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Election of Officers: After some discussion
on the position of President, it was decided that the IRAC Board and
representatives would act as a council in running the organization.
Thanks to David Wenger for his years of support and effort in acting as
our President.
Other officers are: Secretary - John Hulick
Treasurer - Andy
Helgeson
Trophies - Jim Rybak
Points Chair - Les
Checel
IRAC Website - Rich
Bradley
Treasurer's Report: Account balance of
$3632.29 in the IRAC account. This reflects an $888.36 increase from
last years balance. There are no outstanding bills or receivables for
2005.
Andy has changed the bank the account is held at to
have no checking account fees. This should reflect in a savings of
$66.75 over last year.
Participation was down to an average of 25.5 per
event from 27.3 in 2004 with same number, six, of events.
Trophy costs were reduced by the new class
structure and old names were purged from the mailing list for the IRAC
newsletter to reduce those costs as well
Andy recommended the fee structure to remain the
same at $250/region and $5/entrant trophy costs as the previous year.
This was approved by the Board.
IRAC Schedule: At the time of the meeting
there were not enough firm dates to post a schedule. Dave Wenger asked
that all IRAC reps work on this and get back to him by Feb 10 with firm
dates and locations. It was discussed and felt that this needs to be
done to help promote the series correctly. All were in agreement.
General Discussion: The question was brought
up as to whether IRAC should or could continue. Problems with no
advertising or date changes lead to poor attendance. There had not been
any problem getting fees from regions, so it is assumed there is still
some interest. Andy discussed the fact of changes in Allegheny personnel
for their autocross group. The region is still willing to support IRAC
and hope for increase this year.
Walt Staudenmaier brought up the idea of an IRAC
event included in the Porsches to Oxford weekend. This would possibly be
a joint event between OVR and MOR. Walt and Dick Snyder said they would
look into it.
Ken Bingham had sent a list of points or questions
to address at the meeting since he couldn't attend. (Something about
Pom-Poms!). The list was read and reviewed as follows:
1.
Change starting time to later in day- Most felt they would rather
get up earlier to be able to be home sooner in evening. Starting later
could lead to late Sunday evening trips home from events.
2.
Are courses too technical- Each course up to hosting region.
Group agreed to try to lime all courses to help find direction easier.
Also all events will have a Novice parade drive thru at beginning of
event to help eliminate DNFs.
3.
Was reduction of classes good or bad? - Most felt it was good by
providing more in class competition than single car classes.
4.
School morning of event- Somewhat related to later start time. By
the time is taken to achieve an effective school program actual start
time moved too far back. Would lead to late drives home on Sunday.
Rich Bradley volunteered to take over the IRAC
Website. It was discussed to make this a more informative site with
results, directions to events, and other info on it. Rich said he feels
this could be a replacement for the IRAC Newsletter. A discussion
followed and it was decided to let the site replace the newsletter. Rich
will contact Rick Snyder to get site transferred over from current
location.
IRAC agreed to cover the cost of the lunch for
attendees from treasury.
Event Guidelines: Generally felt all events
were run well once started. We need to make sure we can firm up dates
and locations early enough to promote the events effectively. This can
hopefully lead to better attendance numbers. As discussed earlier all
courses should be limed to ease finding the direction. Safety is always
a primary concern and it is good to see interaction at some events from
all involved to help achieve this.
Rules Changes: Only major rule change is to
upgrade helmet requirements to 2000 or newer. Snell or M helmets meeting
these specs are accepted. There was some discussion as to if our
insurance coverage is in effect if we differ from the actual PCR rules.
Dave Wenger said he would look into this. The annual discussion of the
"Two run" rule went on and it was decided to continue using best two
runs for class placement.
Trophies: Event trophies will remain the
magnetic stickers for 1st in class. This uses up balance of
inventory carried over from last year. Jim R. will find auto related
items, wax, towels, WD-40, hand cleaner, in the $4 range to use for 2nd
and 3rd in class.
Year End Class trophies: Jim R. will also
look into some sort of claymation or sculpture type trophies These would
also be used for Novice and IOP year end awards.
FTD trophies need to be updated and gotten
to the respective winners. John H. brought up the subject of smaller
keeper bowls for FTD winners when they pas on the Payne rotating trophy.
He will get info to Jim R. about this.
Tire Raffle- At last event there will be a
raffle of a set of tires to all qualifiers. To be a qualifier you must
participate in the majority of the year's events. (Same as to qualify
for a yearend award in a class, 50% or 50% +1 if an odd number of
events). Once qualified your name goes into the drawing only once.
Winner must be present at the drawing to win the prize, agreed to be a
$600 gift certificate to Tire Rack. We will try for donations from tire
companies to cover this but it was approved to take the $600 or part of
from IRAC treasury if necessary to cover this. This raffle is for
Porsche classes only.
Meeting Adjourned: Thanks to Dave Wenger for
again hosting the meeting.
Submitted by John Hulick 2/04/06 |
