Garrett Hughes running for President (again)

[Jake]

I think there's been a lot of positive things happening this year with you at the helm, Garrett.

Forums have been more active this year, it seems -- obviously only with the more active members. Getting more participation there has been a pretty tough sell the past few years and I don't know why.

Next year's car show - what's the likelihood of getting a Sunday autocross to happen the same weekend at the Verona lot? I think that was a missed opportunity this year, and it could lead to a lot of folks (NASA and SCCA alike) bringing their track/AX cars out for the show, spending the night and then autocrossing the following day. It's difficult to convince people with non-street-legal track toys to trailer down to the show just to show the car for a few hours.

What are your thoughts on getting more consistent levels of students to the track? Seems there are always a lot of "ooh this sounds fun, I'll go" promises, and then only like 1/3rd of the initial "yes" people make it out. I've had a blast getting to know the few who've shown, but there are so many more who haven't and I think they'd have a lot of fun if they did come. Is there anything we as alumni can be doing to help that effort? We can (and will) do a lot, but we need to be asked first.

Also - my biggest nit to pick would be communication of dates/timing this year. The car show date was one standout. Please remember (and this goes for all officers, not just you) that alumni plan their weekends pretty far in advance, and there have been times where certain details re: dates and times were not discussed until it was too late for many to attend. We never had an issue picking every date for the semester right as classes started, emailing a big list of every track/autocross/car show/etc event out that week to students and alumni alike, and getting a lot of participation. It seems the level of organization on that front has declined slightly, and I'd hope to see more advance notice for the sake of numbers.