2003 Board
Members
Chuck Carleton
Howard Janoff
Dustin Newton
Robert Powell
Mike Ritchie
Rick Stilp
Paulette Parong Waters
Roger Waters
Magiel Venema
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2003 Board of DirectorsThe Chrysler 300M Enthusiasts Club has a nine-member Board of Directors. An e-mail was sent to all members in January of 2003, inviting members to volunteer to be candidates for the 2003 Board. The Club received nine responses from very qualified members. The 2002 Board then decided that there was no need to hold an election, since the number of candidates matched the number of seats on the Board. Each candidate submitted a short personal
statement about herself or himself, which are reproduced below as a
means to introduce the membership to the 2003
Board. Four of the 2003 Board members are new to the
Board, so we introduce them first: |
Robert V. Powell Jr.
I'm charter member
33 and a 33 year old Virginia born Electrical Engineer.
I've been a 300M owner since Feb 1999 and still love the car
almost 4 years later. I created and administrate our club
message board. I also attend as many club rendezvous as
possible and provide my amateur photography skills to document those
events. I coordinated the Carlisle All Chrysler Nationals
Rendezvous in summer 2002 and plan to do so again in
2003. I also provide my meager shade tree mechanic skills and
engineering background to help my fellow enthusiasts with answers to
questions and pioneering efforts on various modifications. I
also currently process and send out new member
packets.
Howard Janoff
Howard's info will
be provided soon.
Chuck Carelton
Chuck's
info will be provided
soon.
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Magiel
Venema
My name is Magiel Venema. I am from the
Netherlands. In our country there are few American cars and even
fewer 300M's. The first time I saw a 300M, I said to myself, this is
the most beautiful car avaialable today. At that time I was driving
a Chrysler Voyager. One day, I was at the dealer, together with my
son. He said come to the showroom, there is a 300M waiting for you!
The rest is history. Then I came around, through the internet, the
300M club. The idea was sympathetic to me: all this guys with their
boyz toyz (How bigger the boys, the bigger the toys). So I decided
immedately to join. The first thing I did was ordering the polo,
much to the amusement of my wife and daughter. I visit more or less
regularly the board and I have found it extremely useful. Also I
like the way people treat each other on this board: never is a
question rated as stupid, but always dealt with in a serious way.
I am 60 years old (or young), I am a lecturer at the Breda
University for Professional Educsation in Tourism Management.
I
am also the chairperson of anothert society, so I know how hard it
is to find active people willing to serve a term
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And here are the five returning Board members: |
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Dustin Newton
I am currently the secretary and a founding
board member for the Chrysler 300M Enthusiasts Club having served
since it's inception in the early part of 2001. I also make make our
physical deposits with the club's online bank, nexity.com, located
here in Birmingham, Alabama. I have owned my 300M since 11:45 am on
May the 19th, 2000. I have been active on the Edmunds 300M Town Hall
board since about February of 2001, when I first fell in love with
the M. In the past, I have served on (I was the youngest elected
member, having been accepted several years younger than the minimum
age limit in the bylaws) the committee that puts on the Annual
(Memorial Day Weekend) Alabama Jubilee hot air balloon races in
Decatur, Alabama. The race is the largest (70+ balloons) free hot
air balloon race in the U.S. and draws around a quarter of a million
visitors annually. While on that committee for 5 years, I served on
multiple subcommittees and was elected (while I stepped out to go to
the bathroom!) chairman of the Christmas Parade float committee
where we placed third amongst 200 entrants, spending a grand total
of $20 on a float but relying heavily on creativity and ingenuity to
design an attention-getting float that typified the holiday season.
I have a heavy background in computers and network administration
(I'm currently a network administrator for a company with typical
revenue on a billion dollars a year), and I dabble in website design
when I have the time. I have tremendously enjoyed serving on the
board and as an officer during this critical first year with the
club and would enjoy helping the cause this year as well. I would
like to remain on the board and would be happy to fill an officer's
position if my fellow M'ers desire me to do so. If not, I am still
happy to contribute to the success and growth of the club as a board
member in any way that I can. 250 members was good for the first
year, but I'd like to see us add 500 this year (Did I just hear Doc
moan?!)! If there are any other questions I can answer, or if more
information is
needed, just drop me a line!
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Rick Stilp
As I currently am a webtv person,
I do not have the capabilities for most computer operations other
than email & internet. I would still be willing to be a board
member in some way. I have always been a "car" person since my first
' 57 Chevy in 1959. I have been a member of a hot rod club in the
50s and 60s and a member, VP and President of the Michiana Corvette
Club in the 70s. As you can see its been 20+ years since any club
involvment but I still enjoy it. I don't know what is involved with
our club but, I would love to serve on the board if
needed.
Roger
Waters
Roger's info will be provided
soon.
Paulette Parong Waters
Paulette's info will be provided
soon.
Mike Ritchie
Mike's info will be provided
soon. |
The Club expresses its deep appreciation to the four departing members of the Board, for their contributions in 2002:
Glenn Beye
David Dawley
Brent
Johnson
Russ Klass
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