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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
Sunday Drive crew Brendan Eagan and John Harvey said that there are already about 30 people registered for the May 5 Sunday Drive to Rancho Sereno. They expect about 50 cars on this final drive for the spring season. Great tours are planned for the Autumn. This is traditionally an excellent intro to involvement in the club, as it provides a great opportunity to get to know folks, and discover with what areas of the club they may be interested in participating. Membership Co-Chairs Susan and Tom Froehlich were excited to report that we are at the highest Membership number in our Region’s history: 2253! They are tackling the need to address the non-renewal issue, suggesting a recruiting contest; more details to follow. A $50 per quarter incentive was approved, and John said he would develop a letter to go along with the calls that need to made. Lisa Steele, visiting former Maverick Membership chair, now National Membership Chair, mentioned that survey feedback in the past has indicated that sometimes, people are not feeling welcomed. We’re on it; stay tuned for Ambassadors! Club Race Registrar Wendy Shoffit has been working on the Carrera of the Americas (COTA) Club Race and Drivers’ Ed event, fielding questions, gathering volunteers, and working with Linda Bambina to do a special vintage show. Membership directory update will be worked on after COTA. Public Relations Chair Linda Bambina reminded everyone to please get your writing and contributions in to Carey for Slipstream as far before the 10th of the month as possible. Advertiser of the Month is going very well. Autocross chair Travis Howard reported that we have had three events in April: Dallas Raceway in Crandall (AX2) had 50 drivers, and Mineral Wells (TT1 and AX3) had 24 drivers for the Time Trial and 31 for the Autocross. A big thank you to Deane Yamada for upgrading the timing system, enabling direct delivery to the website using Visual Basic scripting. Dallas Raceway is the next event, June 16. That venue may be closing, though, because they are in bankruptcy. If Dallas Raceway closes, Travis will move those events to Mineral Wells. And finally, a big thank you to Richard Diller, who drives up from Killeen, and uses his own sweeper to clean the Mineral Wells site. He says he does it to honor Travis’ commitment to our Autocross series. After June 16, there are no more Autocross events until September, because of the heat. A final shoutout to Tannia Dobbins, former AX continued on next page APRIL 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://mav.pca.org, with the answers and winners to be posted here after each month’s contest has closed. Thanks to Jerry DeFeo for putting this and the Web Trivia together. Congratulations to our April winner, PETER HATTON JR, who got all 5 correct. Peter will receive a $25 gift certificate to 1. Porsche Sales were up 32% in the USA in Jan 2013 over Jan 2012, with some 3,358 units being sold. The Cayenne led the way, with exactly 1,500 being sold, along with 877 911 Carreras and 588 Panameras. How many Caymans were sold in Jan 2013? a. 1 b. 5 c. 42 d. 58 Source: Porsche Panorama, March 2013, p 6 2. Porsche seems determined to make each of their Dealer Stores more profitable by selling more cars and giving better service. The most dealers they have ever had was 206. How many do they have now? a. 201 b. 191 c. 181 d. 171 Source: Porsche Panorama, March 2013, p 12 3. The Industry Average Profit for New Car Dealers is some 2.5% of gross sales. What is the Porsche Average? a. 2.4% b. 2.9% c. 3.3% d. 3.6% Source: Porsche Panorama, March 2013, p 13 4. The first Porsche Tractor prototype was built in 1934 and was gasoline-powered. Then there was a design for an air-cooled Diesel in ONE-, TWO,- THREE-, and FOURcylinder configurations, all having interchangable cylinders and heads. When was the first red Porsche Diesel Tractor produced? a. 1950 b. 1952 c. 1954 d. 1956 Source: Overview from www.porschetractors.com 5. Tractor production stopped in 1963, with the last of the parts being assembled in early 1964, outdoors, as the manufacturing facilities were then being used to produce lightweight Diesel engines for NATO Tanks. About how many red Porsche Diesel Tractors were built? a. 65,000 b. 85,000 c. 105,000 d. 125,000 Source: Overview from www.porschetractors.com Answers: 1) a 2) b 3) d 4) d 5) d 7
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