Dianne is once again organizing our Holiday party for us this year. She needs to know numbers in order to make our final reservation.
Notes submitted by Gary Arsenault for the meeting held on April 26th, 2001:
Three LBC's showed up. The keeners were:
Jim Woodford - 74 MGB
Bob Constable - 81 Spitfire
Gary Wood - 77 MGB
We agreed to get some things moving on the touring front:
The current tour schedule:
Other issues:
* It was decided later that we should consider choosing a meeting place that allows us to have a view of the parking lot for security and peace-of-mind reasons. Quite a valuable collection of cars when we are all together.
Back at the turn of the century, there lived a man with a notion that British car owners should drive their cars, help others get theirs running, and enjoy traveling together, and meeting and eating together. Gary was that man who jump-started the club by connecting with as many LBC owners as he could find. Lots of interest at that first meeting at Odell Park.
Despite cool and windy weather, it was a wonderful drive to Knightville on Sunday for our annual Octoberfest dinner and meet-up with the folks from the Moncton area. The sky was dotted with clouds that added interest to the scenery and even the bare trees offered an interesting setting.
And the meet-up you ask? We were flabbergasted at the turnout with over 20 folks from Moncton. Ovide was grinning like the Cheshire cat as we surveyed the sea of familiar and new faces. After shaking all the hands (and a few hugs), we sat down to dine and chat.
Ovide and I had a long chat about our (both of our) club's continuing evolution and challenges. We're slowly losing members to age and changing interests. Many who remain, trade in their LBCs or other interesting car for something that's still fun but more reliable and comfortable (and warmer, with trunk space). The parking lot at the gasthof was a sea of Miatas with a few older Volvos and one lonely vintage Mustang. Moncton has a large group of loosely organized (kinda like us) folks who love to drive and eat (sound familiar?). We're going to plan more combined trips next year as there's lots to do in between the two cities that are an easy drive for both groups. The Sussex balloon fest and car show is an obvious gathering that we used to frequent. Maybe we should again? The Fundy coast is another great spot to meet up.
The drive home saw us introduced to a new route around Sussex that eliminated that screwy section of Roachville road. It was wonderfully scenic, devoid of other traffic, and quite twisty. We'll be doing that one again.
Hats off to Ovide for dragging that huge group out in the cold and wind.
Here is the trip that I’m thinking of doing—meeting at Princess Auto leaving at 10:30am. Drive to Fredericton Junction on Hoyt then to Saint John finding something to eat. Then take the Romeo and Juliet ferry over to Bell Bay Drive to the Kingston Peninsula. Then onto the Gagetown ferry and home on Rte 102.
- John D.
To help with this healthy discussion, I thought it would be useful to give some background on our club's current name and how it relates to our constitution.
Membership: The Founders of our Club (a list is available) were wise in ensuring that our Club would be inclusive, hence the language in our Constitution that states that anyone "who owns or is interested in British automobiles may apply for membership". Since the beginning, we have not turned anyone away, We have had everything imaginable driving with us from a Maserati Chrysler to odds and ends of Japanese, German, French, NA and Italian vehicles. Interestingly, even 'Fredericton Area' shows the original plan for the club to be not too restrictive re membership. We even have members living in the Saint John area.
