January GGR Board Minutes

Porsche Club of America

Golden Gate Region

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Jan 10, 2024

Attendance:

X	President - Howard Yao	X	Autocross - Himanshu Patel
X	Vice President - Brad Zucroff	X	Motoring - Cheryl Spott
X	Secretary - Eric Wilson	X	Co-Track - Scott Kalkin
X	Treasurer - Alan Jung		Co-Track - Jim McClelland
X	Membership - Wen Shen	X	Nugget Editor - Jim Tierney
X	Social - Kate Efremova	X	Webmaster - Christina Hamilton

Call to Order 6:14pm

President:

• Welcome to new Board members
• Goal is to put on as many car-related events that attract the members in our region
• Club Awards were not given out in 2023
  • Propose awarding retroactively for 2023 throughout 2024 - nominations beginning in the next board meeting
  • Will return to traditional year-end awards for 2024
• Presented President’s budget, vote to approve: APPROVED

Vice President:

• Reviewed process for board members to procure insurance for club events

Secretary:

• Vote to approve Nov 2023 minutes: APPROVED

Treasurer:

• Discussion of 2023 Year-End financials
• Goal is to maintain ~$300k in the bank to support cash flow needed for event planning

Membership Director:

• Jan 2024 member counts
  • PCA GGR
    • 3,836 total (2,657 primary members, 1,176 co-members, 3 honorary)
    • 134 PCA Juniors, 99 renewals, 51 dropped, 48 new members
  • PCA National: 160,674 active members (105,482 primary & 55,192 co-members)
• Next membership event: Feb-Mar 2024
• Presented Membership Budget, vote to approve: APPROVED
• Vote to accept new members: APPROVED

Social Director:

• Planning 11 Cars & Coffee events in 2024, continuing the rotation of locations to accommodate members all around the Bay

Webmaster:

• Assisting with transition of Google accounts to new board members
• Open to a member with WordPress expertise volunteering to help improve our site

Autocross Director:

• Finding venues in the region is challenging, so have created a community with other Autocross clubs to coordinate locations & dates
• Planing 9 events in 2024 (monthly Mar-Nov) spread across different venues (Sonoma Raceway, Laguna Seca, Salinas Airport, Crows Landing)
• Presented Autocross budget, vote to approve: APPROVED

Track Director:

• Want to better support intermediate & advanced drivers through (voluntary) additional instruction, and improve our instructor core so they are equipped to instruct those drivers
• Will market to other cars clubs & outlying regions to increase car counts
• Presented Track budget, vote to approve: APPROVED

Nugget Editor:

• Submission deadline for this month’s newsletter is Jan 14

Motoring Director:

• Will present budget in next board meeting

Adjournment 9:01pm

Next Board Meeting: Feb 7 @ Howard’s house