Call to Order
The Kansas City Region SCCA Board Meeting was called to order by RE Bill Johnson at Conroy’s on February 28th, 2023 at 7:05 pm.
Board Members present: Bill Johnson, Chris Kern, Greg Cheney, Jessica Dorn, Ed Nicholson, Josh Holsworth, Phil Meredith and Mike McGinley.
Board Member(s) not present: Paula Diehl, Bob Henson, and Al Hermanns.
Guests: Jeremey Salenius.
SECRETARY’S REPORT: (Ed Nicholson)
Mike made a motion to approve the minutes; Jessica seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
TREASURER’S REPORT: (Jessica Dorn)
January 2023
| Starting Cash | $25,803.02 |
| Starting CD | $83,379.87 |
| Ending CD | $83,428.50 |
| Ending Cash | $25,136.57 |
| Ending Balance | $108,565.07 |
Josh made a motion to approve the treasurers report; Chris seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
In addition to the Treasurer’s report sent last week, here is an update on our CDs. We had one mature yesterday and one maturing next week. Here is the CD information:
| Name | Maturity Date | Amount |
| CD1 | 2/27/2023 | $12,000 |
| CD2 | 3/8/2023 | $12,000 |
| Checking Account | 6/5/2023 | $10,000 |
| CD3 | 7/14/2023 | $31,000 |
| CD4 | 11/20/2023 | 28,000 |
| Van & Trailer Fund | 3/1/2024 | $1,000 |
In the past, the intent was to have four CDs so we could have access without penalty if needed to these funds on a quarterly basis. Over the years, this has gotten a little out of whack especially as we didn’t want to lock in a low interest rate for very long. I propose either combining CD1 and CD2 to have three total CDs around $25,000 and space them out in trimesters if at all possible OR leaving the four CDs and spacing them out in quarters again if possible.
Current rates are:
- 3 month CD @ 4.65%
- 6 month CD @ 4.90%
- 9 month CD @ 4.95%
- 1 year CD @ 5.00%
- 18 month CD @ 5.00%
Discussion on what to do with the CDs, do we need to have access quarterly, do we put them in for a year? Interest rates are at 5%. Shall we put the current CDs back at 5% and them when the other comes due. Let’s put CD1 and CD2 into one CD for 5%, Mike made a motion and Greg approved motion carried.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT: (Paula Diehl)
In Paula’s absence Bill indicated that we are still around 615 members.
All letters are out for the SCAA Pins. There are seven new legacy families.
SOLO REPORT: (Al Hermans)
Test & Tune and Event #1 are open for registration. As of this morning 50 people have signed up for the T&T and 70 people have signed up for the event. These will take place on March 25 & 26.
Registration for the MiDiv (Events 2 & 3) being held on April 29 & 30 should open in a few weeks.
Trailer cleanout and inventory is scheduled for March 11 at 10:00 AM at a location to be determined.
National office is test marketing “Autocross Night in America” with some regional partners. Similar to Track Night in concept in that they are not competitive events, just fun. Kansas region is one of the partners.
There were several trophies unclaimed at the banquet. I will be bringing them to local events and hopefully most of them will be given out.
The contract has been signed with MCC for the 14.5 days requested. The rental rates have increased from last year.
The sanctions have been requested from the national office for all events.
Phil’s discussion about Heartland Park solo pad. We have been informed that the repaving would cost $3 Mill and they do not have any plans to do that in the near future. This comes from Devon who is the facility director for HMP. In further discussions there may be a chance for the solo group to do a track course circuit in the future.
KVRG REPORT: (Chris Kern)
We have contracts in place for HMP and Ozark. There is a meeting coming up next Monday where we will be discussing details for the events.
Ozark track owner did give $500 for the Mid Div convention to use for welcome gathering Friday evening.
RALLYCROSS REPORT: (Nils)
Rally Cross 1 was cancelled for last weekend, due to last Thursday rain.
WEB REPORT: (Paula Diehl) NA
BANQUET: (Bill)
Discuss about space utilization, could we fit in 2 more tables. Will do some more discussing with Amanda about next year.
MID DIV CONVENTION
Charline Bettinger Secretary
Betty Martin Treasury
Chris Kern Assistant Chair
James Cahill Chair
Adam Pessetto wants to look around for a venue for next years convention. Will have numbers on region support. Just under 70 attended.
Mike, the convention seems to be focused on worker session versus participant focus. In the past there were sessions for drivers to learn race craft, safety, etc..
Jeremey, we could have sessions on driving tracks and make it much more interesting.
Bill national convention maybe in Kansas City next year. When it was at Crown Center it was a nice convention.
OLD BUSINESS
We are in need of having a social director for the club. Put out feelers for an individual to volunteer for this position. We need a description of duties for this position.
NEW BUSINESS
Storage locker, we have a need for a place to have our stuff and accessible to the club.
EVENT DATES
Next solo – March 25 26
Rally X – April 2
Road racing – Heartland Park May 2021
Track Night in America – done for the year
Time Trials – done for the year
Call for motion to adjourn
Josh made a motion to adjourn and Mike second motion passed. Meeting ended at 8:30.