December 1999
The meeting was called to order at 7:40 PM. The following were in attendance: Janell Mullins, Charlie Maloney, Joe & Navonne Waterhouse, Rich Olmstead, Kevin Poirier, John Nispel, Ron Barker, Frank Hamilton, Steve Andrews, Jim Culp, & Kevin, Lynn, & Alex Needham.
Kevin Needham moved to approve the minutes of the November 3rd meeting as written. It was seconded, voted on and passed.
Treasurer's report: Checking Account $2,248.78 and Savings Account $8,331.68.
Old Business:
Review of why the Shitepoke/Dryad Rally was canceled. Rally had
been approved, then Simpson adopted their Salmon Recovery plan that stated
if it was raining on the day of the event, the event couldn't be held.
Discussion followed on the possibility of future problems with our rallies.
New Business:
Potential new rally cross site. Frank Hamilton found a site right
off of I-5 at exit 95. Approximately 66 acres. Surface is a
little bit of everything. Maybe see about getting one of the non-profit
groups to do the concessions.
Rally Workers Party - Navonne was to check on the availability of using SPSCC again. She doesn't foresee any problems. She will call Fred to confirm.
Janell Mullins brought up that it is mandatory the members of the Executive Board attend the Regional Banquet on January 22, 2000. She asked that the Rally Committee reimburse the four members that are representing Rally for the cost of the dinner. It was moved by Rich Olmsted that we reimburse them. It was seconded, voted on and passed.
Rally Committee meetings for 2000 will be always be on the 1st Thursday following the 1st Monday of each month, except July. July's meeting will be held on Thursday, July 13.
Nominating Committee - John Nispel will get ahold of the committee members to see if they have nominated anyone. This needs to be done soon.
Janell Mullins asked that names of people who are donating prizes for the Banquet be to her by December 22.
Janell Mullins nominated John Nispel for Assistant R.E. for the year 2000. It was seconded, voted on, and passed.
Kevin Poirier talked about Oregon's Rally Crosses. They are going to go to one event per day vs two separate events. Four runs per car. Two, maybe three events during the year. They are expanding the car classes to six. These are proposed rule changes. The Oregon group has a committee working on these.
Norpac convention will be in Reno, January 7-9. Held at Harrahs. Kevin Poirier talked about the agenda for the event.
Ron Barker moved that the meeting be adjourned at 8:37 pm. It
was seconded, voted on and passed.
November 1999
The meeting was called to order at 7:40 PM. The following were in attendance: Janell Mullins, Charlie Maloney, Joe & Navonne Waterhouse, John Forespring, Rich Olmstead, Mike Nagle, Kevin Poirier, John Nispel, Ron Barker, Ray & Janice Damitio, Ben Bradley, Jim Culp, Alex & Lynn Needham.
Janell Mullins moved to approve the minutes of the October 6th meeting as written. It was seconded, voted on and passed.
The Treasurer gave her report.
We need a nominating committee for the perpetual trophies. Ben Bradley & Janice Damitio volunteered and Janice volunteered Amity Trowbridge. The regional banquet is January 22, 2000 and the Worker's Party is January 29, 2000.
We need to come up with a list of people that we can solicite prizes from for the Worker's Party. Names need to be to Janell by December 22 so they can be included in the program for the banquet. Janell's email address is: momcat@centurytel.net
There is a tie for Class 1 Co-Driver 2nd place for regional points this year. The rules for divisional points state that the award go to the highest finisher in a co-efficent 3 rally. Ron Barker moved we offer co-2nd place awards for this year and to continue in following years. It was seconded, voted on, and passed.
Highway clean up was done on Sunday, October 24. There were only
6 people that participated. We cleaned up only 1 of our 2 mile stretch.
We need to finish our section either this month or next. Hopefully
we can do it on a
day that is not raining. We will be finishing our job on
Sunday, October 14. Volunteers should bring good gloves, long sleeve
shirts, & warm clothes.
It has been established that we will raise the prices on entry fees
for next year by $25. Any team that has members help with one of
the four clean-ups next year will get $25 off a future rally entry.
We will be meeting at the County DOT Maintenance Bldg on Tilley Rd at 11:00
am. Directions: Take exit 99 off I-5, go east, at the 2nd stop
sign turn right (Tilley Rd). Two long
country blocks and DOT is on right. Our scheduled clean-ups for
next year are: April 2, July 9, August 20, & October 22.
Rally schedule changes for next year:
Shitepoke/Dryad Club Rally will be on June 10-11,
2000
ORV Rally Sprints will be on July 29-30, 2000
Wild West National Rally will be on September 15-16,
2000
John Nispel received an email from Roy Ward and he mentioned that they would really like to have a rally in or near Wenatchee. We may have a person over there that would be willing to help get roads, etc.
Worker's Party - January 29, 2000 - The SPSCC is currently under construction.
Navonne will check with Fred and see if there is any possibility of us
getting in. If not she will check with the Mason County Fairgrounds
and see about having the kids from Mary M. Knight school prepare the food.
Regional Election Results:
Members at Large - Mike Leuty & Frank Hamilton
Regional Secretary - Janell Mullins
Assistant Regional Executive - John Forespring
Treasurer - Dan Miklovic
Janice Damitio is going to contact someone at the Elma Fairgrounds to see if they would be willing to let us hold Rally Crosses there. We will discuss next years schedule if we find Elma is acceptable.
Mike Nagel brought up discussion on the future of rallying in the northwest. Much discussion followed.
Joe Waterhouse is going to talk to someone at Ft Lewis and see if someone would come down and talk to us about holding a rally on their property.
Janice Damitio asked why the Doo-Wops and the Wild West were no longer 60% national rally's. Much discussion followed.
Janell Mullins moved that the meeting be adjourned at 9:45 pm.
It was seconded, voted on and passed.
October 1999
The meeting was called to order at 7:08 PM. The following were in attendance: Janell Mullins, Diane Duran, Jerry Moon, Paul Taylor, Joe & Navonne Waterhouse, John Forespring, Frank Hamilton, Rich Olmstead, Mike Nagle, Kevin Poirier, Dan & Amy Miklivic, John Nispel and Lynn Needham.
Janell Mullins moved to approve the minutes of the August 10th and September 9th meetings as written. It was seconded, voted on and passed.
The Treasurer gave her report.
There was some discussion on the tax bill from previous years. Dan Miklivic reported that the total bill will be split almost evenly between all venues.
Adopt-a-Highway - we did receive a packet of information, including
a video to watch before we go out. We decided to do our first clean
up on Sunday, October 24. We will meet at the DOT Maintenance Yard
on Tilley Rd. at 10:00.
Directions: Take exit 99 off I-5, go east, at the 2nd stop
sign turn right (Tilley Rd). Two long country blocks and DOT is on
right.
Rally Cross - September 19, 1999 - overall everyone seemed to have a good time. There was much discussion on the event. There were a couple of glitches including the weather, which was hot and dry. There was discussion on putting together a series for next year. Oregon will probably put on 3 events and we would like to put on 2 events. There was much discussion on various other venue possibilities.
Dryad/Shitepoke Rally - November 6 & 7 - There are 2 stages that are completely new to rallying. Jim at the Doo-Wop Diner is having $1 tacos and no cover charge Saturday night. Much discussion followed on stages, roads, spectator areas, etc.
Denver FIA Rally - has completed the course, no official sponsor yet, they have been asked to do an environmental impact statement, they are anticipating a large field.
There was a lot of discussion on next years schedule and the effects that the FIA rally will have on it.
Oregon Trail is scheduled to run April 15. It hasn't been determined whether it will be a one day or two day event in the Tillamook area. A 60% SCCA National listing is being sought.
Navonne Waterhouse moved that the meeting be adjourned at 8:54 pm.
It was seconded, voted on and passed.
August 1999
The meeting was called to order at 7:08 PM. The following were in attendance: Janell Mullins, John Nispel, John Forespring, Paul Taylor, Frank Hamilton, Ben Bradley, Kevin Poirier and Lynn Needham.
John Forespring moved that the minutes of the July 14, 1999 meeting be approved as submitted. It was seconded, voted on and passed.
Lynn Needham gave the following Treasurer’s Report: Checking Account Balance is $2,664.17 and the Savings Account Balance is $9,337.09.
Old Business:
Adopt-A-Highway - application has been presented to DOT. They
have not responded yet.
New Business:
ORV Rally Sprints - we still need as many volunteers as possible.
Discussion on what signs, etc are needed. Saturday morning there
will be a "walk thru" stage for the Rally Class.
Non-Profit status - in order to maintain this status and not have to submit 1099's every person asking for a reimbursement will have to fill out a new form.
Rally Cafe - good turnout. We made a little over $1,100 profit for both weekends. Clam chowder was a big success on Saturday of both weekends. Both Saturdays were rainy and overall icky.
Oregon Rally Cross - 62 entrants in the morning and 42 entrants in the afternoon. A very well organized, successful event.
Meeting was adjourned for dinner at 7:23 pm.
Meeting re-convened at 7:45.
John Nispel has reserved the room at Tumwater Valley Bar & Grill for the entire 2000 year. We will now be able to have all our meetings on the first Thursday following the first Monday of every month. The possible exception would be in July because of the 4th of July holiday.
Tentative Schedule for 2000:
Doo-Wops I & II February 12 &
13
Doo-Wops III & IV March 11 &
12
Oregon Trail Rally April 15 & 16
(possible 60% National)
Wild West Rally June 23 & 24
ORV Rally Sprints July 29 & 30
Oregon Rally (1 day) October 14
Shitepoke/Dryad November 4 & 5 (tentative)
or November 11 & 12
Vote early/vote often!!! for Area Director: Gary VanHorn. Ballots will be in this month’s Sports Car magazine.
Kevin Poirier - Oregon Region is putting together the Round Table in January 2000. He asked for any suggestions, etc. John Forespring talked about having a Gimmick Rally.
There was discussion about finding other roads for our use. There were several suggestions: National Forest roads, Indian Reservation roads.
Frank Hamilton said he can loan us cones for any weekend we might need them. We will ask Kevin Needham to talk to Butch at Tenino Speedway about having two Rally Crosses this fall. The dates would be: September 19 & October 17.
Frank Hamilton moved we adjourn the meeting at 8:45 pm. It was
seconded, voted on, and passed.
March 1999
The meeting was called to order at 7:17 PM. The following were in attendance: Rich Olmstead, Kevin, Lynn & Alex Needham, Ray Damitio, Amity Trowbridge, John Forespring, Ron Barker, Paul Taylor, Joe & Navonne Waterhouse, Lee & Marie Chambers, Mike Callahan, Jerry Moon, Diane Duran, Chris Evans, Charlie Maloney, Janell Mullins, Ben Bradley, Kevin Poirier, Matt, Mark, & Kristen Tabor, Bob & Tammy Reaves, John Nispel and Gail McDonald.
John Forespring moved that the minutes of the February 4, 1999 meeting be accepted as submitted It was seconded, voted on and passed.
Lynn Needham gave the following Treasurer’s Report: Checking Account Balance is $760.08 and the Savings Account Balance is $10,477.54. A question was asked and answered about the details of the prior month checking account activity.
Old Business: Kevin has one of the new oxygen bags here tonight. Everyone is encouraged to look at it.
Wild West Rally: Navonne has talked to the Senior Center in Shelton and they have agreed to let us start there on Friday night. The Casino will not be involved with the rally at all this year.
New Business: The editor of NW Sportscar News, Tim Dutton, has said he needs more support from the various venues or he will quit. He needs pre-event information, as well as, event results and articles.
Rally Bucks - There was much discussion on this topic. Since the region can not pay members dues directly, this was presented as an idea. We would need a policy establishing how to distribute Rally Bucks. We talked about NW Region sponsored events vs. other sponsored events. One idea was to establish a worker fund and have $5.00 per entry fee dedicated to this fund. Ray Damitio made a motion to appoint a sub-committee to establish a policy on Rally Bucks. It was seconded, voted on, and passed. Janell Mullins, Diane Duran, Lee Chambers, John Nispel, and Lynn Needham volunteered to be on the committee.
Doo-Wops III & IV - There are 17-18 entries so far. We are hoping for 40. The roads look okay. Ray is taking the chainsaw out tomorrow to clear anything that needs to be. The route books were printed in Aberdeen this year. They were $1.50 less that usual. There will be 2 spectator areas on Saturday and 5 on Sunday. There will be a press stage from 2-4 pm on Friday using the Al Davis Road.
The meeting was temporarily adjourned at 8:03 for dinner.
The meeting re-convened at 8:23.
Rally Cross Schedule - Chris Evans received a note from SCCA in Denver. They need $140 more for the December 5 Rally Cross Insurance Audit. Oregon Region will be putting on a rally cross in St Helens on June 6. Discussion followed. Chris Evans would be willing to coordinate two events this year in Tenino. Hopefully Oregon can have another event. One possible date for Tenino is September 12.
New Brochures - It pictures a nice car. "Is it for show or go?" We need a paragraph on what Rally Cross is and how it works. Chris Evans will work on it. Other Business: There was discussion on car #’s.
There was much discussion about a protest after last rally involving Bob & Tammy Reaves. There were complaints about how fast their car is vs the class they are in. When asked how they felt, Bob & Tammy said they would like to remain in Class 2 for the remainder of the season. They would like more time to practice. It was agreed by the committee to let them stay in Class 2 for scoring, but they would start with the Class 1 cars.
Wild West Rally - John Forespring again mentioned that the casino would not be a sponsor this year because of new management. There are bid out for the banquet Saturday night. Entry fees are as follows: $400 National/$250 Divisional. We are in need of sponsors. Do we know anyone that would want to sponsor a stage? Navonne said the Senior Center is willing to let us start both Friday and Saturday from there. Joe Waterhouse made a motion that we donate $100 to the Senior Center of Mason County for the use of their lot. It was seconded, voted on, and passed.
All City Rally - John Forespring said there will be one again this year. It is on April 25. It is a gimmick rally that follows a course looking for clues to the next destination. They will be finishing at a nice restaurant. It starts early Sunday morning and finishes around 4:00 pm. The entry fee is $12.00 per car.
Rich Olmstead talked about the need to recognize our workers more. They are getting harder to find. There was a suggestion about having a "worker" of the rally at each event. They would be awarded along with the driver awards. John Forespring mentioned in the past there was a pull out voting form in the route book and it was mandatory that everyone vote at the end of the rally. Discussion followed.
Diane Duran raised a question about the awarding of the Reno trip that was won by her daughters ex-husband at the worker party. There are currently internal family problems. He only worked for one rally a couple of years ago. The committee agreed that he should still receive the trip.
Bob Reaves had a question on the size, location, etc. of the driver/co-driver names on the car. Theirs won’t fit where it should.
Diane Duran talked about making more signs, possibly with vinyl. The cardboard signs are falling apart. We need to find a paint that will stick to the corrugated plastic.
Ray made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:23 PM. It was seconded, voted on, and passed.
February 1999
The meeting was called to order at 7:15 PM. The following were in attendance: Rich Olmstead, Lynn & Alex Needham, Ray & Janice Damitio, Amity Trowbridge, John Forespring, Ron Barker, Paul Taylor, Dan Miklivic, Joe & Navonne Waterhouse, Lee & Marie Chambers, Mike Callahan & Brad Bliven.
It was noted that the minutes of the January 14th meeting should be corrected as follows: The "no alcohol" ruling was from the Thurston County Commissioners and from the December 10, 1998 minutes "Rally Lite Class" should read "any class". John Forespring moved that the minutes of the January 14, 1999 meeting be accepted with the above corrections. It was seconded, voted on and passed.
There will be no press stage at Doo-Wops I & II.
Lynn Needham gave the following Treasurer’s Report: Checking Account Balance is $1,138.00 and the Savings Account Balance is $10,441.11.
Old Business: Workers Party had a great turnout. Approximately 150 people. There were not many ham operators, maybe next year we need to get some door prizes geared towards the ham operator. Overall it was a great night !!!
Car Numbers: It was discovered that the club rally decal packets are $25 per car not $5 like originally thought. We’d like all our cars to have their #’s on by the March rally. The decal packet includes: car #, windshield header - Club Rally, decals, rule book.
The meeting was temporarily adjourned at 7:42 for dinner.
The meeting re-convened at 7:52.
John Forespring asked me to write a thank-you note to those people that donated door prizes for the workers party. Somewhere there is a list of those people. As soon as I find it I will write notes.
New Business: Dan Miklivic notified us that legally we can’t pay for membership dues, but we can reimburse people for services rendered.
Doo-Wops III & IV - So far we have 11 entries. Ray showed a Deputy from Pacific County the route for the rally. Ray needs to pay $100 for two deputies. The money will go to a local school. Ray met with Weyerhouser - no problem going into the Montesano watershed. Doo-Wop IV will start from Whitneys. They are also a sponsor.
Diane Duran has met with Ray and expressed an interest in taking over the coordinating of the Doo-Wop Series.
Wild West Rally - Joe and Navonne have talked with the Senior Center in Shelton and they said it was okay for us to use their land for our Saturday start.
Joe & Navonne talked about the need to get sponsors. Navonne is going to write to Al’s Auto Supply.
Ray mentioned that entries for the Doo-Wops have said "O2L, etc" - It has been said that divisional and national classes would be the same. Does anyone know? During some discussion, it was found in the Sports Car "divisional and national classes will be the same".
Most cars will be due for annual tech - If they don’t have it done by Doo-Wops I & II, it must be done by Doo-Wops III & IV.
There was a question about new helmets and driver suits. We are waiting for a decision from Doc Shrader. He might waive these requirements for the first event of the season.
John Forespring mentioned that he hadn’t heard anything more about the "Olympus" Rally.
Wild West Rally - John Forespring has been playing phone tag with the casino. Discussion continues on them becoming a host not a presenter.
Hopefully Chris Evans will be at the next rally committee meeting. We would like to be able to get some dates set for Rally Crosses this spring/summer.
ORV Rally Sprints - The Road Not Taken is the same weekend. Rich Olmstead mentioned that there may be a little less help/support for the ORV Rally Sprints.
Janice Damitio made a motion to hold next months rally committee meeting here again at Tumwater Valley. It was seconded, voted on, and passed.
Mike Callahan asked about the possibility of having a paved stage. John Forespring talked about insurance and other complications. Some discussion followed.
Ray made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:52 PM. It was seconded, voted on, and passed.
January 1999
The meeting was called to order at 7:22 PM. The following were in attendance: John Nispel, Lynn & Alex Needham, Ray & Janice Damitio, Amity Trowbridge, John Forespring, Mike Nagle, Chris Evans, Ben Bradley, Paul Taylor, Gail McDonald, Joe & Navonne Waterhouse, Marie Chambers, & Jim Culp.
John Nispel welcomed Jim Culp to the meeting.
It was noted that the minutes of the December 9th meeting should be corrected as follows: Board Members at large not Members at large. John Forespring moved that the minutes of the December 9th, 1998 meeting be accepted with the above correction. It was seconded, voted on and passed.
Lynn Needham gave the following Treasurer’s Report: Checking Account Balance is $3,992.43 and the Savings Account Balance is $10,441.11.
John Forespring discussed the Roundtable in Reno. There were 63 attendees. There was some valuable "junk" that was given away for door prizes. The classes were good. Overall it turned out okay.
There was much discussion on the assignment of car numbers. The numbers assigned to our rally group are #200-#299. We will be assigning our car numbers. Each driver will keep his/her car number for life. John Forespring moved we buy Club Rally decal packets for $5.00 each and pass them out to competitors for free (1st time only). It was seconded, voted on, and passed.
The meeting was temporarily adjourned at 7:45 for dinner.
The meeting re-convened at 8:05.
There was some discussion about reserving #200-209 for champions from the previous year. It was seconded, voted on, and passed. Navonne will order more numbers.
Workers Party - everything is all set to go. The menu has been decided, but Navonne is still haggling over the price. Ray Damitio will get the beer.
Doo-Wop Rallies - Ray was able to get the Capitol Forest for 3 days for $1,700. There will be 1 day in Montesano. So far he has a written okay from Grays Harbor County and a verbal okay from Pacific County to use the Brooklyn Road stage. There was talk about which stage to use for the press stage. It was decided to use the Al Davis Road on Friday, March 12.
Ray announced that this will be his last year putting on the Doo-Wops. He will be glad to help whoever coordinates it next year.
John Forespring mentioned that he got a tentative autocross schedule for this year. At next Tuesday’s meeting there will be discussion on possible dates for Rally Crosses.
John Forespring talked about the ORV Rally Sprints which will be held on August 7 & 8. A "no alcohol" rule was passed, but then rescinded after some discussion.
There was much discussion on the "Olympus Rally" that John Nagle is supposedly putting on. Everyone seemed to have a definite opinion. It was questioned whether he could legally use the "Olympus" name.
Wild West Rally - there was talk about the casino being sponsors. They have a new manager. Navonne put together a packet of Rally information for the new manager to look over. Saturday we will be using downtown Shelton for the park expose. Joe and Navonne will talk to the Senior Center about using their land. We also need to notify the city of heavier traffic than usual.
Ben Bradley asked if the Edge of the Rock will count for out of division points. It was agreed that Rich Olmstead must go over the insurance papers. Ray Damitio made a motioned that there needs to be at least 15 entries to count for divisional points. Also that you can only count two rallies for out of divisional points. It was seconded, voted on, and passed.
Ben Bradley talked about getting a vintage class together. He was wondering if he can proceed with it. Janice Damitio made a motion that Ben keep investigating. It was seconded, voted on, and passed.
John Forespring asked Janice to check into Tumwater Valley for a possible meeting place. They have a new meeting room. We decided to meet there for our next meeting on February 4 unless Janice notifies us otherwise.
There was a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:00 PM. It was seconded,
voted on, and passed.
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