LPR Board Meeting Minutes, December 2025
Table of Contents
Present: President – Dana Drysdale; Vice President – Honore D’Angelo; Secretary – Sheila Dunwoodie; Treasurer – Andy Ward; Activities – Greg Sickal; Membership – Don Minami, Additionally, Activities Chairs – AX – Dave Dunwoodie; Webmaster – James Turk; Tour – Hugh Calvin; Prieta Post – Donald Chaisson; Social Media – Dana Ambrisko;
Absent: Homer Pitner, Peter Ridgway, Emilie Highley, Kris Vanacore, Kathy Musser
Additional: Jacob Inman, Beth
LPR BOARD MEETING MINUTES
December 9, 2025, 7:00 PM to 7:40PM
Call to Order
President Dana called the meeting to order at 7:00PM.
Board Member Reports:
President – Dana Drysdale –
November Board Minutes: President Dana asked the Board to approve the November Board minutes as corrected.
Ayes: 6 Noes: None Motion Passed
Holy Cats Honore
What a party! Thank you!
Thank you to everyone that helped.
Cleanup was something to see, everyone helped.
Region Leadership App
Request other Board Members please test this app.
PCA wants us to test it to a) look up members and b) sign up new members.
All Board Members should be able to use it.
On Apple App Store or Google Play search for PCA Region Leader Tools.
Sign in using your PCA name and password.
With good results, I will ask to add more people to the app. Please check!
PCA Public Service Awards
I received new info about this and how to apply last week.
Checked in with Kris at Awards Banquet, she said she is ready to help!
The way it works is there is a submitter, and then everyone else is listed.
It is a new process, and I can use the new info and be the submitter.
We should be extremely close to an award if we do not receive.
Over the long haul, we should be recognized, LPR is amazing and recognition adds inspiration.
Discussion: Dana D. feels that the participation in the VA event and the Heritage Day event would be good examples of public service. We already have incredible charities that we support.
Vice President – Honore D’Angelo
12/06/2025 – Porsche Brunch – Alices in Woodside
12/06/2025 – Awards Banquet – Cupertino Senior Center – 21251 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino – Fun filled event
12/14/2025 – 4:00 p.m. – LPR Planning Meeting for 2026 – I will send out 2026 list of events
Secretary – Sheila Dunwoodie
Thank you for your reports in advance of the meeting! These meeting minutes will be my last! I will pass on final instructions and an updated minutes template to Mari.
Treasurer – Andy Ward
Attached are the monthly Treasurer’s Reports, detailing LPR financial activity through November 30, 2025. It was a fairly typical month with respect to income and expenditures, with the exception of our annual Awards Banquet, which is probably our single largest annual expense. There will be some receipts and expenses that will be reflected in next month’s reports as well. Special thanks to everyone involved — Honore, Dana, and many others I’m sure — who helped make the event such as success.
There was no activity in the Zone 7 account during November, so I have not attached a statement for that account.
Just want everyone to know how much I’ve enjoyed serving as Treasurer these past few years. It’s hard to believe this is the end of my 4th year! I’ll be working with Dana to ensure a smooth transition.
As always, if there are any questions, please let me know.
LPR Accounts:
Recap: November LPR Financials
o Expenses: $ 10,731
o Income: $ 7,141
o Net Income: $ -3,590
Income was: Autocross, Awards Banquet, Membership, LPR Concours
Expenses were: Autocross, Awards banquet, Administrative, Post Expenses
Recap LPR YTD Financials, Jan 1 to November 30, 2025:
o Expenses: $ 59,216
o Income: $ 61,294
o Net Income: $ 2,078
Zone 7 Accounts:
Recap: November Zone 7 Financials
o Expenses: $ 0
o Income: $ 0
o Net Income: $ 0
Recap: Zone 7 YTD Financials, Jan 1 to November 30, 2025:
o Expenses: $ 2918
o Income: $ 3570
o Net Income: $ 652
November Income was: None
November Expenses were: None
Membership – Don Minami
Our region gained new members:
Steve Williams 2018 Macan Santa Cruz
Aia Williams Steve’s spouse Santa Cruz
Travis Esquivel 2007 Carrera S Felton
Jeff Lloyd-Jones 2008 Cayman Watsonville
Carol Lloyd-Jones Jeff’s spouse Watsonville
November Anniversaries:
compiled by Jim Turk
Terry Boyle Join date: 11/2020 5 years
John Gould Join date: 11/2015 10 years
Valerie Schaefer Join date: 11/2015 10 years
Mari Kuhn Join date: 11/2005 20 years
Patrick Kuhn Join date: 11/2005 20 years
Dale Achabal Join date: 11/1995 30 years
Kathy Goelkel Join date: 11/1995 30 years
Gary Goelkel Join date: 11/1995 30 years
Kevin Bennett Join date: 11/1990 35 years
Debbie Bennett Join date: 11/1990 35 years
Total Primary Members 382
Affiliate Members 285
Total Region Membership 567
Proposal: Don proposes we accept the new members. Second: Honore Ayes: 6 Noes: None Motion passes
Activities – Greg Sickal
LPR Board Meeting
Activities Director Report 2025-12-09
LPR Calendar
* NOTE: Email any calendar additions/changes for tours, GTG’s and other events to activities@lprpca.org
Insurance
* Updated calendar with events for 2026
* Updated calendar with various changes
Discussion: Greg will plug in the list of 2026 activities in the calendar for the Planning Meeting scheduled for Sunday, December 14. Dave will send Greg Brad Boardman’s contact information.
Member-at-Large – Homer Pitner
Absent – Report submitted
Nothing to report.
Chairperson Reports:
Autocross – Dave Dunwoodie/Co-Chair Homer Pitner
Our AX Season is over, some awards have been handed out, and 5 free AX days for 2026 have been won by 5 lucky awards banquet attendees.
I’m expecting to sign contracts with Salinas Airport this week, hopefully Stanislaus County will follow soon for our Crows Landing dates. Once contracts are signed, we can submit for COI with Charlotte. I’m pretty confident with our dates so I think it’s time to publicize.
2026 LPR AX Dates
March 1st – Crows Landing
April 18th – Crows Landing
May 17th – Salinas
June 27th – Crows Landing
July 11th – Salinas – GGR – Zone 7
July 12th – Salinas – LPR – Zone 7
August 22nd – Salinas
September 12th – Crows Landing – GGR – Zone 7
September 13th – Crows Landing – LPR – Zone 7
October 3rd – Crows Landing
November 1st – Crows Landing
Charity – Kathy Musser, Kris Vanacore, Emilie Highley
Over 4 GIANT bags of pajamas and gently used warm coats were collected at the Pajamas for a Purpose Awards Event. Kathy Musser will deliver the donations to Jacobs Heart. Thank you LPR for giving!
Discussion: Don has some pictures of the table and bags that he will send to Dana D.
Hospitality – Emilie Highley
Let’s all remain in good health this Holiday Season!
Prieta Post Editor – Don Chaisson
Our publishing software reported that the last issue had 244 individual readers which is about two thirds (2/3) of our primary members. This is not bad, all things considered.
The next issue, the first for 2026 will feature articles about the Annual Awards Banquet, the 2025 Autocross Season, the 4th Annual Ole’ Amigo Tour and a DIY article by Ian McNeal on installing a light weight flywheel (LWFW) … and the usual columns including Honore’s first President’s Message
Doris and I are already working on the articles but we will be going “black” on Christmas week. But we might be able to finish the issue up by Jan 1, so stay tuned.
Discussion: Don will use the headshot of Brad Boardman from PAX to use in the Prieta Post, and the playful, child picture will be used on the website.
Public Relations – Dana Drysdale
Dana sent in a group picture of LPR WERKS’ volunteers months ago, but they were never posted. Dana will send a photo of the Lake Tahoe tour for the February edition of Panorama.
Safety – Open Position
No Autocross events in December, so no Safety Reports for Autocross.
Discussion: Honore to talk to a member that is interested in the Safety position.
Tour – Hugh Calvin
The Toys 4 Tots Tour was conducted on 23-Nov.
We’re expecting a few Tours will be scheduled during the planning meeting in December, and more, as we get into the new year.
There are no remaining Tours on the Calendar for 2025.
Social Media – Dana Ambrisko
Here is the Social Media Chair report for the December 2025 Board Meeting.
- Nov/Dec 2025 Prieta POST sent Nov 7th
o Emailer Statistics
- Total Num Address = 621 Total Num Opted out = 17 Total Num sent = 604
- LPR Holiday and Awards Banquet flyer sent Nov 12th
o Emailer Statistics
- Total Num Address = 621 Total Num Opted out = 18 Total Num sent = 603
- November Mid-month Blast sent Nov 15th
o Emailer Statistics
- Total Num Address = 624 Total Num Opted out = 18 Total Num sent = 606
- LPR Holiday and Awards Banquet reminder to RSVP/Reg sent Nov 25th
o Emailer Statistics
- Total Num Address = 631 Total Num Opted out = 18 Total Num sent = 613
- December Blast Update sent Dec 1st
o Emailer Statistics
- Total Num Address = 623 Total Num Opted out = 15 Total Num sent = 608
- Monday, December 8th sending a reminder out about the LPR Planning Meeting Session on Sun, Dec 14th
- December Mid-month Blast will be sent on or around Dec 15th
Discussion: Dana A. sent an email blast out on Monday as a reminder of the Planning Meeting for Sunday, December 15. In the next Blast, Dana will include the Autocross dates.
Tech – Peter Ridgway
Absent – Report submitted.
Nothing to report.
Discussion: Dana D. mentioned that he will see Peter this week to visit Stevens Creek to present award.
Webmaster – Jim Turk
- I am asking for board approval of $3600 for updating the website. See item 2. NOTE: I may be back asking for more money as this project moves forward.
- Contacted a web designer for updating the LPR website. Proceeding forward with this project. The web designer has created a copy of our website on their server so that they can assess the situation, and is working on identifying how much work (and cost) it will be to update our look and feel to a newer version of supported software. The $3600 figure I noted in item 1 will get us going with a supported WordPress theme and a current version of the underlying software.
- Contacted a second web designer for updating the LPR website. Trying to get a feel for a “ball park” guesstimate about how much it would cost. This estimate was up to $15k. Yikes.
- Looked into divorcing email from hosting site. Google Workspace may be an option. More research required. But separating the email provide from the hosting site is recommended as a “best practice”.
- Looked into moving the current website to PCA. We are too far out of date on THE key software. Can’t use them.
- Suffice it to say that whatever we do with the website it is going to cost more on an annual basis. Everything costs more, and, frankly, we haven’t been keeping up with maintenance.
- Usual WordPress stuff, updating plugins and adding/removing content to/from the website.
Proposal: Dana D. makes a motion to approve an initial amount $3,600 for updating the website. Second: Honore Ayes: 6 Noes: None Motion passes
Old Business: Awards
Proposal: Per email dates 11/14/25, Kris Vanacore made a motion for payment to Crown not to exceed $1,300 for Awards. Second: Homer Ayes: 5 Noes: None Motion passes