President Bonnie Corbett called the meeting to order at 7:31pm. Rudy Blum lead the membership in the Pledge of Allegiance.
There were 75 members and 6 guests at the meeting

Findlay Chevrolet: Slim Stephens, Scott Mergele, and Ron Peterson announced that the reveal of the 2020 mid-engine Corvette would be on August 29, 10 to 5. Members of LVCA are loaning their cars to ensure that Findlay can have all the generations of the Corvette displayed in the front of the dealership.

Minutes: A motion was made by Sharron Grodzinsky and 2nd by Debra Leatham to approve the July minutes. The motion was carried.

Birthdays for August were read by Lin Hoernke.

President’s Report: Bonnie announced we will be staying at the Sun City McDonald Ranch location for 2 more years. The nomination committee for this year will be Jeff Blue, Carl Hastings and Carl Corbett. Before the nominations, they will let members know duties of the different positions for those thinking about running for an office. The October meeting will have a discussion for those wishing to run. November is nominations, and nominations will close at the end of the November Meeting.

Treasurer’s Report: Connie Gentry said we are looking good financially.

Old Business: By-laws – Carl Hastings presented 2 By-Law changes submitted by Skip Kelley pertaining to the Election of Officers. The 1st By-Law change sought to not allow write in candidates at the election. Both the By-laws committee and the E-Board voted against the suggested change. Much discussion was had. A hand count vote was taken but the motion failed to achieve a 2/3 majority of those present and was therefore not adopted. The 2nd By Law submitted by Skip Kelley sought to close nominations at the November meeting. The By-Laws committee and Board both recommend it be adopted. After discussion the Membership voted. The motion failed to achieve a 2/3 majority of those present and was therefore not adopted. The next By Law to be voted on at the September meeting is dropping the NCCC insurance and remove mention of NCCC governor. Both the By Laws Committee and the Board recommend to conditionally adopt this change. The condition of the approval was that the final details of the insurance being offered by Haggerty afford similar coverage to that which we currently have and that the final premium be like that previously presented to the membership.

Mike Borders spoke for Vice President Marsha Borders who was not present, explaining that the Liberace Mansion was being considered for the next Awards Banquet. There would be a plated dinner and the price per person would be $65 or $75.

Lennard Grodzinsky announced that the new website was almost complete. He briefly outlined some of the features of the new site. He said that all members will be receiving a couple of emails later in September that will explain what to expect in the coming months and to give them an opportunity to log in and setup their own account on the new site. Lennard said the new and current websites will both be maintained for the balance of this year. On January 1, 2020 vegasvettes1.com will be directed to the new site. Lennard acknowledged Pat Russell for the fantastic job that he had done with our current website over the past ten years. He explained that the current site has an enormous amount of valuable information and will be preserved as an archive that members will be able to access from the new site.

New Business: Kathy Ackeret announced the guests for tonight, Maria and Roy Hoernke III, Kerry Kisbaugh, Judi Glaze, Renate Olds, and William Salzmann. New Members that joined tonight were Maria and Roy Hoernke III, Kerry Kishbaugh and William Salzmann. New member receiving their joining plaque tonight was John Julian.

Events: Ken Ackeret announced the theme word for this month was “Enjoy” Count how many times he says the word. Upcoming Events - On August 10th Barry will be having a Dam Run. Wear your club shirt. On August 22, meet and greet for the Corvette Caravan. August 24th is the Mount Charleston Run, meet at the Fiesta Casino at 10 am. August 29th is the 2020 Corvette reveal at Findlay’s.

Badge Drawing – Ralph Terry’s name was pulled, but he was not present.

Raffle was held. The 50/50 was $150.00 and was won by Sandra Hart.

Motion to Adjourn: Scott Mergele made a motion to adjourn which was seconded by Kathy Ackeret. The motion was carried and was approved. The meeting was adjourned at 9:36 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Holley Holran, Secretary