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          Mid Florida Alfa Romeo Owners Club, Inc.


          225 S. Shadowbay Blvd., Longwood, FL 32779
          E-Mail Alfaduce@cfl.rr.com; Web Site: Alfafla.com

          Howard Bernstein, President                                                  Patty Cowherd, Secretary

          Barry Mann, Vice President                                                    Norman Burnstine, Treasurer

          Ted Stratton, Director                                                          Gladys Bernstein, Hospitality

          Richard Reel, Web Site Manager, richard@alfafla.com

 

 

 

 

 

MINUTES / NEWSLETTER

July 17, 2010 – 6:00 p.m.

“310 Park” Avenue – Winter Park, FL

 

MID-FLORIDA AROC MEMBERS PRESENT:                                                              

 

John Beith & Joan O’Hargan

Howard & Gladys Bernstein

Jim & Ritva Bowman

Carlo & Lina Briscese

Phil & Patty Cowherd

Jim Dougherty

Carl & Barbara Fowler

Tony Funicello

Rick Hanson

Mike & Kathy Harrow

Dr. John & Jackie Karabotos

Tony & Gloria Lewis

Barry & Beth Mann

Bob & Margo Miller

Gianni & Rae Mollica

Dan & Gloria Richer

Don & Marcia Roberts

Steve & Jane Sanford

Ted & Barbara Stratton

Miro & Laila Vejzovic

 

DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT!

Gianni Mollica opened our evening with a lovely serenade over a karaoke system which he brought to the meeting for our listening pleasure.  Thank you, Gianni!

 

NEW MEMBER:

This meeting had one of the largest attendances we have ever had.  We welcomed Tony Funicello as our newest member.  Welcome Tony!  We certainly hope that your very special lady will join us at our next function, since this club is very definitely for the women, too!  (as a matter of fact … what would they EVER do without us???)

 

MINUTES:

The meeting was convened at approximately 6:30 p.m., and upon a motion made and seconded, the minutes of the June 19th meeting were unanimously accepted as CORRECTED  (…the picnic reported on the previous minutes took place on June 5th not June 12th as written, as was correctly pointed out by our historian and amazing “rememberer of all dates,” our dear Gladys!)

 

FOLLOW-UP ON PAST EVENTS:

 

June 23-27    Frederick, MD - AROC National Convention

Both John & Jackie Karabotos and Tom & Marcia Roberts attended, and reported on, the AROC National Convention in Frederick, Maryland.  The weather was perfect on that weekend and there were approximately 300 to 350 Alfas in show.  Tom reported that the cross-country cruise they participated in was very enjoyable, while the Autocross could have been marked off more clearly to make the event more enjoyable by assisting the drivers to easily stay on the course.  Obviously, fun was had by all!

 

COMING EVENTS IN 2010:

 

 

August 14      Rally to Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales for a tour and lunch with the Florida

 and the Southwest AROC clubs

 

September 9-12  

Caravan to Mars Hill, North Carolina.  Participants will “cruise” up to Mars Hill on September 9th, to stay at Andy & Vicki Sorenson’s new “Mars Hill Inn” for a few days.  Anyone interested in joining the cars already planning this caravan of fun (and good food, of course!) please e-mail or call Gladys Bernstein at glad1bee@cfl.rr.com or (407) 774-7947.

 

September 11 Rally to the Tampa Bay Auto Museum, Pinellas Park with Florida Alfa Club.

 

October 17    Fort DeSoto Picnic & Car Show.  Sponsored by the Florida Alfa Club (Tampa)

 

November 5    VIVA ALFA ROMEO 2010 pre-show welcome dinner – in private room of

“Thai Thani Restaurant,”

600 Market Street
, Celebration, Florida.  (See

 article below on hotel for those wishing to stay overnight in Celebration.

 

November 6    VIVA ALFA ROMEO 2010 CAR SHOW & PARADE, Celebration, Florida

(Howard already has 16 sponsors! Hip, hip hooray!)  followed by leading the

Kissimmee Old Towne Parade in our Alfas and Fiats.

 

 

OTHER SUGGESTED FUTURE EVENTS

 

Ø       Caravan & an overnight to St. Augustine.  Meet with Jacksonville Club.  (tentative date:  late September or early October)

Ø        Back road tour of Lake County, to be planned by Richard Wagner.

Ø       Suggestions are ALWAYS welcome!

 

 

ALFA ROMEO UNIVERSITY ORAL EXAM & DOOR PRIZES:

Our traditional monthly testing of Alfisti minds took place, with the winners of FABULOUS “Alfa/Big Lots” prizes being:  Barbara Fowler,  Laila Vejzovic  &  Jim Dougherty).  During the meeting’s drawing prizes were won by Ritva Bowman & Lina Briscese.  Marcia Roberts brought back a lovely poster from the well known “Simeone Foundation Auto Museum” (from their Convention trip) as the final raffle prize of the evening. The lucky winner was Joan O’Hargan.

 

FUTURE MEETINGS:

 

Ø       August 21st              “310 Lake Eola.”  Directions to follow.

Ø       September 18th         To be determined

 

 

CLUB CONTACT INFORMATION:

 

v      Club Website:  Our wonderful Mid Florida AROC Website- www.alfafla.com – is managed by Richard Reel.  If you wish to add information to the site, please contact Richard at  - Richard@alfafla.com

v      Club Shirts:  NEW MEMBERS … Now is a great time to order your new club shirt!

We need to have a dozen shirt orders before we can place the order, so if you wish to

obtain a club shirt, please place your order now.  The shirt order form, with clear

instructions, is attached.  Contact Margo Miller with any questions.

v      Club Name Tags – Contact Howard Bernstein for order form.

 

 

 

FOR SALE:

 

§         1974 Alfa Romeo GTV – Excellent condition/all records – Don Harvey – (407) 678-6369

§         1987 Alfa Spider Veloce – Very good condition – John Beith – (407) 774-6954

§         1986 Alfa Spider Graduate – Excellent condition – Barry Mann – (407) 657-4477

§         1991 Alfa Spider Veloce (automatic) – Excellent condition – Dr. Tom Kravets –

                                                                                                              (407) 359-5538

§         1991 Alfa 164L – Very good condition – Delmas Greene – (727) 799-1486

§         Miscellaneous Parts: 

o        Ric Lovecchio, RML Automotive – (386) 258-0243

      (list of fine Alfas for sale available upon request)

o        John Mollica - (407) 678-1620

o        Richard Stephens – (954) 946-5005

o        Bob Wetzel -  (321) 214-4190

 

 

 

 

 

The meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,     

Margo Miller, Secretary

e-mail:  maggiesredheads@hotmail.com