May 2011 - International Kart Federation

IKF Board of Directors • April Meeting MinutesApril 16-17, 2011President Bill Hilger called the SaturdayOpen Meeting to order at 8:12 am. Directorspresent at Roll Call by Secretary Mike Schornwere Glenn Araki, Bill Hilger, Ed Diederich,Jack Hoegerl, John Motley, Doug Norgaard,Mike Schorn, and Art Verlengiere. Rick Scribnerwas not present at Roll Call.President Hilger welcomes the membersand guests to the Meeting. Membersand guests in attendance were Hank Cantrell,Sharee Hoegerl, Carmen Carranza andCindy Enriquez.Financial ReportHoegerl presented an overview of thefinancial statements i.e. Accounts Receivable,3 Year Balance Sheet and 3 Year Profit & Loss.Income is down. Discussion on Expenses,Cost of Goods and Liability Accounts.Hilger discusses the general outlook ofIKF karting. Discusses insurance sales andtracks. Economy and fuel prices have affectedkarting.Hilger reads the following: The June issueof Karter News will have the notice of acceptanceof bids for the IKF Grand Nationalraces (approximately 24 months away). Thebids for the IKF Grand Nationals must bein the IKF Office prior to September 1, 2011(approximately 21 months before the race).Directors List:Bill HilgerDiscusses the tire RFP. Motley states IKFreceived seven RFPs. First step is to take aserious look at all of the RFP and do testingon a couple of them. They will then get intomore serious testing on all of them. Initialtesting to be done in a couple of weeks.Art VerlengiereDiscussion on the retail arm of the IKF assuggested by Scribner. Discusses duplicateDuffys. Board agrees the duplicate Duffysmust be a smaller version of the originalDuffy. Board agrees for Scribner to proceedwith this. Discussion of IKF apparel. Arakisuggests they find a company to makeapparel as needed. Board comfortable withinitial investment of $3000. Motley feels IKFshould have fanwear. Araki to discuss withhis brother who does this type of work andbring proposal to the Board.Reporting for all Tax Purposes – Verlengiereto discuss with Scribner. Carmendiscussed this with our accountant.Financial Condition – Hoegerl gavereport earlier.Scribner’s suggestion of a 3 race to theGrand National for 2 Cyc Sprint – one race inReg. 6, 7, and 11. Motley agrees with his suggestion.Araki comments it is a great idea.Director Rick Scribner arrives at the Meeting.Discussion on the 3 race to the GrandKARTER NEWS - april 2011Nationals as stated above. Don Holmboeworked on the 3 race to the Grand Nationalpreviously with Scribner. Suggestions byBoard. IKF could be co-promoter of theraces. Scribner to have program ready forthe October Board Meeting.Scribner advised of previous discussionon smaller Duffys and fanwear. Board suggeststhe smaller Duffy, base and plaque be75% the size of the originals. Araki to haveproposal for the Board in 3 or 4 weeks.Rick ScribnerScribner Plastics representative wouldlike to request approval of a “CIK Style”Rear Wheel Protection plastics bumper. Dueto discrepancies in the technical drawing inthe IKF TechnicalManual and actual CIK homologatedbumpers, it is requested that the approvalbe listed as “201.6.4” Other rear bumpersallowed are: Scribner Plastics PN 6050.Motley asks if this has been approved bythe Sprint Committee Chairman. Feels thereis a problem in the IKF that a lot of thingsgo to the whole Board and the Committeeshould be making the recommendation onit. Scribner discusses the interpretation of theRulebook. Verlengiere states the Rulebookalready allows it. Scribner problem with theRulebook is the vertical surface call out, itdoes not really define it. Verlengiere commentsit says CIK style. Board reviewed thisand unanimously agreed that it is CIK styleand is allowed. Verlengiere states this complieswith the Rulebook. Board agrees.Mike SchornRear Bumper Rule – he is asking theBoard permission to allow flex in the previousbumpers to be allowed in 2011. Onlycompromise he can see for his constituents.Scribner states there was a lot of communicationfrom up there and should speak volumesto the Board. Schorn asks Cantrell if hehas seen the bumpers; heard they had beenmodified. Verlengiere asks Motley if thereare any concerns about how it impacts thetire other than not complying to the rule;asks if there are other issues with the designthat make it questionable. Motley statesthere are concerns with it because it allowspart of the bumper to run into the tire; it doesnot have crush like the plastic ones. Scribnerstates the plastic ones run into the tire too,Diederich says it does not have the sameeffect as metal does. Verlengiere discussesthe bumper Schorn showed to the Boardyesterday. Asks if it is rigidly mounted tothe bar so when you hit it, it moves towardthe tire. Schorn says it can go against the tiresand comes back up. Scribner states similar toa molded plastic bumper would do. Schornsays the Rulebook says you can’t have plasticand has to have a metal loop. Discussesbolting. Scribner says continuous is not inthe Rulebook. Hilger states that most mustbe drilled and pinned.Steve Marso joins the Meeting.Araki states that he has seen more plasticsbumpers than steel bumpers come loose orcome off the karts on a regular basis. Motleystates they are geographically different.Araki states the problem is trying to controlwhich one of the bumpers is ???.Motleyreads “retention cables or straps may beutilized however they may not compromisethe original design or homologation of thebumper and mounting hardware”. Verlengierestates there has been much discussion onthis previously and asks where the Board isat today; is Schorn asking for another vote.Hilger states Schorn is asking to allow thebumpers Schorn brought to the Meetingthrough 2011. Lengthy discussion by Board.Hilger reads the clarification of the rear bumperrule: the bumper may be either CIK styleplastic or continuous loop steel tube of doublebar design. No flexible components areallowed. Minimum diameter of .625” with.065” wall. The basic design must conformto the following drawing. Hoegerl asks ifthe elephant ears are added, is it consideredcontinuous. Scribner replies yes when it iswelded, it is allowed. If you add the wordcontinuous, it will have to be welded orchange the verbiage to say it must be welded.Motley states that most letters came froma narrow geographical area. Scribner feelsthey need to phase out the hinged or flexedbumpers at a pre-determined time. Arakiasks if they can approve the wording thatfull width bumpers are mandatory in 2011or whatever year and the rule that Motleywrites will be effective January 1, 2012. Scribneragrees with Araki. Want to eliminate thesmall bumpers. Allow a transition period toget through the season. Motley suggests tonot require the full bumper in 4 cycle.Araki states that, according to how hereads the Rulebook, the bumpers are legal.Scribner agrees with Araki. Motley says toconsider the intent of the rule despite slightflaws in the description.Clarification of the rear bumper rule –Section 201.6 – effective 30 days after postingon the IKF Website.REAR BUMPER-CIK STYLE:Note dimensions shown are for adultchassis only, Cadet and Kid Kart must extendto at least center of rear tires and the endsshall not extend beyond the outside of therear tires, except in a declared rain race.The rear bumper may be either CIK styleplastic or welded steel tubing loop, of doublebar design. Welded on "elephant ear" extensionsare permissible. No flexible componentsare allowed.13