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July 1, 2009 SVR board meeting
by Kim Nelson, SVR Secretary
President Cookie Anderson called the meeting to order at
6:37PM.
Attending: Cookie Anderson, Mike Willis, Kim Nelson, Doug
Klein, JR Evinger, John Murphy, Betty Silva, Lee Deter, Helen
Ashuckian, Bob Peake, Frederick Rauch, Robert Sime
Minutes: The June minutes were reviewed and accepted.
OLD BUSINESS: None.
NEW BUSINESS:
Articles for the Drifter: Cookie expressed a desire to see more
articles in the Drifter summarizing events that members have
put on for the club. It was noted that to be eligible for year-end
awards articles must be written and published in the Drifter. It
was agreed that Babette should call or email event organizers before
their event and remind them to write articles – a few lines
– and send them to JR.
New Membership Directory: SVR’s 2010 Membership Directory
will come out in January and to accommodate this time frame
the cut-off for inclusion in the Directory will be the October
Membership Report.
Board Positions for 2010: Cookie noted that three current board
members will be termed-out at the end of this year and they include
Betty Silva – Treasurer, Bill Keegan – Vice-President and
Kim Nelson – Secretary. Cookie plans on writing an article for
the Drifter and also getting her Nominating Committee together
to look for potential candidates.
Tech Articles: The board discussed its desire to have more Tech
Articles published in the Drifter and noted that at the SVR/Zone
Concours Jim Weber, Niello’s Service Manager, indicated an interest
in having a column where he would answer club member’s
tech questions. Cookie agreed to contact SVR’s Tech Chairperson,
Roger Walker, and ask him to follow-up with Jim and coordinate
the articles.
BOARD MEMBER REPORTS:
Charity: Tambra Kroetz
Tambra submitted a budget for the September 13 Charity Auction.
After a lengthy discussion a motion was made and seconded
to subsidize the event by $100.00 so that all the proceeds from
the auction could go to the Charity. The motion passed unanimously.
Competition: Frederick Rauch
Frederick reported that the recent DE at Laguna Seca was incident
free. He also noted that progress is being made on getting
the Autocross trailer back in tip-top shape. Mike suggested that at
the end of every Autocross season the Competition Chair take a
year-end inventory of the trailer’s contents and any maintenance
items that need to be fixed.
Mike made a motion for Bob Peake to be authorized for up to
$300.00 to purchase 6 new fire extinishures for the Autocross
trailer. The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.
Frederick noted that we do have a December 18th DE event
scheduled for Laguna Seca. September 26th is the next Autocross
date.
Advertising: Mike Willis
All of our advertisers are paid up.
Drifter: JR Evinger
JR noted that the July Drifter is done.
Financial Report: Betty Silva
Betty reported that the club is financially strong and has money
in the bank.
G24: Lee Deter
After discussion Cookie asked Lee Deter and Doug Klein to work
together to bring a recommendation back to the board for combining
the G24 program and New Member Program.
Goodie Store: Tom Sisson
No report
Membership Director: Doug Klein
SVR has 578 primary members with 475 affiliate members for a
total of 1053. The club also has 3 dual members. SVR had 8 new
members last month. 2 members transferred-in and 5 transferred
to other regions.
Social Director: Babette Hatten
Cookie reported for Babette and 4 Dinner and Tour budgets were
discussed and approved by the board.
Webmaster: John Murphy
John reported that hits on the website have stabilized around
55,000 per month with nearly 20% representing visitors from
over 50 countries. The Classified Ads, Drifter and Photo Page are
consistently amongst the most popular destinations. Clearly the
Drifter is being read by folks other than SVR members. The July
Drifter was visited nearly 1600 times in the first two days it was
posted. SVR only has about 1050 members.
Vice President: Bill Keegan
Bill updated the calendar for board members.
Past President: Mike Willis
No report.
President: Cookie Anderson
No report.
Meeting adjourned: 8:45 P.M.
Next Meeting: RPM Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 6:30 P.M.
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