To all fellow MiLOC (and some former) NLOC members, I am not sure how many of
your regularly read the NLOC BBS? But many changes have taken place within
the past week. Sal finally realizing that he is to busy to devote the proper attention to the club has agreed to give control over
to a new "owner". His name is Jerry Hart. He is in his early 50's, semi-retired and has a team of individuals with him to assist him in the proper running of the NLOC. He seems to have great enthusiasm to make the
NLOC into what it should/could become! I have spoken with Jerry personally via phone and have agreed to be the representative for Michigan for the NLOC.
As you (old timer) guys will recall, we originally started as a chapter of the NLOC and now we are returning to those roots. To help give you a little more confidence, Jeff Sparkman has agreed to be the NLOC Vice President of Gen1 Lightnings. We all know what a good job Jeff did running the club, so that fact alone makes me feel 100% better about the direction of the NLOC. Things wont change over night and we are not giving up control of our club to the national organization, but we are re-affiliating ourselves with them as a chapter and as such hope to gain many benefits. Those will
include increased membership (all new NLOC members will automatically be routed to their local chapters for participation, if they choose), more events, more exposure and technical coverage. Nationally this will include more sponsorship of racing classes, a broader Lightning presence and possibly a national, Lightning only event!!
I know some of you may be leary to re-join the NLOC because of past leadership issues. But I believe that those issues have been resolved with the new chain of command that is already in place, with Jerry leading the
way. I want you all to know that you can still be affiliated with the MiLOC without being a member of NLOC, or if you are a member of SVTOA, etc. But it is our sincere goal for every MiLOC to be a registered member of the NLOC. The only way to grow the NLOC is through enthusiasm, support
and membership! The future is looking up, so please join (or stay with) us and join the NLOC as it grows and prospers!
Chuck P
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Chuck P
1993#3951 (24k miles, mod'ed and lots of custom parts)
NLOC#138
MiLOC#10
00 Focus ZX3
99 GT conv
91 GT (race/show car- in hibernation)