Wagensville May 10

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PAY MEMBERSHIP and RENEWAL ON LINE! www.vwclub.com.au/membership.php Is your Membership renewal due? Donʼt mess around with cheques or money orders, why not pay online? The Volkswagen Club of Victoria website now has an online payment facility to make renewing your membership even easier. Ensure your place in the club by paying with either Visa, MasterCard, or PayPal. or please return this form together with your cheque or money order for payment to the above address. Please allow 28 days for processing.

President Dean Holden Vice-President Brian Reed 9481 5673 breed@bigpond.net.au Secretary Lyn Davis Treasurer John Farlow 0418 357 416 farlowj@internex.net.au Additional Committee Members John Stevens, Andrew Ermel, Chris Scane and Tony Albers Public Officer John Stevens john.stevens@justice.vic.gov.au Motorsports Co-ordinator Bill Malkoutzis Cruise & Events Coordinator John Stevens Membership Secretary Andrew Mengyel 0420 967 948 vwcvmembership@yahoo.com.au Technical Officer Bill Malkoutzis & Andrew Ermel Editor Lawrence Lee wagensville@hotmail.com Assistant Editors Andrew Ermel 03 9369 1360 AndrewE@brimbank.vic.gov.au, Michael Cronin 0419 684 181 Web Master Richard Graham Advertising Manager Dean Holden Club Historian Chris Scane 0417 593 573 historian@vwclub.com.au

DISCLAIMER All material in this magazine represents the opinions of the author(s) and does not carry any endorsement by the Editors of Committee unless otherwise stated. Any material advertised for sale does not carry any endorsement by the Club and the onus is on the purchaser to ensure the purchased goods meet their requirements. Each VWCV Committee Member is a volunteer, carrying out Club duties in their own leisure time. The Club has no paid officials, only enthusiasts dedicated in furthering the interests of the club and itʼs members. Could members please bear this in mind when contacting Club Committee Members.

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Hello to all. You may have noticed we had some minor technical glitches with the club magazine last month and for those who actually read my presidents report it may have seemed a little like ground hog day.

Aside from these minor glitches I am sure you would agree that the April Deluxe Magazine was a great read and an excellent first Wagensville Deluxe edition published by our new editor Lawrence Lee. We have been very busy over the past couple of months with the Kennet River Camp Out, VW Jamboree, VWʼs on the Bridge and the 2010 Bug In all happening and providing us with plenty of options to get those VWʼs out of the shed and into the sunshine. The 2010 VW Jamboree was a great day, weather was kind and we saw a fine array of VWʼs and one or two from another fine German automobile maker on display. The day was very laid back with some fine tunes being cranked out by the Voodoo Swamp Cats. Organisers Jodi, Nathan and Anthony have big plans for Jambo 2011 so stayed tuned.

Over the Easter long weekend I joined many of our club members and accepted the invite from Volks Club Bendigo to be part of VWʼs on the Bridge. This was a VW vehicle display on Bridge Street Bendigo and was a program item in the Bendigo Easter festivities. Both VW Club Vic and Volks Club Bendigo members also had VWʼs included in the

2010 will be Sunday the 21st of November.

Mark the date in your calendars.

Committee positions – I wrote in previous reports that we will be talking a bit about the clubs committee and the various committee positions. Our Annual General Meeting and the election of committee members is still a long way out, however we are keen to help prospective new committee members understand the various positions and ideally bring some new blood and fresh ideas into the running of this great club. If you are interested in being part of the committee please feel free to contact myself or any of the committee members to discuss.

No update on Vic Roads Club Permit scheme for this month. Submissions from Vic Car clubs are still under consideration.

We will continue to keep our VW Club Vic membership posted on updates to the 90/45 days scheme over the coming months.

Donʼt forget that the May General meeting is on Tuesday the 25th of May at Bells Hotel. We will have a special guest speaker from a well know auction company to tell us about buying and selling cars at auction.

See you all at a VW event real soon, Cheers

Dean Holden - VWCV President

Torchlight and Easter Monday parades.

These VWʼs were either part of a VW vehicle float, transporting dignitaries or, in the case of a selection of open top VWʼs, transporting past Bendigo Popular Girls.

Also happening over Easter was the 2010 Bug Inn held at Stanthorpe Qld. Reading posts seen on a number of VW forums in the past couple of weeks we believe this event was a great success. We hope to bring you a full report on the 2010 Bug In very soon.

We have the VW Concourse on Sunday the 30th of May at the Moorabbin Air Museum.

Club members entered in the Concourse will have their entry fee into the museum payed for by the club. The team at the Air Museum have kindly allowed the VW Club Vic to display a limited number of VWʼs entered in the VW Concourse to park in amongst the outdoor vintage aircraft displays. This will provide some one off opportunities to get some great pictures for some lucky club members. There is a BBQ we can use on site, so bring along a picnic lunch.

Day of the VW 2010 – late breaking news on our big day is that we are returning to the Yarra Glen Racing Club for this yearʼs event.

The available space and facilities out at the Yarra Glen Racing Club has been upgraded and enlarged, so we look forward to a having a great DotVW amongst all that the Yarra Valley provides. Date for the Day of the VW

CONCOURSE 2010

SUNDAY 30th MAY

Everyone is welcome to attend. Concourse vehicle entry is reserved for VWCV members only.

Wagensville News If not received please return to: VOLKSWAGEN CLUB OF VICTORIA INC. GPO Box 1215 Melbourne VIC 3001

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VENUE: MOORABBIN AIR MUSUEM

VEHICLE ENTRY -- FREE

Located on the corner of first street and Second Avenue at

Time: 9am – 3pm

Moorabbin Airport, VIC

Entries close for Show ‘N’ Shine @ 11am Sharp

(Melway Ref 87 G4)

website: http://www.aarg.com.au

Judging: 10am- 12pm

Bring your MEMBERSHIP CARD !

• For more information on this event please contact Dean @ 0412 500 588 • See editorial ad for cruising to Concourse 2010

Sorry, NO BYO Alcohol or dogs.

Cruise to

Calender of Events

Concourse 2010 Meeting Point: Shell Servo on Nepean Hwy Service lane 191 Nepean Hwy, Gardenvale, VIC * 400m after Brighton Toyota Dealership

MAY

42nd Annual Bug-In 2011

May 22nd VW Nationals.

Further details please visit http://www.clubvw.org.au/ May 25th VWCV General Meeting Bellʼs Hotel at 8pm. 157 Moray St, South Melbourne.

Time: Meet @ 8am for a 8:20am Sharp departure Cruise from Shell Servo, Gardenvale to Moorabbin Air Musuem via Nepean Hwy, then into Centre Dandenong Rd. We will arrive approx. at 8:45am to prapare our dub for this very special day.

Toodyay WA The Volkswagen Club of Western Australia, host of the Bug-In 2010, invites the Volkswagen Club of Victoria members to WA for the 42nd Annual Bug-In, 2011 in Toodyay from Friday April 22nd,

May 30th VWCV Concourse Moorabbin Air Museum See Editorial for more details

JUNE June 12, 13 & 14th Long Weekend Cruise (Details TBA at May General Meeting)

Please contact Lawrence @ 0425 177 500 to confirm your participation. Thanks.

to Monday April 25th, 2011 plus Road Trip 2011 from Tuesday April 26th to Saturday April 30th.

June 22nd VWCV General Meeting Bellʼs Hotel at 8pm. 157 Moray St, South Melbourne.

June 27th Bellarine Peninsula Day Cruise Sunday Coastal Run through Geelong, Barwon Heads, Queenscliff, then to St. Leonards Hotel for lunch overlooking the sea.

Further details please contact: John Stevens @ 9890 2548 AH before June 18th

Email: bugin2011@vwclubwa.com

25th May, 2010 Leon Wright & Josh Cohen from Mannheim Fowles Auction will be conducting our Monthly General Meeting Auction. All members are encouraged to bring some items for auction in this night.

Ray Willis President / Editor VW Club WA 0407 347 340 Rod McSwain Secretary / Membership Officer 0403 259 719

JULY July 4th Christmas in July @ Marong Family Hotel See Editorial for more details

2011 BUG-IN BULLETIN This regular newsletter will bring you all the Toodyay 2011 Bug-In and the Road Trip 2011 news of whatʼs happening and when. Please provide your contact details to bugin2011@vwclubwa.com so you will have the 2011 Bug-In Bulletin issues sent to you online.

Issue 1 will be out in May 2010.

July 27th VWCV General Meeting Bellʼs Hotel at 8pm. 157 Moray St, South Melbourne.

July 29th - August 2nd Valla VW Spectacular See Editorial for more details --Vintage volkswagen never dies--

VWCV Ch!"mas in July Chris Antonello and Cheryl will be leading the cruise from Calder Park Petrol Station (8.15am for 8.45am departure) to Castlemaine via the old Calder Road. While at Castlemaine, we will visit the farmer’s market, the local cafes and shops. This will also be the meeting point for the Bendigo and Ballarat VW clubs as well for late comers. Then as a group we will depart Castlemaine at 11:15am for a leisurely cruise to Marong Family Hotel.

Christmas in July lunch is a Christmas buffet at the Marong Family Hotel.

Special guest appearance by Santa who hand out special prizes for the best dressed car and person, door prizes and other goodies for all!!

VWCV MAY General Meeting

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Cru#e & Lunch

July 4, 2010

ACHTUNG !

Bookings are Essential

Buffet is $35 per person, children $15 (or children can order from normal menu).

Drinks will be at bar prices. Please let us know of any special dietary requirements when booking. Bookings are essential as it will be a special VW Clubs Christmas buffet.

Events Coordinatorʼs Role As part of the current review of the constitution of the Volkswagen Club of Victoria Inc it is proposed that the position of Social Secretary will be re-named and will have a new function. We will present the revised constitution, including the new position of Event Co-ordinator, to all club members in advance of the September 2010 annual general meeting for voting on at that meeting.

In the past the position of Social Secretary has pretty much organised all the social activities for the club as well as the day and sometimes the weekend cruises that have been held. Often the two activities were amalgamated and a dinner or BBQ followed a cruise. From first hand experience the amount of work and imagination that is required to be put in by past Social Secretaries over time eventually takes its toll and the person tends to run out of puff.

To improve this situation the committee wants to change the focus of this role. It is intended that the Event Co-ordinator will provide assistance and advice to any club members who want to get more involved in club activities and want to have a go at organising a club social event, cruise, special event day or whatever. The Event Co-ordinator will still arrange some events but the responsibility for the full yearʼs calendar, hopefully, will be disbursed.

We have already seen a number of member initiated and organised events in recent times including the ReVolks weekend cruise, the SE Dubfest (great write-up in the new VA Australia magazine) and the upcoming Christmas in July, which is currently advertised. All these were (and I am sure will continue to be) highly successful events and the club members involved must be congratulated on their

SALES & WANTED Send your For Sale and Wanted Ads to the Editor: VWCV Editor GPO Box 1215 Melbourne VIC 3001 Email: wagensville@hotmail.com

Family & Friends Welcomed Joint cruise with : For more Information, contact Cheryl @ (03) 9360 1360 8pm - 9:30pm (weekdays) / email to club website. * Require a non refundable deposit of $20 per person by 22nd June club meeting (see me at the GM for cash payments or send a cheque/money order payable to VWCV). Bookings are essential as it will be a special VW Clubs Christmas buffet. Seats are limited.

initiative. If we can encourage just 9 or 10 of our 400 members to arrange one event, social or cruise, over the course of the year we will really be cooking with gas.

This is an important committee position and one that I have really enjoyed occupying this year and assisting with in past years. It is one that gives you great flexibility to arrange cruises that hopefully will give members (and of course the organiser) the opportunity to use their VWs and this is one of the primary reasons we are all in the club. It is terrific when you organise a run somewhere that you think is really special, it all goes off well, mostly with not a lot of effort on your part and you get positive feedback from cruise participants. That really makes any effort worthwhile.

If you are interested in contributing to the club by organising an event please give either me or anyone else on the committee a call or come and see us at a club meeting. We would really love to have you on board. Also please give consideration to whether you might want to nominate for the position of Event Co-ordinator at the annual general meeting. I will not be standing for a committee position for next year, its time to hand the baton to someone else.

John & Jan Stevens

John with his beloved 75 Kombi

As they say in the classics…… go on, have a go!

Thanks.

John Stevens – 9890 2548AH VWCV Events Coordinator

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