBERS with their cars,
not just the cars alone. Get
your pictures together and
e-mail them to Kim at
If you have issues with the
computer, bring your
pictures to the next couple of
meetings and we’ll scan
them in and send them for
you.
The Non-show, events
committee Russ Kramer,
Dave Koehler, Ken and
Debbie Ely, Sarah Carr and
Bob Petras Bruce and Ve-
ronica Decker. The TRI-
CLUB Rally planning is in
full swing. Penn’s Peak June
22nd. Committee members
are planning on finalizing
the course on June 5th and
everything should be posted
by June 8th. Many thanks to
the members of the
committee. Should be an
awesome event. We got a
couple of great dinner cruise
suggestions. Keep them
rolling in!
M e m o r i a l D a y
P a r a d e 2 0 1 3
A great parade, great
weather and a nice
turnout. Harry lead
the way in Mike’s Stag,
(ask Harry) and Mike
Coffey was the Rear
Admiral. In between,
there were B’s, C’s, 3’s,
a 6 , an 8 a beautiful
100-4. In addition 1 of
the Royal Navy’s
Aircraft Carriers.
Pictures should be up
soon on the website.
This newsletter is for the total enjoyment of the British Car Enthusiasts of Northeastern Pennsylvania
British Marque Car Club News
BCCNEPA is now a Participating Club and we
get great discount prices on subscriptions.
Check out their ad to the right. The
subscription also includes the ability to
place full classified ads. To get an idea of
what the newsletter looks like, check out their
website and you can download a sample
copy. I will have a few to look at during the
next meeting! There is a subscription form
attached to this newsletter. As we get going
we’ll be publishing our newsletter inside their
newsletter. Any suggestions to our newsletter
or anyone that wants to contribute a small
article it would be greatly appreciated!
TIDBITS...
Father’s Day Villa Capri’s Car Show—
Nay Aug Park. Harry is the lead- Meet at
Dunkin Donuts Mulberry Street 9-9:15am.
Will depart at 9:30 sharp, drive up as club.
John Twist—tech sessions are going to be
linked to our site under the resources tab.
There are over 220 YouTube video’s
It’s Tire season. It was reported that Jack
Williams has the biggest selection and takes
the most “compassionate” care of our wheels.
We are going to see if we can get a club
discount
There is a registration form attached to print
and bring to the next meeting to pay yearly
dues. It’s past March 1, so the price is $25.00
for the year.
Memorial Day Parade 2013
*It was also discussed about having
the Club member roster and
contact info on-line so that we may
contact each other for various
reasons. In the past , the concern
has been security. We’ve been
working with Kim our webmaster to
put something together. Should
have a solid course of action to roll
out at the next meeting. Stay tuned!
*Class sponsorships will be sold
for the show this year. Similar to
how a golf tournament sell hole
sponsorships, we’ll try the class
sponsorship method. All materials
will be on line and rolled out at the
June meeting.
*If you know any Mercedes-Porsche-
Fiat-Daimler car club members
please forward their contact info to
Ed O.
other items of discussion:
SHOW SPONSORS: (SO FAR)
Thank-you!
Bennett Jaguar Allentown (Russ Cramer)
Triumph Stag Parts USA— Clarks Green
(Mike Coffey)
Start getting items for the
Chinese auction together!
