LPR Board Meeting Minutes, May 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:  Homer Pitner – Member at Large; Emilie Highley – Hospitality Chair; Prieta Post – Donald Chaisson; Social Media – Dana Ambrisko; Kris Vanacore, Kathy Musser – Charity

LPR BOARD MEETING MINUTES

May 13, 2025, 7:07 PM to 8:01 PM

Call to Order

Vice President, Honore D’Angelo, called the meeting to order at 7:07PM.

Board Member Reports:

President – Dana Drysdale –

April Board Minutes:  Honore asked the Board to approve the April Board minutes.
Ayes:  5   Noes:  None    Motion Passed

VA Hospital Car Show and Lunch, May 24: 

This event is postponed due to staff shortages at VA.

Les Schreiber gave me some American Legion contacts.

We will try a different approach with American Legion later in the year.

Porsche Heritage Day, June 22:

We are approved by Porsche and by Penske.  They requested name change to Heritage Day.

Display Car sign-ups (996 / 986 and earlier) going well – 52 so far.

Goal is 90 cars signed up, we are going to work the LPR member list, registry, and special events.

We need 70s 80s 90s, transaxle and outlaws.  356 and early 911 still good to get those, too.

Final car badge attached.  Note our charities are signed up to be there.

We think Cupertino Rotary will be serving Mimosas and drip coffee.  Comments or concerns?

Starbucks and lots of stuff nearby.  It is a very large site.

Funding Requests in June: If SCP does not cover canopies for display car area, will ask for this in June.  $1,500.

Also, there may be trophies for People’s Choice and Kid’s People’s Choice.  Nice ones.

Other: Car badges are sponsored for Display Cars.  We will have some for sale, working on details for that.

SCP doing breakfast for Display Cars.  Food and beverage sales on site.  It is a big, big place.

Timing:  8:30AM Display cars can park – special areas    10:00AM Spectator admission

1:00PM Cars start leaving     2:00PM Must leave.

Volunteers Needed or Signed Up: 

More Info to Come:  After meeting with Stevens Creek Porsche next week.

Big thanks to Steve Douglas for ideas and coaching, intros to 356Car, others.

See Appendix A for image of the Heritage Day car badge.

Vice President – Honore D’Angelo

Unfortunately, the VA Palo Alto event had to be cancelled.  Reminder, a new location for Thirsty Thursday in Santa Cruz – Balefire Brewing Company – 21517 E Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95062.

Following is our list of events for the year 2025.

Event to keep in mind and date TBD.

**Porsche Now Brunch (event with Stevens Creek Porsche) – TBD

4/05/2025 – Porsche Brunch – Alices in Woodside – Sounds like a great turnout.

4/06/2025 – Porsche & Pastries at the Porsche Fremont Hub – Very successful event.

4/13/2025 – Cars and Coffee – Aptos at Julio Ortiz and Edna Vilozny’s – 7545 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA – great turnout – at least 30 cars showed up

5/08/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Balefire Brewing Company – 21517 E Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95062 – Santa Cruz

5/11/2025 – Cars and Coffee – Carpos – Santa Cruz

6/07/2025 – Porsche Brunch – Alices in Woodside

6/08/2025 – Cars and Coffee – Carpos – Santa Cruz

6/12/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Jakes of Saratoga

6/22/2025 – Porsche History Day,

Presented by Porsche Stevens Creek and Loma Prieta Region, PCA

Stevens Creek Porsche Service Center, 16151 Los Gatos Blvd, Los Gatos

7/13/2025 – Cars and Coffee – Carpos [Ed. Beeline Motor Club] – Santa Cruz

7/19/2025 – LPR Summer Picnic – Roaring Camp

8/02/2025 – Porsche Brunch – Alices in Woodside

8/07/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Balefire Brewing Company – Santa Cruz

8/09/2025 – Dana and Missy’s Pot-luck GTG – Tentative

8/10/2025 – Cars and Coffee – Carpos – Santa Cruz

9/11/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Jakes of Saratoga

9/13/2025 – Oktoberfest with MBR – Location TBD – PCA 70th Birthday – MBR is working on details, may involve dealer, not so much of a tour this time.

9/14/2025 – Cars and Coffee – Carpos – Santa Cruz

10/04/2025 – Porsche Brunch – Alices in Woodside

10/09/2025 – Thirsty Thursday – Balefire Brewing Company – Santa Cruz

10/12/2025 – Cars and Coffee – Carpos – Santa Cruz

11/23/2025 – Toys for Tots Tour

12/06/2025 – Porsche Brunch – Alices in Woodside

12/06/2025 – Awards Banquet – BackNine Restaurant in Pasatiempo

Secretary – Sheila Dunwoodie

Thank you for your reports in advance of the meeting!

Treasurer – Andy Ward

LPR Accounts:

• Recap: April LPR Financials

o Expenses: $ 5,157

o Income: $ 8,247

o Net Income: $ 3,090

• Income was: PCA Member Rebate, Autocross, Sponsorships
• Expenses were: Administrative, Autocross, GTGs, Sponsorship Expenses
• Recap LPR YTD Financials, Jan 1 to April 30, 2025:

o Expenses: $ 8,237

o Income: $ 11,734

o Net Income: $ 3,497

Zone 7 Accounts:

• Recap: April Zone 7 Financials

o Expenses: $ 1,430

o Income: $ 0

o Net Income: $ -1,430

• Recap: Zone 7 YTD Financials, Jan 1 to April 30, 2025:

o Expenses: $ 2,918

o Income: $ 2,595

o Net Income: $ -323

• April Income was: None
• April Expenses were: Expenses for Zone 7 Awards Event

Our bank account is now activated for Zelle payments. That means I now have the option to pay vendors and member reimbursements via Zelle. No more waiting for a check!  And we can also accept payments via Zelle as well. Most banks support Zelle so if you are interested in receiving your reimbursements that way please check with your bank.

He will be submitting tax forms soon.   Andy will be out of town from 6/1 – 6/23.

Membership – Don Minami

Summary for April:

Our region gained two members during April. Much better than the loss of nine members in May. Hurray!

I counted the number of badges that we had made but never delivered or picked up. It costs about $10 to have the plastic badge engraved with the magnet attached. Not sure how much the LPR cloisonné costs… maybe $5?

114 badges were made but never delivered or picked up. They are in an old Corona Beer cardbox on the floor of my studio.

87 of the badges are for registered PCA members for whom we have contact information. I will reach out to these people and find out how to deliver them. People with email addresses will be easy. Those without emails will be more difficult to reach.

Delivery of the badges by USPS is reportedly $10 each because of the awkward shape of the badge. Coordinating a meet up somewhere to hand off is problematic. We need an easier way for members that want badges to get them. Any ideas?

27 of the badges have names but PCA has no current information. I suppose these badges are for people who are no longer members of the PCA?

Discussion:   Jim and Andy volunteered to help distribute badges to people in Santa Cruz County, and Dana Drysdale has volunteered to help distribute badges to people in Santa Clara County.

Membership changes

Transfer In 1

Transfer Out 0

Expired Membership 0

New Members   1

Total Primary Members 375

Affiliate Members 224

Total LPR Membership 599

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

Activities – Greg Sickal

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

Insurance
* Updated calendar with various changes

Member-at-Large – Homer Pitner

Absent – Report submitted

New bylaws: No new update from PCA National

Nominations committee: Have confirmed candidates for President and Treasurer.  Need additional potential candidates.

Chairperson Reports:

Autocross – Dave Dunwoodie/Co-Chair Homer Pitner

AX #2 went well with 54 drivers at Salinas Airport and nice weather.

Registration closes tomorrow night for AX #3 and we are struggling to get enough drivers to break even with only 38. 50 is about my breakeven point at Salinas.

I still have the old LPR AX Trailer. I haven’t found time to move it around to sell it. Anyone have ideas or maybe we should donate it for a charity donation? Discuss.

Discussion:  Try to sell trailer first before considering donating.   No rush.

Dana will submit request for Zone dinner.

Charity  – Kathy Musser, Kris Vanacore, Emilie Highley

Jacob’s Heart and Morgan Autism are “onboard” to participate in the Porsche Heritage, 6/22.    Kris & Kathy will be out of town so Emilie & Honore will be working with our Charities, assisting them on timing for the event, set up, etc.

Hospitality – Emilie Highley

Nothing to report this month.

Prieta Post Editor – Don Chaisson

Absent – Report submitted

The May Jun issue of the Prieta POST is locked and in final review as of 5/12.   I should be available for publication when Dana A returns from her trip.

Details:
Main articles:  LPR Test Drives the Macan EV, Zone 7 Awards Banquet — D’Angleo’s on Wall of Fame!, Campbell Easter Parade and Porsche Sprints w/ Interview with BRracing

Several iterative changes in various page’s designs for more color and pop.  Photoshop’ed images add impact.   Reorganized the behind the document’s architecture to make future assembly and layout a bit easier.

Still looking for contributions/STORIES from future events, e.g. tours, Thirsty Thursdays, etc.

Public Relations – Dana Drysdale

Submission in process with Pano.

Safety – Open Position

Ed Tefankjian submitted the safety report for the April AX#2. 

Tour – Hugh Calvin

No Tours were conducted during April.

The next Tour is the Forest Bathing Tour on 15-Jun (Father’s Day)!  The Tour is full now, so we’ve started a wait list!

The Lodge we’ve found for the Overnight Tour to Lake Tahoe (27-28 September) requires a Contract to secure our accommodations.  I’d like to ask for the Board’s approval.

• Lodge blocks off 16 rooms
• Must have 13 or more confirmed reservations a month before (27-Aug) the Tour starts
• Cost $250/room (occupancy, taxes, resort fees included)

Tours on the Calendar for 2025:  Forest Bathing Tour (15-Jun), MBR Oktoberfest Tour (13-Sep), Jacob’s Heart Tour (20-Sep), Overnight Lake Tahoe Tour (27-28-Sep), Toys 4 Tots (23-Nov), Ole Amigos Tour (TBD).

Discussion:  Contract requires at least 13 of the 16 rooms reserved to be paid.  Worst case scenario is payment for 13 rooms at $250 each.  Dana Drysdale has reviewed the contract and it looks fine.   Contract is available for anyone to review.

Proposal:  Honore proposes we agree and sign the contract.  Second: Andy Ayes:  6 Noes:  None  Motion passes

Social Media – Dana Ambrisko

Absent – Report submitted

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

• April Mid-month Blast was sent on April 15th
  • Emailer Statistics
    • Total Num Address = 504 Total Num Opted out = 13 Total Num sent = 491
• May Blast Update sent on May 1st
  • Emailer Statistics
    • Total Num Address = 502 Total Num Opted out = 13 Total Num sent = 489
• May Mid-month Blast will be sent on or around the 14th as I will be out of town

Tech – Peter Ridgway

Nothing to report.   He will be transferring $500 sponsor payment to Andy.   He will follow-up with Beeline regarding payment for a bill he submitted to them.

Webmaster – Jim Turk 

During March and early April, the webmaster did the following:

1. Cars and Coffee at Vilozny Insurance in Aptos. Thank you, Edna and Julio, for hosting us. We had 23 cars and about 30 people. Actually, ran out of coffee, which is a first. Hopefully, the enthusiasm for this event will continue.
2. Updated WordPress to the latest version, 6.8.
3. WordPress plugin updates.
4. Some classified ads were posted/removed.
5. Working with Philip de Monet about having a Cars and Coffee at his shop in Santa Cruz sometime.
6. Next Cars and Coffee will be June 8 at Carpo’s.

Old Business:  None

New Business: None

Adjourn Meeting:  Meeting adjourned by Vice President Honore at 8:01 PM