November’s meeting was more of a
social event, given that we had not seen each other in person since
February!! We did review our car show results. Otherwise, we
commiserated about the COVID situation.

We began our meeting at 7:00 p.m.
with 10 members in attendance. Our invocation was read by
chapter chaplain Steve Sanguino. Lory Wolf our chapter treasurer read her report. Our membership currently stands at 87.Ninety-one beloved classics were at our Sunday October 4th car show. This is our show record. And of this total there were 20 pre-registered entrants. Board member Steve Kiellar
related that many people thoroughly enjoyed the show. We
were grateful to have members of the Long Island Chapter
of POCI drive out to join us. We discussed what went well at
the show and also where we could use some improvement.
Elaine Silvestri who along with her husband Ed is in charge
of our chapter store reported that sales of club merchandise
were brisk. Elaine attributed this to her tables being set up in
a separate area under a large tent due to Coronavirus prevention precautions. Many were drawn to our chapter store
display counters which were expertly staffed by Elaine and
Lory. We decided to include our chapter website and Facebook page information on next year’s car show flyer. It was
also suggested that in the future we assign additional chapter
members to process the many ballots submitted from the car
judging part of our shows. Bill Wolf our newsletter editor informed us that show photos would appear in the next issues
of Metro News. Inspired by the success of this year’s show
we have already reserved the Masonic Lodge of Clifton for
our 2021 show to be held on Sunday October 3rd. We discussed the restocking of apparel in our chapter store – it was
thought best to place a small order soon and then another
next summer in preparation for the 2021 show. Meanwhile we
will check with our vendor on the availability of the popular
Garden State Chapter, POCI blue denim long sleeve shirt. We
will also have more chapter membership applications printed
up. We decided not to plan our annual January “After-theHolidays” party because of the Coronavirus epidemic and
the current restrictions placed on indoor dining. Our next
meetings are scheduled for Thursday November 19th and
Thursday December 17th. The meeting was over at 8:24 p.m.

Our first in person meeting since
last February began at 6:59 p.m. with 13 members present.
Chapter chaplain Steve Sanguino read our invocation. Lory
Wolf presented her treasurer’s report. We now have a total
of 84 members. It was announced that Gianna Pavan daughter
of chapter vice-president Greg Pavan will be our new webmaster. Greg passed around an image of our October car show
dash plaque. Everyone expressed approval of this year’s design.
Greg will have the plaques ready for inclusion in our car show
goody bags prior to show day. Board member Steve Kiellar has
ordered trophies for the show. In addition Steve will have car
judging ballots and car window cards printed up for show day.
John Lennox also a board member mentioned that Ames Performance Engineering sent him several sizable boxes of promotional items for our goody bags. We spoke about the lack of
opportunities for chapter members to distribute car show flyers as brought about by Coronavirus epidemic restrictions on
car events. So far the city of Clifton, New Jersey has given us a
“green light” for holding our show at the Masonic Lodge. The
Lodge has indicated that their building is unfortunately off-limits to everyone except those using their restrooms. The Lodge
requested that we help to sanitize the premises after the show.
We decided to allow show entrants who remain close to their
classics on the show field to have the option of wearing masks.
We will be asking everyone to don a mask at all other times
and to respect social distancing protocols. Greg will be making up some Pontiac logo face masks for show day. In keeping
with tradition we will be having a 50/50 raffle at the show and
door prizes will be awarded. Those chapter members working the show are asked to attend a pre-show on site planning
session the day before – Saturday October 3rd at 3:00 p.m.
Our Chapter President Dianne Lennox requested that those
members setting up the show arrive at the Masonic Lodge between 7:00 and 7:30 a.m. Our meeting concluded at 7:58 p.m.