Central Valley Corvettes - August 2014 Magazine

months out. It is so much less stressful then
procrastinating until the last minute and writing
about the weather.
I
n less than five months a majority of the
CVC Board will be replaced by upcoming
elections.
After serving since December 2012 as your
President, I believe doing this job for one year is a
snap and serving the maximum two-year term is
just about right. One of you out there in CVC
land is about to get your turn at bat.
The position deals with a lot of leadership issues,
but five of the most important tasks include: 1)
running the general meeting, 2) chairing the
monthly board meeting, 3) writing a monthly
message for the newsletter, 4) trying to go on as
many runs as possible to support the club and 5)
planning the annual President’s Mystery Run.
Each month the President is tasked with
producing, in my opinion, an efficient meeting by
staying on point and not getting bogged down on
a particular subject. You don’t have to be a
stand-up comic, but rather like an Ed Sullivan
type that introduces one segment after another
and keeps the pace of the evening lively. Board
meetings are much more informal, but in each
case you follow an agenda and keep things from
drifting off course. Each month you have to
come up with a 500 word report for the
newsletter. I found it helpful to sit down and pen
several topics in advance, sometimes five and six
It is probably these tasks (general meeting,
board meeting & newsletter item) that become
sort of a grind by the latter stages of the second
year. Things like vacations and special events
have to be shuffled around to accommodate
your commitment. Topics for the newsletter
are more difficult after twenty editions. This is
not a complaint by any means. It just reinforces
my point earlier in the article that after two
years, it is time for someone else to take the
reins.
The mystery runs are fun to put together. It is
interesting to see how the trip unfolds when
only a couple of people know what each day will
bring. On the other hand it can be a bit
stressful, because people are plunking down
good money they might not have signed up for
if they knew in advance what the itinerary was.
The mystery run is also challenging because
after twenty-three years, where have we not
gone over a long weekend in the state of
California? That was one reason I decided to
shake things up and go for five days. I believe
all of you that are going are in for a great time.
It is my hope that by writing this article, more
members will entertain the idea of running for
President. As I mentioned earlier, doing this for
a year is no big deal. But at the end of two
years you will probably no doubt be looking to
hand the responsibilities off to someone else.
CRAIG