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Members Present:
1. Election of Officers
• Eric Pitzele nominated DeDe Tabor for treasurer.
Seconded by Peter Atkinson. Motion passed unanimously.
DeDe Tabor is the new Treasurer.
• Bob Synder nominated Rick Schafer for secretary.
Second by Eric Pitzele. Motion passed unanimously.
Rick Schafer is the new Secretary.
• Rick Schafer nominated Bob Synder for vice president.
Second by Eric Pitzele. Motion passed unanimously.
Bob Synder is the new Vice -President.
• Bruce Akey nominated Eric Pitzele for president.
Second by Bob Synder. Motion passed unanimously.
Eric Pitzele is the new President.
2. Concessions
Dawn Zimmermann has informed the club that she would not be able to run the concessions this year. Members Sue Beseman and Jason Hirdler have expressed interest in running the concessions this year. There was discussion on rotating the concession responsibilities this year. After much discussion, the board feels this is not a viable solution. After much discussion the motion was made to appoint Jason Hirdler with the concessions responsibility by DeDe Tabor. This motion was based on his tenure with the club. Peter Atkinson seconded and motion passed unanimously.
3. Race Director
Race directors for 2009 will be a combination of Josh Goar and Nick Greeder. The intent and expectation is that one of them will be observing the racing activities at all times.
4. Yamaha KT100 Can Promotion
Jim Barnett passed out a flyer promoting this class. It is felt that there are a significant number of these karts sitting in garages and there is a good possibility that this class could be brought back. This promotion is set up for May 16 & 17 and offers a “buy one get one free” race entry for these dates. It was decided to continue with this effort. Please review the flyer on the web site.
5. Front Bodywork for the 4-Cycle Classes
Eric Pitzele brought up the from body work issue for the 4cycle classes. Current MKA rules state “Full body work or CIK type bodywork allowed”. After much discussion a motion was made by Peter Atkinson to change the rules to state “Full body work or CIK type bodywork required for Juniors and Rookie classes. Body work is not required for the adult classes”. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
6. Eau Claire Technical College Parking Lot Race
Discussed the possibility of holding a Saturday parking lot race as a support race for SCCA auto cross event. The board feels that such an event could bring in some much needed publicity in the Eau Claire area. However, the board feels that the club members need to approve such an event by vote (2/3 approval). Peter Atkinson will have a presentation prepared for the next general membership meeting.
7. The board decided to continue the $100 bounty on new members who race at least 4 days.
8. USAIR Race Shawano, WI
There has been continued discussion with track official from the Shawano track on us racing at their track and them racing at our track. Some of the discussion was about the possibility of calling this series the “Wisconsin State Sprint Kart Championship”. More to come on this.
9. Track Configurations
Jim Barnett presented the results of the track configurations questionnaire. Much discussion followed on this subject. Peter Atkinson made a motion to change the schedule to reflect the results of this questionnaire with some minor modifications. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
10. Clean-up Weekend
Discussed plans for the clean-up weekend. The board would like to appoint foremen for different area in an effort to be better organized. Areas would include:
11. General Membership Meeting has been set for 03/28/2009 at the Pizza Hut in Hudson at 11:05 AM.
12. General Expenses
Board briefly discussed different ways to possibly reduce expenses for 2009. No actions were taken at this time. Board will continue to review. Motion by Jim Barnett to adjourn meeting at 10:05 PM with Peter Atkinson seconding the motion. Next board meeting was scheduled for 03/18/2009 @ 6:30 at the Pizza Hut.