San Diego BMW CCA

Minutes for April 11th, 2006.

Meeting started at approximately 6:45pm.

Board Members Present:

Maureen Lyall, Jim Patterson, Kim Wright, Andre Pantic, Gordon Anderson, Dennis Damon, George Georges, Mike Turpen, Connie Patterson, Chris May, Matthew Kogan, Bill Woolard.

Members Present:

Jim Llyod, Dan Tackett, John Rugg, James Eberhardt, John Dowd, Charlie Kaehler, Nick Veler, Jesse Adams, Kristen Adams, Scott Samson, Craig Koontz, Tom Newport, Neil Daly, Bill Dettenborn, Ivan Garcia, Robbie Adelson..

Secretary's Report:

The January, February and March minutes were all approved without change.

Treasurer’s Report:

Ping wasn't able to attend the meeting so the financial update was not available.

President’s Report:

Maureen reminded us that it was time to reorder our stationary. A motion was made and the board approved the purchase of 1,000 letterheads and 500 envelopes along with 3,000 business cards, which will be very convenient.

Since Gary Basey was no longer able to be the club's Commercial Advertising Manager, Chris May has stepped up to the task.

The By-Laws committee will be meeting next week regarding the changes that need to take place.

Maureen notified us that Oktoberfest will be help in Grand Rapids MI. There will again be a raffle. The cars that you will be able to choose from if you are the lucky raffle winner include a 325ci, a 325xi sedan and a Z4 roadster 3.0. Raffle tickets will be $25/each.

Newsletter:

The next newsletter will be a combined March/April issue.

Auto-cross Chair:

Gordon told us that our 2nd autox of the year ran very smoothly. The event did not sell out however. The day after the March autox, the club rented out the autox equipment to the Lotus Club who ran on the same course. The equipment was rented for $250.

Gordon also reminded us that on June 3rd and 4th, we will be having our second two-day autox. We will be admitting 90 cars and any non-bmw can run on Sunday. We will also be reserving 10 spaces to the Mercedes Benz Club on Sunday.

Driving School:

On March 26th, the Buttonwillow Driving School Committee had a meeting. Andre Pantic will be taking over for Rich Ghering as the new Driving Events Coordinator. Our new Chief Instructor will be Dan Tackett. Maureen also notified us that the registrar position is open.

New Business:

A couple of representatives from AAA came to the meeting and informed us about their new Collector Car insurance. It will be an agreed value policy. For more information, you can visit your local AAA.

A motion was carried to approve a 25% discount to students 25 and under for social events. The driving school student discount will be discussed at the next meeting.

Andre brought up the topic of possibly eliminating the members at large position and having a committee of people working under other positions like social chair, etc. Andre said that he will define his idea more and email it to the board for further discussion at the next meeting.

Dennis will be finalizing a date for the swap meet t be sometime in September.

Kim will be in contact with the Dyno Shop regarding them possibly hosting a dyno day for the club in November.

Social Events:

Dennis reminded us that the Clean Car Contest will be held on May 21st. Dennis also needs two more drivers to transport cars from Harloff BMW to Spanish Landing. If you are interested in helping, email Dennis Damon at ddnomad@msn.com

Upcoming Events:

Andre reminded us that his Poker Run Rally will be help on April 23rd. More information can be found online.

Matt informed us that the Street Survival will be help on May 6th. All of the information can also be found online.

Matt also reminded us that the Drive for the Cure will be help from September 14th to September 16th.

Webmaster:

Jim brought in copies of the online survey so far. Jim said that he will leave the survey online for people to voice their opinions/suggestions.

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:25pm.