Slipstream January 2021

Maverick of the Year: Kurt Scaggs
by Carey Spreen, Region Vice President
Since 1976, the Maverick Region
President has named a person (and
sometimes a couple of people) as
having made outstanding contributions
to the region, as well as inspiring others
to do the same, during the past year.
This trophy was called the Richard F.
Selcer Memorial Award for Superior
Performance and Dedication until its
retirement in 2017, at which time it was
replaced by the James Shoffit
Maverick of the Year Award.
At the 2020 Founders Day
event, which took place at
Porsche Grapevine on Saturday,
December 5, the Maverick of
the Year award went to Kurt
Scaggs, the Managing Editor of
Slipstream, Maverick Region’s
monthly magazine.
Kurt, a member of
Maverick Region since 2013,
first joined the Slipstream
staff in January 2017 as the
Event Ad Designer, where he
designed and produced the
print and web ads for our upcoming
events. When then-Editor Jim Hirsch
made plans to step down in at the end of
2017, he had already recognized Kurt’s
abilities as a graphic designer, and was
able to convince Kurt to take over the
reins at Slipstream. The transition
and hand-off of the Managing Editor
position usually takes time, but by April
photo provided by Scott Scheetz
of 2018, Kurt was already at the helm,
continuing in his Event Ad Design role
until he could find a replacement.
Since that time, Kurt has made many
improvements to Slipstream, and has
won two National awards for it: first
place in Class VI (regions with 1,650 or
more members) in 2018 (awarded at the
2019 Porsche Parade), and second place
in 2019 (awarded on-line this year).
And of course, during the pandemic,
most of our events went on hiatus,
but not Slipstream – Kurt continued
to put together a 36-page issue every
month. He has also been working on
a wholesale revamp of Slipstream to
allow it to be published to the mavpca.
org website every month, while still
publishing a print version every two
months. This will save Maverick
Region a large amount in printing and
mailing costs.
Please join us in congratulating
Kurt Scaggs as the 2020 Maverick of
the Year!
Maverick Region Executive Board Election 2021
by Carey Spreen, Region Vice President
Per Maverick Region’s bylaws (https://www.mavpca.org/
about/bod/bylaws/), a three-person nominating committee
consisting of Jim Hirsch (Chair), Mike O’Hare, and Mike
Mahoney provided a list of candidates for the four Executive
Board positions, as follows:
President: Bill Kruder (incumbent)
Vice President: Carey Spreen (incumbent)
Treasurer: Chris Flaugh (incumbent)
Secretary: Olga Taylor
Mail-in ballots were available in Slipstream, and
were accepted until December 1, 2020. An in-person
election, open to all primary and affiliate members
of Maverick Region, was held at the Founders’ Day
celebration on December 5. The mail-in and in-person
ballots were counted at Founders’ Day as well, with
the official result that all four candidates were voted in
unanimously for 2021.
I’m sure I speak for the Executive Board by saying
thank you to all who voted, and that we look forward
to serving Maverick Region in 2021, which we hope
will be a return to a more “normal” (i.e. pre-pandemic)
year of events for all of us!
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