VBAC Monthly Meeting Minutes
Apr. 7, 2026 Yosemite Falls Café, 1455 Shaw Ave., Clovis Attendance: 22 Treasurer’s Report: 79 members, funds: $11,672.79. 88 vehicles registered for Roundup, 77 attended, final net $1797.27, able to contribute $2000.00 to Central Valley Veterans. Pres Jon introduced Alsiha Anderson from Community Health Care. Alsiha is the daughter of Jim & Linda Parnagian, long time members of VBAC. Alsiha gave a presentation of an upcoming car show that will benefit Community Health. Jon has sent an E-mail further explaining. Please check this out. Marty, our website guru, has been in recent communication with Jon concerning his observations with the website. From Mar. 9 to Apr. 7, Marty has noted there have been 712 visits to the website, a 102% increase. It appears that the website is accomplishing what the VBAC members had hoped: more information getting out to the populace. Marty also reported that the most visited portion of the website is the ‘Activities’ heading: what is going on, when, & where. The website is attractive to look at and visit and Marty deserves all the credit. Peter Patriquin’s sister, Helen, was a guest of honor at the Roundup. All were touched with her remembrance of Peter’s talking about the club. Helen donated $500 to the Central Valley Vets. Larry repeated his story of the purchase of a 5 speed by Peter at GoF-West in 2023. Bernie reported his observations of the Roundup. “There were smiles all around and not a negative word. Lots of people were coming over from the Antique show to look at our cars.” Bernie also related his issues with a delay getting back home due to debris in the Midget’s fuel tank. He is in the process of a tank flush to cure the problem. Pres Jon reported the 5 most popular raffle items at the R’up were: Dr. Jay’s sunglasses, camp stove, merchant basket w/ America’s Tire certificate, Luna’s restaurant, Sun Maid merchant basket. Bro Russ has a great run planned for April 19. Check out the website for details. Also, there are various car shows that folks may be interested in. Check your E-mail and the website. Charles & Virginia are back! They recently purchased a very neat Morris Minor and we will expect them on future runs. Next meeting: May 5. Check website for details. Meeting adjourned @ 8:30 p.m. L. Zerwig/Secretary
March 3, 2026 DiCiccio’s Restaurant, 1530 E. Nees, Fresno Attendance: 19 Treasurer’s Report: Balance of $10,291, 75 members, 54 entrees for Roundup, 28 T-shirts sold Pres. Jon welcomed 3 guests from Woodlake/Visalia who will be joining us at the Roundup. Three upcoming show events: Car Show at Northwest Church, Erin Go Bragh Rally, and our British Car Roundup. Check out the website and E-mail for more details on all events. Martin is organizing the Erin Go Bragh Rally held on March 14 @ 9:30 a.m. starting @ Village Green Park in Clovis. Make sure to bring a notepad, pencil or pen, and a navigator is highly recommended. Some great prizes will be given. Lunch will be @ Red Caboose @ Shaw & Academy. Two weeks later will be our Annual British Car Roundup. Starting on March 28, meet @ Clovis Cole @ 9:30 a.m. Clutches out @ 10:00 a.m. for a tour of the foothills east of Clovis followed by lunch @ Bobby Salazars in Clovis. The following day, March 29th ,will be the show in downtown Clovis. Gates open @ 7:30 a.m. and there will be no admittance past 9:30 a.m. A big reason for this cutoff will be the safety of all spectators and attendees. Trailer parking will be available in various public parking area throughout the Clovis area. One popular place will be the parking area under the water tower as well as the Senior Center on 3rd Street. Pres. Jon is appealing for anyone to help set up on the 29th. We will be starting at 6:00 a.m. and everyone is encouraged to help. A lot of helping hands will make all jobs go quickly. No job is too strenuous; setting up booths & entrance table, placing barricades, erecting pop ups, placing information signages. The entrance to the show will be @ Bullard & Woodword. Jon recognized Bill Van Deelan for lining up some nice high-ticket items as raffle prizes including a golf outing at the premier golfing center – Washington Country Club also a $500 gift certificate. This year there will be 16 different items with gift baskets, certificates with names like Sequoia Brewing and Elbow Room. Dr. Jay will be donating two pairs of premier sunglasses. Pet owners will be interested in a certificate for pet boarding @ Pet Resort Boarding. For the future, keep in mind the 3rd weekend of every month. Russ wants to have some sort of club event, either a run, rally, or other social event. Next meeting: Yosemite Falls Café, 1455 Shaw Ave, Clovis, 6:30 p.m. Meeting adjourned ~ 8:30 p.m. L. Zerwig/Secretary
January 6, 2026 Casa Maria’s Restaurant, 180 Shaw, Clovis Attendance: 28 Treasurer’s report: Club balance of $9766.29, 75 current members, 19 entries for Round Up Pres. Jon mentioned that plans are proceeding on the 2026 Round Up and suggested that the present members that had not entered could do so tonight. Jon Frame’s survey received good feedback from the membership. It appears a majority wouldlike to have more car runs, at least one/month. The Steering Committee has recognized Marty for his hard work establishing and continuing the club website. As a token of appreciation, a $100.00 gift certificate was sent to Marty. A reminder that the last weekend of March is our British Car Round Up. Pres. Jon was gratified to note that of the 19 current entries, 17 are VBAC members. All help is extremely appreciated on the set up and take down of the pop-ups/booths as well as staffing the booths. Jon is presently soliciting for raffle prizes and hopes to have all prizes on hand 3 weeks prior to the event. Joanie will be auctioning the raffle prizes and at this time it should be mentioned that the extra help in the booths will help prevent any unauthorized folks from removing any VBAC materials. Martin commented that any member could organize a car run. From the latest survey, it appears that Russ is trying to set something up for Feb. 22 and Martin would like to reinstate the Erin Go Bragh rally around St. Pat’s. Stay tuned for further info. Next meeting at Sakura Chia, 690 E. Nees, Fresno. Meeting adjourned ~ 8:45 p.m. L. Zerwig/Secretary
December 2, 2025 Old Spaghetti Factory, Fresno Attendance: 33 Pres. Jon welcomed and thanked everyone attending the annual VBAC Christmas dinner meeting. This year the Steering Committee had decided that all participants would only pay $10.00 per person and the VBAC would pick up the balance of the cost of dinner. After dining, the traditional gift exchange took place with the lively banter and ‘stealing’ taking place. A big ‘Thank You’ to Nick Newsome for being the Master of Ceremony. Also, this year Martin created a lively British themed question & answer game that was a big hit. A great job, Martin! Next year, I will do my homework. New Business:Dawn & Joannie have been working on a new Facebook account. Be sure to check out their work. Thanks, Ladies! Jon Frame has been working on a VBAC questionnaire for the membership. Everyone is encouraged to participate to give their input. After you receive the E-mail, please let yourthoughts be known for improvement of your club! Nick was recognized as the new Member-at-Large for the Steering Committee. Congratulations, Nick! On behalf of the Steering Committee, Jay presented Pres Jon a bottle of prized elixir as a token of appreciation for all his work as President of the club. Jon has been ‘The Man’ when it comes to obtaining raffle gifts as well as all other tasks as our leader. Thanks, Jon! Also, Much thanks to Russ for the photos! Next meeting: Jan. 6, Casa Maria Restaurant, 180 Shaw, Clovis Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m. L. Zerwig/Secretary
November 4, 2025 Location: Bella Pasta Trattoria Italiana Restaurant, 6745 N. Palm, Fresno, CA Attendance: 21 Pres Jon introduced owner Fabian Rodriquez (Fabian has a ’58 Morris Minor) Treasurer’s Report: Jay reported the club has $11,056.82, 72 members, 6 delinquents. We have 9 entrees to the 2026 Roundup, 5 via MSR, 4 via mail. Jay introduced new members Tom & Gail Kozera (TR-6). Welcome, Tom & Gail! Secretary’s report: Larry stated that any club member is encouraged to provide any writeups, correspondence, photos of any gathering for publication on our website. E-mail to ljzmga61@aol.com. Larry will review and forward to Marty, our webmaster, who will place on our website for viewing. Please check out the website and the prior articles. An upcoming event that may be of interest is GoF(Gathering of the Faithful)-West. This multiday event is put on by western MG clubs, but all British marques are welcome. The 2026 event will be in Flagstaff, AZ, May 11-15. At present, Martin, Jay, & Larry are checking schedules and making plans. Bay area friends of the VBAC; Scott & Cathy, Joe & Sue, and Mike Jacobsen are planning to join our “caravan.” For further info, check out the website GoF-West. Martin reported on the following past activities: A headlamp aiming session was held at Bernie & Vickie’s residence in Mariposa. Check out the highlights on the website. Martin reported that the group experienced some precipitation on the return trip. At the Clovis Senior Car Show, the VBAC was represented by Dan, Martin, Jon F., & Jay. Dan took home Best Foreign Auto award for his XKE. Congrats, Dan! Toys For Tots: Jon F., Steve, Martin, Bill Ver. attended with Larry Smith and his LBC. Upcoming Activities: Pres Jon has organized the Winery Tour for this coming Sunday, Nov. 9. Please inform Jon if you plan on going. Jon needs a head count for the various wineries to assure room for all. Meet at the Starbucks at the intersection of Ft. Washington & Friant at 11:00 a.m. This event will be heading to the east side, ending at the Red Caboose for lunch. Please make plans to attend the annual Christmas/Dec. Dinner meeting. Check out the e-mail info from Pres Jon. Each person will pay $20.00 per person and the VBAC will provide the balance of each person's bill (excluding alcoholic beverages). There will also be the annual gift giving that is always guaranteed frivolity. Limit your gift giving expense to $20.00. Inform Jon if you are planning on attending. Plans continue for the 2026 British Car Roundup. Jon will provide updates by e-mail. Since Peter Patriguin’s passing, there has been an opening for a Member at Large position on the VBAC Steering Committee. If anyone would be interested, please submit an E-mail to Pres Jon expressing interest. Next meeting: Annual Christmas/Dec. Dinner meeting, Dec. 2, 2025 @ Old Spaghetti Factory, Fresno, CA. Meeting adjourned ~8:00 p.m. L. Zerwig/Secretary