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April 2006: Super 8 Motel, Grapevine, Texas
The
meeting was called to order at 7:30
by Robert Vick, Regional Executive.
Roll
Call: All members were present except Brian Sill.
Approval
or Correction of Previous minutes:
March:
http://www.texasscca.org/board_mins_mar06.html
Minutes
were approved.
Reports
of Officers:
Treasurer’s
Report (John Dorety): January
through March had a net outflow of cash due to expenses from the
Annual Banquet and prior to any Solo or Club Racing events.
Membership
Report (Robey Clark,
BoD): Membership totals for the month of March are 931.
The State Fair of Texas Round-Up is scheduled for October 22, which
is the closing day of the fair. A
reminder was made about the Membership Meeting at Bobby Archer
Motorsports on Wed., April 12 at 7:00 p.m.
Robert Vick will preside over the meeting.
Rally
Report (Sasha Lanz,
ARE): Plans for the Rally to the Race
are complete. A “cold” run is planned later in
the week, with a safety check scheduled for April 15.
Sanctioning is complete and entries are being accepted for the
event.
The
next race will be the Saab sponsored rally, and 100 entries are
expected.
The
MAAD Rally in October is still planned.
The
Dallas Sports Car Club will sponsor a rally, and the event will be
sanctioned by the Texas Region of the SCCA.
A
fifth rally is also being planned.
An
All British Car Day is scheduled for April 23 at White
Rock Lake in Dallas. Sasha Lanz will be in attendance with
another SCCA volunteer to man a booth for the Texas Region.
This presence should hopefully stir interest in the region’s Rally
program.
Solo
Report (Matt Lucas, ARE): Mr. Lucas reports that
two Solo events are complete. The first event was successful,
despite a record 9 inch rainfall! 76 people still ran the
event, which were only 50 less than expected. Also, despite
the heavy rains, Solo participants still got 3 runs!
The
second event was the David Wade Memorial event. The 109
participants did get a full 5 runs, and the event was very
successful.
The
next Solo event is scheduled for May 6 at Pennington Field.
The event is a Solo School on the concrete course.
The next day, May 7, Solo will hold runs at TMS in conjunction with
the Double National Club race. It was suggested that Solo
participant remember to attend the Friday night party hosted by the
region for the Club racers.
Pro
Solo is scheduled for May 20-21 in Mineral Wells, with two mirrored
tracks as the course set-up. It is also likely that the Region
will host a Test and Tune at Mineral Wells (asphalt) in preparation
for the Solo Championships at Heartland Park.
Special
thanks were made to Mike Sexton for his merchandising expertise.
Matt
also brought to the board’s attention that the Solo generator is
in need of repair or replacement. The generator is used for
running the computers and timing box for the remote events.
Different solutions were discussed.
Race
Report (Dan Cashman, ARE): Mr. Cashman reports
that all volunteers are in place for the May race at TMS.
Sasha Lanz will serve as Paddock Marshall. The Dallas MS 150
(charity cycling event for Multiple Sclerosis) has requested to let
it’s participants cycle around the track Saturday morning prior to
the races at TMS. Approximately 3000 cyclist are expected, and
logistically impossible to accommodate prior to our event.
This request will be denied. The cyclist will be allowed to
camp overnight in the north parking lot as to not interfere with the
SCCA event.
Correspondence:
A DVD of the Get Real Fast program has been produced and is
available.
Old
Business: Approval
of the Motorsport Ranch as the site for the Region’s Super
School was presented by Robey Clark. Arguments were made as to
the pro and cons of holding the school at MSR vs. TMS. TMS is
approximately $2000 less for the weekend, and was deemed a superior
set-up for a school event. MSR requires more flagging staff,
but arguments were made that a school event would be an excellent
“test” for the race venue. This old business was taken off
the table and brought for a vote. The December Super School at
the MSR was approved by a 3-2 vote with one member abstaining.
Sasha
Lanz presented an update on a Divisional Newsletter.
A detailed cost analysis was presented by Mr. Lanz comparing past
expenses of our Round-Up newsletter to those estimated for
outsourcing a Divisional Newsletter. A discussion was also made as
to having an electronic newsletter in lieu of a printed one. The cost for a Divisional Newsletter could would be less for
the year, assuming that a Round-Up was printed each month. In
the past, the Round-Up was only issued 8 out of 12 months.
Overall, a Divisional Newsletter would provide a great service, but
would actually be more expense. The region would have less
financial flexibility if this publication was outsourced. Ralph
Siebert made a motion to wait and bring this for discussion at the
SW Divisional meeting. Dan Sherrod seconded this motion.
It was suggested that the Divisional Newsletter would be pursued
provided that 50% of the regions in the SW Division would
participate.
New
Business: Approval
of repairs to the Region’s portable flag stand was discussed by Robey
Clark. The stand has been taken to Reb Folbre’s shop for
potential repairs. Welding and tires will be required to
repair the existing stand. Discussions were tabled until
further information is obtained.
A
request for 2007 race schedules was made by Robert Vick.
Next
Board Meeting:
Monday, May 8, 2006
Super 8 Motel, Grapevine
Texas @ 7:30 p.m.
A
motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 9:00
p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Deborah
Loth, Secretary
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