Informal Breakfast Meetings

[MBI Houston]

Our club is planning on doing informal breakfast meetings. I have seen some references to such meetings on this site. For those of you that attend these types of meetings, can you give me some insights on the logistics?

How often do you meet and for how long and on what day of the week
What topics do you discuss
Where do you meet

Thanks for any information you can provide.

Marshall

[CarlG]

Where?....... Gwennies on Spenard
When? ........Whenever the urge hits
What Time?. 9-11am or so
What Day?.. Saturday
Topics?....... Varies

[MAG]

Our club, Capitol City A's, has held informal breakfasts for nearly 20 years. Club businees is rarely discussed. The ladies sit at separate tables from the men and discuss the things that ladies do. The same for the men. The breakfasts are held every Saturday morning in a local resturant that provides us a separate room from the regular customers. We usually arrive about 7:30AM and lasts about 1 1/2 hours. Attended by 20 to 30 people. Weather permitting the Model A's are driven. Provides a great time of comaraderie for members and a good "get aquainted" opportunity for new or prospective members I certainly recomend it.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Sandy's Country Junction, Clovis, Ca, Thur. 6:00 A.M.? until, whenever? Ladies are afeared to come! Anything goes except POLITICS! This is when we talk real CAR stuff. Bill W.

[Roger V]

Floral City A's - Monroe, Michigan has three scheduled breakfasts per month. The second and fourth Wednesday at Denny's and the third Saturday at Benny's at 9:00 A.M. These are not meetings but basically just get-togethers. Like MAG sez we have the women and men segregated as they each have their own type of discussions. BTW the Wednesday breakfasts are the most popularly attended. I suppose as most Model A people in our club are retired they don't have all the traffic that Saturday does. The Saturday breakfast gives working member the opportunity.

[willobs]

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[Vern]

The San Diego MARC/MAFCA group doesn't do breakfast meetings.
We do go to a local BBQ spot about once a month for a casual get together, whenever Arlyn gets a hankering for fried okra.
There is no formal agenda, people sit and chat about cars and anything else that comes along.

[Clem Clement]

WhenI visit my granddau inKansas city I try to make the local club gathering. It is Monday morning 9ish to 10:30 ish at a local food market. They have a small eating area and allow the club to keep Model A photos on the walls. We order from the counter right next to the eating area and grab groceries Momma needs while there. Coffee jugs are nearby. Very informal and informative. I try and bring some show and tell for them boyz to ponder along with some yak dung to spread about...

[BudP]

Yak dung???? : - )

[TinCup]

Monday morning coffee at 6:30. All car all talk till 9. First liar doesn't stand a chance.

[Patrick L.]

A bunch of us old farts meet at the local diner every morning to solve the worlds problems, its amazing how long that takes. I don't know how much longer it would take if talked about Model As since I'm the only one that has one.

[Bob/Kansas City]

Originally Posted by BudP

Yak dung???? : - )

Yeah... It's a Kansas City thing

[charlesea]

Every Sat @ 7:00 AM in the Heart of Dixie come rain or shine. Most drive their cars & talk about everything plus a few jokes. 12 to 20. Ladies sit together & discuss lady stuff.

[Art Bjornestad]

We eat at Denny's Saturdays on the Wendy off ramp about 6am. Lots of good car talk!

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by MBI Houston

Our club is planning on doing informal breakfast meetings. I have seen some references to such meetings on this site. For those of you that attend these types of meetings, can you give me some insights on the logistics?

How often do you meet and for how long and on what day of the week
What topics do you discuss
Where do you meet

Thanks for any information you can provide.

Marshall

Once a month on a Saturday morning.

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by charlesea

Every Sat @ 7:00 AM in the Heart of Dixie come rain or shine. Most drive their cars & talk about everything plus a few jokes. 12 to 20. Ladies sit together & discuss lady stuff.

Ha! Charles,
They're talking about those OLD men, "OVER THERE"!!
Once I kept count at one of our get togethers and the words, "MODEL A" was REPEATED 377 times!! as if we didn't know what kind of car we were talkin' about!! Once, there were 9 conversations going on at the same time! Great fun and jokes abound, some of which I didn't understand. Later, someone asked me, "What went on over there this morning?"--------------????? Bill W.

[160B]

Wednesday Morning Breakfasts

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[Barry B./ Ma.]

Wednesday morning meetings, soon to change to Fridays at the Applebarn Restaurant in Brimfield Ma. Usually 15 to 20 members attend, very informal and many conversations including Model A's. 8 to 10 members have A's others have more modern classics. Started with 3 people 5 years ago.

[bill44]

We meet twice a week for coffee. Just like the Capitol A's. No business is discussed, but we do solve mechanical and world problems. You just need to find a place where about 20 guys can hang out for a couple of hours, and spend very little. Also where you can keep and eye on your cars as they attract a lot of attention

[2manycars]

Originally Posted by Barry B./ Ma.

Wednesday morning meetings, soon to change to Fridays at the Applebarn Restaurant in Brimfield Ma. Usually 15 to 20 members attend, very informal and many conversations including Model A's. 8 to 10 members have A's others have more modern classics. Started with 3 people 5 years ago.

I thought they were closing and you were moving the meeting to a larger place.

[Barry B./ Ma.]

Originally Posted by 2manycars

I thought they were closing and you were moving the meeting to a larger place.

She assured us that they were not closing (plan to be open Fri.Sat.&Sun.) so last week we told her we would try Fridays for awhile after the New Year. Come on up with the new coupe.

[lookin-backtexas]

Originally Posted by MBI Houston

Our club is planning on doing informal breakfast meetings. I have seen some references to such meetings on this site. For those of you that attend these types of meetings, can you give me some insights on the logistics?

How often do you meet and for how long and on what day of the week
What topics do you discuss
Where do you meet

Thanks for any information you can provide.

Marshall

Hi Marshall:
The Lone Star Model A Ford Club of Georgetown, TX (30 miles north of Austin) meets for breakfast every Saturday morning and has for almost 20 years. I founded the club in late September 1993 and we began the Saturday breakfasts the following week (early October 1993).

On May 3, 2003 the Mayor of Georgetown proclaimed that day, "Lone Star Model A Ford Club Day" in Georgetown in recognition of our club's 500th consecutive weekly breakfast. Two weeks ago, December 1, 2012, we held our 1,000th weekly breakfast and U.S. Congressman John R. Carter (R-TX) read a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives congratulating our club on reaching the milestone of 1,000 weekly breakfasts. Here's a link to his speech entered into the Congressional Record:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-20...0-4.pdf#page=1

We meet every Saturday morning at 7:30 am at the IHOP in Georgetown; they have a private meeting room in the back which is reserved for us. Normally we have 30-40 members present (more if we have a Model A tour planned for that day since we leave for the tour immediately after eating). Our 1,000th weekly breakfast had 55 members attending and everyone received a pinback button for their club vests proclaiming, "I had a GRAND time at our 1,000th weekly breakfast."

This event has become such a part of our member's lives that one year New Year's Day fell on a Saturday and about five of our guys showed up at the restaurant and found the door locked - they commented, "Don't they know we eat together EVERY Saturday morning? How dare them close on a Saturday!" They found another restaurant that was open that day and kept the string alive.

The IHOP even puts out our very own coffee mugs with our club logo on it for everyone to use - we had some made for our club's 10th anniversary and gave the extras to IHOP. They even permit us to put a plaque in their entry with our club logo saying we meet there every Saturday morning - it's right next to the Rotary Club plaque. Our personal waitress has waited on us so long that she just greets most of us with, "Morning Bill, the usual?" and she knows what to bring!

I encourage all Model A Clubs to start this tradition - it's truly a great way to get to know each other better and builds great friendships!


Fred Carlton
Founder, Lone Star Model A Ford Club
Membership Chairman

[painterrick]

Originally Posted by TinCup

Monday morning coffee at 6:30. All car all talk till 9. First liar doesn't stand a chance.

Amen to first liar doesn"t stand a chance Sooner Model A Monday morning coffee.Best guys you will ever meet

[Clem Clement]

Yak Dung flings better'n cow pies or buffalo chips. Speakin of Kansas and buffalos, Kansas brews a mightly good suds called Buffalo Sweat. Try a case some night.http://tallgrassbeer.com/beers.html

[Bruce Adams]

Maybe twenty or so "Car Guys" to include Corvette, Early V-8, Model A, and Street Rodders meet Wednesday Morning for breakfast and to solve each other's mechanical problems at a BAGEL BOSS on Long Island.
Each Friday night about twenty fellow Model A'ers meet with their spouses, sitting boys on one table, for dinner. We also celebrate birthdays and Christmas, etc.

[ford3]

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our oro dam cruisers breakfasts includes all car guys, model t, model a's, and street rods, makes for some interesting conversations, we dont care about the make or year, we just enjoy the company and conversation