LPR Board Meeting Minutes, September 2022
Present: President – Peter Ridgway; Secretary – Dana Drysdale; Treasurer – Johnny Musser; 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; Prieta Post – Donald Chaisson
Not Present, Submitted Report: Vice President – Kris Vanacore
LPR BOARD MEETING MINUTES
September 6, 2022 7:04 PM to 7:40 PM
Call to Order
President Peter called the meeting to order at 7:04 PM.
Board Member Reports:
President – Peter Ridgway – Peter reports we have a report from the Member at Large for 2023 Board Nominations. Also, car badges will be distributed at Thirsty Thursday and Jacob’s Heart Tour.
August Board Minutes: August Board Minutes: President Peter asked the Board to approve the August Board minutes.
Ayes: 5 Noes: None Motion Passed
Vice President – Kris Vanacore
Kris is working with a new event manager at the Inn at Pasatiempo for the Annual Awards and Celebration. There was a pricing error in the original quote from Pasatiempo, the latest price is “corrected” to $69 per person for the buffet. Kris is working with the manager at Pasatiempo to try to get the per person charge down.
Kris’s budget for the awards last year was $7K and we were barely under that. Until the event order is finalized, Kris can’t do the per person pricing for members. So, she is proposing a $9K budget for this year.
Proposal: Kris proposes a $9K budget for the Awards (submitted in writing) Second: Bob Morgan (in writing)
Ayes: 5 Noes: None Motion Passed
Secretary – Dana Drysdale
Amazing number of LPR’s at Werks, great that Don organized a picture. Thank you for your reports in advance of the meeting!
Treasurer – Johnny Musser
- Recap: August Financials
- Expenses: $ 7,489
- Income: $ 2,207
- Net Income (Loss): ($5,282)
- Income was PCA Quarterly Rebate
- Expenses were AX, Membership
- Recap YTD Financials
- Expenses: $ 32,792
- Income: $ 34,273
- Net Income (Loss): $ 1,481
LPR-PCA Assets on July 31, 2022:
Current E-checking account balance is: $ 2,725
Current Main Checking balance is: $ 50,446
Savings, CD and Petty Cash $: $ 20,518
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 6
Transfers in 2
Transfers out 2
Total Membership for the month of June:
Primary Members 338
Affiliate Members 217
Total Members 555!
Test Drive Participants 0
PCA Juniors 8
Anniversaries
15 years
Daniel Friedman
5 Year
Ken Lindsay
New Members and Transfers In
Greg Buzzard of Aptos, Greg drives a 2000 Boxster S
Chelsea Coetzee of Soquel, Chelsea drives a 2016 Macan S
Matthew Eaton of Santa Cruz, Matthew drives a 2017 911 Turbo S
Hugh Malone of Aptos, Hugh drives a 2012 Boxster
Ty McConney of Scotts Valley, Ty drives a 2014 Cayman S
Anne Sorcenelli of Aptos, Anne drives a 2021 911 Carrera 4 Cabriolet
Norman Madge of San Jose, Norman drives a 1988 911 Carrera
Hilton Vasconcelos and Nannette Barkey of New York NY, Hilton drives a 1999 911 Carrera
New member packages will be sent to all new members this week.
Proposal: Iain proposes we accept the new members. Second: John Gould Ayes: 5 Noes: None Motion passes
Iain also reported contact from a for profit company with a document on their website about moving children with autism. They asked to have a link placed on our website, and Iain brought this to the board for guidance before saying no. There followed a discussion of this subject and no further action at this time.
Activities – Bob Morgan
LPR Calendar
The LPR calendar is up to date. Let me know if there are changes and/or adds.
Tours
Jacob’s Heart Tour on 9/24/22 (need starting / ending point to request insurance)
Inn to Inn Tour 10/2/22, Certificate of Insurance (COI) received
Cooking school Tour on 10/8/22, Insurance form submitted
Ole’ Amigos Tour II on 11/12/22
Toys 4 Tots Tour on 12/11/22
Autocross
Cow Palace & Crows Landing dates insured (confirmed)
Let me know if anything changes
Concours, Rallye
Concours at Porsche of Fremont on 10/30/22
Tech
TBD
GTG
Thirsty Thursday at Beer Thirty on 9/8/22
2023 Planning Meeting on 11/20/22
2022 Awards Event on 12/3/22
Email your ideas for tours, GTG’s and other events to me at bobbo408@comcast.net
Tech
Werks Reunion 8/19/22
2022 and 2023 Calendar
Email your ideas for tours, GTGs and other events to bobbo408@comcast.net
Member-at-Large – John Gould
Report from Nominating Committee. There followed a discussion of the ballot. Additional changes will be emailed for review.
Chairperson Reports:
Autocross – Dave Dunwoodie
See combined update to be prepared for October meeting.
Proposal: Fund 1) $3,000 for September for Atwater, plus $500 for Porta Potties Moved: Peter Ridgway Second: John Gould Ayes: 5 Noes: None Motion passes
Charity and Hospitality – Kathy Musser, Kris Vanacore, Emilie Highley
Charity – Morgan Autism. . . $750 was received from PCA designated for the Morgan Autism Center. A date to deliver the check will be set.
Jacob’s Heart – Not too late to sign up for the Jacob’s Heart Tour on Saturday, September 24th. Come enjoy the tour and then join in the fun for the ‘make your own pizza’ lunch hosted by Caroline & John Eiskamp at their home. The Club will provide snacks, simple desserts and beverages.
While enjoying your pizza lunch you will have the opportunity to bid on the many Silent Auction items collected by the Charity Committee (donations for the Silent Auction are still being accepted – see Kathy, Kris or Emilie). Remember. . .All proceeds from the Silent Auction will benefit Jacob’s Heart!
NOTE. . . There is a limit of 30 members for the tour, so contact Kathy at (831) 234-6371/momcat1951@yahoo.com and sign up before the deadline of September 9th!
Hospitality – A note of thanks to all for the beautiful flowers, many cards, emails and calls received since my spinal surgery. I am now recuperating at home having to wear a ‘designer brace’. The brace is temporary until I regain my strength. I appreciate your friendship and caring. . . Hope to see you all soon!
Prieta Post Editor – Don Chaisson
Don reported that we are past the “Free Trial” period for Adobe InDesign. Don’s request to the Board to purchase InDesign for Prieta Post passed, as noted below. Don is using InDesign to create the Nov – Dec issue of Prieta Post and appreciates the help from Jim Turk.
Requests for first issue: President’s Message, Calendar of Events, Photo Contest for Pictures of Cars, Pictures with Cars, etc. Don is looking for two volunteers to help with judging photos.
Proposal Voted by Email: Proposed by John Gould: Purchase Adobe InDesign for use in creating Prieta Post for $300. Second: Kris Vanacore Ayes: Peter Ridgway, John Gould, Kris Vanacore, Dana Drysdale, Bob Morgan. Motion passes
Public Relations – Open
We are looking for someone to take this position – basics are sending photos, possibly an article into Panorama. John is happy to continue taking pictures, but anyone should feel free to take photos.
Safety & Tour– John Reed
Safety – The Observer’s Report for the LPR August Autocross was sent to PCA National in a timely manner, thank you Ed Tefankjian. The release forms were sent to the LPR Activities Director. There were no incidents to report.
Tour – There are 3 upcoming tours: The Jacob’s Heart Charity Tour on September 24th, report from Kathy Musser; The Inn to Inn Tour on October 2nd, report from Kris Vanacore; The Yankee Hill Cooking School Tour on October 8th from Susie George as follows – Eight signups ( 4 cars) so far with several inquiries. Susie and Tom will wait until after the LPR mid-month blast before opening the tour to other PCA members beginning on September 18th. A good turn out from LPR is still anticipated.
Social Media – Dana Ambrisko
- September Blast Update sent the 1st
- Mid-month Blast will be sent around 15th
- Nothing further to report
Tech – Peter Ridgway
Nothing further to report this month.
Webmaster – Jim Turk
Activity for August:
- Website maintenance
- Began working on the 2022 election ballot. Waiting for list of awards that are voted by the membership. Election ballot will be made available October 1 at SurveyMonkey, and via download from the website.
- Asking the Board to approve about $200 (see below) for a two month subscription (September and October – the way SurveyMonkey handles some subscriptions is month by month, beginning on the day one signs up. I wait until late September to activate the subscription so that we are covered from late September through November.)
- Other activities were trying to keep up with the many events that were happening in August and beyond, by posting some information about them on the homepage.
Proposal: Fund $200 for a 2 month subscription to Survey Monkey Moved: Peter Ridgway Second: John Gould Ayes: 5 Noes: None Motion passes
Old Business: None
New Business: None
Adjourn Meeting: Meeting adjourned by President Peter at 7:40 PM