This page contains material from the February 2002 newsletter

Updated 30-Jan-2007 - Copyright (c) 2007 Corvairs of New Mexico.

EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday February 6th, 7:30 PM Galles Chevrolet, Lomas & University THIS MONTH: Dues Due Sylvan Zuercher January Meeting Notes Chuck Vertrees January Board Notes Chuck Vertrees Driver's Seat Robert Gold Calendar of Coming Events Everybody CNM Ladies Anne Mae Gold February Garage Tour LeRoy Rogers Seven Years Ago Jim Pittman For Sale, Trade or Wanted Everybody Photos and comments on the Bosque del Apache tour Greenbrier in the Movies Editor NMCCC Report and Schedule Mark Martinek Board of Directors Candidate Dennis Pleau Tri-State Hotels Laura Wilshire CNM on the Web Jim Pittman COVER: An early Monza parked on our street The Editor Fantasy Chavez Bros trucking company Mark Morgan "I'm told that on February 2, Dick Cheney will emerge from his bunker. If he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of war in Afghanistan." -- dsw@prcug.org.au (Dennis Wilson) Dues Expired or Due or Approaching Due: Jon Lovett 2001-Oct Glen Gollrad 2001-Nov Wayne Ward 2001-Dec John Dinsdale 2002-Feb Carl Johnson 2002-Feb Mike Stickler 2002-Feb Ruth Boydston 2002-Apr Bill McClellan 2002-Apr If your membership is due or has expired, please send your dues to: Wendell Walker, CNM Treasurer, 301 Utah Meadow, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 Note: the Club will mail in your National dues when you renew, but only if you send us the renewal form from CORSA Communique! CORSA's home page: http://www.corvair.org CNM's home page: http://www.corvair.org/chapters/chapter871 CNM's newsletters: http://www.unm.edu/~casa = JANUARY MEETING NOTES Chuck Vertrees The first meeting of 2002 was called to order at 19:30 at Galles Chevrolet. All officers were present. Sylvan Zuercher announced that we might have a new member, John Chris, coming from Santa Fe with Tarmo. Tarmo arrived shortly thereafter, but had not been home to check his answering machine or e-mail, and John Chris was not with him. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed in the newsletter. Treasurer Wendell Walker reported that as of 1/2/02 CNM had $542.68 in the checking account and $5,115.01 in the Money Market account for a total of $5,657.69. There was no Car Council report since the first meeting of 2002 will be on January 4th. Mark Domzalski reported that the CORSA server was down but they hope to have it up shortly. The CORSA board has appointed a new Central District director. He is from North Texas, but I did not get the name in my notes. Since Mark is retiring, we need someone to run for his office from the Western district. (It is your Secretary's opinion that whoever it will be must fill some pretty big shoes.) CNM will help at the International Convention in Flagstaff wherever we are needed. The 2003 convention will be in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and the 2004 convention in Lexington, Kentucky. Yes, Pennsylvania is in the Eastern Region and Western Kentucky is in the Central Region. Wendell announced that the keepers of our Money Market account wants to charge us $50.00 per year to handle the account. Jerry Goffe said that he can get a waiver on this, and other possibilities were mentioned. This will be taken up at the board meeting. The Corvair ladies will meet on the second Saturday in January at the Martineks' and at Ruth Boydston's on February 9th. Jerry Goffe gave information about our Saturday trip to the Bosque del Apache. The visitor center opens at 08:00 and the bus will leave there at 09:00. The 07:00 "sunrise time" is on your own. LeRoy Rogers announced that the garage tour on February 10th will meet at Denny's Restaurant on San Mateo and Cutler at noon for lunch. We will then go to the Doll Museum, which has a $3.50 admission fee and then to Dave Langlois' garage. Dave is the only garage in Albuquerque that works only on Corvairs. New Business: Reservations at Flagstaff are filling up fast. It is recommended that you get your reservations as soon as possible. A two-page sheet was handed out showing many of the accommodations in Flagstaff. Some discussion followed on the quality of some places in Flagstaff. If you can go on line, there are quite a few more places to stay than are on the list. Several members of CNM received an e-mail from Colorado about who should host the 2003 Tri-State. The order of hosting was changed so that CNM could host the 2000 Tri-State because of the Corvair being the featured car for the Albuquerque Museum Show. The CNM board does not have a position on this. We will go along with whatever is decided, but it should be soon. More than one year is needed to prepare properly for a Tri-State. The March CNM activity will be a progressive dinner. The ladies will see at their next meeting if March 16th will be an OK date. It could replace their March meeting. March 9th is the first cleanup of our section of Old Route 66. Let's be sure and have a good turnout for this. Jerry Goffe announced that April 6th is when World Wide Automotive has their annual open house. Jerry has reserved 10 one-hour spaces in their bays for CNM. In that one hour their mechanics will change your oil for free and change the filter if you bring one. They will also do little repairs that would be very difficult if the car was not on a lift. You can also wander around underneath and see what you can find. They also serve coffee, orange juice, sweet rolls, and change over to hot dogs at noon. This starts at 08:00. We need to arrange this time carefully for CNM. If you are interested in going to St. George, Utah, see the cover of your last CORSA Communique. They want pre-registration by 2/25. Sylvan said that he specially appreciated Jim's Burma Shave signs in the Newsletter. The meeting was adjourned at 20:10. -- Chuck Vertrees = JANUARY BOARD MEETING Chuck Vertrees The meeting was called to order at "House of Covers" at 17:12 on 1/16/02. Present were Mark Domzalski, Wendell Walker, Steve Gongora, Robert Gold, Sylvan Zuercher, Bill Reider, Jim Pittman, Jerry Goffe, Ollie Scheflow, and Chuck Vertrees. Wendell reported that CNM had $429.17 in the checking account and $5,115.01 in the money market account for a total worth of $5,544.18. Since our current holders of our money market account are now paying very little and have said they will be charging $50.00 a year to handle the account, other possibilities for placing this account were discussed. Bill Reider said that GMAC were paying about 4% late last year. It is easy to withdraw funds from a GMAC account in $250.00 increments. Bill will have them send information to Wendell. Jerry Goffe also thinks that he can get our current carrier to waive the $50.00 charge. It was decided, having discussed it with Denver and Colorado Springs, that CNM will host the 2003 Tri-State. Ouray, Colorado was discussed as a possible site, along with Lake City or Red River. First we need to find someone who will run it. CNM will replace the stolen Tri-State attendance winner plaque since insurance will not pay for replacement. Wendell and Steve will research a source. We will attach the past winners as well as it can be determined. Jim published a list of what he could find by researching past newsletter and it was suggested that LeRoy Rogers might have a picture of the plaque that it might be possible to read some of the winners on. Registration information for this year's Tri-State in Grand Junction, Colorado will be in the newsletter. The progressive dinner will be on Saturday March 16th. It will start at the Golds' with soup and salad, on to the Pattens' for the main course, and then to the Wilverts' for dessert. As mentioned in the meeting minutes, the World Wide Auto open house will be in April. It was suggested that we might try to have a carburetor and tune up clinic in late April. Nothing firm was decided. The main item for the evening was the report and recommendations from the committee on our two awards, The Ike Meissner Award and The Francis Boydston Award. The committee comprised Jim Pittman, Bill Reider, Sylvan Zuercher, and Mark Domzalski. Mark presented the committee's recommendations. The first recommendation was that the awards should continue to be separate and distinct. No action by the board was needed to assure that the two awards will be carried forward. It was recommended that CNM officers and the Board of Directors should consider establishing a standing committee to ensure that requirements are satisfied for awards and continuity for award presentation. It was suggested that the Vice President be a member of this committee and it would also include two Board members. It was recommended that CNM have four officers, as at present, and also have three elected members of the board. The president would run the meetings and vote only if needed to break a tie. The Bylaws (constitution) and policies need to be reviewed and possibly changed with the approval of the membership. The Ike Meissner Award: We should establish and publish a written description and guidelines for this award and add it to the CNM Bylaws and Policies as required. Establish a formal presentation guideline with appropriate history of the man and the award to insure that the significance of Ike and the award recipient is maximized. The person making the presentation must be well prepared. It was suggested that the presentation be made at an annual banquet or event recognizing the anniversary of CNM. Awards and other presentations could be made. This would not be like the Christmas brunch, which is primarily a family social affair. This could be a rather formal occasion for the presentation of the Meissner award and installation of officers and other recognitions needed in the chapter. The Francis Boydston Award: We must establish and publish a written description and guidelines for the Boydston Award. This should be added to the CNM Bylaws and policies as required. As with the Meissner Award a formal presentation with history of Francis' contributions to the Club and to CORSA must be given at the presentation. The Boydston award should be expanded to include any participating Tri-State chapter. Francis was an active participant with many people in other chapters. A mechanism should be set up to accept nominations from participating chapter presidents. The award should continue to be presented at the Tri-State events, whether or not other clubs provide nominees. (Your Secretary has stolen verbatim much of the very comprehensive report submitted by the committee. The Summary I will copy in its entirety.) Summary: CNM leadership should carefully deliberate and consider options regarding the two significant awards made annually. Additionally, CNM leadership should evaluate how any increase in formality will affect the overall culture of the Chapter with regard to membership. (Membership is meant to include potential members and their families, active members and their families, inactive members and their families. Why? Because CNM is a unique CORSA Chapter in the way it operates and includes members and families. Any change to the existing culture should be very carefully evaluated and made ONLY if a positive outcome can be ensured.) After much prolonged and productive discussion, Mark moved that "By the next board meeting the President will appoint a committee of three to six members to establish guidelines, criteria, and procedures to manage CNM awards." This was seconded by Jerry and passed by the board. The President will appoint the committee who will then chose their own chair. Our Bylaws (constitution) will need to be checked for necessary changes. The committee was thanked for an excellent presentation. Ollie will be gone in March so we will need to have someone else pick up the vests and other requirements for the Route 66 cleanup. The meeting was adjourned at 18:43. -- Chuck Vertrees == FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT Robert Gold As I write this column I'm still feeling the warm glow from a day at the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge. Several weeks ago it came as a pleasant surprise to learn that CNM member, Jerry Goffe, serves as a volunteer tour guide at the refuge. Even nicer was that Jerry offered to take the club members on a tour. Response from the club was overwhelming. On Saturday, January 5, some 30 people climbed into the white school bus for a fascinating drive through the Bosque. With Jerry and Mark Domzalski serving as the lead bird identifiers, we gazed upon ducks, geese, cranes, hawks and eagles. It was wonderful. Thank you all for a pleasant day. Oh yes, one more thing- I want to recognize Steve Gongora for being the only one to drive a Corvair to the refuge. Bill Reider made a gallant attempt, but was thwarted by frozen locks. That's what you get when you try washing the car the day before! Under past business I need to give overdue recognition to Kay Sutt for her contributions to the quilt presented to Steve Gongora at the Christmas party. Personally I was quite taken by the quilt. In fact at the time I was imagining how nice it would be to have a quilt like it, but with a more baseball oriented theme. (hint to Anne Mae!) Back to club matters - I would like to remind the CNM folks that at the January meeting we discussed several upcoming events. Please mark your calendars for the annual Garage Tour to be held on Sunday, February 10. LeRoy Rogers has arranged for a unique combination of the Doll Museum and Dave Langlois' Corvair repair shop. I want to personally testify to the fact that Dave does amazing things at his shop to keep Albuquerque's Corvairs in running order. I also invite you to look at Dave's personal collection of Corvairs and try to predict which ones I'll be buying in the future. As I mentioned in a previous column, I encourage the club to come out and support the Route 66 cleanup. Ollie Scheflow has scheduled the next cleanup on Saturday, March 9. An investment of a couple of hours will result in a better environment for everybody. The next week on March 16 we are looking to have the Progressive Dinner. The Corvair Ladies will be hosting the event and I can't wait to sample their creations. As a lousy cook myself, I really appreciate the efforts of those who do a good job cooking. Lastly, in my two years as club Vice President I always felt that I didn't do a complete enough job in scheduling tech sessions. I'm now happy to report that our new Vice President, Larry Blair, presented a long list of ideas at the December Board Meeting that will make up for the past deficiencies. One of the first of those ideas to be implemented will be a vehicle inspection/repair session at Worldwide Automotive in April. I'm looking forward to attending that session and also the future meeting programs that Larry will be organizing. Thanks Larry. I guess that's it for now. I hope to see you all at the next meeting on Wednesday, February 6! -- Robert Gold == "My parents just came back from a planet where the dominant lifeform had no bilateral symmetry, and all I got was this stupid F-Shirt." -- dac@pcug.org.au (Andrew Clayton) ============================================================================ C O R V A I R S o f N E W M E X I C O C O M I N G E V E N T S ============================================================================ | | | | | F e b r u a r y | M a r c h | A p r i l | | | | | | : : : : : 1 2 | : : : : : 1 2 | : 1 2 3 4 5 6 | | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | | 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | | 24 25 26 27 28 : : | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | 28 29 30 : : : : | | : : : : : : : | 31 : : : : : : | | ============================================================================ Wed 6th Feb 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE Sat 9th Feb 1:00 PM CNM Ladies - Ruth Boydston's - 6829 Kelly NE Sun 10th Feb 1:00 PM Garage Tour - the Doll Museum & Dave Langlois' shop Wed 20th Feb 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers Fri 22th Feb 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Wed 6th Mar 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE Sat 9th Mar 9:00 AM Route 66 Clean-up - this may be changed. Sat 9th Mar 1:00 PM CNM Ladies - TBA Wed 20th Mar 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers Fri 22nd Mar 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Wed 3rd Apr 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE Sat 13th Apr 11:30 AM CNM Ladies - Wed 17th Apr 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers Fri 19th Apr 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sun ..... 5th May 2002 - Albuquerque Museum / NMCCC Car Show "Cinco de Mayo" Fri-Sun 17-19 May 2002 - Tri-State Meet - Grand Junction, Colorado Wed-Sat 26-29 Jun 2002 - CORSA International Convention - Flagstaff, Arizona TBA ......... Aug 2002 - NMCCC All-Club Picnic =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=++=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= CNM Ladies -by- Anne Mae Gold The new year always gives us cause to be thankful. This month our bulletin is just full of thanks... Kay Sutt, Rita and Ruth send you this message. Kay, without your knowledge of professional quilt graphics technology Steve's quilt would not be the envy of every man in the club! Ruth sends the following message to all the CNM members: To all my family - Thank you for my Christmas bonus. I got a beautiful pair of pants and socks to match! Thank you, thank you, thank you! CNM ladies met in January at Mary Lou's home. She prepared versions of a fabulous meat stew. Mary Lou, thank you for your hospitality. I think everyone had a great time and we left well fed and warm! Our February meeting will be at Ruth Boydston's house and March we will meet at Rita Gongora's. I think everyone knows where these two lovely women live, but you can call me for addresses or directions, 268-6878. Ruth has managed to organize the annual Progressive Dinner. This will take place on Saturday, March 16. The first stop will be for soup/salad at the Golds', stop two will be main course at the Pattens' home, final stop, the Wilverts' for dessert. Come one, come all! More info in Feb. newsletter. Keep posted... until then, may beauty surround you! - Anne Mae GARAGE TOUR -by- LeRoy Rogers All the details have been worked out for the February Garage Tour. Those who want to have lunch prior to the tour will meet at Denny's Restaurant at San Mateo and Cutler NE (on San Mateo a couple of blocks north of I-40 on the east side of the street) at 12:00 noon. If you want to skip lunch, meet us at the Doll Museum at 1:00 PM. The Doll Museum is on the northeast corner of San Mateo and Constitution NE. The museum will charge each person $3.50. It will be a guided tour. The museum people would like to know how many people will be on the tour, so I will ask at the February meeting. If you cannot attend the meeting, please call me at 294-0623 so you can be counted. After the Doll Museum we will proceed to the second stop, Dave's Auto Repair at 6120 San Francisco NE. Dave's shop is east of the I-25 frontage road (Pan American Freeway) and west of San Pedro and is north of San Antonio NE and south of Paseo del Norte. To get there from the Doll Museum, go north on San Mateo, pick up the I-25 frontage road and continue north beyond San Antonio. Turn right (east) on San Francisco. Dave Langlois probably has the only commercial garage in town that specializes in repairing Corvairs. Dave's phone is 821-0505. If you have other questions, call LeRoy at 294-0623. == Seven Years Ago - February 1995 - Volume 21 - Number 2 Our cover featured a side and top view of a 1965 8/10 Cord. The replica car from Tulsa was front-wheel-drive, powered by a Corvair engine, with a body of Expanded Royalite plastic; according to Road & Track, only 30 were ever sold. President Larry ran our meeting; we had no new members or guests but had $1475 in the bank. Planning continued for "Red River Rendezvous II" and the 1996 convention. At our board meeting we asked for more tech tips for the newsletter and set dollar rates for advertising. We discussed programs for meetings and proposed to set up registries for tool loans, patterns, free parts and advice. These registries would pump new life into the underused CNM Library Van. A third edition of the "Care and Feeding" booklet was under way. Bill Reider wrote an article on rebuilding a differential, and drawings of special tools were included. Chuck Vertrees reported on the use of Milk of Magnesia to treat bolts that would be exposed to high temperatures. Finally, a tech tip liberated from another newsletter told us all we needed to know about installing a 1963 padded dash. Fourteen Years Ago - February 1988 - Volume 14 - Number 2 Mark Morgan's cover drawing showed a rear-engine Renault with 180-hp. A modern Corvair? At our meeting we learned we had $464 to spend. Dale Housley reported on a source of club jackets at $30 each. Our guest speaker was from MADD and reported on that organization's efforts to curb drinking while driving. At the board meeting we proposed a dues increase (postage rates were going up) and LeRoy listed items to be auctioned in February. We planned a garage tour to see the facilities of LeRoy Rogers, Butch Uher and Bob Philips. Your editor reviewed THE RECKONING by David Halberstam and highly recommended it to car buffs. Twenty-one Years Ago - Feb. 1981 - Volume 7 Number 2 The cover featured the now-familiar CNM dragon and his friends jumping into Noah's Ark - but it looked more like a Rampside. George Morin brought in two pressure plates to let us see why one was acceptable and the other was not. Robin DeVore brought in samples of carpets, one by Clark's and one by American Corvair. Bill Reider showed us how to rebuild starters. A tech tip discussed the effects of dirt in the float bowl and how to deal with it. == * * * * * * * * * * * * FOR SALE, TRADE OR WANTED * * * * * * * * * * * * * FREE: 1965 Corvair Parts Car - free to good home - Steve Johnson - 864-6278 2-Dr 500 - 110 - PG FREE: 1965 Corvair Parts Car - free to good home - Steve Johnson - 864-6278 2-Dr HT Monza FOR SALE: 1960 Monza coupe -- $650.00 Needs ground up restoration. Automatic, Radio, gas heater. Powder coated engine shrouding. Full set of '60 Monza wheel covers. Extra front & rear suspension with less that 27000 miles. Assembly & Shop Manuals for the '60 Corvair. Extra gas heater parts. Call Bill Reider 299-4597 FOR SALE: 66-67 Corvair body has dual master cyl. Has good bumpers with bumper guards front and rear. Very straight body with a few very minor dents. $400 drive train is in car, will leave in until you get car so it can be moved or towed. Call Bill Reider at 299-4597 FOR SALE: Black Clark's carpet late coupe $100 Rear Fold seat carpet black late model coupe $15 Package area carpet black late model coupe $35 Padded dash Clarks 65-66 installed on metal support, black $150 Black headliner Clarks late model coupe $60 Late model 3.55 automatic differential $75 Call Bill Reider at 299-4597 WANTED: Late model coupe lower fenders Ollie Scheflow 897-2611 FOR SALE: 1962 Greenbrier 140-hp 4-speed Mike Stickler 344-2039 WANTED: rocker panels John L Matten RADIO INSTALLED: where to go? John L Matten * * * * CNM ADS ARE FREE TO CNM MEMBERS, $5.00 TO NON-CNM MEMBERS * * * * * == NMCCC Report, 23 January 2002 Mark J. Martinek The well-attended council meeting was called to order at 7:30 PM, 23 Jan 2002, by President Ken Halvorsen. Johnnie Meier, president of the New Mexico Route 66 Association, was guest speaker. He passed out samples of the association's quarterly magazine, "Route 66 New Mexico" and Route 66 Postcards. He spoke of the association's desire to have the various car clubs sponsor and hold events in conjuction with the association. He will be attending NMCCC meetings in the future. Treasure Zorn reported that the council had $10,328.81 in checking and $10,793.62 plus 3 months interest in CDs. Representatives were reminded of the table availability at the SuperNationals Car Show (See schedule of events). The Albuquerque Museum car show will be held on 5 May although it will conflict with the Rodder's Swap Meet. The museum officials are adamant about that. The museum will financially help support the car show. A $5.00 entrance fee will be charged per vehicle displayed. As there was no volunteer to chair the car show, a motion was made, seconded and approved that the council would just pick a car club to chair the event. The other clubs will continue to assist, as in the past, by classifying, parking, and registering cars and counting votes. The selected club could decline by withdrawing from the council. No method of selection was proposed or mentioned. This may be decided at the next council meeting. The annual swap met was brought up for discussion. No one has yet volunteered to chair this event. Various surrounding communities have expressed a desire to host the meet. It was decided to invite a representative from Los Lunas to address the council and present a proposal for holding the meet in Los Lunas. It was briefly discussed to hold the meet on one day only. No decision has been made. It appears that MVD has resolved the problem of issuing Horseless Carriage stickers for the correct number of years. It is not known if the council's letter had anything to do with it but the council will claim credit! Two new tables were purchased for the council's use. Cost $56.00 + per table. Council members were reminded to ensure their clubs were maintaining their non profit status by registering annually and paying the $10.00 prescribed fee with the State of New Mexico. Non profit status is important to limit financial responsibility on the part of individual club officers and members. The council's All Car Club Picnic will be held the first weekend in August. Jim Clements again volunteered to chair this event. The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 PM. -- Mark J Martinek - CNM NMCCC Representative. NMCCC Schedule of Events (Car Shows, Swap Meets, etc) April 6 - 2002 Annual SPRING THAW April 13 - San Juan College Charity Benefit Car Show (for United Way) 4 Corners April 19 - 20 - 2nd Annual Park 'n the Park Car Show (Rio Rancho) Richard 891-4737 April 21 - 2002 Buick-Olds-Pontiac Car Show April 26 - 28 - Eleventh Annual British Car Show (Mesilla, NM) - call George Duckworth 526-2318 May 4 - 2002 Fiesta Car Show May 5 - NMCCC 2002 Albuquerque Museum Car Show May - - Peoples Choice Car Show (Farmington) 4 Corners OCC May - - Just for Fun Riverfest Car Show (Farmington) 4 Corners OCC July 13-14 - Land of Enchantment Rod Run (Farmington) 4 Corners OCC Aug NMCCC All Car Clubs Picnic October 11-13 - Collector Car Weekend (Farmington) 4 Corners OCC November 9 - 2002 Veterans' Day Car Show (T or C) == Subject: BoD candidate Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:44:25 -0700 From: Dennis Pleau It's official! I just sent in my statement and I'm a candidate for the CORSA Western division to replace CNM's own Mark Domzalski. Please read my statement when it is published in the March Communique and consider me for the open seat. Thanks, Dennis == Tri-state Meet - May 17-19, 2002 - Laura Wilshire, Rocky Mountain CORSA All Corvair enthusiasts come join us for our annual event held this year in Grand Junction, Colorado. On-site registration Friday, Saturday people's choice car show, driving tour of scenic Colorado National Monument, awards banquet and more. Nowhere in the West will you find so much diversity of natural wonders, outdoor activities and fascinating history. There is an adventure in every direction such as Grand Mesa, Colorado National Monument, wineries, Dinosaur Journey and many more. The host hotel is the Country Inns of America, 800-990-1143; mention Tri-State or Corvair show for $50-$55 rate. Contact: Laura Wilshire 4782 Valhalla Drive Boulder, Colorado 80301 303 530-3215 e-mail: sir_lancealot@msn.com. Future updates will be posted on our web site, http://www.coloradocorvair.org == CNM on the Web - Jim Pittman At CNM meetings, Steve and I are always asking, "Who has seen the latest pictures on the CNM web page?" or "Did you look at last month's newsletter on the CNM web page?" A few people say they have but most don't reply. My belief is that few of us look at "CNM on the Web" very often, if ever, because doing so is too expensive or too much trouble or too time-consuming. Let's face it, most of what we hear about the Internet or the World Wide Web is marketing hype and our real-world experience with it is usually less than satisfying. The Internet or the World Wide Web is a very recent phenomenon; it is not only an immature technology (so all the bugs haven't been worked out) but it is also growing at such a rate that no one can possibly keep up. As soon as you learn enough to do something useful, you find things have changed so much that your hard-won knowledge is obsolete and you almost have to start all over. At first the promise of the Internet was that anyone could get information on any topic, quickly, easily and essentially for free. But somebody has to pay for all those servers and fiber-optic cables and relay satellites, and these days you can hardly find a web site that is not overloaded with blinking advertisements and "click-me" promises. Then you find the site you want and click on it, only to find that there's so much animation and graphics that it seems to take forever to come over your phone connection. When it does show up on your screen, you can hardly read what you are looking for because of the blinking advertisements. I get frustrated enough waiting for slow web pages at work where I have high-speed access; at home I hardly ever get on the web because it's so slow by phone modem. And I can't justify the cost of a high-speed connection. It took a while for me to be convinced that it would be a sufficient advantage to CNM members to have Web access to back issues of the Enchanted Corvairs newsletter. When I was, I planned to make my web page as simple as possible so it would load as quickly as possible. My web page started out as all text with no pictures. For those who wanted pictures, I made a separate section with pictures; that way you don't have to wait for pictures to load unless you really want to. After a while I relented a little. My web page was so bland-looking that I made a "header picture" to go at the top. Well, that adds loading time for those with slow telephone connections, but then, browsers do give you the ability to not load graphics at all unless you explicitly click on them. That's how I have my Netscape browser at home set up. One of my pet peeves is, people set up web pages and then leave them unchanged for months at a time. If you find a page you like, you may go back later to see what's new. If nothing is new, after a while you will tune out that page and never look at it again. I thought if I set up a web page, I'd have to make every effort to keep it up-to-date. So fairly often I log onto it and update the calendar and schedule. But guess what, I find it such a chore to remove old photos and put in new ones that my photo collection hasn't changed in over a year! Not good. I wonder how many CNM members need information that appeared in a previous newsletter, and if they do, do they know how to find it? To look at a recent newsletter, you can go to my web page: http://www.unm.edu/~casa and then click on the year you want. Then click the month you want. You may not realize that you can have your browser search for a particular word or phrase in a web page, so you can go right to something instead of having to read through all the text in the page. If, for example, you thought the Newsletter discussed the Tri-State dates and sponsoring clubs in the July 2000 issue, you could call up that page, then search for "tri-state" (be sure to tell the search function not to be case-specific) and you should find several references to the Tri-State, including the list of all events from the first one through the 2000 event in Albuquerque. If anything in CNM's web pages does not work as expected, it may be that we've overlooked something and can fix it. Ask us about it by e-mail or at a meeting. We do want our web pages to be useful to CNM and CORSA members! PHOTO CAPTIONS: An early Monza parked on our street Fantasy Chavez Bros trucking company by Mark Morgan Near the Owl Bar in San Antonio where we turned right (south) to go to Bosque del Apache. Cormorants (or are they Anhingas?) drying their feathers in the sun at Bosque del Apache. A walkway over one of the ponds at Bosque del Apache. Jerry Goffe is our guide on the bus tour. The bus looked as if it was built during the 1950s, but it ran just fine. Below, one of the many hawks we saw on the tour. Or was this the immature golden eagle we thought we saw? We found plenty of snow geese, great blue herons and Sandhill cranes to take pictures of. Above left, Elizabeth is taking one of those pictures. Wendell also took some of the photos that are in the Newsletter. Some of the birds just ignored us, some of them glared at us suspiciously, some of them flew around for a look at the scenery and then landed and continued to graze in the cornfields. Steve and Rita had the only Corvair that made the tour. The rest of us settled for various Brand Xs. Trivia time: Who knows what recent Hollywood movie featured a Greenbrier van in a dramatic role? Here are some spy photos of the van. Apparently the van belonged to the U. S. Navy.Does anyone know if this is historically accurate? Or did some Corvair club somewhere sneak in a member's Greenbrier while no one was checking on the movie's details? Back at the Bosque del Apache museum some of the group posed for the camera while standing under the mistletoe, I mean, the red chile ristras. We had a great time on the tour. The weather was cold but bright and sunny. Thanks to Jerry and our bus driver for taking care of us so well. =end=