June 2025 was busy.  In addition to our regular meeting, the CLC Potomac Region (PR) participated in the CLC Grand National in Tennessee in a big way.  Next, Scot Minesinger and Christopher Winter organized a tech session on Saturday, June 14 at Scot’s house

The Potomac Region's officers are actively working for continuous improvement in a few areas:

- Streamlining dues payment   
- Recruitment through social media   
- CLC awards   
- Dealer Show & Auction at Sport Cadillac

 Follow progress in the Caddie Chronicle and at the monthly meetings.

Service awards at a Grand National are for activity in the previous calendar year, in this case 2024.  PR did fairly well last month in Tennessee.  We submitted four nominations and won two and a fraction:  The Website Excellence Award went to Webmaster Vince Taliano and the Maurice Hendry Award (for research) to yours truly.  I thank Chuck Piel for the nomination.  It was an honor.

The Potomac Region also nominated itself for the Norm Uhlir Regional Activity Award under Past Director Dan Ruby and the Newsletter Excellence Award under Editor Vince Taliano.  Although PR performance in these two categories was incredibly strong, it was not our turn to win.  The Potomac Region congratulates the St. Louis Region, also very strong under the leadership of Todd Tobiasz, on winning the Norm Uhlir Award.  See the Potomac Region's nominations, linked here for the sake of transparency (click on titles).  As a consolation prize, PR won The Norm Uhlir Award Region of Merit, a badge which Vince will display on the Region’s website.

PR always gets new members, starting this month with “Brady & Grady,” i.e., Brady Como of Louisiana and Grady Davis of North Carolina, who is also CLC Regional Vice-President for the Southeastern US.  Another new member is Lenny Millholland of Winchester, VA.  Unfortunately, PR lost a member, Bob Arnold.  Dan Ruby shared a fond memory:  “I remember him & his son drove up to our meeting in Baltimore with the 59 Caddy. Great guy & car!”  Our sympathies go out to Bob’s surviving family and friends. 

In closing, greetings from Brazil!  I came back to recruit more members for the Potomac Region, but I picked a bad time of year.  It gets dark at 5:00 pm now, so it’s hard to find people.  CLC should sell an official lantern.

 Larry Good