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Meeting called to order at 7:35 pm
15 People in attendance

President: Debbie Miller
Vice President/Membership: Jason Smith( absent)
Treasurer: Brian Jarvis (absent)
Secretary: Gordon Sleigh
Race Director: Brian Gay (absent)
Rally Director: Gordon Sleigh
Solo Director: Taylor MacArthur (absent)
Member/Directors at Large: George Sheppard

Gord read last months minutes.
Al gave a membership report. He stated that ASCC has 54 members

Brian Jarvis was absent so Debbie Miller read the treasurers report.
She stated that there was $417.56 in the Paypal account and the bank balance was $13 357.00. She also stated that levies were paid and all liabilities were paid up to date. It was aslso stated the card were made up for the assoication and were shown to the members at this time; that Gord Sleigh has set up the website and made a few things easier; about getting business cards printed. Al Gray asked Debbie for a list of founding members for membership purposes.

Taylor McArthur was absent so Debbie read the solo report. Truro Convergys parking lot has been confirmed but only on a date to date basis as the building is up for lease. the band has asked for payment up fron so a cheque needs to be issued before the next event in the amount of $600 for both the school and the race. The cost of the first event has been confirmed to be $40 for both days if paid in advance or $25 for one. It has been agreed that the will be a meeting of the instructors and executive before the school begins.
The HPDS has been confirmed for the May holiday liong weekend and will include a max of 25 entries with the school being held at Sureshot in Sackville and then AMP on Monday.

Gord Sleigh read the Rally report. He stated that rally is the same as before. The next event will be in the fall. He mentioned there would be a rally cross on Sunday MArch 18, 2012 at Scotia Speedworld. He also stated that August would be the date for the Ledwidge Lookoff rally.

Debbie read the race report.

She stated that AMP held a meeting in Truro on Sunday and there were no changes or surprises. Executive remained the same and that the road leading into AMP was changed to Racetrack Road. She also stated the they are workking with a consulting group to find money for ventures at the track.

Schedule is as follws:
First event will be after the long weekend in May and it is expected there will be about 10 Spec Miaitas attending. They will be illimnating the lappers and replacing it with a Spec Miaita race. Smalled grids are expected, but in theory, more racing. Entry fee will be $380.00.

Speedsport will be April 5-7, 2012

John Davies mentioned posting ads on Kijiji as a way to promote events. It was agreed this will be looked into further.

Alligator laps will be available at events for a fee of $10.00 per car. Mike Barker, Derrick Clarke and George Sheppard agree to work the starters bridge for races.

Old Business:
Banners are still available for $20.00 each from Derrick Clarke.

New Business
Georges model group is holding a pool party.
Registration needs to be paid for the Solo trailer.

Swap Shop

Debbie needs 13 inch rims; 4×100
George still has tires for sale (15 inch)
Al has Mustang rims available.
Derrick still has banners.
A tech inspector is still required for events.

Meeting adjourned at 8:45pm

Example of the topics covered by the school will be :
• The basic rules in Slalom
• What slaloming is all about
• What to look for while doing your course walk.
• Ride along with instructors

Organizer: Taylor MacArthur

Schedule

0800-0830: Volunteers are asked to arrive.
Registration and Scrutineering Open All Day
0900: Students asked to arrive
1000: Drivers meeting.
1030: Begin School / Test and Tune
1300: Break
13:45: Resume School / Test and Tune
1600: Start packing up

We will alternate between School and Tune and test run groups.

Entrance fee is $25.00 for the day, but if you want to register for the Regional event on Sunday as well the total event fee will be $40.00. Any first time members of ASCC taking the school and competing in the Regional Slalom the next day will have an entrance fee of $25.00 for the weekend. (Plus the $30 club membership fee)

CLICK HERE TO PRE-REGISTER AND PAY ONLINE

Please note: Course working is mandatory for anyone participating in the event.

The first ASCC High Performance Driving School of 2012 will be held during the long weekend on Sunday May 20th and Monday 21st, 2012. This session is open to anyone who wants to learn some of the more advanced techniques and track safety to qualify for a Lapping card or Time Attack license for the 2012 season. Remember that you REQUIRE one of these licenses to drive at ARMS AMP Lapping and Time Attack events!

The High Performance Driving School will take place starting with a evening classsroom session at 6:30pm Sunday May 20th at 100 Dispensing Way, Lower Sackville followed by an all day track session at Atlantic Motorsport Park on Monday May 21st. Entry fee is $200.00 which includes the Lapping card and/or Time Attack license for students who successfully complete the school. This course consists of a classroom session instructing students on the theory and physics of high performance driving as well as track safety and the following day consists entirely of on-track activities with small groups of students paired to experienced instructors.

The HPDS Students are required to bring the following:

- A safe street vehicle. If your vehicle can pass MVI its probably fine for the on-track sessions. Vehicles will be inspected for suitability (Brakes, Tires, etc) prior to the session. Convertible vehicles are NOT permitted without adequate rollover protection, most factory rollover protection is not enough so please check with the organizers. Please contact the organizers with questions regarding vehicle suitability. Students will be asked to complete a self-inspection checklist provided prior to the course.

- A Snell 2000M or newer ‘M’ rated helmet is acceptable, provided the car is not equipped with a roll cage or racing slicks. Cars with cages and/or slicks will require a Snell 2000+ ‘SA’ rated helmet. Helmets meeting the following FIA standards are also approved.

FIA 8860-2004
Snell 2000 SA / 2005 SA / 2010 SA/SAH
SFI Foundation 31.1A or 31.2A
British Standards Institution BS 6658-85 type A/FR

If you do not have access to a helmet please contact the organizers as loaner helmets may be arranged with advance notice.

Below are the forums and rules you need to read, understand and fill out for this school:

SoloSport Self Tech Form must be filled out and completed.
http://asncanada.com/ASN_Solosport/ASN_SoloSport_Tech_Self_Insp_Form.pdf

ARMS Membership Application +$30
http://www.armsinc.ca/applications/2004_ARMS_membership_form.pdf

License Application Form (to be filled out by you and your instructor at the end of the school)
http://www.armsinc.ca/solo/rules/ARMS-solosprint-lapping-card-application.pdf

ASN Canada FIA Time Attack Regulations
http://asncanada.com/ASN_Solosport/2012-SoloSport-Regulations/ASN-2012-Time-Attack-Regulations.pdf

ASN Canada FIA Lapping Regulations
http://asncanada.com/ASN_Solosport/2012-SoloSport-Regulations/ASN-2012-Lapping-Regulations.pdf

Information regarding rollover bars (please inform us if you plan to use a convertible for the school, most convertibles do not meet our safety requirements) http://asncanada.com/ASN_Solosport/ASN_Canada_FIA_App-C&D_RollCage.pdf

A helmet for the school is required. If you do not have an acceptable helmet please inform us ASAP.

A Snell 2000M rated helmet is acceptable for use in all classes except Modified and provided the car is not equipped with a roll cage.

For the school a fire extinguisher is not required.

For any questions please email hpds@ascc.ca

Completion of this High Performance Driving School qualifies participants for an ARMS Lapping and Time Attack license allowing you access to the many lapping and solo competition sessions at Atlantic Motorsport Park throughout the year. The cost of this license is included in your school entry.

Note: Preferential placement will be given to students interested in obtaining their Time Attack qualifications for the purposes of running the 2012 ARMS Time Attack series held at AMP! As participants interested in Time Attack will be given preference, those interested only in obtaining the qualifications to attend lapping sessions may be asked to complete a Lapping Specific School, held at another date.

Registration and Payment for all Schools

To register for the schools please email the following information to the appropriate address:

- Name
- Phone Number
- Email address for contact
- Make/Model/Year of vehicle and significant modifications if applicable
- Is your car a convertible (Yes / No)
- Previous motorsports/driving school experience with summary details (e.g. BMW school, previous HPDS, x years of AutoSlalom)
- For the HPDS please indicate if you intend to compete in Time Attack for 2012

Please forward all information to Brian Gay at: hpds@ascc.ca

A $50.00 deposit is required to reserve your entry. Cheques payable to ASCC can be mailed to ASCC, Box 31120, Halifax NS, B3K 5Y1, ATT Debbie Miller. Deposits or full payments can also be made via PayPal to paypal@ascc.ca a minimum of ONE WEEK prior to the event (May 13th for the High Performance School) Deposits or payments after those dates may not guarantee a position! Refunds of deposits will not be issued after these dates.

Participation in any ARMS School requires membership in an ARMS-sanctioned club. Please make arrangements in advance to secure your memberships or memberships can be secured on-site. Yearly membership to ASCC is $30 and can be purchased at the school or online on the ASCC website.

All Schools are first come – first served! Reserve your spot today!

15 members in attendance

Bank balance same as Jan. Up $ 332.

Membership report: Approximately 40 members

Presidents report: Signed spec Miata for 2012, we are focusing on July Digby, and ASCC get together.

RACE; few inquires for HPDS. 21 of May for HPDS. Race school may 26.

Solo Report:  Solo school may 5.

Rally report: ASCC rally pending rally cross Sunday at SSW event #5. RallySprint, 3 events in July, Aug and Oct. July event moved up 1 week in lieu of Superbike.

Old Business: sent thanks to kartbahn.
New business: Cost of website (100aprox a year).

Swap shop

George s- , 4 tires for sale reasonable offer. 2 ra1 and 2 hancooks 15s`. Various home carpentry tools.

Meeting adjourned: 8:48.

Call to order 734pm

Those in attendance:

Debbie Miller, President
Allan Gray, Vice President
Brian Jarvis, Treasurer
Justin Wilson, Secretary
George Sheppard, Member at large

16 other members in attendance

Reading of last month’s minutes by Gordon sleigh

Treasurers’ report, Brian Jarvis stated the chequing account had a balance of 1459.27. pay pal balance 273.41 these do not include outstanding membership fees but do include a pre payment for HPDS.

25 cheque was issued to feed Nova Scotia

Cheques form 2009 that were not cashed, owners were sent carbon copies of cheques and 3 out of 5 offered to pay again

Vice presidents report, Allan grey reported 36 renewals for 2012.

Presidents report Debbie miller August 25 2012 has been the date selected for theASCC reunion event.

Most promos will be geared towards the Digby doubleSolo report Debbie- George(in lieu of Taylors absence) first regional solo will be held in Truro o may 6^th with first solo school being may 5^th

Digby double tune and test usually set on Friday is still up in the air waiting on pre entry results.

Rally report Gordon sleigh, reported ASCC January 28 2012 rally has to be re scheduled new date to be determined, possibly February

Sundays rally cross had 27 entries. There were some new faces as well as purpose bought cars.

Next event Sunday January 22 at Scotia Speed World

Race report, Debbie is still confirming dates

Debbie went over tentative calendar stating June is out of whack but august is ok still waiting for Moncton to conform and accept June race moved to the 24^th; august 11-12 has been moved ahead 1 week

HPDS need to keep eye on forums 25 entries 180-200 dollars first come first served

ARMS Calendars have been given to Gary Sowerby and Lucas Strackerjan

Old business, Derek Clark has banners for sale and will deliver

ARMS calendars still available

Matt Trivet selling DVDs for 20$

Vero Larson has key rings still available

New business, no new business.

Guests Bruce Buntain, Ross Parks( ex flying cow)

Fred read his story about Mario Andretti

Swap shop.

Bruce B.- Indy car asked him for marshals

Brian J.- laser parking device 100$

George S.- various books 5$, 4 tires for sale 350$

Joel N.- 92-95 civic roll cage 1000$

Bruce B. wanted 2-4 winter tires

Meeting adjourned at 841pm nominated by Bruce B., seconded by Joanne Wilson

Come on out to the special January 10th, 2012 ASCC Meeting at Kartbahn Indoor Go-Karting (66 Otter Lake Court in Bayers Lake) and get the New Year off to a great start! Dust off your helmets and come check out Kartbahn’s brand new electric carts and fully resurfaced track! Set a new track record, shake off the snow and get a head start on the competition season!

The meeting starts at 7pm and then we’ll head downstairs to play!

We’ll be back to the Riverside Pub for our next meeting on February 14th (How romantic!) so don’t miss out on our annual karting adventure!

See you next week at Kartbahn!

Thanks to Lucas and Matt of Kartbahn for letting us come and play!

Your 2012 ASCC Executive,

Debbie Miller, President
Alan Gray, Vice Present/Membership
Brian Jarvis, Treasurer
Justin Wilson, Secretary
George Sheppard, Director at (very) large!

Executive Members present:

President: Debbie Miller
Vice President/Membership: Jason Smith
Treasurer: Brian Jarvis
Secretary: Gordon Sleigh
Race Director: Brian Gay
Rally Director: Gordon Sleigh
Solo Director: Taylor MacArthur
Member/Directors at Large: George Sheppard

Meeting called to order at 7:02pm

Members Present: 35 ASCC Members, 4 Proxies, 3 BAC Members.

Proxies were collected, 32 members are required for a quorum at this meeting.

Debbie Miller moved that the minutes be accepted, all in favour.

Presidents Report

ASCC continued into its 56 year with various executive doing double duties at club and regional levels. Kudos were read for the members of the ASCC executive for all their hard work as well as for the Partridges for their extensive assistance.

The Ron Johnson Memorial Cup was awarded by Debbie to Taylor MacArthur for his hard work on the solo discipline.

Membership Report

152 members on the books at the September cutoff with 25 members already registered for 2012 by joining after September.

Jason will not be offering for the position of Vice President in 2012.

All were in favour of accepting the Membership report.

Treasurer Report

The following report was provided by Brian Jarvis, ASCC Treasurer:

Net Worth of $14,959.21 (bank account balance of $14,459.21 plus Haulmark trailer value of $500.00) is an increase of $3,439.25 over 2010 and an increase of $4,911.94 over 2009.

Revenue of $20,672.93
78.9% from Event Entry Fees ($6440 (39.5%) from Autoslalom, $4820 (29.%) from Solosprint, $4624.14 (28.3%) from HPDS, $420 (2.6%) from Rally)
18.5% from Dues
$300 from O’Regans towards Autoslalom Sponsorship

Expenses of $17,233.68
25.6% due to Administration including Membership Levies and restoration/digitization of Club heritage artifacts
1.6% due to PayPal costs of $278.70

Autoslalom profit (before year-end award expenses and proportional share of non-speed insurance) of ~$2668.91

Solosprint loss (before year-end award expenses) of.

The Executive has recently located and identified revenue from the 2009 CSC which includes cash and stale-dated cheques totalling approx. $1200. These will be included in the final Net Worth of the club as of December 31, 2011 but the deposit will be back-dated to the 2009 fiscal year.

Respectfully submitted,

Brian Jarvis
Treasurer
December 13, 2011

All in favour of accepting the treasurers report.

Race Report

Provided by Brian Gay, ASCC Race Director:

2011 ASCC Year End Race Report

Another year is over and another successful race season has come to an end. While some people may ask how can it be successful while we always seem to be talking about race financial debt, even that was somewhat turned around mid season to become a positive with the generous support of a few financial donors for love of the sport.

Let’s look back on what helped to make this a successful year. To start with, the most obvious one is that we held a full season with 6 events. This alone was a success since there was talk at the previous year’s ARMS AGM to cancel races if there wasn’t enough interest. While the attendance at each event was far from stellar, the ones who did show up to support racing from their respected regions had a great day or two of racing. The year even started out with one of the largest race schools in a few years, with each and every student receiving their license and everyone continued on to complete a full season. The even better part is that they all plan to continue again next year. Mid-season we had the sponsorship money that I mentioned earlier which was successful in filling in some of the racing debt and keep us closer to the black. The race committee while not perfect was successful in dealing with the race season and everything it had to throw at them from money issues, car classification and rule adjustments that must be made to keep things running on track as smoothly as possible. And finally of course there was another great success in running the JCM which was organized by a few very dedicated individuals.

I think the year ended off on a good note with the August race weekend being the highest car count attendance all season. Maybe we will see this all the time next year. Shall we dare to dream? The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results. The days of getting 25 race cars out to the track have long passed over the years, but I do believe that we are on our way back up again. There is no overnight sensation solution, but for the last 2 years that I have been Race director we are working on improving things. Change takes time, people need to be willing to embrace change as we move forward and let go of how we “used to do things.” Keep your minds open and your heart still loving the sport, let’s work together on everyone helping to make next season an even bigger success.
See you at the track!

Brian Gay
ASCC Race Director

All in favour of accepting the Race report.

Rally Report

Provided by Gordon Sleigh, ASCC Rally Director:

The Atlantic Sports Car Club’s 2011 Rally season began as usual with the Pearce-traditional January navigational rally. The 2011 Musquodobit Madness rally brought out 14 teams to the roads surrounding Elmsdale for a 209km night rally. Ian Pearce and Maria Discoll continue to organize the ARMS championship’s highest attended events and are already well into organizing the kickoff for the 2012 season.

Although only a single rally event was held by ASCC in 2011, many club members have been highly active in the rally community.

Ian Pearce, Maria Driscoll, finished out an extraordinary 2011 Navigational rally championship, taking home the Experienced Driver and Navigator trophies with NO penalty points for the entire 4 event series! ASCC members dominated the Novice championship as well with Jeremy Roberts and Donna Beattie taking home the top honors for Driver and Navigator in the Novice championship!

In addition to navigational rally a number of ASCC members participated in the continuing rebirth of Performance Rally in our region with a number of members competing in the BAC Rally/RallySprint series. A Number of ASCC members have also made the trip to Quebec and Ontario to provide assistance in stage operations at the Baie de Chaleurs and Rally of the Tall Pines National events.

We look forward to continued rally growth with ASCC members involved in all aspects of the discipline in 2012!

Gordon Sleigh

ASCC Secretary/Rally Director
ARMS Regional Rally Director

Some outstanding ARMS Rally trophies were delivered.

All were in favour of accepting the Rally report.

Solo Report

89 total competitors for the season, 250 total entries. Average of 20 competitors per event over the season.

A new lot with the Truro Power Centre was found for 2011 with some excellently attended events.

$500 overall loss for the season means a slight increase in event entry fees for 2012 will be required to $25.

Taylor proceeded to hand out Slalom awards.

A special ASCC plaque of appreciation was made up to be presented to the Millbrook First Nation for their help with the Truro Power Centre lot.

All were in favour of accepting the ASCC Solo report.

Old Business

The January ASCC meeting will be a social event held at Kartbahn, details will be forthcoming.

Debbie wanted to help Derek Clark for providing fundraising for AMP in the form of AMP windshield banners. Only a few are left and he has them for sale at the meeting.

New Business

ASCC has made a donation to Gerry Elliot to help with his MS treatment in Florida.

As usual ASCC is accepting Food Bank donations on behalf of the club. Brian Jarvis is collecting the donations (and cash) tonight.

Chris Ward motioned to ratify the actions of the election, Umberto LoPresti, no discussion, all in favour. Debbie thanks everyone for their endorsement.

Elections

George Sheppard sought nominations from the floor for the position of President. Debbie Miller has re-offered. Accepted by acclamation.

George Sheppard sought nominations from the floor for the position of Vice President which is open as Jason Smith is not re-offering. Alan Gray accepted nomination. Accepted by acclamation.

George Sheppard sought nominations from the floor for the position of Treasurer. Brian Jarvis has re-offered. Accepted by acclamation.

George Sheppard sought nominations from the floor for the position of Secretary which is open as Gordon Sleigh is not re-offering. Justin Wilson accepted Joanne Wilson’s nomination. Accepted by acclamation.

Swap Shop

George Sheppard has a number of vintage hardcover car books here to sell. $5 a piece.

Brian Jarvis has a tire rack from Tire Rack (substantially better than the Canadian Tire racks) for $100 which is quite a discount.

Mark MacLeod motioned to adjourn, Donna Beattie seconded. All in favor.

Meeting adjourned at: 7:56pm

Those Present
Debbie Miller, President
Jason Smith, Vice President / Membership
Brian Jarvis, Treasurer
Joanne Wilson, Acting Secretary
Taylor McArthur, Solo Director
George Sheppard, Member at Large

Also: Derek Clarke, James (Pidge) and Charlotte Partridge, Alan Coles, Alan Gray, John Davies, Jeremy and Donna Roberts, Chris Ward, Paul McDonell and Justin and Joanne Wilson.

Meeting called to Order:   ____ pm

Brian Jarvis read the Treasurer’s Report:  It was stated that the chequing account had a balance of $5927.78 with all invoices and deposits accounted for.  The Paypal account had a balance of $8474.09 that would be transferred tonight.  He acknowledged O’Reagan’s for sponsorship this season.

Jason Smith read the Vice Presidents Report: It was stated that there were 168 members signed up with several new members being signed up during the Septemeber event.

Pidge Partridge read the Rally Report: It was stated that the November 5th rally had 3 (three) experienced rallyists and told the tale of the Bridgewater rally.
He also reported that Jeremy and Donna Roberts placed 1st (first) in the Novice Division; Ian Pearce and Maria Driscol placed 1st (first) in the experienced division; Brian Partridge and Wayne Pitts placed 3rd (third) in experienced division.

Taylor McArthur read the Solo Report:   It was stated that the last event’ which was held at Atlantic Motorsport Park,  set the record for the year with 42 (forty-two) cars registered to compete.  It was also stated that most plan on returning next season.
It was also reprted that there would be a Solo School held in Truro on May 5th, 2012; the day prior to the first event of the season.  At this time it was also stated that the Digby Double weekend would be held June 29-July 1, 2012 and that the event held yearly at AMP would be just before the Jack Canfield Memorial; Time Attack would have 4 (four) events with 2 (two) being held on race weekends.

Jason was re-elected for the next two years as Director.

Debbie Miller read the Race report:  It was stated that the race workshop held at the AGM was a civilized one; there would be 4 (four) events held during the 2012 season; Spec Miatas were classed in GT5 ; Race licenses must be purchased in the same region. ?????

Debbie was re-elected as Race Director.

New Business:
35 people were required for the next meeting and it was advised that if possible, members were to get proxies from other members that were unable to attend.

A donation was made to Gerry Elliott for his treatment.

Swap Shop:  Jason still had the rims available from last month; Brian Jarvis had JCW comps for sale; ASCC decals were available for $5 and ASCC Patches for $20.

Decembers meeting and ASCC AGM would be held at the Riverside Pub, Bedford on December 13, 2011.  January’s would see an event at Kartbahn.

Meeting adjourned at 8:44

The 2011 Annual General Meeting of the Atlantic Sports Car Club will be held at Riverside Pub & Eatery (1552 Bedford Highway, Bedford NS, behind the Sunnyside Restaurant) on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 commencing at 7:00pm.

The agenda for this meeting is listed below. At the conclusion of the meeting, ASCC will be hosting a viewing of the documentary film “Senna”. Members are strongly encouraged to bring a food or cash donation for the Metro Food Bank.

Feed Nova Scotia Prioritized Shopping List for December 2011

• Canned or Powdered Milk
• Breakfast Cereal
• Flour & Sugar
• Canned Fruit
• Pasta (Dried, Canned, Noodles, Rice)
• Canned Vegetables
• Peanut Butter
• Canned Meat & Fish
• Baked Beans
• Soups & Stews

Club by-laws require a minimum of 20% of the membership to be present for a quorum. With a membership base of ~151 members, a minimum of 31 members are required. Your attendance and input would be greatly appreciated, but if you cannot attend, please consider using the enclosed proxy.

Motions made at the AGM (pertaining to matters such as By-Laws/Constitution and Honorary Memberships) will be voted upon by the membership at the April 2012 General Meeting, as our by-laws require 3 month notice to the membership.

Also enclosed is a membership form for the convenience of renewing your membership for 2012. You may return it with your membership dues ($30 per individual + $12.50 for each family member if required)

If you have any questions please feel free to contact any member of the executive at exec@ascc.ca

Yours in motorsports,

Debbie Miller
President
PO BOX 31120 • HALIFAX • B3L 5Y1
president@ascc.ca

Agenda:

•    Review of 2010 AGM Minutes
•    Year-End Reports & Awards: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, Race, Rally, Solo
•    Presentation of Presidents Award
•    Old Business
•    New Business
•    Ratification of the actions of the 2011 Executive
•    Election of 2012 Executive
•    Swap Shop
•    Adjournment
•    “SENNA”… Bring your Food Bank Donation!…

For a PDF copy of this notice, including Proxy form CLICK HERE!