The Annual Meeting of the Montana Cross Country “T” Association: The meeting was held in Thompson Falls, Montana on October 14, 2007.
The meeting was called to order by President Mark Hutchinson at 11:55am. There was a motion to approve the minutes as printed and read at the meeting. It was seconded and passed.
The floor was opened to nominate three directors to fill the open positions for the year 2007. Rick Carnegie was nominated to fill the position of a director. There was a motion to cast a unanimous ballot for Rick Carnegie as director. It was seconded and passed.
Tony Cervoski was nominated to fill the position of a director. Jillian Caples was nominated to fill the position of a director. There was a motion to close nominations. Votes were cast and counted. Jillian Caples was elected director. Dave Robison was nominated to fill the position of a director. There was a motion to cast a unanimous ballot for Dave Robison as director. It was seconded and passed.
There was a motion to choose June 16th 2008 as the date of the race. It was seconded and passed.
New Business: There was a motion and discussion to change the rules to read “Ignition battery must be 6 volt type.” It was seconded and passed.
There was a motion and discussion to add a rule stating “Accessory battery charging devices must be disconnected.” It was seconded and passed.
There was a motion to make all rule changes effective the year following the upcoming race. There was no second. Motion died.
There was a motion and discussion to add a rule stating “External auxiliary accessory type brakes are not allowed.” It was seconded and passed.
There was a motion and discussion to add a rule stating “Belly bands are allowed and if the motor mount breaks the car takes the standard penalty. The belly bands cannot be used for support at anytime.” It was seconded and passed.
There was a motion and discussion to add a rule stating “Accessory pan arms are not allowed except for as an emergency repair while under time.” It was seconded and passed.
There was a motion and discussion to incorporate the following sentence into the heading of the rules as rule one. “These rules dated October 14, 2007 supersede all others. They are intended to outline current acceptable practices. Deviation beyond these practices may result in disqualification.” It was seconded and passed.
There was a motion to add the following to rule 36. “Any driver has the right to consult with an inspector on any issues concerning the cars. The five teardown inspectors have final say in what is brought to the vote of the drivers.” It was seconded and passed.
There was a motion and discussion to add a rule stating “Every year new seals will be placed on each competing car.” It was seconded and passed. Doug will buy more seals and wire.
There was a discussion about making the teardown mandatory. The motion was rescinded. This is rule 35.
There was discussion about how to get more people involved in the club, disqualification leniency, drafting, advertising, and writing information in the National and International magazines. Nan stated she will continue to write the newsletter, but she will need articles. There was a motion to approve the use of the round port gauge as Steve Coniff has made it which is .010 larger than the blue print specification. It was seconded and passed.
There was discussion about putting pictures of all of the gauges in the rules. There was a motion to extend Ed Marshall’s motion for his emergency brake allowance another year. It was seconded and passed.
There was discussion about who keeps track of the gauges. It was decided it is the President’s duty. There was also discussion about where to keep the club history. Tom Carnegie and Rick Carnegie both have some history at their houses. Don Engleman is still working on transferring his movies to DVD for the club.
The route was proposed and discussed. There was a motion to adjourn the meeting at 2:00pm. It was seconded and passed.