Last Call!

As I sit here, it's hard to believe that this will be my last communiqué on this page. Where did the time go? Has four years really passed?

If four years had passed, surely I would have had my Brougham done by now. You would think so, wouldn't you? However, your friendly editor and a careful review of the calendar have assured me that it has.

Over these four years, I have tried to be entertaining and informative on this page with my little commentary and share some random thoughts I hoped might be of some interest to you. Sometimes, that task has been easy, sometimes not. I hope I succeeded for each of you at least some of the time.

As your president, I have tried to be a good steward of the Club and build on its foundation to make it even better. I haven't accomplished everything I set out to do, but almost no one ever does. I hope I have had at least a modest positive impact on the Club and your enjoyment of it. I appreciate the confidence and support you have given me.

I must confess, despite being a trial attorney of some experience, when I took over, I was very concerned I would do something wrong, and you all would leave the Club and I would have to explain to the previous past presidents how I had run you all away. Thanks for sticking with me and our Club.

For those of you who don't attend Grand Nationals, you don't get to hear the president thank all of those people who make this Club run. Make no mistake about it, if it were not for all of the volunteers and the very few employees we have, this Club would not be the great Club that it is. Thank you all for making me look oh, so good.

I also need to thank my wife, Valerie, who continues to put up with my Cadillac affliction. She hasn't said anything (negative, yet) about her returning home from a trip and finding yet another Cadillac in the garage.

I also wish Frank DeCou were still with us so that I could embarrass him by thanking him for making sure I got to almost all of the Grand Nationals (since 1997) on time and with style in his 1940 LaSalle. I would also thank him for sometimes acting as my member sounding board during my tenure as president.

Next month, your new president will start appearing on this page. I hope you'll give him the assistance and the support that you've given me.

One last thing, the updates to the Club Directory are due by Aug. 31; if you have any changes, you must get them to the CLC Office before that date.

See you on the highway. I'll be the guy in that "old" Cadillac passing you on the highway with the big smile on his face, wondering why you aren't driving yours.

It has been a privilege.

Happy Motoring!

-Glenn L. Brown
Past President