BMW Club Planning Meeting Wrapup 2013

Members of the Iowa BMW Club met at Sam and Louie’s in Urbandale on Nov. 17 to discuss the events for the calendar year 2014. Below is the calendar of events set for 2014, and a list of ideas for future events.

If you have any suggestions for club activities, please email Alison Bell at Alison.bell@bmwia.org.

Ideas for future events included:

• Cars and Coffee at Karl’s—summer 2014 (Saturdays)/possible Dyno session
• Bennigan’s Graffiti nights—-Wednesdays, summer 2014
• Gymkhana
• Duffy’s Collectible Cars—Cedar Rapids area
• Skunk River Restorations
• Driving School—MAM or elsewhere
• United Sports Car Series—Road America—August 10, 2014
• I Cubs/June 2014
• Drake Basketball/Iowa Energy/Bucs/Iowa Wild

2014 Schedule of Events

• January 14 — Informal Social, 6:30 p.m. Appare, 3769 86th St, Urbandale
• January 25 — Drake Basketball Game-chaired by Nicole Smith — January 25 — Knapp Center, 2601 Forest Ave., Des Moines
• February — Chicago Auto Show-chaired by Rick Talbot — February 15 — Chicago
• February — Annual Dinner-chaired by David Brighton — February 22 — Des Moines
• March — Tech Session at Earl’s Tires-chaired by David Brighton — March — West Des Moines
• April — CR Winery Tour/Duffy’s Cars-chaired by Kolin Brighton — April — Cedar Rapids
• May — Spring Drive/Poker Run-chaired by Nicole Anderson — May — Okoboji
• May — Windy City Driving School — May 16-18 — Autobahn
• June — Street Survival-chaired by Fred Bell — June 7 — Newton
• June — Oktoberfest-National Event — June 16-20 — Beaver Creek
• June — Iowa Cubs Game-chaired by David Trachtenberg — June — Des Moines
• July — Annual Picnic/Summerset Winery-chaired by Jon Volz — July 27 — WDM/Indianola
• August — IMSA/Tudor Race at Road America-Regional Event — August 8-10 — Elkhart Lake
• August — Possible Driving School-TBA
• August — Tech Session at Alloy Wheel Repair — August — Cedar Rapids
• September — Gymkhana-chaired by Jeff Daly — September — Des Moines
• October — J and J Car Show-chaired by Jack and Janelle Kramer — October 4 — Cedar Rapids
• October — Street Survival-QC Subchapter — October — Bettendorf
• October — Fall Colors Tour-combined Iowa/North Star Event — October — Wisconsin
• November — Planning Meeting-chaired by Alison Bell — November 16 — Cedar Rapids
• November — Group Drive-chaired by Mike Myers — November — Ames
• December — Chili/video event-chaired by Ryan Smith — December 6 — Ankeny