MINUTES FROM THE EAST COURSE COMBINE MEETING OF

Monday May 10, 2004

The meeting was called to order at 19:20 by ECC president Lyle Loomis.

ROLL CALL:
1. Bonita Club             3.  Palm Springs         5.  San Gabriel Valley       7.  Winchester Club
2. La Puente Club       4.  Santa Anita            6.  Pomona Club
No absentees.

MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING: John J Godinez read the minutes from the meeting of 02/02/04.  A motion to accept the minutes was made by Sonny Cangiarella, with the second from Vito Frankini.  The motion passed

FINANCIAL REPORT: The financial report (attached) was read by Kathy Bagu.  Kathy reported a balance of $2,519.23 beginning February of 2004.  Deposits amounted to $10,437.80, generated from ECC club member shipping fees and dues.  Expenses amounted to $9,404.57 for an ending balance of $3,552.01 in the ECC account.  A motion to accept the minutes as read was made by Sonny Cangiarella, with a second from Mike Smith.

OLD BUSINESS

No old business was conducted.

NEW BUSINESS

ELECTIONS:  Election of officers will be held at the next meeting.

AU ID’s: Urban Paulus reported that he would need the AU ID’s for all ECC members.  As of this meeting no one had responded to his email message regarding this matter.

Mike Smith made a motion, second by Sonny Cangiarella requiring that all ECC club participants be members of the AU.  The motion passed.

RACE TRAILER: A discussion regarding defective equipment on the race trailer prompted a motion from Sonny Cangiarella and second by Kathy Bagu, to fix the leaf springs of the race trailer.  The motion passed.

RACE SCHEDULES: Proposals for the 2004 YB and 2005 OB series must be submitted by the next meeting.

LAPRC President Francisco Hernandez brought a complaint to the floor regarding the 2004 OB race schedule.  The complaint was stated as follows: Why did the ECC change the shipping and race day of the St. John race station from Friday April 29th and Sunday May 2nd to Thursday April 28th and Saturday May 1st?  Prior to this meeting the LAPRC was given the reason being the result of a typographical error.  However, the reason given during the meeting was that the ECC had made an error and did not know the race station had been voted-in accordingly at a previous meeting.

Another question was also brought to the floor during the aforementioned discussion: Why do some clubs not have ECC By-laws?  Kathy Bagu said that all clubs would be given the ECC by-laws by the end of the meeting.

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The discussion and dialog prompted a motion by Sonny Cangiarella, second by Francisco Hernandez, requiring the ECC president to hold a conference call with club race secretaries for the purpose resolving issues arising during the race season, by the vote process.  The motion passed.

ELECTRONIC RACE SHEETS: Sonny Cangiarella reported that some clubs are not reviewing their electronic race sheets to ensure they contain the appropriate information.  Missing are flyer’s names, race station, date etc.  Sonny would like to meet with all race secretaries to ensure their electronic programs have been updated.

CONVEYOR:  Urban Paulus reported he would be submitting a proposal for the Wickenburg race station that will allow proper rest time.

SHIPPING CRATES: All clubs must have their on-hand crate numbers by next meeting.

ADJOURNMENT:  A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Kathy Bagu, second by Christian Ramirez. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 20:48.

The next meeting is schedule for June 7, 2004.

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Respectfully submitted,

John J Godinez
ECC Recording Secretary