NHARA Board of Trustees
Minutes of Meeting - St. Paul’s School
13 June 2005
Present: Board of Trustees 10:24
Programs/Mountains 5:31
Guests 2
BOT: Jill Firstbrook, Ivar Dahl, Emily Crane, Bev Oliver, Dan Marshall, Jim Green, Gerd Riess, Paul Cremeno, Herta Sutton, Jeff Brinblecom.
Guests: Bob Underhill, Jr., Mike Workman.
Call to Order: 7:04 pm.
Minutes of 5/9: approved. G. Riess/ J. Brimblecom/Unanimous
Treasurer’s report: See attached report.
Presentation of 2005-2006 budget:
Item #1: Projected Income and Expenses - $64,750/$63,420
Item #2: Raise the Head Tax to $2 – to underwrite the cost of the NHARA Dinner
Item #3: Raise Club dues to $50
Item #4: Change to reporting and financial for increased efficiency
Motion: To accept the 2005-2006 budget as presented. P.Cremeno/H.Sutton/Unanimous
Executive Secretary’s Report:
There are no new changes to report. See annual report.
Motion: To accept the Exec. Secretary’s report as presented. J.Brimblecom/E.Crane/Unanimous
Committee Reports:
A.C.C.:
o Craig Bowden has resigned as ACC Chairman due to taking a coaching position at Rowmark Academy.
Seed Review: nothing new
Alpine Officials: no report
Review/Appeal: No issues.
Racer Support:
o Four requests have been received Mattie and Willie Ford, Ben Drummond and Mike Cremeno).
o Mattie raced in only 1 NHARA race and is ineligible. The BOT was in consensus in abiding by the 4 NHARA race starts minimum to be eligible for financial support.
Coaches Council: Dan
Report from meeting on May 16th.
o The ACC report was presented to the Coaches Council by Craig Bowden.
o NHARA Speed Committee Chairman is Peter Stokloza (Jim Macmahon, Bill McQuade, Dave Gregory, Pete Stokloza, Rich Smith, Bob Underhill, & ACC Chair)
Coaches Council Chairmen are Peter Holland and Bob Underhill, Jr. They will update the Coaches Council page for the 2005-2006 Handbook.
Children’s Racing:
o It was a good season. Summary of season is presented in the annual report.
o Scheduling of SG events for next season has been difficult. Nothing is confirmed at this time.
Adaptive: No report.
Banquet: No report.
Handbook: Nothing new
Web Site: No report.
Industry Rep:
o Nothing much new. It was a tough year for retailers. Industry is down a bit. There has been a lot of consolidation going on.
o There was a short discussion regarding the value of a state wide Fit Day to help ski reps consolidate resources. There was general agreement that the idea might work at a divisional level.
Ski NH Liaison:
Meeting adjourned 8:30 p.m.
Next BOT Meeting: September 12th, 2005, 7:00 p.m.
Next Coaches Council Meeting: September 19th, 7:00 pm
Bev Oliver
Secretary, NHARA Board of Trustees