RIVER VALLEY KART CLUB
MINUTES OF July 6, 2005 MEETING
Russell’s Restaurant, Rolling Meadows, Illinois
PRESENT
Dave Evans
Mike Lapke
Darrell Sitarz*
Ron Thompson
Rich Voss
Bill Schatz
Bob Zirves
* Darrell was late due to a wake he had to attend – meeting opening was held until he arrived
NOT PRESENT
Dale Weter
GUEST
Paul and Lorraine Bernasek
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by President Dave Evans at 7:55 PM
MINUTES
The minutes of the 06/07/05 meeting were read by Darrell Sitarz
Motion to approve by Bill
Seconded by Rich
Passed by unanimous vote.
TREASURER’S REPORT
Mike Lapke presented the treasurer’s report which also included a final accounting of the GingerMan event. Treasurer’s report 06/01/05 to 06/30/05 is on file.
Motion to Approve: Rich
Seconded by Bill
Passed by unanimous vote
AWARDS COMMITTEE
We still have 3 suits with embroidered logo to be distributed. We need to identify who they are for and get them to the owners.
RE: 3-D Acrylic Awards; Rich has sample of kart. All examined it and said it was okay for use in the acrylic awards.
BANQUET COMMITTEE
Nothing to report
OLD BUSINESS
Darrell said he forgot the hat catalogs but would e-mail pages to the board for selection
Darrell said he would check on the shirts that were ordered from Hilton by Dave Larson
John Nuttall did rent the RVKC’s transponders for both Durand 4th of July race and Grundy County event.
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Darrell was given more membership applications by Mike. We don’t, at this time, know exactly how many members we do have. Darrell said that he will put together a list and e-mail to board members.
BY-LAWS COMMITTEE
Nothing to report
SCORING
From Road America; Bill asked about point sheets and ask that Dave Larson print a 2nd sheet.
Again, we need to make sure all drivers have transponders in their karts for practice.
Officials need to be aware of “head dipping” and try to regulate it.
We need to get the RVKC/CES points from Dave or Tammy ASAP.
WEB SITE
We need to update the site.
SERIES
Lengthy discussion re: Series; about opening Thursday and re: pre-tech. Also discussion about scoring, transponders and points.
No reply yet from Shirley Howard re: Milwaukee. It was thought that we would hear after their meeting which was scheduled for the same evening as our meeting. If we don’t hear from either Shirley or BKC by 7/16, Dave E. will follow-up with a call.
Bob discussed regional points transfer.
Trophies for Blackhawk event – make sure the RVKC logo will be on them – Dave E. will e-mail Dave Larson to make sure logo will appear.
Marty, Paul and Lorraine Bernasek offered to help at Blackhawk event..
There was some discussion re: lunches for Blackhawk Farm race.
Everything else for Blackhawk event seems to be covered.
RULES
CES should change the name of class to WKA – need to contact Sissy.
NEW BUSINESS
None
ADJOURNMENT
Bill motioned for adjournment
Rich seconded
Group unanimously voted to adjourn at 9:21 PM
Submitted by Darrell Sitarz, Recording Secretary
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