Slipstream - July 2017

Gimme a Minute: June Board Meeting Minutes
By Wendy Shoffit, Region Secretary June 7, 2017
resident David Robertson
began the meet-
P
ing at 7:00 pm. It’s the
last one until after the
Porsche Parade. Since we won’t have
the July meeting, we needed to have
a nominating committee for next
year’s slate of officers. Bill Kruder
volunteered to chair with the help
of James Shoffit and Jim Hirsch.
Reporting for the treasurer, we have
about $151K in the bank, plus $6K in
Paypal for a total of around $157K.
We were fortunate to net $18K from
the COTA Club Race in March.
Bill Orr said the movie night
(June 16) might be postponed again
because of another rain possibility.
Karl Poulsen made a motion that
we cancel the date and revisit it in
the fall when the prices at the theater
will go down again. Bill Kruder
seconded. The motion passed with
12 votes in favor and 3 opposing.
Refunds will be offered. Orr also
reported that the PCA license plate
design has been approved by Tx-
DOT. He will promote the pre-sale
and once we reach 200, it will go
into full production.
Social Chair Tracy Robertson
reported that Debi Gibson is volunteering
to help with the socials.
She was a significant help at May at
Mayo’s and will be an asset to our
Annual Celebration event, set for
November 4. She has been getting
ideas from others including a kids’
movie event and something at Lone
Star Park with its huge parking lot.
Tour Co-Chair Mark Pitaressi said
that the Fortunata Winery Tour was
good, but we only had about half
the normal amount of cars because
of the rain forecast. We had 54 cars
and 93 people who enjoyed a dry
event. The next tour is in September
to the DE at MotorSport Ranch.
We will again collect gift cards for
charity laps.
6 July
Goodie Store Chair Chris Flaugh
showed examples of license plate
frames to go with the new PCA
plates. After some discussion, Jim
Hirsch made a motion to produce
two versions of the frame (quantity
250 and 200) to have in the goodie
store. Tracy Robertson seconded
and the motion was passed. The
plan is to provide them free for the
first 200 purchases of the specialty
license plates. A full plan will come
later. Chris also said that new logo
and Mavs & Mochas stickers are
on the way. There was a discussion
about having Zone 5 stickers produced,
but that was tabled for another
time.
Slipstream Editor Jim Hirsch reported
for Membership Chair John
Hamilton that we are up 22 for this
past month, to 2,587 total members.
Overall this year, including transfers
in, we have 165 new people to Maverick
Region. Regarding Slipstream,
he said that upcoming travel plans
mean he must move up his normal
August issue deadline to June 27
from the normal deadline of July
10 so he has time to produce the
bulk of it before leaving town. As
a reminder to all, he encouraged
submitted photos to be in portrait
mode for cover possibilities.
Advertising Chair Bill Kruder
said that the price increase initiated
to produce the full color version
of Slipstream went very well. There
were only a few grumbles and a few
changes, including our Inside Front
Cover slot, which he will be shopping
out. The Mavs & Mochas meets are
going well and have sites scheduled
through December. Every other
month has alternated between East
and West locations. Matt Wilson will
be assisting one in the Fort Worth
area. Bill is working on several
special anniversary car feature displays,
as this year has several model
milestones. The Phoenix Insurance
sponsored a special feather flag to
help improve our event visibility.
Tech Session Chair Nikolaus
Klemmer has our first event set for
Growler Motor Labs in Plano (formerly
Cobb Tuning). It will involve
an engine tune and dyno day. The
date is set for Thursday, July 27 and
will be limited to 50 people.
Autocross Chair Mark Schnoerr
said that June 11 is the next event, at
which our Zone Rep Jon Jones will
be attending. He said that the last
event, the mirror-cross at Mineral
Wells, was great fun, and our own Ed
Mayo performed excellently. There
are currently autocross events every
weekend with various clubs.
Webmaster James Shoffit said
that all is going well. He posted the
social media policy on Facebook and
most people have followed it. Only a
few have been removed because of
repeated violations.
Secretary Wendy Shoffit reported
for Jeff Sebert, who is working with
Carey Spreen and Don Sebert (and
the Shoffits) on an off-road event.
After visiting the Northwest OHV
Park in Bridgeport, they decided
to choose September 30 to host
one for our region. More details to
come. Wendy also noted that a small
group of Mavericks attended Fiesta
New Mexico and had a fun time. See
the article for details and results.
David Robertson finished up the
meeting by announcing that Kurt
Scaggs is the Maverick of the Month
for his splendid work on Slipstream
ads!
The meeting was adjourned at
8:28 pm.