Board Meeting Notes for April 2026

Miata Meeting on 04/20/26

Attendees: Clyde, Brent, Aaron, Toby, and Dick.  

Absent: Renee and Tom

Meeting notes

1. Miata’s on Main in Speedway was well attended in March with over 35 people.

2. Richard held his first of four brunches in Zionsville. We had good attendance. Thank you Richard.

3. The day at the track was better than advertised. Thanks to Andrew for making this happen.

4. Thanks to Aaron on handling the Taxman Blues drive again this year this past Saturday.

5. This Saturday is the Indy Autocross April Fun Event at Lincoln Tech which has been posted. This is a show up and participate event without the club being directly involved.

6. Miata’s on Main at Big Woods for April 27 has been posted.

7. Discussion on an event at Hubler Mazda that Clyde is working on. 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 club's website,

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

1. Marietta rally which is being coordinated by Tom Lewis continues to grow, Thanks Tom!

2. Richard’s next brunch outing will be in June. 

3. May 9 will be the covered bridges rally.

4. Discussion around not having an event the night before the 500 on May 23. Two options to pull something off. Option 1 is to have someone step up and lead what we have done in the past which is a 1 hour drive and then take in the concert at Mallow Run. Maybe Toby and Jonnie can handle this as everything will be planned out. Option 2 is to go back and just do an ice cream social which Aaron hinted about organizing.

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

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

7. The next meeting will be May 18 @ 8pm on TEAMS. Anyone interested in attending should reach out to 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.

2. Clyde asked about doing a give back to the community event. Dick to review list that was generated a while back which included serving a meal at the Ronald McDonald House.