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August 19th, 2013, 08:43 AM
MRA GENERAL MEETING


Meeting Called to Order by: Tony Baker @7:00pm

Next Meeting Date/Time/Location: Wednesday 2013 @ 7:00pm,
Walnut Room
3131 Walnut Street
Denver Colorado, 80205
(303) 292-0529
www.thewalnutroom.com
Previous Minutes:

Officer’s reports:
 President: Tony Baker-
 Been playing up the 40th year anniversary patches
 The MRA in some form has been around for 40 years
 We came up with patches- 2 for $10 1 for $10 all the money goes to the safety fund
 Got a couple hundred if demand is High we will order more
 T-shirts being printed again
 Hope to have them by the race school
 Racewurx- Online entry this is about the time of year we open it & we hope to open it this coming week, No early jump
 Hope to have it open by Monday
 The new system has it set up… it will make your lives & our lives much easier.
 Link classes, If it is a combined race when you sign up for 1 you can’t sign up for the other, should make life easier
 We are going to attempt a mock race on Sat so if you can bring your transponder
 People in the race day office work & testing we will be there for to answer questions but please try to let them get their work done
 Marc Allen the guy that made this system will be at R1 to help us out with any issues we might have.
 This is a cheap way for us to have insurance by having him there
 Insurance is done & sent to all the tracks
 Pueblo got us a contract so we are good to go with that
 We are going to work with Judy Fasst to help her understand the Motorcycle Gys
 Nick Iaknos will be running the lapping days
 Programs- 5 boxes & Edisplays have got them to the dealers from up north to Grand Prix
 Programs at the race school…..it is also a track is a lapping day so will have session Take it easy learn from your instructors, don’t be afraid to ask questions… we were all novice once too we know what it feel like
 Are we using PayPal for the whole season, Yes unless you have made arrangements with Rachael to give her a check & she will put a credit on your account
 We are saving thousands of dollars in fees by using PayPal
 You don’t have to have a pay pal account to pay.
 The 4hr endurance race most people do it cause they have to… it will not have anything to do with points we will not be giving points this year. Most people just run it because they need their points.
 We think that the 4hr Endurance is losing money & this is the year that it will either sink or swim
 On the production cup- if you hear of someone running that class let us know we are currently unsure.
 We don’t want to buy trophies if no one is running that class.

 Vice-President: Jim Wilson-
 Membership -working on getting all the licensing out
 We have Licenses tonight so pick them up when the meeting is over, save MRA money
 Got everything through yesterday printed
 Race day crew, Associate members, & Races
 Racewurx, We are modifying things every day, Please be patience.. We have a whole new system to learn.
 We are all learning as we go. It is a lot better don’t have all of the paper to deal with
 if you have questions Please contact Jim@ MRAracer29@gmail.com
 If you need to sign up for a membership please contact at MRAracrer29gmail.com
 150 Memberships we are looking better than last year at this time
 51 pit crew passes
 A lot of money going to safety fund which is AWESOME keep it going
 Hope to have registration open Monday, we NEED YOU TRANDOPNDER #’S put into Racewurx
 Sponsors tab now on their enter that when you register, There is a drop down box that has most major sponsors listed.
 Contingency pretty much done waiting for 1 to come back with an answer
 We do have a brake vendor that did not pay out last year, Jim has tried to contact them but has not heard back.
 You can enter your Transponder # & sponsors at any time throughout the season
 Can you provide the riders with contact info for the companies that have not paid from 2012? Yes get with Jim he will give it to the individuals

 VP of Rules & Tech: - Carl Sorensen-
 Don’t have a lot to say, now is the time people are putting their bikes together, Please go over your bike with a fine tooth comb
 Will be at the school teaching
 If you need Carl to look at your bike just hit him up.
 Helmets within 5 years will be doing some surprise checks

 Treasurer: Rachael Zell-
 Currently 65041.40
 We have had some money come in & money go out like truck insurance
 Safety $729.00
 We do have to pay for the race school

 Secretary: Jen Grosse-
 Been working with the Demo for Racewurx
 Will be updating Novice hours in Racewurx
 Check in with Jen for your Novice hours after the meeting

 New Rider Director: Jeff Brown –
 For new students, Don’t show up with a hot motor, make sure your lowers are off
 NO ANTIFREEZE, It needs either just water or water wetter
 Sign up for the school, Please sign up ahead of time
 You can walk up but you need to be at Fay Meyers by 6pm on Friday
 Thank you for the instructors they do this & get no compensation
 We have 31 students

 Track Marshal: RayRay Gaimara-
 Thank you for donating to the safety fund.
 Bought a new Quad we bought it sight unseen.
 It is very cool happy about the deal Tri City Cycle gave us.
 It is a 2006 Kawasaki, we got it for $2800 & traded our old Quad in
 We encourage you to donate to the safety fund. If you donate $10 when you register it will begin to add up… this is for your club

 Rider Reps:
• PR: Louden David –
• Media being delivered
• Last event RMK Daytona 200 party
• We have over 500 likes on the FaceBook page
• E-Display the 20 stands have been built
• Thank you ABATE, Unink print works, Chris Sorensen for the video, Ray Trout for the original video, The MRA Board & Stephanie
• Took the ABATE school… Thought it would be easy to teach guys but it is harder than I thought… If you’re interested contact Terry she would be happy to have you
• Rulebook: Shannon Moham –
• Read through the rulebook
• You have had some great questions
• Questions about red flags. If you crash & cause a red flag you will be scored at the back of your lap group
• 4hr- It’s not that far away so read the rules

• Contingency/Press: Kevin Finnagan-
• Thank you for signing up for the RRW subscription we had 43 as of Monday
• Press release about the race school
• What we want to do to revamp the website, things to keep & what to maintain, what to change how we can make Dave’s life easier
• 4hr Endurance, Jen is working on the forms now when those are done we will let you know

• Trophies: Aaron Fisk
• Big Thanks to the instructors, Teaching
• Big billboard down by Pueblo put up by Judy Fasst, Has some bikes on it & cars very cool they did that for promoting things.
• Trophies want to be sure we have money for the banquet plaques 1st -5th
• Still have some classes open so if you know someone who might want to sponsor a class let Aaron know
• Color sponsor page in the program
• Superstreet passes & free gate passes would like to get them their passes

Committee Reports:
Unfinished Business:
New Business: Steve Mills: If you’re running Dunlop Please get with him before the season starts about ordering tires

Announcements:
Adjournment: Absent any objections, meeting is adjourned.