[DeTomaso] New POCA Chapter

Ed Mendez edducati at mac.com
Sun Sep 20 18:14:35 EDT 2015


You can be in multiple chapters, but only one chapter receives a rebate for your membership.

I am in SDP and AZPOCA. SDP being my main chapter, I was thinking about joining Michaels chapter as well.

Ed

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> On 20/09/2015, at 3:00 PM, Bill Lewis <lotus0005 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So, can one be a member of more than one local chapter at a time?  Or, is it illegal, and more importantly would it be detrimental to the Pantera community?  For example,  suppose Californina had only one chapter.  What would be the individual involvement!  It seems that there might be a happy medium for either area-size or member-size that gets the most involvement of the members.  For instance, here in Houston we have one chapter, and some members have to drive an hour to get to some events, like the monthly dinner/meeting.  --BILL Lewis
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at poca.com> on behalf of Jeff Detrich <jjdetrich at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2015 4:17 PM
> To: Michael Shortt
> Cc: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] New POCA Chapter
> 
> Let me also say that this was encouraged by the POCA Board of Directors and
> in no way was meant to be some sort of competition. The issue was the large
> physical geography for that region, as Mr. Shortt so aptly puts it. We
> already have POCA chapters that are in close proximity around New York and
> New Jersey; same goes for Southern California and Texas. These chapters
> don't compete; they complement each other and often time run events
> together.
> 
> More importantly, we have members in Florida and the "Southern States,"
> separately, who are interested in taking their POCA membership local by
> establishing viable, fun and active communities of Pantera owners. This is
> good for the local members, for POCA, and for the marque. We congratulate
> both Sandi and Tim Clingler in Florida and Michael Shortt in Savannah for
> their efforts. And we encourage POCA members to support those people. This
> is what the club is all about!
> 
> Jeff Detrich
> Secretary, POCA
> 
> On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 5:22 PM, Michael Shortt <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>> Greetings to All ,
>>> 
>>> I am getting emails, texts, telephone calls, etc. regarding my
>>   efforts to form a new POCA chapter.
>>> Efforts which were started many years ago and finally just recently
>>   blessed by POCA,A  long before efforts were made to resurrect the
>>   former dormant -ish Southeast Panteras Chapter.
>>> As with all things seemingly unplanned, it seems that my efforts and
>>   those of Southeast Pantera hit their respective stride at about the
>>   same time.
>>> Let me categorically state that I have no interest in some kind of
>>   turf war ( as has been rumored ) or contest to sign up members.
>>> I also have no interest in Florida at all, it is simply too far away
>>   to be conducive
>>> IMHO to attract active participation from the membership I am
>>   seeking.
>>> 
>>> i.e. My home to Miami is over 500 miles away / 8 hours of driving at
>>   normal speeds.
>>> 
>>> I live in Savannah, Georgia and the proposed moniker of our chapter
>>   is Southern States Panteras. My primary target area for membership is
>>   Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama and Eastern Tennessee.
>>> All of which is within a 6 hour circle of influence and contains more
>>   active racetracks that I can count, the incredible Great Smokey Mtns
>>   and of course all things NASCAR plus a great many concourse events,
>>   shows and loads of tech points of interest.
>>> We have no desire to be a sit in folding chairs while bench racing
>>   and polishing crowd.
>>> As the founder of the twice run Detomaso Pantera Summer Summit, I
>>   have already put together Pantera related rallys. Additionally I am a
>>   former SCCA CSR champion, driving instructor and board member. I
>>   currently teach/coach with HPDE group Hooked on Driving at various SE
>>   tracks.
>>> 
>>> My plan for Southern States
>>> involves a smattering of concourse meetings, mtn rallys, Track days,
>>   tech visits to cool shops, and plain old
>>> Get togethers throughout the year.
>>> 
>>> I forsee a friendly, reciprocal and supportive relationship
>>> With Southeast Pantera. I would hope that their members would attend
>>   our events and that they will extend invitations to our membership to
>>   their events ( as they already have to me to attend the Lake Mirror
>>   Classic).
>>> 
>>> We are seeking POCA members living in GA, SC, NC, AL, and TN to
>>   affiliate with Southern States, all they have to do is notify Judy at
>>   POCA and its a done deal.
>>> 
>>> I hope this puts to rest any kind of competition BS, there is none. I
>>   fully support the efforts of SE Panteras
>>> And hope they support ours.
>>> 
>>> It is simply a matter of geography and trying to involve as many
>>   active participants as possible for both groups.
>>> Two is better than one.
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> 
>>> Michael Shortt
>>> Founding Chairman
>>> Southern States Panteras.
>> 
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