Slipstream - June 2013

Maverick Minutes: May Board Meeting
By Renee Farinella, Region Secretary May 1, 2013
Meeting
began at
7:02pm.
President John
Hamilton started
us off by identifying
the need to
implement an
annual policy to address how we
manage the MRPCA Board email
distribution list, recommending
that it include just current and
past year board members, chairs,
and co-chairs. John will communicate
this to Bob Benson.
Also, he said that in Germany,
they are making a big deal of the
50th birthday of the Porsche 911.
As a result, we received some free
banners from them. He is giving
them to Concours Co-Chair
Jack Griffin and Social Chair
Tracy Robertson to rotate use at
Concours and Social events.
Our Driver Education Chair, Lori
Mauthe, gave her report next,
which she began with a shout-out
to our Slipstream editor, Carey
Spreen, and his team; “We are
all just increasingly amazed.” She
then said that the second DE of
the season was a great success.
The good weather and excellent
instruction through the end of the
day contributed to having many
DE participants (19 in Green, 37
in Blue, 17 in White, and -- drum
roll -- 28 in Yellow), plus a record
for charitable contributions! For
instance, the parade laps raised
about $700 for the Komen Foundation
for breast cancer cure. Many
thank yous from Big Brothers Big
Sisters. The dollars cleared will be
spent on purchase and implementation
of already-approved technology
to improve data capture and
more immediacy relative to driver
performance. Additionally, these
funds will enable us to advance
to in-car equipment for analysis.
John brought the in-car piece to
a vote for approval: Approved.
Porsche of Plano (formerly
Boardwalk, bought by AutoNation),
recently experienced a
software change, which should
not affect our fall sponsorships.
This needs to stay on our radar.
The Green Group for the next DE
is sold out. We need instructors!
The June 1 event is one day only.
Susan Froehlich suggested tracking
Sunday Drive participants that
took parade laps at MotorSport
Ranch to help with converting
them to possible DE-ers. Lori took
note, and mentioned that her
husband helped work the Sunday
Drive. Thank you, Peter Mauthe!
Vice President Gareth Maurice
announced that he has
processed all of the insurance
for our upcoming events.
Carey Spreen reported that he
is in need of a graphic artist for
club ads, due to internal responsibility
shifts. John said he will
mention this in his article. We are
staying on delivery schedule!
Social Chair Tracy Robertson
began her report with ensuring that
all available board members are
registered for the Cinco de Mayo
at (Ed) Mayo’s event in Euless. She
said that 84 members have already
RSVPed, and she expects at least 25
cars to be there for the Concours.
She mentioned that she is in need
of some help with tear down, and
having the coolers brought back
to storage. Award certificates are
done. Our next social event is the
Summer Picnic and Rally, Saturday,
June 8. The optional Rally to the
Picnic starts at the Ballpark in
Arlington and ends at the picnic
location, Cedar Hill State Park.
Cars ‘n’ Cattle is in the chute for
Saturday, October 5 at a member’s
property in Princeton (including
a dead bug count contest!). The
Founders’ Day celebration was proposed
and confirmed for November
2, and discussion began about
combining this event with our
Holiday celebration and a charity
fundraising. Suggestions were made
to have a separate, more casual
holiday gathering at someone’s
home, but at this point there are no
plans for a separate Holiday Party
this year, as it is getting difficult to
find a suitable venue. John asked
Tracy to pull together a proposal
with all the elements which need
to be considered for us to review
at the next board meeting.
Concours Co-Chairs Frank Briggs
and Jack Griffin are working on the
annual Autos in the Park gathering,
which will be held June 2 at the
Cooper Clinic in Dallas, and is a
“People’s Choice” event. Porsche
of Plano has been asked to sponsor
and supply gifts. Linda Bambina
and Renee Farinella will be there
to help out with promotion to new
members, and covering the event
for a possible Slipstream article.
Jim Falgout, our PCA Treasurer,
distributed his P & L information
for January through April.
We have about $33,000 in the
bank for operating costs, from
which we have already made our
deposits to DE and the Carrera of
the Americas Club Race and DE.
Gareth chimed in, looking at ways
to improve the Goodies Store.
This will be discussed further with
Pat Friend, though currently a
third party is managing the site.
Don Sebert joined the board
meeting tonight and is helping
with Rallies. Thank you, Don!
6 June