A reminder about the meeting scheduled for Saturday 2/17 at the Stirling Hotel, Stirling, NJ. http://www.thestirlinghotel.com/ Unless there are any objections, we'll shoot for 1pm. Please respond to this post whether or not you plan on coming. This way we'll know that everyone has been contacted.
Everyone is welcome.
1. Fiero815 will be there. 2. Winkie will be there. 3. WagginTails will be there. 4. Fierofrenzy weather permitting. 5. DandRauto planning on it. 6. Gecko'll be there 7. Finally_Mine_86_GT maybe 8. BMWGuru nope...alignment day 9. Joe Torma ? 10. Dennis LaGrua ?
Bob, can you contact Joe and Dennis to make sure they know about the meeting?
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09:58 PM
Feb 13th, 2007
fierofrenzy Member
Posts: 859 From: Powder Springs, Georgia Registered: Nov 2006
Unless we have a major storm that isn't good to drive in, let's try and get together. Even if we have to come in non-fiero cars. It would be fun for everyone to meet, we could pick a name for the club, and get things rolling for when springtime comes which is right around the corner.
Sometimes they build up the storm and then nothing happens. I'm optimistic.
Unless we have a major storm that isn't good to drive in, let's try and get together. Even if we have to come in non-fiero cars. It would be fun for everyone to meet, we could pick a name for the club, and get things rolling for when springtime comes which is right around the corner.
Sometimes they build up the storm and then nothing happens. I'm optimistic.
They do that building up the storm thing in Jersey quite a lot.
I still have chains from when I drove thru Donners Pass with my fiero in a huge snow storm on one of my cross country trips. I always have a lot of faith in my car. (not so much in myself but definitely in my car) lol.
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07:12 PM
Feb 14th, 2007
waggintails Member
Posts: 76 From: Stirling, New Jersey Registered: Jan 2007
Okay so we have snow and ice and fierce wind. By saturday it will be a memory.
Saturday's forecast predicts cold and clear. Soooo looking forward to our meeting on saturday.
We need to decide on a name for the club. I've kept a list of the names suggested so far. Is the following a good idea?
I can post the list, those of you who cannot make it on saturday can post their favorite name. those of us who do meet on Saturday will write our favorite name at the meeting.
we can take the absentee ballots and combine them with the ballots of those who are present. We can see the majority vote and that will be the name.
Of course we will post the results here for those who cannot attend.
Did you guys already decide on responsibilites/officers/etc....will this be on the agenda for this weekend? Looking forward to it, and I'll have a guest also(my girlfriend).
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01:08 AM
waggintails Member
Posts: 76 From: Stirling, New Jersey Registered: Jan 2007
Okay folks if this is okay with everyone let's pick a name for the club tommorrow at lunch and get the ball rolling. So far I have kept a list of all the names everyone has suggested. It's quite a list, so maybe we can choose a name from this list. For those of you who cannot attend tommorrow, vote today, and we'll include your vote tommorrow. Deadline for any new suggestions for a name is 9 P.M. tonight. I will add any new suggestions to the list. I will check for votes before we meet for lunch tommorrow so try to get your vote in by tommorrow morning before 12 noon if you cannot attend. Lunch is set for 1 P.M. they are reserving room for us from 12:30 on. www.TheStirllingHotel.com gives directions and phone number.
Is this okay with everyone?
Here is the current list:
Redline Fiero Club G- Force Cutting Edge Open Road 5 Alarm Fast Lane The Rattlers Plastic Fantastic Jersey’s Open Road Fiero Org (JORFO) Born Again Easy Pass True North Parkway Fiero Club Garden State Fieros Liberty Fiero Club New Horizons American Mid- Engine Fiero Club of NJ . Third State Fiero Club Altered States Fiero Club. Immagine Feroce Fieros of NJ(meaning fierce image) Automobile Fiera Fieros of NJ(Proud Automobile). Reprise Fieros of NJ Born to Run Fiero Club Pegasus
Saturday's weather says 33 degrees, no snow until late at night maybe.
I'm not sure this list is accurate but here's who's coming :
Fiero815 Winkie WagginTails Fierofrenzy DandRauto ? Gecko Finally_Mine_86_GT ? Joe Torma & girlfriend Dennis LaGrua ? New gt ?
Please correct if needed.
If your fiero can't make it come with another car, or bus, or plane, bike, roller blades, whatever gets you there.
Hmmmm does that mean I should take off my new bumper sticker too?
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01:42 PM
DandRauto Member
Posts: 419 From: Middletown, NJ Registered: Mar 2001
I finally got to read this post and sorry to say I will be at the Meadowlands Home Show all day on Saturday and won't be able to attend. I was a member of the TSFC before it folded about 7 years ago. That club had about 300 members and produced an outstanding club magazine. Hank the VP owned a printing company and the club magazine was a publication that brought in members from all over the area and some far from this area. The club would all get together for dinner at a local BBQ restaurant in No NJ every few months and then go to pres Joe Wymans house nearby to talk Fieros,shoot the breeze and see his projects TSFC folded because the VP with the printing company lost interest and the magazine disappeared. Joe eventually retired to raise a family as hasn't been seen since.. The club disbanded because it relied on too few to do too much and when the key few left there was no more club. The Sourthern NJ boys had a club named PennJersey and they too folded. Lastly there was Jersey Shore Fieros that really never got off the ground. IMO, the only way a NJ Fiero club can survive is if you keep it informal and don't rely on too few to assume all the workload. Officers and a board are great but a floating list of volunteers who could host this and that every once in a while might be best way to get a Fiero club started and to maintain it. We have 1000's of Fiero owners here in the Garden State; we should be able to attract at least 100 participants.
Interesting information Dennis. Sorry you won't be there tommorrow. Hopefully next time. Can we have your vote for a name? See the list above and pick your 3 favorites.
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09:48 PM
waggintails Member
Posts: 76 From: Stirling, New Jersey Registered: Jan 2007
Just dug out my Formula from underneath the ice. Car cover was frozen to the ground. Gonna put in battery. Be leaving for restraunt in about an hour and a half. If I'm not there, send search party.
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10:22 AM
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bmwguru Member
Posts: 4692 From: Howell, NJ USA Registered: Sep 2006
BMWGURU can you send us your vote before 12 noon today? Pick your 3 favorite names, list is above.
And your wife can vote too. Congrats on her new car. what kind did she get?
Dang! sorry I missed the vote...busy day. She picked up a 1986 SE V6 from Fierodoug5 on V-day. You can almost see my V8 1987 GT in the background. Just waiting for paint.
I made our website. www.njfc.webmaxstudio.com. I will be changing it to www.gardenstatefieros.com. I will let you know when i do that. If anyone wants me to put pictures up please send them to r8y1a5n@gmail.com. Take a look at it and if you want me to add or change anything let me know.
Originally posted by bmwguru: Dang! sorry I missed the vote...busy day. She picked up a 1986 SE V6 from Fierodoug5 on V-day. You can almost see my V8 1987 GT in the background. Just waiting for paint.
Nice little SE Dave. You snapped that baby up before anyone even saw the post. Good eye.
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07:23 PM
Dennis LaGrua Member
Posts: 15898 From: Hillsborough, NJ U.S.A. Registered: May 2000
Didn't get on in time to vote but Garden State Fieros is as good a name as any. The name won't determine the success but rather the folks in it will. I like the idea of meeting for lunches every now and then and perhaps some members having a home with a bit of property can entertain a tech session. Not to far from here in Somerville NJ there is a huge cruise night every Friday evening from Memorial Day through labor day. Sometimes 300-400 cars show up at this event held on main street in Somerville. We could show up at one of the public parking lots and have our own mini meet for central Jersey folks and move the meetings around the state for Fiero folks in different regions. We could also ask for a Fiero section and show up on Pontiac Day at Englishtowns Raceway Park. Lots of possibilites exist.
Great ideas Dennis. The next meeting is slated for your neck of the woods. Joe Torma is organizing it. Go to the website posted above to check out the goings on from today's meeting. Send Ryan an email to get set up for posting to the message board. Didn't know Somerville had cruise nights. That could be fun. Ed
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09:37 PM
fierofrenzy Member
Posts: 859 From: Powder Springs, Georgia Registered: Nov 2006
ED..."Mr. President, sir.... Great meeting, even though small turnout. I'm sure they'll get larger as things get nicer outside. Your suggestion of each member taking charge as the meeting place changes to their area is a good idea. WINKIE ( Winkie? : ) - ) The site didn't work through my messed up computer, but keep workin' on it... thank you. WAGGINTAILS - Very funny - but don't let to much of our crazyness rub off on you. We need somebody with some marbles here when concerns arise. I got a real nice picture of your family, send me your address and I'll mail it to you. Can't find my Carlicle letter, so I can't give you a date at this time...sorry, I'll try to find it. DENNIS - I brought up this same "Pontiac Weekend" idea at our meeting. If we're all for this, I live minutes away from the track and can make all the calls and arangements. BMWGURU - Do I see louvers on the GT in the backround? If so, can I trouble you to please post a close-up picture on this post? Thanks in advance. THE REST OF YOU GUYS.....Make it a point to make next months meeting if at all possible.
