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The 28th edition of the Mid-Atlantic
NNL was a terrific hit thanks to
the exceptionally generous sponsors
listed here who supported us in ways
far beyond what we could have ever hoped
for. Please take a few moments and visit
their sites by clicking on their
name below or on their logos in the
sponsor gallery.
On a sad note, we have learned that
long-time member John Foster
passed away on April 25th. John is survived
by his wife, Debbie Allinson.
The next MAMA meeting will be 17
June 2023 at the Salaried
Employees Association (SEA) Union Hall.
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to MAMA's Diner, the official home
of the Maryland Automotive Modelers' Association (MAMA),
where we serve entrees of fun, friendship, and model cars.
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MAMA's current leadership team is:
President: Tim Powers
Vice-President: Dave Toups
Treasurer: Matt Guilfoyle
Newsletter Editor: Tim Sickle
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Notes from the MAMA President:
Well, there was no MAMA meeting this month,
but that was a good thing! That's because instead of a meeting
in May, we celebrate the Mother's Day weekend with our MAMA
Mid-Atlanitic NNL model car, truck,
and motorcycle show. This year's show took place on May
13th at the Level
Volunteer Fire Company building in Havre de Grace, MD
and welcomed 169 modelers from all over the Mid-Atlantic
states who displayed 342 fantastically built models.
It featured 24 vendors, 25 show sponsors (please
check them out in the Sponsor Gallery below or on the Mid-Atlantic
NNL show page), and 281 raffle items, the most
in the show's history. All of the feedback I received directly,
indirectly, or overheard was positive, except for one individual
(guess he was the one that's in every crowd?)
So the show was a big success and what
made it great was all the participants who displayed their
models, the spectators who attended, and the vendors who
vended. With out them, there is no show.
For me, the biggest highlight of the day
was when our VP, Dave Toups, made a very special presentation
to our long-serving and truly selfless newsletter editor,
Tim Sickle. In honor of Tim's 35 years of recording and
reporting the club's activities and bringing us the latest
model and full-size car industry news, Dave colluded with
fellow member Marcos Cruz to build and present to Tim a
detailed replica of the 1-to-1 scale Solar Red 1968 GTO
he's restored and cherishes. This was a most wonderful
way to show Tim how deeply his support to and efforts for
the club are appreciated.
Last, but not least I want to thank all
those club members who worked so hard behind the scenes
to make the show happen, so here in no particular order
is a great big MAMA shout out to every one I can pull to
mind (if you know of anyone I missed, let me know and I'll
add their names):
- Dave Toups: Managing vendors
spaces, planning room layouts (including several plans
to cover multiple possible room scenarios), renting tables,
raffle operations, soliciting/signing up vendors and all
the details that go with that (like printing name tags,
collecting payments, making table assignments, etc...),
table setup/tear down, vendor entrance monitoring/greeting
vendors, directing vendors where not to park, assisting
with admissions
- Matt Guilfoyle: All business/financial
related activities, ordering and picking up the trophies,
negotitations with the fire hall, running the admissions
table/process, preparing/bringing supplies (entry forms,
placemat cards, name badges, markers, easel, whiteboard,
raffle tickets, table wrap, etc...)
- Tim Sickle: Ballot preparation,
vote tracking/tabulations, show fliers, show marketing/advertising,
registration forms, placards, and ballots, trophy presentations
- Bobby ??? (Bobby, so sorry none
of us could recall your last name - Please email us and
we'll get it corrected right away!): Helped Tim Sickle
with vote tracking/tabulations
- Ron Hamilton: Assisting with
admissions
- Ron Drechsler: Table setup/tear
down, raffle operations, vendor load-in/pack out
- Sean Kirby: Assisting with admissions,
table setup/tear down, vendor load-in/pack out
- Lewis Hicks: Table setup/tear
down
- Marcos Cruz: Table setup/tear
down, vendor load-in/pack out
- Dean Lewis: Table setup/tear
down, raffle operations
- Mike Costic: "Make and Take"
operations
- Lyle Willits: Photography (show
activities, the models on display, and the award presentations)
- Norman Veber: Bringing MAMA banner
and admissions signs/tri-pods
MAMA also wants to thank Ms. Karen Lopes
and the Level Volunteer Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary for
their tremendous eforts in setting up tables, interacting
with the hall's Operational and Administrative officers
on our behalf, and staffing the kitchen to make sure there
was a good selection of tasty menu items available for us
to nosh on for breakfast and lunch.
The wonderful sponsors represented below
provided us with very generous product contributions
to make our 2023 Mid-Atlantic NNL
show the success it was.
Click the icons in the Sponsor Gallery
below to visit and shop on their web sites in a new browser
tab.
Please continue to keep the people of the
Ukraine in your thoughts and prayers as Russia's senseless
war on them drags on.
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