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MRADMC 1970 Chev Chevelle ISSUE: V38 - 12 - November 2020 A00038005 MOTOR MOUTH The voice of Macedon Ranges & District Motor Club Macedon Ranges & District Motor Club Inc. www.mradmc.com.au Clubrooms: 10 Webb Crescent, New Gisborne Correspondence: PO Box 84 Gisborne 3437 Phone: 03 5420 7683 President: Adam Furniss Welfare/ Grievance: John Parnis 0404 034 841 0425 802 593 [email protected] [email protected] Vice President: Alan Martin AOMC Delegates: 0402 708 408 • Robert Green 0408 532 603 [email protected] • Don MacGregor Secretary: Graham Williams Mid-Week Run Committee: 0419 393 023 0427 804 803 [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer: Drew Jessop (OAM) Property Officer: Joe Mediero 0412 085 624 0432 810 202 [email protected] Membership: Michael Camilleri Webmaster: Sarah Furniss [email protected] 0423 718 250 [email protected] Catering: Clara Tine Head Scrutineer: Brian Jayasingha 9330 3331 B.H. Mon-Fri Librarian: Alec Mead (OAM) Liquor Rally Director: Richard Onyon License Nominee: Trevor Elliott 0414 466 966 [email protected] Sales: Lina Bragato Editor: Robin Fletcher 0432 583 098 0434 604 896 [email protected] [email protected] Club Objective: To encourage the restoration, preservation and operation of motorised vehicles. Meetings: First Wednesday of every month (except Jan) at 8pm Disclaimer: The opinions and ideas expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the club or the committee. 10 Webb Crescent, New Gisborne Vic. 3438 PO Box 84, Gisborne Vic 3437 www.mradmc.com.au 2 MOTOR MOUTH The voice of Macedon Ranges & District Motor Club We take a look at the history of Calder Park Raceway this month, thanks to some stirring memories from member Peter Black. Thanks also to member Viv Hall for highlighting another pitfall when renewing Club Permits, and to Peter Amezdroz for for his “Just in Case’ photo (just in case a his inspiration for an article about hydraulic filler is needed. cylinders. My thanks also to John Van Groningen for - Robin Fletcher / Editor his “Just when you think you have seen everything” photos and to Don McGregor 10 Webb Crescent, New Gisborne Vic. 3438 PO Box 84, Gisborne Vic 3437 www.mradmc.com.au MOTOR MOUTH The voice of Macedon Ranges & District Motor Club Welcome to the November edition of Motor Mouth. The October General Meeting was conducted via Zoom. The feedback I received was positive, as I was an apology for the evening. The committee has been working hard over this last month; please read all reports as there is some important information contained in the magazine. 2020 December AGM. This is an opportunity for all members to get involved in the running of the club, so if you feel motivated to get involved please nominate for a position. Fresh faces and ideas are always welcome. Bathurst 1000 Saturday Top Ten shoot out. Cameron Waters put his Mustang around the mountain at a record breaking 2.03.55 to give him pole position for the great race. Race Day on the mountain is like every year, it tests man and machine and just because you’re on pole at the start means nothing. After 1000 kilometres of torture there can only be one winner, and that was Shane Van Gisbergen, and farewell to Holden Factory backed race teams! Congratulations to the winners of our online competition. I look forward to next year having this event at the clubrooms. Congratulations to the following members on reaching a membership milestone, and thank you for their continued support of our club: 10 Years Gin and Angela Bonello, Frank Agius, John and Bernadette Parnis, Trevor and Jus- tine Elliott, Giovanni D Ambrosio, Paul and Mary Sant, Tony Sant, Alec and Helen Mead, Car- melo and Clara Tine, Michael and Kate Tabone and Enzo Scalzo 20 Years Greg Brown, Bill Reid, and Phillip King The Monthly Meeting Raffle winners are 1st prize - $100 gift voucher from Rare Spares - Gin Bonello 2nd Prize – Gloss Boss from Bowden’s Own Products - Victoria Morris 3rd Prize – Diaco’s Garden Nursery Voucher $50.00 - Michael and Kate Tabone Congratulation’s. Keep checking your mail box. See you on the road, Adam. 10 Webb Crescent, New Gisborne Vic. 3438 PO Box 84, Gisborne Vic 3437 www.mradmc.com.au 4 MOTOR MOUTH The voice of Macedon Ranges & District Motor Club The October 2020 General Meeting was 'Zoomed' with thanks to Alec who provided the moderator role - 18 members (plus some partners lurking in the background) participated using a variety of technologies and it went well. The next Zoom General Meeting is in November - we are hoping to get up to 30+ for this one as the word spreads. We traditionally have had 100+ members at physical meetings – be good to get up into the 40s and 50s going forward. Happy to hear any feedback from members as well as suggestions for ‘Virtual’ guest speakers. If you are interested in participating in Zoom meetings check out https://zoom.us/test . We have a subscription for 100 participants The Lease It is with much pleasure that we can announce that we have now have the Lease at the final stage – it has received Approval in Principle from the relevant government and council agencies and is now on its way to DELWP (Department of Environment, Land Water & Planning) for signature by the Minister on behalf of the State. For those that have been watching the saga over the recent times – I can clearly recall Alec Mead firing off a written request for the Lease extension back in his time as Secretary – I have followed up monthly since that time –with emails, phone calls and personal meetings with council officers – the lease goes thru to 30th June 2028 to coincide with the GVMS (Steamies) lease term. Once we get our signed copy back and are allowed back into the clubrooms I will get a framed copy of the signature pages for the wall. As you can see the annual lease cost is $2 a week – a fairly reasonable rental in today’s terms. 10 Webb Crescent, New Gisborne Vic. 3438 PO Box 84, Gisborne Vic 3437 www.mradmc.com.au 5 MOTOR MOUTH The voice of Macedon Ranges & District Motor Club I would also like to note that Rod Clough, who has been a strong supporter of the club and of the Picnic at Hanging Rock event, has recently retired from Council. Our thanks go to him for his sup- port over many years and wish him well in his next endeavours. The November General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 4th November at 8:00pm (same day and time as the olden day meetings). The agenda is as always – reports of committee, and general business and then you can retire to the lounge room for coffee and supper (of your choice). We ask that when you join that you say ‘Hi’ then go onto mute so we can clearly hear each of the speakers. If you wish to speak – wave at the screen and then go un- mute and I will introduce you as the speaker. We all know its not the same as a physical gathering – we suspect that it will still be a new year thing unfortunately. At least down here in Sunbury I can go and sit at a Cafe and have a beverage and chat – that’s been a long time coming. The Zoom meeting id is below: Topic: MRADMC November General Meeting - Zoom Time: Nov 4, 2020 08:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/7999979291?pwd=Z25uaGh0YUt3UXFjWUxQOTNVWDJsdz09 Meeting ID: 799 997 9291 Passcode: ClubTeam Annual General Meeting You will have received an email from the club containing the details of the AGM for Wednesday 2nd December. This includes the AGENDA as well as Proxy and nomination form details. Please check those details for how to lodge them so that they can be actioned in time for the AGM. Also – whilst the nominations are not usually announced prior to the meeting – this year given the unusual circumstances of being in hibernation it can be confirmed that the follow- ing members have indicated their preparedness to ‘go around again’ as part of continuity for the club and what will probably be another curtailed year of activity. Adam Furniss (Pres), Alan Martin (V Pres), Michael Camilleri (Membership), Drew Jessop (Treas), Alec Mead (Librarian) , Lina Bragato (Merch), Clara Tine (Catering), Graham Williams (Sec). The roles of Welfare, Licencee and Tech Officers are appointments made by the Committee and are based on additional criteria. Please note that the fact that there is early advice around nominations should not in any way discourage any members from further nominations in accordance with the rules. As the AGM will be a ZOOM meeting – with a slight hope of some physical presence – we do need to get a quorum – which suggests we need 50 participants – remembering that all members are entitled to be present not just the member with the ‘-01’. 10 Webb Crescent, New Gisborne Vic. 3438 PO Box 84, Gisborne Vic 3437 www.mradmc.com.au 6 MOTOR MOUTH The voice of Macedon Ranges & District Motor Club Picnic at 2021 Hanging Rock To The Members After considerable discussion and consultation the Committee has made the decision to cancel the 2021 Picnic At Hanging Rock. Whilst initially hoping that we could prolong the final decision on the event for as long as possible it has become clear that cancelling the event is in the best interest of all the stakeholders and the club. Although it is possible that restrictions may ease sufficiently by February for the event to proceed, the general consensus is that making an early call is a responsible outcome.