https://forum.mmsports.org/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:39:46 +0000 MyBB https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=11879 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:23:32 +0000 Amanda Garbim]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=11879 Who I am?

Hi everyone, my name is Amanda Brandão Garbim. I am currently a Sophomore International Affairs major. I was born and raised in Brazil. Since I was a child my brother taught me about cars and racing, but my true love are motorcycles. I race my motorcycles on racetracks back home and it’s my passion, as Ayrton Senna, Formula1 driver used to say, “You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood.”

I knew about MM two years before attending JMU because of my brother (Caio), who is a member. He told me to be part of the club and I am very thankful that he told me this. MM helped me a lot to deal with homesickness. The best memories that I have from my freshman year are related to MM and the racetrack events.

Why am I a good choice to be a secretary?

I think would be a good secretary because of a couple of reasons. First, I do my best to be very involved in almost all events, for me the MM events are one of the best things about my experience here in the US. I know that being an officer is like having a part-time job and I'm willing to dedicate myself to it. Second, in my opinion teamwork just depends on organization, communication, and respect. I think that I would be a good secretary because I am very organized and good at planning events, I am always open for constructive criticism and advice, also I respect the differences between people. Another reason is that I am good at managing social media page and I am confident I could help with this because I am very creative. The last reason why I am a good choice for secretary is that I am committed to everything I do, and I will do my best to ensure the success of the club.

What are my goals?

My goal as secretary will be to be as helpful as possible to all members, ensuring that everyone has the information and the opportunity to get involved and participate in the events. I really want to increase the number of female members. There are not many, and I know there are women who would like to be part of the club but it is my understanding that they believe that they need to know almost everything about cars to be a member. Which is not true, I don’t even know half of what most of the members know. I want to show everyone that the club is welcome to all no matter what.

 

Thank you for reading my officer election thread, I hope you liked it.

]]> Who I am?

Hi everyone, my name is Amanda Brandão Garbim. I am currently a Sophomore International Affairs major. I was born and raised in Brazil. Since I was a child my brother taught me about cars and racing, but my true love are motorcycles. I race my motorcycles on racetracks back home and it’s my passion, as Ayrton Senna, Formula1 driver used to say, “You will never know the feeling of a driver when winning a race. The helmet hides feelings that cannot be understood.”

I knew about MM two years before attending JMU because of my brother (Caio), who is a member. He told me to be part of the club and I am very thankful that he told me this. MM helped me a lot to deal with homesickness. The best memories that I have from my freshman year are related to MM and the racetrack events.

Why am I a good choice to be a secretary?

I think would be a good secretary because of a couple of reasons. First, I do my best to be very involved in almost all events, for me the MM events are one of the best things about my experience here in the US. I know that being an officer is like having a part-time job and I'm willing to dedicate myself to it. Second, in my opinion teamwork just depends on organization, communication, and respect. I think that I would be a good secretary because I am very organized and good at planning events, I am always open for constructive criticism and advice, also I respect the differences between people. Another reason is that I am good at managing social media page and I am confident I could help with this because I am very creative. The last reason why I am a good choice for secretary is that I am committed to everything I do, and I will do my best to ensure the success of the club.

What are my goals?

My goal as secretary will be to be as helpful as possible to all members, ensuring that everyone has the information and the opportunity to get involved and participate in the events. I really want to increase the number of female members. There are not many, and I know there are women who would like to be part of the club but it is my understanding that they believe that they need to know almost everything about cars to be a member. Which is not true, I don’t even know half of what most of the members know. I want to show everyone that the club is welcome to all no matter what.

 

Thank you for reading my officer election thread, I hope you liked it.

]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=11878 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:50:53 +0000 Sahm]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=11878 Intro Thread .

I just want to start out by saying that our current exec board had done an amazing job this year and put on a fantastic car show this past weekend!

Why me?

These past few years in MM I have gotten to know a lot of the club members well and have learned a lot from being around the current exec members.  
I have become more involved and have tried to lend a hand whenever and wherever I could, whether it be designing new shirts or helping out at events like the car show or nasa. I want to take this to the next level and be able to serve this club as treasurer.

As Treasurer...

Lets be real... everyone knows what a treasurer does. Whether it be collecting dues, paying for club events like karting, or finding sponsors and collecting money for events like the car show, I'm ready for it all. 
As an engineering student, I have plenty of experience with Excel/Google Sheets so keeping the transaction log up to date would be no problem for me.

Apart from the general duties of treasurer, I would like to help out with things like social media outreach and event planning. 

• I think it would be super fun to maybe bring back the days of the party bus and get a group to ride on the drunk buses one night.
  
• This past year there was talk about designing a new MM shirt and a few designs were made. This year I'd like to help make them a reality.
  
• I think birthday posts on Instagram/Facebook could be a fun way to highlight our member and show off their rides to the community. (maybe their member highlights could be posted on their birthdays?)
  

I would love to be your treasurer for the 2019-2020 academic year and I'm looking forward to another year with MM!]]> Intro Thread .

I just want to start out by saying that our current exec board had done an amazing job this year and put on a fantastic car show this past weekend!

Why me?

These past few years in MM I have gotten to know a lot of the club members well and have learned a lot from being around the current exec members.  
I have become more involved and have tried to lend a hand whenever and wherever I could, whether it be designing new shirts or helping out at events like the car show or nasa. I want to take this to the next level and be able to serve this club as treasurer.

As Treasurer...

Lets be real... everyone knows what a treasurer does. Whether it be collecting dues, paying for club events like karting, or finding sponsors and collecting money for events like the car show, I'm ready for it all. 
As an engineering student, I have plenty of experience with Excel/Google Sheets so keeping the transaction log up to date would be no problem for me.

Apart from the general duties of treasurer, I would like to help out with things like social media outreach and event planning. 

• I think it would be super fun to maybe bring back the days of the party bus and get a group to ride on the drunk buses one night.
  
• This past year there was talk about designing a new MM shirt and a few designs were made. This year I'd like to help make them a reality.
  
• I think birthday posts on Instagram/Facebook could be a fun way to highlight our member and show off their rides to the community. (maybe their member highlights could be posted on their birthdays?)
  

I would love to be your treasurer for the 2019-2020 academic year and I'm looking forward to another year with MM!]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=11877 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 19:48:11 +0000 GTBrandon]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=11877
I think this year my biggest concern was that while in the beginning of the year we had a great turnout of new and returning members, throughout the year the number of members who actually came to events was lack luster. I am still trying to figure what can be done to get students more engaged from the beginning, but if you have any ideas on what can be done or what's been done in the past, I'm always open to suggestions.

Also hoping to have more social events that aren't just Motorsports focused. At the end of the day this club forms a great group of friends, and I want to do what I can to foster those relationships. I was thinking of things that other organizations do like cabin retreats, bar crawls for of-age members, and possibly mixers with other organizations. This is all up in the air, but just ideas I've been having.

Like I said, current students or Alum, if you have any ideas or suggestions on how we can improve, please let me know. I want to hear from everyone as I know there is always room to do better, especially with so many different people and interests in one club. Thanks!]]>
I think this year my biggest concern was that while in the beginning of the year we had a great turnout of new and returning members, throughout the year the number of members who actually came to events was lack luster. I am still trying to figure what can be done to get students more engaged from the beginning, but if you have any ideas on what can be done or what's been done in the past, I'm always open to suggestions.

Also hoping to have more social events that aren't just Motorsports focused. At the end of the day this club forms a great group of friends, and I want to do what I can to foster those relationships. I was thinking of things that other organizations do like cabin retreats, bar crawls for of-age members, and possibly mixers with other organizations. This is all up in the air, but just ideas I've been having.

Like I said, current students or Alum, if you have any ideas or suggestions on how we can improve, please let me know. I want to hear from everyone as I know there is always room to do better, especially with so many different people and interests in one club. Thanks!]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=11876 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:57:34 +0000 Eco_Boi_Stephen]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=11876 My Role as Vice President…
First, please do not be worried I will still be in full control of the Madison Motorsports social media except this year I will have help! So how exactly will my role change??? Honestly, it won’t change that much, I think we did a great job at spreading the workload among all of the officers this year and I’m confident that we will do the same the coming year. I’ll have a few added responsibilities but nothing that I can’t handle.


What happened to ________ …
Here are two things from last years elections that didn’t become a reality. I’m excited to tackle these two things in the coming year.

1. “I'd - like to do social media collaborations with local businesses”
This kind of happened but only around the time of the car show. I want to build on our relationships with local businesses throughout the year.  
2. “Member highlights... These would be videos that would basically be an interview with an individual member asking them why they joined MM, what drives their automotive passion, etc.”
I did not have the equipment that I felt was necessary in order to produce a quality member highlight video but that is changing very soon  that being said I still did a test shoot for locations and what not so get excited for these! 


What I would like to improve…

• Improving retention through the winter with strong events like the following
  • Factory/company tours
    
  • Booze Cruise
    
  • New Karting location
    
  • Inside auto shows
    
  • Game Nights 
    
• Stand out at Student Org night and on campus events
  • Tall sign
    
  • Laptop w/ video playing bring small speaker
    
  • Stickers
    
  • Shirts 
    
• Member engagement on social media
  • Facebook banner contests for members and Alum
    
  • Donut Media like video - Everything You Need to Know About MM
    
  • Member Highlights
    
  • More talking in videos - more personable 
    
• Meeting attendance 
  • Points system with a reward at the end
    
  • Dinner before or after
    
• Update the Constitution 
  • Specify possible reasons for punishments 
    
  • Include incident report sheet to better protect MM
    
  • Include social media guidelines 
    

]]> My Role as Vice President…
First, please do not be worried I will still be in full control of the Madison Motorsports social media except this year I will have help! So how exactly will my role change??? Honestly, it won’t change that much, I think we did a great job at spreading the workload among all of the officers this year and I’m confident that we will do the same the coming year. I’ll have a few added responsibilities but nothing that I can’t handle.


What happened to ________ …
Here are two things from last years elections that didn’t become a reality. I’m excited to tackle these two things in the coming year.

1. “I'd - like to do social media collaborations with local businesses”
This kind of happened but only around the time of the car show. I want to build on our relationships with local businesses throughout the year.  
2. “Member highlights... These would be videos that would basically be an interview with an individual member asking them why they joined MM, what drives their automotive passion, etc.”
I did not have the equipment that I felt was necessary in order to produce a quality member highlight video but that is changing very soon  that being said I still did a test shoot for locations and what not so get excited for these! 


What I would like to improve…

• Improving retention through the winter with strong events like the following
  • Factory/company tours
    
  • Booze Cruise
    
  • New Karting location
    
  • Inside auto shows
    
  • Game Nights 
    
• Stand out at Student Org night and on campus events
  • Tall sign
    
  • Laptop w/ video playing bring small speaker
    
  • Stickers
    
  • Shirts 
    
• Member engagement on social media
  • Facebook banner contests for members and Alum
    
  • Donut Media like video - Everything You Need to Know About MM
    
  • Member Highlights
    
  • More talking in videos - more personable 
    
• Meeting attendance 
  • Points system with a reward at the end
    
  • Dinner before or after
    
• Update the Constitution 
  • Specify possible reasons for punishments 
    
  • Include incident report sheet to better protect MM
    
  • Include social media guidelines 
    

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