Present: President – Peter Ridgway; Secretary – Dana Drysdale; Treasurer – Johnny Musser; Membership – Iain McNeil; Activities – Bob Morgan; Member at Large – John Gould.
Additionally, Activities Chairs: AX – Dave Dunwoodie, Hospitality Chair – Emilie Highley, Webmaster – James Turk, Safety and Tour – John Reed
Not Present, Sent in Report: Vice President – Kris Vanacore
Guests:
LPR BOARD MEETING MINUTES
April 5, 2022, 7:04PM to 7:31 PM
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:04PM.
Board Member Reports:
President – Peter Ridgway – Actively collecting or trying to collect sponsorship bills. Gently reminding sponsors.
March Board Minutes: Peter asked for corrections or changes: No corrections; Asked for approval to approve the minutes. Ayes: Unanimous, 6 Board members present. Noes: None
Vice President – Kris Vanacore
Written report – am on the fence about Thirsty Thursday at Beer Thirty every month, suggested Board take up question of going to San Jose alternate Thirsty Thursday. Peter and the Board discussed we are in favor of having them in multiple places, but, it is up to the person who steps up to be the coordinator as to location, etc.
Secretary – Dana Drysdale
Thanks Board for the advance materials! Will be looking for volunteers for some more test Thursdays in San Jose area after wrapping up family stuff in Illinois.
Treasurer – Johnny Musser
Recap: March Financials
- Expenses: $ 7297
- Income: $ 1625
- Net Income (Loss): $ (5672)
- Income
- was St Patrick’s Day GTG, Drive to the Drive Tour
- Expenses
- were AX, Drive to the Drive Tour, Filoli Tour
Recap YTD Financials
- Expenses: $ 10500
- Income: $ 1625
- Net Income (Loss): $ (4724)
LPR-PCA Assets on January 31, 2021:
- Current E-checking account balance is: $2903
- Current Main Checking balance is: $43391
- Savings, CD and Petty Cash $ 20517
LPR-PCA’s other financial asset is the Timing Trailer, on the balance sheet as an asset of $1,345.
Membership – Iain McNeil
New Members from PCA 4
Transfers in 3
Transfers out 2
Total Membership for the month of March:
Primary Members 330
Affiliate Members 205
Total Members 535
Test Drive Participants 0
PCA Juniors 8
Anniversaries (August)
20 Years
Fred and Susan Biannucci
15 Years
Gregory and Anna Stowe
Jeff Tucker
Steve Crane
New Members and Transfers In
- Drew Arvay of San Jose, driving a 2019 Carrera 4S
- Eric Fujishin of Santa Cruz, driving a 1988 Carrera Cabriolet
- Owen and Lucas Doyle of Boulder Creek, Owen and Lucas drive a 2016 Cayman GT4
- Robert and Sharon Rittenhouse of Santa Cruz, Robert and Sharon drive a 2006 Carrera 4
- Jeremy and Sarah Seimon of Salinas, Jeremy and Sarah drive a 2002 911 Turbo
- Sotirios Barkas and Katrice Groothof of San Jose, Sotirios and Katrice drive a 2001 Boxster
- Anthony Lum of Los Gatos, driving a 2019 Cayenne S
New member packages were sent to all members.
Proposal: Iain proposed that we accept the new members. Second: Bob Morgan; Ayes: Unanimous, 6 Board members present; Noes: None
Activities – Bob Morgan
LPR Calendar
Email your ideas for tours, GTGs and other events to bobbo408@comcast.net
Tours
- Filoli Gardens Tour 5/10/22 (confirm date)
- Oktoberfest Tour on 9/10/22
- Jacob’s Heart Tour on 9/24/22
- Ole’ Amigos Tour II on 11/12/22
- Toys 4 Tots Tour on 12/11/22
Autocross
Crow’s Landing and Cow Palace dates insured
- Crow’s Landing 3/13/22
- Cow Palace on 4/1/22, 5/22/22, 7/30/22, 8/28/22, 9/17/22
- Other venues / dates may be added in the future
Concours and Rallye
Phase 1 Training on Zoom sign up https://www.motorsportreg.com/events/zone-7-concours-clinic-judging-school-zoom-meeting-pca-702465 .
Phase 2 Training hands on at Stevens Creek Porsche
Tech
- Porsche Swap Meet on 6/5/22
- Werks Reunion 8/19/22
- Probably another Wardell’s session in August, focusing on the new Detail Center
GTG
- Thirsty Thursday 4/7/22 EVERY MONTH?
- Porsche Brunch on all even month 1st Saturdays
- Starry Starry Night for Morgan Autism on 5/7/22
- LPR PICNIC 7/16/22 Roaring Camp and Big Trees
- 2023 Planning Meeting on 11/20/22
- 2022 Awards Event on 12/3/22
2022 Calendar
Email your ideas for tours, GTGs and other events to bobbo408@comcast.net
Member-at-Large – John Gould
Next meeting – watch your email for a notice.
Chairperson Reports:
Autocross – Dave Dunwoodie
We had 67 drivers for AX#1 at Crows Landing on March 13th and 62 drivers for AX#2 at the Cow Palace on April 2nd, and all went very well.
Proposal: Fund 1) $5108 for May 22nd Cow Palace event; 2) Approval for portables for Cow Palace for $601.31; Moved: Iain McNeill Second: Bob Morgan Ayes: Unanimous, 6 board members Noes: None
Charity and Hospitality – Kathy Musser, Kris Vanacore, Emilie Highley
Charity – Morgan Autism (one of our supported charities), will be having their Starry Starry Night Virtual Celebration & Fundraiser, Saturday, May 7th from 7:00-8:00 p.m. (Again, this event will be virtual.) Join in the fun for Live & Silent Auctions * Wine Pull * Raffle * Artwork. Go online at https://morgancenter.org/ for more information and to register today.
Hospitality – No report this month – all are well!
Prieta Post Editor – Open position for POST editor
We are posting articles to website and potentially Facebook while searching for a POST editor.
Public Relations – Open
We are looking for someone to take this position – basics are sending photos into Panorama. John is happy to continue taking pictures, but anyone should feel free to take photos.
Safety & Tour– John Reed
Safety – The March and April Autocrosses and the March tour Observer’s Reports were sent to PCA national in a timely manner. There were no incidents to report. The release forms were given or sent to the LPR Activities Director.
Tour – The Drive to the Drive Tour was well attended by 43 people, 22 cars. The drive went very smoothly and the lunch was delightful. The May 10th Filoli Estate Tour is accepting sign ups. Contact Peter Ridgway. No limit for the Filoli tour! All the details were sent with the April 1st email blast.
The Calvins are planning a one day tour on Sunday, June 19th. Sign ups limited to 28 people. Contact Nancy and Hugh Calvin. The publicity flyer has all of the details.
Social Media – Dana Ambrisko
April blast went out on the 1st. Mid month blast will be around April 15th. April 15th will include Morgan Autism Starry Starry Night and anything else coming up for events, tours, GTGs, etc.
Tech – Peter Ridgway
Nothing new to report for a new tech session. Prospecting for a session with Superior Auto Body in Campbell. Swap meet is June 5th!!
Webmaster – Jim Turk
Nothing additional to report for this meeting. Continuing to work on site maintenance, and solving live timing for AX.
Old Business: None
New Business: None
Adjourn Meeting: Meeting adjourned by President Peter at 7:31 PM