Minutes for June 13th, 2006.

Meeting started at approximately 6:35pm.

Board Members Present:

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

Members Present:

Scott Sansom, Peter Maassardjian, Tom Newport, John Rugg, James Eberhardt, Dan Tackett, Kevin McNeil, Kristen Adams, Jesse Adams, Carmen Barrett, Jim Llyod, Steve Robbins, Patrick O'Hagan, Charlie Kaehler, Don Heller, Duane Steadman, John Dowd, Ryan Auer, Steve Johnson.

Secretary's Report:

The April and May minutes were approved without change.

Treasurer’s Report:

Our total accounts combined balance was roughly $38,000.

President’s Report:

Maureen wanted to remind everyone that name badges are still available for purchase at $5/each. Also, the chapter will be replacing the old bulky flyer's with the new business cards.

Newsletter:

Our newsletter vacancy issue was finally resolved when Bill Woolard stepped up for the position. The newsletter will be sent to the press by the end of the week. The next issue will be a 3 month issue (May, June, July), and will be a color issue.

Auto-cross Chair:

Gordon reported that the autox went very well. We had 75 cars on Saturday and 66 cars on Sunday. 5 Mercedes showed up over the weekend.

Driving School:

There is no new information to report at this time.

New Business:

Chris May has been working to help assure our advertisers that they will not lose any of the adds that they have paid for. It was decided that the advertisers will be credited for the amount of months that they paid for, not the number of issues. Connie proposed the purchase of Adobe Creative Suite to help out with the creation of the newsletter. The cost of the application is about $869 +tax.

A motion carried to buy a living memorial for the Ghering family was approved. A Jacaranda tree will be planted in memory of the Ghering's daughter.

Andre proposes to lower the number of board members down to 11, and have committees under certain positions to assure that everything gets done. For questions, and or suggestions, email Andre Pantic. This topic will be covered more at the upcoming meeting.

Old Business:.

The new bi-laws will be brought to the board meeting in July.

A motion was carried to buy a storage unit for all of the clubs stuff. It was decided to buy the 50sqft for $136/month. If you pay for one year, you get 1 month free. The storage unit is located on Murphy Canyon Rd.

Upcoming Events:

Gordon reminded us that our next autox will be held on July 8th, in the west lot. The F1 simulator will be present. The name of the autox will be "Slide Into Summer".

Maureen reminded us that the Pageant of the Masters will be on August 5th.

Matt proposes that out club be involved in the Drive for the Cure. His local contact is currently out of town, but he plans on having suggestions for ways the club can participate at the next meeting.

Dennis reminded us that on September 16th, we will have our 3rd parts swap meet held at Bavarian Mastercare in San Marcos.

In October, there is still a plan for a women only tech event to be held at PEG. More information will become available shortly.

Social Events:

The Clean Car Contest was a great success. Dennis proposed a motion that was carried to donate $3,000 to the United Ostomy Association. Next years even will unfortunately not be held in May, but on June 6th.

Webmaster:

There is no new information to report at this time.

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:07pm.