June Board Meeting

Treasurer Mike Stoner expressed concerns about the current state of the club’s finances and what will be needed for an adequate carryover to start next year operations. At the present the records and projections show that it will be close to the 40K necessary to start the year. With this in mind, the charitable contributions that are slated to be distributed this year will put the finances under water. Dave announced that all activities will have to make adjustments in order for the club to not end in the red. Andy volunteered that the 30 year members that attend the holiday party could pay like the rest of the club. Brian suggested that a weekly e-mail be sent to advertise the upcoming club events as a way to boost attendance. Dave acknowledged that these were all good ideas and planed to have meeting with Ron Carr and anyone else that would start to develop a strategy to keep the club running in the black. The Club Race Wrap-up meeting will be held soon and be a starting point in those type of discussions.

Driving Events Chairman was not present but lots of the IRAC supporters were. Jim Rybak has sent the timing equipment back to the manufacturer to get a cost estimate for making it a hard wired device. Dave Winger added that the equipment works fine at most locations but at OSU there is too much RF interference for it to work. The old equipment set up was required to run the OSU IRAC and it needs 3 volunteers to run it. The cost to change the new timing equipment is about $650. The next scheduled IRAC event is Sunday, July 20th. Currently the events cost $25 to enter and usually break even after lot rental expenses are covered. Some board members wondered if the cost could be increased in order to make a modest profit. Dave Winger said that maybe $30 would be acceptable but working timing equipment is essential. The board voted unanimously to spend $650 to change the timing equipment to be hard wired so that it can be used at all locations.
Jay Koehler, Club Race Chairman, thanked everyone that helped out at the event this year. The club as a whole received high praise from the National Stewards AND the corner workers. He plans to schedule a wrap up meeting soon to go over all the detail and start the planning process for next year’s event.
Frank Todaro, Mid Ohio DE Co-Chair, concluded that the Driver’s Education event was a smashing success. There were no incidents and he has lots of ideas for next year’s event. He did acknowledge that the last run group was almost all club racers, so the club should capitalize on that fact and plan the next event accordingly.
Dave Hayden, Putnam Park DE Chair, said there are 14 registered participants to date which is down from 21 last year. Dave feels that the event needs to be better promoted because it is a good time and a good deal.

Social and Activities Chairman, Gerhard Hillmann, notes that the calendar is current with all the events scheduled and will soon include a Family Picnic at Scott Klabunde’s Hocking Hills home on Saturday, September 13th. The chili cook-off which is slated for Saturday, October 18th still needs a host location. Karen Koehler had some proto type name tags made and will perfect the design by the next meeting. Dave Hayden would like a list of all the club people that attended any of the last club events so he can start awarding participation points for the end of the year Most Active Member Award.

Web King Brian Peterson is asking AGAIN for material to post on the website, especially pictures of members with their cars!

Roundtable Discussion
- Betsy MacDonell asked Dave about some posters a member donated to the club. He asked for help in cataloging the collection and thinks that they should be sold at the annual holiday party and maybe e-bay.


The meeting adjourned at 8:47pm and the after meeting party began in gusto. The next meeting will be held at King Avenue Five Sports Lounge on Wednesday, July 2nd at 7pm. Meet for dinner at 6pm for a warm up of the meeting.