Banquet Meeting Minutes
Banquet Meeting Minutes --- August 5 2001

Submitted by, John Schnelbach FTR Secy.

  

Board of Directors Meeting Called to order at 2:30pm 18 Members present

Proposal to increase the Hare Scramble sanction fees, as previously discussed and approved, was ratified by unanimous vote.

Proposal for "Recognized Club" status was discussed and unanimously approved.

Three proposals, previously discussed and approved by the Moto Cross committee were presented by the Chairman, Mark Palmer, all were unanimously approved.

Enduro Committee Chairman, Lane Sheppard, presented the Specialty Ranking proposed changes, as previously approved by his Committee for final ratification which received a 15 Yes and 3 abstain vote.

The Beginner Series proposal was presented and ratified by a 14 Yes, 1 No, and 2 abstain vote.

The proposal to Combine Classes in B125/B200 and C125/C200 was unanimously approved.

The standard for mileage variation proposal passed unanimously after some discussion.

A lengthy discussion involving accusations of cheating by an Enduro team was resolved with a proposal directing the Enduro Comm. to send a letter to the offending parties, no further action on this occurred during the Board Meeting.

Hare Scramble Chairman, Randy Faul, presented several proposals which his Committee had passed for final ratification by the Board.

The proposal to add a Womans Quad Class passed unanimously.

A proposal allowing teams to drop one score for year end results was unanimously approved.

A proposal to reverse the starting order for PeeWees was passed unanimously.

A proposal to drop the word "Mini" from 65A and 65B Classes was unanimously approved.

A proposal to allow an adult to follow their rider during practice was discussed at length with suggestions to the Clubs on correct implementation to assure conformity by the designated adult "following" rider. It was stressed that this is not a race practice lap for the adult. On vote it passed unanimously.

The proposal to move the Sunday C Class to Saturday was presented and discussed at length. The ensuing vote was Yes 9, No 9, it does not pass.

The Beginner Advancement proposal, which had been tabled until this time, was presented. The vote was Yes 6, No 9, abstain 1. It was not passed.

Although the Spark Arrester issue was to be discussed at this time, it was a non-issue as an earlier straw vote poll during the Hare Scramble Comm. Meeting showed the membership to be generally opposed at this time due to the unenforceable nature and complexity of the issue. ( Secy. Comment )

The General Membership Meeting was called to order at 3:50pm

Wording changes to Article 1, Chapter 2, as previously discussed and approved were presented for General vote, and were passed unanimously.

The Recognized Club proposal was presented to the General Membership. After discussion, the vote to approve was unanimous.

The General Membership Meeting was concluded at 4:15pm.

Due to lack of time, and the closing of the facility we were using, the Executive Committee meeting consisted of an update on the electric scoring systems status. This meeting will resume at a later date.