Board Meeting Notes for May 2026

Miata Meeting on 05/18/26

Attendees: Clyde, Renee, Tom, Aaron, Toby, and Dick.  

Absent: Brent

Meeting notes

1. Covered bridges rally on May 9 was a success with good attendance.

2. This Saturday, Aaron will lead the rally to Mallow Run.

3. Marietta rally, which is being coordinated by Tom Lewis, continues to grow.

4. Discussion on an event at Hubler Mazda that Clyde is working on. From last month when we discussed options for the event that Clyde will discuss with the contact at the dealership.

• Have them talk about their dealership and what services they have to offer. 

• Will they offer any discounts to Miata Club members?

• What are they thinking the event looks like?

• Do we eat and then go there at say 7:15?

• Do we go there at 5:30 and then eat at 6:30? 

• Do we plan only to go there?

• Offer the dealership to be the preferred dealership on the clubs website,

• Back to them, do we ask if they want to try and do a car corral at the track in September when the Miatas are racing? What does this look like? We now have an inside Speedway contact Jason who will work with us.

1. Richard’s next brunch outing will be in June. Dick recently reached out to him about the date. Since we held the meeting, information has been received and posted.

2. July’s event will be at Renee’s. Dick and Renee will review past notes on this event and try to get something posted before the end of May.

3. Brent will be handling the Miata’s on Main in Zionsville in August.

4. Renee will be handling the Miata’s on Main in September.

5. Renee shared that she transferred over $2000 to the savings account to gain some interest.

6. Still looking for a VP for the club for this year. All should send Clyde some suggestions on who to approach.

7. Had some discussion about making a donation to a local non-profit. Will discuss next month.

8. Clyde asked how we could get more women involved. Toby volunteered to do some investigative work on this at the next few events.

9. The next meeting will be  June 15 @ 8pm on TEAMS. Anyone interested in attending should reach out to Clyde.

10. Clyde asked about doing a give back to the community event. He mentioned partnering with one of the local Habitat groups. Dick to provide contact information for Clyde. 

Open topics

1. Clyde to investigate, to learn more about an Autocross event and a teenage driving class that someone at the Presidents Luncheon spoke to him about.