Empire BMX Fall 2007 Meeting
Proposed Agenda
Called by: Jerry Patterson
Date: November 17, 2007
Place: Homewood Suites
216 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12205
518 438 4300
Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Call the meeting to order at 11:00
- Take attendance record all attendees for 5 tracks: (Track Director and 2 representatives from each track) Shoreham, New Paltz, Tri-City, Catamount, CNY.
- Review financial report for 2007 season
Topics Of Discussion/Review
- Vote on board positions for 2006:
State Commissioner: position open 2 year term to end in 2009
Assistant Commissioner: 1 year left in term, to end in 2008 Bill Martin
Treasurer: position open 1 year term to end in 2008
Secretary: position open 1 year term to end in 2008
State clerk: position open 2 year term to end in 2009
Note: Review the duties of each position as they appear in the By-Laws before the vote.
- State Grant for all tracks in NY that are part of series.
- 2008 State Championship: Shoreham BMX
The projected next 5 years:
2008 Shoreham
2009 Tri City
2010 CNY
2011 New Paltz
2012 Catamount
- Give an update as to where we are with the Web Site:
- Hosting (Blue Host)
- Owner of Domain name (Jerry Patterson)
- Manager of Site (Manny Gonzales)
Review responsibilities of web site:
- Updating and posting state information when needed
- Posting state points
- Posting pictures from each Qualifier to include the Championship if pictures are taken
- Managing the web Site
- Points: Discussion about New Windows program vs Old Dose
- Track Responsibilities vs. State Responsibilities
- Points Posting
- Proficiency move ups
- Championship Qualification’s
- Leave along or make changes (Current are Best 4 Qualifiers coupled with the best 6 single point races or total of 10 races)
- Give backs at each Qualifier/Championship for 2008:
- What to give at each qualifier if anything NEED SOME FRESH IDEAS
- Championship, what to be handed out at the Championship
Fees for 2007 Qualifiers were $20.00
Fees for Championship were $35.00 Pre Registration
$45.00 at the event
- Discussion about fees go back to old or leave along
- Presidents Cup expenses:
- Review Presidents Cup Roster for total expenses
- Qualifier dates:
- New Paltz
- Shoreham
- Catamount
- Tri-City
- CNY
- Championship at Shoreham
- Competition Congress: TBA
- All tracks should make every attempt to represent them selves, if you cannot attend please pass along your proxy vote to some one that will be attending.
- Teams:
- Brief discussion about team rules for 2008
Note: MUST HAVE TEAM MANAGERS PRESENT FOR DISCUSSIONS
- By-Law:
- Committee to review and advise of any changes that need to be made to current By-Laws (this needs to be completed they haven’t been reviewed in a few years
End of Meeting
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