July 2002 Board Meeting Minutes

Location HMS Motorsport, Peabody, MA
Date July 10, 2002
Present

Motion to call to order.

1. Call to Order (Barry Tarr)

2. Secretary's Report (Will Farnsworth)

• Minutes reviewed and accepted.
• Chapter Directory handed out.

3. Vice Presidents/Activities Report (Ann Marie Weber)

• Gallery in Norwood agreed to hold 3 Q meeting.
• Will do 4 Q meeting at Mini dealership.
• Concours was great - 54 cars but not enough judges. Concours netted $300.00. Derek wants to use this money to make better signs - given board OK to do so. Talk with Jen, possibly.
• 3 Q meeting - how about put in 2nd or 3rd week and do autocross awards at separate meeting. On thought is to hire a speaker for each quarterly meeting. Discussion about who to get for speakers.

4. Treasurers Report (Bruce Augenstein)

• Regalia slipped into the red.
• Autocross - purchased van. Change of venue from Weymouth to Devans which increased expenses.
• Have $38,000 in bank. Sent $25,000 to Ing people for savings.
• Club race that Gordon Cooper ran netted $2,000 profit.
• Web page $2,800 charge for redoing site, which we voted on and approved.
• Advertising collections are good.

5. Membership Report (Joe Marko)

• 85 new members.

6. Bimmer Report (Suzin Koehler)

• BMW Group paid there advertising for the year. Over $5,000 outstanding.
• Should have 28 page Bimmer for August.
• Need to keep track of assets - scanner and software that was bought and given to Justin needs to be recovered.
• People need to do Bio's for web site info.

7. Driving Events Report (Joe Marko)

• Watkins Glen - 24 instructors signed up. Looking for more. Looking to break even on event.
• September school to start registration 7/8. No mention of it, but as of 7/10 have 56 people signed up.
• October club race is a go. White Mountain chapter will participate.

8. New Business (Barry Tarr)

• Komen - 4 dealerships participated - food was just OK.
• Request to purchase digital camera(s) - camera discussion - payoff would come from expenses of photo developing. Dan and Suzin will work out details on camera's and present to board for e-mail vote. - Motion to appropriate $2,000.00 for purchase of cameras and software and to find best fit and present to board though e-mail. Motion seconded, vote taken and motion passed.
• Concours event - MOT locals are very helpful - Propose that we donate $500.00 to MOT - Motion seconded, vote taken and motion passed.
• Castle Hill - There will be Boston chapter presence at event. Preferred parking at top of hill for vintage exhibit.
• Event insurance rebates will be no-more. Driving school group to review margins based on this.

Motion to close

Minutes prepared by
Will Farnsworth,
Secretary, BMW CCA Boston Chapter

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The Ultimate Drive for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation: Boston Chapter Tradition by Justin Hughes

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Women Only Tech Session: Woman-Power by Suzin Koehler

Boston Chapter Concours: Spectacular Elegance by Derek DeSousa

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