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Join Us for the Annual Banquet at the Westin Town Center to Celebrate the Tidewater Chapter 45Th Anniversary (RSVP on Pg 5) The Newsletter of the Tidewater Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America January • February 2017 Join for the Us Annual Banquet at The Westin Town Center dasdas KummetKummet Join us for the Annual Banquet at The Westin Town Center to celebrate the Tidewater Chapter 45th Anniversary (RSVP on pg 5) COMING EVENTS 21 JAN 2017 - Saturday 9:00 am - Bimmer Breakfast, Pop’s Diner, Chesapeake 21 JAN 2017 - Saturday 6:30 pm - Annual Banquet & 45th Anniversary, Westin Virginia Beach Town Center 12 Feb – Sunday 10:00 am - Valentine’s Drive & Lunch, Williamsburg at Sal’s by Victor 18 Feb – Saturday 9:00 am - Bimmer Breakfast, Pop’s Diner, Chesapeake 18 Mar – Saturday 9:00 am - Bimmer Breakfast, Pop’s Diner, Chesapeake 26 Mar – Sunday 9:00 am - Bimmer Peninsula Breakfast, Shorty’s Diner, Williamsburg RSVP for all events and add’l info: [email protected] Inside This Issue 4 President’s Corner 14 Back of the Dragon 5 Annual Banquet RSVP 15 La Fogata - OBX Drive 8 To The Dark Side 16 Reflections of 2016 OFFICERS & KEY PEOPLE Tech Session Valentine’s Drive President 10 17 Darin Kwasniewski (757) 304-1512 [email protected] 11 Classifieds 18 Paul Rosche Remembered Vice President Zombie Sprints Autumn Colors OPEN 12 18 Secretary Ron Boustedt (757) 339-0679 [email protected] Treasurer Tiffiny Crossley (615) 967-7774 [email protected] Activities Committee Al Schneider (Chairperson) (757) 447-8159 Marc Garcia (757) 803-5658 Chris Triplett (757) 620-6623 Melissa Waddell [email protected] MEMBERSHIP Membership Chairperson Tidewater Chapter: 708 as of Oct. 2016 Rob Waddell National: 69,784 as of Sept. 2016 [email protected] ADDRESS CHANGES Member-At-Large Address changes can be made on the BMWCCA National website Jeff Triplett (757) 620-4171 (www.bmwcca.org) by hitting ‘Login’ and following instructions on site. From [email protected] there, click on the ‘Manage Account’ link on the top of the page; then click on Webmeister the ‘Change Addresses’ link. Judy Semo (757) 456-9923 [email protected] Or write to: ROUNDEL BMW CCA Newsletter Editor 640 South Main Street - Suite 201 OPEN Greenville, SC 29601 [email protected] Driving Events Chairman All changes done through the National office will update both your National and Ron Boustedt Tidewater Chapter address information. If you are a member of our Yahoo Group, [email protected] [email protected], please also remember to update your profile. Tech Session Chairman NEWSLETTER and PHOTO CONTRIBUTIONS: OPEN Your articles and photos are very welcomed by us. To be included in an issue [email protected] the materials must be received by the 1st of the month preceding the date of BMW Classics Chairman the issue. To spice up the newsletter we always need photos of chapter events. Steve Waddell (757) 539-1305 We may also use them on the chapter website. Send your contributions to [email protected] [email protected]. Thanks! Peninsula Rep SOCIAL MEDIA: Al Resnick Chapter web site: www.tidewaterbmwcca.org [email protected] Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/140702964729/ Outer Banks N.C. Rep Follow us on Twitter: @TWBMWCCA Jack Robey (252) 480-3356 Subscribe to our email lists: http://www.tidewaterbmwcca.org/lists/ [email protected] FINE PRINT NOTICE: Das Kummet is published bimonthly and remains the property of the Tidewa- Foodbank Chairperson ter Chapter BMW CCA, P.O. Box 62145, Virginia Beach, VA 23462-2145. All information is for mem- Chris Triplett (757) 620-6623 bers and advertisers only. Ideas, suggestions, writings, and opinions are those of the contributing [email protected] authors without authentication by or liability to the BMW CCA, the Editors, or Officers of the Tide- water BMW CCA chapter. No information in das Kummet bears the status of “Factory Approved” Club Merchandise unless so stated and implies no endorsement or guarantees expressed. The Tidewater Chapter of [email protected] the BMW CCA is completely independent of and in no way connected with BMW NA or BMW AG. The contents of this publication remains the property of the chapter. All BMW CCA chapters, with permission, may quote or copy from the publication provided full credit is given to the author and the Tidewater Chapter unless noted as “Copyrighted” and is not used for commercial purposes. 2 www.tidewaterbmwcca.org January • February 2017 - das Kummet Checkered Flag BMW 5209 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23462-1825 757-490-1111 http://bmw.checkeredflag.com/ For members of the Tidewater Chapter of the BMW Car Club of America, Checkered Flag will present you with a gift with your new purchase. January • February 2017 www.tidewaterbmwcca.org 3 das Kummet - Our Chosen Charity President’s For 2017: Foodbank of Corner Southeastern Virginia Twenty-sixteen was a year of considerable transition, building, and You can support this effort by bringing new additions for our Club. We now canned goods or money to any chapter have a stronger base of volunteers event. However, money provides allowing us to meet our goals for the more meals than canned goods. Chris new year, offer the membership a Triplett leads the committee. For more information or to volunteer, please variety of fun events, and continue contact Chris Triplett, foodbank@ building for the future. tidewaterbmwcca.org Last year we introduced new board members and added many new volunteers in various positions. As our team grew so did our events calendar. New additions included a tech session, weekend overnight drive to the ‘Back of the Dragon’, and a BBQ with the Porsche Club. Join Us On Facebook! Join us on Facebook to stay up to date This month we will be introducing our 2017 board and volunteers with all your club’s activities! and acknowledging the hard work of other members who stepped To become part of our Facebook group, down from leadership roles. Our former treasurer, Tiffiny Crossley you must have a Facebook account. and former newsletter editor, Dr. Mark Jumper dedicated their After you sign on to Facebook at talents to keep the wheels turning, but are now handing over the www.facebook.com, enter “Tidewater keys to new and existing volunteers who have stepped up to the BMW CCA Activities Page” in the plate. Thank you Tiffiny and Mark for your support to our Club. search block. You should be shown our activities page along with a link labeled. You can meet all the board and volunteers at the Tidewater Annual “Join Group”. Click on join group, a Banquet on January 21st, and join us in celebrating the 45th box will appear that will ask you if you Anniversary of our Club. We hope you will join us for this event and want to join this group, click the “Join” other exciting Club events in the coming year. button. You are then taken to our club activities page, where you can see and In addition to our ‘regular’ driving & social events, we will endeavor post activities and pictures. to hold a tech session (or two). In addition, the BMW/Porsche BBQ, and a weekend drive to one of the twisty ‘Dragons’ will be “must do” events. New events for the year will include Williamsburg/Peninsula breakfasts and a Tidewater Chapter sponsored track event, possibly autocross. Stay tuned to our newsletter and website, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook for announcements of our upcoming events. Increasing participation in our events is one of the primary goals of the Club for 2017. You can help by attending the events, or if you have any ideas, comments, suggestions, or time to volunteer, please get involved. Even with this impressive group of volunteers, there is always room for one more! Darin Kwasniewski, President 4 www.tidewaterbmwcca.org January • February 2017 - das Kummet Tidewater Chapter Annual Banquet 45th Year Anniversary Celebration We will be celebrating our Chapter’s 45th Anniversary during our Annual Banquet at the exclusive “Westin Virginia Beach Town Center,” located at 4535 Commerce Annual Banquet St., Virginia Beach, VA 23462 on Saturday, January 21, 2017. The Tidewater Chapter BMWCCA will be celebrating our 45th A cash bar social hour beginsAnnual at 6:30 p.m. withBanquet Hors d’oeuvres, and dinner buffet at 7:30 Anniversary at the Annual Chapter’s Banquet being held at the Westin p.m. consisting of carved sirloin or chicken with select sauces, veggies, salad, desert, coffee, and tea.The Tidewater Chapter BMWCCA will be celebrating our 45th Virginia Beach Town Center, an exclusive establishment located at 4535 Anniversary at the Annual Chapter’s Banquet being held at the Westin Commerce St, Virginia Beach, VA 23462. The banquet will be on As partVirginia of the agenda, Beach Townwe will Center, present a n“The exclusive Club’s establishme Year in Review”nt located and atwill 4535 introduce our new board members. We Saturday, January 21, 2017. will also have a raffle and an auction of donated items provided by advertisers and local merchants. Club dues will cover Commerceover half of St, the Virginia cost; therefore, Beach, VAit will 23462. only be Th $25.00e banquet (non-refundable) will be on per person to attend. Saturday, January 21, 2017. A cash bar social hour begins at 6:30 pm with Thai Spring Rolls and A block of rooms is being held at a reduced rate of Mac & Cheese Bites (Hors d’oeuvres). The dinner buffet will start at $109/night. To make a reservation call the hotel at 1-800-937-8461A cash bar no social later hour than beginsJanuary at 7, 6:30 2017 pm and with state Thai Spring Rolls and 7:30 pm and will consist of Carved Sirloin or Chicken with select sauces, that youMac are & with Cheese the BMWBites (CCAHors Tidewaterd’oeuvres) Chapter.
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