I would like to wish all a Happy New Year in 2023.
A big thank you goes out to each member for bringing their favorite side dish to our Annual Christmas Party. As always, the food was great and the desserts were even better! I thank our secretary/chairwoman Maureen Humphreys who wowed the members as they walked into the meeting to beautifully decorated tables, coordinating the food menu, shopping and her part with cooking and baking. I would also thank Lydia Schmit for coordinating the Right/Left game, this is always a blast of fun.
This will be the last President message for me. It has been an honor to represent this club for the last three years. We came through the Pandemic while still staying together. I could not have done this by myself without the help from Tom Merring. He did a great job with Zoom during that time with keeping us all in touch. Speaking of Tom Merring, he will now be our new President for 2023. Ron McDermott is our new Vice President, Maureen Humphreys will remain as our Secretary, Warren Jablonski is our new Treasurer and Al Barnotas will remain as our Sergeant at Arms. Congratulation to all!
We are already starting to plan new and exciting events for 2023. One plan is to host the 2023 National Impala Convention in July, Maureen will be hosting our club picnic in May, the Smithville Village Car Show in June and a couple events in North Jersey. Keep your eyes open for more information in the next few months.
I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the next meeting. Have a great New Year.
"Life Is Good" Leigh
January 2023
President’s Message From Tom
Welcome to the Year 2023!
Hard to believe, but it’s here! We are looking forward to a great year for the club, with lots of activities with our cars. The National Impala Association has chosen to hold their 2023 convention here in New Jersey, and in addition that we will be planning trips throughout the year to cars shows, museums and other places of interests. In April we will be celebrating the club’s 41st Anniversary, hard to believe how much time has passed and all the great times we have enjoyed.
At our last meeting, we celebrated the Holidays in style! The event committee headed by Maureen Humphreys supported by Lydia Schmidt and Dawn Dennery did a FANTASTIC job decorating and managing the Food set up-Kudos to them all. Our Members enjoyed a feast fit for a King, what a nice event.
We held out annual elections, and I would like to welcome the new Board:
I would like to especially like thank the past 3 year’s board lead by Leigh Humphreys / President, Maureen / Secretary, Al Bernotas / Sgt at Arms and Mike Berry / Treasurer position. They lead us through a particularly challenging time-The Covid Years.
Just as a reminder- the new dues schedule requests that your $25 are due as of January 1st, please send the in on time, Thank You!
We are in the process of configuring the events Calendar for 2023, so please give it some thought and share your ideas with us. I have been a member of this club since its inception and I would like us to enjoy a Fun Filled year packed with enjoyable activities. That’s all for now….but more to follow ;)
