B.C. Secondary Schools Motorsport Association
Annual General Meeting
Friday, Nov. 14 at Cruisers @ Langley B.C.
Meeting Time 7:03 PM
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Attendance: Chris
Williams, Ted Anderson, Doug Anderson, Jerry Issel, Kevin Moore, Chris Fox,
Kerry Riedlinger, Andrew Closkey, Al Mackay-Smith, Rob Mcdonald, Gary Vossen,
Jack Bowman, Dieter Herz, Mike Grew, Rhys Nye, Roger Borignon, Larry Clay,
Steve Spring, Richard Johnson.
Chris Williams to Chair
1.
Introductions: all present introduced themselves and the
school they are associated with.
2.
Additions to the Agenda: 8d) Newsletter:
3.
Motion to adopt the Agenda: Moved: Rhys Nye
Seconded: Gary Vossen - Carried
4.
Voting Procedures:
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a voting member of a society has one vote (per school)
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by acclamation, otherwise by ballot
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Proxy votes received: R. Johnson for K. Sanderson, C. Williams for D. Curie
5.
2002-2003 Executive:
Motion:
that the positions of T-shirts, Fines, and Points be added
to the Executive. Moved: J. Issel
Seconded: K. Moore - Carried
Chairman - Nil Historian
– Rhys Nye
Vice Chairman – Richard Johnson Public Relations - Dave Currie
Treasurer - Doug Anderson Northern
Zone Rep - Andy Closkey
Secretary - Nil Interior Zone Rep - Al Mackay-Smith
Membership - Roger Bortignon Island Zone Rep - Rhys Nye
Newsletter Editor – Chris Williams U.S.A. Rep - Cecil Dent
Web Master - Jim Rush Trophies
- Kevin Moore
Jr. Dragster Rep - Kevin Moore T-Shirts – Gary Vossen
Fines – Jerry Issel Points
– Kerry Riedlinger
Motion:
BCSSMA members to endorse new executive. Moved:
K. Riedlinger Seconded: T. Anderson
- Carried
6.
Treasurer’s Report: copies of the financial statements were
reviewed and explained by D. Anderson.
Motion:
to adopt the Treasures Report as circulated. Moved: A. McKay-Smith Seconded: R. Nye - Carried
Fee
structure for 2003:
Motion: the 2004 fees will be raised to $60 per year with an early bird
fee of $50 if paid before Jan 31st.
Moved: D. Anderson Seconded: Kerry Reidlinger - Carried. Roger will be
emailing out Notification of Renewal to all members in an attempt to cut down
on mailing costs etc.
7.
New Business:
a)
Trophy presentations: Trophies presented to winners below if
available
2003
Final Results: Complete Results available
on the Web Site
Mission
Top
Driver: Ryan
Nierop @ Langley Christian
Top School Car: WJ Mouat 92 Jeep
Ashcroft Top
Driver: Matt
Smith-Smith @ Merrit Sec.
Top School Car: Merrit Sec. 55Chev
Prince
George Top School Car: Duchess
Park 76 Nova
Top
Driver: Peter Ferrucci @ Duchess
Park
Provincial
Series Top Driver: Tyler Marshall @ WJ Mouat
Top School Car: WJ
Mouat 92 Jeep
b)
Zone Rep Reports:
Northern
Rep: Andrew Closkey: poor communication at the track has made
it a very difficult year. The track is
in financial crises and may or may not be open next year. It is a wait and see situation.
Island
Rep: Rhys Nye: Concerns about scheduling and tech were voiced
from Rhys. The Island Race event was
again very successful this year.
Interior
Rep: Al Mackay-Smith: many thanks given to the executive fro
their had work and also to the people from the coast that make the trip to
support The Ashcroft Track had a very successful year again this year. It was expressed by many that if you want to
make a trip to the interior the best weekend is the Aurora Night time Drags.
Great Show.
U.S.A.: Cecil Dent: Cecil
was unable to attended the meeting this year but passed a message along to all
“Keep up the Good work”!!!
c)
2003 Race Dates Input:
Mission
– try to get a Sat. date to back up a Friday,
avoid long weekends, make some more double header days, Career Day in Sept or
Oct.
Ashcroft
– Status Quo
Prince
George – Status Quo
Motion:
the 2004 (Provincial) series consist of a double header at
Ashcroft and a single race at Mission; Moved: K. Moore Seconded: T. Anderson –
defeated
Motion:
that the 2004 (Provincial) series consist of a double header race at Ashcroft,
a single race at Mission and a single race at Prince George, with a one race
drop out from the points. Moved: A.
Closkey Seconded: R. Johnson: carried
d)
Agenda items for Feb. meeting with Mission: Agenda (similar
to 2003)
e)
General Meeting dates 2002:
Dec 9, Jan 13, Feb. 10 @ Mission, Mar 9, Apr.
13, May @ Mission after race, June 8, Sept. 14, Oct. 12, Nov. 12 AGM, Dec.
14. (Feb. and May dates Mission
approval pending) It was requested of
the executive to if it would be possibly to hold the AGM during the Provincial
Tech Ed conference day at a different venue and hold a Tech seminar during that
day.
f)
ICBC new license format: Kevin Moore has been in contact with Mike
Rice (NHRA) and Ron Farmer in regards to this issue. This is not only a B.C. problem, as some of the States are also
making similar changes to their licensing programs. Some of the idea’s being throw around at the moment are to
develop a similar system to getting a competition license, (3 passes,
supervised by track officials to obtain a license) would require a student to
become a NHRA member. Members asked
Kevin to also forward the idea of allowing a 25 years old licensed driver to
make passes with a L student in time trials only. It was also suggested that we forward our concerns to the government
on how this has affected our programs.
g)
Helmet Order: Doug Anderson will be making a helmet order in
Jan. Order forms were distributed at
the meeting will be in the next newsletter.
Doug has previously sent out an email to all members with current email
addresses with the association.
i)
Canada Engine Rebuild Kit: the
association has acquired another rebuild kit for sale through the association.
($350) Contact: Ted Anderson (Mission) if you are
interested. All funds from this sale go
towards the scholarship fund.
8.
Old Business
a)
Membership: the association grew by a few members last year.
We are back up to similar numbers from a few years ago after the strike action
by the BCTF.
b)
Scholarships: The second BCSSMA (Canada Engines) Scholarship
was presented at the July Race to Jordan Penner from Sardis Sec. The BCSSMA Scholarship Fund is growing but
is not at the point that we can offer a BCSSMA Scholarship from the interest.
Members start thinking about getting your students to apply for the 2004
Scholarships. Application forms are
available on our web page.
c)
Promotional Video: - In progress -
K. Moore and D. Anderson have been collecting video over the last year and are
working with the format that was established at the December meeting in
2001. The next step could happen within
the next year. Some people expressed
that we should be paying someone to finish this project. Some people will be making a few inquires
into the costs.
d)
Newsletter: Chris
Williams brought the formatted next edition of the Newsletter and requested
articles from:
From the Executive – Chris Williams
Race Vehicle Prep –Andy Closkey
Mission Top Driver (Ryan Miscopy) – Larry Clay
CHWK 72 Chevelle Update – Kevin Moore
AGM Highlight – Rhys Nye
Tech Ed. Conference – Roger Bortignon
Jr. Dragster Report – Kevin Moore
Lord Tweedsmuir Dart - Doug Anderson
Zone Rep Reports – Andy Closkey, Al McKay Smith,
Cecil Dent, Kerry Riedlinger
Aldergrove Chevelle – Roger Bortignon
North Surrey Malibu – Jack Bowman
Meeting adjourned at 10:05 PM
Next
Meeting: Dec. 9, 2003 Cruisers,
Langley, B.C. Meeting to start at 7:00
PM