Ah, summertime! I hope you’ve been enjoying your Mercedes since our last newsletter.
I write these remarks between Starry Nights and our upcoming July 27th Hill Tour and Drive-to-Dine. You can read about Starry Nights elsewhere in this newsletter; the Hill Tour review will be in our next issue. Thanks go out to Joanne Peterson and Nancy Pearson for hosting Starry & Dick & Nancy Kusch for Hosting the Hill Tour D-2-D.
Upcoming Events
Our first August event is Show & Glow by the Lake August 4th, including new for this year our own “Concours within a Concours.” I want to thank Andrew Opicka for heading up the judging of our member’s cars, and I especially want to thank Don Reidy for his generous financial support that allowed your Club to provide both ribbons and plaques to our winners.
August 17th we have a Drive-2-Dine event followed by a visit to Historic Auto Attractions. September brings the Fall Vintage at Elkhart Lake, an invitation to attend the Gull Wing Group Car show, Oktoberfest and a Dine-2-Drive & Classic Wooden Boat Show.
Reservations are open now for the Midwest Region MBCA Fall Color Tour and November’s Taverne in the Sky D-2-D.
The event calendar elsewhere in this newsletter has all the details on all of our upcoming events.
Please contact myself or one of our other board members if you have a suggestion for a Drive-to-Dine venue or an idea for an event. We’re always looking for new ideas, feedback and opinions from our members. If you don’t tell us what you want, we won’t know.
Finally, please consider hosting an event. It’s easy, fun, and any member who hosts an event has his or her meal paid for by the Section. Don’t want to tackle an event by yourself? Consider co-hosting an event with another member.
Call for Board Members & Upcoming Elections
Please consider serving as a Director of your Wisconsin Section. Take a look at the Call for Board Members elsewhere in this newsletter for full details. Serving on the board of directors is a great way to meet other members and increase your involvement in the Section.
Show Cards
M any of you have asked for Display Cards for Shows. These cards are 15 in. x 8 in. heavy cardstock, and are ideal for giving the details of your Mercedes when you show or display your car. Free to Wisconsin Section members, so contact me if you would like one.
Have a Story About Your Journey?
We’re looking for the next story about “The Journey,” the personal story of how a member obtained their beloved Mercedes. Do you have a story about your Mercedes? Did you travel across the continent to find the perfect Benz for you, or find it sitting a barn, awaiting a new home? Whether it happened last week or a decade ago, if you have an interesting story about “the journey,” how you acquired your favorite Mercedes-Benz, we want to publish it. Contact newsletter liaison John Ledbury with your story.
I close these remarks by asking you to please join me in welcoming our newest members as of July 20th
Dale Hargrave William Hingtem
Robert Kaupie Gurol Narin
Dustin Young David Youngblut
Zachary Zimmerman Theresa Zolet
And a big THANKS! to the 82 members who have renewed their membership since January 1 of this year.
A final word on membership; your Section relies on the membership roster maintained by the MBCA National office. You are the only one who can make changes to your personal information in that roster, so take a minute, login to the national website and make sure your information is correct and up to date.
We are always looking to improve your membership experience and give you value for your member dues. PLEASE give us your feedback! Your comments and suggestions are always welcome, and new member or long-timer, I’d love to hear from you.
See you at an upcoming Wisconsin Section event.
Bruce Hamilton