To become a member, please read the bylaws in entirety.
Review the 2010 Club and Membership Duties.
Print off the Membership Application and fill out.

Either bring the form and application fee to a club meeting or club event at the Hank Perry facility and present to any club official.

Attached File(s)
 Club_Bylaws.pdf ( 83.66k ) Number of downloads: 36
 Membership_Application.pdf ( 77.54k ) Number of downloads: 38
 2010_Club_and_Membership_Duties.pdf ( 52.76k ) Number of downloads: 40

Attending:
Hal & Mike Hudson, Shane Preugschat, Gar Mathews, Darren Hill, Jeremy Potter, The Pools, Nick & Nathan O'Connor, Matt Mauro, Christopher Moore, Macri Family, Chris & Lloyd Spooner, Wizard, Deedee, Sorensen Family, Dave B.

Old Business:
Dicussed the track expansion. Darren talked to Mike Stone with the city and was given the ok to move forward with the expansion. Darren is going to mark off the corners of the track for Mike to look at for approval of the size. Looking for donations for materials needed for the build. There is a donation letter in the track expansion forum that can be printed for your use. Looking into seeing if we need a structure permit for the drivers stand.

New Business:
We are doing a track clean up at the Hank on Saturday February 20th starting at 10am. This will be a half day clean up. Please come out we could use as many volunteers and possible trucks to clean up and haul the garbage away.

Discussed the Hank Perry, NCT shirts and Hank shirts will be available for an additional charge. Monster Truck and Masters need at least 10 entries each by 5/8/2010.

Discussed the summer points series more to come when info is available.

Please look at the calendar for upcoming dates it will be updated as information becomes available. Also the forums are updated regularly so please read them. Thank you

Attending:
Dave B.,Darren Hill,Wizard,Deedee,The Pools,Craig Shepard,Shane Preugschat,Jeremy Potter,Eric Olson,John & Marie Taylor,Chris & Lloyd Spooner,Nathan O'Connor,Hal & Mike Hudson,Harley Shaw,Jay Snider,& Rick McCrery

Old Business:

Elected Officals President-Dave Berard, Vice President-Darrin Hill, Jr V.P.-Chris Spooner, Offroad Director- Jeremy Potter, Treasurer-Deedee Merritt, Secretary- Brandi Pool

The club will be donating $250.00 to The Wishing Star Foundation from the Mapston Proceeds.

New Business:

Discussed the NCT meeting & the changes that will have to be done this year for the Hank. The mandatory use of PT's for NCT races. Club members will be able to have House Transponders assigned to them for the Hank Perry weekend & it will be their responsibility to keep them charged.

Briefly discussed different levels of membership & holding members more accountable for helping not just racing. Possibly having cards show what tier of membership you are.

Track expansion discussed the city coming out to find property lines, checking on what permits will be needed, finding out what the cost will be for supplies needed or possible donations for supplies for the build.
Chris Spooner will be resurfacing the pit tables for his Eaglescout project.

Attendees:
Darren Hill
Deedee
Wizard
Bob Sydow
Nathan and Nick Oconner

I had a milkshake and spilled half of it on the table.
Potter had a waffle with fruit.
Bob had a pop and fries
Not sure about the rest.

Bob came to represent the MT racers for the Hank and hoped for the NCT as well
We talked a little about the NCT meeting that I was going to on 12/21

Discussed what the club is and what it represents. What does the club get from the members, what do members get from the club? (It is pretty one sided at the moment and has been.)
Discussed memberships and what they are or are not.

Discusssed reviewing and rewriting the bylaws to include:

- Clearly define no affiliation with any one hobby shop by the club or club officials.

- Membership expectations and guidelines

- Tiered membership levels - One level is for those who purely want cheaper club race fees but do not want to put time in to help at all. Another level is for those who just want to race but not be a member. Another is for those who want cheaper club race fees and will commit to time spent helping the club when needed.

- Define the tiered membership levels and what is included in each level - For instance online voting via members only forum, discounts at larger events such as the Mapston and the Hank Perry, eligible for the summer points series or not (need for a better organized point series), free vs discounted membership appreciation race, etc...

Wizard was elected as the person responsible for membership tracking and coordinating - keeping an accurate up-to-date record of current memberships. Membership cards, etc...

The club needs to be able to count on its members to put time in and the members need perks to be a member instead of paying for membership just to get discounted race fees.

This is all I can remember.

Since the meeting, I have taken on the task of drafting the Bylaw re-write, creating a tiered level membership that the applicant can choose based on what level of support they want to provide the club, as well as what benefits will accompany each level.
Nothing is set in stone, but I am hoping to spur more interest in assisting the club and receiving a little something in return other than just reduced race fees.

Attendee's

The Spooners,The Sorensons,DeeDee,Wizard,Jeremy P.,Darren Hill,Dave B.The O'Connor Bros.,Rick McCrery,Doc,The Hunts.

Old Business

Summer series points were finalized and plaques or trophies are coming.

Thank you to all that helped at the Mapston.The track build and tear down went very smooth.Wishing Star was very excited by the donation of the car to Daniel.Thank you for all the good racing guys.

Theres is a couple of the Transponder batteries that need to be replaced.I think that Damon has been contacted to help us with that,if not I'll be calling you Damon.

New business


Officers for next year the nominations are:
President; Dave Berard
V.P.;Darren Hill
Treasure;DeeDee
Offroad Director;Jeremy Potter
Junior V.p.;Riley Sorenson OR Chris Spooner
Secratary;Jeff Reid...Thank you for the nomination,but some family issues have popped up and I won't be able to attend meetings anymore.
So,if you have any other nominations please pm me and i will add them to the list.

Starting to think about next offroad season our President and V.P. will be meeting with the City sometime at the beginning of next year.

Attending;
Jeremy Potter,Darren Hill,DEE DEE,Wizard,Justin Sorenson,Dave Berard,Doug and Adam Hunt,Lloyd and Chris Spooner,Doc,Eric Ogle,Chad Mckinney,Brian and Bruce from B&B Hobbies.

Topics;
Chris Spooner is an Eagle Scout and has asked to help the club out.He proposed to resurface the pit tables at the Hank in the spring.He or the club will find a donater for the materials to take on this project.He also proposed a clean up day with fellow scouts in the spring.Way to go Chris,your help will be appreciated by all club members!!!

Onroad will be on at B&B again this year!Brian said that he would like to nail down 3 main classes to be ran.One of which will NOT be Novice.This class was eliminated.B&B will be using the timing system and the transponders.Darren motioned and Jeremy 2nd the motion to charge $25.00 a month and the storage of said items.

Mapston Specifics;
Parking has changed and there will be security making sure we do it right.Dude and Chevron will be running and announcing the race.The track build will be ran by Shane and team of builders.Drivers stand will be handled by Dave B. and his volunteers, and thank you to HyTopz for the partial donation.The awards and T-shirt designs have been submitted to the printers.Finally we have made Wishing Star Foundation our recipient of the donations.See you at the MAPSTON!!!