March 2010

March 25, 2010

The meeting was called to order by Regional Executive Mark Walker at 8:00 pm.

LOCA TION: Action Signs, 4425 S. 50th Street, (50th & L Streets), Omaha, NE.

IN ATTENDANCE:

Board members in attendance: Mark Walker, Mark Jorgensen, Chuck Garcia, John LaRandeau, Ann LaRandeau, Stan Cisar.

Others in attendance: Matt Cox, Mikaela Walker, Jerry Doctor, Paul Gledhill and Tom Riss.

Secretary’s Report

Secretary Ann LaRandeau handed out copies of the minutes from the February meeting. The minutes were reviewed. Motion to approve minutes, Jorgensen/Walker, approved.

Treasurer’s Report

Copies of the bank statement and savings account were handed out by Treasurer John LaRandeau. The accounts were reviewed and discussed. Motion to approve, Ann LaRandeau/Garcia, approved.

Activities

Social

Tom Riss reported on the expenses for the World of Wheels car show. Tom reported there was a lot of interest in our club and cars.

RallyCross

The March 14th rallycross was cancelled because of mud. The Board gave approval to reschedule the event. Mark Walker is still in contact with I-80 Speedway for an additional rallycross site. John LaRandeau will send out information on a site in west Omaha for further consideration. Motion to have our October rallycross included in the Mid Div Rallycross series, Doctor/John LaRandeau, approved.

Solo

Paul Gledhill will be the event master for the March 28th event at MAC. The April 11th event at LAP needs an event master. Paul Gledhill volunteered to be the new Solo Chair. This was approved by the Board. Evolution School would like to have two schools at LAP, one on June 11, before our Mirrorkahana type event on June 12 – 13 and one on August 27 before the Divisional on August 28 – 29. National staff will be at LAP on April 24 to set up the course for the Pro Solo on May 1 & 2. Discussion on the BMW Street Survival School dates. More on this later.

Competition

MAM race April 17 - 18 , details are coming along. MPH race on October 2 – 3 still needs a race chair.

Old Business

As mentioned above, Paul Gledhill has volunteered to be Solo Chair. We still need an Activities Director. Nothing new to report on the Policies and Procedures manual update. Mark Walker has sent trailer plans to several companies for bids on the completion of the trailer. He has not received any responses yet. Mark Walker reported he has updated the club software and repaired the hardware. The club will have another training session for interested members to learn how to work the timing equipment, registration and tech. The date will be announced later. Repairs to the bus (now used for Timing and scoring) are being made. Mark Walker reported he has ordered the event trophies and they should be here in time for the first solo points event. Mark Walker also suggested that members who do not use their medallion trophies that they have already won could return them to the club so they could be reused.

New Business

Currently our 2010 Solo event locations are, Lincoln Air Park, Mid America Center, Lincoln Southwest High School and the old location at Lincoln Air Park North. Mark Walker would like to be reimbursed for the license plates, insurance, and fuel that he has spent on the bus for the club. Mark will bring the amounts spent and then the Board will vote on the reimbursement. New Solo Tech cards were reviewed. There were some minor changes suggested, then they will be printed. Lisa Nobel, an SCCA Board officer, has asked our club to donate $500 to the SCCA Foundation. There was a discussion on this. Motion to donate the $500 Walker/Ann LaRandeau, approved by the Board. Chuck Garcia was asked what his fees would be for trash removal at Nationals. More on this later. Jerry Doctor suggested we drop the spouse membership fee in order to keep the total fee under $100. Mark Walker is going to check and see how many family memberships we have before we decide.

Motion to adjourn, Garcia/ Jorgensen, approved by all, meeting adjourned at 9:23 pm.

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