CRCA Board Meeting Minutes (May 2022)

May 2022 Board meeting minutes

The all-volunteer CRCA Board held it’s May meeting on the 2nd of June at 7pm. Minutes from that meeting follow below. If you have any questions or concerns about meeting minutes please reach out to Josh Sakofsky (Secretary), or any CRCA Board Member.

Virtual Attendance: Josh, Randy, Mart, Tara, Mitch, Alex, Emily, Nathan, Charlie

MEMBERSHIP

• Reduce membership fee and marshal requirement

• Contact team about team member not being a club member.

• Start a membership ride!

CLUB RACING

• Mid Season survey to be sent out regarding race length and other questions

• Discussion and review of video from C field rider and moto crash

  • Agreed C field was neutralized for sufficient time before moto attempted to pass

  • Determined moto gave sufficient room to field while passing

  • Rider veered hard left and way out of field, moto had no way to avoid

TREASURER

• Race Director payment structure for Open Racing

  • Budget is $3000 for non Central Park races, $750 for CP races

  • Director of Open Racing to either hire outside RD or retain RD fee at discretion or split amongst a group, with oversight from Treasurer

CRCA Board Meeting Minutes (April 2022)

April 2022 Board meeting minutes

The all-volunteer CRCA Board held it’s April meeting on the 20th at 7pm. Minutes from that meeting follow below. If you have any questions or concerns about meeting minutes please reach out to Josh Sakofsky (Secretary), or any CRCA Board Member.

Virtual Attendance: Randy Locklair, David Shirzad, Elizabeth Tobey, Mart de Graaf, Mitchell Napolitano, Tara Parsons, Charlie Stein, Alex Klafehn, Josh Sakofsky

MEMBERSHIP

• Check-in issues with previous years numbers being used and racers not taking required skills session when needed to be addressed.

CLUB RACING

• Reminder to Stephen for motos not to enter rec lane and pass fields and park users safely

TREASURER

• Defib purchased for use

SECRETARY

• Draft changes to Code of Conduct for use next year to include wording regarding penalties for harassment.

CRCA Board Meeting Minutes (March 2022)

March 2022 Board meeting minutes

The all-volunteer CRCA Board held it’s March meeting on the 30th at 7pm. Minutes from that meeting follow below. If you have any questions or concerns about meeting minutes please reach out to Josh Sakofsky (Secretary), or any CRCA Board Member.

Virtual Attendance: Randy Locklair, David Shirzad, Elizabeth Tobey, Emily Singleton, Mart de Graaf, Mitchell Napolitano, Nathan Brauer, Tara Parsons, Charlie Stein, Alex Klafehn, Josh Sakofsky

MEMBERSHIP

• Price of chips increasing to $65 due to cost increase

CLUB RACING

• Lasker descent continued construction concerns

  • Ensure LOUD communications at race start

• Concerns around lap count and field start order

  • Determined too early to decide and collect more data

OPEN RACING

• Request made to create a paid Race Director role per Open Race event based on workload (15-20hrs per week for 3-4 weeks leading up to event) which can either be outsourced or taken on by the Open Racing Director was approved unanimously. Amount per race to be determined.

TREASURER

• Paid CRCDF backlog of dues from Donor members

TEAMS

• Non-CRCA members cannot perform team duties for CRCA teams when mentoring

• Non-CRCA members cannot mentor unless chosen by VP of Rider Development and must hold a valid USAC license.

CRCA Board Meeting Minutes (February 2022)

February 2022 Board meeting minutes

The all-volunteer CRCA Board held it’s February meeting on the 10th at 7pm. Minutes from that meeting follow below. If you have any questions or concerns about meeting minutes please reach out to Josh Sakofsky (Secretary), or any CRCA Board Member.

Virtual Attendance: Randy Locklair, David Shirzad, Elizabeth Tobey, Emily Singleton, Mart de Graaf, Mitchell Napolitano, Nathan Brauer, Tara Parsons, Charlie Stein, Nathan Brauer, Alex Klafehn, Josh Sakofsky

MEMBERSHIP

• Member signup opening 2/14, communications sent out

RIDER DEV

• Permits filed for all events

MARSHAL

• No more paid substitutes organized through CRCA. This became a full time job to organize for a volunteer Board member and members are responsible for their own marshal duties.

CRCA Board Meeting Minutes (January 2022)

January 2022 Board meeting minutes

The all-volunteer CRCA Board held two January meetings. Minutes from those meetings follow below. If you have any questions or concerns about meeting minutes please reach out to Josh Sakofsky (Secretary), or any CRCA Board Member.

Virtual Attendance

PRESIDENT

• Vote to reinstate COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all races was approved unanimously

• Vote to appoint Mart de Graaf Marshal Director approved unanimously

• Vote to relieve 2021 Board members of their marshal duty for 2022 approved unanimously

• Reviewed goals of 2022 season

  • Membership Growth and Outreach

  • Becoming a Unified Voice for Racing in NYC

  • Increasing pride in the club 

  • Organizational Comms

  • Reliance on “The Van”

  • Advocacy and Intra-Organizational Work

  • Bylaw Review

OPEN RACING

• Details of redesigned open racing event co-op format discussed

  • Teams to be more involved in success of OR events as part of team duty

MEMBERSHIP

• Vote to keep 2020 membership pricing intact approved unanimously