ORRCA Queensland AGM Meeting
Date: 18th of June 2005
Meeting Started: 2:20 pm @ Meeting Room, Indooroopilly Public Library
Attendees: Malcolm Kemp, Mark Richards, (BRCCC)
John Hanson, (QRCCRA)
Brad Palmer, Steve Drummond, (LRCCC)
David Guyatt, (SB Chargers, BRCCC, LRCCC)
Peter Dooley, Brett Ryan, Vanessa Weier, (SB Chargers)
Leo Chang, (BRCMC)
David Warner (BRCMC & BRCCC).
Apologies: Haydn Cutfield (Brisbane Dirt Racing)
Kathy and William Seib (Sunshine Coast RC Car Club).
Review Previous AGM Meeting Minutes:
Accepted Mark Richards, Seconded Steve Drummond
President’s Report:
Outgoing President spoke about the past year’s events and achievements.
Treasurer’s Report:
As at the 31st March:
Cheque Account $6985
Term Deposit $5,356
As at Today:
Cheque Account $
Term Deposit $5400
Outstanding cheques are for the Gifts, Trophies and Membership cards.
The books were audited and the report is available to be read upon request
Office Bearing Positions:
Nominations for President:
Peter Dooley by David Guyatt (SB Chargers )
Seconded by Vanessa Weier (Proxy for Charters Towers)
All Accepted.
Nominations for Secretary: (David Warner not seeking re-election)
David Guyatt by Peter Dooley (SB Chargers)
Seconded by Mark Richards (BRCCC) All Accepted
Nominations for Treasurer:
Vanessa Weier by David Warner (Proxy for Cairns R/C Model Car Club) Seconded by Brett Ryan (SB Chargers) All Accepted
Nominations for Regional Representative:
Barbara Davis by Vanessa Weier (SB Chargers)
Seconded by Steve Drummond (LRCCC) All Accepted
Nominations for On-Road Representative:
Brad Palmer by David Guyatt (SB Chargers)
Seconded by David Warner (Proxy for Cairns R/C Model Car Club)
All Accepted.
Nominations for Off-Road Representative:
Brett Ryan by David Warner (Proxy for Cairns R/C Model Car Club)
Seconded by Vanessa Weir (Proxy for DRCAR) All Accepted.
Nominations for Nitro Representative:
John Nanson by David Guyatt (SB Chargers)
Seconded by Mark Richards (BRCCC) All Accepted
Committee Members:
Nominations: Mark Richards & Malcolm Kemp. Majority voted to elect Mark Richards to continue representing BRCCC.
Committee Members:
Nominations: Leo Chang as rep for BRCMC
Committee Members:
Nominations: Haydn Cutfield as rep for Brisbane Dirt Racing
Review Previous Monthly Meeting Minutes:
Action Items from previous monthly meeting:
· Safety Signs Update from VW – the signs have arrived and are to be posted out shortly.
· Townsville request why race durations haven’t increased due to the increase in battery runtime available. Based on feedback results form clubs there is major support to increasing the race durations. Proposal put to vote and Majority accepted.
· Suggestion from the Miriam Vale Radio Controlled club that the choice for hosts for the State titles be on a fixed roster system. This was discussed but to be carried forward after receiving feedback from other clubs. DW to seek feedback from all clubs. Based on feedback results from clubs and discussions and reservations being aired, the proposal was put to a vote based on the fine details to be sorted out at a later meeting and was Accepted by majority vote.
· Update discussion about On-road State Titles. Need to confirm the new Office bearers are prepared to Host the titles. DW to contact Club. – Steve Drummond outlined the progress plan for the On-Road Titles. Key positions have been filled etc
Discussion Items Held over from previous monthly meeting:
· Rubber Tires submission (from Scott Guyatt)
Based on the results from the feedback questionnaire, there is a strong leaning towards acceptance for a control rubber tire for all three on-road classes. After much discussion, it was put to a vote based on simplistic terms and actual micro details of the rule change will be ironed out at later meetings.
Vote: 6 accepted , 4 undecided, no rejections – motion carried.
Based on this, the next decision was to work out if a version of the rubber tire rule change will be adopted for the 2005 titles or postponed until 2006. After much discussion, David Warner proposed a “2005 Bring your own control tire rule” of rubber tyre sets with open inserts and open rims with a set limited quantity that must be presented for tagging prior to racing. These to be the only tires the racer may use for the whole event). The actual choice of tyre to be set by the host club. This was expanded to be a “Trial” for 2005 by Someone else(forgot who). This was put to a vote.
Vote: 6 Accept proposal, 4 undecided, no rejections – motion carried
· Batteries – request to change rule 2.45 to read 3700. (from David Guyatt) Based on LHS Supplies, and the fact that 3300mah batteries are very hard to source, the decision was make to increase limit of 3800mah – Majority accepted motion carried.
· Adding Spektrum System to the Rule 2.55. (from David Guyatt)
Decision to accept the addition of the 2.4ghz frequency system to the rules based on the detailed explanation David Guyatt provided on the subject. Motion carried
New Business:
· Request for a 19turn Masters Class introduction to the On-road titles by LRCCC. Discussed and allowed to be a “Demo Class”.
· Steve Drummond sought clarification for the format for the On-road titles. It is a two day event with qualify rounds on the first day and qualify rounds and finals on the second day.
· Malcolm Kemp sought clarification on stock motor brushes – Peter Dooley to edit rules.
· 540 Hand out Motor for On-road titles discussion. Steve Drummond to look into possible consignment purchase deal with LHS.
· Vanessa Weier proposed 2 monthly meeting instead of monthly meeting. All to think about before next meeting.
· Next Meeting 21st July @ Peter Dooley’s Place 7:30pm
Meeting Concluded: 4:42 pm