Minutes for September, 12th 2006.

Meeting started at approximately 6:35pm.

Board Members Present:

Jim Patterson, Kim Wright, Ping Gordo, Andre Pantic, Rich Ghering, Dennis Damon, Scott Sansom, Chris May, Matthew Kogan, Bill Woolard.

Members Present:

Jim Lloyd, Robbie Adelson, Tom Newport, Peter Winokur, Nik Veler, Dan Tackett, Kerstin Gottke-Hough, Forrest Sedgwick, John Dowd, Duane Steadman, Lisa Goehring, Gary Basey, Lillian Gordo.

Secretary's Report:

The August minutes were approved without change.

Treasurer’s Report:

Our total accounts combined balance was roughly $43,700.

Newsletter:

There was a motion carried to have a November and December issue as opposed to a combined issue.

Auto-cross Chair:

We had 108 entrants at the Sept. 9^th autox, and including instructors we had roughly 120 drivers. Matt said that he planned to move the drivers meeting up to 8:15am to get people out to work and into grid sooner. There were some issues with timing, but everything ended up working out fine and they finished up by 5:15pm.

Some suggestions to help the autox run smoother and more efficiently in the future could be to print out course maps, get course set-up volunteers in advance and to not tech cars if they have any loose items in the car.

Driving School:

A motion was carried to accept the Driving School Staffing Guidelines sent to us from National.

New Business:

Scott notified us that the storage unit is doing fine. Scott purchased a new battery for our laptop ($149).

A motion was carried to allow Rich to purchase 4 brand new radios ($1,120) and 8 or 9 batteries for a total of roughly $1,500. Rich also notified us that he is almost done appraising the value of the trailer and all of its contents.

Rich and Nik to decide how many of what size helmets we will purchase. A motion was carried to allow Nik to purchase 20 of the $89 helmets. The helmets will all be open-faced and SA rated 2005 helmets.

Jim Patterson told us that there are no lunch tickets left for the Speedfest. If you are interested in corral passes, please send Jim a request.

The truck and trailer will now be stored at a new location. In exchange for allowing us to store the truck and trailer, a motion was carried to allow the property owner to have free autox and x-car guaranteed entrance to our autoxes for as long as he is storing the truck and trailer.

We will be accepting votes for the final by-laws for about another month. At the October meeting the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer will need to sign the final draft.

It was voted on to have the election meeting after an abbreviated monthly board meeting on Tuesday, December 12^th.

Old Business:

This coming Thursday at Cunningham BMW and this Saturday at Harloff will be the Susan G. Komen drive for the cure. Between 4-5pm, we will be meeting up both days to transport the cars.

The dyno day will be held on Saturday November 18^th at the Dyno Shop in Santee. The cost will be $40 for 2 runs. We will begin at 8am and will run until around 1pm. We anticipate that we can accommodate 30-35 cars. If you would like to reserve a space, please email Kim Wright at undrrtd@gmail.com.

Upcoming Events:

This Saturday will be the BMW Parts Swap Meet at Bavarian Mastercare in San Marcos. It will be from 8-12pm with lunch served.

October 14^th will be the All German Auto Tech Session. Food will be served, and there will be Dinan cars there.

The next and last autox of the year will be held on November 4^th.

November 11^th will be the women-only tech event held at PEG auto in Spring Valley.

On December 10^th, we will be hosting our annual Holiday Party at the SD Auto Museum. We will be having a gift exchange, food, raffles and lots of fun.

Andre told us that he is still working on a date for the rally and the Symbolic event.

Webmaster:

An email reminder will be sent to autox attendees to remind them that they will need an SA2000 or newer helmet for the next autox.

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:00 pm.