<![CDATA[Madison Motorsports - Officer Elections 2020-2021]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:35:20 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Amanda Garbim - Vice President]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=12099 Thu, 23 Apr 2020 22:20:12 +0000 Amanda Garbim]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=12099
Hello everyone,
          My name is Amanda Garbim and I'm running for Vice-President. For those who don’t know me, there are three main things you should know: 

1st - The past year I was the MM secretary (pretty cool experience)
2nd -  My major is International affairs with a minor in Spanish Business 
3rd - I’m trying to convince my older brother to give me his Miata after his graduation 
(please help me convince him) 

         I’ve been involved in the club since my freshman year, and I meet most of my good friends through the club. I would say that MM is more than just a car club with a bunch of guys, especially now that the number of women in the club increased, which was one of my goals when I ran for secretary. MM is almost like a second family, where we can hang out, talk about cars, help each other, and most importantly care about all members. 

       Over the past year, I made a couple of mistakes but I learned a lot from them. That’s one of the reasons why I think I'm qualified to be a good vice-president: I learn from my mistakes and I’m always willing to learn more and improve. I am the right person for vice-president because I care about the club’s future, and I will do everything I can to make MM the best club possible.

        As a vice-president, I have some goals and changes, I'd like to make: 
  • The first goal is to ensure that all members and alumni have access to our monthly events. That way people will plan themself ahead, so hopefully, more people will get involved. 
  • The second goal will be to involve MM in some charity event or maybe create a charity event with another JMU club.
  • The third goal is to introduce some diversity into the cruises, going to nice local restaurants around Harrisonburg.
  • The fourth goal is to promote the annual car show for next year with a cool video with all members and start spreading the word about the show in January. 

      I am very excited about the opportunity to be the vice-president, especially because I can see the potential of all the new officers, and having Stephen as a president is going to be awesome.  


Thanks for reading, please feel free to ask any questions.


 
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Hello everyone,
          My name is Amanda Garbim and I'm running for Vice-President. For those who don’t know me, there are three main things you should know: 

1st - The past year I was the MM secretary (pretty cool experience)
2nd -  My major is International affairs with a minor in Spanish Business 
3rd - I’m trying to convince my older brother to give me his Miata after his graduation 
(please help me convince him) 

         I’ve been involved in the club since my freshman year, and I meet most of my good friends through the club. I would say that MM is more than just a car club with a bunch of guys, especially now that the number of women in the club increased, which was one of my goals when I ran for secretary. MM is almost like a second family, where we can hang out, talk about cars, help each other, and most importantly care about all members. 

       Over the past year, I made a couple of mistakes but I learned a lot from them. That’s one of the reasons why I think I'm qualified to be a good vice-president: I learn from my mistakes and I’m always willing to learn more and improve. I am the right person for vice-president because I care about the club’s future, and I will do everything I can to make MM the best club possible.

        As a vice-president, I have some goals and changes, I'd like to make: 
  • The first goal is to ensure that all members and alumni have access to our monthly events. That way people will plan themself ahead, so hopefully, more people will get involved. 
  • The second goal will be to involve MM in some charity event or maybe create a charity event with another JMU club.
  • The third goal is to introduce some diversity into the cruises, going to nice local restaurants around Harrisonburg.
  • The fourth goal is to promote the annual car show for next year with a cool video with all members and start spreading the word about the show in January. 

      I am very excited about the opportunity to be the vice-president, especially because I can see the potential of all the new officers, and having Stephen as a president is going to be awesome.  


Thanks for reading, please feel free to ask any questions.


 
]]> <![CDATA[Dean V - Secretary]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=12098 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:07:24 +0000 dean]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=12098 Hey all, I am Dean. This is my second year in the club, and I am currently a sophomore econ/political science double major. This past year I got much more active with the club, have met a ton of good friends, and hope that continues!
 
I believe I am qualified for this position as I can take good notes, plan well, and can get my ideas across concisely. Along with this, I have professional experience with sending emails, dealing with apparel, and more from an internship over the summer, so I feel prepared to do things of that nature.
 
I have two main goals I hope to achieve as secretary.
1.    Increase communication. I have seen this from alumni, and I also would not mind it myself. I think an email/forum posting after meetings with what was discussed would  
      be useful to everyone and would create a record as well. Also, I think getting more ideas from members about what they want to do would be great.
2.    Help to grow the club. I believe this club can grow with some more promotion. This promotion could be physical, with things such as student org night, or by putting posters 
      up around campus. It could also be online, with more social media presence (I like Stephen’s idea of member highlights!).
 
Thanks for reading, feel free to ask any questions or give any suggestions!
 ]]> Hey all, I am Dean. This is my second year in the club, and I am currently a sophomore econ/political science double major. This past year I got much more active with the club, have met a ton of good friends, and hope that continues!
 
I believe I am qualified for this position as I can take good notes, plan well, and can get my ideas across concisely. Along with this, I have professional experience with sending emails, dealing with apparel, and more from an internship over the summer, so I feel prepared to do things of that nature.
 
I have two main goals I hope to achieve as secretary.
1.    Increase communication. I have seen this from alumni, and I also would not mind it myself. I think an email/forum posting after meetings with what was discussed would  
      be useful to everyone and would create a record as well. Also, I think getting more ideas from members about what they want to do would be great.
2.    Help to grow the club. I believe this club can grow with some more promotion. This promotion could be physical, with things such as student org night, or by putting posters 
      up around campus. It could also be online, with more social media presence (I like Stephen’s idea of member highlights!).
 
Thanks for reading, feel free to ask any questions or give any suggestions!
 ]]> <![CDATA[Ethan Dillon - Treasurer]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=12096 Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:35:59 +0000 EDillon__]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=12096
My name is Ethan Dillon. I am a rising Sophomore here at JMU and I will be running for the Treasurer position in this years' officer election. I have gotten the pleasure of meeting most of you but have not yet managed to meet ALL of you, which is something I aim to accomplish! (Alumni included). This club has deep roots and is the favorite beloved club of many of us here, and in my opinion that is one of the main things that make it so great. With that being said, I'd like to be apart of the team responsible for keeping this fine-tuned machine of a club running for many years to come. 

So why Treasurer you may ask?


The treasurer position intrigues me because as we all know, the key to keeping any machine running smoothly is MAINTENANCE. With maintenance comes the need for detailed record-keeping while retaining easy accessibility and readability. I believe I have just the right amount of OCD and excessive work ethic to fill this need. As a CIS (Computer Information Systems) major and overall data and statistics nerd, I not only have the interest in these duties but the skills and experience as well. I have lots of experience including but not limited to the following programs: Excel, Access, Lightroom, Photoshop, Word, PowerPoint, as well as experience in Python and HTML programming. With these skills, I feel confident in assuming the financial and logistical record-keeping responsibilities of the treasurer and much more.

Why me?

Aside from experience and overall technological proficiency, I believe there are other very important aspects of this position. I take pride in being very outgoing and having a genuine passion for talking to others, getting to know them, as well as receiving feedback. I see being approachable and personable as being critical for someone who is being trusted with various financial and operational responsibilities within the club, and I aim to be open and reachable by anybody who may have any questions or ideas at any time. Lastly, I believe there is benefit to being a younger officer. Having 3 years to come in this club, I would continue to be an aid to any future treasurers in the event that I were to run for a different position later on or be replaced by a new treasurer.

Another aspect in which I believe I can be valuable to this club as an officer is my experience with business relations and sponsorships. At the age of 15, I had purchased my first car and built it up into a sponsored show car. It was a 2010 Genesis Coupe 6MT that had been in a front and rear collision and was far from pretty at first sight. After repairing it and modifying it, I was able to obtain sponsorships from Mishimoto, GCTuner, and Incurve Wheels. I then assisted those companies with advertising and promotion at shows and on their websites. By the age of 16, I had then started my own clothing brand. I successfully ran this company and solely carried out every one of its' operations throughout the rest of high school.

Long story short...

My goal as treasurer would be to update the club's record-keeping methods of financial transactions and resource allocation through the use of new programs and/or program features to achieve increased efficiency and accessibility for those who need to access them. I hope to make these changes while also making the treasurer position more approachable than ever before by making my contact info readily available to all and open for comments, questions, suggestions, and more with a rapid response rate. I realize these duties can be complex and I feel confident that my experience and skill-sets in business and technology will allow me to carry out these responsibilities.

Additional Info


One idea I had in particular was to create an MM database in which members will have the ability to go into the UI individually and enter info about themselves such as hometowns, birthdays, areas of expertise, and more. There would be a distinction between alumni and current members. This would be useful for instances such as: "Wow, I have an oddly specific question regarding my fathers LS car", "Yikes, my roof is leaking, I wonder if anyone in MM happens to have any construction or roofing experience", or "I really would love to have a photographer at my wedding this weekend, I wonder if there are any photographers in MM looking for a gig". These various areas of expertise can be inputted and assigned by each member and made searchable via tags and keywords. This idea came to me after seeing the amazing amount of knowledge this group has in such a wide variety of subjects, and it occurred to me how sweet it would be to find a way to organize and utilize that! This is simply a concept at the moment, however I would love to hear any thoughts or suggestions!

Thank you all for taking the time to read this and please feel free to reply with any questions or comments!

-Ethan Dillon]]>
My name is Ethan Dillon. I am a rising Sophomore here at JMU and I will be running for the Treasurer position in this years' officer election. I have gotten the pleasure of meeting most of you but have not yet managed to meet ALL of you, which is something I aim to accomplish! (Alumni included). This club has deep roots and is the favorite beloved club of many of us here, and in my opinion that is one of the main things that make it so great. With that being said, I'd like to be apart of the team responsible for keeping this fine-tuned machine of a club running for many years to come. 

So why Treasurer you may ask?


The treasurer position intrigues me because as we all know, the key to keeping any machine running smoothly is MAINTENANCE. With maintenance comes the need for detailed record-keeping while retaining easy accessibility and readability. I believe I have just the right amount of OCD and excessive work ethic to fill this need. As a CIS (Computer Information Systems) major and overall data and statistics nerd, I not only have the interest in these duties but the skills and experience as well. I have lots of experience including but not limited to the following programs: Excel, Access, Lightroom, Photoshop, Word, PowerPoint, as well as experience in Python and HTML programming. With these skills, I feel confident in assuming the financial and logistical record-keeping responsibilities of the treasurer and much more.

Why me?

Aside from experience and overall technological proficiency, I believe there are other very important aspects of this position. I take pride in being very outgoing and having a genuine passion for talking to others, getting to know them, as well as receiving feedback. I see being approachable and personable as being critical for someone who is being trusted with various financial and operational responsibilities within the club, and I aim to be open and reachable by anybody who may have any questions or ideas at any time. Lastly, I believe there is benefit to being a younger officer. Having 3 years to come in this club, I would continue to be an aid to any future treasurers in the event that I were to run for a different position later on or be replaced by a new treasurer.

Another aspect in which I believe I can be valuable to this club as an officer is my experience with business relations and sponsorships. At the age of 15, I had purchased my first car and built it up into a sponsored show car. It was a 2010 Genesis Coupe 6MT that had been in a front and rear collision and was far from pretty at first sight. After repairing it and modifying it, I was able to obtain sponsorships from Mishimoto, GCTuner, and Incurve Wheels. I then assisted those companies with advertising and promotion at shows and on their websites. By the age of 16, I had then started my own clothing brand. I successfully ran this company and solely carried out every one of its' operations throughout the rest of high school.

Long story short...

My goal as treasurer would be to update the club's record-keeping methods of financial transactions and resource allocation through the use of new programs and/or program features to achieve increased efficiency and accessibility for those who need to access them. I hope to make these changes while also making the treasurer position more approachable than ever before by making my contact info readily available to all and open for comments, questions, suggestions, and more with a rapid response rate. I realize these duties can be complex and I feel confident that my experience and skill-sets in business and technology will allow me to carry out these responsibilities.

Additional Info


One idea I had in particular was to create an MM database in which members will have the ability to go into the UI individually and enter info about themselves such as hometowns, birthdays, areas of expertise, and more. There would be a distinction between alumni and current members. This would be useful for instances such as: "Wow, I have an oddly specific question regarding my fathers LS car", "Yikes, my roof is leaking, I wonder if anyone in MM happens to have any construction or roofing experience", or "I really would love to have a photographer at my wedding this weekend, I wonder if there are any photographers in MM looking for a gig". These various areas of expertise can be inputted and assigned by each member and made searchable via tags and keywords. This idea came to me after seeing the amazing amount of knowledge this group has in such a wide variety of subjects, and it occurred to me how sweet it would be to find a way to organize and utilize that! This is simply a concept at the moment, however I would love to hear any thoughts or suggestions!

Thank you all for taking the time to read this and please feel free to reply with any questions or comments!

-Ethan Dillon]]> <![CDATA[Stephen Nicholson - President]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=12092 Tue, 14 Apr 2020 16:00:48 +0000 Eco_Boi_Stephen]]> https://forum.mmsports.org/showthread.php?tid=12092 My Role as President… 
The first thing that I will need to do is establish a relationship with everyone related to NASA MidAtlantic and local Auto-X as I have not been able to make it to many of those events. This is especially important since Brandon did such a good job at keeping in contact with all of them and motorsport needs to be the #1 priority for the club. 


I’d like to improve our connections with alumni who may not have the time to keep up with the everyday insanity of the groupme chats. With the future of the MM forums being up in the air at the moment, I see this as being our biggest challenge for this coming year. This is not something that should be put on the back burner and I’ll be doing my best to come up with some sort of solution. I’m confident that with the other officers we’ll be able to find one that works best for current students and alumni. 


I’ll also need to keep in mind that someone will be taking over MM after I leave. Teaching someone everything I know about the club and how to run it will be very important. I’ve already put in place a couple of guides for new officers to go by sort of like the ones left for us by previous officers but more specialized. I’ve made it a point to keep good records and to make them easily accessible. That google drive be realllllll organized


What we improved upon this past year… 
  • Improving retention through the winter with strong events like the following
    • BBQ/Potluck Events 
    • Game Nights 
    • Xlabs Meetings 
    • MAAP events
  • 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
    • Member Highlights
    • Featuring past sponsors of the Car Show
  • Meeting attendance 
    • Offering food at meetings 
    • Flexible times
  • Keeping records
    • Incident Report Sheet (private) 
      • Used to keep record,  just in case we have a concern about behavior
    • Events and how they were put in place
Questions? Concerns? ]]> My Role as President… 
The first thing that I will need to do is establish a relationship with everyone related to NASA MidAtlantic and local Auto-X as I have not been able to make it to many of those events. This is especially important since Brandon did such a good job at keeping in contact with all of them and motorsport needs to be the #1 priority for the club. 


I’d like to improve our connections with alumni who may not have the time to keep up with the everyday insanity of the groupme chats. With the future of the MM forums being up in the air at the moment, I see this as being our biggest challenge for this coming year. This is not something that should be put on the back burner and I’ll be doing my best to come up with some sort of solution. I’m confident that with the other officers we’ll be able to find one that works best for current students and alumni. 


I’ll also need to keep in mind that someone will be taking over MM after I leave. Teaching someone everything I know about the club and how to run it will be very important. I’ve already put in place a couple of guides for new officers to go by sort of like the ones left for us by previous officers but more specialized. I’ve made it a point to keep good records and to make them easily accessible. That google drive be realllllll organized


What we improved upon this past year… 
  • Improving retention through the winter with strong events like the following
    • BBQ/Potluck Events 
    • Game Nights 
    • Xlabs Meetings 
    • MAAP events
  • 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
    • Member Highlights
    • Featuring past sponsors of the Car Show
  • Meeting attendance 
    • Offering food at meetings 
    • Flexible times
  • Keeping records
    • Incident Report Sheet (private) 
      • Used to keep record,  just in case we have a concern about behavior
    • Events and how they were put in place
Questions? Concerns? ]]>