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I am proposing a 2 day tour to go see the Reynolds Museum and Car Show. We would either arrive the morning of the car show and stay overnight or arrive the day before and leave after the car show. Please contact Geoffrey Cohen if you are interested in this tour so we can finalize the itinerary and book hotels before mid May.

cohen4275@gmail.com Phone: 403-860-1757

https://reynoldsmuseum.ca/events/ultimate-car-show

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During the process of identifying the Club member that would get the 2002 Participation Award, I decided to profile the variety and popularity of our overall activity program for the year. A great deal of help was provided by Irene Rigby who created an Excel matrix from the attendance sheets handed out at most of our activities. Records of tours and events for which we did not have attendance sheets were assembled from discussions with those in attendance.

The finished matrix had 95 names on one side and 31 events on the other.

The events we had during 2002 are summarized as follows:

-Monthly Club Meetings…………………..…………10

-Tours Driving the Model As*..…………….11

-AA Truck Sessions……………………………………..5

-Misc.*: Computer Orientation, Yard Sale, Tune Up Clinic, Carburetor Seminar….…… 6

-Total……………………………………………………………..…..31

*Attendance sheets were used for each day of the yard sale and each day of the trip to Stettler/Castor.

There was a total for the year (excluding the Christmas Party) of 628 ‘person events’. The ten monthly meetings accounted for attendance of 300, which was 48% of our total activities. The average for the monthly meetings was 30 members and typically there was one or two guests.

The five sessions of working on the AA truck produced an attendance of 42 members for an average of just over eight per session. In total, this was about 7% of our activities.

The 11 days of tours and social activities drew an attendance of 176 adults, which is an average of 16 per tour.

Frequently there were some kids in the group. The tours and social activities amounted to about 28% of the total for the year.

The group of miscellaneous activities drew 99 participants, which is about 16% of our total. The activity, which had the most club members involved, was the first day of the yard sale when 47 participated.

The rates of participating in club activities is as follows:

-1 or 2 Activities/Year ..................34 Members

-3 to 5 ................................................21

-6 to 10 ..............................................18

-11 to 15 .............................................12

-16 to 20 .............................................6

-Over 20 .............................................4

The members most frequently seen at our events and the number of times they showed up are as follows:

-Jim Callander ...................................20

These 10 members produced about 32% of our total participation in various club activities.

On average, members participated in club activities about 6.5 times during the year. However, the median rate of joining in club functions was about four. That is, as many people participated less than 4 times as those who participated more than four times.

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\n -Jim Rouse.........................................27 \n	\n \n	\n -Glenn Smith ......................................19 \n	\n \n
\n -Troy Dillabough ...............................24 \n	\n \n	\n -Grant Alger ......................................16 \n	\n \n
\n -Norm Devitt .....................................23 \n	\n \n	\n -Paul Chudek ......................................16 \n	\n \n
\n -Gary Callander .................................23 \n	\n \n	\n -Kathy Chudek ...................................16 \n	\n \n
\n \n	\n \n	\n -Al Friesen ........................................16 \n	\n \n

By Jim Rouse

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OVERNIGHT CLUB FEST A BIG SUCCESS

At 8 a.m. on Saturday July 27, five Model As headed north from Calgary on Highway #2 to begin a 300+ mile weekend. The 5 cars became 6 at Carstairs when Al Chase joined the other 12 members. Tour leader Jim Callander travelling mostly on secondary roads led the group into Stettler at noon and a running board lunch was held in a local park.

After lunch and check-ins at various motels, 12 other members who traveled by modern irons joined the Model A travelers at the train station. The Model As were given reserved VIP parking at the station and were greeted with much fanfare by local characters.

The trip to Big Valley was powered by ex-CNR steam locomotive 6060 that was built to handle mountain grades but now does only occasional excursion service on the prairies. Long time custodian and engineer Harry Holmes was in charge of 6060. Harry who has called Jasper home for most of his career is reported to have a Model A coupe.

The train departed Stettler on schedule with our group of 21 adults and 4 kids joining the happy gang on board. Much fun was had during the trip and a delicious buffet dinner was served in the community hall in Big Valley. The stop in Big Valley was long enough to enjoy exploring this interesting community.

The return trip to Stettler ended in the early evening to put the finishing touches on a day of great weather. Members provided their own entertainment for the balance of the evening. Some first aid was required for the Devitt chariot and it has been reported that some libations were consumed.

On Sunday morning under cloudy skies, the group headed east for about 40 miles to the farm of club members Helen and Walter Pickles.

After exploring the farm headquarters and checking out some of the old vehicles on the premises, a delightful lunch was served in the Pickles’ home.

The journey home was not without some mechanical challenges but Head mechanic Gary Callander put his skills to work and dealt with most of the difficulties. Mother Nature also kept things interesting with a tornado watch in the Three Hills area.

Story by Jim and Mil Rouse Photos by Al Friesen
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Consultations with Club President Norm Devitt suggested that it would be appropriate for the Club to have a good file of data on how much we drive our cars. We are all aware that there are periodic threats to our hobby when uninformed zealots start crusades to get 'all those old jalopies off the road'.

We are not aware of any specific current threats to our hobby. However, the local press has recently carried some articles in connection with the Kyoto Accord that have suggested the Kyoto objectives could be partially achieved by getting rid of old vehicles that pollute our atmosphere.

These musings seem casual at this point in time but they do suggest that we should be on guard as the Kyoto policies and regulations unfold. President Norm has suggested that rather than just get our defenses set organized, we could be aggressive and go on the offence in support of our hobby.

Thus, as a starting point it appears logical that we prepare a good database on how much we use our ModelAs and a perspective on how much of an influence we have on traffic volumes and vehicle pollution.

The exercise began with a study of the Club Roster to see who owned drivable Model A's. Contacts by phone and email were made to those members identified from the Roster information. Some minor changes to the Roster information were appropriate because of new members and sales and acquisitions since publication of the Roster. When the information provided by the Club members was summarized, it would appear that in late 2002 we have 52 members with one or more drivable Model As.

We were able to contact 50 members with one or more drivable cars. Both of the members we were not able to contact are known to put little or no mileage on their ModelAs. Thus, the mileage information obtained from the 50 drivers is suggestive of 96% of our membership that have drivable cars and close to 100% of the mileage accumulated by Club members.

In 2002 our members collectively drove an estimated 23, 300 miles. This is an average of about 465 miles each. The median mileage reported was 200. That is, there were as many members drove less than 200 miles as those that drove over 200.

Six of our Club members did not drive their cars at all during 2002 and 20 (40%) did not drive over 100 miles.

The drivers who accumulated the most miles and the distance each traveled is as follows:

-Rich Hardman…………………………….3500 miles

-Victor Rogalsky…………………………..2000

-Jim Rouse…………………………………1411

-Al Friesen…………………………………1253

-Gary Callander…………………………….1237

-Troy Dillabough…………………………..1200

-Jim Callander…………………………..…1114

-Dan Weibe………………………………...1000

-Grant Alger………………………………..1000

-Trevor Kemp………………………………895

The above 10 drivers accounted for about 63% of the total miles driven by Club members in 2002.

The above information is a highlight summary of the mileage data file provided by the Club members. It should be apparent that the file is quite thorough. If we can be active in carrying out our Model A Safety Check Program we should be in a position to ensure that we can continue to enjoy our hobby.

Please convey any thoughts or ideas you may have on the above to Norm or Jim.

Jim Rouse

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