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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.
Mike Brodigan, representing the Nominating Committee (John Hamilton, chair, and James Shoffit) announced that Jim Falgout, Richard Solomon, and Wendy Shoffit are willing to continue in their board positions. Gareth Maurice will not continue as Vice President. David Robertson has agreed to be on the ballot as VP candidate. Any other nominations can be presented to the committee (nominations@mavpca. org) or secretary in accordance with the bylaws by September 1, 2015. Cindy Bliss was also in attendance, and told of her recent vehicle accident after a blown tire where her DE training saved her from becoming involved in a much worse situation. We encouraged her to write about her experience for Slipstream. Monthly Social Chair Stephanie Ho said that there were over 90 people who attended the event at the Hilton Garden Inn, with about 2/3 staying for dinner. The August event is at the Wildwood Grill in Southlake, and September’s will be at Arthur’s. She is trying to include the western portion of the Metroplex more with locations. Jim Falgout wanted to discuss another charity option, but because of time (meeting ran longer than normal because we didn’t have a July meeting) will postpone it to September. Mav of the Month was Wendy Shoffit. Meeting was adjourned. JULY 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 this month’s winner: JIM HIRSCH, getting ALL 5 out of 5 correct. In case of a tie, the winner is selected by random drawing. Jim, please contact Kirk at Zim’s to claim your $25 Gift Certificate. Thanks to all for playing! 1. In 1964 Porsche came out with the 356C. It still had the 1600cc OHV Engine, but they had dropped the 60HP Normal version leaving only the top two from 1963, the 75HP Super and the 90HP Super 90. But now the 75HP was known as a C Model and the 90HP was bumped to 95HP known as an SC Model. What did Porsche do to get the extra 5HP for the SC Model from the old Super 90? a. Fuel Injection b. Higher Compression c. More Radical Cams d. Twin Plug Distributor Source: Porsche, A Tradition of Greatness, p 65 2. The 1964-65 Porsche 356C was considered “as good of a car that could be built”. It was so reliable that the average Warranty Cost to Porsche for each one built was only $_______? Remember, this was some 50+ years ago. a. $8.38 b. $16.76 c. $52.25 d. $76.12 Source: Porsche, A Tradition of Greatness, p 65 3. Back when the 911 first came out it was known to swap ends fairly quickly. According to Jalopnik, which 911 was known as the “Widowmaker”? a. 67 ST b. 73 2.7 RS c. 74 3.0 RS d. 76 Turbo Source: Jalopnik, June 5, 2014 issue 4. The very first one of these cars was given as a Gift to whom? a. Ferry Porsche b. Ferdinand Piech c. Butzi Porsche d. Louise Piech Source: Jalopnik, June 5, 2014 issue 5. This first car was very unique with a lot of special features. Which of the following was NOT one of them? a. Clear Windshield b. Red Plaid Interior c. 10,000 RPM Tach d. Automatic Transmission e. Badge Delete Source: Jalopnik, June 5, 2014 issue Answers: 1) b 2) a 3) d 4) d 5) d 7
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