Let me apologize for missing the January meeting. I had to fly out of town on business. A trade show in Las Vegas. Sometimes life is tough. I'm am writing this piece while sitting in the train on the club's annual Amtrak trip. It amazes me how pleasant it is to travel by train as opposed to flying. No getting groped the always friendly TSA Nazis, being strapped in to a seat designed for a homunculus (look that up in your Funk and Wagnall's) inside an overgrown aluminum cigar tube, and then hurled into outer space. Instead you get to enjoy reasonably sized seats and plenty of room to get up and walk around, get a drink, and socialize with your fellow passengers. Give Amtrak a try sometime when you get the chance.
Congratulations to John Schroeder. You may recall that back in December I ran a poll on everyone's favorite Holiday dinner trimmings. John was able to correctly identify the most common answers in each category, making him the perfect holiday dinner guest. The fact that he was the only respondent to the poll helped his odds, but he still receives the $25.00 dinner gift card.
Lastly I know that you will be greatly disappointed, but there are no new additions to the library this month, so you will not get to read one of my riveting book reviews.
~~Bill Mennell
Meet the 2013 Chicagoland MG Club staff members.
This year we have two returning Staff members and two new members.
George Phariss (President) moved up from the Vice-President position replacing outgoing President David ‘Dino’ Perez. George has been a CMGC club member since 2007.
Joel-Paul Brossard (Vice-President) is new to the CMGC staff. Joel joined in 2006 and has been active in promoting and participating in club autocross events.
Ralph Arata (Treasurer) has served in this staff position for the past 3 years. Ralph and his wife Susan have been attending CMGC events since 1990.
Dave Novak (Secretary) is also new to a staff position. He is replacing Victor L’Heureux who has stepped down from this position after 5 years. He has moved on to tackle the position as Driveline newsletter Editor. Dave has been a member since 2007 and is looking forward to the challenges of this staff position.
Welcome New Members!
The officers and members of the Chicagoland MG Club extend a cordial “MG Welcome” to the new member who has joined our club in recent months. We wish you “Safety Fast” and hope you will avail yourself of as many club activities as you can.
John D. Bloom Libertyville IL 1966 tartan red MGB
Note: To any member whose name does not appear above, your application may have missed our deadline. If you don’t see your name next month, call our Membership Chair, Victor L’Heureux at (847) 516-3093 to verify
February 2013
The Library Muse
Let me apologize for missing the January meeting. I had to fly out of town on business. A trade show in Las Vegas. Sometimes life is tough. I'm am writing this piece while sitting in the train on the club's annual Amtrak trip. It amazes me how pleasant it is to travel by train as opposed to flying. No getting groped the always friendly TSA Nazis, being strapped in to a seat designed for a homunculus (look that up in your Funk and Wagnall's) inside an overgrown aluminum cigar tube, and then hurled into outer space. Instead you get to enjoy reasonably sized seats and plenty of room to get up and walk around, get a drink, and socialize with your fellow passengers. Give Amtrak a try sometime when you get the chance. 
