Spirit Magazine SPRING 2011 - Spirit of St Louis Region - CCCA

Guyton, Estes,Porbeck, andAbbott enjoya drinkat the reception.new members the club is rolling out a five monthmembership drive. Details of this plan will be reportedat our regional meetings and in the Spark Plug.Those who successfully recruit members to join willhave their names entered in a drawing for threeThe evening dining venue.around 70 degrees with very little wind. We had abeautiful view It was a wonderful way to cap off thefirst day of the annual meeting.I do not want you to get the impression thatCCCA annual meetings are all fun and games. Onthe second day (Thursday morning) we had ournational membership meeting. Board membersand officers were selected and reports were givenby the chairs of each of the associations nationalcommittees. I would like to comment that nationalleadership roles reflect a significant commitmentby those agreeing to serve. Not onlydo board members have to travelto Chicago about every other monthfor meetings at their own expensethey spend considerable time on clubresponsibilities between the meetings.We are fortunate to have a dedicatedgroup of members that are willing toserve the club in leadership capacities.Our club is financially quitesolvent. We have over $500,000 inreserves. However, concern was againexpressed that the club continues tolose members. The Spirit Region isthe exception in that we continue togain members. In an effort to attractA stranger in paradiseExecutive Director Jay Quail (far left) addresses members.National board is seated at the table in front.significant prizes. This one time membership drivewill end on May 15, 2011.Following the business meeting many tookadvantage of a window of free time beforeafternoon tour departures to take a peek at the carsthat had already arrived for the Saturday show. Theconference registration booklet that everyonereceived upon check in listed forty Classics that hadbeen pre registered. We only had one car registeredfrom the St. Louis region. Steve Brauer brought hisbeautiful 16 Cylinder 1932 Cadillac convertiblecoupe that has a Fischer body. The staging area forcars arriving prior to the show was a long series oftents that were set up in a secure area of the hotelparking lot.On Thursday afternoon we touredJohn Staluppi`s Cars of Dreams Museum.The museum is located in a formerK-Mart store in the heart of Palm BeachCounty. It features beautifully restoredAmerican cars, primarily from the 1950`sand the 1960`s, including the largestknown collection of Chrysler 300convertibles. A number of Packards in thecollection impressed Bill Albertin andJoe Krzan Sr. Within the building, that islarger than a football field, is also areplica of a small town American village.In the center of the display area is amerry go round. Viewing this museumwas a wonderful experience for all.8 The Spirit