NAMBA District 1 Meeting – 31 January 2010

Fords, NJ

Attendance:

District Director: David Rychalsky (7) – Redline Racing

Assistant Director: Dave Neelman (1383) – MCRT

Eddie Hansen (359) – MCEBC

Jim Williams (602) - MCEBC

Herb Neelman (1382) – MCRT

William Overton (1392) – Sky Hydro

Doug Twaits, Sr. (118) – LAMBS

Mick Stowe (817) – BARCBC

Bryan Mullen (719) - BARCBC

Jack Berry (1436) - BARCBC

Dennis Probst Jr. (132) – Del Val

Michael Buck (none) – BARCBC

Mark Sacken (1517) – NCMPBA

Johnny Hightower (1387) – Sky Hydro

Mecca Schroeter (300) – TM Racing

Anthony Steel (50) – TM Racing

Mark Schalich (423) – TM Racing

12:33 PM – Mark Sacken made a motion to open the meeting

Eddie Hansen seconded the motion. Meeting opened.

• Treasury Report: The treasury report balance is $2187.16. All of the expenses for fiscal year 2009 are included. Two detailed lists were included; one for the 2009 trophies and the other was the race/class income. Sky Hydro paid $8 & MCRT paid $12 for 2009 race entries. Accepted by Mark Schalich, seconded by Dennis Probst.
• Old Business: David Rychalsky read the minutes from the 01 March 2009 meeting. Minutes were accepted by Herb Neelman and seconded by Doug Twaits, Sr.

• New Business: David Rychalsky opened the floor to discuss a variety of topics for NAMBA District 1 racing:

• Discussions ensued concerning 2010 NAMBA Nationals. Dave Rychalsky asked for a vote to have District 1 sponsor one class in the Gas / Nitro NAMBA Nationals and one class in the FE Nationals. Vote was unanimous – all yes. The district will send payment for one class each.
• Dave Rychalsky mentioned the WRAM Show. William Overton talked about supporting the show for the three days and he had volunteers to man the NAMBA booth.
• MCEBC sponsored 3 classes for 2010, $300, for Classic Thunder, A/B Mono and A/B Hydro – THANK YOU!
• Dave Rychalsky discussed the 2009 Class Champion awards and asked if the members thought similar trophies would be okay for 2010. The consensus was yes.
• Lunch Break at 12:45
• Meeting resumed at 13:18
• The results from the one motion made at the spring 2009 meeting were voted upon during the summer. The results were unanimous – passed. There will be 1 District meeting a year.
• The 8 Motions were discussed and subsequently voted upon. Clubs that were allowed to vote (5 paid members and Club Dues Paid) were Sky Hydro, NCMPBA, MCEBC, MCRT, TM Racing, BARCBC, LAMBS and LIMBA. Redline was in attendance but did not have 5 paid members. Del Val & OCBB were allowed to vote, but they were not in attendance. LIMBA emailed all of their proxy votes for the 8 motions, but was not in attendance to vote for motion 9 or 10.
• As the motions were read, prior to voting, there were some corrections / updates, as follows:
• For Motion # 2, the discussion yielded an additional sentence – “The District meeting shall not be prior to 31 January (less than 45 days before the motions are sent out).
• For Motion # 3, the A/B Mono & A/B Hydro Fast Electric power limitations were lowered to “Up to 4S power – “P” power parameters”. For the Unlimited class, the Fast Electric power limitations were lowered to “Up to 10S power – “T” power parameters”. The G1 Sport X Hydro class will be named G1 Sport Hydro without X OPC and X Mod Tunnel boats included. Sport X will remain a district 1 nitro class allowing Sport 90-II, X OPC, X Mod Tunnel, G1 Sport Hydro, and GX1 Sport Hydro boats to run. C/X/G1 Mono is changed to drop all electric powered boats. C/X Hydro is changed to drop all electric powered boats. A new class, Open Mono will be added allowing “Any approved legal mono, any power (gas, electric, or nitro).” Open Hydro is also added allowing “Any approved legal hydro, any power (gas, electric, or nitro).”
• For Motion # 6 (Fast Electric Classic Thunder Class) - the motion was dropped by the person generating the motion.
• Two additional motions, # 9 & 10, were made. The 9^th motion was made by Dave Rychalsky and seconded by Herb Neelman. The motion is to be added to the district 1 general rules. It reads “Only district 1 registered clubs with a minimum of 5 members can hold a sanctioned district 1 race.” The 10^th motion was made by Doug Twaits, Sr. and seconded by Herb Neelman. The motion is to be added to the district 1 general rules. It reads “All district 1 motions shall be made by authorized legal club representatives, only.”
• The results for the 9 motions are as follows:

Motion

LIMBA *

Sky

LAMBS

MCRT

MCEBC

BARCBC

TM

Nassau

Redline #

OCBB &

Del Val &

Results

Outcome

1

2 No

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

14Y - 2N - 0Ab

Passed

2

2 No

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

14Y - 2N - 0Ab

Passed

3

2 No

2 Yes

2 No

2 Yes

2 No

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Abst

8Y - 6N - 2Ab

Passed

4

2 No

2 Abst

2 No

2 No

2 Yes

2 Abst

2 Yes

2 Abst

4Y - 6N - 6Ab

Failed

5

2 No

2 Abst

2 Abst

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Abst

6Y - 2N - 6Ab

Passed

6

2 No

Motion Dropped

7

2 No

2 No

2 No

2 No

1 Ab/1 No

2 Yes

2 No

2 No

2Y - 13N - 1Ab

Failed

8

2 No

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

14Y - 2N - 0Ab

Passed

9

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

14Y - 0N - 0Ab

Passed

10

2 Yes

2 Yes

1 Y / 1 N

1 Y / 1 N

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

12Y - 2N - 0Ab

Passed

*

Proxy Votes were emailed

#

Not enough Members to vote

&

Not in attendance

• The 2010 Race Schedule was finalized and some sanctions were handed in.

15:41PM – Herb Neelman made a motion to adjourn the meeting

Mark Sacken seconded the motion. The meeting was closed.