PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ~ April, 2008

Hi, everybody:

The VFR spring car shows and activities are getting closer.  We're all starting to get the cars ready for the season.  Delaware Cadillac and Armen Cadillac [Armen is cancelled - Webmaster] are very enthusiastic about their coming shows and looking forward to seeing our many Cadillacs and LaSalles.  The club's spring brunch will be another enjoyable event.

Confirming several important upcoming dates:

The dealers have extended (or will extend) personal invitations to our members.  Please remember: we need your support.  The registration forms are found in this issue.

Now for some important business - Club expense information: The number of members now receiving the Goddess via e-mail has increased a significant amount since the last count.  The shift to e-mail has helped the club control expenses for paper, printing, and mailing.  Most importantly, the shift has helped us avoid having to increase membership dues to date.  We're now becoming aware of another postage increase and higher paper and printing costs.  For a more detailed breakdown of the cost of an individual issue in hard copy, see page 5 of the April Goddess.

For members presently opting to receive the Goddess by regular mail and who would now consider receiving it via e-mail, please feel free to contact me martyhw@msn.com or John Barry jdrbarry@comcast.net  One of us will gladly help you with the simple steps for printing it at home in living color and without rips and tears.  The typical issue requires only 6 sheets of paper, as the pages are printed on both sides.  Also, it is never necessary to print out the whole issue.  Thus, if you only want to print a page containing a form to register for a club activity, just select the individual page number and that will be the only page to print.  You can also retain full issues on your hard drive for as long as you feel necessary.  This will help reduce your paper consumption and provide longer life for your printer color cartridge.  (At the same time, back issues may be had electronically by request.)

Naturally, if you opt to continue receiving the Goddess by US mail, we will honor that choice.

Thanks, everybody for helping to keep our operating costs as low as reasonably possible

That's my message for the month,