Slipstream - September 2015

Gimme a Minute: August Board Meeting
By Wendy Shoffit, Region Secretary August 5, 2015
The meeting
was started
promptly at
7:00 pm by President
Jim Falgout.
We welcomed
guests Christina de
la Torre, Lou Jenkins,
and Steve Pounders.
Treasurer Richard Solomon
brought guest Christina from the
charity “Boot Campaign” to give a
presentation about her organization.
Founded in 2010 by five women
wanting to make a difference, this
organization helps military families
in need. Eighty-three to eighty-five
percent of all donations go back
into the hands of veterans using the
military recovery program. They
are looking to partner with PCA in
some way (TBD). More information
can be found on their website www.
bootcampaign.com. Stay tuned.
Secretary Wendy Shoffit reported
that Parade in French Lick, Indiana
was a great success! She plans to attend
Porsche’s Rennsport Reunion
V at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca,
immediately followed by PCA’s Escape
to Mount Rushmore. She will
report on that in October. She also
will not be able to be the active DE
registrar on site for the September
event at MotorSport Ranch, but
Les Carmichael will be an excellent
stand-in.
Concours Chair Andy Kay will be
traveling via invitation to the Pebble
Beach Concours d’Elegance to help
show an unusual right-hand-drive
928 Club Sport. He will be attending
the Friday event, Carmel by the Sea,
and is also helping Boxstoberfest for
their 16th event with sponsorship
giveaways.
PR Chair Linda Bambina said that
Charlie Davis is having his Photo
Workshop on Aug. 15, despite his
wife, Teri, having a stroke on the
way back from Parade. Teri is recovering
nicely, but still in rehab. Linda
6 September
echoed how wonderful Parade was,
and will be looking for someone
to write articles about upcoming
events, including the Tudor USSC/
FIA WEC races at COTA, Rennsport
Reunion V, and PCA Escape. Brenda
Dranow attended as her guest and
future partner in “wrangling”.
Slipstream Editor Jim Hirsch is
ready to move forward with the
membership directory for a November
printing time. He is also
going to work on the calendars for
a Founders’ Day distribution time.
Cost will be in the $20 range to
cover all printing and postage and
give a portion of proceeds to charity.
Both July and August issues were
out on time, complete with links to
additional photo content.
Goodie Store Chair Pat Friend
mentioned we use the same merchandise
store as PCA National. If
you order a new style item with our
logo, you get 20% off, and we get
it added to our region’s catalog. As
Advertising Chair, he reported we
have about 30 advertisers per year.
We lose a few and gain a few each
year. We need to support our advertisers
and let them know where we
saw them.
Rich Solomon reported we have
about $120K in the bank, including
our share of the COTA Club Race
and the PCA Quarterly rebate. Our
income is down from this time last
year, and our expenses are up, primarily
due to increased track rental
fees. Charitable donations are down
from last year, which we will address
soon.
Drivers’ Ed Chair Chris Tabor reported
that the first half of the year
had DEs with tentative financials.
Fortunately May’s DE had a surplus.
Track rentals are up by 33% over
last year. He has altered some dates
for the fall events, cancelling the
late October one at ECR and adding
one over Oct. 10-11 at MSR. The
Club Race and Solo-only DE will be
Nov 14-15 at MSR. He mentioned
the possibility of having a single day
weeknight track social event to encourage
newbies to try out the track
without a huge time commitment.
Sunday Drive Chair Tom Martin
said that the Rancho Sereno event
went very well, netting the club
a modest surplus for charity. He
encouraged photo sharing for Slipstream
and the cross-promotion of
DEs. The next event is a Saturday
drive to Ben Wheeler, TX on Sept
19. October plans will be to Rough
Ridge. He and John Harvey will be
at Boxstoberfest as drive leaders.
Membership Chairs Tom and Susan
Froehlich reported we have
1,569 primary members and a total
of 2,484 members, continuing to
break our own records. Tom wants
to get the membership brochure
updated for distribution.
Rally Chair Don Sebert said we will
have a rally on October 10, including
lunch at the end. Details still to
be determined.
Brendan Eagan maintains the online
calendar for the year, mentioning
that details are very accurate for
about three months out at a time.
This would keep us from being able
to print out a yearly calendar with
EVENT information on it.
Time Trial Chair Travis Howard
conveyed that we have been storing
the Truxster at Zims Autotechnic for
a while, but we now have to move it
to the same place as the club’s storage
locker. He will perform annual
maintenance on it when he moves
it, and will get new registration tags.
Sunday, October 4 will be the next
Time Trial at MSR, on the 1.3-mile
track. He will salvage old DE radios
to make a full set for the event. He,
Robyn, the Shoffits, and Zone 5 Rep
Lynn Friedman recently instructed
ladies at the War Bonnet Region’s
first ever Ladies Autocross School in
Oklahoma City.