Report on July 15th meeting

    Braving the traffic and one huge construction site, a modest (but determined) group convened at the Carnation Restaurant in Oromocto. I apologized for dropping the ball regarding this months dinner reservations.

•  Phil was persuaded into giving a short recap of their recent Nova Scotia tour. The trip was enjoyed by all and pictures are on the site.
• Following last month's call for members to step up and take over some of the tasks of running the club, Mike V. quietly put nose to hard drive and started work on the FABAC website version 2. The present site, having been run by David N for the past 25 years, will be an archive of our first 25 years, with the new site taking up the reigns for the next 25(?) years. 
• David reiterated last month's call for 'new blood' by recapping what he'd talked about last month. We need folks to put on some short runs—the kind of outing that's popular with the group. If everyone plans and leads one run, we'll have a season full of potential day trips. We can do day trips, picnics and some touristy-kinda stuff. There's a nautical-ocean sorta museum, sciency centre down in St. Andrews that we haven't visited in years. How about a run there? 
• The Tuesday breakfasts are still as popular as ever and I've decided to harass the men folk into planning some trips. Without the ladies there, I can be a real ass and get insistent about it. 
• Speaking of the ladies, someone asked why they're never invited to the breakfasts. After sputtering in indignation, the gentlemen all vehemently replied that the ladies have been encouraged from the start to join us but few have. With THAT clearing the air, I decided to make every 3rd breakfast a 'ladies special'. Ladies will receive personal invitations and be hosted especially nicely. 
• David N again took the floor (he's awfully chatty these days isn't he) and talked about amending the constitution. Now, I've been in this circus for 23 years and have yet to see this document even though David likes to refer to it. His intended amendment is to add the requirement for any trip with more than three cars to get lost at least once. THAT's gonna go over big. (FABACians on a recent trip know exactly to what I am referring. So, if it's going to happen as frequently as it does, why not make it a requirement so no one is surprised?!😉 - David N.)
• The Stanley Fair, a very popular outing and an annual event, will take place the 22nd or 23 of August. Larry will update us with timings. 
• Next month's dinner will be at the Hilltop Restaurant on Prospect. That's the 19th of August at 5:30. And yes, David, I made the reservation as soon as I walked in the door—so there!

Rob E.