BMW Club of Southern Alberta
ABOUT US
BMW Club of Southern Alberta (BMWCSA) is a member of the BMW Club of Canada and is thus affiliated with the International Council of BMW Clubs based in Munich. The International Council Guidelines state in part "... that all BMW Clubs are democratically run, apolitical, multi-denominational and non- profit orientated. The various touristic, motor sport and social events organized by the Clubs should aim to cultivate a positive image of the BMW marquee and company. It stands to reason, for every club member is automatically an ambassador of BMW."BMWCSA strives to conduct is activities consistent with these guidelines.
BMWCSA is a non-profit organization formed in September of 1996 and registered as a non-profit organization in Alberta in 2008.
OUR MISSION
▪ To facilitate social and driving events for the benefit of the membership and
▪ To promote the enjoyment and sharing of the good will and the fellowship derived from owning a BMW or other fun vehicle.
▪ To promote the enjoyment and sharing of the good will and the fellowship derived from owning a BMW or other fun vehicle.
Last update: May 22, 2013
Members' line up on a Fathers' Day ride.
KALENDER
2013
JUNE 12
General meeting 7:30 PM at Austrian-Canadian Club,
3112 – 11th Street NE. All members welcome.
JUNE 16
Annual Fathers’ Day Drive Details at right.
JULY 10
General meeting 7:30 PM . Location to be announced as ACC is closed for summer vacation.
JULY 20
Stanley Park Car Show. This year's theme is European cars.
JULY 21
Calgary to Nanton, via a devious (paved) route. An afternoon to explore antique shops, the Lancaster Bomber Museum, or perhaps the Train shop, not to mention Chinese and Western Cuisine. Details at right.
AUGUST 14
General meeting 7:30 PM at Austrian-Canadian Club,
3112 – 11th Street NE. All members welcome.
AUGUST TBD
Annual BBQ. Details to follow.
SEPTEMBER 11
General meeting 7:30 PM at Austrian-Canadian Club,
3112 – 11th Street NE. All members welcome.
SEPTEMBER TBD
September Club drive to a point north of the city. Details to follow.
OCTOBER 9
General meeting 7:30 PM at Austrian-Canadian Club,
3112 – 11th Street NE. All members welcome.
NOVEMBER 13
General meeting 7:30 PM at Austrian-Canadian Club,
3112 – 11th Street NE. All members welcome.
NOVEMBER TBD
Christmas Party time! Details to follow.
DECEMBER 11
General meeting 7:30 PM at Austrian-Canadian Club,
3112 – 11th Street NE. All members welcome.
CLUB DRIVE to NANTON - JULY 21
On July 21, your Editor will lead a club drive to Nanton. There is something in this for everyone, so think about bringing your main squeeze, spouse, significant other, your partner or a friend along for the ride.
The route is on good, paved roads all the way. This will be a day inclusive of driving; sight-seeing; a stop at an historic point of interest; a small-town restaurant buffet lunch (classic ‘chinese & western cuisine’); window-shopping and perhaps real shopping in Nanton’s famous antique shops, a look at some garden-sized trains; or possibly spending part of the afternoon in the famous Bomber Command Museum in Nanton. Or you might want to tour the Nanton Grain Elevator Discovery Centre. You can make arrangements for tours by appointment by calling (403) 646-1146. There is even more to Nanton than we can tell you in this space.
You may not have time for it all: pick your poison, as they say. Late in the afternoon, you’ll have the choice of joining a convoy back to Calgary; or, you may wish to stay in Nanton until the shops close, have dinner there, and drive home in the evening in the long evening light. If you wish to convoy home in the late afternoon, you can plan on being back in Calgary by about sixish PM.
WHEN: We’ll meet, greet and sign the club waiver form at 08:30, Sunday July 21, At 09:00 we’ll begin our drive. The day will be full.
WHERE: Tim Hortons shop at 303 Shawville Boulevard SE, T2Y 3W6 (some GPS like that sort of detail), opposite the South Fish Creek Recreation Association. Sorry about the early hour, but this TH is open 24 hours, so you ought to be able to pick up some Java juice and carbs if you missed breckie.
REGISTER: If you will join the drive, it would be appreciated if you’d let me know, just so I can warn the restaurant of potential numbers. Contact Stan at munn@bmwcsa.ca by the Thursday, July 19, and I’ll send you the itinerary and a handout of Nanton attractions. But if you can’t be sure enough to contact me, no worries.
See you Sunday morning at the Tim Horton’s. I’ll be beside my Sterling Grey E39 530i, accompanied by webmaster Patty and our grandson James.
For September, we are planning a really interesting destination drive west of Calgary, details should be ready for the July/August newsletter. Watch for it.
The route is on good, paved roads all the way. This will be a day inclusive of driving; sight-seeing; a stop at an historic point of interest; a small-town restaurant buffet lunch (classic ‘chinese & western cuisine’); window-shopping and perhaps real shopping in Nanton’s famous antique shops, a look at some garden-sized trains; or possibly spending part of the afternoon in the famous Bomber Command Museum in Nanton. Or you might want to tour the Nanton Grain Elevator Discovery Centre. You can make arrangements for tours by appointment by calling (403) 646-1146. There is even more to Nanton than we can tell you in this space.
You may not have time for it all: pick your poison, as they say. Late in the afternoon, you’ll have the choice of joining a convoy back to Calgary; or, you may wish to stay in Nanton until the shops close, have dinner there, and drive home in the evening in the long evening light. If you wish to convoy home in the late afternoon, you can plan on being back in Calgary by about sixish PM.
WHEN: We’ll meet, greet and sign the club waiver form at 08:30, Sunday July 21, At 09:00 we’ll begin our drive. The day will be full.
WHERE: Tim Hortons shop at 303 Shawville Boulevard SE, T2Y 3W6 (some GPS like that sort of detail), opposite the South Fish Creek Recreation Association. Sorry about the early hour, but this TH is open 24 hours, so you ought to be able to pick up some Java juice and carbs if you missed breckie.
REGISTER: If you will join the drive, it would be appreciated if you’d let me know, just so I can warn the restaurant of potential numbers. Contact Stan at munn@bmwcsa.ca by the Thursday, July 19, and I’ll send you the itinerary and a handout of Nanton attractions. But if you can’t be sure enough to contact me, no worries.
See you Sunday morning at the Tim Horton’s. I’ll be beside my Sterling Grey E39 530i, accompanied by webmaster Patty and our grandson James.
For September, we are planning a really interesting destination drive west of Calgary, details should be ready for the July/August newsletter. Watch for it.
Editor Stan Munn
munn@bmwcsa.ca
MEMBER SURVEY
The Club is conducting a survey of its members to determine how the club might better suit your needs. Your help and cooperation in filling in a short survey would be greatly appreciated and will help the Club Executive chart the right direction for the Club’s activities.
All survey respondents will be eligible for a random draw for a $200 gift certificate to Mercato Restaurant. The Draw will be held at the June 12 BMW Club Meeting at the Austrian-Canadian Club.
Please complete the survey by June 2.
The fine print:
Please only one response per membership.
Completion of required questions is essential to successful submission of the survey.
Your name and email are required for the draw and to verify membership. This contact info will not be shared beyond the subcommittee.
Data will be analyzed without contact information and results will be presented anonymously.
Check out Mercato at http://www.mercatogourmet.com/restaurant.html.
All survey respondents will be eligible for a random draw for a $200 gift certificate to Mercato Restaurant. The Draw will be held at the June 12 BMW Club Meeting at the Austrian-Canadian Club.
Please complete the survey by June 2.
The fine print:
Please only one response per membership.
Completion of required questions is essential to successful submission of the survey.
Your name and email are required for the draw and to verify membership. This contact info will not be shared beyond the subcommittee.
Data will be analyzed without contact information and results will be presented anonymously.
Check out Mercato at http://www.mercatogourmet.com/restaurant.html.
BMWCSA PHOTO CONTEST 2013
Would you like to see your photos in print? We want your photos for newsletter covers; promotion of club-sponsored events such as driving schools; website headers; and one of these years we might get around to a club calendar; and simply to share images of the great cars that we own and drive, with each other.
You must be a member, or an employee or associate of a sponsoring advertiser of an Alberta BMW Club to enter.
Deadline for submissions is 12:00 PM, October 31st, 2013.
And there are prizes! Grand prize for best overall in each category will be your photo printed on Aluminum with hanger, which is the latest photo print medium. And there are more. Check full details below.
You must be a member, or an employee or associate of a sponsoring advertiser of an Alberta BMW Club to enter.
Deadline for submissions is 12:00 PM, October 31st, 2013.
And there are prizes! Grand prize for best overall in each category will be your photo printed on Aluminum with hanger, which is the latest photo print medium. And there are more. Check full details below.
RITE OF SPRING - FATHERS' DAY DRIVE – JUNE 16
This year as last we will enjoy a buffet lunch at the Rafter 6 Guest Ranch located just off the Trans-Canada Highway. The Rafter 6 puts on quite a spread! Pricing is as follows:
Adults $29.95
Children 5-12 $19.95
Seniors 65 & older $26.95
GST and 15% group gratuity are extra.
This event was very popular last year with 60 plus attending so be sure to sign up early.
Please email the number of members/guests and children in your party to events@bmwcsa.ca. John will confirm by return email including the route to be driven to all who respond.
John Bruggeman
Event Coordinator, BMWCSA
- +BMWCSA TOUR of the DOLOMITES
- We continue to lay plans for the September 2014 Dolomites Driving Tour. Events Coordinator Greg Walsh is leading the charge. A route and schedule has been more firmly defined. It has us starting in Munich with a tour of BMW Welt, the museum and a BMW plant; driving on to Salzburg (Mozart’s birthplace) where we’ll stay two nights; then on in a broad loop through several ‘hub’ destinations, where we’ll stay two to four nights each. From the hubs, we’ll drive day tours, with the option to alternate cultural days with driving days according to individual tastes. The route back to Munich will probably take us through Innsbruck.
So far, we have 23 expressions of interest for the Driving Tour, and we are continuing to take names. Our intent is still to limit the tour to 15 cars because of logistical and booking limitations, but a lot can happen between now and September 2014, so if you are interested in joining this once-in-a-lifetime event, contact Greg Walsh at events@bmwcsa.ca.
We plan to be back to Munich and on our way home (or to whatever destination suits individual participants) before Octoberfest crowds begin to form.
A bicycle tour of the Dalmatian Coast for hardcore two-wheelers (self-powered variety) is shaping up following the Driving Tour. - +BADLANDS MOTORSPORT - UPDATE
- After many years of development, we are pleased to announce that the first reading of our re-zoning application in Kneehill County to obtain a Direct Control District to develop a comprehensive Motorsports Facility, was approved almost unanimously (6:1) by council on March 12th, 2013.
The re-zoning application is to approve the development of a 4.4-mile multi-configuration Road Course, Paddock, Commercial Development, Non-motorsport Recreational Development, and Residential Development.
This is a significant step towards a World-Class Motorsports facility becoming a reality in Southern Alberta; a facility which is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of motorsports enthusiasts throughout Western Canada.
As many of you already know, this project has been in development since 2005. The process has taken longer than expected, but all issues have now been resolved.
We still have to go through a second reading (Public Hearing), which is scheduled for June 11th, 2013. However, based on information provided to us by the Development Office of the Kneehill County, we are confident that all of the concerns raised by the area citizens have been addressed and we are very optimistic that we will obtain the final approvals in June 2013.
Construction could start as soon as the Spring of 2014, with the track opening in 2015.
We have thoroughly updated the FAQ section of our website to reflect the recent developments and we have included much more detailed information about the project, the planned amenities, and the operation of the Road Course.
Please visit http://www.badlandsmotorsportsresort.com/news.php for more information and for answers to many questions.Jay Zelazo
President and CEO,
Badlands Motorsports Resort - +BMW REBATE PROGRAM
- The BMW Club of Canada, the 'parent' organization of which the BMW Club of Southern Alberta is a member club, has announced a rebate program whereby BMW Canada will issue a rebate to long-standing BMW Club members who purchase a new BMW. There are still a few details being worked out so bear with us. As soon as we have clarity around the details of the program they will be posted here and in the newsletter.
If you have purchased a new BMW since January 1, 2013 or are thinking about buying a new BMW, contact one of the Club executives for the latest on the rebate program.
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