Presidential Notes:

After a big start in April, the Audi Club sort of laid back the last half of the month.  That's all about to change. 

In the month of May, we will see the first St. Louis Audi Club float trip, a membership meeting, Cars & Coffee, a detailing clinic and the season-opening SCCA PDX.  We then launch into June with the St. Louis European Auto Show, the Fort de Chartres / Illinois Bluff country driving tour, a social night, 24 Hours of LeMans (hopefully including a watch party), another PDX & Cars & Coffee and even a visit to a minor league baseball game.

By the way, we have registered a team with the EAS Grand Prix, a charity event to benefit Shriner's Hospital, taking place all month long at Pole Position Raceway.  We still need two additional members to complete our team.  If you have any interest in indoor karting, and would like to see some of the money you spend for a few hours entertainment go to a worthy cause, contact me at president@stlaudiclub.com and join the team.  There is no additional cost (over Pole Position's normal rates) for you to participate.  Race at Pole Position anytime in the month of May and you could win a trophy at the St. Louis European Auto Show, all while having fun and helping the kids at Shriners Hospital.

Your board is doing a great job providing events and activities for you to attend and help spread "Audithusiasm".  Be sure to join your fellow Audi enthusiasts for some of the great events we have planned this year.  I think you'll enjoy yourself and maybe find a new friend or two.

I want to personally thank all the board members for all the work they do, I know Jerry Hogan and Pam Browning get frustrated when we cancel or move meetings, but they continue to do a great job finding locations for both our meetings and socials.  Jerry also voluntarily sits in on the national chapter conference call every month - Jerry, you have much more patience than I.  Scott Warren keeps the minutes at every meeting and will, on occasion, spell attendees names correctly.  He helps keep me on track at and between meetings.  With the begining of the car show and cars & coffee season, our newest board member and car show committee chairman, Ted Richardson, is geeting busy trying to get more of you out there to show the St. Louis car enthusiast world what Audi's are all about.  Larry Stoneman, our treasurer, keeps the books and handles the clubs taxes.  As one of the longest-serving members of the board, he is a great advisor to the newer members  He is also planning some great events for June.  Tom Trieschmann and Darren Harvey are two people I can always count on to put together an event on short notice and have hosted some of my favorite activites to date.  John Palumbo is our elder statesman, former president and one of the founders of our chapter.  John is always a great advisor and friend.  I'm also looking forward to the Christmas party he and his wife, Diane, will be hosting this winter.

Again, thanks for everything you do for the club.

Steve Warren
President
St. Louis Audi Club
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