Board Minutes
Chuck Lindsey, OVR PCA Secretary
Date & Location
Wednesday, April 8 th , 2026, at Ferrari’s Little Italy
Attending Officers:
Jeff Clark, Vice President: Gerardo Nucete, Past President: Bill Altvater, Secretary: Chuck Lindsey
Attending Committee Chairs:
Membership: Craig Lewis, Rally/Tours: Steve Krekeler, HPDE: Jeff Woodard
Attending Members and Guests:
Kathy Lindsey,Stu Koeppe, Chris Nichols,David Parks, Alan Coleman, Deanna Ashing, David Toney, Jim McFarland, Libby McFarland,Sonja Venzin, Gabriel Venzin, Larry D’Amico, Jan Lewis,Kumar Viswalingam, Kurt Niemeyer, Laura Szabo, Gwynne Krekler, Michael Szabo, Alex Schum, Ted Cassel.
Call to Order
Call to Order at 7:05 p.m. by President Jeff Clark and welcome to all 1st time attendees to the first Board meeting of 2026.
Presidents Report:
President Clark reported that, per our by-laws we are required to have six Board meetings a year. Our current by-laws were last revised in 2016 and I will be in conversation with PCA Maryland to help structure and adopt any necessary updates. OVR PCA sponsored the Zone 4 Presidents meeting in March. Local vendors sponsored the event and it was an overwhelming success. Our calendar is filling up quickly, if you want to sponsor an event please let us know ASAP so we can get it scheduled. Joe Cost was promoted to an Ambassador in West Viriginia and he’s set up a number of great events. In early May is the 1st Porsche Classic Tour, limited to air-cooled cars. Later this year will be the West Virginia Country Roads Tour and annual Porsche in the Park event in Hurricane, West Virginia.
Vice President:
Vice President Nucete echoed the positive comments on the Zone 4 Presidents meeting and OVR PCA is looking forward to 2026 events. He reported that club goals are to ensure all OVR PCA events are conducted safely and with liability insurance coverage.
Treasurer:
President Clark reported that the financials are strong and all accounts stable.
Secretary:
No report – please visit the OVR PCA webpage at www.ovrpca.org.
Committee Reports:
Autocross:
Kumar Viswalingam reported the next Autocross event is May 9th from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Trader’s World. The 2026 season continues with Autocross events on June 13th, August 8th and September 12th at Trader’s World.
Concours:
Kurt Niemeyer will be the Master of Ceremonies for the upcoming April 25th Hanson Audio Concours event. This will be a drive by format, exterior only participant inspection. There were 31 attendees for the concours tech meeting on paint held earlier this year.
Driver Education:
Jeff Woodard reported the 3rd Annual Drivers Seminar was well attended and the SIM Racing component was a big hit. The 2026 Jerry Wolf Spring Classic HPDE event will be held at Mid-Ohio on May 29th, 30th and 31st. Registration is open on Club Registration, currently have 140 registrants. OVR PCA needs volunteer spotters for this event. Volunteers will receive a special OVR PCA Van Nianouris – Richard Wartenberg t-shirt. The 2026 Autumn Thunder HPDE will be October 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Discussion on adding a 3rd annual HPDE event at NCM Motorsports Park that would be held in mid-summer. This would be for 140-150 drivers.
Historian: No Report.
Membership:
Craig Lewis reported that in the month of March 2026, 11 new members joined/transferred into OVR PCA, while 49 members didn’t renew their membership or transferred out. We have a total of 1,303 Primary Members and 677 Affiliate Members, totaling 1,980 total members. OVR PCA also had 18 Test Drive participants. Out of 149 PCA clubs OVR PCA ranks 28th in membership and is in the top 17% of total PCA club memberships. Sixty percent of members join the PCA on invitation by a current member and forty percent of members join from digital or web searches. Craig discussed statistical membership handouts given to attendees and discussed retaining and attracting prospective members. There will be a NEW MEMBER PARTY at Performance Alignment in June. New members and current members are welcome to attend. This will be a probable afternoon event with a tentative date of June 6th. There will be an upcoming announcement once everything is finalized.
Members at Large: No report.
Ambassador: No report
Social Media: No report.
Social Events:
There are many monthly events scheduled, please see the OVR Calendar for details. Several Gemeinschaft events posted.
Rallye/Tours:
Steve Krekeler reported that April 18th is the Spring Classic Driving Tour XIV event in Milford, Ohio. April 19th is the Kentucky Spring Tour. There are two events in West Virginia in May and October. There are thirty reservations already placed for the Athens Tour. There will be three profiles: Scenic, Spirted and Enthusiastic driving groups.
Past President: No report.
Safety: No report.
Technical: No report.
Website: No report.
Old Business:
No report.
New Business:
Chris Nichols reported they are in process of putting together a September Indiana tour with Central Indiana PCA and OVR PCA that would meet in Oldenburg, Indiana for a joint rally. Possible dates for this are September 12th or 19th. Anyone wishing to help Chris work on this event please contact him at (513) 203-1370 or cnichols999@gmail.com.
Good of Order:
The next Board meeting will be Tuesday, May 12th at Ferrari’s Little Italy.
Meeting adjourned:
President Clark adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Chuck Lindsey, OVR PCA Secretary
