Slipstream - June 2010

Maverick Minutes
Lisa Steele, Secretary
Hola, ¿Cómo estás esta noche?
Ooops! I am still in Cinco
de Mayo mode. Okay, back
to the real minutes from our May 5th
meeting. We had a large group join us
this month with a few new faces. We
welcome Winston Barrant, Tom and
Susan Froehlich, and Michael Pelletier to
their first Board Meeting.
Steve Boyd, who is not new to MAVPCA (he was
our former webmaster), but this may have been his first
Board Meeting, started our roundtable discussion with
Boxstoberfest. Steve is seeking insurance from our Region
for a one day tour that is a part of Boxstoberfest in the Hill
Country. After some discussion about drivers on this tour
driving at posted speeds, Clint Blackman made a motion
to give insurance to Boxstoberfest with the condition that
Steve will have the event organizers and the tour drive
leaders sign a written statement that they will maintain
the posted speed limits on the drives and that all drivers
will sign the agreement as well. Jan Mayo 2nd the motion.
Motion approved.
Mike Brodigan and Linda Bambina presented the next
item up for discussion. After the playground equipment
has been installed at the Huffaker Hughes Hope House,
there is currently $1,878 remaining from monies collected
from fundraising efforts. This amount is clearly not enough
money to finish all landscaping plans for the backyard. The
playground equipment is not safe to play on until specific
materials are placed under and around the equipment.
There were some concerns voiced regarding the amount
of latitude the board has in voting for cash donations
without giving the at large members an opportunity for
input. Therefore, Mike motioned that at the June Board
Meeting we will vote on a contribution of $5,000 for
the Hope House. Prior to this meeting Mike will send an
email blast to ask for comments from the other members.
At the June meeting we will also Amend the budget to
always include a line item for the Hope House. Jan 2nd
the motion…approved. The $1,878 will go to making the
playground safe for the kids to play on.
Monda Hanna was present to announce Bob Lewis’
departure from the Happy Hour Committee. The
committee will include Monda, Mike Lockas, and Chris
Christensen. Monda did mention that they would love to
have a photographer join their group to help takes pictures
for articles. The next HH will be at Abuelo’s in Lewisville.
Jan Mayo reported that we have a new advertiser on
p.28 of this issue…turbolubricants.com
Bob Lewis was present, but had nothing to say. Lots of
claps around the room for Bob’s wonderful work finding
fabulous Happy Hour locations each month.
Jim Falgout was happy to report that “we have money.”
Ed Mullenix reported that there are currently 16
people signed up for his Saturday Tech Session at his shop.
Tom and Susan Froehlich were present to announce
that they are co-chairing with Tom and Barbara Minnella
to bring us Round-Up 2010. The tentative date is set for
August 6th –August 8th. Susan passed out a very detailed
schedule of events. This looks like an event you do not
want to miss. All activities will be in the Grapevine area.
Carey Spreen announced that he is working on ideas
for the next Rally.
Jack Griffin reported that The Concours event on June
6th at the Cooper Aerobic Center, will have a “Porsches in
the Park” within the Autos in the Park event. There will
be a special area for all Porsches to park and be judged for
our own Concours event.
Robyn Howard announced that she will be working
with Christy Payne to change the Autocross/Time Trial
ads in slipstream. The next AX is scheduled for May 16th
and the next TT is on May 23rd at MSR.
Travis Howard reported that the last Autocross/Time
Trial weekend was cancelled due to heavy rain. There
were not enough people present to safely run the event
and the rain caused puddles, puddles, and more puddles.
Travis announced that there will be a cap of 48 people
for the MSR event. He also noticed that the ad in the
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