Steering Committee Meeting Minutes 6/06/02

The Steering Committee met at the the Rohn's house on 06Jun02.

The meeting started at approximately 7:00PM following pizza, wraps and soda provided by the club.

The first order of business was to establish attendance and a quorum. Voting members present were Mark Shaw, Dave McCombs, Marc McCombs, Garry Swanner, Tom Dukerich, Tage Evanson, Jodie Warren, Mindi Cross, Steve Eymann, Bev Sattler, Glenda Meyers, Patrick Fisher, Steve Ryan, Jim Rohn, Scott Meyers, Dave Young, and Ross Meyer. Guests present were Marilyn Rohn, Chuck Voboril and Don Sattler. Quorum was established.

Second order of business was to accept the minutes of the 4/8/2002 meeting as published on the web with the change of new drivers for the truck from Tom Dukerich to om Schrum. Minutes approved.

Third order of business was to accept the resignation of Victor Machesky as Course Designer and accept Chuck Voboril as the new Course Designer. Dave Young made motion to accept Chuck as new Course Designer and motion was seconded by Patrick Fisher. Motion passed. Chuck Voboril is now a voting member.

The Committee then reviewed Old Business:

A brief financial statement was given by Glenda Meyers and a summary ofcash flow year-to-date.
So far we are ahead with a net before trophy expenses for the Spring Series.

Scott Meyers presented a summary of past expenses for 2000 and 2001 and projected costs for 2002 and 2003. The expected costs at AMP appear to be a problem with the current entry fee levels. It also appears that the overall average attendance year-to-date is slightly behind the same period last year.

Jim Rohn presented the dates requested from AMP for 2003 and a discussion continued about the possible risks in moving to a new site with both increased costs and increased entry fees to cover them. No official decision was reached on how to resolve the issue and/or the position to take with AMP. Further data gathering was suggested.

The Corvair event in Flagstaff was discussed. The tr5uck was due to go in for maintenance on Monday and the estimated costs and condition for a trip to Flagstaff would then be assessed. A motion was made by Patrick Fisher and seconded by Dave McCombs to investigate the cost of a rental truck should the truck prove unworthy of the trip. Motion approved. A discussion of the scheduled start times got general concensus that an 8:30AM driver's meeting and 9:00AM first car start would be acceptable. Registration for the event will use the regular on-line process with the classes merged later for scoring purposes. Steve Eymann will handle registration and Tom Schrum will let us know which classes are needed for the Corvair crowd. Jim Rohn will get dash plaques ordered for every entrant to the event. No trophies will be awarded.

Dave Young made a motion that the club scales should be kept at Richard Rippy's house in north Scottsdale during the summer with one or more weigh days scheduled. The motion was seconded by Patrick Fisher and was passed. Details n the weigh days will be determined and placed on the web site schedule and/or mentioned on the message board.

The "A" sign for waiver sign-in is still pending with Dave McCombs. He believes he can get the cost reduced if he uses Sun Devil Auto as a sponsor on the sign. This is acceptable.

Steve Eymann gave an update on his proposed "no-show" policy. The first occurrence will be a warning; and the second occurrence will result in the entrant not being able to use the on-line pre-registration for the rest of the calendar year. A motion was made by Mark Shaw to approve this plan. The motion was seconded by Steve Eymann and was passed.

The Committee then reviewed New Business

Several updates to the Supplementals were proposed by Mark Shaw before the summer series starts.

  1. Add wording about the official results being final:
  2. "Results will become official one week after they are posted to the azsolo2.com website as notified by a message to the message board. Any corrections to class and/or information must be sent or called to the Timing Chairman within the one week period. "

    Motion by Mark Shaw to accept, second by Steve Ryan, motion passed.

  3. Change wording regarding trophies for non-PRO classes to clarify which positions are covered:
  4. "For each Series an entrant must run at least 3 of the events in a 4 event series or 2 of the events in a 3 event series in order to qualify for trophies. Qualified entrants will be scored on the best 3 of 4 or best 2 of 3. The Series and Event Points will be the PAX Points. Winners will be decided by highest PAX total. Ties will be broken only by comparing best scores, next best scores, etc., otherwise duplicate trophies will be awarded. Trophies will be awarded as follows:"

    Trophy

    Entrants

    1st

    1 or more

    2nd

    3 or more

    3rd

    5 or more

    4th

    7 or more

    5th

    9 or more

    6th

    11 or more

    Motion by Jim Rohn to accept, second by Patrick Fisher, motion passed.

  5. After discussion it was decided to leave the wording regarding trophies for PRO class as currently:

Place

3-Event Pay Out

4-Event Pay Out

1st

$60

$75

2nd

$45

$60

3rd

$30

$45

4th

$15

$30

5th

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$15

Motion by Jim Rohn to accept, second by Steve Ryan, motion passed.

Trophies for the Spring Series were discussed. Jim Rohn and Dave McCombs will investigate the availability and cost of the mini-helmets we had for year-end gifts a few years ago; and Tage Evanson will investigate shirts with the new AZ Region Solo Logo. Decision will be made later as to choice to use. Scott Meyers suggested that the Committee investigate at a future meeting the concept of having a chairman for trophies and banquets to keep this topic current.

A summer get-together is planned for Fuddrucker's along the Black Canyon freeway like last year. Jim Rohn will investigate a date in mid-July.

A motion was made by Mark Shaw to simplify the PayPal fees to match the regular cash pre-entry fees since the PalPay account now points directly to the Solo II bank account and the transaction fees can be covered by the club. The motion was seconded by Steve Eymann and the motion passed.

A brief discussion of a possible Divisional for 2003 was discussed, but nothing concrete decided until we determine the site plan and costs for 2003. The AMP site appears to be well suited to such national level events.

Adjournment:

Having no further business to discuss Mark Shaw made a motion to adjourn. Seconded by Jodie Warren and the meeting ended at approximately 9:00PM

 

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(Update 20Jun02)