Race with USARM - USARM The Grid December 2006

T H E G R I D

Happy Holidays To All USARM Members

December 2006

Hello to All of the USARM Members

I just wanted to say that it has been my pleasure to serve on the USARM Board of Directors for this past 2 years.

We continue to increase the number of events that we work each year and we continue to be contacted by other racing groups interested in having USARM work their events.

It takes commitment and a lot of time to keep this professional racing group moving into the future.

This past BOD has made a lot of great strides in accountability, responsibility, and making sure that all of the members had the necessary equipment ie: new trailers, new flags, etc to perform their duties in a very professional and safe manner.

I look forward in continuing as a member of USARM.

Sincerely,

Steven Ynzunza

Greetings USARM members,

It has been my sincere pleasure to serve as your President for the past 2 years. USARM has made huge strides in the past few years in to be, not only accountable and responsible to the membership, but to also make information about the organization more easily available.

I have had the privilege to serve with some great board members and will look forward to seeing them at future events.

It is my hope that the next years BoD's will continue the efforts in responsibility and accountability that has brought USARM to this point. I will continue to make every effort to that end.

It has also been my pleasure to be the Grid editor for the last 3 years. Many thanks to all of you who have given me the support that was needed to make the newsletter happen.

So I will pass on the reign of USARM President to another but will remain steadfast in the belief that USARM is a vital and exciting organization of which we can all be proud.

I'll see ya'll at the track!

Kati James
USARM Director

USARM BOARD
MEETING NOTES 11-21-06

Present:   Dave Jansen, Kati James, Steve Ynzunza, Shelley Ulry & Jim Short
Directors not present:   Jim Hileman, Jan Weaver

Members Present:   None

Approved the minutes of 10-17-06

1	USARM General Information

	A)	Membership Presentation/Issues None presented. The memorial plaque has been ordered.

	B)	2006 Awards There was discussion regarding the awards and the Board will be making its selections at the December Board Meeting.

	C)	Website The BOD is checking further into the proposed design. The BOD advised what they have seen is more user friendly.

	D)	Banquet Steve Ynzunza is looking into the dates in February available for the banquet. Steve Y also presented the idea of having a band and dancing. The BOD decided to add a complete flag set to the raffle as well as increasing the budget for the banquet to $4,000.

	E)	Meeting Attendance The BOD discussed the issue of meeting attendance and keeping with the requirements of the By-laws.

	F)	Grid The BOD discussed the Grid and that no volunteers have come forward to take over producing the Grid.

	G)	Elections Bruce Brunner has the ballots and will be mailing them out to the members.

	H)	H) Trailer to Infineon Dave Jansen and Steve Ynzunza will be taking the little trailer up to Infineon on December 17th. Jim Short will be working to get a new pass for it for Infineon.

2	Financial Reports

	A)	Treasurers Report A detailed treasurer's report was submitted by Shelley. It was brought to the BOD's attention that no administrative and equipment fees had been received from one of the racing groups. The BOD will be contacting the USARM member in charge of the events and will be correcting this issue. The BOD also decided that all future equipment fees will be handled by check only.

	B)	Expense Reports A few expense reports were submitted.

3	Equipment

	A)	Inventory The BOD is still looking for a vendor for new number boards.

	B)	New Flags The new flag sets for Laguna Seca will be ordered soon.

4	Upcoming Events

	A)	Racing Events There was an announcement that the AMA is coming back to Laguna Seca in September.

5	Roundtable

The Annual USRM Banquet, held in February, is taking shape and news will be forthcoming for that fun event!

Please contact Steve Ynzunza to help out with this event.

Remember this is where we give out the 2006 USARM Worker Awards!

USARM - POC Worker of the Weekend - Dec 2 -3, 2006

As voted on by the drivers of POC, Dave Jansen won the "Worker of the Weekend" plaque at WSIR this past weekend. Dave's efforts at the black flag station garnered him the plaque and the praise of POC & his fellow course marshals.

Congrats Dave!

The second annual SCCA Formula Russell Championship USARM Worker of the Year Award went to Kitty Brenek for her faithfull dedication to the Club and Russell Racing.

The 2007 Schedule is now available.

Contact information for the 2006 USARM BoD:


Jim Hileman	Kati James	Dave Jansen
Send email to Jim	Send email to Kati	Send email to Dave
Director	President	Director


Jim Short	Shelley Ulry	Jan Weaver
Send email to Jim	Send email to Shelley	Send email to Jan
Director	Treasurer	Director


	Steve Ynzunza
	Send email to Steve
	Secretary

If you know someone who is a USARM Member & not getting The Grid,
please let one of the BoD members know & they will be added to the roster.

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