Drift Report – Russell is
not present, so no report was made.
WWSCC Report –
Karl has agreed to run again as President, Dieter Beldi will be VP. There is a new Secretary and Treasurer. The slush series schedule has been finalized.
Any nominations for Rookie or Worker of the year should be submitted to
Karl. There are a few rules that need to
be reviewed. First rule applies to
posting of results. The change would be to post “unaudited” first run results prior
to the start of the second runs. This proposal has been rejected. Second proposal
is to re-class the Nissan 240 SX from IB. Upon review of the proposal a
discussion ensued to change several other cars in the class, which the group
felt were not appropriate, then leave the 240 in IB. The council felt these changes were necessary
for “housecleaning” purposes. The original proposal to move the 240 was then
rejected. The third proposal with the “housecleaning” transitions has been
approved with the amendment of moving any EVO 8+ to IA. The council is looking
for feedback regarding the Slush events.
They are wondering how people felt about changing this to an actual
series, with overall winners being awarded trophies, and an award banquet being
held at the end of the series. The group voted and approved this change. Coneheads banquet will be held at FxMcrory’s
on January 17th. Since there
are no funds to help off-set the costs, the pricing will be more reflective of
the menu prices.
All suggested rule
changes were presented at last month’s meeting.
The vote was held this evening.
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It is challenging to fill all the worker positions when we
experience a large class such as OPAX.
In the past we have filled almost all course position with
inexperience workers. This causes
inaccurate penalty call-ins and may also cause delay in the event if workers
are unable to place cones back in their proper position. This rule will create a very competitive
elite class, and should move some competitors back into class competition. Motion did not
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2.
Rule 25 - Timing
Equipment Financial Penalties
In the past few years, the mechanism for financially penalizing
competitors for any contact with the timing equipment has worked well. However,
there have been occasions where competitors have been fined for driving over
the timing cables in a manner that very likely does not cause any noticeable
damage or wear to the timing cables. This has led to some folks questioning the
need and fairness of rule 25 - Timing Equipment Financial Penalties. In order
to improve the validity of this rule, Enrique (presenter) proposed amending the
rule to create a lesser fine for those incidents where folks drive over the
timing. The rule would be changed to read as follows:
- Fines for impact with the timing sensors and reflectors (where
applicable) would stay unchanged at $100.
- Fines for driving over the cables in any manner would be $50.
Participants would be fined on a per incident basis (i.e., over the
cables and hitting a sensor would be counted as a single incident, and only
fined once - $100.) In a case where different fine levels apply, the larger
fine would be charged.
Discussion was held – Jerry was against this proposal because he felt
that once a cable has been compromised, then it will be suspect for the
remainder of its life and taking four hours to fix that is well worth the fined
$100. A comment was also made that IF
$100 is not a high enough charge, then we should increase the cost of replacing
the timing sensors themselves. A few in
the group agreed that the crime should fit the punishment, and they agreed with
the $50 charge for running over cables.
There were 5 votes in favor, and many more against, so the rule has not
passed.
Motion did not
pass.
Enrique has added a second proposal to remove the third clause in the
current rule that states fine can be decreased upon the Event Chairs
discretion. This motion was voted on and
passed.
Another proposal was also created to add a sentence that defines
“competition runs” as all runs/traffic occurring from the moment the driver’s
meeting starts to the beginning of tear down. An amendment was presented to
change that to the time the first waiver form is signed, until the beginning of
tear down. Comments were made, and the original wording has passed.
3.
Add Class “X”, an un-indexed class for people who
are running for the second time that day.
Jerry has amended the proposal to have a designation other than X. The final letter will be clarified in the
future.
Motion
has passed.
4.
Index classes TOAM and TOPM. These would be
PAX/RTP indexed classes for the AM and PM. They are not Championship classes
and are treated as they are today except that the results would be indexed.
They can only be run by a competitor on the first time that competitor has run
on that day. There is no requirement that the class run in the same group.
Motion has passed.
Discussion
– who will be responsible for determining the proper index for this class?
People run TO because they don’t want to worry about these types of things.
People felt there would be a fairly simple solution. IF people want to have
their times indexed, then they will need to list their pax class on the timing
card. IF they do not indicate a pax class, then they will automatically be
given an AM index.
OLD BUSINESS
Packwood Lighting
– Dick received the invoice and sent a copy to the
AED Training –
Keith completely forgot that he was supposed to research alternative
courses. The course we looked at was
eight hours long, and covered CPR and first aid as well. The course was expensive, so we wanted to
look at different options.
Helmets for Drift
– A motion was made and approved for the purchase of seven helmets for the
drift program, at the cost presented by Sean Medcroft.
NEW BUSINESS
Election of
Chairman & Assistant – Dick and Jackie have both agreed to re-run as our
Solo Director and Assistant. An election was held and both were voted in to
cover these positions for 2009.
National
Convention – This convention will be held in
2009 Chiefs – Dick
distributed an email asking if current Specialty Chiefs are interested in doing
the same job again in 2009. He has heard
back from about half, and will post a list once he confirms with everyone. Anyone interested in covering a position
should let Dick know.
Evolution Schools
– We are currently on the schedule for July 14 – July 16. They do online registration, so we will not
have to handle that any longer. The fees
still work the same. Our region determines the cost, and Evo reimburses us.
Lots of Phase 1 on Tuesday/Wednesday, probably all Phase 1 on Tuesday and all
Phase 2/Challenge on Thursday.
2009 Schedule – A
tentative schedule has been put together. Again, this is TENTATIVE, but the
following dates are being looked at: April 4 (Novice School) – 5 (BMP), April
25 (Core workers practice) – 26 (Packwood), May 16 (Pro) – 17 (Packwood), May
24 (BMP), June 20 (Pro) – 21 (Packwood) July 5th (BMP), July 10 -12,
Pro Solo (Packwood), July 17 – 19, National Tour (Packwood), August 22 – 23
(Packwood).
Events Chairs for
2009 – The following people have volunteered:
April 26th
– Enrique Garcia
June 21st
– Joel Ferguson
May 17th
– Karl and Amy Coleman
October 4th – Ron
Bauer
If anyone is
interested in any of the remaining events, please let Dick know.
Specialty Chiefs
for 2009 – The positions listed below are currently open; Timing, Registration,
Novice Chair, Non-stock Course Workers, Equipment. If you have any interest in volunteering,
please let Dick know.
Meeting adjourned at
GOO
Keith Brown is the
now the new NORPAC Solo Steward.