THE GOAT CONNECTION

Vol. 9 - #9 Monthly newsletter of the GOLDEN GATE GOATS 

September - 2004

Club Meeting
Wednesday, September 1
Harry's Hofbrau
Redwood City


 

 

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

UPCOMING EVENTS  

OMIGODITSGOOD! Recipe Corner  

NEW MEMBERS   

 

 

 

 

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE


Howdy Folks,

Hope those of you that attended HAN had a great time………………….
We have decided on how to go about voting on the '04 and newer car issue. After a lot of member input, we will be using a mail in ballot that is included in this newsletter. Please follow the instructions on the ballot. Results will be announced live (drum roll optional) at our OCTOBER meeting. This will give everyone an opportunity to vote on this. Thanks to Jim Lent for designing the ballot. Cut and dried, yes or no…that’s it. Upon reading the votes, majority rules, the vote will be final. Handling it this way will keep our meetings civil. Thanks to everyone for their input on how to handle this. We hope to receive a vote from each and every member.

We will take some time at our September meeting coming up on Wednesday the 1st at Harry’s in Redwood City to discuss…………you guessed it !!!!!! Good Guys 2005. I believe as many of you do that this event is very important to our club. We need to come up with an entire new crew of event coordinators to carry on what has become a GGG tradition. Folks, if we don’t have some of you grab this bull by the horns, we WILL NOT BE THEIR HOST CLUB NEXT YEAR. I know we can do it. Jim Lent, John Phillips and myself will work with you. It IS a ton of work but the rewards are there as you know 2005 will be our ninth year hosting this event.

Also at our next meeting, Al Harris will present his year to date Treasurers Report for us. Let’s also take some time and talk about what direction you want us to take in '05. Over the last couple of years, there has been a decline in the number of club events along with the number of members stepping up to host them. It would benefit all of us to address this issue now. Are some of us getting bored now that we have been together for a number of years and the honeymoon is over so to speak? Lets get the reasons on the table and discuss them. If we can identify what the cause is, we all know we can come up with a solution. Lets go for it……………….

September happenings include Cherry’s Jubilee and The Altamont Cruisers show, both talked up in this newsletter. As we return to meetings in September, try to attend them if you can. As always the September through January meetings set both the tone and determine our events for the following year. Be there…………… See Ya in the Fast Lane


John

Note From The Editor

The Golden Gate Goats email list had some spirited posts in July and August regarding 04 GTOs. Although our President didn’t ask me to include this in the newsletter, I thought it was important to see his views, which I also share.


Hi Folks,

Prez John here. Just read all of the recent e mails going around. If members want to voice their opinion via e mail, that is fine and good. We all have the right to do that. All I ask is that it be kept civil.........
Our charter specifically says that our club is open to owners and enthusiats of 64 to 74 Pontiac A Body cars. The charter is actually incorrect as ‘73 and ‘74's are not A body models as has been pointed out both in the recent e mails and in the past. We need to correct the wording on that.
I have not taken a position on this subject to avoid adding fuel to the fire. Kinda hard to keep out of it any longer. My view is that GGG should not allow the late model GTO's to be club eligible. My reasons are these...................

1) GTO and Jr. GTO production ran from ‘64 to ‘74. That is locked as a period in time. The GTO legacy ended then, as did the entire Musclecar Era. GTO was the original American Muscle Car. Our love of these cars is THE reason we started GGG as Jim Lent has stated.

2) The GTO has not been continually in production as have the Mustang or Corvette. There is no lineage between the classic models and the car now being marketed as a GTO.

3) The new GTO is not an American Musclecar. It is an Austrailian built Holden modified for the American market, being imported as a Pontiac. It's performance alone qualifies it as a musclecar, however it is not an American car.

Thanks for listening.......................you now know how I will vote.

Prez John
 


GOLDEN GATE GOATS EVENT PICTURES

 

We have a picture hosting site that has lots of event pictures. These can be downloaded to your own computer or you can order pictures directly from the site. Pictures can be viewed at:

 

http://imageevent.com/jimlent

 

Car of the Month article assignments




This is your opportunity to share your GTO story with the club members.
Send your articles to Jim Lent @ jimlent@comcast.net or snail mail to Jim Lent, 118 Iris Court, Hercules CA 94547.

Articles, with at least three pictures, should be sent to:

 

Jim Lent
118 Iris Court
Hercules, CA 94547

or email jimlent@attbi.com

 

 

GOLDEN GATE GOATS EMAIL LIST

The GGGOATS frequently uses an email list to get out information about events that may not have been available when the newsletter went to press.

This has proved very useful and, if you have an email account, you might want to join the list. Sometimes people change their email accounts and forget to let us know. If you would like to join or rejoin the list then please send me an email with your correct email address.

Please send additions or corrections to: jimlent@attbi.com

 

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CHANGES, MISSPELLINGS, ETC.

IF WE HAVEN'T GOT YOUR INFORMATION MIXED UP YET, JUST GIVE US TIME. WE ARE WORKING AS FAST AS WE CAN.

 

Please contact Jim Lent with any name, address, phone number or vehicle corrections or changes. (510) 799-6096.

E-mail: jimlent@attbi.com

SNAIL MAIL: Jim Lent

118 Iris Court

Hercules, CA 94547

 

 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 
   

Going to Cherry’s Jublilee?

If you are planning on going to Cherry’s please let Jim Lent know when you are planning to heading down. Contact him @ 510-799-6096 or jimlent@comcast.com for addional meeting location and time info.
Tom & Joanne Flynn have invited us again for a BBQ on Thursday evening. DJ and Kaoroke will be there again this year, so you need to polish up your vocals for this event. This year they are moving their fantastic kickoff event to the Moose Lodge with plenty of safe parking, swimming pool, pool tables, dance floor and a no host bar.

Golden Gate Goat members who are going to Cherry’s Jubilee are invited to a party on Thursday Night – Details below.

 

 

TOM FLYNN'S CHERRY'S JUBILEE

 KICK-OFF PARTY

 

WHERE: MOOSE LODGE

WHEN:  SEPT. 16TH, 2004

TIME:      4:00 - 10:00

                Print photo at home

FEATURING TOM'S FAMOUS BBQ TRI-TIPS, SAUSAGE AND POTATOES!

 

ALSO, KARAOKE, SWIMMING POOL, POOL TABLES, DANCING AND A NO HOST BAR.  PLENTY OF OFF-STREET PARKING.

 

BRING A SIDE DISH OR DESSERT.

 

OMIGODITSGOOD!

RECIPE CORNER

Hi All,

I lucked out and John did not pull up my potted tomatoes, but alas they are starting to look pretty ugly now. Today I will pick all the tomatoes off, even the green ones and toss the plants. My grandmother used to make a green tomato pie. Thought maybe some of you adventurous bakers might like to try. It really is good. Similar to apple, but a comfort food taste of its own. Nope, John still will not eat, but I sure love it. He will eat the vanilla ice cream I serve with it though. :*)

Enjoy,
Marsha


Green Tomato Pie
For 9 inch Pie
Mix together
1 1/3 cup Sugar
6 2/3 TBSP. Flour
1 1/3 Tsp. Salt
1 1/3 Tsp. Nutmeg or Cinnamon

Mix lightly through
4 cups green tomato sliced or cut in quarters
4 TBSP. Lemon Juice
1 1/3 tsp. grated lemon rind
optional 1 cup raisins

Dot the pie filling with 1 1/3 TBSP Butter
Cover with top crust and Bake 35-45 minutes. @ 425 oven degrees

Instead putting a pie crust on top.
1/2 cup of butter
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1 cup of flour
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Mix together and crumble on top
 







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NEW MEMBERS

Welcome to these new members who have joined the
Golden Gate Goats
this month.
We look forward to meeting you at our club events.

Mike & Glenda Meighan Castro Valley 1969 H.T.
Michael Aquino San Francisco
Jim Blackford San Francisco 1965 H.T.
Mark Schwab Hayward 1966 GTO
Brian Bender San Jose 1967 H.T.
Mike & Stephanie Sherman Benicia 1968 Lemans
Ritch Golino Scotts Valley
Glen Guy Santa Cruz 1966 H.T.
Michael Sorensen Yuba City 1965 H.T.
Joe Sura Morgan Hill 1967 Convertible
Paul Curro Sacramento 1970 H.T.
Mike Curro Davis 1969  Convertible
Dave Selesnick Manteca 1966 Convertible
Martin Killkenny Davis 1968 H.T.
Frank Dipaola Carmel 1966 H.T.
Petr Divis Holoubkov, Czech Republic 1968 H.T.