The meeting was called to order by President Sherrie Wood at 7:30 PM in the Tres Rios Cantina. There were 69 members and 2 guests present.

Slim Stevens, from Findlay Chevrolet, thanked Sherrie for her year of service. He also bought three pulls at the Dyno shoot out to give to the first three members to hold up their hand. Chuck Searle received our check for $2,000 for the YMCA. They have helped over 14,000 individuals this year and have exceeded their goal of $657,000 with our help.

A motion to approve the October meeting minutes: was made by Bob O'Brien and seconded by Tommy DeGennaro. Motion carried.

Treasurer's Report: Copies are available at the sign in table and on our website.

President: Sherrie announced December birthdays and those members present received a free drink coupon courtesy of the Las Vegas Hilton

New Business:

Introduction of New and Prospective Members: Ellie Johnson reported we currently have 212 members and 176 paid for next year. Ron Mathews is our new member joining tonight. Jeff and JoAnn Malter joined us as guests tonight.

General Election: Ballots were distributed to all paid members present and then counted. Results were: President - Benita Klaizner, Vice-President - Lennard Grodzinsky, Treasurer - Denise Karpa, Secretary - Sharron Grodzinsky, Director - Lanny Lowman.

Committee Reports:

Archives: Carol Gagliardi reminded members that at the start of this year the Mossybacks were charged with going through 40 years of stored LVCA materials, deciding what was important and archiving it. Carol, Carl Hastings and Pat Ackeret sorted through it all and saved important historical data, state documents, legal papers, photos and Vetters. All the rest was destroyed.

Awards Committee: Lennard asked anyone who has modified their car to notify him. He also said for anyone who has made a scrapbook to present it for the awards competition. Greg and Gino asked that anyone who is going to the Awards Banquet to get their checks in tonight.

Racer's Edge: Cathy Wilson presented trophies for the Corvette Roulette Rally and auto show:
2nd place Rally was Sherrie and Darrell Wood - 1st place Rally was Ken Rees
2nd place Autocross was Ken Rees - 1st place was Darrell Wood

Sunshine: Sally said Patti and Marvin Maize celebrated their 25th anniversary. They met in LVCA in 1979. Unfortunately Patti is in the hospital with pneumonia right now. Curt Miller has recovered from his knee surgery. Carl Corbett is home now, but spent 10 days in the hospital due to heart problems, a blood clot in the lung and pneumonia.

Past Events: The Boulder City train ride hosted by Frank and Sandy Lewis was a big success with breakfast at Cruzers and then the train ride to Rail Road Pass. The Findlay Car Show turned out great with 30 participants. Our club took 6 awards including the award for best club participation. The next show will be Franks Father's Day show. 48 people came to the Cookie Exchange at Rich and Carole's beautiful house. The gifts for 42 children from St Jude's ranch were plentiful and they are very grateful.

Upcoming Events: The Annual Suitcase Drive for Child Haven was led by Carl Hastings tonight. He received donations from 48 members for a total of over 70 cases for the kids at Child Haven to use. Ken Rees encouraged everyone to come out to Dyno Shoot Out. This is held every year and twenty cars are scheduled to be at Shelby from 9AM to 1PM on January 8, 2012. Lunch will follow. Connie is having a community service event on January 30th at the Speedway. Laps for Charity's cost are $30.00 per car and is from 11 AM to 4PM. Ken said to mark our calendars for Super Bowl party on Feb 5th.

Miscellaneous Announcements: Lennard thanked Sherrie for two years of an unbelievable amount of work done for our club. He asked the members to join him in thanking her. She has done a marvelous job for all of us. Sherrie said Darrell forgot to mention that they donated 3 bikes on behalf of LVCA at the car show. Skip has finished his car and his scrapbook. It is still, however, a work in progress. Cathy Wilson's husband is playing at Alexis Park every Thursday night. Benita talked about the Super Bowl party on Jan 5th. They need volunteers and Vickie has football pool betting boards for $1.00 each. This is a community service event.

Clean Car Award: Sponsored by the Mossybacks. Larry Leard announced Karen Lowers won.

Badge Drawing: No winner.

50/50: $150.00 won by Nita Russell

A motion to adjourn: Sherrie thanked her board and introduced the new board, at that time she passed the gavel to Benita. Benita adjourned the meeting; a motion was made by Ken DiPiero and seconded by Bob O'Brien. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM.

Respectfully submitted: Sharron Grodzinsky, Secretary