Wednesday, March 3, 2021

NTMC Presidential Post, Events and Happenings March 3rd 2021


Members,

We are well in to the new year and cruising along towards show season. With an increasing availability of vaccine, covid cases on the decline and the state restrictions coming to an end, I am cautiously optimistic we will be able to resume our monthly member meetings at some point in the near future. It is likely we will need to hold the meetings at an outside location so my preference would be to have it on a Saturday or Sunday in the early afternoon. The BOD will discuss the possibilities and come up with a plan so stay tuned.  

As you may recall the board reduced the renewal dues for members paid up as of December 1st 2020 to $20 if you renewed by March 1st. If you didn't have a chance to renew by March 1st, don't worry. The date has been extended to March 31st so please get your renewals in.  

PONY CORRAL: WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING LATELY? 

With very few activities going on we are still experiencing a lack of content for the Pony Corral. For the time being the Pony Corral will be coming out bi-monthly. As usual if you have any articles or pictures you think would be of interest to the membership, please send them to NTMCnews@Gmail.com. I would think many of us have been doing some work our cars during this past winter. if you have any stories or pictures to share please do.

IMPORTANT: MARCH MEMBERS MEETING CANCELLED:


As mentioned earlier we are hoping to begin meeting on a regular basis soon. The board understands the need to meet regularly so we are continuing to search for a suitable location. Since we are moving towards the beginning of our warmer months and we are now moving in a positive direction in regard to covid I am hoping we can find a place to hold meetings. If anyone has any ideas as to where we can try to hold a meeting please let us know. 

AUTORAMA:

The arctic blast during Autorama week caught many off guard. The show did go on but was exceptionally smaller than it has ever been. 54 crazy car owners, me included, braved the weather and made it a somewhat respectable show. NTMC was able to put together a smaller than normal display made up of three cars and a club display table without the neon sign all surrounded by stanchions. I would like to thank Phyllis Crouch for all the work she put in to making sure we had the best looking display at the show under the circumstances. A big thanks to Jim and Karen Harrington, Robin, Max and Jason Olmos, George Antochy and Craig Grant for helping set the display up and tear it down. If I have forgotten anyone else that helped I apologize.  

CRUISE ON THE SQUARE: APRIL 10th 3pm - 6:30pm

It's that time of year when we start planning for our first Parker Square Cruise on The Square. As in years past the show doesn't go on without Lynda Millers efforts as well as a ton of help from the members. This year will be no different. We will need help parking cars, running the registration table, handing out ballots and counting the votes. If you are able to help please get with Lynda Miller (972)697-5872, or email her at picmroln@outlook.com.     

MANSFIELD PICKLE PARADE: 

The event organizers have cancelled all Pickle Festival events. Unfortunately that means no pickle parade this year.

PALESTINE DOGWOOD FESTIVAL: 

The Palestine parade has been cancelled and the car show has been postponed to October 23rd. We will be discussing some alternatives at the board meeting next week and will keep you posted. 

SPRING NATIONALS: POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER

Due to covid concerns the Spring Nationals location is not available. We have postponed the show to September so look for more details as we get closer to that date. 

YELLOW ROSE: JULY 24th-25th 2021

Yellow Rose planning is well underway. The save the date cards have been mailed and emails have been sent to past participants. As we get closer to July we will be asking for volunteers to help on load in day as well as during the show. Craig Grant has taken on the duties of coordinating the show. We decided to try online registration this year through MOTOSHO which should streamline the registration process.     

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Cruise on The Square: April 10th Parker Square, Flower Mound

National Mustang Day: April 17th, Working on a possible plan for the day. Stay tuned.

Member's only access to the NTMC web page

Compared to the membership as a whole only a small percentage of members take advantage of accessing the members only portion of the NTMC web site. To assure you have access to all the information available to you, be sure to request access to the members only area of the web site. This will require a g-mail address to add you to the group. If you don't use g-mail, that's ok. Just create a G-mail account so we can add you to group giving you access to the members only portion of the site. Send your request to Steve Gold at info@ntmc.org

 

Missing Emails

If someone mentions to you, they stopped receiving emails or the pony corral from NTMC ask them to check their junk mail folder. They can also send an email to: Info@ntmc.org with their name email address and phone number so we can verify the information is correct on the email lists. They can contact me as well at prez@ntmc.org or call 817-793-2048.
 

Photos from Past events Go to www.ntmc.org and click the photo gallery tab. From there you can look at photos from many of our past events.

Bill Cunningham
NTMC President