Board Meeting Update - January 16, 2010 - White River Jct.

In Attendance - Larry Sheridan, Matt Robie, Troy Boissoneau, Annie Boissoneau, Dean & Jane Hanson, Lacey Hanson, Zach Herbert, Terry Reil, Derek Eldridge. Absent - Mike Bubnis, Josh Boissoneau.

Promotion of the club through car shows will be very important this year. We discussed participating in the following cars shows this year. Canaan Dirt Speedway, Bear Ridge Speedway, Big Daddy's Speedbowl, Expo at Marlboro, Dare Event at NHMS, Concord Race Fever, 4th of July Parade Randolph, VT, Rutland, Vt Diamond Run Mall. Volunteers and cars are needed, please contact Terry ASAP if interested. Cars participating in cars shows need to be clean and neat and in race ready trim. We want to present and represent the Club in a positive manner.

After polling the membership on Facebook on who needs a raceiver we had only about five responses. It's unlikely we'll get a discount on this quantity so the board agreed to let the members acquire their own radios. If anyone has any questions on where to get them feel free to contact a boardmember.

All three of our tracks are on board and excited about having GSMSRC track champions in 2010. The board agreed to present this prestigious award to only the top point getter in the 500 and 600 classes for the upcoming season. This will certainly add a new level of drama to the weekly races. All point counting events at each track will count towards the track championship. There will be no drop races factored into the track championships.

Our lineup procedure is completed and will be posted on the website. We will have nearly the same procedure as last year with the exception that high point cars will not be able to start in the front of the feature.

Our Rulebook Committee has finalized their edits and updates to the rulebook. Some highlights are brakes are required at all times, raceivers are required, add Communications Officer to the board, Alcohol stickers must be used, Kawasaki 636 engines may not be bored. A summary of changes will be added to the Tech Page once the formatting is complete.

Our last topic was the website. All boardmembers agreed to replace our current website. There were many great ideas discussed and options identified. Unfortunately, we are not in a position at this time to purchase a new website so we will do a little housekeeping on what we have and see of we can spice things up some. Our goal is still to move to a new website in the future.