Minutes of the Regular Meeting

of the Reno Region of the SCCA

November 2, 2005

Attendees:       Dave DeBorde            Carol DeBorde            Doug Driver

                        John Evans                 Lucas Kunze               Jim Kunze

                        Matt Roy                      Scott Perry                  Matt Benson

                        Greg Benson               Nick Hansen                Lee Mitchell    

                        John Riggs, Jr.            Chuck Johnson           John Townley

                        Kyp Johnson               Deb Johnson               Steve Singley

                        Trisha Singley

Dave DeBorde called the meeting to order at 6:40 PM, and ordered the attendees to proceed with self introductions.

Minutes of Prior Meeting

John Riggs moved to approve the minutes from the October 5, 2005 meeting; Scott Perry seconded; the motion carried unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report 

Matt Benson delivered the treasurer’s report.  Doug Driver moved to approve the treasurer’s report, and Lee Mitchell seconded the motion.  The motion carried unanimously.  Matt discussed the upcoming maturity of the CD, and John Evans suggested he call Wells Fargo to see if we can get a better rate than the current 0.0000001% annual return.

Nominations for 2006 Board positions

Dave reviewed the open positions for the Reno region board positions which will be voted on at the December meeting.  The members aren’t exactly knocking the doors down to fill the empty positions;  career opportunities are available in the Solo2, Regional Executive, Secretary and Assistant RE positions.

Awards Banquet

31 people are signed up for the awards banquet on for November 19^th at the Tamarack.  Approximately 70 attendees are expected.  Prizes are needed. 

Fall Tour

Dave spent a few moments reviewing the fall tour.  The weather was fabulous and the scenery was great – as was the fellowship.  Jim Gandy is to be congratulated and thanked for a wonderful event.

October 15^th-16^th Club Trials

The last Lovelock club trials event was sparsely attended, but it still went off without a hitch.  With the light crowd the track time was great and the schedule was leisurely.

Reno-Fernley Raceway Club Trials

41 participants are signed up for the November 12^th club trials event at Reno-Fernley.  Dave plans on four 20 minute sessions for the participants.  Instructors will be available for all novices, and there is room for more participants.

Tow Fund

Dave discussed Russ Carpenter’s proposal for a fund which would accrue a portion of every entry fee towards a tow fund for participants to attend the runoffs.  Several members discussed equitable methods for awarding the funds and the difficulties in developing the funding formula.  All agreed that no immediate action was necessary.

2006 Schedule

Dave suggested that the Time Trials and Solo2 chairs (whoever they may be) assemble ad hoc committees sooner rather than later to discuss possible dates and the optimal number of events for next year’s programs.  John Evans and Matt Roy volunteered to participate in Solo2 and Dave DeBorde, Doug Driver and Chuck Johnson volunteered to participate in TT planning

Walk-On Items

Dave reviewed Chrysler’s SRT program that includes free SCCA membership with the purchase of an SRT automobile – similar to what Subaru did with the WRX program.

Everyone congratulated Lee Mitchell on winning his NORPAC vintage class title and Dave on receiving his competition license.  Following that the dogs were howling as the members sang “Happy Birthday” to Scott Perry.

Adjourn

The next general membership meeting is scheduled for December 7^th at 6:30 PM at Austin’s Restaurant in Reno. 

With no further business before the members, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted by Doug Driver, Secretary.