Minutes for August 8th, 2006.

Meeting started at approximately 6:30pm.

Board Members Present:

Maureen Lyall, Jim Patterson, Kim Wright, Ping Gordo, Andre Pantic, Rich Gehring, Gordon Anderson, Dennis Damon, Mike Turpen, Connie Patterson, Chris May, Matthew Kogan, Bill Woolard.

Members Present:

Jim Llyod, James Eberhardt, Jordan Eiler, John Dowd, Duane Steadman, Patrick O’Hagan, Kristen Adams, Jesse Adams, Didier Jantz, Peter Lattuer, Carmen Barrett, St. John Robbins.

Secretary's Report:

The July minutes were approved without change.

Treasurer’s Report:

Our total accounts combined balance was roughly $33,000.

President’s Report:

Newsletter:

Bill told us that we need more content in our newsletter, so if you have any stories or articles, please contact Bill.

Auto-cross Chair:

Matt will be running the upcoming autox on September 9^th. It will be our first ever 100 cars autox. The 1^st 10 non-bmw’s will be guaranteed entrance.

Driving School:

There is no new information to report at this time.

New Business:

Gordon and Rich reminded us that about 20 of our helmets will be expiring in October. A motion was carried to purchase open-faced helmets. SA will be the rating that we will purchase. Gordon and Matt will be looking for the best prices available and will have more information by the next meeting.

Chris May told us that the abundance of advertisers has made up for the cost of the metal printing plates.

Kim told us that she is looking at November 18^th for a dyno day. More information will be available by the next meeting.

Maureen notified us that we have received a bill for taxes. Apparently we will need to pay 1% of the stadium rental fee for taxes. Maureen and Gordon said that they will investigate this further.

There was a motion approved to rent our cones to the Lotus club on August 25^th for $75.

There was also a motion carried to have Scott Samson fill Bill Woolard’s member at large position.

Old Business:

Scott notified us that we will be using a clipboard to check items in and out of the storage unit. The keys will be distributed to designated persons shortly.

A good discussion about the by laws draft was held. It was voted on to not change the number of members at large. The wording will be changed to clarify who is the main contact for insurance. An updated version of the by laws will be emailed to board members, then published in the newsletter where members will be able to vote.

Upcoming Events:

Maureen notified us that she is still waiting on a finalized date for the Women Only Tech Event.

Mike Turpen has roughly 15 tickets left for the Padres game on August 21^st. The tickets are $35/each.

Matt reminded us that the drive for the cure is coming up next month. He is still waiting on exactly what they need us to do, but right now it looks like we just need drivers to transport cars. We need roughly 23 people on the 14^th to transport cars from Cunningham to Harloff. We will also need people to transport cars from Harloff to a dealership in Orange County.

Dennis reminded us that the Swap Meet will be held on Saturday, September 16^th at Mastercare.

Jim is currently working on getting lunch and corral passes for Speedfest. Email Jim if you would like to attend.

Gordon reminded us that we will also be having an autox on Saturday, November 4^th.

Webmaster:

Jim told us that he put the links to the advertisers websites onto our advertisers page.

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:45 pm.