MINUTES OF THE 9th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CLASSIC REGULARITY RALLY ASSOCIATION OF
SOUTH AFRICA
Held in the Alfa Room of the Ambience Function Venue,
Shanahan Park, 4 Adjutant Street, Elmapark, Edenvale
on Thursday 21st August 2008
The meeting was opened at 20:15 by the Chairman, Brian Askew, who welcomed all present and thanked them for their attendance. A quorum was confirmed
1. ATTENDANCE, APOLOGIES AND PROXIES
1.1 Attendance as per register
1.2 Apologies received from Adri van den Berg, Ed Hatton, Brenda Brett, Kevin Bolon, Robin Ross, Roger Manton, Angela Manton, Mitch Cosani, Pat Whelan, Murray Irving, Giuseppe Martini, Kenneth Rutherford-Jones and Henry Short
1.3 Proxies: From Chris Andrew, held by the Chairman
From Roger Manton, Ed Hatton, Kevin Bolon, Mitch Cosani & Brenda Brett, held by Syd Brett
From Robin Ross, held by Craig Naude
From Pat Whelan, held by Steve Crook
From Giuseppe Martini, held by Laurie Steyn
2. AGM MINUTES OF 6th SEPTEMBER 2007
These had been circulated to those present, proposed by Gavin Noeth and seconded by Laurie Steyn. Accepted
3. APPROVAL OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CONSTITUTION
The Chairman gave a background to the motivation for the three proposed changes to the Constitution and stated that it was the duty of this Annual General Meeting to approve / not approve them:
A. CREATION OF A NATIONAL BOARD. Proposed by Rene Booysen, seconded by Steve Crook and approved unanimously
B. BROADENING THE FOCUS TO “REGULARITY RALLYING” RATHER THAN “CLASSIC CARS”. This included changing the name of the Association to “The South African Regularity Rally Association”. Proposed by Craig Naude, seconded by Ian Carmichael and approved unanimously
C. INCLUSION OF A NON DISCRIMINATORY CLAUSE. Proposed by John Reidy, seconded by Wally Langsford and approved unanimously
4. CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
Presented by the Chairman (outline attached)
5. TREASURER’S REPORT
In the absence of Roger Manton the Chairman read the Treasurer’s report (copy attached). Copies of the Financial Statements were available to those present. The Chairman thanked Roger Manton for the conscientious manner in which he had undertaken the Treasurer’s duties
6. ELECTION OF A NATIONAL PRESIDENT FOR THE 2008/2009 YEAR
Syd Brett reported that there had been only one accepted nomination for National President, being Brian Askew. Brian Askew was duly elected National President
7. ELECTION OF A NATIONAL BOARD FOR THE 2008/2009 YEAR
Brian Askew reported that the following six accepted nominations for National Board Members had been received:
Syd Brett Secretary Roger Manton Treasurer
Rene Booysen Regional Development Steve Crook Northern Regions Rep
Jimmy Dewar Kwazulu Natal Rep Derek Sturgess Western Cape Rep
The meeting confirmed the election of all six to the National Board.
8. ELECTION OF A CHAIRMAN FOR THE NORTHERN REGIONS COMMITTEE FOR THE 2008/2009 YEAR
Brian Askew reported that there had been only one accepted nomination for Chairman of the Northern Regions Committee, being Steve Crook. Steve Crook was duly elected Chairman
9. ELECTION OF A NORTHERN REGIONS COMMITTEE FOR THE 2008/2009 YEAR
Brian Askew reported that the following five accepted nominations for Committee Members had been received:
Gavin Noeth Secretary/Treasurer Ian Carmichael Marketing
Laurie Steyn Training/Technical Trevor Sutton Equipment
Joe Smith Social
In addition following bodies nominate a representative to the Northern Regions Committee:
BNRC Jerry Paice LIONS George MacDonald
The meeting confirmed the election of all seven to the Northern Regions Committee
10. GENERAL
10.1 Rene Booysen reported that she had been requested by the CoC of the Pioneer Plastics Rally running on 31st August 2008 to assist with obtaining entries. Steve Crook undertook that he would broadcast a message to the Google Group in this regard
10.2 John Reidy questioned how many hits our web site was receiving. Syd Brett undertook to establish this statistic from our web master
10.3 Jerry Paice proposed that we run a fun event, once per year, where the sighted and blind navigators swop their drivers
10.4 Syd Brett reported that there were only 10 confirmed competitors for the Big Five Road Rally in November. A decision on down-scaling the event would be taken at the end of August. Syd Brett will send a message to the Google Group appealing for an indication of intention to enter before the end of August
10.5 Stuart Reeve raised an issue that the current competitors’ numbers on the door panels were difficult to read. He suggested numbers on the dayglo sticker or alternatively bright orange numbers. Trevor Sutton agreed that it was sometimes difficult to read the competitors number in the control
10.6 Steve Crook awarded the “Gherkin of the Month” to Syd Brett for reading an “ETA” on the notice board as an “ETD” and thereby moving from first to last in class
There being no further business the Chairman closed the meeting at 20:56
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