>Bruce,
>I am Happy to hear that Dan was elected.
>Again the By Laws have to be amended, as to stay legal, yes it is a B.S.
>rule but it is in there, it could open the club up for all kinds of trouble
>in the future.
>It would be like saying lets just go against the U.S. Constitution, and
make
>me President of the U.S., even though I was not born here in this country.
>Sounds great and no reason why not, but still the (laws) have to be
amended.
>The amendment is a rather heavy process, and could be somewhat costly, but
>is required, we have brought this matter up over the years many many times.
>I want you to understand that I am all for the change, and just want to
make
>sure we stay legal here...
>If not changed, Dan under the current rules will have to give up working on
>all Rootes products for the ensuing year, that would mean all handy work
and
>I think that would be a hardship for him.
>This is what Steve Alcala had to do.
>We have a hard enough time getting people to accept a nomination, due to
all
>the Thankless work involved, the changes would open up the field for
>qualified people to take on the job.
>
>But again and not to sound repetitious, we HAVE to make the changes to the
>by laws, it is simply not good enough just verbally doing so, or just
>keeping it quiet.
>
>Now I know I will get some crazy mail over this message, I am not writing
it
>to be controversial, nor to stir things up, but just to keep OUR club on
the
>straight and narrow....
>
>Happy holidays to all....
>
>Jan ....
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Phyrman5@aol.com <Phyrman5@aol.com>
>To: alpines@autox.team.net <alpines@autox.team.net>; tigers@autox.team.net
><tigers@autox.team.net>
>Date: Monday, December 07, 1998 2:14 AM
>Subject: Dr. No and C.A.T.
>
>
>>Hello to all. I am gald a few of you were able to get the Dr. No Ser 2 (in
>>diguise as a ser5) Alpine, I need to get a couple more and repaint to my
>>colour.
>>Now onto CAT.
>>Yes, Dan Walters was elected to President to the club and Jeff Cushing was
>>also nominated for the position. I have heard of the reason for the
by-law,
>>but I really can't recall why, it was before I was in the club. We get
10 -
>20
>>people at meetings
>>and no one wants to be in the leadership, why? Those that show up have a
>good
>>time BSing and the like. I hope that those with concerns would show up to
>>voice them so we can iron out these potential problems instead of just
>airing
>>them out in cyberspace. I hope I did not offend anyone, that is not my
bag,
>I
>>want to have a better club so we can continue keeping or Marque on the
>road.
>>thanks for listening.
>>Bruce Davis VP- C.A.T.
>>
>
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