Thursday, October 22nd

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Great American Buffet

900 Merchant Dr
Knoxville, TN 37912

6:30PM

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Minutes from the Oct. 22nd Meeting:


Attendees:[/color]
Hugh Cannon
Terry Law(?) (Inspector)
Bill and Catherine Geisse
Mary and Brad Cooper
Donna, David, and Cooper Kimble
Mike and Sheila McMillian
Frank and Pam Ambrister
Alan and Rachel Rigby
Barry
Jamie and his daughter
Ryan and Nancy


New Business
Slay the Dragon presented by Tar Heel Minis will occur on October24th.

Wade Tate will also lead a drive through the Snake in Mountain
City on October 24th.

On Oct. 31st Donna will be leading her last Boo Run on Halloween, Oct 31. Please RSVP on the board.

November Event - Mike Guido is hosting the Final 50 Mini party in Cocoa Beach Florida November 6-8, this is an exclusive event for classics only.

Drive: Mike McMillian proposed to lead a Dragon Drive on November 8th leaving from the Weigels on Topside Road at 1pm. This will include a taming of the dragon as well as a drive up the Cherohalla. We will be stopping at Telli-Cafe for a late lunch in Tellico Plains, and also a stop at Ball River Falls. This will be around a 4 hour drive.

November Meeting - This will be moved to the 3rd Thursday, due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Meeting place will be the new Gondolier in South Knoxville, new the Lowe's and old Goody's.

Treasurer's Report:
We have $688.00 in our coffers.


Old Business:
Eurofest occurred on Oct. 16th, The McMillians and Coopers went in their Minis. Mike won 3rd place for his Moke.

MiniPalooza also occurred on September 26th, Barry was in attendance with his classic Mini. There were an additional 5 classics with around 85 New MINIs in Winston-Salem.

Franklin Show occurred on Oct 10. The Rigbys, Jr and Senior went, there were around 6 classic Minis with around 75 cars. Alan's Traveller also broke down on the way back, again!!!


Tech Session: Also occurred on Oct 10 at EuroSport hosted by Robert Berry. The McMillians had the brakes done on the CLUBMAN, and also 2 new members joined the club!


Other business:
Robert Berry from Eurosport donated a FREE oil change for the club to raffle. We scoured for paper and had our waitress draw from a utensil container and Frank won the prize!!

Ryan also made and donated cards for the club so we can tag some more Minis!! Thanks so much for Ryan for all the hard work, the cards are great!!!


December Meeting / Holiday Gathering:
Mike McMillian has offered to host the final 2009 meeting at his house on the Sunday before Xmas, December 20th at 4pm. Meet at Mike's house in Friendsville, he will be providing chilis/soup and beverages to the club. If you would like, please bring a dessert to share.

Meeting Adjourned!