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
Slide 4-5: Treasurer’s Report, Todd Reid
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.
Slides 6 through 12: Membership Report, Kerch McConlogue
Joe McConlogue was in the Hospital
- 18 members do not have email addresses.
- Using a credit card to renew a membership is easier than using PayPal and the cost of using PayPal is actually a bit more than using a credit card
- Thanks to the Regional Reps for tracking down new members and members who are late in renewing their memberships
- And thanks to Joe for updating Regional Reps on new members.
- Records show that the Member Roster was accessed only 9 times in the year. Several people questioned this saying they probably accessed the roster that many times themselves.
- As the Ohio River Valley rep does not use email, the main mode of messaging, it was decided to find a replacement. Jean Webb was suggested. Tom Ehrhart (?)to contact her. Jim Lindner volunteered to notify Doug Jennings of his replacement.
Slides 1-16: Editor/Webmaster Report, Kerch McConlogue
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
Slide 17: Additional Reports
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.
United 42
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
Slide 20: Budget Estimate for United 42
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)
Slide 21: Three Year Business Plan Update
- Regarding the change of tax status from 501(c)7 to a 501(c)3
Email from Joe Montecalvo rebutting the cost of fees to convert to a 501(c)3. Kerch points out that Joe’s group is only in California, but we are nationwide. Also, Joe’s website is focused totally on charity. TEAE is a social group, not a charity group - Expanding membership west of the Mississippi River was mentioned again
- Regarding producing technical videos
This is going to be virtually impossible for TEAE. Lots of technical videos out there already - Kate Lawler suggested and said she would make a playlist of YouTube videos that can be posted as a play list on our website with a link on our Facebook page
- Currently, there is no link from our Facebook page to our website
Slide 22: Proposed TAC improvements
These items were discussed
Slide 24: SUNI VIII (2026)
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.
Slide 25: United 43 (2026)
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.
Slide 26: Wrap Up
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