Cream City 500 Club

**Amacento** · 04-15-2014, 11:31 AM

We have a very cool 'special activity' planned this Friday at 5:00pm. Our LS will be closing early to join at the the Famiglia table. This is an unofficial gathering. Our Spring Thaw Cruise happens on the 26th of this month.

This is gonna be a busy driving season

**Amacento** · 04-18-2014, 07:28 AM

Today is the big day. I'm looking forward to getting together with our local CC5Cers. I've sent an email to La Famiglia with details. See you soon!

Remember, if you can't make this one, we'll see you the last Saturday of the month (26 April).

**Amacento** · 05-18-2014, 12:48 PM

Here is the plan the group put on the calendar. Vintage & modern FIATs welcome! I thought I'd drop in and update this with an additional development or two. The CC5C will be celebrating a local strawberry festival in June. There is also the Pirelli World Challenge at Road America. The missus & I will likely go. With any luck, we'll drag a few club members there.

Apr 18 ~ FIAT. FISH. FRY.

Apr 26 ~ Spring Thaw Cruise; The salt is gone! It's time to celebrate with a CC5Cruise to Wisconsin Auto Museum, in Hartford WI, and a family feast at Mineshaft Restaurant & Bar.

May 31 ~ simply MORE Cruise; Celebrate the first 2011-2012 FIAT ad campaign with a cruise to Highway 18 Drive-in!

June 28 ~ CC5C: Famiglia Fest. Celebrate family with a CC5Cruise to the Cedarburg Strawberry Festival.

July 10-13 ~ FIAT FreakOut 2014; The national FIAT club, FIAT Club America, will hold the annual event in IL this season!

July 19 ~ Trofeo CC5C 2014; Join CC5C in a relaxing reenactment of the Historic Elkhart Lake Race Circuits. We will, of course, stop for a family feast.

Aug 7 ~ ABARTH Experience Track Day; Join the CC5Caravan to this special event, sponsored by FIAT's ABARTH & Co. division. The 2014 Joliet IL ABARTH Experience is already shaping up to be a very exciting excursion for our club.

Aug 30 ~ CC5Celebration; Join CC5C as we celebrate our first year! We will caravan to Madison for a visit with our Madhouse Famiglia!

Sep 7 ~ CC5Cars & Coffee; Join the caravan as CC5C invades the storied Lake Mills Cars & Coffee event!

Oct 11 ~ FIATs, Fox & Hounds! A bit of WI backroads driving.

Oct (?) ~ Fiat On The Dragon; We would love to end the season with this road trip.

The gatherings keep getting better and friends ships continue to be forged. It's awesome. Join us!

**Amacento** · 05-23-2014, 10:43 AM

Our newest blog entry went live this morning. It should be a treat to fans of FIATs and motorsport. Check it out at the link in my signature!

**Amacento** · 05-30-2014, 03:17 PM

We meet at Coquette Cafe, in Milwaukee's Third Ward, at 6:00pm. We'll leave, for Jefferson, at 6:30pm. We should arrive in Jefferson by 7:30pm. There should be 3-5 'centos, from the Madison area, at the theater waiting for the MKE group. You'll know them by the CC5C logo displayed on the FIATs.

We trust we'll see you there.

Ciao!

**David Blaska** · 05-30-2014, 07:59 PM

Well, fine and good. But how do you get the word out? Where was I supposed to find this? If I wanted to be a member, get info, etc., how do you make that happen?

**Amacento** · 05-30-2014, 08:37 PM

We are sponsored by our Local Studio. That is our primary source of visibility. I, personally, supply 'calling cards' to the Studio for member handouts. CC5C vinyl window clings are supplied free-of-charge by corporate (in the beginning, I supplied them myself). In addition, I run the blog & FB page. I've just completed my second article for RICAMBI magazine (my name and email appears in each issue as a Regional Contact for WI). This is all done with no member dues… no profit.

We can't make you find the info we put out there ~ We can only make sure it's out there to find.

'Google' or 'Bing' Cinquecento Club WI and find us in the number one spot on page one. You'll find us all over page one using the words "FIAT clubs in Milwaukee WI". You'll find us on page one or two using "FIAT clubs in WI".

You found us here (one of the most popular FIAT forums in NA). You can also find us… and our meet schedules for the entire year... on other popular NA FIAT forums. In addition, you can find us at the FIAT Club America forum as well as a CC5C banner on an amazing NA FIAT news site. Our links are often 'Shared' on other FB FIAT fan pages. We have faithful readership from Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, North & South America. They're awesome

Can we expect to see you Saturday? We'd love to count another FIAT fan among us.

**David Blaska** · 05-31-2014, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by Amacento

We are sponsored by our Local Studio. That is our primary source of visibility. I, personally, supply 'calling cards' to the Studio for member handouts. ...

I saw that schedule of rides and multiple reminders. But nothing on where to rendezvous or what time. If you're on-line, why not make it easier? Yes, I found you. Spent way much time surfing in order to do so. This is a friendly suggestion if you want to grow your group. But maybe this is a Milwaukee-only group. I was out in Lake Mills this afternoon but am back in Madison now. If you have details on future rides, it wouldn't hurt to post the link here. By details, I don't mean just the day and destination; I'm talking the start time, rendezvous point, and possible stops along the way where aficionados can join up. That's what the Harley riders do. (I'm a member of two clubs.) On-line!

**Tweak** · 05-31-2014, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by David Blaska

I saw that schedule of rides and multiple reminders. But nothing on where to rendezvous or what time. If you're on-line, why not make it easier? Yes, I found you. Spent way much time surfing in order to do so. This is a friendly suggestion if you want to grow your group. But maybe this is a Milwaukee-only group. I was out in Lake Mills this afternoon but am back in Madison now. If you have details on future rides, it wouldn't hurt to post the link here. By details, I don't mean just the day and destination; I'm talking the start time, rendezvous point, and possible stops along the way where aficionados can join up. That's what the Harley riders do. (I'm a member of two clubs.) On-line!

Just checking...you have the Facebook page right? I barely use FB on a routine basis but he is also pretty active with postings there which might also help in addition to his time on multiple forums and the blog. Hope you are enjoying the forum!