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Maverick Minutes Madhu Rao Our April board meeting reviewed upcoming Regional activities during Q2 2011. Did you know we have 29 events scheduled in Q2 2011? As you read these meeting minutes, I hope the passion and enjoyment our officers and committee chairs have for our Region is obvious. If you are so inspired and want to help our Region in any of these activities, please contact any of the officers and committee chairs on page 4 of this edition of Slipstream. John Hamilton, our President, opened the meeting at 7pm with a quick agenda review and introduced our Treasurer, Jim Falgout. Jim reported that our financial condition is healthy. Luke Edson updated the board about the first Drivers’ Education event in March. Mike Farrar pitched in and served as the equipment manager. Thanks, Mike! The event was well attended and fun. Continuing on the Drivers’ Education subject, Mike Brodigan noted that more instructors are needed to handle the increased registrations (+100) for each session. Mike also noted that reception to the 2011 Drivers’ Education incentive is very positive. Yellow level drivers receive 1 free event after 4 and white level receives 1 free event after 3 events. Contact Mike at de@mavpca.org if you have any questions. Ed Mullenix discussed the idea of holding another Tech Session in July 2011. These are great opportunities to learn more about your Porsche. Dates and details are forthcoming. Frank Briggs and Jack Griffin updated us about the Concours Event, May @ Mayo’s, scheduled for May 7th at the Mayo Performance Shop in Euless. Staging begins at 4pm and several categories have been created for all different types of Porsches. Frank also noted that over 30 Mavericks were at the March Happy Hour at Abuelo’s Mexican Food Embassy. The Happy Hour and Social Chairs have plenty of fun Happy Hour restaurants “on tap” later this year. Check the Maverick Region website and Slipstream for future locations. Jack described the Autos in the Park event on June 5th at the Cooper Aerobic Center in Dallas, Texas. For more information about either event contact concours@ mavpca.org. The ‘Dream Team’ of Linda Bambina, Christy Payne, and Lisa Steele shared their enthusiasm for our Region’s 50th Anniversary celebration in 2012. Their enthusiasm was contagious and it is evident that much hard work has already gone into the planning process. The formal kick-off for the 2012 anniversary celebration will be at our Founder’s Day event this year on November 12th. SAVE THE DATE! Plans are underway to have at least one anniversary event every month in 2012. Bring your family and make them part of the fun! Christy Payne described the upcoming Porsches and Ponies event to be held July 3rd at Lonestar Park. The park will feature a night time fireworks show. For more information check the Maverick Region website or Slipstream. Wendy Shoffit provided an update about our Maverick Region directory. Printed copies can be ordered for $5 at www.clubregistration.net. If you have recently moved please update your address with the Porsche Club of America. Wendy also presented an update regarding some of the other PCA Regions and their publications. She reviewed the costs associated with publishing Slipstream in full-color. Pat Friend manages the Goodie store and advertiser finances. Both are performing well. He also manages our badge ordering process. If you are a new member and you would like a Maverick Region badge please contact Pat at goodiestore@mavpca.org with your name, your city, and car(s) you drive. BJ Harvey, John Harvey and Carey Spreen described upcoming driving events. The May 14th event features a road rally or a driving tour with a final destination at Rancho Sereno in North Texas. Rally participants note, one of you may win the highly coveted “DLBF” award this year. BJ updated us about the Maverick Region Roundup on July 15-17th. A variety of events are planned. John noted the popularity of the Sunday Driving Tours with 57 drivers in March and a similar number expected for the April Bluebonnet Driving Tour. Travis Howard described the March Autocross/Time Trial events in Mineral Wells. Thirty Mavericks attended the Time Trial and 44 attended the Autocross event. He described the upcoming April driving events at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Contact Travis at tt@mavpca.org for more information. John Hamilton concluded by describing the PCA Zone 5 meeting in San Antonio in late March. At that meeting, he shared our regional plans to create fun, member inclusive, and value-oriented events throughout 2011. He described opportunities to sustain our membership growth by communicating the benefits of our region in a welcome letter to new members. He reviewed, and the board approved, a proposed expenditure to upgrade our computer and software used by Richard Bradley to create Slipstream. Lastly, he announced the April 2011 Maverick(s) of the Month: BeeJ and John Harvey! They have driven a thousand miles around North Texas planning driving tours and are really hungry now! 8
April 6, 2011 Maverick Moments. If you would like a ‘behind the scenes view’ of regional activities please join us at either our May 4th or June 1st monthly board meeting. Please RSVP to Christy Payne at social@mavpca.org to do so. Lastly, plans are underway to survey our Maverick Region membership later in Q2 2011. Your feedback will help us to consistently improve by understanding your needs and expectations. Meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm. March Trivia It’s Easy to Play: Play here for Fun and Education and find the Answers below OR Play for Prizes on the Web at http://mavpca.org with the Answers and Winners to be posted at the end of the Month Thanks to Jerry DeFeo for putting this and the Web Trivia together! Congratulations to our March Web Winner Jheri Zinn getting 4 out of 4 Correct. Jheri will receive a $25 Gift Certificate to 1. Porsche has made the Boxster for some 12 years now. They are now coming out with a Boxster Black Edition. It will sell for $______. a. $59,995 b. $63,950 c. $66,950 d. $68, 995 Autoweek Internet Article of 2-2-11 2. The new Boxster will have more than the 310 HP of the Boxster S. It is have _______ HP. a. 315 b. 320 c. 325 d. 330 Autoweek Internet Article of 2-2-11 3. The new Black Edition will turn 0-60 in 4.8 seconds in stock form. But by buying the optional _________ package, that time can be reduced down to 4.6 seconds. a. Sport Chrono b. Sport Exhaust c. Sport Rear-end Ratio d. Sport Cold Ram-air Autoweek Internet Article of 2-2-11 4. There will only be ______ units of the Black Edition built. a. 911 b. 987 c. 993 d. 996 Autoweek Internet Article of 2-2-11 5. You can order it with any of the following Porsche transmissions you like. a. Either 6-speed Manual or PDK b. 6-speed Manual c. PDK Autoweek Internet Article of 2-2-11; Since then, we have found conflicting info, so this question is omitted. Answers: 1) c 2) b 3) a 4) b 5) omitted May 9
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