Regular Meeting Minutes, Feb. 1, 2006

Attendees: John Evans, Patty Evans, Doug Driver, Mike Mulhall, Mike Khamis, Matt Roy, Scott Perry, Pat Riley, Denice Larsen, Helen Perry, John Perry, Charles Marshall, Kyp Johnson, Deb Johnson, Jeff Neilson, Judy Girton, John Riggs, John Townley, Lucas Kunze, Lee Mitchell, Wes Friesen

The meeting started at 6:30 at Austin’s restaurant.

Patty started the meeting off by reviewing January’s minutes, which were motioned to be approved by Charles and seconded by Matt. Approved.

The Treasurer’s Report was then reviewed by Patty, at which point John Evans mentioned that if our CD balance was over $10,000, we could receive a 4% return on said funds. John Perry made a motion to approve the report and was seconded by John Riggs.

Attention was then drawn to the NORPAC Convention that was held in Reno. Patty made a request to Katie Elder that our club wants more visibility and support for the divisional Solo series to continue to run it in Reno. Patty has received zero feedback since the convention. Matt Roy feels that we are not getting support from other regions. Mike Mulhall feels that SFR will not support our divisional efforts, and until they commit to coming we should not have the event. The club has decided not to hold a divisional event this year. Judy also attended the convention and sat in on many of the seminars, such as the development of the HANS device, as did Lee Mitchell. Both felt the convention was well run, but Lee thought there could have been more in-depth discussions. There were also talks of a possible divisional series for Trials at the convention.

Our Supplemental Regulations have been changed slightly since the last meeting. Street Tire cars will not run in the own class, but rather in with their Regional class with cars on R-compound tires. Street Tire cars will will get a handicap. This is to try to increase competition in all classes. PAX will go unchanged for this year but will be reviewed next year. John Perry suggested we change our supps to not ban excessively loud cars permanently, but to request the owner to quiet the car. Mike then suggested that we get our sound meter calibrated so that it is accurate at measuring the db level.

Start times for Solo events have been adjusted 15 minutes per Dean’s suggestion, so we can now start 15 minutes earlier in the morning and afternoon if made possible by the event chairs.

We are still looking for event chairs, without them we can’t hold events. So please call John Evans (775) 828-0608 and let him know what event you can run. John Riggs and John Townley will be co-chairs for the June 24-25 event, but others are open. John would also like to hold a car show at Summit Racing to increase member retention and new interest.

An announcement was made that Doug Driver will be giving a 20-minute overview on the Time Trials program at our March general meeting. Everyone interested in Trials should plan to attend and get answers to all your questions.

Jim Gandy would like to do a couple of “tours,” one possibly June 3, and one October 1. This would be great, as the Board of Directors would like to increase our social activities this year.

Solo Activities Director John Evans has made info posters at a cost of $2 per poster. Also, he has made Solo event schedule cards. He is looking for members to pass out the cards to help boost our presence in the community. (Winnemucca is not on our event schedule because they have just sealed the pavement and are worried that we may pull up the tar. John feels there is no way to prevent this, so for now we will not be traveling to Winnemucca this year. The site for our August Solo event is not yet known; Stead has many things planned that month.) The schedule cards also have a place for members to put their name as part of Russ Carpenter’s “Sign ‘em UP!” program. Newbies showing the card at registration will get member pricing, and the member whose name is on the card earns points in Russ’ program.

Jim Gandy has suggested an “I Stock” class which would be a sub-H Stock class to help even out competition for econo-box cars that are not up to par with the Mini. John Evans has decided to try to make a more formal proposal that answers many questions on which cars and how to get the word out about this new class.

Bus cleaning day is March 11^th at 10 a.m. at Dave and Carol Deborde’s, 2910 Santa Inez, Minden. Please RSVP (775) 267-4845 so Carol can get a good count for lunch. Everyone is invited to come out and help make the bus look great for the new season.

Dick Lewis is holding a Solo Safety Steward class March 31^st at 7 p.m. Please RSVP (775) 852-3936. You must attend this class and then help steward two events to get your license, and we could always use more safety stewards.

We may have some Junior Karters this year, and if so we need a Youth Steward. If anyone is interested in being a Youth Steward so that we can have this program available to young participants, please contact a member of the board ASAP.

The SCCA has announced that the new President of the national club will be Jim Julow. For more information check out scca.org.

Solo 2 (or Solo II) has now changed its name to Solo.

Jeff Neilsen needs help with tech inspection for both Solo and Time Trials.

Patty would like to hold shorter monthly meetings so that people may be able to stay after and talk instead of heading home late. Also if you have comments, questions or things you would like to see, please let any one of the board members know what it is so we may be able to provide it.

Matt Roy pointed out that autocrossforums.com is a place that local people can go and discuss automotive things.

Dean is working to try to get us a new server, which would allow our web site to be more user friendly, with more updated information.

Motion to adjourn by Helen Perry, second by Patty Evans. Meeting adjourned at 7:52 p.m.

Submitted by Lucas Kunze, Assistant R.E.