Slipstream - February 2013

Maverick Minutes: January Board Meeting
By Renee Farinella, Region Secretary January 2, 2013
Greetings to
you from
me, as
your 2013 Maverick
Parliamentarian.
Thank you to
everyone for your
support, and I
look very much forward to serving
as the club’s Secretary and bringing
you a summary of the minutes from
the board meetings each month.
The first meeting of the year
started promptly at 7pm with a
welcome from our board President
John Hamilton. He began by introducing
two visiting guests, Marlee
and Craig Shaw. We were glad to
have them there, and hope their
interest in participating continues
to grow! Any Porsche owner is
always welcome, and we encourage
everyone to consider bringing
and sharing your experience and
insights on how to increasingly
value our efforts on behalf of all
members and aficionados!
John then announced that he
sent an email to PCA National to
support and recognize a recent
promotion of our Region Membership
Chair, Lisa Steele, to National
Membership Chair. Talented folks
continue to move forward from the
Mavericks! Kudos! Your contributions
and smile will be missed!
Good luck; we are very proud, and
know you will do a great job. Another
of our volunteers has gotten
grabbed up and will serve as a Club
Race Scrutineer at the National level:
Joel Nannis. Great work by, and
great opportunity for, each of you.
We are grateful for your service!
Membership Chair Lisa Steele said
we are now at 2,215 total members.
PCA is still growing nationally,
with 1,800 new members annually
nationwide. Maverick Region was
a significant part of that growth,
with an increase of 144 members
last year in our region alone.
Drivers’ Ed Chair Lori Mauthe
asked again about where we are at
with promoting our club through
the relationships we have with
the area Porsche dealership. The
application process appears to
be a sticking point, but Lori is
working on developing a smooth
process, so that awareness is
increased, more Porsche owners
know about the club, and
have the opportunity to join!
Gareth Maurice is our new VP.
Welcome, Gareth! We are glad you
are with us, and excited about your
fun and insightful contributions.
He began his report by thanking
DE Chair Lori Mauthe and
Autocross/Time Trial Chair Travis
Howard for providing the dates for
this upcoming year’s events. This
takes a lot of work to coordinate
and nail down! Please look for
updates on the Maverick website
for this information. We also
talked about the best places to get
this information out to members,
and to promote the events. Lori
created business cards containing
the DE dates to distribute at other
Maverick as well as non-Maverick
events. Treasurer Jim Falgout
reminded everyone that forms
need to be submitted for expense
reimbursement. Brendan Eagan is
helping out with on-line calendar.
Travis Howard, now the Autocross
chair in addition to Time Trial
Chair, began his report by addressing
complaints regarding issues the
Mineral Wells venue has, like gravel.
We had previously been using a
10-year-old sweeper. Richard Diller
went out on his own and bought a
replacement, which was previously
owned by the Navy! So, this additional
equipment added to Ray
Kelly’s rolling blower, means the
gravel issue has been successfully
addressed! Mineral Wells is considered
to have an “aggressive” surface
but good size, and its location (45
miles west of downtown Ft. Worth)
is more convenient for members
living on the west side of DFW.
However, the new Autocross venue,
Dallas Raceway in Crandall (25
miles southeast of downtown Dallas)
is more convenient to those on
the east side of DFW. The venue became
available in late 2012, is bigger
than the Pennington Field lot,
and has a great concrete surface.
Travis proposed the need for
new timing equipment, since
ours is now 11 years old. AX-Ware
is the most popular software,
used by Equipe Rapide and
other clubs. We are taking a look
at the cost of refurbishing our
current system, which requires a
person to manually log times.
The Maverick website needs
updating. Lori Mauthe is working
on getting the Drivers’ Education
information online updated as
well. The rules need updating, too.
Travis said the rental check will
go to Mineral Wells this month.
At this point in the meeting,
Gareth Maurice mentioned that
he was driving by DFW airport
and saw a parking lot near Amon
Carter Blvd, which he thought
could be a possible viable AX/
TT site option. Lisa Steele replied
that we had issues with the city
when that was tried years ago.
Someone else asked about the
Texas Stadium lot as well. We
imagine that, as enterprising as the
Cowboys are, that option might
be pretty expensive, but the question
is being looked into further.
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