Minutes of the Ozark Mountain Region SCCA BOD, 8/4/09. Members present: RE Curtis Wood, Jeff Moore, Sam Henry, Jim Rowland, Bud Weeks, plus Matt Longpine and Forrest Tindall. As Bud was not present at last month's meeting, Matt L. summarized last month's meeting minutes. Motion to accept by Jeff, second by Jim. Passed. Treasurer's report. Balance is $XXXX.XX, although there is approximately $XXXX of expenses yet to pay including for the additional cones purchased. Also, OMR is registered with the State of Missouri for non-profit status, IRS #990N. Jeff is listed as agent. Motion by Jeff to accept treasurer's report, second by Jim. Passed. Discussion of the Midiv at Neosho held in July. Event had 80 participants and was judged to be very successful. Door prizes were thought to be excellent, the banquet good, and Crowder College was pleased. Most feedback received was positive. The financial result beat expectations, as the event took in more money than expected but cost more too. Kudos to Jim who was event chairman and to all who helped. Discussion of region website status. The web based software package, Joomla, is currently broken. Discussion was about whether to fix Joomla or to get a simpler program. A simpler program could be a Yahoo program. If Joomla is to be fixed, options are to have a professional fix it, to get an intern from Ozark Tech to work on it, or for an OMR member to work on it. It was decided to table until next meeting and just post event updates and BOD meetings on the website for now. Discussion of the desire to show appreciation to Reliable Imports for their donations for the Midiv. It was decided that a plaque with a photo and a letter would be appropriate. Jim and Curtis will work on. Discussion of the planning for an autocross in Pittsburg, KS, at Pittsburg State U. Bud will be event chairman and is working with student organization SAE and PSU personnel. Date for the event was decided to be Oct. 18, the final event of the season. It was decided that this should be a non-points event. Entry list may have to be capped since this is new territory and it was suggested that the max might be 80 entrants. It was decided that OMR can make a $5 donation to PSU SAE per entrant. SAE is hoping to have some kind of a SAE member competition in single car, and it was agreed that that could be done as long as it fits into normal event routines. SAE also plans to do concessions. Bud will apply for sanction at least 21 days before the event. Also, no karts will be allowed at this event. Discussion of trailer for next autocross, and the possibility of purchasing a truck to haul the trailer. The cost, insurance, and etc. will have to be explored. Discussion of the state of the Ducks lot. The lot is much worse even after the repairs made earlier in the year. Discussion of finding a new lot vs attempting to get Ducks repaired. Discussion of using Neosho more instead. Ducks will continue to be used for the time being. Discussion of entry discount of $5 (from $25 entry). Motion by Jim to suspend entry discount and reinstate $20 entry, second by Sam. Passed. Discussion that the autocross PA may not be working. Motion by Jeff fof Matt L. to purchase a new PA amplifier if needed, second by Sam. Passed. Motion to adjourn by Jeff, second by Jim. Passed. Submitted by Bud Weeks, OMR Secretary.