QCUSA: Northern California Chapter Formation Meeting Notice [long]

[steveb@newkla.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

In order to provide more service to its members, the Quattro Club, USA 
(QCUSA) has started the process of forming local chapters in various parts 
of the country.  I have agreed to act as coordinator for the formation of 
the Northern California chapter of QCUSA.  I have received a chapter form-
ation proposal from the national headquarters and a list of the names of 
all QCUSA members in the state.  I have also been in contact with chapter 
coordinators in other parts of the country.  

I took the membership list and sat down with a California map to determine 
how the members are distributed throughout the state.  I found that there 
are 40-50 members in Southern California, in an area stretching from Goleta 
in the north and west, to Lake Arrowhead in the east and Coronado in the 
south.  There are no members in the area north of Santa Barbara to around 
Monterey and Fresno, while the members in the northern part of California 
range from there north to Mount Shasta.  By far the highest concentration 
of QCUSA members is in the area around San Francisco.  I count about 60 
members in the triangle described by San Rafael, Concord and Morgan Hill.  
There are groups of 5-10 members in the Monterey Bay Area as well as the 
Sacramento metropolitan area.  I counted a total of eighty QCUSA members in 
what I have defined as the Northern California region.  

We have scheduled a meeting to discuss the formation of a northern Califor-
nia chapter of QCUSA to be held on Saturday, 5 August 1995 at 1:00 p.m. at 
the offices of Rendition (so kindly offered by Jay Eisenlohr).  The primary 
orders of business will be the consideration of the chapter formation pro-
posal and a discussion of the types of events the chapter will sponsor for 
its members.  We have contacted representatives of other regional organiza-
tions of other automotive enthusiast clubs to allow us to compare this to 
the QCUSA proposal, and would appreciate inputs from all who are members of 
other similar organizations.  The primary goal of this effort is to provide 
more service to the members of QCUSA in northern California.  After this 
business has concluded there should be sufficient opportunity to compare 
notes with other owners and to review some Audi video tapes.  I apologize 
for the short notice, especially for those people who would have to travel 
some distance to attend.  Feel free to invite others; it is not mandatory 
that you be a QCUSA member to attend.  If at all possible I would appreciate 
a RSVP so that we will have a idea of how many will be attending.  

If you need directions to Rendition, please contact me by e-mail or phone.

If you are interested in getting more information about chapters being form-
ed in other parts of the country, contact Karen Chadwick, executive director 
of the Quattro Club, USA at (612) 475-2063.  I have included my address and 
phone information below:

Steven L. Buchholz
3207 Falls Creek Drive
San Jose, CA 95135
Internet: s_buchho@kla.com
(408) 274-9317 (home)
(408) 456-6244 (work/voice mail)
(408) 434-4284 (fax at work)