1/13/2010
Pizza Hut
Hudson, WI
At 6:40 P.M. President Eric Pitzele called the meeting to order, present were members:
- Jim Barnett
- Bruce Akey
- Bob Snyder
- Peter Atkinson
- Dede Tabor
- Eric Pitzele
- Also present Club member Steve Vermeer
Steve Vermeer addressed the board about the possibility of bringing the Briggs LO206 motor to MKA as a replacement for the Briggs flathead the will soon be unavailable. He explained the many advantages to this motor, and the reasonable cost to aquire and run this motor. Jim Barnett made a motion which was seconded to bring this information to the general membership at the Jan 23rd meeting The motion was approved, Steve Vermeer will help present the information at the meeting.
The Red White& Blue series previously discussed will not happen according to Jim Barnett there was not enough time to properly prepare this event.
Peter Atkinson presented the proof for the card to John Menard , a motion to approve was made by Bruce Akey, and was seconded by Jim Barnett. Peter Mr. Atkinson will deliver this directly to Menard Headquarters.
Chippewa Valley Rescue again offered their service, a motion was made by Peter Atkinson to accept this contract if there was no significant change in price, the motion was seconded by Dede Tabor. Motion passed unanimously.
Dates of availibility for Jimmy’s Banquet hall will be looked in to by Dede Tabor.
Peter Atkinson suggested we find additional ways to register pit passes for guests, because of time constraints at this meeting President Pitzele asked to table this until the next meeting, we will all think of idea’s for this in the meantime.
We discussed the dates that USAir has offered for a race at that track,(June 5-6) we will present this to the general membership on Jan 23rd.
Mr. Pitzele asked that the Board consider allowing proxy voting at this General Membership meeting for those that are unable to attend. This is allowed by our By-laws with a vote by the Board of Directors. Peter Atkinson made a motion to allow this for this meeting, the motion was seconded and approved. This will be posted to the website.
As part of the survey we determined that we need to specify how many late start races members would like to have for next season, we will take a vote at the general meeting.
The results of the survey were discussed with the information being used to set the schedule.
We will discuss at the General meeting the possibility of changing the format of the Fun day at the end of the season.
Peter Atkinson brought fort a petition to move Taylor Atkinson to Adult Animal Class. This was approved unanimously
A motion to adjourn was made and seconded.
The minutes of this meeting were recorded by President Pitzele on the club secretary’s behalf