In Czech, our Tatra is "female" anyway, so I'll save myself the trouble of "gendering" this letter and wish you all, my co-president and our management, a Merry Christmas, a good start into the new year and a nice classic car season 2024!

Our Secretary General has spread the good news that with the meeting in 2024 in Italy (thanks to our Italian friends!), a meeting in the Styrian district of Weiz the following year and the invitation from our Dutch friends for 2026, three (!) annual meetings already seem to be secured. Great thing!

Anna Livia will send a small commemorative greeting to the participants of this year's Grimming meeting in memory of these beautiful days.

I would like to report on my participation in the Classica in Bologna. Once you had overcome the confusion of the city map and traffic, the Italians surprised you again with great cars of all kinds, perfect presentations and the usual hospitality, even if "Tatra" unfortunately couldn't be remembered.

All the best, Your President

with air-cooled greetings

Jerome Colloredo-Mannsfeld