Slipstream - August 2007

Maverick Minutes
Maverick Region board meeting on July
10, 2007…
In attendance: James Shoffit, Mark Gluck,
Bob Kuykendall, Denny Payne, Lisa Steele,
Tracey Gross, Andrea Bell, Bryan Bell, Joel
Nannis, Charlie Davis, Teri Davis, Travis
Howard, Clay Perrine, Jan Mayo, & Wendy Shoffit. James called
the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.
James reported that Maverick will host the National
Winter Board Meeting on Feb 2-3, 2008. No information yet on
where or the exact schedule.
Eagle’s Canyon has had a setback. The recent rains have
damaged the paving and repaving is underway. Three of the
turns will be made faster and safer. Bryan Henderson is the
Chief Driving Instructor at Eagle’s Canyon.
James reported (with help from Joel) that Keith Olcha was
working on sponsorship. He then discussed the need for “keeper”
trophies for the Selcer Award recipients. Finally, James
(again) asked for volunteers for the Addison, Bedford, and
Plano lunches. We need members who will attend and be contacts
for these events.
Wendy gave a lengthy and excellent Parade report. I’ll not
report all that, as it will be in the next issue. I WILL report that
MR received the Public Service Award for our efforts getting
the Huffaker-Hughes Hope House constructed.
Jan asked if we want to continue sponsoring the Kid’s
Events at Parades. We decided that it has to be the decision of
the Parade organizers, as they might have a “paying” sponsor.
She also asked for “stuff” for Slipstream. Lisa agreed to write an
article about the Father’s Day Picnic.
Joel reported we have 1210 members at the moment. He
recently sent out 35 renewal letters… no responses yet.
Bob reported that he and Dennis had talked with Bob
Knight regarding the pending audit of our financial books,
who questioned the wisdom of doing this. His belief was that
a $1000 audit is not worth much. We discussed this and decided
that since most of our current receipts are via PayPal
(directly to the bank account) and checks, with very little cash
involved, that we would take Bob Knight’s advice. Besides, we
trust our treasurer. He also told us that the recent Club Race
lost over $10,000 which was due primarily to a 40% drop in
Club Racer attendance.
Denny, subbing for Christy, said that the logo hats sold
well at the recent autocross. Denny, subbing for Denny, asked
for more Picture of the Week submissions.
Lisa led a discussion of Slipstream rates. It’s been a few
years since we’ve bumped them. We have a waiting list of advertisers
and our circulation is higher. Production costs continue
to rise. Lisa agreed to get with Keith Olcha to devise a consistent
policy for advertisers and sponsors regarding Slipstream
ads. Ocassionally our major sponsors ask for specific ad locations.
Bryan reported that TimeTrial #5 and Autocross #5 were
well attended, in spite of the threat of rain. Water donations
totaling $65 were given to Hope. The last official TT/AX events
will be on September 15-16 at Mineral Wells, then the Charity
AX on Oct 14th at TMS. He reported that we had decided to
hold the Concours on the same day as the autocross. We have
not yet decided on the schedule or the venue for the Concours.
There was a minor injury at AX #5 during the worker change
so we decided it would be a good thing to purchase a new first
aid kit for the Truxster.
Mark reported that we did have insurance for the above
autocross…and for all other events too.
Tracey agreed that the Father’s Day Picnic was good. She
has scheduled the Post-Parade Dinner at Saltgrass Steakhouse
in Grapevine. She reported that we have an offer to host the
Holiday Party in Ft. Worth again, but we hope to have an alternate
location near Dallas, as alternating seems to be the norm.
Any Dallas County volunteers?
Charlie requested that he not be listed as Club
Photographer in Slipstream, but rather as the AX/TT Rules
Committee Chair. This prompted several other changes to Pg 4.
Teri, performing her proofreading duties in arrears, noted
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