Hello all, I hope everyone had a safe and happy Christmas and holiday season. Now if we can make it through the next few months a new season will be upon us. So keep beavering away in doors on parts etc and get your LBC ready for when the snow melts and the salt leaves the road. Here in Ontario I have been able to drive the Mini and the Stag up to mid Jan, after that who knows.

One of the features in the Oily Rag that we have reintroduced is ‘Meet Your Supplier’. The intent here is to allow suppliers who are members a space where they can outline their services and products. In this way we hope to give members information as to where parts and services are available. I invite other suppliers to write a short article about what you have to offer. We are starting with Christian Hollum of Montreal and Vintage British Cables from Alberta.

I am pleased to let you know that Ian Cox of Victoria has volunteered to be the Marque Coordinator for British Commerical Vehicles as well as Morris Minors.

So look him up on the Marque Coordinators page and feel free to forward any questions you might have.

As is the case with other Clubs, your Club has suffered a reduction in the number of members over the last few years. People move on to other interests and the economy has taken its toll on discretionary income and hobbies. The end result is the reduction in the amount of income we receive each year while costs like insurance, printing and postage all continue to increase. While we are currently in good financial shape we will be looking at our expenses and the revenues so as to remain financially stable. Our findings and any remedies will be presented in a future issue of the Oily Rag.

The Annual General Meeting (time and place to be confirmed) will be held at the end of March with the final details being announced in the March issue of the newsletter. As usual anyone who wishes to volunteeer will be most welcome. All the normal financial information and any major decisions that need to be made will be fully discussed at the meeting as well as the previous newsletter.

Our new Niagara area group will be having an initial meeting on Jan 19 at a location close to Welland. Should you wish to attend or need further information please feel free to contact Darrell McDonald at elderwrench@gmail.com.

All the best

Roger