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October Meeting Another summer has passed and it is time for us to shift into our winter meeting schedule. We are moving back to the Tioga County Office Building for the cold season, cold meaning frigid. The October meeting will be the 19th at 7:00 PM in the Auditorium. Since we will have such a large room for the meeting I hope that we will
have a good turnout as I don’t want to hear my voice echo off the walls. Remember there are only two more meetings until you will be selecting the people who will be leading us through the next year or years. Tioga Region now has 31 years of serving our community as the representative of the antique auto-
mobile hobby, we need to show the community that we will be around for the next 31 as well. On a sad note, I have been told that Onoquaga Region has called it quits, they just didn’t have the support that they needed to continue. That leaves only Iroquois and ourselves to keep the spark alive.
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Tioga Region Future By now you know that both George and I intend to step down from our elected positions in Tioga Region. George has been our secretary for the past year and has done an outstanding job in that capacity. George had also been president for Iroquois Region for three years and has earned the rest that he will experience as a member of Tioga Region. For the last seven years I have served as the president of Tioga Region and it has been a thrill to serve in that capacity. I am convinced that Tioga Region is the region that has the best chance to survive since the members all know the purpose of our organization is the enjoyment of our hobby and the people who respect the history that collector cars represent. The replacement of the
officers who are stepping down is essential for the continued success of our club, but I am not sure that the membership understand which of the offices is the hardest to fill. The office of secretary is important to the club as this is the position that preserves all the records of our activities. This position also reports to our national offices with our annual information so that we are recognized at the national level. The secretary then is the officer that holds our future in his or her hands.Yes, I feel that it is past time for us to include our distaff members in our leadership! The office of president is not the difficult position that you might think, most of the duties involve only reporting information that is provided by other members or outside informers. Information comes to me from the inter-
net, other members, and the few magazines that I read. It is then only a simple matter to decide what I feel is beneficial to the hobby and our members. True I have contacted venues for the meetings and car shows, but that takes less than ten minutes of my time every five or six months. The real work for the car show has been done in the last three years by our very capable vice presidents and our historian, so that has not been an issue to myself. I of course am the type of person who can’t totally be lost in the background so I can assure whoever replaces me that I will be very active in helping to keep Tioga Region the superior club that we all have been able to call our own!
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story can fit 175-225 TheThis latest news fromwords. SEMA is that Pennsylvania has had their Legislation (H.B. If your newsletter is folded and to refer your and readers to any otherforwarded to the Senate for 471) pass in the House of Representatives has been mailed, this story will appear on the forms of communication that you’ve approval. back. So, it’s a good idea to make it created for your organization. H.B. 471 is atlegislation to remove the requirement that gasoline offered for sale in the easy to read a glance. You can also use this space to remind stateA question contain percentage the state andaanswer session is a of ethanol. readersCurrently to mark their calendars for arequires that “All gasoline good way to quickly capture the atevent, suchin as athis breakfast sold or offered for sale to ultimateregular consumers Commonwealth must contain at tention of readers. You can either meeting for vendors every third leastcompile 10%questions ethanol volume…” that by you’ve reTuesday of the month, or a biannual H.B. 471therecognizes that ethanol fuels cause problems with fuel pumps, fuel ceived since last edition or you charity auction. can summarize some generic quesgauges, as well as other engine performance issues, especially over a period of time If space is available, this is a good tions that are frequently asked about place to insertperformance a clip art image or specialty parts along with when vehicle is not used. Current high yourthe organization. some other graphic. pre-model year and 2001 and parts may be most susceptible to corrosion. A listing of names titles cars of managers in your organization is a good waythat ethanol has been shown to decrease fuel milage. H.B. 471 acknowledges to give your newsletter a personal H.B. 471 recognizes that the life span of vehicles and equipment can be dramatitouch. If your organization is small, cally wrong fuel and that owners could be confronted with break youreduced may want towith list thethe names of all employees. downs. Anti corrosive additives are available for each purchase of gasoline but can If you have any prices of standard become expensive, burdensome and require consumer education. products or services, you can include Hawaii has already passed similar legislation that goes into effect December 31st of a listing of those here. You may want this year, and it looks as if Pennsylvania is well on the way to passing their own law as reported above. New York has been dragging it’s feet on the bill to enact a one time only registration for collector cars, now they need to also consider a bill to eliminate ethanol! When will our politicians wake up to the fact that they are responsible to us for protecting our hobby? Cash for clunkers destroyed many vehicles that could have been added to the reserve of cars that feed our hobby. Now ethanol also is removing many potential cars from the reserve. We have had to fight rust due to the salt on our roads, now we are fighting our elected officials who are not protecting our rights to own a piece of automotive history. It”s time that our voice is heard in Albany!