DMCC AGM

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Meeting summary - apologies if I forget anything, my notes are at home.

Committee for 2012
Chairperson + Race Director: Michael O'Leary
Secretary: Vicky Fagan
Treaurer: Ken Gordon
Development Officer: William White
Driver's Rep: Graham Parkes
Ordinary Committee Member: Tony Kavanagh
Ordinary Committee Member: Ian Hunter
President: Dave Bolger (non-executive committee member)


Major proposals carried;

1. Racing will be run to an automatically timed system starting this Sunday. The variables of the system will be adjusted to achieve the most efficient, automatically timed, race day. Delaying or progressing the start of races will be avoided at all costs, but it is accepted that in the constitutional clubman nature of the sport, some minor delays are inevitable.
2. Racing meetings will now start at 10am, with the first heat going at 11am.
3. Enforcement of the rules as per the rulebook will be improved. Drivers can expect to be at the mercy of the race director should they break any rule, especially those rules relating to marshalling and driver conduct when racing or making objections.
4. The meeting agreed to hold an EGM in late February to decide on the location of racing during the summer season 2012. The committee agreed to format an impartial data sheet giving the pros and cons of each proposed location.
5. The AGM agreed that all meetings should be run to the round-by-round qualifying system as a default. For the FTQ system to be used it must be either proposed at the drivers briefing and carried by the majority of racers or else nominated in the championship regulations sheet and displayed at the track throughout the season.
6. The meeting agreed to address the class rules and seeding system to ensure that F3 drivers are restricted from competing in the Clubman class. It was also agreed that the Clubman class should be protected as a nursery for new and novice drivers.
7. The meeting agreed that the committee should calculate and reserve and portion of the club's bank balance to be set aside for expenses in the year ahead. This may be insurance, astroturf disposal and setup costs at a new venue.
8. The meeting agreed that the committee should review the class system and identify a way to offer awards to the "middle-ground" drivers - these are drivers that are too fast for clubman, but not up to the speed of modified.
9. The AGM agreed that the committee should enter into negotiations with Michael and Dave Bolger and/or with MyLaps(AMB) with regard to purchasing a timing system. The timing system should be purchased as funds allow.
10. It was carried that a marshal from each heat should be nominated to man race control at the start of the each race for the purposes of confirming start order and ensuring that all other marshals are in place. These nominated marshalls will be identified on the heat and finals listings.