Executive Board Meeting Minutes January 9, 2008 Secretary- Debbie Hallanger -No report Treasurer- Joan Inge -1099s will be sent out over the next month. If she does not have your tax-payer ID, you will be contacted soon. If you are not positive she has your correct mailing address, please contact her through email. 1st VP- Laura Carpenter -Not present -No report 2nd VP- Bill Hallanger -Requested a more detailed version of 2nd VP expenses from 2007 season. Treasurer will have the numbers to him ASAP. -The 2008 endurance race needs to be scheduled. Proposal to hold a 4 or 6 hour race on Aug. 31 (Rnd 5). The date will be suggested to the race director and will be announced when it is official. -Discussion on the June 14-15 race weekend conflict with OMRRA for the 2008 season. Suggestions will be taken to the race director. 3rd VP- Ariana Burgess -Discussion on improvements for contingency. -October medals are still in print. -Registration and scoring upgrade expense proposals: --$1300 for new upgrade of DB Comm software --$350 for wireless hardware between scoring, registration, and announcer --expense is unanimously approved by board -A member that has not raced in 10 years has contacted Ariana to apply for an expert license. Discussion concludes that he will be asked to attend track days with a rider rep, receive a written endorsement from a race official, and run a yellow plate. -Discussion on improving awards presentation on race weekends. Discussion concludes that the awards ceremony is important and will become a priority next season. The preliminary time for the ceremony will be 30 minutes after the last race. -Scoring team has been assembled, two new volunteers, and are in training. Registration team has been finalized as well. President- Allister MacKinnon -Budgets will be ratified at February meeting. -Worked with Ed Koke, a racer and corporate attorney, to clarify the by-laws. They will be presented to Board of Directors for ratification. Air fence committee- Brad Gua -Working with Denzler to come up with season plans. Concluded that we can buy new covers in batches of 3 over the season. All original bails were recently replaced and sold to other organizations. The new covers are greatly improved and zip-up at the top, completely sealed at the bottom. Novice committee- Nico Tomacelli -Classroom curriculum will be created over the next couple of weeks and presented at the February Executive Board meeting for approval. -The second classroom session is June 9, 2008 12-4 pm at RMC. Novice Rep- Nico Tomacelli -New novices will be receiving their packets soon. -Riders that are signed up for on-track portion from last year, will have their money transferred to the track day organization they chose to attend. -There are a few novices that were scheduled for the last classroom session, which was canceled, but attended an approved track day organization, instead of the WMRRA track session. Nico would like to honor their previous acceptance into the program and allow them to attend the upcoming classroom session and receive their novice licenses. The board discusses and agrees this is acceptable. Supersport Rep- Ross Delong -He has been contacted by several racers about the OMRRA conflicting date (June 14-15). The majority of suggestions are for us to accomodate these racers by running larger classes on Saturday, giving them the chance to race at OMRRA on Sunday. Superbike Rep- Brad Gua -No report Vintage Rep- Duncan Craick -Not present -No report Good of WMRRA -Good luck to our racers attending the upcoming WERA event. Respectfully submitted by, Debbie Hallanger Secretary, Starter and Charity Coordinator