LPR Board Meeting Minutes, January 2025

Present: President – Dana Drysdale; Vice President – Honore D’Angelo; Secretary – Sheila Dunwoodie; Treasurer – Andy Ward; Activities – Greg Sickal; Member at Large – Homer Pitner; Membership – Don Minami,  Additionally, Activities Chairs – AX  – Dave Dunwoodie, Hospitality Chair – Emilie Highley, Webmaster – James Turk; Tour – Hugh Calvin; Prieta Post – Donald Chaisson; Social Media – Dana Ambrisko;   Technical – Peter Ridgway; Charity – Kris Vanacore

Absent:  Greg Sickal, Activities; Don Chaisson, Prieta Post; Kris Vanacore, Kathy Musser, Charity; Emilie Highley, Hospitality;  Peter Ridgway, Technical

LPR BOARD MEETING MINUTES
January 14, 2025 7:02 PM to 7:45PM

Call to Order

President Dana called the meeting to order at 7:02PM.   

Board Member Reports:

President – Dana Drysdale –

December Board Minutes:  President Dana asked the Board to approve the December 2024 Board minutes. 

Ayes:   5   Noes:  None    Motion Passed

Porsche History Day:  June 22 at Stevens Creek Porsche Service Dept.
16151 Los Gatos Blvd, Los Gatos, CA 95032

Scope: 125+ registered (some recruited) Display Cars, mostly 996 and earlier, schwimmwagen, etc.

200 – 250 spectators

Prime objective (draft): Make friends and fun among people with older cars and newer cars
featuring Porsche Stevens Creek and PCA / Bay Area Regions, Brand, PCNA, Porsche Classic

Hours: Display Cars 7:30 – 9:30AM; Public 10AM – 2PM.  There will be food, beverages.

Help Needed: Parking (2 – 3X Fremont Cars and Coffee) and club representation, LPR will have a booth

More details to come.  PCA and other organizations will be as involved as they want to be.

Happy to have more people on LPR Porsche History Day Planning Committee.

Steve Douglas and Dana Drysdale to date.

9/13/2025 PCA 70^th Anniversary / Oktoberfest:  Mark McMahon and MBR working on site.

May not be a tour, may be a destination, then a lunch.  Possibly at / around dealer. 

356Car (Northern Cal 356 Registry) is in Monterey for breakfast at Black Bear Diner, may join us.

Membership Webinar Open to All:  Membership 101 Region Focus Webinar open to all!

January 21, 2025 @ 6PM California.  Registration:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5918138273752483162 

Don is signed up!

Public Relations: Looking for recruiting ideas / suggestions.  Not a large load, but important.  Candidates?  Dana Drysdale will continue in the interim.

Zone News: 

Zone Awards:  March 9, 2025, Porsche of Sacramento

Brian Adkins is working on an earlier schedule. 

For those going to the President’s Meeting in AM, there are Hiltons and Marriotts nearby.

Zone Unincorporating:  100% complete. Zones are still critical to PCA structure.

This was just a legal and organizational problem.  Zones had no elected boards, etc.

Next Treffen at Sea:  850 Signups to date.

PCA 70^th:  Ongoing 2025 focus.  Logo (will send separately) for us to use.

Parade 2025:  Registration opens early February as usual

Vice President – Honore D’Angelo

Here is our list of events for the year 2025.

Events to keep in mind where dates are TBD.

1. Slot Car Saturday – January or February – Dana has details to follow.
2. Porsche Now Brunch (event with Stevens Creek Porsche) – January or February.
3. History Day is confirmed for June 22nd with Stevens Creek Porsche at 16151 Los Gatos Blvd, Los Gatos, CA 95032 – please add this to the calendar, FaceBook and Blast.  Thank you.

2/13/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Beer Thirty – Santa Cruz
3/13/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Jakes of Saratoga
4/05/2025 – Porsche Brunch – Alices in Woodside
4/13/2025 – Cars and Coffee – Aptos at Julio Ortiz and Edna Vilozny’s – 7545 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA
5/??/2025 – VA Car Show GTG – Dana will coordinate and finalize a date
5/08/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Beer Thirty – Santa Cruz
5/11/2025 – Cars and Coffee – TBD

6/07/2025 – Porsche Brunch – Alices in Woodside
6/08/2025 – Cars and Coffee – TBD
6/12/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Jakes of Saratoga
6/22/2025 – Porsche History Day – Stevens Creek Porsche at 16151 Los Gatos Blvd, Los Gatos, CA 95032
7/13/2025 – Cars and Coffee – TBD
7/19/2025 – LPR Summer Picnic – Roaring Camp
8/02/2025 – Porsche Brunch – Alices in Woodside
8/07/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Beer Thirty – Santa Cruz
8/09/2025 – Dana and Missy’s Pot-luck GTG – Tentative 
8/10/2025 – Cars and Coffee – TBD
9/11/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Jakes of Saratoga
9/13/2025 – Oktoberfest with MBR – TBD – PCA 70th Birthday
9/14/2025 – Cars and Coffee – TBD
10/04/2025 – Porsche Brunch – Alices in Woodside
10/09/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Bear Thirty – Santa Cruz
10/12/2025 – Cars and Coffee – TBD
11/23/2025 – Toys for Tots Tour
12/06/2025 – Porsche Brunch – Alices in Woodside
12/06/2025 – Awards Banquet – BackNine Restaurant in Pasatiempo

Also, attached are the budgets for the 2025 Annual Picnic and the Awards Banquet – I am requesting a budget for the following:

Annual Picnic at Roaring Camp – I received an invoice for the deposit and following incremental payments – I am requesting a deposit of $500 and a total budget of $5,500 for this event (this is based on actual expenses from 2024 Picnic).

Awards Banquet – I am requesting a budget of $12,000 for this event – budget spreadsheet for 2025 Banquet is attached (this is based on 2024 actual income and expenses).

FYI, I am exploring alternative venues for the Awards Banquet.  Attendance was lower this year, and we’re considering hosting the event in the San Jose area to potentially attract more participants.  I’ll follow up with additional information as soon as it’s available.  In the meantime, if anyone has venue suggestions, I’m open to ideas!

Proposal:  Honore is requesting a deposit of $500 and approval of total budget of $5,500 for Picnic.  Second:  Homer   Ayes: 6  Noes:     Motion passes

Proposal:  Honore is requesting approval for budget of $12,000 for Awards Banquet.  Second:  Andy   Ayes: 6  Noes:     Motion passes

Secretary – Sheila Dunwoodie

Thank you for your reports in advance of the meeting!

The Board of Directors listed in the meeting minutes have already been voted and approved.   However, all appointed Committee Chairpersons listed in this Board Meeting Minutes need to be approved for 2025.    

Proposal:  Sheila proposes we approve Committee Chairpersons for 2025.  Second:  Honore   Ayes: 6  Noes:   None  Motion passes

Treasurer – Andy Ward

The club essentially broke even in 2024, incurring a very small deficit of $462, which is about as close to breakeven as I think we can get!

I’ve also attached the Zone 7 Concours Fund report for the sake of completeness, but there was no change in that account from last month.

LPR Accounts:

• Recap: December LPR Financials
• Expenses: $ 8,143
• Income: $ 7,731
• Net Income: $ -413
• Income was: Autocross, Awards Banquet
• Expenses were: Awards Banquet, Administrative, Autocross
• Recap LPR 2024 Financials, Jan 1 to December 31, 2024:
• Expenses: $ 69,354
• Income: $ 68,892
• Net Income: $ -462

Zone 7 Accounts (No change since last report):

• Recap: October Zone 7 Financials
• Expenses: $ 0
• Income: $ 0
• Net Income: $ 0
• Recap: October Zone 7 2024 Financials
• Expenses: $ 38
• Income: $ 4,670
• Net Income: $ 4,632
• YTD Income was: distribution from Zone 7, LPR contributions from Fremont Concours
• YTD Expenses were: BMO check order fee

Membership – Don Minami

My current activities are to: learn what a Membership Chairperson is supposed to do; figure out how to transfer someone into LPR from another region; figure out what to do with two large rubbermaid tubs of old LPR binders and documents; find a way to deliver over a hundred unclaimed LPR badges; and streamline LPR Membership enrollment documents with hyperlinks to LPR websites and eliminate mailing USPS letters. 

Discussion:  Suggest Don provide a list of badge names to Dana Drysdale and Dave Dunwoodie.  Dave will see if some badges may belong to Autocross participants. 

New Members from PCA (3)

Scott Christie, Aptos, 2008 911 Carrera 4S
Eric Christie, Aptos, 1986 944 Turbo (Co-Member)
Chris Cromwell, Scotts Valley, 2011 Boxster
Jessica Cromwell, Scotts Valley (Co-Member)
Gary Trudeau, Aptos, 2016 Cayman GTS
Patricia Trudeau, Aptos (Co-Member)

Transfers in (0)

Transfers out (2)

Jan Jurnecka to Monterey Bay

Diane Siemens to Golden Gate

Non-Renewals for the month of December (2)

Member Renewals for the month of December (23)

Total Membership for the month of December:

Primary Members 380
Affiliate Members 232
Total Members 612

Anniversaries

5 Years
Alan Sammut
Bruce Bartlett
Anthony Lum

10 Years
None

20 Years
Matthew Rich
Robert Khamashta
Myra Rich

Proposal:  Don proposes we accept the new members.  Second: Homer  Ayes: 6   Noes:  None  Motion passes

Activities – Greg Sickal

Absent – Report submitted

LPR Calendar
* NOTE: Email any calendar additions/changes for tours, GTG’s and other events to activities@lprpca.org
* Updated calendar with Porsche History Day event

Insurance
* Submitted insurance for all 2025 autocross dates

Member-at-Large – Homer Pitner

1. Provided change list for new Bylaws to PCA National
2. Will start up Nominating Committee in Feb, recommend to dry run new process outlined in the new Bylaws/Policies & Procedures

Chairperson Reports:

Autocross – Dave Dunwoodie/Co-Chair Homer Pitner

Not much to report, we still have a solid schedule with 9 events for 2025. One change to note this year for our Zone 7 weekends, LPR is the host Saturday June 14th in Salinas and I would like to apply for a 3 event/2 region subsidy for a dinner possibly at Casa Sorrento Pizzeria. That would cover about half the cost of the dinner so I would need board approval for the rest once I get their pricing and make sure they are available on our date.

LPR 2025 AX Schedule
Mar 16^th – Crows
Apr 12^th – LPR – Salinas
Apr 26/27 School – Alameda
May 18^th – Salinas
June 14^th – Salinas – LPR – Zone 7
June 15^th – Salinas – GGR – Zone 7
July 13^th – Salinas
Aug 9^th – Salinas
Sept 13^th – Crows – GGR – Zone 7
Sept 14^th – Crows – LPR – Zone 7
Oct 11^th – LPR – Crows – Kill-a-Kone
Nov 9th – Crows

Charity  – Kathy Musser, Kris Vanacore, Emilie Highley

Absent – Report submitted

Nothing to report.

Hospitality – Emilie Highley

Absent – Report submitted

1. As reported earlier, one of our long-time members, George Jensen passed away.   A card has been sent to the family.     George and Virginia participated in many LPR events in past years
2. Angie Reed – I have spoken to Angie on a regular basis.   I have the picture of her and John (PANO) to share with her.
3. June Iles – June is doing well.   In January, she was ‘crowned’ Resident of the Month at Sonnet Hills.   June welcomes visits from LPR members.

Prieta Post Editor – Don Chaisson

Absent – Report submitted

With regards to the Jan/Feb POST, the issue was viewed by 179 readers as of this morning, with the usual peak right after publishing with 108 readers on day one.
The analysis of “time on page” showed:
        *       Unusual amount of time spent on Miscellaneous Ramblings and Back Story: an Editorial…. Was it something that I said???
        *       good time spent on UPCOMING events.
        *       Folks read the story of new member Mike Wenstrand.  (Would love to continue the feature highlighting new members)
        *       good time spent on the Autocross article
        *       The report on Ole Amigos Tour in Memory of John Reed — good job Greg !!!
        *       disappointing — time on the Annual Banquet. No clue on why… unless all usual readers were there??

Starting to plan for the Mar/Apr issue.
        *       Thinking of pipping the Porsche Brunch at Alice’s Restaurant.
        *       Some Porsche auto sports (Porsche Sprints (which I hope to attend) and report on Daytona 24 Hours (which one day I will attend !)
        *       Report on EVO magazine’s Car of the Year.   Great cars reviewed, one stood out. 
        *       I’d love to do a report on the first two Thirsty Thursdays..  I’ll attend the 3/13 in Saratoga.   Would someone volunteer to write up the Beer Thirty event on 2/13?   It would be fun to make it a COMPETITION for enthusiasm???

I will not be able to attend this or several more board meetings.   I am taking a Continuing Education class on Graphic Design (every Tuesday for 18 weeks) in hopes I can learn something to help the POST’s visual appeal.

Public Relations – Dana Drysdale

Submission for John Reed was already posted, so will wait another couple of months to make another submission.

Safety – Open

Open Position for Safety Chair.

However, Hugh sent in Observer’s Report for Toys for Tots tour.   No Autocross events, so no report needed.

Tour – Hugh Calvin

BoD authorized Tour fee waivers for tours in 2024. 

Toys for Tots Tour was held on 1-Dec

Hugh sent in Observer’s Report.

Tours on the Calendar for 2025:  Forest Bathing Tour (15-Jun), Jacob’s Heart Tour (20-Sep), Overnight Lake Tahoe Tour (27-28-Sep), Toys 4 Tots (23-Nov), Ole Amigos Tour (TBD), Joint Tour with MBR (TBD).  

Discussion:  Hugh would like to permanently eliminate the $5.00 per car Tour fees.   The fees were originally established to make certain that people would commit to attending the tour.   In the past couple of years with no fees; there was no attendance issues.

Proposal:  Dana Drysdale makes a motion to permanently eliminate the $5.00 Tour fees.  Second: Honore Ayes: 6   Noes:  None  Motion passes

Social Media – Dana Ambrisko

Here is the Social Media Chair report for the January 2025 Board Meeting:

• December Mid-month Blast sent on the 15th
  • Emailer Statistics
    • Total Num Address = 508 Total Num Opted out = 12 Total Num sent = 496
• January Blast Update sent on the 1st
  • Emailer Statistics
    • Total Num Address = 511 Total Num Opted out = 12 Total Num sent = 499
• Jan/Feb 2025 Prieta POST sent January 10th
  • Emailer Statistics
    • Total Num Address = 511 Total Num Opted out = 13 Total Num sent = 498
• January Mid-month Blast will be sent on or around the 15th

Discussion: 

• Dana Ambrisko stated that the Blast emails can only be sent to personal email addresses per National set-up.
• Dana Ambrisko noted that the Blast statistic totals captured do not match with membership size of 600 (less 12 Opted out). We are missing about 100 members.  Jim Turk will send the National emailer person’s contact information to Dana to assist is solving the issue.   

Tech – Peter Ridgway

Absent

Webmaster – Jim Turk 

• First of the Year tasks
  • Refreshed the PCA Webmaster Glove Box with newly added documents and updated ones.
  • Updated the copyright in the footer
  • Created a new AX page
  • Updated the Board of Directors page, adding Don Minami as the Membership Chair
  • Updated the generic membership@lprpca.org email to deliver mail to Don’s email address
  • Modified the About LPR page
  • Updated the AX-2 page
  • Updated the BOD History spreadsheet/PDF
  • Updated the Perpetual Award Winners spreadsheet/PDF
  • Updated the Club Docs page to use the Zone7 2025 AX rules
• WordPress maintenance (plugin updates, primarily)
  The version of WordPress that we are using is out-of-date and needs to be updated. I may try to do this myself, or perhaps hire the British chaps that did the last update. I’ve asked them for a quote. Stay tuned.

Old Business:  None

New Business: None

Adjourn Meeting:  Meeting adjourned by President Dana at 7:45 PM

Picnic Budget – Estimate

Awards Event Estimate