January 27, 2007
Phoenix, AZ
Fast'r hosts

--Meeting called to order: 12:18 p.m.

--Roll call
Clubs Represented: ATR (2), CTR (2), Fast'r (2), OCMC (2), RockStars (2), TRS (2)

--Approval of minutes from last meeting: UNANIMOUS

--Treasurer's report. All 2007 club dues have been collected. We have a good balance to cover upcoming events. T-shirts are already designed, we just need to order them for the competition cards (Kara is on this.) Land fund needs to start being funded. Keep selling those shirts.

--MOTION: We would like to order corporate checks. APPROVED.

--2007 Banquet: F1 is going to be too small next year, there is another race factory that is warehouse style but they don’t serve alcohol.
Maybe Jillian’s…they have game arcade and stuff, they have conference rooms that will accommodate a lot of people, Don Hood will check it out. If anyone else has ideas, let Todd know ASAP, he has to make a reservation within the next 30 days or so.

OLD BUSINESS

--Land Use Issues: Dave Gronlund gives an update. There was someone at the OCMC event that was giving AMRA a hard time, they said Jeff Gersh told them to come out when they were specifically told not to come to our event. Permit fee schedule is like the BLM, they will charge a percentage of gross income. They are getting that settled. The new lady is doing her best to work with us. If you want someone selling something at our events, you need a different permit, it’s not a general permit anymore. We need some clarification about this since we’ve been selling stuff at last events. Commercial permit is a minimum of $1200.

--Copper Sticker Issue: The copper sticker is no longer, it’s more about going to the DMV and getting a certain license plate on your motorcycle. The current legislation has an Amber plate that has to be on the front of your motorcycle. They want to take some of the money and instead of the OHV fund put it in the highway fund. We will start a writing campaign like last year.

--Points and Scoring and Move Ups: Not much to report. If you think someone in your club should move up, encourage voluntary move ups.

--2007 Rulebook: Went over rule changes. You cannot work a race and race it, and get worker points. Everything falls back on the clubs to enforce the rules when it comes to sensitive issues regarding worker points, racing your own event, etc. AMRA is just here as a guide.

--Registration needs to pay attention when people sign up to make sure they are in the right class. If they get through, and we don’t catch it, it’s the rider’s responsibility. If they don’t get their points, they don’t get their points.

--50 A riders need to know that they can race any course, it’s up to the discretion of the clubs. It’s a race by race, case by case basis.

--Remind your club not to use tear offs, they are not allowed.

--MOTION: Approve all rule changes. APPROVED.

--Just to reiterate: 1-5 events, 0 throwaways, 6-8 events, 1 throwaway, 9-12, 2 throwaways, 13-15, 3 throwaways. Already voted in.

--MOTION: 60+ Class can use white background, black numbers and letters. APPROVED. Except for Bryan Bruning, who suggested polyester plaid.

--Sound checks for last couple races have not been good. AMRA needs to purchase the appropriate working tech equipment.

--MOTION: Release funds to buy two of the calibratable sound meters, and do a class on how to use them. The second is for back up in case the first doesn’t work or there are a lot of riders and we have two techs. APPROVED.

NEW BUSINESS

--We’re losing trails every day. In trying to get a permit for the National. May have to put up a $5K bond to make sure we clean up our trails when we’re done. It is very important that we get rid of all our ribbon, stakes, arrows, breaking bumps, berms, etc. If we don’t, we won’t be getting any more events. They are looking for any reason to deny a permit.

--MOTION: Add legal guardian must be present for signing and duration of event. Add something about it having to be notarized. APPROVED.

--MOTION: Add “If a C rider finishes in the top 25% of the B’s it’s an automatic move-up.” APPROVED.

--MOTION: Current rule is 10 transfers for a B rider to move up. Change to 8 transfers for a B. APPROVED.

--Don Hood takes the floor: Jeff Gersh has been keeping track of all the current legislation that has been going on. Everything goes through MVD now, get licensed and registered in order to ride and get a special license plate. Jeff gets in the door but doesn’t get the same respect as a professional lobbyist. ATR hired a lobbyist (paid $5K) for a month, his name is Nick Salmanetta. Jeff worked out a deal that for a year’s representation would cost $20K. Jeff’s hitting all the big national organizations, Arizona dealers and clubs to try to raise money. Find out if your club can contribute to help pay for the lobbyist, the sooner the better. We pretty much have $10K paid for so we’re covered for two months, or six months if that’s what he decides is our deal. They can do “strike all” bills right now, which changes bill names, so Nick would help keep track of our bills and make sure we are duly informed. Table as far as AMRA’s support, but each of us needs to go back to our clubs and figure out if we can contribute.

--We need to do some fundraisers to raise money for these types of things. Start brainstorming (maybe another golf tournament?)

-- Decided on next meeting date, time and location. Saturday, March 17th. ATR hosts. Meet at Raimondo's.

-- Meeting adjourned 2:02 p.m.