Maverick Minutes by Michael Wingfield The November <strong>2005</strong> Maverick Region Board meeting was held at Hackberry Creek Country Club on November 1, <strong>2005</strong>. The meeting had the following 17 members in attendance: Executive Council: Rocky Johnson, Mark Gluck, Jeff Atkins, Michael Wingfield; Board Members: Bill Miller, Wendy Shoffit, Lanean Hughes, Ed Gross, Bill Dawson, Joe McGlohen, Charlie Davis, Teri Davis, Joel Nannis, Dennis Chamberlain, Chuck Machala; Other Members: Jan Mayo and Marie Wingfield. Rocky called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM, and began the ‘round table discussion. Bill Miller: Founder’s Day awards ordered. Sold the FRS radios. Wendy Shoffit: Presented the 2006 events calendar prepared by Bill Miller. Board members added and moved events to fill out the calendar. The completed/revised calendar will to go to Steve Boyd (webmaster) for posting on the web site. <strong>Slipstream</strong> ready today (11/1). Founder’s Day set and sponsors happy with their invitations. Sample program presented showing the schedule of events. Voting for club Officers and Bylaws revisions will be open until dinner. Wendy Shoffit (as Mike Brodigan): Seven advertiser bills remain outstanding. Seven Internet advertisers signed up. Steve Boyd will build a sponsor page on the web site. Lanean Hughes: Presented photos of Mike & Marie Stafford’s adventure participating in the final presentation of the 50th Anniversary 2006 911 Club Coupe at Road Atlanta. Hope Shelter Gift Delivery Holiday Party will be <strong>December</strong> 11, the day after the regional Holiday Party. Ed Gross: Over 70 RSVP’s for Founder’s Day to date. Joe McGlohen will provide food for the Holiday Party. Parking for Holiday Party will be at the nearby Tom Thumb, with permission granted by Tom Thumb. Wine Tasting scheduled for 2/2/06, see ad in <strong>December</strong> <strong>Slipstream</strong>. No progress this month on getting the Goodie Store online. Jeff Atkins: We have money. Distributed copies of the financial report through three quarters of <strong>2005</strong>. We have approximately $90K in the bank, showing a $15K- $17K increase in surplus funds for this year over last year. Will present a baseline budget balance sheet in <strong>December</strong> to Committee Chairs to aid Chairs in preparing a 2006 budget. Bill Dawson: DE program has netted approximately $11K through September. Anticipates adding a fourth DE event in April 2006. Maverick Region will be the first club to hold an event on the new MSR 3.1 mile full course in 2006. Michael Wingfield: The October DE event generated approximately $19,500 in entrant fees, while falling just short of a sell out. Registration of 2006 DE events will be via an online application called www.clubregistration.net that will accept credit cards and PayPal. We will no longer use paper registration forms. Joe McGlohen: Menu for Holiday Party to include brisket, ribs, chicken breast, and possibly venison. Will get plates and plastic eating utensils, garbage cans and bags, along with beverages (beer & wine) for the party. Charlie Davis: Working on new AX/TT classes for 2006. Currently we have too many classes, and too many one-car classes at events. Plans to reduce the total number of classes (which will differ from the Parade classes) by making regular classes open to both male and female drivers. Planning a single female class that will be indexed for the different type cars. Criteria for Top Driver Award will also change. Teri Davis: Added rally dates to the event calendar, and would like to make the rally program a “series” with a year-end award. Most rallies planned for 2006 are Gimmick type events, but may have a TSD (time speed distance) rally before Parade. Joel Nannis: We have members. He is the only region member who receives the membership list, which used to be available online to other region members. He can provide a member list in Excel format if necessary. Would like to offer a “no hard copy of <strong>Slipstream</strong>” option to the membership to save on publication costs. The option would allow members to opt out of receiving the magazine, which is available (in color) in electronic format on the web site. Dennis Chamberlain: Uses the membership list to send invitations to Happy Hour (HH) events to new members. New members receive a special notice invitation while members who joined within the last 10 months receive a notice of the HH. HH at Joe T’s had ~40 in attendance. November HH scheduled for 11/17 at Razzoo’s in Irving. <strong>December</strong> HH scheduled for 12/15 at Champps in Addison. Chuck Machala: Questions whether to schedule a Lady’s AX school in 2006 since the <strong>2005</strong> school had only five participants, and had difficulty in obtaining instructors. Possibly it should roll into one of the other events. Bill Miller proposes that all “First Timer” entrants into a school (AX/TT/Rally) get a free entry to increase interest and promote participation. This could possibly be extended to include regular AX/TT and Rally events as well. The AX/TT and Rally Chairs will discuss in committee. Mark Gluck: November events are insured. Rocky Johnson: Makes a motion to spend $900 for Founder’s Day awards. Mark Gluck seconds. Motion passes. Shares an email of thanks from a War Bonnet member who attended the October DE and had mechanical car troubles. Thanks to the efforts of several Maverick members, his car was repaired for the long drive home. Appointing a committee to investigate the use of online meetings as special meeting for conducting business. Proposal to have the <strong>Slipstream</strong> Editor receive free entry into region events will be discussed inside each event committee. Hackberry Creek Country Club will host the remaining <strong>2005</strong> Board Meetings. Attendees must RSVP for the meetings in order for the region to obtain the proper size room for the meeting. The next meeting will be Tuesday, 12/6. The November meeting adjourned at 9:24 PM. 8
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