Controversial??

[Brian Minkin]

1st let me chime in that the demographics of members who participate in events are in line with national statistics. Almost every region regardless of size finds that about 10% of their membership is active in some type of event.  Actually when you look at the total participation of our membership in all types of events, DE, AX, social, touring, Rally ect. we go well over 10% for all events combined. I would venture a guess that its more like 20%. But the club is nothing without benifiting its membership and we are always trying to get more members involved in some way.

The hard times AX is experiencing are predominatly due to the cost of viable sites.  When Nick ran the AX program yes it was profitable.  His site cost was less then 10% of what a site cost today.  The number of drivers coming out to the events that Nick ran averaged around 60 cars (I think I can remember 70 once or twice) and they where not all Porsche cars.  Getting 10% of the membership involved in AX would be wonderful.  Getting AX to a break even point is the goal of the exec. 

AX has remained fairly static as to the number of participants.  The faces change but the number of participants does not. Many members have experienced AX as a stepping stone before moving on to DE. As I said in my earlier posts it would benefit these drivers to continue to be invloved in both programs.