Slipstream - July 2014

Gimme a Minute: June Board Meeting
By Wendy Shoffit, Region Secretary June 4, 2014
John Hamilton started the meeting
at 7:03 pm. He reminded everyone
that there will not be a July board
meeting. He welcomed visitors Jim &
Mihyun Ford and Mark & Michelle
Jones. He reported for the Membership
Chairs, the Froehlichs, saying
that we are unfortunately down this
month from an all time high of 2,367 to now 2,353.
There will be more efforts made to increase renewals.
John said that a nominating committee needed
to be established according to the bylaws (usually
at the July meeting, but since there won’t be
one…). David Robertson, Wesley Lincoln, and
Chris Tabor stepped up, with David as the chair.
The Autocross/Time Trial Chair and Registrar are
stepping down after November this year. Travis and
Robyn Howard have been doing their jobs for eight
years, and they want to move on to new possibilities.
We will be advertising for their positions and
hopefully create a committee of people to do the
work the two of them have been doing for years.
John also mentioned we had a visitor at the last DE,
the President of the Porsche Club in Slovenia, whose
daughter lives in the area. They had also come to a
lunch event about four years ago. Worldwide reach!
Lastly, John mentioned he received an email from a
new member in the publishing business, suggesting we
go to full color issues of Slipstream and would like to
help us with that. A group of Mike Brodigan, Richard
Solomon, and Ed Mullenix will discuss this further.
Goodie Store and Advertising Chair Pat Friend
introduced his friends, the Joneses, and looks
forward to their getting involved. He said that
all ads are currently paid up. There have been
a few new ads added over the past few months.
The Goodie Store is also doing well.
Treasurer Jim Falgout mentioned we have ~$85K in
the checking account. He has not received any money
from COTA yet, including the return of our $27.5K
deposit. He has also not received any DE sponsorship
money, but is sure he’ll get some of that soon.
Concours Chair Andy Kay has had a busy month. He
first had May at Mayo’s with over 40 cars on display. He
also had a concours detailing event at Jack’s Garage,
where they gave out lots of tips. Griot’s products were
sold, but that wasn’t the focus of the event. Lastly,
he coordinated the Porsche effort at the Autos in
the Park at the Cooper Aerobics Center on June 1.
Great event with light judging. Both the PCA judges
and the Cooper judges chose the same winners. Will
put on a more strongly judged event in the fall.
Social Chair Tracy Robertson also said what a
success May at Mayo’s was, with over 160 people
attending. She suggested we might charge a
nominal fee for a concours entry to encourage
more RSVPs instead of walk-ups.
Linda Bambina said people are doing well meeting
Slipstream deadlines. She also noted that we
have nearly 70 Mavericks attending Parade this
year in Monterey, many of whom will be wearing
special logo’ed windbreakers from the Goodie
Store. She also mentioned she will have more
details soon about the special event in Tyler.
Richard Solomon also discussed the above event,
which is a fundraiser for Tyler Junior College. He
worked with Billy Hibbs on more details to make the
event more affordable, but still keep it charitable. Mr.
Hibbs and the college are covering the fee for Vic
Elford. Now the cost is only $50 per person, which
is fully tax deductible. It will go directly to the college
for their automotive department. The date of
September 28 has been confirmed. There will be a
food, drink, and valet option that should run about
$20, but they will continue to look for sponsorship.
The event will be limited to 200 people. Porsche of
Plano is interested in being involved in some way.
Mike Brodigan made mention that he would
like to see information on the Monthly Dinner
Socials earlier on the website. He is offering his
help to the Ramos’ and will contact them. Suggestions
of sending the information directly to
calendar@mavpca.org will help speed things up.
Drivers’ Education Chair Chris Tabor said we had
a great DE event the prior weekend. We are almost
halfway through the events for the year. All the
events have been profitable so far, thanks greatly
to the vice chairs of the events. He thinks they are
more social and more fun. The events have sold out
the Green and Blue groups, and through advancements,
we’re working to fill the higher run groups.
Park Place Porsche would like another event in the
fall, perhaps the MSR 3.1 for a single day. Details
6 July