04-15-2015, 09:15 AM
Some good points in here, Zach. I'm on a conference call but let me see how much I can process and nitpick 
Van Rental
As Matt said, we are absolutely 100% allowed to rent vans. But, there is a cost involved. When I rented one for VIR, we had six of us in the van and I believe each person contributed $20. That was cheaper than people driving separately, and we were all working, not driving, so no need for our own ballersauce cars.
Fall Car Show
We've batted this idea around before and the last time a fall show went on was sometime when DJ was in school (maybe his sophomore year?). I would rather see more effort put in to making the spring show as absolutely kickass as it can be (go look at the last show that Goodspeed & co put on for an example) and use the fall to get members out to every track event and autocross that you can.
Student/Alumni Connections
A lot of us are really out there already. I like the idea of a Google Hangout but as Matt said, keep in mind that some of us spend most of our workdays on calls/Webex meetings and may not want to go home and have one more.
I'd recommend focusing on getting students onto the forums, as we can check those at our leisure throughout the day, on the Metro, etc. and keep in touch. I'm happy to chat with whoever on Gchat, Facebook chat, or email as well.
This is also where the "group Facebook chat" idea could come up, but I know I can't have Facebook open all day for chatting. Forums look a lot less like I'm goofing off, but everyone knows what that blue Facebook header bar looks like from a distance.
Track Weekends
What are your ideas for getting more students out to VIR and Summit with us? HPDE is an expensive hurdle at $350-400.
Autocross
What are your ideas for getting more students out to participate in autocross? Do you think you could get students to autocross somewhere that was a longer drive compared to Verona? I'm thinking no more than an hour away, but the number of venues/events to choose from opens up dramatically if you can take a bit of a drive.
Van Rental
As Matt said, we are absolutely 100% allowed to rent vans. But, there is a cost involved. When I rented one for VIR, we had six of us in the van and I believe each person contributed $20. That was cheaper than people driving separately, and we were all working, not driving, so no need for our own ballersauce cars.
Fall Car Show
We've batted this idea around before and the last time a fall show went on was sometime when DJ was in school (maybe his sophomore year?). I would rather see more effort put in to making the spring show as absolutely kickass as it can be (go look at the last show that Goodspeed & co put on for an example) and use the fall to get members out to every track event and autocross that you can.
Student/Alumni Connections
A lot of us are really out there already. I like the idea of a Google Hangout but as Matt said, keep in mind that some of us spend most of our workdays on calls/Webex meetings and may not want to go home and have one more.
I'd recommend focusing on getting students onto the forums, as we can check those at our leisure throughout the day, on the Metro, etc. and keep in touch. I'm happy to chat with whoever on Gchat, Facebook chat, or email as well.
This is also where the "group Facebook chat" idea could come up, but I know I can't have Facebook open all day for chatting. Forums look a lot less like I'm goofing off, but everyone knows what that blue Facebook header bar looks like from a distance.
Track Weekends
What are your ideas for getting more students out to VIR and Summit with us? HPDE is an expensive hurdle at $350-400.
Autocross
What are your ideas for getting more students out to participate in autocross? Do you think you could get students to autocross somewhere that was a longer drive compared to Verona? I'm thinking no more than an hour away, but the number of venues/events to choose from opens up dramatically if you can take a bit of a drive.
Now:
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M