Minutes of the Meeting

of the Board of Directors of the

Reno Region of the SCCA

February 22, 2006

The meeting convened at 6:30 PM at the home of Patty and John Evans; beef stroganoff was on the table, and a darned fine meal it was!

The first order of business was a review of the new tech sheet and registration card prepared by Jeff Neilson. The directors were appreciative of Jeff’s work and offered him kudos via a telephonic round of applause. Annual tech will be offered to all who show up at the DeBorde’s for bus cleaning on March 11^th.

Doug Driver reviewed the new financial statement format with the board, and then Dave DeBorde reviewed the national convention. Attendance was in excess of 400, and Bobby Rahall was the featured speaker. Of special note was a recommendation that airbags not be disabled. Carol’s convention write-up will appear in the newsletter.

Then it was on to the Solo member incentive program (note the “2” was dropped from Solo after Solo1 was renamed Time Trials). After considerable discussion, all directors agreed that 5 points would be the general award – 5 points for a registration referral, 5 points for working a day etc. Specific events, like Time Trials, could offer additional rewards to workers. Generally a point would equate to $1 in value with the club. The program will be passed on to the registrars for implementation, and our trusty membership chair will do the tracking. The incentive can not be redeemed for cash. Incentives can be used to offset registration costs at events or to purchase Reno Region merchandise.

Dave discussed our participation as workers at the upcoming Double national at Thunderhill March 17^th-19^th; with 8 bodies we will stand a chance of some financial gain. Dave moved on to discuss pricing models for the Time Trials events; it was moved, seconded and carried by the directors agreed that the competition committee should set the pricing.

The directors then discussed the possible replacement of some of the gamey and grody Solo helmets. All directors agreed that we should pick up some new brain buckets if we can get Snell rated helmets at a reasonable price. A discussion ensued about the use of full versus first names only in the Solo results. All present agreed that there is no real benefit to using first names only, but the issue will be presented to the general membership.

Dave brought up the need by the TT program for a laptop to load and run the AMB-compatible timing software which SFR has offered to lend us. After the director-geeks chimed in on their various preferences it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried to authorize up to $800 for the purchase of a new laptop with Windows XP Home to be used for both the TT and the Solo programs.

John Evans noted that we still have a need for a secondary junior kart steward. Sid Nelson has agreed to serve as the primary steward.

Finally, the directors agreed to donate $250 to the New Orleans region that lost all of its equipment in Hurricane Katrina. This donation will help them get their program back up and running.

The cookies were gone, the bellies were full, and there was no further business before the board; thus, the meeting was adjourned.

Respectfully submitted by Doug Driver, Secretary.