LPR Board Meeting Minutes, September 2024

Present: President – Dana Drysdale; Vice President – Honore D’Angelo; Secretary – Sheila Dunwoodie; Treasurer – Andy Ward; Member at Large – Homer Pitner; Additionally, Activities Chairs – AX – Dave Dunwoodie, Webmaster – James Turk; Social Media – Dana Ambrisko;

Absent: Membership – Kathy Musser, Activities – Greg Sickal, Charity – Kris Vanacore, Hospitality – Emilie Highley, Tour – Hugh Calvin, Tech – Peter Ridgway

LPR BOARD MEETING MINUTES

September 10, 2024, 7:01 PM to 7:27 PM

Call to Order

President Dana called the meeting to order at 7:01PM.

Board Member Reports:

President – Dana Drysdale

August Board Minutes: President Dana asked the Board to approve the August Board minutes. Ayes: 5 Noes: None Motion Passed

Oktoberfest: Thanks to all for your patience and understanding in moving this event.

We have 20 registrants from Monterey, none have dropped due to the change.

There were 2 from Diablo, they had to drop, Diablo has a tour that day.

It will be awesome, with the tour, the beer garden, the tech quiz, and Roads of the San Lorenzo program.

Special thanks to Honore D’Angelo for all her work on this event.

Permanent Recognition John Reed: Suggestion from Emilie and Kris about a permanent recognition.

I think this is a very good idea, partially depending on the location and cost.

The idea is a bench or tree with a plaque recognizing 50 years of continuous service and leadership.

Discussion: Would like a quick pause to see if there is discussion.

Quick Poll: Show of hands re: pursuing this idea. Emilie, Kris, and I will pursue if supported.

Any specific proposal will be brought to the Board before making it happen.

Brunch at Porsche Now: Mariah Hutchison at Porsche of Stevens Creek offered a brunch for 50 people or less. This would fit Board and Chairs, a few more. Sometime November, December.

Porsche Now is a popup storefront at Santana Row. Like the Lincoln ones, a little smaller.

Probably a Sunday AM. I will work on the date with Honore and Greg.

Request: Quick show of hands of interest?

Zone 7 President’s Meeting October 3:

Agenda – Zone un-incorporation and Banker Adoptions for AX (GGR) and Concours (LPR)

Review guidelines for submitting subsidies.

Q&A from the Presidents.

Please email me any questions you believe we need answered with other Regions or Zones.

Vice President – Honore D’Angelo

Note: Date change for the Oktoberfest Tour – from 9/21 to 9/28
9/05/2024 – Thirsty Thursday – Jakes of Saratoga – Saratoga – Good turn out – about 16 attendees
9/8/2024 – Cars and Coffee – Fremont Porsche – 8 AM to 10 AM. Refreshments will be provided.
9/15/2024 – Cars and Coffee – Aptos at Edna Vilozny’s and Julio Ortiz’s – 7545 Soquel Dr STE B, Aptos, CA 95003
9/22/2024 – LPR Concourse – Fremont Porsche – 7 AM to Noon. Lunch will be provided.
9/28/2024 – Oktoberfest Tour – LPR and MBR gathering – Tour through the Santa Cruz mountains and end up at Brookdale for lunch – please see calendar for more details
10/03/2024 – Thirsty Thursday – Bear Thirty – Santa Cruz
10/13/2024 – Cars and Coffee – Brookdale, Brookdale CA
12/01/2024 – Toys for Tots Tour
12/07/2024 – Awards Banquet – BackNine Restaurant in Pasatiempo

Secretary – Sheila Dunwoodie

Thank you for your reports in advance of the meeting!

Treasurer – Andy Ward

Recap: August Financials

Expenses: $ 1,386
Income: $ 8,302
Net Income: $ 6,916

Income was: Autocross, Quarterly PCA Member Rebate

Expenses were: Autocross, GTGs

Recap YTD Financials, Jan 1 to August 31, 2024:

Expenses: $ 36,568
Income: $ 40,272
Net Income: $ 3,704

Membership – Kathy Musser

Absent – Report submitted

New Members from PCA (7)

Beverly Aigen from Aptos, 2022 911 Carrera 4
Ron Covell from Aptos, 2016 Cayman
Eugene Heinrich Dittberner from Centurion, Gauteng, 2000 Boxster
James Masterson from Aptos, 2014 Cayman
Richard Northcutt from Aptos, 2024 911 Targa 4S
Scott Renfrew from Santa Cruz, 1967 912
Lucas Yang from Saratoga, 1998 911 Carrera S

Transfers in (2)

William Johnston from Golden Gate, 2019 718 Boxster S
Tom Winton from Golden Gate, 1997 911 Targa

Transfers out (0)

Non-Renewals for the month of August (13)

Member Renewals for the month of August (18)

Total Membership for the month of August:

Primary Members 374
Affiliate Members 241
Total Members 608

Anniversaries

5 Years
Gerda Sander
Hilton Vasconcelos

10 Years
Janice Nonhof
Todd Todd

25 Years
Scott Weyland

Proposal: Kathy proposes we accept the new members. Second: Homer Ayes: 5 Noes: None Motion passes

Activities – Greg Sickal

Absent – Report submitted

LPR Calendar
* Updated the calendar with various additions and changes
* Email any calendar additions/changes for tours, GTG’s and other events to activities@lprpca.org

Insurance
* Submitted insurance requests for Jacob’s Heart (Sept 14) and Octoberfest (Sept 28) tours
* Submitted insurance request for LPR Concours at Fremont Porsche on Sept 22

Member-at-Large – Homer Pitner

By email, updated By-Laws were submitted to the Board for review.

Proposal: Homer proposes we accept the updated By-Laws. Second: Sheila Ayes: 6 Noes: None Motion passes

New National bylaws & Policies and Procedures

Bylaws draft submitted to National, approval time TBD. May need to hold separate membership vote from October elections

Webmaster has posted both the Bylaws and Policies and procedures drafts.

Nominations

Webmaster has ballot info

Chairperson Reports:

Autocross – Dave Dunwoodie

Nothing to report.

Charity – Kathy Musser, Kris Vanacore, Emilie Highley

Absent – Report submitted

The 2024 Jacob’s Heart Tour will be on September 14th. We have 16 cars and 33 members participating

in this year’s charity event. The event details will be provided in next month’s charity report.

The charity event for Morgan Autism Center is the “Kill-A-Kone” on October 12 th . This event will be at AX

#8. We hope to see you there!

Hospitality – Emilie Highley

Absent – Report submitted

The Club has been informed of the passing of our beloved, LPR icon, John Reed.

I have been with Angie and the family several times, and given the circumstances, they are doing the best possible.

Those wanting to send cards, please contact me for the appropriate address.

Prieta Post Editor – Don Chaisson

Absent – Report submitted

Obviously, we had to make major changes to the POST and now lead with a John Reed Memorial. I’m hoping that the issue will be ready by next Monday.

Public Relations – Open

Dana D. has been in contact with Linda at Panoroma. He will provide photos of John and Angie. Dana will continue to help with Public Relations, but would prefer if someone else is able to take this position.

Safety – Open

Ed Tefankjian has been handling and submitting all Autocross safety reports. Dana D. to contact Ed.

Tour – Hugh Calvin

Absent – Currently traveling – To be advised.

Social Media – Dana Ambrisko

August Mid-month Blast was sent on the 15th
- Emailer Statistics from the August Mid-month Blast:
  - Total Num Address = 510 Total Num Opted out = 13 Total Num sent = 497
Jacobs Heart Charity Tour reminder sent to membership August 26th
- Emailer Statistics from the Reminder
  - Total Num Addresses = 514 Total Num Opted out = 13 Total Num sent = 501
September Blast Update was sent on the 1st
- Emailer Statistics from the September Blast Update:
  - Total Num Addresses = 505 Total Num Opted out = 13 Total Num sent = 492
LPR-MBR Oktoberfest – Date Change notice sent to membership September 4th
- Emailer Statistics from the Date Change notice:
  - Total Num Addresses = 506 Total Num Opted out = 13 Total Num sent = 493
September Mid-month Blast will be sent on or around the 15th

Noticed a slight increase from August 1st Blast Update to September 1st (+4) in those members opting to receive the Blasts, if it is an accurate count.

Tech – Peter Ridgway

Absent – Report submitted

By email, a proposal was made to fund LPR Concours trophies.

Proposal: Dana D. made a motion to fund LPR/Porsche Fremont Concours trophies for $1,325, which should be recovered through sponsorship and Concours fees. Second: Sheila Ayes: 6 Noes: None Motion passes

Tech Report
9/8 Cars and Coffee at Fremont Porsche was a big success. Lots of non PCA people and lots of spectators. Our sponsors were happy!
9/22 Concours is filling up (24 cars registered). Probably going to be a light turn out.
Nothing else on the tech schedule for this year.

Webmaster – Jim Turk

AX page updates.
Home page updates.
Oktoberfest flyer updates.
Generic email address updates.
Unclassified ads page – removed a couple of items (WERKS rooms, Voodoo Blue GT3)
Menu updated to link to Z7 In The Zone.
WordPress maintenance updates (themes and plugins).

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