The meeting was called to order by President Kathy Clapp at 7:00PM at the McDonald Ranch Clubhouse Banquet Room. She thanked everyone for coming here tonight. There were 57 members and 5 guests present.

Findlay Chevrolet: Slim Stephens, said that he is very pleased that Findlay Chevrolet is our sponsor and looks forward to providing LVCA members service that they deserve.

Motion to approve the December 2015 minutes: Scott Mergele made the motion to approve as written, Skip Kelley seconded, motion passed and approved.

Treasurer's Report: Connie Gentry reported that the monthly Treasurer's Report is on the website in the Members Only section.

Birthdays: For the month of January were read by Lin Hoernke.

President Report: Kathy Clapp welcomed everyone and was pleased that we are continuing our relationship with Findlay Chevrolet. LVCA has signed an agreement with McDonald Ranch regarding having our monthly General Membership Meeting in their facility for calendar year 2016. The Welcome Committee has been reinstituted to make guests and new members comfortable - Randy and Jan Watson, Ingrid O'Brien, and Judy Hastings have volunteered, however more members would be appreciated. Connie, Holley and Kathy are formulating the budget for 2016 and they will have a presentation at the February General Membership Meeting. The ballots for the 2016 LVCA Officer Election held at the December General Membership Meeting were sealed and will be destroyed by the 2015 Secretary. Kathy also presented her logo for 2016 - a Yellow C7 Corvette with the LVCA logo and the theme, "Enjoying the Corvette Dream in 2016".

Old Business: None

New Business:
Kathy was pleased to announce that Jim and Patty Annis have volunteered to be LVCA Storekeepers for 2016. President Kathy Clapp introduced the new Board members and the new Committee Chairpersons.
New Appointed Board Members: Events Coordinator - Roy Hoernke, Membership - Julie Cantonwine, NCCC Governor - Bill Thomas, Newsvetter Editor - Jimmy Cavallo, Publicity - Ken Ackeret, Webmaster - Pat Russell.
New Committee Chair persons: By-Laws - Carl Hastings, Community Service - Brenda Cavallo, Drag Racing - Ken Rees, Mossyback/Archives Chairman - Debra Leatham, NCM Ambassador - Bob O'Brien, Racers' Edge - Lanny Lowman, Sponsor Liaison - Ron Petersen, Storekeepers - Jim and Patty Annis, Sunshine - Terry Rees.
Sharron Grodzinsky motioned to approve and accept the new board members. Mark Wynne seconded the motion and the motion carried.

Introduction of New & Prospective Members: Julie Cantonwine reported we have 164 members. The guests tonight are; David Holmes, Mike Harman, Mike Frizzell, Bill Reeves and Larry Henrichsen. Joining tonight is Rich Brion.

Committee Reports:

Sunshine: Terry Rees thanked LVCA for our participation/condolences at Dave Karpa's memorial service. She announced sadly that Ken and Kay had lost their son last month. She read a thank-you card from Janice Gregorius regarding LVCA's condolences and support for the loss of her husband, Jim. She congratulated Pat & Nita Russell on becoming GrandParents for the 6th time yesterday and recognized the following wedding anniversaries; Tucker's #6, Wynne's #43 and Rees' #31.

Community Service: Brenda Cavallo thanked the members that participated in LVCA's last Community Service event, Adopt-A-Kettle, with the Salvation Army at Smith's Aliante supermarket where as bell ringers we collected $1012.47 in our bucket. This bucket location normally collects $400 - $500. Brenda said, "We make this a year for others" in 2016.

Racer's Edge Series: Lanny Lowman announced that we will have 18 events this year. The competition winner will be the member with the highest number of points for the best 10 out of 18. The drag racing and autocross dates are still being determined. The Racers' Edge fee remains $40.

Drag Racing: Ken Rees presented the plaques to the members that were inducted into the Horsepower Club - Ron Petersen, Pat Russell and Rick Bolin for 400HP, Mike Kerro for 500HP, Lanny Lowman for 600HP, and Scott Mergele and Gary Moore for 700HP.

Upcoming Events: Events Chair Roy Hoernke - Reminded folks putting on events to have pictures taken for the website and Newsvetter. Skip Kelley spoke about the upcoming Garage Gang at Ralph Terry's this Saturday; the next GG will be at John Fuller's, and in the future a GG a GG will be at Skip's - raising the walls of his new shop. Skip also reminded us about attending Cars and Coffee, the Saturdays before our monthly General Membership Meetings. Connie Gentry spoke about Laps for Charity on January 31st. We'll meet by the old Shelby's facility at LVMS at 9AM and you can sign up and pay online. Bonnie Corbett presented all the details for the Super Bowl Party at Bob and Sally McVane's on February 7th.

Miscellaneous Announcements: Ken Rees has some C5 Z06 tires to give away. Linda Simpson announced that her new 2016 Z06 Convertible is out in the parking lot and that she has a C5 exhaust system for sale. Scott Mergele told us that the next President's Run will probably occur in June.

Clean Car Award: Was won by Tommy DeGennaro.

Badge Drawing: Randy Watson was present with his badge on and received $20.

50/50: Ken Ackeret had the winning ticket for $135.

Raffle: Was conducted with the items from our sponsor, Findlay Chevrolet.

Motion to Adjourn: Was made by Scarlett Stuart, seconded by Linda Simpson. The motion carried and was passed. The meeting was adjourned by President Kathy Clapp at 8:30PM.

Respectfully submitted by: Pat Russell, for Nita Russell, Secretary