President's Message

 

Runabouts to Rockets
Volume 45 #8-9
Sept - Oct 2026

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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

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I would like to thank everyone that was able to attend our NAOC Annual Meet in Dayton Ohio. I would also like to thank everyone that was able to bring their Oldsmobile to the show.  The Marriott gave us fantastic place to hold a show with their large parking lot for our cars and swap area and the adjacent lot for a trailer parking.  Prior to the Registration cut off, we had 75 cars registered, but unfortunately, we received 10 cancellations prior to the meet mostly due to health issues.  We hope that those that cancelled due to health issues are doing ok and wish you a speedy recovery. Many of our regular attendees were also not able to make it this year and several members were not able to bring their cars this year.  Mother Nature kept a few of our local cars from the show with storms passing through Friday afternoon but we were able to finish judging just before they returned on Saturday.  We had 53 cars on the show field on Saturday, with a good representation of early Oldsmobiles for each decade.   Although we did not have as many cars at the meet as we wanted, we had a great group of members gather for our “annual reunion” and I believe that everyone had a great time.  Jim Schultz has provided a nice summary of the Meet in this issue.

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Special thanks to my wife, Mary Jo for helping me organize the Meet, creating the Meet Logo, and taking care of registration. I would also like to thank Jacki Flanagan for helping her with the registration, Suzette Hall and Tucker Clemons for taking care of the Silent Auction, Tucker, Scotlyn Clemons, Teagon Hill, Donnie Hall and Frankie Hall for selling split the pot tickets, Bruce Powelson and Jim Schultz for taking photos of the show and events, Rick Winn for handing out the awards, Ross Brown for his poem at the banquet,  the great group of judges, and everyone else that pitched in to make this a successful event.  (I apologize if I missed anyone)

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I would also like to thank everyone that donated items for the silent auction, and those that bid on them.  Special thanks to Jan Santos for donating the bench that was raffled. The auction and bench raffle were very successful fund raisers for the Meet.

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Special thanks to Mike Fusick, Fusick Automotive, and several members for their cash donations to the meet.  Mike sponsored our Judges Breakfast.

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At our Annual Meeting on Friday during the Meet, the board elected Dale Huefner as President and Paul Mang as Vice President with their terms beginning January 1, 2027. Sharon Mang (Treasurer), Suzette Hall (Secretary), Paul Hartlieb (Membership Manager), Rick Winn (Editor), Sara Winn (Webmaster), Jim Schultz (Historian), and Greg Minges (Chief Judge) will continue through 2027. The ballot for Board of Directors will be in the November/December issue.  The club continues to be in good financial shape.  As most car clubs are experiencing, our membership continues to drop slightly year over year so please tell your friends about the NAOC and encourage them to join.  The board also approved a new Membership Directory that is planned for early 2027.  More details of the Meeting and Treasury Report will be provided in a future issue.

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Our 2027 Meet will be in Shipshewana, Indiana from June 23-26, 2027.  Save the Dates! The registration form and hotel details will be in the January issue.

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Greg Minges

President

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