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Hare Scrambles Committee Meeting Minutes

October 21, 2006

The meeting was called to order on 10/21/06 time - 7:05pm

Officers:

Chairman — Joe Steidl
Referee — George Pollard
Scorekeeper — JR Rowland
AA/A/B Rider Rep — Brian Wenholz
C Rider Rep — Trenton Parsons - not present
Specialty A/B Rider Rep — Tom Miller
Specialty C/Women Rider Rep — Kerri Chambers
Saturday Rider Rep — Scott Dawson - not present
Quad Rider Rep — Brian Morris

Clubs:

Apollo MC — not present
Azalea City MC — not present
Benefit HS — Donnie Richardson
Central Florida Trail Riders — Dan George
Big Scrub Trail Riders — Allen Pearce
Daytona Dirt Riders — not present
River City Dirt Riders — not present
Sarasota Area Dirt Riders — Randy Faul
SEFTR — not present
SWFTR — not present
Suncoast Trail Blazers — Sam Mento
Tallahassee Trail Riders — not present
Treasure Coast Trail Riders — not present
Guests — none

Needed for quorum 12, present 12

The minutes from the meeting held on 4/22/06 were accepted as read.

Old Business:

1) Riders Tim Richmond (Senior A) and Bill Jones (A-200) petitioned the Committee to move from A to B division. In both cases the Committee determined there wasn’t enough available information to vote on these proposals. Both proposals had been tabled, pending the riders appearing before the Committee and stating their cases.

Neither rider was present. Both petitions were dismissed.

2) There was a proposal made to change Chapter III,c1, j6, Chapter VI a13,c2, and Chapter VIII,b4 to add a 65C Class. This class would start on a new row (6), behind 65 B. The proposal also determined

That the lower 50% scored of the 65B class, based on year end scores, would be eligible to move to 65C.

The Committee voted the proposal worthy of consideration. This has been published in the magazine, and this is the second vote The motion PASSED. Upon ratification by the BOD, it will take effect at the start of the 2007-2008 season.

3) There was a proposal made to change Chapter VIII, b4 . The proposal is to change the number plate background color for AA Quad from white to red. The purpose is to accommodate the GNCC quad AA riders to race FTR HS.

The motion was deemed worthy of consideration. It has been published in the Magazine for member consideration, and this is the second vote. The motion PASSED. Upon ratification by the BOD, it will be effective at the start of the 2007-2008 season.

New Business:

1) The Chairman discussed with the Committee that the Executive Committee is starting a process called Strategic Thinking. This is involved with leading FTR, particularly HS, into the future. The EC feels it is preferable to be proactive in dealing with issues such as growth issues, rather then reactive in responding to issues and problems. The Chairman pointed out that as the Clubs are obviously key components of FTR, that their input is essential.

2) George Pollard and Joe Steidl presented a proposal making Spark Arrestors mandatory for HS. The two main reasons for this proposal are the obvious issue of fire prevention, and as an aid in reducing sound output.

The proposal changes Chapter VI, A. HS general rules to change #’s 6-13 to 7-14 and add a new item #6. It will state “All competition vehicles, excluding Peewee Classes, shall be required to have working Spark Arrestor(s), with United States Forestry Service (USFS) stamp, and as determined by rod test.”

The proposal was deemed appropriate to be printed in the magazine for membership consideration.

3) Brian Wenholz presented a proposal to restructure the PeeWee classes somewhat to make Peewee C more targeted toward entry level riders/machines.

The proposal was discussed. Brian decided after the discussion to withdraw the proposal for the present.

4) Alan Pearce reintroduced a proposal to restructure how Work Run credits are given. This proposal was discussed, and in that discussion some issues were brought up. Alan decided to withdraw the proposal, refine those issues, and present it again at the next HSC meeting.

5) Rider Justin Garner (AA #367) petitioned the Committee to lower to the A Division, stating he was not competitive. He had raced HS 2 in A Open and had been disqualified. The Committee ruled that there was not enough current data to make a decision. It is required by the Rulebook that 3 races in the upper division must be raced before a petition can be evaluated. The petition was tabled until the next HSC meeting.

A motion to adjourn was made and seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 8:17.

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