October 2010 Newsletter

October 2010:

Fall is here and the mod bug is running a muck!  Members are preparing their trucks for winter and getting out and experiencing the joy of driving your truck in this crisp, beautiful weather.  Personally, this is my favorite time of year and I excited to get out and experience all that mother nature has to offer in the next couple of months.

Recap:

GPAX member’s dues are still being accepted.  I want to thank all of those who have paid thus far for your support and encouragement.

Also, a few GPAX members had a successful camping / birthday trip this past weekend in Franklinville, NY.  Glad you kids had fun!

Meeting Minutes

GPAX officers have been hard at work organizing a GPAX bank account with Wachovia Bank to handle all the financial transactions for member’s dues and merchandise.  Another feat was getting this website up and running.  We are very pleased with all of our supporting members and look forward to gaining many more members in the last quarter of 2010 and in 2011 and beyond.

Dan White & Jerry Chao have stepped in as our two new Sponsorship Coordinators replacing Ben Cooper who moved over to Events Coordinator to replace Mike Meneze who had to step down for personal reasons.

GPAX now has a functional bank account with Wachovia Bank and an active PayPal account to handle all financial transactions. The PayPal is payments@gpaxterra.org and will be used on the website.

Upcoming Events


GPAX Mod Day October 23, 2010 – Food, Fun, Mods and Truck Oriented Conversation

  • Finishline Auto Salon – 3125 Route 73 South, Maple Shade, NJ
  • 8am – Dark
  • Bring your tools, mods and get ready to have a great time!

Details found here: http://www.thenewx.org/forum/showthread.php?t=34254

GPAX is looking forward to hitting the trails this fall and also giving back to the community to with some philanthropy events as well.  Get ready for the Campout For Hunger Food Drive in November.  GPAX members are now encouraged to started collecting non perishable food items such as canned food for our big collection/donation event at Preston & Steve’s Campout For Hunger.  This year, the Campout is November 29th to December 3rd, 2010 and we will attend and donate one of those nights.

http://www.wmmr.com/events/Details.aspx?ID=177446

NeXterra will host it’s first annual “Northern Exposure Run” this upcoming January in two locations simultaneously!  One location is The Gremlin Graveyard in Massachusetts and in Pennsylvania at Rausch Creek Off-Road Park.  Details for the run can be found here: http://nexterra.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5123

As far as runs go, please expect some runs to pop up during this fall and early winter. The GPAX website and TheNewX.org will be the first lines of communication for all upcoming events and runs.

Merchandise

New T-shirts are available for $15 a piece and they are available in two colors (black and gray) and all sizes (S, M, L, XL, & XXL). Vinyl stickers are available in both 8? and 12? sizes in white, blue, red, yellow and green.  Windshield banners are now available in 34?x3? for $10 a piece.  Oversized Hood banners 24?x7? are available for $12 a piece.  All prices do not include shipping, but are available on the website.

Kudos

To our brother club NeXterra for hosting a successful Back to School Run in Oneonta, NY this past September.  They had a great turnout and many GPAX members’s attended and had a great time.  Thanks NeXterra!

Go GPAX!

Stephen Q. Breslin
Founder & President