I may be speaking out of place here since I am not yet a member, however, the only thing holding that up is I do not know who to give my application and check to. That will be resolved soon, so having said that…

It appears that the Annual meeting has been on the club calendar for some time. I think that it’s safe to assume that those who are planning to attend have already made necessary arrangements to attend, possibly rescheduling personal activities. If the conflict is between a meeting and a race, I think that anything that is going to determine the operation of the club for the next year takes priority over a race, A race can always be rescheduled and any Saturday could be a double or even a triple race day if necessary. I think it’s important to have as many people possible attend the annual meeting and that trying to reschedule that, possibly causing people to have to reshuffle plans would be detrimental to the purpose of the event.

I propose we move the racing and keep the meeting on the 13th.  I also think the agenda is too big for us to really do justice to all the points.  We will have to have laser focus to get through it in a timely manner.  Maybe Shawn and I could send out the membership and financial updates so everyone has them to review before the meeting.  The big issues are the proposed new rally track, next year’s races and schedule and any proposed rule changes. 

I will offer up my house again but holding a meeting with an 11 month old could be challenging.  I also have the meeting room at the Sport Shop we could use.

Depending on the number of expected meeting participants, several of the local resturants have rooms available that can be reserved for small groups. Given the lateness of the hour, it may be hard to reserve a place, but it’s worth checking into. Usually there is no fee for the room, with the expectation that the guests purchase food and no one should have a problem with that. When on the BOD of the Austin Rifle Club, we used Marie Callendars. The board is current using IHOP on 183., so there are plaes available. Is the annual meeting held away from Kings so that you don’t have the distraction of the public roaming in and out?

We did have one of our meetings at a resturant but didn’t get much done because there was a little too much drinking and too many other distractions.  The goal is to have the meeting somewhere where both levels can be controlled.  With an agenda this long its important to stay as focused as possible.  We can even book a meeting room at the library if we need to.  I would opt for my office first as we have all the supplies, projectors, screens and anything else we might need for the meeting.

The person chairing the meeting has the perogative to establish the ground rules for the meeting. The meeting could(and should) be designated as a non-alcoholic event. There’s always times atferwards to drink. Alcohol does have it’s time and place, but a serious business discussion is neither, IMHO. Personally, I don’t see why anyone couldn’t do without a drink for a couple of hours, but that’s just me. If this is a situation that you know is going to be a problem, then the idea of going to a resturant probably wasn’t a good one. I was just thinking out loud about available venues.