2004 HPMA ANNUAL RIDERS MEETING

10/9/04 1:30 PM

Meeting was called to order by President, Steve Hab= eck.

Board members in attendance were Steve Habeck, Janet Ludwig, Lerick Johnson and Judy Ainslie. =

Election of Officers was discussed and held and the HPMA Board is as follows:

President: Steve Habeck (1 yr term) from Sheridan, Wy

Vice Pres/Referree: Pat Clifton & Steve = Cobb (2 yr) from Rawlins, Wy & Douglas, Wy

Asst VP/NMA: Scott Ludwig ( Story)

Membership/Treasurer: Susie Haines (1yr) from Casper, Wy

Secretary/Pointskeeper: Judy Ainslie (2 yr) = from Douglas, Wy

Yearbook Promoter: Janet Ludwig (1yr) from Story, W= y

Other Members:

Hotline: Rod Patik from Casper, Wy

Pee Wee Track Coordinators: Chad Schmidt & Jim Henson (2yrs)

Topics of Discussion:

Janet presented the overall income and expenses for the Yearbook product= ion with $3450 in income and $1962 in expenses for a net profit of $1488. Suggestions are welcome for any additions or changes to = the book. Please contact Janet Ludwig.

The 250 & 125 A & B classes are to be run separately with a moti= on made and seconded.

The practice order in the book needs to be updated with the separate practices and listing where the women are to practice.

Adult A 15 min / Adult B&nbs= p; 15 min /

All 80-Supermini-Women 15 min / Adult C 15 min /

PW A-60's 10 min / Last Chance 2 laps (if any Late signups)

Referree's were discussed and Pat and Steve = both agreed to share this responsibility and they will split a $100 payout per r= ace attended.

The FM station unit is being pursued as a go for all the tracks to use. = This was purchased by the HPMA for the clubs.

As an additional option, Steve Cobb also has the ability to announce at = the races and so now the clubs have two choices on annoucers. It is the clubs responsibility to contract the announcer.

Track of the Year and Rider of the Year will be handled by Dusty King for the 2005 season. To be eligible for Track of the Year award voting, t= he rider must have attended 1 race at each track.

Scoring of heat races will take place this year so that points can be accumulated from actual track time.

PeeWee races will again be placed at the intermission time. For safety, EMT's must be at the track for the races. Gates for the PeeWees must also be= in place.

Flagger pool is not working and will be discontinued. Tracks need = to provide properly aged flaggers.

A Track Critique form is to be put in place to help the tracks do a bett= er job.

The Sportsman Riders (if any), do not collect awards= , therefore the money they would have earned goes to the next person in line.=

Two day races were discussed for the outlying tracks to test to save on travel time. This will be further defined at the promoter meet= ing in January.

Age brackets for the 80 class was discussed. A motion was made but no second and therefore died for lack of.

Membership on race day must be purchased by 8:30am. Day passers wi= ll not be allowed to accumulate points for that days race unless they join by 8:30 am. Th= ey may still join later in the day, but points will not be issued.

Moto drops will be based on overall season not class.

65A & all 85 class racers are not eligible to race in the PW B or Mi= ni NonComp or Mini Quad classes.

After lengthy discussion of the officer pay scale it was moved and secon= ded that for the 2005 season and beyond the new total expenditure to the board = for services will be $4,000.00. This amount to be divided up as the board deems appropriate.

Also, any board member who is a racer will also receive free gate and en= try fees from the Promoting club.

Other items to be further discussed at the Schedule meeting is:

Insurance, Laps vs Time, Critique form and flaggers.

Meeting Adjourned

Respectfully Submitted:

Judy L Ainslie, Secretary