July Meeting Minutes

Club Stuff

Call to Order and Club Stuff

Members and guest of the Houston MINI Motoring Society Met  at the Black Lab Pub on Saturday July 3, 2010.  Aproximately 29 members and seventeens MINI’s were in attendance. 

1. New Members- Steve and Jan Martindale from Baytown with a 2010 Cooper S.   Lakeisha with her new 2010 Mayfair MINI.   Paul and Micki from League City with a 2002 JCW.
2. There was a suggestion that we need a Facebook page for the club.  Ron Pickett volunteered to set this up.
3. June starting balance was $808.00, deposits $294, expenses $144.56 ending balance $957.44
4. There is 1 medium shirt left.  An order will be placed if there are 6 shirts ordered.
5. Jeff  has updated the website with a new format.
6. Badges-  an order will be placed for 50 badges to be sold at $10/each
7. We are still collecting pull tabs for the Ronald McDonald House.  Bring them to the meetings if any member has any.
8. Discounts- Ron has contacted 5-6 vendors to work with the club.  Trying to get them to offer monthly specials for club members.

Show and Tell, Troubleshooting

Deb- Deb hit a badger on her trip to Florida recently.  A light came on afterward she did not recognize.  Took to the shop and she ended up having to get new brakes.  The shop reset the light and the tech showed her how to reset .

Andy- Replaced the front control line bushings on his 2005.  His car was wobbling his steering wheel.  Also replaced ball joint, rubber bushing, shock mounts and a few more things.  Big difference now.

Ronald- Went to London for a tour of the MINI Plant.  It takes 18 hour to make a MINI.   There is a classic tour that will take you on a tour but he did not do that.  He will put a link on the website if anyone travels to London to take the tour.  Reservations are required.

Jeff- Bought a Thule rack for the roof of his MINI for the trip to MINI in the Mountains in August for all his luggage.

John- His MINI has 104,000 miles and is making a sound as it tries to shift out of first.  Wanted to know if anyone has had this problem.  The other members said it sounded like a transmission  problem.

HAPPENINGS

• Mini at the Drive In- 17 MINI’s attended
• BMWCCA- there were no attendees from the club
• DE Harris Hill Road- John attended this 2 day event.  Course was good.
• BMWCCA Autocross- There were no attendees from the club
• 4^th of July Parade- There were 6 MINI’s from the club present.
• Grand Opening Clear Lake MINI- Some members will attend after meeting adjourns.

Upcoming Events

• July Drive- Will wait until we have enough people
• Port Tour- Suggested we wait until it cools off to take this tour because it is too hot in the summer.
• August Club Meeting- Location to be announced
• August- MINI in the Mountains- Jeff will be attending
• August- Another DE MSR- Houston
• September- Beach Clean up
• Motoring Through the Hills, Hill Country
• October- The Dragon, North Carolina- Ronald will be attending
• October- Merry MINIs on the Mountain, Arkansas- Deb will be attending

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned following the discussion.