VCC Executive Meeting

I attended the National Executive meeting March 4-5th 2023 held in Christchurch. Outlined below are some of the relevant discussions and outcomes.

 National Day - a vote was held and it was passed that our association will continue with the Cancer Society for 3 years.

 Long Service Awards- to continue largely unchanged where National Office will send out badges and President or nominated suitable national representative would present 50 year awards.

 New Constitution - this will be worked on and put to the AGM in August.

 Strategic Plan – an open Workshop was held where all views were collected for future planning.

 Presentation by Tony Johnson, CEO LVVTA (Low Volume Vehicle) – this was a great presentation where Tony gave us an update on progress with Govt on their work. Tony comes from a Hotrod background having built his first car at 14 years of age. He is definitely the right person for the job with a very vast back ground in car repair work.

 Presentation by Garry Jackson from the NZ Federation of Motoring who addressed us on their survey aimed at collecting information regarding the true size and value of the sector of Historic & Classic restoration and maintenance of the above vehicles.

 National Office gave a roundup of present and upcoming additions to their computer system.

 Progress continues to be made with LTSA regarding 12 month WOF for our vehicles.

This was a good opportunity to talk with other Branch Representatives about all things pertaining to the efficient running of our Club.

Graham A plea from your Secretary Heather

If you buy, sell or change a vehicle please let me know for the Waikato Club Register. When I get asked if any one has a particular make, model and year of vehicle I can search and find it. Unless I know, I am unable to keep it updated. Let me know if you no longer have a land line, changed your physical address, have a mobile or changed email address - please this is important for the branch membership and also VCCNZ

I had a recent member who let National know but unfortunately they and our member didn’t let me know, so all emails and phone calls were being returned. I ended up visiting him, so now he is getting all club information.

Out and about

Waikato Branch was contacted 1st March to see if we could bring along a car or two to the Cancer Society Relay for Life on Saturday 11th March. We thought this would be a great chance to promote the Vintage Car Club by showcasing the eligible years via a mixture of different vehicles. We were asked to lead the cancer survivors around the 400m track so our procession of a 1924 Model T, 1939 Chev, 1968 Mini and 1993 Mazda provided a great spectacle as they motored around the track. There were a lot of companies, schools and clubs taking part in the actual Relay for Life - all for a very worthy cause.

Attention New Members

Wondering how to interpret our Rally Rules?

Greg and Gaynor are going to put on a training run on Sunday 28 May so that it will be all fresh in your mind for the 50-50 in June.

Come along to the clubrooms at 12.30pm with your lunch where you will be taken through the rules and then have a chance to put it all into practise with a short run.

You’ll learn about straight-line navigation, straight ahead rules and things to look out for on rallies.

There will be some experienced members who can go with you in your car to help you out.