WWSCC Report – Keith was
not present at the last meeting, but not much is going on. Ron Bauer submitted
his immediate resignation. If anyone
would like to step up and become President for the end of the year, please let
Karl Coleman know so that he can collect all nominations. If no one steps up, then Karl will be forced
to fill the remainder of the year.
NT (Brian and Jess) – Brian
and Jess did one heck of a job! A big
thank you goes out from the group.
Eva & Pro (Keith &
Kristi) – Keith spoke with Jr. regarding a Phase III school. He was told they may be offering them again
sometime in the near future. He also
inquired about the Data Acquisition school which may also be available. This
could be a very expensive school for our region since it is limited to 10
students and is two days. There were a
total of 74 students that attended this year.
After lunches and other expenses we made a profit of about $4200,
although there are a few people who still need reimbursements. The Pro went well. We were done at a reasonable time on Sunday. The courses were very technical and seemed a
little slow. Things were softened a
little on Friday afternoon. The
challenge was won by Kinch Reindl.
There were not a lot of problems with the exception of the hold up in
Impound on Saturday morning. It was
difficult especially since L1 ran last and the stock cars got stuck in Impound
which made the turnover frustrating for some.
The fact that we didn’t have printers issuing 60 foot times was
frustrating as well. Thank you to Keith
and Kristi for a job well done!
Event
#8 (BMP) 10/21 (Jackie & Kevin) - Things are currently being planned.
BMP Course Design Taxiway
Guidelines – Nothing has happened since the last meeting.
Packwood Lighting – This is
still in the air and has not been finalized one way or the other. This is a moot point for the rest of this
year anyway.
Donation to “Merry
Mountaineers” – A motion was made to increase the donation to the Seniors
Citizen Center for covering our waiver duty for both the Pro Solo and National
Tour. Bud, although not in attendance,
presented a proposal to increase the amount to $300 a day. A comment was made that this increase would
be $30 and hour and Karl felt that we could find all kinds of people to cover
this position for much less money. Karl
also felt that if the dollar total stayed at this amount that we should offer
the position out to our autocrossing community next year. The group discussed the fact that hiring the
Senior Center is a wise community relations decision, but the question was
raised as to why Bud felt we needed to increase the fee. The group felt this was not addressed in the
email. A motion was made to table this
motion until next month’s meeting when Bud can be present for the discussion. A second motion was made to move forward
with paying the original $1500 that was agreed upon since we have an
obligation. Any bonus dollars above and
beyond that will be sent in the future. Gretchen will send Lou Ann a note
asking her to take care of this immediately.
Wireless Timing Gear – As
long as our current timing system is a current Race American AC4 system, it
looks like we can get the wireless upgrade TLINK2 to upgrade our timing system
to go wireless. The cost for the
upgrade (TLINK2) would be $2,213, plus we’d probably want the additional case
for storing them (6070T1), which is $189 plus tax and shipping if
necessary. They also have a wireless RF
Timer-to-Display link, but those are $375 each (one required for each
end). Jerry felt the total cost seemed
very high and wasn’t reasonable considering someone could easily destroy the
system. The group discussed the fact
that it would allow us the opportunity to change our S/F areas and possibly
eliminate the taxiway. It would also
allow us to put the receiver on either side, rather than being forced to put it
on the “dangerous” side where someone might be more apt to hit it. This type of equipment is kept in inventory
at the vendor and we could easily get it in the future, so the group agreed to
keep thinking about the situation. It
was brought up that we could connect two spools of wire and go as far as 2000
feet, which could also address some of the above issues. Thanks to Glenn for doing this research.
Draft Letter from Dick to
SCCA – Dick presented a letter he wrote to National Office regarding the
current issues with staff communication during our National Tour/Pro Solo for
discussion before he decided to mail it or not. He felt it could be interesting if our Division took the position
that we would not do any National events next year. Fast Mike felt that we should address the issue with Cindy and/or
the National Office on a one-on-one basis before bringing out the big
guns. One of the larger issues is the
way course designs were changed without any coordination with the course
designer. Things should not just be
changed without any explanation. A
suggestion was made to soften the letter up a bit to add more suggestions
rather than demands so it could come across on a more positively. It was also noted that the final paragraph
seemed like a threat. Several points
were raised in support of both sides of this situation. How many entrants will we have? Are we willing to back out of the NT and
actually hold a Divisional event? The
group seemed to feel more comfortable with sending the letter once the final
paragraph was removed. This would allow
National Office an opportunity to address some of our issues before we make a
final decision about our moves in the future. Dick suggested that he have a one-on-one with Howard Duncan at
Nationals before he “officially” mailed the letter. The group agreed this was
the best choice.
Street Survival – A Street
Survival program is currently being offered by SCCA. Dick would like everyone
to read the information presented at the meeting. This is not performance course, but rather a street driving
course to teach teenagers how to be more defensive drivers.
Solo Trials – Dick found a
section in the Solo rules that applies to Solo Trials. Dick felt this would be something that we
would run and execute under Solo regulations and asked before we place any judgment
on the situation people read the information so we can discuss it in the
future.
Monroe Fair Grounds – Fast
Mike has heard that Monroe fairgrounds are going to be doing a lot of paving
and there is a potential that we can have a site that might be similar to
Nationals. The group is looking for people
to discuss this opportunity with. Mike
would like to make a formal request that someone from our Site Committee
contact Snohomish County to further investigate this situation. This is a huge area and if it is actually
paved this could be an incredible site if we develop the appropriate
relationships.
Oregon SCCA Event/Packwood
Site – Angus caught children “playing” in the off-limit area of the Mills. He was extremely upset and told the
administrators that if this happens again we will all be kicked off the site
immediately. We all need to keep this
in mind and make sure that everyone stays out of those buildings. It was also noted that if we return to this
site next year we need someone to come and professional sweep it because it is
getting incredibly dirty.
Meeting adjourned at 8:58 p.m.
GOO