Congratulations. Larry Dent. For. 50 YEARS with SCCA!!!

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1 Congratulations Larry Dent For 50 YEARS with SCCA!!!

2 Meeting Minutes: February 20th, 2013 After everyone was welcomed in, the Regional Executive, Steve Mieritz called the meeting to order. Steve called to approve the meeting minutes to be approved as published on fwscca.com. Treasurer, Ron Gallmeyer seconded and the approval was unanimous. Ron then gave his report on the financial health of our club. He stated that the club was in the black last year including depreciation on the club bus making it a financially successful year. The Assistant RE, Corey Henkle told us that we are at 133 members. We then discussed ideas on how to convert more participants to members. Tyler Pedersen, Solo Director, joined us by conference call. He told us that the schedule has been sent to Chris for posting on fwscca.com even though a few things may need to change. One thing being the possible location of the Kitty Hawk site. Tyler is still in conversations with the airport folks to try and get that site for at least a couple events. He also said that the current 2013 schedule has all events in Fort Wayne except for the Hoosier Challenge at Grissom, which is being hosted this year by the South Bend Region. Saturday, April 27 th will be our Solo School. We are looking for instructors to share their knowledge. Sunday, April 28 th will be our first points event. We will have a truck cleaning party at Steve Mieritz s house on Sunday, April 14 th. Please plan on helping out. Pizza and pop will be provided. We are in need of Event Masters to supervise Solo events for the 2013 season. These persons will work with Tyler ahead of time to be sure of an easy and smooth execution. Jerry Strope tried to volunteer to host the Grissom event, but since Fort Wayne Region will not be hosting it this year, Jerry will check his schedule to try a different date. (Thanks Jerry) Chris Krumnow, our webmaster, explained the traffic on our website and where the traffic is coming from. He told us of his plans on improving the site in the near future including a section for latest changes to the site making it easier to keep up with new content. Jason Massey is back as our Drift Editor. He is asking for content to put in our newsletter. All of us have interesting things we can relate to our friends. It doesn t have to be long. It can be one paragraph. The Drift newsletter is only good if we have content to put into it. There will be no J.A. Grand Prix this year. Participation has been steadily decreasing in recent years, and Junior Achievement has decided to go in a new direction this year. It has been a great program. We have 3 current board vacancies. Steve brought a motion to accept two volunteers to fill these vacancies until the next election. Ron seconded, and the board voted, unanimously, to accept Tom Miller as Director At Large and Ivan Almodovar as Secretary. With business concluded, Steve called to adjourn. Ron seconded and everyone voted to adjourn. This Meeting Minutes report submitted by Steve Mieritz 02

3 JA Grand Prix Changes for 2013 The JA Grand Prix has been a great event for nearly 20 years, and FWR members have pulled together to run the race day event since its inception. Thanks to everyone who has given time and energy to raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for Junior Achievement and kids' financial literacy. As you know, event participation has dwindled slowly over the years. Fewer cars means much less financial return to JA for all the work. The JA Board has reviewed options and decided it is time to rest the JA Grand Prix and try another community event for The new event will be exciting Adventure Quest. It's a Fort Wayne version of the Great Race. In general, teams of 2 or 4 people will register, then in a one-evening Friday night format on June 28, 2013, teams will travel to a variety of city locations. At each venue, the teams will perform fun tasks, answer riddles, dodge zombies, etc. for their next location clue. Bottom line: no JA Grand Prix date needs to be reserved on your calendar for Maybe FWR or your company wants to sponsor a team. Let us know if you want more info as we get it (or visit and click on "Events"). This is a TENTATIVE schedule. The May IPFW and the July Coliseum event could change depending on the site. Solo (autocross) Schedule 2013 Solo School April 27th (IPFW) Points #1 April 28th (IPFW) Points #2 May 5th (Coliseum) Points #3 May 19th (IPFW) National Match Tour June 1-2 (Grissom) Points #4 June 23rd (Coliseum) Points #5 July 14th (Coliseum) Great Lakes Division Event National Pro Solo July 27th (Toledo) National Tour August 3-4th (Wilimington, OH) Points #6 August 18th (Grissom) Hoosier Challenge hosted by SBR National AutoX Championships Sept 3-6th (Lincoln NE) Points #7 Sept 15th (Coliseum) Points #8 Oct 6th (Coliseum) Points #9 Oct 27th (IPFW) Halloween Event 03

4 From the Editor... Need more? How can we get more? What can we do to engage more? I have heard these general statements in many activities I am a part of, whether it is racing, home and garden show, running our business, and just simple networking groups I participate in. I will not preach like I am the all and knowing leader of how to accomplish this task of more, but I will leave a couple points to help us discuss the problem of retention. There has to be something at stake for engagement of our members, usually discounts are not the saving grace for this retention, but it does sweeten the deal. There needs to be clear focus and dialog on the mission or the perception of the goal at hand. Then there is the buy in. How do you get the guest to buy in and the volunteer to step up? A club is only as powerful as its product and volunteers but then you must ask, why are we striving for more? Are we not having fun with what we have? Is there a problem with the product we are selling to our guests? Maybe it is more of a matter of the products policies or rules that keeps retention low Maybe all this energy focused on more quantity of members than the quality of service we offer the member is our root problem with retention. All great ideas sound AWESOME when on paper, but the meat of the AWESOMENESS is how real the experience is with people wanting to volunteer for the duty and the major challenge is to keep from blowing out the fire that burns within the volunteer from over working them on the AWESOMENESS. There is a role call I have with my activities and it goes like this: Family & Friends, Work, and then everything else or other. I am sure a majority of volunteers in most club activities have this same role call to manage with when being a member of the other, probably the norm. How do you work around this? This might be a million dollar question but I wonder if it is simpler than we think. Make the product so irresistible that you mix the three roles together, bring the family, friends, work, and other into one event. I personally believe that is what the SCCA is all about Member of the SCCA or not you are welcomed as family and the events are promoted to be fun, challenging, and a way to network with new relationships whether it be business or pleasure, the focus is there. The goal has been achieved, and I would keep the focus of promotions on that whole perspective. Sure there are always tweaks that can be made, welcome packs to new members, thank you packs for your service, a strong awards program for you volunteer work the list goes on. Just do not lose track of the whole reason we are all doing what we are doing, TO HAVE FUN! Jason Massey LAST MONTH S NEWSLETTER Upcoming Events 20-Mar 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Board of Director's Meeting/Membership Meeting 17-Apr 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Board of Director's Meeting/Membership Meeting 27-Apr 8:00 AM Solo School IPFW) 28-Apr 8:00 AM Points #1 IPFW) 04

Asst. RE: Corey Henkle I would like to welcome everyone back for the 2013 Fort Wayne SCCA season.

One of the ways I know will is to volunteer.

We also could use a few more Solo Safety Stewards. Detroit Region is holding a safety steward seminar on March 24th. If anyone is interested in attending this with me.

Exit 126 covers the history of Auto racing in Northern Indiana from it's birth to the present.

You'll see history from tracks which include Angola Motor Speedway, Baer Field Speedway, Avilla Speedway & Drag Strip, Fort Wayne Speedway, Anthony Speedway, Pleasant Lake Speedway,

5 Asst. RE: Corey Henkle I would like to welcome everyone back for the 2013 Fort Wayne SCCA season. We are coming off a great 2012 season where we excelled at not only a regional level but a national level as well. I want to challenge everyone to make this season even better! One of the ways I know will is to volunteer. We are still in need of a few positions to be filled and are also looking for corner workers to work the Club Racing portion of our region. We also could use a few more Solo Safety Stewards. Detroit Region is holding a safety steward seminar on March 24th. If anyone is interested in attending this with me. Please coreybear08@yahoo.com or call/txt Northeastern Indiana Racing Museum The Northeastern Indiana Racing Museum located along I-69 at Auburn, IN. Exit 126 covers the history of Auto racing in Northern Indiana from it's birth to the present. Racer's Photo's, Trophies, Drivers Suites, Plaques, Banners, Signs, and actual race cars from sprints to stock cars are wall to wall. You'll see history from tracks which include Angola Motor Speedway, Baer Field Speedway, Avilla Speedway & Drag Strip, Fort Wayne Speedway, Anthony Speedway, Pleasant Lake Speedway, New Paris Speedway, Plymouth Speedway, South Bend Motor Speedway and others. There is no other racing museum dedicated to Northern Indiana local auto racing anywhere. Located inside The Kruse Automobile Museum and National Military History Center building. Hours are 9am-5pm Mon-Thru Fri. Except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day. One small admission fee gets you into the whole building. For more info call for info on the Northeastern Indiana Racing Museum or if you have racing artifacts to loan or donate please call CLICK HERE TO VISIT THEIR WEBSITE! 05

6 All SCCA people are invited to this Racing Expo and Racer's Swap Meet in Auburn,IN. on March 23rd. If you have a SCCA race car please bring it to be on display. The Car and driver get in FREE. 06

We are honored to have them bring some of their cars to our Racing Expo and Racer's Swap Meet on March 23rd.

7 This SCCA Neon that used to belong to Roy Sjoberg is on display at the National Military History Center in Auburn, IN., in the Northeastern Indiana Racing Museum. I sat in on a meeting tonight with the Fort Wayne SCCA guys. It was an interesting meeting. We are honored to have them bring some of their cars to our Racing Expo and Racer's Swap Meet on March 23rd. Solo Director: Tyler Pedersen 2013 brings change to the Solo program. I am bringing back event masters to help run the program. me at fwsccasoloprogram@gmail.com if you're interested. 07

8 MAY 4TH ONE LAP OF AMERICA WILL BE AT GRISSOM! CONTACT INDY SCCA TO VOLUNTEER!!! 08

FOR SALE *Men's red summer weight size 42 R. jacket in for sale- $10.00 *A request for homes for 2 late summer kittens- neutered, rabies shots- females, orange and white.

9 FOR SALE *Men's red summer weight size 42 R. jacket in for sale- $10.00 *A request for homes for 2 late summer kittens- neutered, rabies shots- females, orange and white. Use litter box and sweet personalities. *Late fall male orange and white (not same parents). Will be neutered soon as weather breaks. *2 year old neutered orange male. Gentle. Nice cat. $ $ $ *They have spent the winter outside and are in need of homes and some serious love. Contact Larry & Linda Dent: lwdent@wildblue.net Have something to sell, trade, or want - ME! dirftnewsletter@fwscca.com Selling my helmet! i got it in July this year its a large Zamp FSA-2 white. minor blemishes on it. $140 obo. Im in need of a hans acceptable helmet so need to sell this one to get a new one. heres link to the helmet: Contact Kip Mitchell (contact Jason for address) 2013 Board of Directors: Position & Name Regional Executive: Steve Meiritz Assistant R.E.: Corey Henkle Director At Large: Thomas Miller Secretary: Ivan Almodovar Treasurer: Ron Gallmeyer Public Relations: Corey Henkle Solo Director: Tyler Pedersen Competition Director: Larry Dent Rally Director: Newsletter Editor: Jason Massey Webmaster: Chris Krumnow csp137@hotmail.com coreybear08@yaho.com directoratlarge@fwscca.com rgallmeyer@comcast.net coreybear08@yaho.com fwsccasoloprogram@gmail.com lwdent@wildblue.net VOLUNTEER WELCOME! driftnewsletter@fwscca.com webmaster@fwscca.com 09

Submissions published as provided by member, without editing, unless

grammar/spelling/punctuation corrections automatically provided by

s issue Published and mailed free of charge to all FWR SCCA members,

10 Publication of the newsletter shall conform to the following policies: Submissions by members encouraged; no anonymous submissions permitted Submissions published as provided by member, without editing, unless prior approval of submitting member granted; accurate grammar/spelling/punctuation corrections automatically provided by editor. Detailed club financial information not included in newsletter but freely distributed at board meetings, which are open to any region member. Submissions by the 20th of each month for inclusion in subsequent month s issue Published and mailed free of charge to all FWR SCCA members, interested persons who request to be added to the mailing list; non-member participants at club events added to the mailing list for 3 6 months to encourage future participation. Per section 5.11 of Fort Wayne Regions P&P page 16 10

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