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CENTRAL STATES ASSOCIATION OF SHRINE MOTOR CORPS

MID-WINTER MEETING

MARCH 9, 2002

WICHITA, KANSAS

The Meeting was called to order by President Norm Conley at 9:00 A.M.  The invocations was given by past President Bob Giesen.  

President Conley welcomed everyone to Wichita, encouraged everyone to visit the hospitality room and informed the members that after the Meeting, there will be a mini-obstacle course setup in the lobby for anyone who would try it for fun.  

President Conley called for validation of credentials, Organizer Gene Doser announced that there are 35 voting members present.

President Conley called for roll call of Officers, all Officers were present.

President Conley introduced Illustrious Sir Ron Capps, Potentate of Midian Temple who welcomed everyone to Wichita and thanked the members who attended a dinner at Midian Shrine Center the previous night.

President Conley then introduced Kenny Steele, Michael Kelley and Gary Dunn all Past Potentates of Midina Temple and members of Midian Motor Patrol.

President Conley introduced Past Presidents, Bob Ware, Bob Giesen, Bill green, Jack Neff, and Bradley Waite.

President Conley introduced Bill Smith of Atarat Temple and President Elect of IASMC who invited everyone to attend the ISAMC Mid-Winter Meeting in Shrevesport.

President Conley introduced Ed Riemus, President Elect of the Mid-West Shrine Motor Corp who invited everyone to attend the IASMC Competition in Minneapolis in 2003 which will be combined with the Mid-West Competition using International Rules.

President Conley called upon the Secretary to read the Minutes of the previous Mid-Winter Meeting and Fall Meeting and entertained a motion to accept the Minutes as printed.  A Motion was made and seconded to accept the Minutes of the previous meeting as printed.  A vote was taken and the motion carried.

President Conley called upon the Secretary to read the Financial Report.  Secretary Waite explained all the checks written since the last Mid-Winter Meeting, the income and the current value of the mutual fund account.  A motion was made and seconded to accept the financial report as given.  A vote was taken and the motion carried.

President Conley called upon the Secretary to read the Bills and Communications.  The Secretary reported that there are no bills, and read a communication from Alice from Isis Temple requesting the names and addresses of the Officers, a communication from CSSA inviting only the President of CSASMC to attend their Mid-Winter Meeting next weekend, a proposed By-Law change and a clarification of classification from Ron Boese, both of which will be brought up under New Business.

President Conley asked for any Reports of Officers.

First Vice-President Jerry Ritchey informed the members that Competition in Omaha will be at Bluff's Run and followed by the Awards Banquest at Harrahs Casino, which has a facility to accommodate 1200 people.  The 2003 Mid-Winter Meeting will be in Lincoln, NE on March 10, 2003.  Secretary Waite informed the members that the Headquarters hotel will be the Holiday Inn at 72nd & Grover.  The Holidome has been reserved for all the Units of Tangier Temple to host hospitality rooms.

Second Vice-President Chuck Petersen reported that he will be checking out several Competition locations that have been located by the Branson committee.  The Awards Banquet will be at the Chateau on the Lake.  There is a possibility that if the Competition sites are not suitable, we may have to go to Springfield for Competition.  The Imperial Session for 2003 will be in Denver and there will be mountain tours available for the motorized units.

Third Vice-President Darrell David reported that CSSA 2004 will be in Des Moines and no locations for Competition have been selected yet.

Fourth Vice-President Bob Sides reported on the Shrine Hospital Ride.  He informed the members that this is a once in a lifetime ride for those that participated.  This was a 13,750 mile ride that started in Alexandria, Virginia and visited 20 Shrine Hospitals in North America.  The ride took six weeks to complete.

Sgt-at-Arms Ron Boese and Organizer Gene Doser had no reports.

There were no reports from Past Presidents.

There were no reports of any standing committees.

Second Vice-President Chuck Petersen stated that we need to be looking for a new equipment trailer.  The present trailer is overloaded with equipment and there is constant repairs being done to keep it rolling.  He asked the members that if anyone knew of any one who might be interested in helping us find a new trailer, plese see him after the meeting.  He also suggested that we start a trailer fund with any donations anyone wanted to make for the replacement trailer.  It was suggested that we start with passing the hat at this meeting for donations.  A collection was taken and $316.00 was donated.

President Conley asked for New Business.

Gene Lundy of Ararat Temple presented a By-Law change concerning the election of Officers.  He proposed to change Article III, Section 1 to read as follows:

"The Officers of this Assocaition shall Consist of President, 1st Vice President, 2nd Vice President, 3rd Vice President, 4th Vice President, Sgt-at-Arms, and Organizer, all of which shall be elected for a term of one year at the time of the Central States Association of Shrine Motor Corp Mid-Winter Meeting and shall server until their successors have been elected and installed.  The elective offices of this Association cannot be filled by two (2) Nobles of the same temple."

A motion was made and seconded for this proposal and after some discussion, President Conley asked for a vote.  A vote was taken and the motion failed.

Noble Bobby Simmons of Midian Air Capital Eagles asked for a clarification of the Novelty Class.  He asked that the class be of Units that are new and unique and that a everyday four wheel Unit be put in their propoer class.  After much discussion, it was decided to put the golf carts back in Four Wheel Medium with the Abu Bekr Rat Patrol and that will possibly avoid consolidating the Four Wheel Medium and Four Wheel Large into on Class.

President Conley then introduced John Arnold, Past President CSSA, and Doug Jolley Fourth Vice President CSSA.  Noble Jolley said that the was here to listen to us and would like to talk to anyone about any suggestions for CSSA.

Sgt-at-Arms Ron Boese asked for clarification of the Antique Car and Milestone Classes.  He asked that modified cars not compete in Antique and Misestone Classes and that they compete in the Modified Class.  After much discussion, it was decided that the Milestone Class is an obsolete class and that antiques that are modified will be judged in the Modified Class.

Secretary Waite proposed a new car classification for convertibles.  He noted that every Temple in Central States has a convertible Unit, because it is usually the Unit that the Divan parades in.  He proposed a classification for a Convertible Cars that is for Units that are composed strictly convertibles.  If a Unit is made up of different cars, some of which are convertibles, they will compete in the various classes that now exist.  This new Convertible Class is for Units that are made up of only convertible cars.  He explained that the CSSA Mid-Winter Meeting is next weekend in St. Joseph, MO. and all the Potentates and their Divan will be at that meeting.  The Officers of the Motor Corp would like to present this new classification to and also explain to the representatives about some of the problems we have had with the CSSA Officers, if we are allowed to speak at the meeting.  After hearing a lenghtly explanation of some of the recent problems we have had with CSSA Officers, Noble Doug Jolley of CSSA said that he would get with President Cliff Boyer to make sure that the Motor Corp will be able to speak to the representatives.

Secretary Waite informed the members that many of the scores sheets come back with a list of declarations.  Most declarations are for paint chips or windshield chips that are usually declared every year.  He stated that the rule states that the only thing you can declare is damage that occurred while in transit to Motor Corp Competition.  If you are going to declare all your defects, why judge the cars.

President Conley entertained a motion to continue the consolidation of classes as in previous years.  Any class that does not have a least Units registered to compete in Competitive Drill by the registration deadline, will be consolidated with the next class to provide for more competition.  A motion was made and seconded to continue the consolidation of classes.  A vote was taken and the motion carried.

President Conley explained to the members that the President always has to change the drawing for position on the drill fields.  After the deadline for registration, the two drill fields are almost always lopsided with one field with several more Units in competition that the other field.  Last year President Conley assigned times and field positions after the deadline for registration.  Everything was all set prior to the Fall Meeting, and it made the meeting go a lot faster with less confusion.  President Conley entertained a motion to allow the President to assign times and positions on the fields again this year.  A motion was ande and seconded, a vote was taken and the motion carried.

Fourth Vice President Bob Sides explained a proposal to change the method of scoring on the drill fields according to the number of participants in each Unit.  The proposal would take the total number of point deduction and divide it by the number of participants in that Unit, and that number would be the actual point deduction.  A motion was made and seconded to accept this new method.

Secretary Waite stated that there needs to be some way to level the field when it comes to four participants against sixteen participants and this might be the best proposl given, but, some of the help he has in tabulation scores will not see the new method until the day of competition and due to the limited amount of time there is to complete the scores prior to the Awards Banquest, that there could be some errors.  He explained that in previous years he has provided a place on the score sheets for the judges to put the number of participants in.  Very few of the four score sheets from each unit had the same number of them.

Organizer Gene Doser suggested that we continue to score the same this year, but to also use this new method after competition and bring the results back to the next Mid-Winter Meeting and see how it works for possible implementation or modification.

President Conley asked for a vote on the new method and the motion failed.

Chriss Green, a member of the Ararat Lotawana Boaters announced that their competion boats are up for slae and he hoped that some Shrine Unit might be interested in buying them.  If so, contact him or Ararat Temple.

Third Vice-President Darrell David stated that there might be a possibility that we might be able to have some type of Show Bike Competition similar to the Show Car Competition.  He suggested that we try this in Omaha without any type of classification and see what kind of interest it might have.  First Vice-President Jerry Ritchey said he would come up with some kind of judging for the trial year.

President Conley asked for nomination for the Office of Organizer.

Noble Ron Reynolds of Moolah Gateway 500 placed the name of James Tracy in nomination for the Office of Organizer.

Past President Bill Green placed the name of Gene Lundy of Ararat Goldwings in nomination for the Office of Organizer.  Noble Lundy said he appreciated the honor but withdrew his name from nomination.

President Conley asked for any other nominations.  Hearing none, he asked for a motion to close nomination, and cast a unanimous vote for James Tracy for the Office of Organizer.  A vote was taken and the notion carried.

Secretary Waite mentioned that the Motor Corp was going to look into having shirts made up for the Officers to wear at Competition.  They will all be wearing the same shirt and hat, and that should make them an easier target for anyone trying to hunt them down.  Also, we will be looking at the possibility for having Motor Corp shirts for sale to our members and that the shirts will be marked up a few dollars and that the money made from the shirts be put in a fund for the replacement of the trailer.  This hopefully will avoid using money from the mutual fund account or having dues increase.

Having no further business to come before the order, a motion was made and seconded that we adjourn.  A vote was taken and the motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Bradley Waite

Sec-Treas. CSASMC

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Mid-Winter C.S.A.S.M.C. 2003 Meeting

APRIL 10th, 2003  Lincoln, NE
Sesostris Shriners of Lincoln, Nebraska

Downtown Holiday Inn, Lincoln, NE

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Jerry Ritchey - (402) 796-2275  ic60902@alltel.net
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