The Board meeting minutes has permanently moved to the website. Once the AMR Board has approved the monthly meeting minutes, we will post the contents on this webpage. This webpage will provide six months worth of meeting minutes, after that, the contents will be archived to a Word document and will be available for download by members. Minutes are submitted by AMR Secretary Lou Morales.
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FEBRUARY MINUTES – 02.28.2023
Location: Mollica’s Italian Market & Deli, 985 Garden of the Gods Rd # A, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Start Time: 6:08 pm
Attendees: Stephen Smith, Pam Drummer, Lou Morales, Robin Dillon, Barb Treacy, Andrea Borghi (Virtual), Steve Smith, John Dyste, Gary Klein, Geof Suit, Rai Melkers, Jackie Vance, Kathleen Lennon, Fred Veitch, Angelo Cirinelli, Greg Worth, John Zebarth, Mike Childs
Action Items were reviewed.
PRESIDENT’S REMARKS
Stephen Smith, So far so good. Thanks to the Social Chairs for their work getting the year going. PCA is looking for more women and youth to join, keep that in mind for everything we do to grow the club. PCA and AMR health is good. Kastens are doing a non-PCA Snowmass tour. We wish them success and look forward to seeing them there.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Treasurer’s Report (Pam): Pam Drummer submitted the report. $2023.80 expense. $3770.55 income Treasurer report was BOARD APPROVED.
Registrar: –
HPDE Program: Robin Dillon, HPDE Chair submitted a report. 101 Registration Open 80% of current registrants are new. Working with 3 sponsors. La Junta registration is open. Our ad for Shift Magazine is approved. Clay Benson is Control Chair.
Membership: Danyella Prilika regarding the January 2023 membership numbers: AMR total is 791 (Down 1; 499 Active, 292 Family-Active); AMR’s PCA Juniors total is 38; PCA membership total is -.
Membership Socials: Old Spaghetti Factory was a success (Had to move date due to snow). Briarhurst holiday party is BOARD APPROVED.
Tours: Rei reports the tour lead training is scheduled. Talking with Chris Lennon about a Pikes Peak Tour.
Charities: Barb reports we were able to donate $380 to the New National Mill Dog Rescue.
Website: Andrea was chosen to be a judge for the PCA Web Contest. (Congrats Andrea!)
eTrails: –
Sponsorship [Advertising]: –
Porsche Colorado Springs Liaison: Fred and Steve met with PCOS and secured a sponsorship for the year.
EVENTS
Future Events:
DE 101 – Porsche Colorado Springs 917 Motor City Drive, Colorado Springs 80905 March 11, 9AM
AMR Social @ The Great British Food Company – March 15
Tour Lead Training @ Porsche COS – March 18
New Member Social – March 25
Past Events:
Spaghetti Factory was great!.
OLD BUSINESS
None
NEW BUSINESS
None
Date and Time of Next Meeting: : December Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Texas T-bone Steak House, 5245 N Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80918. Arrival start time is 5:30pm with meeting start time of 6:00pm.
Finish Time 7:46 pm
JANUARY MINUTES – 1.31.2023
Location: Texas T-bone Steak House, 5245 N Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80918
Start Time: 6:10 pm
Attendees: Stephen Smith, Pam Drummer, Joel Godfredson, Lou Morales, Robin Dillon, Barb Treacy (virtual with connection problems), Andrea Borghi, Steve Smith, John Dyste, Gary Klein(Virtual), Geof Suit, Nate Adams, Rai Melkers, Danyella Pirlika, Jackie Vance, Kathleen Lennon, Karen Garbee.
Action Items were reviewed. Joel motions for Steve Smith to be Advertsing Chair. Robin 2nds. Vote Passes. Dwight resigns as equipment chair. Steve will make announcements about open positions via eblast. Reviewed By-Laws per By-Laws.
PRESIDENT’S REMARKS
Stephen Smith, Great turnout for the meeting. Steve ran for the office because the Club changed his life. He was in investments and now runs a shop because of his experience with the Club. He now spends 10-12 weeks per year racing. He wants to be of service to the 796 (and counting) members. It’s the members club. Members should feel empowered to hold events. Bring them to the board for approval. Do you want a cornhole tournament? Let’s do it! Thanks to all for the support.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Treasurer’s Report (Pam): Pam Drummer submitted the report. Club funds increased by $16,514.51 in 2022. Outstanding items included Blue Ticket winners, Mystery/Poker Tour charity, and Prepayment to PPIR and Stratmoor. Treasurer report year end 2022 and January 2023 was BOARD APPROVED.
Registrar: Steve Smith remarks that we need to appoint a registrar.
HPDE Program: Robin Dillon, HPDE Chair, wants the Club to focus on re-engagement of drivers, instructors and finding participants outside of AMR/PCA. Dates for events was BOARD APPROVED. Creating a brochure with dates of events. Track costs have increased by 15-20%. Offering 5 HDPEs this year. Looking at adding an autocross/DE event. Driving instructor team was nominated: BOARD APPROVED. Budgets were presented.
HPDE Safety / Control Program:
Membership: Danyella Prilika regarding the November, 2022, membership numbers: AMR total is 796 (Down 1; 496 Active, 300 Family-Active); AMR’s PCA Juniors total is 38; PCA membership total is 153,635.
Membership Socials: Kathleen Lennon and Karen Garbee volunteered to lead up Socials. Created a schedule. Kathleen and Karen nominated for co-social chair position BOARD APPROVED. First event Feb 15th at Old Spaghetti Factory is BOARD APPROVED. A larger space for the Holiday Party was proposed BOARD APPROVED. Bear Creek Park BBQ BOARD APPROVED. Kathleen and Karen note they will not sign contracts without board approval.
eTrails: We need to decide if we want a newsletter and how to send it out.
Sponsorship [Advertising]: Nothing new to report. Steve now holds this position.
Porsche Colorado Springs Liaison: Nothing new to report.
EVENTS
Future Events:
DE 101 – Porsche Colorado Springs 917 Motor City Drive, Colorado Springs 80905 March 11, 9AM
Past Events:
Holiday Party was successful but sold out quickly.
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS Need a Registrar
Date and Time of Next Meeting: : February Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at Mollica’s Italian Market & Deli, 985 Garden of the Gods Rd # A, Colorado Springs, CO 80907. Arrival start time is 5:30pm with meeting start time of 6:00pm.
Finish Time 8:24 pm
DECEMBER MINUTES – 12.6.2022
Location: Mollica’s Italian Market & Deli, 985 Garden of the Gods Rd # A, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
Start Time: 6:02 pm
Attendees: Joel Godfredson, Dana Kasten (virtual), Lou Morales, Bob Foltz, Robin Dillon, Barb Treacy (virtual), Andrea Borghi (virtual), Doreen Godfredson, Steve Smith, John Dyste, Gary Klein, Geof Suits and Amy Suits.
PRESIDENT’S REMARKS
Joel Godfredson, President, welcomed the Board-elect members, thanked Bob Foltz for work on the Bylaws and mentioned the AMR / RMR Joint Board meeting went well. RMR offered a lot of good support for the coming year. Joel G. suggested doing two Joint Board meetings per year. He also discussed continuing communication between the two regions about issues such as a track incident and recalcitrant RMR member for each region to stay alert to potential problems at each other’s events.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Treasurer’s Report (Pam): Bob Foltz presented the monthly report for Pam Drummer. Expenses include: administrative costs, charity, DE and tours. Income includes: Interest, DE, tours, PCA Quarterly rebate, PCA Hoiday Social Rebate and miscellaneous. Outstanding items are Pre-paid to PPIR & Stratmoor (still), 2022 Blue Ticket Winner (still) and Mystery / Poker Tour (new). Treasurer report was BOARD APPROVED.
Registrar: Dana Kasten reported that the only event open on MReg is the Holiday Social.
ByLaws: Bob Foltz reported that since the new Bylaws were adopted the Bylaws Committee was disbanded.
HPDE Program: Robin Dillon, HPDE Chair, reported that the season was over and re-reported on the success of the Pueblo DE. DE101 is scheduled for March 11, 2023 at Porsche of Colorado Springs.
HPDE Safety / Control Program: Bob Foltz, after ___ years of chairing safety / control resigned. The Board thanked him for his dedicated, outstanding service.
Membership: Lou Morales presented membership information from Danyella Prilika regarding the November, 2022, membership numbers: AMR total is 797 (Down 11; 498 Active, 299 Family-Active); AMR’s PCA Juniors total is 38; PCA membership total is 152,557
Membership Socials: Denise Jordan, Social Chair, emailed 2022 Holiday Party at the El Paso Club is sold out and still on for December 17, 2022. There were no tickets requested from Porsche of Colorado Springs staff, so were made available to the waiting list. Lou Morales was asked to host the Social.
Tours: Robin Dillon reported for Rai Melkers that they were working on a tour that would end at a track to introduce tour participants to HPDE.
Charities: Barb Treacy reported the committee—with Board approval from the previous meeting—was using PCA Subsidy for charity which is TBD, but likely the Salvation Army. Mystery / Poker Tour winner donated winnings to Habitat for Humanity on behalf of AMR.
Website: Andrea Borghi reported that he needed the latest minutes to post on the website. Board decided there was no need to incur the cost for increased security.
eTrails: Phil Kormany reported via email that he and Andrea were planning to meet with the website review / clean up team (Robin D. & Bob F.) soon to discuss the restructure of the site. Geof Suits suggest a “more merged” eTrails / social media experience. Also, there was a discussion about whether AMR had a mobile app.
Sponsorship [Advertising]: Nothing new to report.
Porsche Colorado Springs Liaison: Nothing new to report.
EVENTS
Future Events:
AMR Holiday Party – December 17, El Paso Club
Past Events:
None
OLD BUSINESS
- 2023 Board Election Results
- Board & Committee Chair Privacy Policy Review & Signing Lou Morales to send new Board members and Chairs AMR PP to review and sign before the next meeting [New A.I.].
- Committee Chairs Update amrporsche.com Information Status
NEW BUSINESS
None
Date and Time of Next Meeting: : January Board meeting scheduled for Tuesday, January 6, 2023, at Texas T-bone Steak House, 5245 N Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80918. Arrival start time is 5:30pm with meeting start time of 6:00pm.
Finish Time 6:51 pm
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