This is an FYI
Mail to membership@teae.org WAS forwarding to tigerseastaplineseast@gmail.com
As of today, all mail to either of those addresses will forward to TEAEinternational@gmail.com
TEAEinternational.org and TEAEinternational.com were purchased today with a 2-year regisration
Both URLs will redirect to TEAE.org
Slides for the meeting can be found here (opens in new tab)
A Video Conference Meeting was called to order by President Kerch McConlogue at 3:00 pm.
Minutes from the July 2024 Board meeting were approved as posted
Elected Officers Present: President Kerch McConlogue, Vice President, Kate Lawler, Treasurer, Todd Reid, and Secretary, Barb Blue
Board Members Present: Tom Ehrhart, Tom Calvert, Jim Lindner, Eric Gibeaut, Barb Geschke and Joe Parlanti
Others: David Reina, David Kellogg, Bill Bulpitt, Ron Stein
The move of our bank account between Wells Fargo branches became problematic. Progress is being made to move to M&T Bank instead.
We have about $40,000 in the account at this time, but the actual balance sheet is to be determined.
Joe McConlogue was in the Hospital
There was discussion about combining the January and February issues of the RootesReview because of lack of content and the holiday complications. There was discussion about printing bimonthly and publishing monthly. This is actually more work for the editor.
The consensus was that unless it is a budget issue, then do not change to bi-monthly.
On slide 14, was the amount for July with 20 pages a typo ($1079) as June at 20 pages was $1758
Facebook membership is up about 300 members since August
Kerch has found a source of regalia: bitsoftriumph.com will do individual, personalized embroidered shirts, etc with our emblem
David Kellogg reported Steve Towle has requested/encouraged that TEAE make the Bristol Rhode Island British Car show a sanctioned event
Tom Ehrhart suggested making a BASH of the event
It is June 6 to 7, 2025, so same weekend at Susquehanna BASH
David mentioned the $500 fee to establish a class of cars, but maybe that could be waived for if we don’t request a class, just acknowledgement of participation.
Cannot do concours in Frank Liske Park—looking for another location or a different location in the park.
Attraction visits will be available in lieu of the Autocross.
The NC Transport Museum is very interesting per Bill Bulpitt. He will write up something for the newsletter about this attraction
The numbers on this budget estimate do not include sales tax
Trying very hard to keep registration fee down ($175 per person is less than recent years)
These items were discussed
Tom sent information about SUNI via Kerch before the meeting for everyone to review
Claudia and Buck are planning a SUNI for 2026.
One of the policies of SUNI is that we won’t hold our own event in the same year.
But 2026 is the 50th Anniversary for TEAE and we might want to celebrate that ourselves.
Additionally, Tom says that the original tenets of SUNI are being violated
So should we even be involved?
A motion was made and seconded. The motion passed. We will not be involved in the 2026 SUNI.
Jim Lindner is not doing it!
Tom Ehrhart will look at hotels.
Location in New Jersey (perhaps Smithville, NJ) is being considered. October at the shore might be more open than September, but it could still be crowded and therefore expensive. Tom Hillmann will be asked to organize the United 43.
Barb Geschke asked if we have gotten rid of rotating to different parts of the country. Someone said yes, but Tom Ehrhart thinks we should try to keep moving around.
We have traditionally had 4 Zones to hold Uniteds—North, South, Mid Atlantic, and MidWest. The far west is regularly discussed but without much support.
After discussion, it is proposed: 2026 MidAtlantic, 2027 Midwest, 2028 North (New England), 2029 South
Suggested locations for 2030 were Williamsburg, Yorktown, and Valley Forge.
Notes regarding TEAE.org forwarded email:
Our mail processor will not forward mail to addresses using one of these domains: Outlook, Hotmail, Live, AOL, Comcast, Microsoft, or Verizon
Therefore, TEAE position-based email (for example:Secretary@teae.org, Midwest@teae.org, etc.) will no longer work. (These addresses are used on the printed brochures and for officers) A new domain (TEAE-regions.net) was purchased by Kerch to support a new process for appropriate regional reps and for some officers who have addresses using those domains.
A short board meeting will happen in EARLY May to address the United issue.
Motion to Adjourn made and seconded and adjourned at 4:36 p.m. EST.
Barbara Blue
Secretary
I have successfully registered TEAE International as a DBA for Tigers East / Alpines East. Supporting documentation attached below.
Todd Reid, Treasurer, TEAE
Supporting information regarding becoming or adding a 501(c)3 organization:
From the report available below
Note also that audit costs generally begin at around $5,000 annually for small organizations.
This would be in addition to the $15,000 compliance costs referenced above.
It is my recommendation that if you’re not looking at a minimum of $100,000 in real dollars contributed annually, this will not pay off appropriately for the organization.
Additional information about requirements for compliance with the rules for 501(c)3 organizations from Lawyers for NonProfits.
The Board of Directors of TEAE approved the move of our Wells Fargo bank account # 6100708459 from the Alexandria, VA branch to M&T Bank.
Also approved the removal of James Lindner (Past President) and Steve Murphy (Past Treasurer) from the account and the addition of Todd Reid (current Treasurer) and Kathryn McConlogue (current President) to the account.
Contact information for all are below.
Todd Reid
331 Old Bailey Lane
West Chester, PA 19382
(610) 730-6697
Kathryn McConlogue
820 Fishing Creek Valley Rd
Harrisburg, PA 17112
(443) 255-3401
Jim Lindner
1832 Duffield Ln
Alexandria, VA 22307
(703) 329-1763
Steven Murphy
4005 Harris Place
Alexandria, VA 22304
(703) 499-4886
Submitted by
Barbara Blue
Secretary
15 August 2024
President Jim Lindner called the meeting to order at 6:45pm.
Approximately 55 members were present.
Minutes of Annual General Membership meeting held 23 September 2023 were approved.
In summary the club is in a good position financially with a profit for each of the past few years. The membership dues only cover the cost of publishing and distributing the newsletter, so it is important that the yearly United generates additional income.
The Club currently has 525 memberships. The payment processing service Stripe is now being used instead of PayPal – their rates are better.
To reduce the mailing costs for the Rootes Review newsletter there was some consideration given to mailing the printed version only every two months, but the Board ultimately decided not to do this.
Kerch is looking for members to provide unique content for future newsletters. ‘How I Got Involved in Rootes Cars’, ‘Rootes on The Road’, and ‘My Other Classic Car(s)’ are topics of interest. She thanked the Regional Representatives for their regular articles.
Jim noted the posts and responses on the website Forum have recently increased, and expressed his appreciation for member’s participation.
The Club Facebook page has almost 2,000 members worldwide, and Club members contributions are greatly appreciated. Many users are not club members although Jim regularly requests people join the Club. The August 2024 Rootes Review will be posted there to provide more insight into Club activities.
Only three items remain to be completed on the 3 Year Plan initiative.
There have been numerous nominations for the Director positions and there are nominations for the Treasurer position, but there are none for the President nor Vice President positions. Jim called for nominations from the floor but none were made. Nominations will remain open until 1 November 2024.
Jim reiterated to the audience of the importance of the President position, and stated how much he enjoyed being President and being the face of the Club. It also provides an opportunity to set the strategic direction of the Club and start new initiatives in support of that direction. He highly encouraged someone to take it on, supported by five other past presidents who were in attendance.
The Board has approved Charlotte, North Carolina as the location for United 42, to take place 18-21 September 2025. The Embassy Suites hotel will be the venue, and there are lots of interesting local attractions to visit. Planning is underway.
Planning continues for the next SUNI event in 2026.
Donations will be solicited at the banquet and a check sent to The Rootes Archive from TEAE.
The Board is looking into purchasing banners incorporating the new Club logo.
The meeting adjourned at 7:35pm.
Respectfully submitted
Gary Corbett
TEAE Secretary
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In Attendance:
Jim Lindner – President, Steve Murphy – Treasurer, Gary Corbett – Secretary
Board of Directors: Tom Calvert, Tom Erhart, Barb Geschke, Eric Gibeaut, Joe McConlogue, Joe Parlanti, Dave Reina
Others: Bill Bulpitt , David Kellogg , Kerch McConlogue , Joe Montecalvo
Minutes of Previous BoD Meeting 2 March 2024 – Approved.
Income includes income from registration fees received for United 41 but only some expenses. Report approved.
Membership is steady at 521. Incorrect e-mail addresses for some members need to be investigated.
Action Item – David Kellogg to assist Joe McConlogue in resolving issue of incorrect email addresses for some members.
Rootes Review – Mailing costs summarized (Slide 9). In support of voting for Board positions candidate’s biographies will be published in a Rootes Review later this Fall. Kerch will provide a link where candidates can provide their information, which will be limited to 50 words.
Action Item – Kerch to provide a link to potential Board candidates to provide their biographical information.
Facebook – Activity is steady, and ‘Reactions’ are positive (Slide 11).
Website Visits – Activity summarized (Slide 12).
Bylaw Amendments (Slide 16) – Require approval by general membership at Annual General Meeting.
TAC Program Improvements (Slide 16) – No recent activity. Tom Calvert is organizing TAC inspections at United this year.
Action Item – Kerch to identify to Tom people who have requested in their event registration a TAC inspection at United.
Regalia Supplier (Slide 17) – Kerch is continuing to investigate. Eric suggested a potential source, someone who will be at United this year.
The following summarizes the positions up for election and potential candidates:
President and Vice President – No candidates identified although Jim has been discussing the opportunities with several people.
Treasurer – Steve Murphy (Incumbent), Todd Reid (identified by Tiger Tom).
Secretary – Gary Corbett (Incumbent), Barbara Blue (identified by Joe McConlogue).
A motion was made and seconded to nominate all nominees – carried.
The availability of the ‘Tiger 60’ documentary has been confirmed. The Saturday evening speaker has backed out due to a medical issue, but Jim feels screening the film will require the whole evening.
Jim has scouted out a location in Charlotte, NC for United 42 in 2025 and highly recommends it be pursued. Draft budget reviewed. A motion was made and carried to approve this location for United 42. Jim has draft contract documents and will finalize them with the hotel.
Action Item – Jim to finalize contracts for United 42.
Preliminary investigations into the potential legal issues of the Club accepting a car as a donation have not highlighted any significant roadblocks. Tom Erhart warned there might be issues at a detail level – for example Pennsylvania has specific rules about financial transactions related to gambling-type activities that other states might have too. This could affect us if we attempted to auction or raffle the car to reap the financial benefit. David Kellogg is continuing to investigate.
– No recent progress. Location is likely to be in Missouri.
After a short discussion it was decided to wait until after United 41 to make a decision on a donation for 2024.
Jim organized the production of keeper plaques and badges for the awards for the recipients for the past 2 years. A motion was made and carried to pay Jim for his out-of-pocket expenses of $212 to accomplish this.
There was some discussion about how to manage the engraving of keeper plaques and producing and installing the yearly plates on the main trophies (recently the recipients have done this themselves). No approach was chosen, but Joe McConlogue suggested whatever procedure was implemented should be documented in the Procedures Manual.
There was some discussion about acquiring new banners with the new TEAE International logo, but it was ultimately decided to keep this in mind for action sometime in the future. Tom Erhart has a couple prototype banners that were made – he will send them to Robert Jaarsma for use at United 41.
Action Item – Tom Erhart to forward TEAE International banners to Robert Jaarsma.
Jim stated the United 42 hotel will be offering reward points for the rooms booked and paid for by the Club, and asked if he could personally accept these points. All agreed he could.
Bill Bulpitt stated how appreciative he was of all of Jim’s efforts in support of the Club over the past several years, in particular the work involved in organizing recent Uniteds. Everyone was in agreement – thanks very much Jim!
Meeting Adjournment – 8:30pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Gary Corbett
TEAE Secretary
Based on registration only
I don’t have details statistics back very far
| Location | People reg | Registrations | Total cars | Concour cars | |
| 2016 | Georgia | 136 | |||
| 2017 | Staunton | 143 | |||
| 2018 | NY | 93 | |||
| 2019 | WI | 69 | |||
| 2020 | canceled | ||||
| 2021 | SUNI | ||||
| 2022 | Canada | 93 | 54 | 45 | 35 |
| 2023 | KY | 139 | 84 | 63 | 48 |
