, Inc RIDERS MEETING

September 24, 2005

Introduction:

= ; Call meeting to order at 1:05 pm

I. President Report: Steve Habeck<= /span> discussed the overall year and felt that we had much better races this year= and that the clubs had stepped up and worked harder to provide the best races t= hey could. A big thank you goes o= ut to all the clubs and their volunteers in putting forth a = grea effort to make HPMA racing better.

Financial Report: Susan Haines provided the financia= ls which were passed around the members for review. Final numbers will be posted after= all checks have cleared and income received.&n= bsp; Overall we will again end the year in the same fashion we started wi= th approximately $4500 in the bank. Discussion on the NSF check issue also took place.

Membership Report: Susan Haines provided the overall estimates with 405 paid members, 63 PeeWee day passers and 196 day passers on the big track.

Marketing Report: Janet Ludwig provided a summary of= her duties for everyone to review. She asked for anyone interested in assisting with the marketing to please get in touch with her. We had 31 advertisers in the book this year.&= nbsp; Income was 2750 and expenses were $1316.70 which printed 400 books.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> It was noted that the Douglas Motocross Club still needs to pay $200 for it advertising responsibilities.=

Points/Scorekeepng Report:&= nbsp; Judy Ainslie provided clarification on the points and yearend totals= as the Markup system requires manual manipulation to get everyone in the corre= ct classes for printing the reports. It was also brought up= that having the correct numbers and backgrounds on your bikes is critical to accurate scorekeeping. Most r= iders are watching as they progress thru the markup system and they need to be pr= epared sooner for the change over. Same with our members riding= other circuits, they need to have extra plastic or backgrounds and numbers to be correct for HPMA.

NMA Report: Scott Ludwig reported on HPMA had 2 riders go to Ponca from the qualifiers.

VP/Referre Report: Pat Clifton felt that= the year went well. Our riders ne= ed to educate themselves on the FLAG definitions. Better flagging is still needed as= well as better flagger training. Providing whistles and having them properly placed was discussed and also possibly forming a committee to assist. This will be brought up at t= he Promoter meeting inJanuary. Clubs would also like to hear rider feedback on the tracks in a constructive format. Ideas are always welcome to help i= mprove the tracks.

Officer Election= s:

= President: &= nbsp; Steve Habeck Marketing: Janet Ludwig Membership/Treasurer: = Missy Norton

II Old Business

    Track of the year - vo= ting was done by members who attended every track at least once. This same format will be in place = for 2006
    Rider of the year - vo= ting was done at the banquet and was discussed to put this back to a mail ut ballot prior to year end banquet to all paid membe= rs in good standing.
    Two-Day races - It was discussed that HPMA would allow no more than three (3) in a season.   This voted on by attending membership with more in favor than not.

    Rule Book Changes - The effective age for Vet and 40+ class will be the = actual rider age at time of signups. All others will remain at January 1

        =         Women's Open will be moved in the race order to be between the Vet <= span class=3DGramE>A -- Vet B/C

        =         Race entry fees are being raised $5 per class and Gate Fees were raised f= rom $5 to $10 per person 6 & over.

        =        Practice - all riders = will be given practice tickets for practice.&nb= sp; All large bikes (125 & up) will have ONE practice only. Mini bike riders will be ticketed = by the classes they sign up for. (ie, 65b, 85b, etc)    NO TICKET - NO PRACTICE.    Last chance practice will only be run for late entrants and/or mechanical issues as approved by referree.

III    New Business

    Gu= idelines estabished for new clubs wishing to join. A track must hold either a Paid pr= actice day OR a nonpoints race to be considered for the NEXT race season.    This will allow for da= ta gathering to make sure the new club is in compli= ance with holding a HPMA race.

    Year End Award Committe - The club hosting the banquet will be charg= ed with forming a committee which consists of at least one HPMA board member to take charge of obtaining the year end awards for the banquet.   This will allow the banquet = holder to shop locally and make transportation of the awards minimal.   HPMA will set budget amounts= and supply guidelines. This will = also bring new visions into the process.

    Pee Wee Tracks - With several complaints and safety concerns it was voted on to move the Mini Noncomp 10-12 yr old class to the big track and stagg= er start them with the Pee Wee A riders in the schedule. This change does change the class = fee to $25.     Also discussed was the need for the promoters to increase the size of the Pee Wee tracks to accomodate a 20 spot gate and the increasing numbers of riders we are getting in the Pee Wee B classes.

Meeting Adjourned   <= /p>
5:00     pm

Respectfully Submitted