2002 July

 National Truck-in Board Meeting

Hillsboro, Ohio

July 2002

We voted to dispense with the reading of February 2002 minutes. The roster was passed around for updates. Those present were Lynn, Rick, Howard, Charlotte, Joe, Coop, Ray Judith, Jim, Ma, Cinnamon, Woodstock and Dave.

 

Old Business

1. Joe’s survey form Council of Council meeting

Joe will give it to Judith to compile and put on the web page. Points Of interest form the survey were as follows:

Do you think the Nationals can be run like a regional truck-in where the money goes into a treasury to be used next year? Yes

Would you put trust in a Central group to handle the money? 60% yes Would you prefer the Nationals in: Same place every year? No

Rotate at random like we do now? Yes Three or four places per year? Perhaps

 

Would you pay $50.00 to attend the Nationals? Majority said yes

 

Advertising Committee update:

Howard gas seen some of the e-mails between Gomer, Lew and Jeanie and they are working some angles. Danny Noone is doing a great job with 2003 Nat’s. He has gotten sponsorships from Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and NAPA auto parts. He turned down Bud. We hope to have him help us with the local sponsors to lead into more sponsorship at regional events.

 

Update on 2002 Nationals

The SOVC is paying the police to be at the date during the bands. They will not come further than the gate unless requested by the hosts. The town has really co-operated, and we have been in the paper several times. At this time, they have over 600 vans.

 

Kansas City

Howard and Rick have been to the grounds and they look good. Hard Core has been working hard to raise money for the eVANt. They have a lot of sponsor ships. There is an A/C building to have the band in and possibly a run around the new NASCAR track.

 

Treasures Report

We voted to send the treasury report to the councils so that all can see where we spent the money. We made $631.00 on the quilt raffle. This will go toward ads and sponsorship at next year’s eVANt.

 

Any New York updates?

Dave feels that we will have a break down on NY by Feb. We just want to see what all went wrong to help future host to stay out of the same pitfalls. We know that major expenses were incurred due to the necessity of moving the eVANt. 3 times. We also realize many individuals lost personal money hosting the eVANt.

 

Web Page:

Coop had all but 3 of the 30 flyers for the page. Joe hopes to get him the other 3 so that the flyers can be posted on the Web. Rascal has promised to get his personal info to Geoff.

New Business:

Joe feels that we should host the 2004 Nationals. We need to come to St. Louis ready to do the eVANt. He has a lot of good ideas for the eVANt. Marshal MI has made many improvements and he feels as if we could put on a good event there. Coop, Lew and I have seen the site and agree. Ma feels that we would have to be careful since the town surrounds the Fairgrounds. If we put the bands in the new A/C building, we should be OK. Desperado wants us to go on line to WWW.Poppymauntainbluegrass.com and look at this as a possible site. we have all committed to do something for the eVANt. Here is the list. If you have changed your mind let us know.

 

These committees were set up in 99:

Chairperson                                                                Judith

Treasurer                                                                    Lynn

Pre-reg                                                                        Rascal & Cinnamon

Games                                                                         Charlotte

Art, show & Shine, trophies bible                              Coop

Vendors, bible and ads                                               Joe

Ins and bands                                                              Howard

Security & gate                                                           Desperado

Bible & male contest                                                  Judith

First aid, Port-o-Johns, ice showers, garbage                                                        Rick Goodie bags      Lew

 

Coop feels that if we host the Nat’s we may never get another bid. The question was asked are we ready to take on that responsibility. We are down at least 3 % each year. OHIO is the only one that breaks 500 vans.

 

Rick announced that he has a new alternate. He is Rick Kenny. Howard will get us his address etc. He will be a good asset to the group. Others mentioned that they were looking at new Alternates and would get back to us with the results of their search

 

In the future all Alternates who attend the meetings will have a say and a vote in what goes on.

 

We closed with a request to really feel those out around us to see whom we can get to help us host a Nationals and get feedback for the Feb. Meeting. If you hear of any bids, please keep all of us informed.

 

 

Respectfully submitted by Judith Pilon