Members of JCCA have voted 31-1 to accept a new set of bylaws for the club, replacing some that were done 10 years ago.

Here they are as a PDF.

The primary changes:

1. Creating a board of directors with seven members.
   
2. Moving the election of the board to the fall and voting online.
3. Creating two-year terms for board members, with four members elected one year and three the next to keep continuity.

The bylaws were written by Larry Schafer with committee members Mike Ferring and Rosemary Price and input from others, including John Pennypacker and members of the current board. The new bylaws take effect immediately.

JCCA members took two categories and a top prize at the San Diego Concours d'Elegance July 18.

Ken and Glenda Roberts's Harold and Maude Jaguar hearse took the trophy for Best in Class Special Division and Best of Show.

Robert and Debbie Bronstein won Best in Class in the Driven Division.

Ken and Glenda Roberts winning Best of Show.

It was the simplest of car club drives: meet, scatter, lunch, scatter and head home. Better still, for this group, lunch was at The Asylum Restaurant in Jerome. Appropriate, no?

The drive on Saturday, June 25, began at a coffee shop at I-17 and Carefree Highway, where organizers Robert and Debbie Bronstein handed us a route sheet that said (in so many words), I-17 to 89A and we'll see you at the top of the hill.

Lunch at the popular restaurant in the Jerome Grand Hotel (a former hospital) was excellent and drew about 20 JCCA members.

Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car magazine has published four pages of photos and description of JCCA's Concours d'Elegance, the centerpiece of our five-day AGM-IJF at the end of March and first of April.

The coverage by Jeff Koch includes 18 photographs of the cars, centering on the Timeline display organized by Larry Maiorano.

Here's a PDF of the Hemmings story.

The best ever, is what we heard from the attendees. Headlined by the concours d'elegance on Sunday, the event was a smashing success. Many thanks to the hard-working volunteers and to the extraordinary effort and time Robert and Debbie Bronstein devoted to making this happen.

Several people called the concours the best Jaguar showing they'd ever seen.

Here's a slide show from Mike Ferring.

JCNA SW Regional Director Doug Dechant wrote to note that he heard lots of comments, complimenting the location, the concours, the events for spouses, the Timeline. He said everyone in the southwest region should be proud of how JCCA represented them.

Gloria Chavez, President of the New Mexico club wrote to say that her members wholeheartedly agree. JCNM had about 12 people attend and they said they were impressed by the work done by all the volunteers.

More information to follow.

Here's a shot of the Timeline Display, organized by Larry Maiorano.

Two new Jaguars are getting great reviews before their introduction, the XE and the F-PACE SUV. If you'd like to order one, Jaguar is offering a couple of incentives on both cars.

In addition to the anticipated JCNA discount, any member who reserves an XE now, will receive complimentary built-in navigation and Jaguar Financial Group will waive the first month payment up to $800. Here are the links to learn more and to reserve your vehicle:

Reserve your XE

Reserve your F-PACE

JCCA Activities Director Rigo Duran has delivered your Christmas presents to UMOM, the state's largest shelter for homeless families.

During the club's annual holiday party, we collected the unwrapped gifts, which now will be passed along to children at Christmas, children who wouldn't otherwise be getting Christmas presents.

Rigo Duran delivering toys to UMOM with stepson Mateo and stepdaughter Fatima and Fatima's son Salomon and daughter Alicia.

Some of the toys the children of UMOM will be getting.

From Nick Gibbs, Automotive News

Jaguar Land Rover will enter the Formula E electric race car series to test its electric powertrains.

The automaker's Jaguar unit will take part in the third season of Formula E starting late next year.

Formula E racing will help Jaguar Land Rover to further the development of future EV powertrains including motor and battery technology, the company said.

"The championship will enable us to engineer and test our advanced technologies under extreme performance conditions," JLR Group Engineering Director Nick Rogers said in the statement.

Neither Jaguar nor Land Rover currently have all-electric vehicles in production. The U.K. magazine Autocar reported in November that Jaguar is working on an electric crossover to go on sale in 2017.

Formula E started in 2014 and is now in its second season. Renault and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen’s DS Automobiles brand take part in Formula E races. Audi is also involved via its long-term race collaborator ABT.

Despite Jaguar’s rich racing heritage, the brand hasn’t been seriously involved in track competition since previous owner Ford Motor Co. pulled Jaguar from Formula One in 2004 after a largely unsuccessful five years in the sport. India’s Tata Motors bought JLR from Ford in 2008.

JLR will partner with Williams Advanced Engineering, an offshoot of the Williams Formula 1 team, to help build a Formula E car. The two companies have already collaborated on the C-X75 hybrid supercar, which was intended to be a production model until JLR cancelled it in 2012.

Richard Greb tells us the good news: "I entered our 1953 XK120M for consideration in the 2016 Arizona Concours d’Elegance and was just informed it was selected for the Biltmore show. Maybe the fact that Sir Stirling Moss signed the dash at this Kansas City show had some bearing?"

Having Stirling's autograph couldn't hurt, but a gorgeous car might make the difference. Look for it when you attend the event in January.

Ken and Glenda Roberts have a car collection with a twist. Given that the centerpiece is from the cult classic Harold and Maude, it almost has to be. Ken set out to duplicate the Jaguar hearse featured in the movie and he's certainly done it—at a price Ken confesses he never imagined when he first charged off into the project.

The JCCA group of about 40 were guests of the Roberts on Saturday (10/17), touring the collection of cars and period memorabilia and enjoying a hamburger lunch with beer and wine and all the trimmings.

Besides the Jaguar hearse, Ken showed the crowd his other cars in the glow of period neon signs: A pristine, nearly-no-miles 1957 Chevrolet convertible dressed up with drive-in tray and being "repaired" by an automated mannequin he calls "Roger" after the Chasing Classic Cars mechanic.

There's the replica of the James Dean "death" Porsche Spyder, autographed by George Barris, who ended up with the mangled car after Dean's crash. And the other cars in the room and driveway? A replica Mercedes, a '58 Corvette, a couple '58 'Vette-looking cars built on newer 'Vette chassis. In all, the sign of a car collector who enjoys it all and doesn't take it too seriously.

Many thanks to Ken and Glenda for a great afternoon!

Here is a slide show with pictures of the trip.