The Saturday, January 11th  FRMC Member Meeting was held at Romano’s Italian Restaurant at 5666 S. Windermere Street in Littleton, CO.  The meeting was called to order by Larry Standiford around 11:20 am with 29 members in attendance as detailed below.  Larry turned the meeting over to new President Wendell Salas shortly after the meeting started.

Larry Standiford
Karen Standiford
Tom Ferguson
Jackie Ferguson
Art Apple
John Revesz
Lori Revesz
Paul Revesz
Larry Snodgrass
Jim Yank
Nancy Yank
Keith Johnson
Jim Dowdell
Terry Frank
Dan Gaddy
Dean Gianarkis
Don Wuebker
Joyce Wuebker
Wendell Salas
Joe Bolis
Larry Cooper
Bryan DeSmet
Dusty Dodge
Ron Fox
Ann Fox
John McNurney
Mary Sue Powell
Travis Reeder
Dave Schmidt

The Club had 44 paid family memberships at the end of 2024.
FRMC usually tries to pick out a worthy cause for holiday donations at our Christmas Party or shortly after.  Our member, Paul Revesz, has formed a 501-C, Perpetual Learning Opportunities, to provide support to what is a sadly underrepresented population segment to which his daughter belongs….adolescents and adults with developmental issues.  At Saturday’s meeting Paul reported that FRMC members generously contributed $1,850 to this organization during the holiday season.  Paul was visibly touched and very grateful.  He is now pursuing a physical facility for Perpetual Learning Opportunities.
Wendell Salas reported that plans for the 2025 Rocky Mountain Mustang Roundup are well underway with 4 Mustang clubs participating as sponsors and registration to open in early January.  The event will center around Cripple Creek and include autocross (Friday at PPIR), a scenic mountain tour drive to Cripple Creek (Friday), a Friday Food Truck Social near the hotel, breakfast buffets Saturday and Sunday at the hotel (preregistration required) and the popular show ‘n shine in Cripple Creek.

As we await the return of driving season, your officers are looking for ideas for driving/show events to keep the Club active during the colder months.  Some suggestions discussed so far include:

• A road trip to Colorado Springs to view the National Museum of World War II Aviation
• Visit the Colorado Model Railroad Museum in Greeley
• Tour the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden
• Visit the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver
• Tour Cars Remember When in Englewood with their always changing inventory

At the Club Holiday Party, Larry Standiford prepared several signup sheets to ascertain member interest in daily or destination club cruises in the Rocky Mountain area and Tom Ferguson added a list of By-ways Field Trips  published by the Denver Post at Saturday’s meeting.  Wendell and Larry will ultimately determine the most popular destinations for cruise planning purposes in 2025.   It is also hoped that member Mike Thomas can resume his efforts arranging driving outings in the new year as his and his family’s health issues clear up.  Other suggestions are always welcome.  Remember, FRMC is always looking for more volunteers and input so contact one of the officers with your ideas.
In November member Keith Johnson requested that the next FRMC shirt program consist of t-shirts as opposed to the polo shirts we’ve been ordering over the last several years.  There appears to be quite a lot of support for this and at Saturday’s meeting, the Club discussed design ideas including multiple color options with the Front Range Mustang Club in script on the front along with a running pony image below the script and a pocket on the opposite side.  Everyone wants to keep the large image of our Club logo on the back as was done on previous t-shirts, but they want the image to be in ink, not a transfer patch so it will hold up through washings.  Tom Ferguson will take this concept to our current shirt vendor to see what can be done and report back.
Member Dick Thompson suggested via email that FRMC participate in one of the Forney Transportation Museum’s Dust ‘n Shine days and the members agreed that this would make a good Club outing if March 15th was available.  That date was confirmed after the meeting so the event is listed below under Club Events of Interest.
  
      The next FRMC meeting will be Saturday, February 15th  at 11am at Romano’s Italian Restaurant in Littleton at 5666 S. Windermere Street.  We are meeting one week later than normal to accommodate members who wish to attend the Tri-State Auto Swap Meet on February 8th.   
      
      The following list represents Upcoming Club or other Events of Interest  
 
February 8-9 – Tri-State Auto Swap Meet, 8am-5pm Saturday, 8am-2pm Sunday, National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St, Denver
February 15 - FRMC Member Meeting, Romano’s Italian Restaurant, 11am, 5666 S Windermere St, Littleton, CO
March 8 – FRMC Member Meeting, Romano’s Italian Restaurant, 11am, 5666 S Windermere St, Littleton, CO
 
March 8-9 – Tri-State Auto Exhibition, 10am-7pm Saturday, 10am-5pm Sunday, National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St, Denver
March 15 – FRMC Participates in the Forney Museum Dust ‘n Shine Day, 9:30am-2pm, Forney Museum of Transportation, 4303 Brighton Blvd, Denver
April 4-6 – Mustangs at Dezerland Orlando MCA National Show, Dezerland Park, Orlando, FL
www.midfloridamustangclub.com
May 23-26 – Ponies in the Ozarks MCA National Show, Gravois Mills, MO Ozark International Raceway,  Hosted by MCA
June 27-29 – Horsepower in the Queen City MCA National, Lakota West High School, Cincinnati, OH, Queen City Mustangers  www.queencitymustangers.com
August 2 – Eighth Annual Rocky Mountain Car Show & Swap Meet, 10am-2pm, 11905 Corporate Way. Broomfield, CO  www.collectorcarcouncil.com
August 29-31 – MCA Grand National, Fredericksburg, VA, Fredericksburg Fairgrounds
National Capital Region Mustang Club
 
Standing Events
 
Last Saturday of every month in Englewood, CO - Caffeine & Chrome at Gateway Classic Cars, 14150 Grasslands Drive, 9am-12pm weather permitting, www.gatewayclassiccars.com
Second Saturday of every month in Parker, CO – Expresso & Exhaust at the Vehicle Vault, 18301 Lincoln Meadows Parkway, 9am-12pm weather permitting, www.vehiclevaultco.com
Second Saturday of every month in Littleton, CO – Littleton Car Show at Old Crow Antiques, 10081 W Bowles Ave at 1pm, www.littletonhotrodcruise.com
Fourth Saturday evening of the month into the Fall - Highlands Ranch Hot Rodder’s Cruise Night from 4pm-9pm at the Rusty Tapp BBQ, 311 E County Line Road, Littleton info@hrhotrod.com.
Every Saturday - Evergreen Cars and Coffee at Olde’s Garage, 3639 Evergreen Parkway from 9am-noon benefitting Mt Evans Hospice of Evergreen (June 1-Aug31), David 720-308-3942
Every Thursday – Cars Among the Evergreens at 24887 Genesee Trail Rd, Golden, 6pm-8pm, organizer Arthur R Burke IV, 616-405-3024, www.burkecarphoto.com
       If you have an event you’d like posted to the above list or the Club website Bullett-n Board, bring an informational flyer to an upcoming Club meeting.  Updates on future Club Meetings and activities of interest will be posted on the  www.frontrangemustangclub.org website calendar. 

Per Treasurer, Tom Ferguson, the Club had $1,445.22 in the Vectra Bank checking account as of the meeting date.  FRMC dues for 2025 are $50.00 and can be sent to Tom at 525 Fox Hunt Circle, Highlands Ranch 80126.  Please make the dues checks out to FRMC rather than Tom.  Tom is holding the name tags for members Todd Griffin, Jim and Susan Johnston, and Bill and Joan Anderson.  Please come to a future event to get your tags, guys!

Nothing to report per Larry Standiford, however, he mentioned that it would be nice to have more FRMC members also be members of MCA.  Anyone who has  questions about joining MCA can contact Larry or visit Mustang.org.  Currently, exactly half of the FRMC members are also in MCA.