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Founders’ Day 2010 - GT at the GT (Good Times at the Gaylord Texan) By Carey Spreen Traditionally, Maverick Region has held its annual Founders’ Day banquet in honor of the 15 founding members that started the Region back in November of 1962. This banquet, at which the club officers and chairs present season trophies, awards, and other recognition to our members, and at which the next year’s officers are elected and announced, usually takes place on the second Saturday of November, and is typically followed by the club’s annual Christmas/Holiday Party in early December. However, this year, Social Chair, Christy Payne decided to try something different. In years past, we spent a significant amount of time during Founders’ Day giving out Autocross and Time Trial awards, which was of course interesting to those who competed in the series, but not necessarily to others who did not participate. To that end, we held a separate Autocross/Time Trial awards banquet in November, which freed up more time at the Founders’ Day banquet for other activities and general socializing. And since Founders’ Day was later in the year than usual, it was combined with the Christmas/Holiday Party, as the weekends leading up to the holidays tend to fill up quickly on many folks’ calendars. Something else new was this year’s venue - the Gaylord Texan. This was one of the better locations in recent memory. We had a large banquet room, with a huge variety of buffetstyle hors d’oeuvres, main courses, and desserts. A nice touch was that each couple got two free drink tickets, good at the cash bar. This was quite a bonus, since a glass of wine was $12! Also presented to each banquet-goer was a raffle ticket, of which more could be purchased (and some of us took great advantage of that loophole, by the way!) to better the chances of winning something from the large assortment of door prizes donated by the club’s sponsors. Sponsors, 26 Photos by Mark Steele who, by the way, significantly support the operations of the club, and allow us to put on events that would otherwise be prohibitively expensive. As it says in Slipstream, “Support Our Sponsors,” because they support us! The Silent Auction, always a mainstay of Founders’ Day, was also wellrepresented, with the proceeds of over $3,800.00 going to the Maverick Region’s official charity, the Huffaker-Hughes Hope House. Lisa Huffaker and family were our guests at Founders’ Day, and showed their appreciation of our continued support of their efforts to protect and house victims of domestic abuse. And in recognition of their ongoing work on behalf of the Hope House, special awards • Michael and Heather Pelletier must have been thinking, “Now this is what they call a Butt Sketch!” • Gaylord Texan Atrium Linda Bambina accepting her award. were presented to Clara Lewis and Linda Bambina. Something else unique and fun was the presence of a Butt Sketch artist (no, I am not being rude - that is what they call it), who did free-hand charcoal drawings of couples and groups, but from a rear view; faces not included! Each drawing took only about 3 minutes, and all were quite flattering, despite what you might imagine from the name. Our artist, Pjae, was scheduled to draw for us from 6pm to 9 pm, but the demand was so high that she agreed to stay until 10 pm. And the best part is that there was no charge to the subjects! Or were we “objects?” Either way, a lot of folks took advantage of it. I now have a Butt Sketch of my daughter Geneva and myself hanging proudly on the wall of our staircase. The “Butt Sketch” concept has apparently been around for years, but being behind the times, this was the first I had heard of it. If you are interested you can find out more at www.buttsketch.com. Another attraction was the annual “ICE” show that the
Founders’ Day 2010 - GT at the GT (Good Times at the Gaylord Texan) Gaylord hosts, displaying huge yet intricate ice sculptures in a ballroom chilled to about 9 degrees F (parkas are provided!) Christy got discounts for those of us who preordered tickets, and this year’s theme was “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” I hope you got a chance to see it. A word of caution, though: don’t lick the ice - it tastes awful! Or so I am told . . . As mentioned above, Board elections are an important part of Founders’ Day, and your new Club Officers for 2011 are listed below. This is an enthusiastic group of folks, and I boldly predict a fun year ahead. President - John Hamilton Vice President - Chris Christensen Secretary - Madhu Rao Treasurer - Jim Falgout And speaking of enthusiastic, the winner of the coveted Richard Selcer Memorial Trophy, which the Maverick Region has awarded almost every year since 1976 to the Region member who has made an outstanding contribution to the club, was current Zone 5 Rep James Shoffit. I for one could not think of a more deserving recipient. And last, but not least, with the departure this year of our perennial Drivers Education Grid Queen, Jan Mayo, a volunteer has stood up and taken the reins from her. However, since Travis Howard is of the male persuasion, the appellation “Grid Queen” was not the most appropriate for him, so Travis was awarded with a unique “Grid Master T” shirt and tasteful matching medallion, to wear proudly as he keeps those DE grids moving in 2011. In all, it was a great time, with good food, fun prizes, and a chance to meet some new folks as well as catch up with some “old” ones. We hope to see you at Founders’ Day 2011! . • The new Grid Master “T,” Travis Howard. • James Shoffit excepting the Selcer Award. • Denny & Christy Payne with Lisa Steele & Mark Steele. • Cheers from Tracey and Ed Gross. • Erika Nannis and Myra Sutton enjoying the wonderful hors d’oeuvres. January 27
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