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March 28, 2019

Meeting Called to order: 1900

Old Business: 

JBJ Registration $69.00

If you are going to work the raffle booth, it is required that you work at least 2 hours to receive your free event bands and parking passes. The 2 hours does not need to be on the same day, it can be broken down into an hour both days. Parking passes and wrist bands should be received at the next monthly meeting for disbursement. If you are not committed to at least 2 hours, you will not receive your packets, you will need to purchase tickets yourself. 

Hotel and Parking-when looking at places to stay, condos and houses are cheaper than hotel rooms. Suggestion that when you are looking at houses and condos, if you are sharing with others, that you verify there is enough parking for all of the vehicles. 

Charities to be considered for donations:

Fisher House

St. Jude's (Jerry will be researching additionally for more information and POC)

Ray of Hope

Sports Matters

4 Wheel to Heal

T-shirts will be ordered soon and should be received by the next club meeting. 

Colors: Ash Gray, Blue, Red, Green, Tan, Yellow

New Business:

Look into scheduling a Jeep Swap Meet, date and time. 

February, 28, 2019

Meeting called to order: 1905

New People:

Mark-2016 JKU Willy's 

Kayla-08 Sahara

Jonathan-14 JKU

Heather-JKU

Introductions of officers

Old Business:

Jeep Beach in Daytona Beach is from April 24-April 28, 2019

Jeep Beach Jam (JBJ) in Panama City Beach is May 16-May 19, 2019

JBJ Registration-$69.00 Registration does NOT include the beach crawl, it is an additional $25.00 for the Turtle Beach Crawl.

For assisting with the Raffle for JBJ, there will be a donation of the proceeds from the Raffle Sales to the club. With the donation to the club, it has been decided that we will be looking for a non-profit organization to donate the proceeds to. If anyone has a suggestion, please bring all information about the organization to the next meeting as we will begin making motions and decisions as to which organization or organizations the proceeds will be going to. 

T-shirt orders will be taken at the end of the meeting, please pay in advance for the shirts with Lynn and place the order with Heven. We will also be taking orders at the next meeting, which is March28, 2019.

New Business:

Trailhead Jeep is hosting an out of town ride to Adventures Off-Road Park in TN April 4-6, 2019

BAJA (Bay Area Jeep Association) will be hosting a camping and jeeping weekend at BlackWater the week of April 12th. 

Club has scheduled a ride for March 9, 2019 at Blackwater. We will be meeting at the Harold Store at 10:00 for briefing and leave for the trails after the briefing. 

Meeting adjourned at 2015.

January 21, 2019

Visitors: 

Jay- 15 JK

Stewart-06 TJ

Ian-00 TJ

Ethan-05 TJ

Chad/Kathy-15 JKU

Treasurer's Report- $203.00 in acct. 

Old Business:

JBJ- May 15-19, 2019 Need Volunteers-next month we will have a sign up sheet with time slots and details

Jeep Beach in Daytona Beach FL-April 22-28th

Shirts-some members are needing shirts, we have received samples- $7.00 for grey and white, $9.00 for colors, there is no additional cost for larger shirts. Decided on colors-Yellow, Red, Blue, OD Green and Tan

New Business:

Ride- Eglin on Feb 16th, meet at the Tom Thumb on Hickory Hammock, we will be leaving at 1PM for the trails.

Meet n Greet on Feb 12 at Jefferies on 9 Mile Rd. Behind the Sonic, start at 7PM.

If anyone needs any work done, see Dave at Trailhead Jeep in Pensacola. 

December 1, 2018

At the Christmas Party, we discussed those that are attending Jeep Beach Jam in May, we are going to volunteer to assist at the raffle booth, the club will be compensated for their time in the form of a donation. Club has voted that we will assist in 2019 for this event. 

No meeting in November due to holidays

October 25, 2018

Old Business:

Veterans Day Parade will be 11/12/18-Meet at the Walgreens on Caroline St.at 8AM, parade starts at 9AM

Pensacola Interstate Fair- All of our spots have been taken, if you go, stop by the booth and say hi.

Memberships-due by tonight or ASAP

New Business:

Christmas Party- Dec 1, 2018 start at 1 PPM at Dave's house

Meats will be provided by the club at the cost of $366.00, please bring a dish for sides/deserts

New Year's Day Ride-Yes or No--Was not determined due to no date decided

Meet n Greet will happen at Texas Roadhouse on 11/12/18 after the parade

Open club ride scheduled for 11/25/18 at Blackwater-meet at the Shell across from Milton High on Stewart St., leaving at 11:30AM.

Cars and Coffee-will meet at the Carmike Theaters on Bayou Blvd on 10/27/18 and 11/24/18 from 8-12.

September 27, 2018

Visitors: Tyler and Ashley-2013 Rubicon

              Michael- 2007 Grand Cherokee

              Blake-2005 TJ

              Shim-1997 TJ and 2014 Rubicon

              Dave-2004 TJ

New Members: Julie and Jerry Burgoon

Elected Officers:

Dave Gallant-President

Damien Covington-Vice President

Heven Davis-Admin (with Pam Fox and Lynn assisting as needed)

Lynn Horne-Treasurer

Mike Michulka-Social Media

Old Business

Shirts, prices $5.00-$8.00 waiting on sample to arrive before making decision

Canoe/Kayak Trip-cancelled and not rescheduled

Swap Meet, Location was discussed @ All Wired for Sound and also a Recovery Class will be held, no dates determined

Fair-no ramp this year, 5 spots available, Jeeps must arrive day before fair opens and will remain all 11 days of the event. 

Trailhead Jeep-Hawk Pride ride 

New Business

October 11, 2018 Meet n Greet at Sonic on 9 mile Rd at 7 PM.

October 13, 2018 ECJ Blackwater Club Ride- meet at the Shell on Stewart

November 11, 2018 Veterans Day Parade-meet at the Walgreens on Caroline St at 8AM, Parade starts at 9AM.

August 30, 2018

Visitors: Jefferson '06

             Jeff   2013

             Alex JK

Old Business:  Bogg's and Boulders with Kevin McCoy everyone had a great time

                              Cars and Coffee- It was a great turn out

Swap Meet and Recovery class has been discussed and will be announced in the future. 

Blackwater Overnight Ride and Camping- there were some issues.

Address why we do not do member's only rides and events. 

New Business:

There is a S. Florida company that has approached us about doing shirts for us, The will be sending us samples. Shirts printed for us will be $5.00 each for Grey/White/Black and $8.00 each for colors, but we need to have a minimum order of 50 shirts. Will be addressed once samples are received. 

Officer Nominations: Dave Gallant for President

                                     Damien Covington for Vice President

                                     Heven Davis for Administrator

                                     Lynn Horne for Treasurer

                                     Mike for Social Media

Elections for officers will be conducted during the September meeting.

Escambia County Fair we will have 5 spots for jeeps during the 10 days the fair is open. 

Veterans Day Parade will be Nov 11, 2018.

July 26, 2018

Visitors: Carl Abbott

Old Business:

 Night ride on August 18, 2018. We will be meeting at the Circle K on Munson Hwy and 87 across from Milton High School and leaving for the trails at 1930. 

If you see something on the Member's Only FB page and it is requesting to for your opinion, please vote on it, we are needing to know 

about things so we can get a head count or what you think, not just asking for you to look at the posts. 

Please make sure if you are submitting your photo's for the cover photo contest that the photo's are of your current jeep in it's current state. 

Agreed on the Holiday cards for the local supporting businesses

Sheriffs Jeepfest is from 08/30/18 to 09/02/18 in Jasper, GA. 

Eglin ride on 07/21/18 was a success and everyone had a lot of fun. 

Canoe/Kayak overnight trip: Blackwater Canoe on September 22 and 23rd, we will be meeting at noon for an overnight canoeing trip using Blackwater Canoe at it is a cost of $30.00 per person. 

New Business:

Nominations for Officers is going to be at the August meeting with elections being the end of September. To be a club officer you have to be with the club for a minimum of 6 months, and attend at least 50% of the meetings/events. 

Kevin McCoy is going to Boggs for an overnight trip Friday and Saturday. 

Pensacola Cars and Coffee is this weekend on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 0730 at the Carmike Theaters in Bayou Blvd.

We will be posting the meeting minutes on the FB page without the Treasurer Report being included. 

If you are not on FB and come across great deals on Jeep Equipment, please bring the information to us at the meeting and share with us all. 

Possible Recovery class in the Fall

Possible Swap Meet in the Fall as well. 

June 29, 2018

Visitors:

Alexandra and Cody

Jerry and wife

Pierre and Gail

Mike and Natalie

Old Business:

Boggs and Boulders overnight camping trip was a success

Daniels Drive: Mindy was grateful for everyone's support. 

Mid-Month at Jimmy's Grill in Molino, FL was a success

Sheriff's JeepFest Registration is open online.

Window Banners: There were only 2 people that were interested online, if anyone is interested, please call Dave and he will assist in getting the window banners for you. 

Officer elections are now going to be held in September, the same month that memberships are due. 

New Business:  

Night Ride on 8/18/18 in Blackwater. Meet at Circle K on 87 and Munson Hwy and we will be leaving at 1930 for Blackwater. 

If you submit photos for the cover photo contest, they must be current and of your current jeep. 

Creating a holiday card for supporting businesses idea, but participation is a concern. Will decide later and vote upon. 

Overnight Kayak/Canoe trip: Frank will look into the pricing for Blackwater Canoe cost, Sheelagh will look into the cost at Adventures' Unlimited and we will decide on the date at that time. 

Eglin Day Ride- July 21, 2018 we will be meeting at the Tom Thumb on Hickory Hammock and 87, all day ride, so bring something to eat. 

Swamp trip will be discussed at the next meeting. 

Meeting adjourned. 

May 31, 2018

Meeting called to order at 1900 CST

Old Business

Kevin McCoy and family will be moving to Costa Rica in January 2019

Tubing trip on Labor Day weekend was cancelled.

JBJ- a lot of negativity on FB regarding the beach ride; the ride was scheduled from 1800 to 2000 with the beach closing to vehicles at 2000, not all of the jeeps made it onto the beach due to a lot of unscheduled events and emergencies. 

New Business

Guest- Mindy from Daniels' Drive visited us to provide additional details about the ride she and her sister in law are doing on June 11th. The ride is going to take place starting on 06/11/18 from Tallahassee to San Antonio, TX for PTSD awareness. 

Milton Dodge is now Sandy Sansing Dodge. 

Sheriff's JeepFest in Jasper GA- Registration opens June 1st the dates are from 08/30/18 to 09/02/18. 

Moving of election of officers from Jan to September to allow for all members to determine if they wish to renew their memberships with the new officers that are taking office. This was second and approved. 

Mid-Month is going to be at Jimmy's in Molino. Hwy 29 at 6pm.

April 29, 2018

Meeting called to order at 1904

​New People at Meeting:

        Kathryn Bunn 2010 Islander Edition JKU

        Rodney Penwell  2014 JKU

Old Business

Choccolocco Ride with Trailhead Jeep

Walt's Moab Trip

Meet and Greet: Nothing was ever set up

JBJ May 15 to May 20

New Business

​​Kevin McCoy and family will be moving to Costa Rica

June 23 and June 24 Boggs and Boulder's Overnight trip

Memorial Day tubing trip on 05/26/18 at Adventures Unlimited. 

March 29, 2018

Meeting called to order 1905

New People : Peter and Natalie 2017 JKU Rubicon

                      Eric 1997 TJ

                      Eric and family 2018 JL

                       Wade Willy's Pick Up Truck

                       Mark  2011  JK

                       Earl   2012 JKU

                       TJ     2011  JKU

Meet and Greet at Peg Leg Pete's and Beach Ride/Eglin Ride

Jeep Beach in Daytona Beach April 24 to April 29

Jeep Beach Jam in Panama City Beach May 15 to MAy 20

Choccolocco Ride being hosted by Trailhead Jeep April 13 to April 15.

New Business 

Choccolocco Ride being hosted by Gulf Coast Jeep Club on April 4 to April 8

Back Roads and Freedom Jeep Club Eglin Ride on March 31

Guest Speaker is Steve from Milton Dodge. 

February 22, 2018

Meeting called to order at 1905

Discussion of upcoming events for March

Meet and Greet on March 24, 2018 at Peg Leg Pete's on Pensacola Beach. We will be meeting for lunch at 11:00 and then will be driving to the trails or down the beach for a relaxing day in the sun and driving our jeeps. 

Jeep Beach in Daytona Beach, FL is happening from April 24th to April 29th.

Jeep Beach Jam in Panama City Beach, FL is happening May 15th to May 20th.

General Manager from Milton Dodge/Jeep/Chrysler will be attending the March meeting on March 30th to discuss options for the club and how Milton Dodge has changed in recent years. 

Choccolocco Ride April 13th to 15th is being sponsored by Trailhead Jeep. 

Club T-Shirts are still available for those that are wanting shirts. 

Meeting Adjourned at 1945.

January 25, 2018

Meeting called to order at 1905

Discussion about upcoming events for February and Rides. 

Scheduled February Mid Week for February 15, 2018 at Shrimp Basket in Milton at 1900.

Next Monthly Ride is scheduled for February 10, 2018, we will be riding Blackwater. Meet at the Shell Station in Milton on Munson Hwy at 9 am.

There will be an Eglin Ride on February 24, 2018, we will meet at the Tom Thumb on Hickory Hammock in Milton and hit the trails shortly after meetup.

Officer Nominations and Elections: Dave Gallant for President, Kevin McCoy for Vice President, Sheelagh Sims for Administrative Officer, and Lynn Horne for Treasurer. There were no other nominations for officers, nominees voted in by elimination.

Meeting Adjourned at 1945. 

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