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Board of Directors (BOD) Meeting Minutes Saturday, July 23 2022 Location: DoubleTree by Hilton

Call to Order: 10:09am by Randy Faul Roll Call: FTR President Randy Faul FTR Vice President Pete Rose FTR Secretary Kelsey Saltar FTR Treasurer Kayla Vawter Enduro Chairman George Tolson Hare Scrambles Chairman Randy Rash Additional EC official Kyle McAfee Director Area #1 Brandon St. John -not present Director Area #2 James Benton Director Area #3 William Toreki Director Area #4 Mike McGuire Director Area #5 Shane Hitz Director Area #6 Trey Heath Director Area #7 Jason Ennis Director Area #8 Shaun Foutch- not present Director Area #9 Michael Hall Director Area #10 Kenneth Harris -not present Director Area #11 Ken Redford Director Area #12 Kyle McAfee Director Area #13 Adam Cohen Guests: Darlene, Cbob, Lisa and Tim, carol, uncle bill, Donnie, George

Presidents report: Thank you all for coming. Darlene will give us a banquet update. 809 tickets sold. We will be using this hotel again for next year’s banquet, they are amazing working with us and saving us money. The doors open at 4:30 and we hope to be done by 9:30. We have purchased a new four speaker PA system that is stored in a weatherproof box. We’re looking to communicate over bike noise and hear through helmets, the old system will be going to the peewee track. Tim got video scoring to eliminate backup scoring. This is a four camera system with playback mode. We have 923 paid member so far for next season. Vice President’s Report: additional armbands for the starting grid will be in effect for next season to help police the grid and keep one mechanic per bike. Treasurer’s Report: $239,353.79 balance reports will be out soon. Secretary’s Report: Pit policing is a must and needs to be consistent, consequence is key and we need to start holding the membership responsible, we will all wear our FTR official shirts at the races and ensure that new members understand the rules. Enduro Chairman’s Report: we ordered additional scanners and we are floating the idea of an out-ofstate sprint Enduro. There are seven races total four in state three out of state. Hare Scrambles Chairman’s Report: There are 10 races on the schedule for this upcoming season. All pit vehicles need to have rider identification on them. Moto Tally has printers to print Pitt vehicle tags so we know which rider is associated with the pit vehicle and will be held responsible.

Old Business:

1. Approve meeting minutes from 6/18/22 motion Kayla 2nd Kelsey approved

New Business:

Randy F is working with FMF for next season for sponsorship old red HBD support will be more involved next year as well as seat concepts. There was a discussion on the peewee Reece order for the purpose of the course breakdown affecting the peewee beginner riders and we will do a rule change that needs to be addressed at the first harescramble meeting.We voted to increase the sanctioning fee from $700-$1200 to help comp FTR volunteers via gas gift cards FTR will match the $500 increase to go towards the volunteer funds.

General Membership Meeting Minutes on July 23, 2022 at the DoubleTree Orlando.

Called to Order: by President, Randy Faul 11:35am Establish a Quorum: yes President’s Report: A new PA system is coming next season. The old PA system will be going to the peewee track. We will also have new vendors and sponsors coming on board for next season. Last season we had 2600 members and we are looking to have an increase this year. We have a 10 race system. Vice President’s Report: we need to be more diligent on policing the pit area. Treasurer’s Report: $239.353.78 in account. We made $34,000 profit from the benefit race last season Secretary’s Report: n/a Enduro Chairman’s Report: we have three scan guns on order. There is seven races on the schedule and potentially adding one more Hare Scrambles Chairman’s Report: Mototally has been up and running and last season we worked out the kinks which have definitely improve sign up and we now have back up cameras for scoring. There are 10 races on the schedule possibly 12. Pit vehicles need to be identified to each rider they are associated with. BOD appointed Chairperson: we are implementing an armband system for one helper per rider

Old Business:

1. Approval of General Membership meeting minutes for July 24 2021. New Business: Discussion at the last Board of Directors meeting we passed a decision on an associate membership, this membership will be $25 and give members voting rights. These members will not be eligible to run for the board. Discussion on EC membership presents on Facebook, Kyle spearheads EC presence to limit opening doors to social media situations. Discussion on club participation and increasing our volunteers to put on races. Trey was concerned with the speed of the starting area, we use what areas each clubs can provide based on the area of land we have to use. We are always looking for new land to put on races, if you know someone with a large amount of land please direct them to any EC or BOD member. We will put out a social media post to discuss the correct class number plate requirements, which are also in the rulebook. Donnie has stated we are on private land, landowners are there in watching be courteous to their property, be respectful and responsible. Randy Faul, West and Kevin from Sunrunners are working on a trifold FTR brochure to promote our organization.