MEETING NOTES:  An initial Meeting between AZMCC and Power Ford was held on 12-03-2010 @ 10:00 AM at Power Ford.  The purpose was to discuss a "Sponsorship Agreement Document" which is shown below that was composed by the AZMCC "Members Committee" composed of Jim Petersen, AZMCC Director, Richard Taylor, AZMCC Club Coordinator and Jim Griffin, AZMCC Senior Advisor.  It had been reviewed and commented on by other AZMCC Members earlier in November during local Car Shows.

The meeting was held in the office of Lonnie Przybylinski, General Manager of Power Ford of North Scottsdale.  The document, as reviewed today by Lonnie, Richard and Jim Petersen was very acceptable to Lonnie, and he said it was written very professionally and very well organized.  He was also supplied with the AZMCC Guidelines Manual and numerous examples of Club documents as well as Membership Cards and Award Certificates.

Lonnie showed Jim and Richard the Power Ford large and well accommodated Conference Room where all AZMCC Meetings can be held on any date and any time we mutually agree upon.  He was also receptive to an organized car show on site as well as support for off-site Club activities.  Lonnie will now gather the entire package presented to him and discuss it with his Corporate Management for approval.

The Approval/Disapproval Decision of items listed below will be given to Lonnie on each supportable commitment by Power Ford Corporate Headquarters NLT 12-10-2010.

Special Note regarding the delay in accepting the Sponsor Agreement Document.

I was approached by 1. Power Ford, 2. Camelback Ford and 3. Peoria Ford about several Mustang related topics.  The topics ranged from putting together a Mustang Car Show to Sponsoring the AZMCC by becoming our Official Ford Dealership.  Five Star Ford [#4 in line for our attention] was about to make a bid to keep us as their Sponsored Mustang Club, but due to the pending purchase of 5SF by the larger Chapman Automotive Group they told me they would not do anything to support us as a Club.  Their GM basically had me relegated to talking with one of his Managers who really knew nothing nor was he authorized to make any promises to us as a Club.

With the first three Ford Dealers listed above all vying for our attention, I was basically between a rock and a hard place, or in reality really under a lot of stress to select a Ford Dealer to help the AZMCC grow and have a good place for our membership to go for good to great things for their Mustangs.   I was encouraged to "wait" for a while before committing to any Dealer about becoming our Ford Dealer Sponsor.  I asked for a bit of time and thought I might have burned any bridges into any of the three dealerships.  However, Power Ford waited patiently for me to return and I ask if they were still interested in Sponsoring us and fortunately Lonnie Przybylinski, General Manager of Power Ford of North Scottsdale did not even hesitate one bit and welcomed me into his office and we reached an agreement without looking back.  Lonnie and his Team at Power Ford are prepared to support us 100% from today forward.  He and his Team have all been very professional towards the AZMCC and are looking forward to all of us forming one big Team or Family together.

We signed the document below and it is only the beginning of what we can do for Power Ford and Lonnie has assured me it is just the beginning of us becoming a Team of Mustang Enthusiasts.

MEETING NUMBER TWO
SECOND MEETING - FEBRUARY 24, 2011 - THE FINALIZATION OF CLUB SPONSORSHIP

The Ford Sponsor Agreement document was signed at 11:32 A.M. at a meeting on 2-24-2011 attended by Lonnie Przybylinski, General Manager of Power Ford and Jim Petersen, Director of the AZMCC after reviewing and discussing each point on the document below.  It is posted here for all AZMCC Members to read and see all the initial agreements Power Ford and the AZMCC agreed to agree about.