BMW CCA, Puget Sound Region
Board Meeting Minutes
September 1, 2004
The meeting
was called to order by Vice President Ken Olsen at 7:00 PM at the
Mercer Island
Library. Those in attendance were:
• Ken Olsen, Vice President
• Martin Hovenkotter, Tour Coordinator
• Lance Richert, Concours Chair
• Lucetta Lightfoot, Zündfolge Editor
• Rick Gulstrom, Membership Chair
• Bill Spornitz, Track Chair
• Mike Ellis, SIG Coordinator
• Jim Millet, Zündfolge Advertising Manager
• Walt Conley, Chief Driving Instructor
• Chris Mason, Member
• Lynne Eskill, Member
• Don Robesch, Member
• Zena Bartusch, Member
• Tom Olsson, Secretary
Opening Comments
Ken Olsen welcomed everyone.
President's Report
News from National
•
no report
Nominating Committee
Lynne
reported that the committee met last week to begin sorting out
who's interested in serving on next year's Board. All Officer
positions are open. The committee will have a report ready for the
October Board meeting.
Treasurer's Report
David
Lightfoot reported via email that the treasury is
in the usual good shape. Cash position at the end of August is
$72,764. Receivables are $6,136 before billing for the September
Zündfolge ads. Jim Millet and David have been in contact
with our few delinquents and we're making real progress. He'll
have a more comprehensive third quarter report at the October meeting. With Tom Cox out of town too, he hasn't tried to hand off
the checkbook. David will be gone from September 1-6. If
people have costs to be reimbursed, please mail the receipts to David.
General Meetings Past events:
Carpenter Creek Winery Social, 8/22
- Lucetta reports that
the MS benefit wine event at Carpenter Creek Winery was very successful.
Lots of delicious Bratwurst and wine to taste! A recap of the
event will be in the Nov/Dec Zündfolge issue.
Upcoming events:
Italian Concours - event
cancelled due to
the City of Seattle deciding at the last minute the pier was unsafe for
the weight of the cars.
Book Signing, 9/11 - all is ready
for a successful event.
Ste. Michelle Concours, 9/18 - no
report, there's a link on the
Porsche Club's website.
Hornet Race, 9/25 - Lynne reports
it's going as planned. Lance will drive.
Video Night, 10/13 - at Bison
Creek Pizza. Will feature Jeff Butler's first Novice race.
Tom Armstrong Collection Tour -
Lynne still working on finding a mutually agreeable date.
VRM Tour - No report, will
hopefully happen next Spring.
Tours and Rally
Tours -
• Past tours
•
Mountain Twisties, 8/28 -
34 cars participated, Martin had great weather and no
problems.
• Future tours:
•
Hurricane Ridge / Maloney Car Collection, 9/12 -
will start at Pt. Gamble and will be lots of organizational
fun.
•
Fall Wine Tour, 10/2 - Ken
reports that all's ready to go. Hotel rooms have been reserved.
He anticipates 30 cars.
•
Fall Color, 10/9 - This will be the
last tour of the year. Martin anticipates a good turn-out.
Rally - no report
Track Committee
Past Events -
The August 29th school was a great success, although there was some
issue with the services at the track.
Upcoming Events -
• October 17th Novice school is ready to go. The classroom session
will be at the Mercer Island Library on the 14th. There was some
discussion about the need for corner workers and EMT's if we wished to
continue running the full SCAN course for the Instructors at the end of
the day. The Board encouraged Bill to go ahead with the added
expense, as long as it isn't exorbitant.
• October 30th school (Portland) will be promoted in both the
September and October Zündfolge. We will have to play this
one by ear as far as planning goes, as things haven't quite gelled yet. We have also found out that
there's an autocross schedule for the infield that day.
• Chris Mason reports that
the November 13th Advanced Skills Day at Bremerton will be set up very
similar to the Novice days, but geared toward our advanced drivers.
The first promotion will be in the October Zündfolge.
SIG Groups and Events
E36 Street Fair, 8/22 - got rained
on, which limited turn-out somewhat. Still, 30 cars showed, and
Martin moved the party inside Bison Creek, which were very gracious
hosts.
Banquet
Going as planned.
Concours
Lance will supply BMW Seattle with extra copies of the September
Zündfolge to help promote their involvement.
Zündfolge
• The
deadline for the October issue was last Tuesday, August 31st.
•
There is some question about remaining Board meeting dates. It was
decided to stick with first Thursdays to stay consistent. Tom Cox
has secured the Mercer Island Fire Station 91 for the October Meeting,
and Tom Olsson will work on getting the Library for the November
meeting.
•
Most past-due advertising accounts are paid.
Roster and Membership
• Rick reports that National membership is at 67,862, 2354 up
from last year. We have 55 new local members this month.
Website
no report
Next Board meeting -Thursday, October 7th
The next Board meeting will be at the
Mercer Island Fire Station #91, 3030 78th Ave SE, and Martin has volunteered to bring the
food.
Roundabout
Walt - had a random person approach
him and talk about the driving program when they saw his Instructor
shirt.
Lucetta - had a Member approach her
for resources on short-term lease ideas after the untimely demise of
their new 5-series.
Jim - will be in Ireland and
Scotland on vacation next month.
Rick - business partner trying to
sell a set of rims off of an M Roadster, and his mother celebrated her
80th birthday last weekend.
Ken Olsen adjourned the meeting at 8:15pm
Respectfully submitted,
Tom Olsson
Secretary
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