Directors’ Meeting, 9 January 2008

The first Directors’ Meeting of 2008 was dominated by procedural topics.

A discussion of a document on directors’ job descriptions was followed by a request for a document entitled ‘Disaster Recovery Plan’. This is expected to take the form of a ‘time line’. The intention is that more than one person can run the bureaucracy associated with the MRC.

The driver complaints procedure will be redrafted, making use of experience gained in 2007.

The results of the Mono2000 questionnaire were reported. There was a 30% response from the class. Responses to the majority of the questions asked were inconclusive but one opinion did stand out. There was near universal approval of the Mono2000 classic championship.

The club will have its own stand at Race Retro at Stoneleigh and there will be a suitable car on the stand (the newly rebuilt Reynard owned by Russ Giles).
The MRC’s Yearbook will be posted to the membership when the MSA officially approves our regulations.

The MRC’s 50th Anniversary Year logo was approved. (Editor’s note, it is currently in use on the Website and Startline).

Official business and arrangements for the AGM were discussed.

Ways of liaising with CSCC were discussed. It was decided that members of the ‘Race sub-committee’ act as liaison officers for club members at race meetings.
Roll hoops are a current concern of the MSA. It was decided that the club scrutineer be asked to clarify the current situation with regard to expectations that MSA have of competitors (Editor’s note: p270 of the 2008 blue book. Only the seat position is free to move in most cars. Any modification of the roll bar will require recertification by the MSA, see David Parkinson’s article).

High intensity LED rain lights. The MSA’s requirement for and then the withdrawal of this requirement was a matter for discussion. Currently the MRC does not insist that these high intensity LED lights be installed.

And now for the bad news. CSCC (& other clubs) have lost their Donington Park meeting to the purveyors of expensive caffeine flavoured carbonated water. This was the final meeting of our twelve race season. Replacement meetings are available, CSCC can offer a mid October double header at Snetterton. This would require the approval of a thirteen race championship by the MSA. Directors suspected that anything but a double header at Snetterton in October would be unpopular. Past experience shows that both races should have championship status if the meeting is to be well supported.

Patrick Huston

Mono Club to draft a formal disaster recovery plan. (French nuclear bomb test at Mururoa (Moruroa) Atoll, 1970 Wikipaedia.)

90p worth of fresh fruit and a 90p can of the product which has deprived us of Donington. Hmmm, tasty. (Pic TC)