Sin City Mini Club

Board Meeting Minutes: August 13, 2009

6:30pm, Desert Mini Conference Room

Board Members:

Present: Mark Finn, Andrew Ross, Pedro Torres and Julie Preneta

Absent: Paula Moss

Quorum present? Yes

Others Present

Tom Villagomez, Larry Simpson, John Coray, Manny Gomez, and Mike Morine – SCMC Members

Meeting called to order at 6:38pm by SCMC President, Mark Finn

Proceedings:

• At start of meeting a quorum of Board Members was not present at the meeting. Within the first half hour of the meeting Pedro and Agro arrive, thus completing a quorum.
• Discussion of the survey which was put out to the AMVIV mailing list.
• Discussion of the RFP (Request for Proposal) that was sent to the Las Vegas Convention Visitors’ Authority for a future site for AMVIV 7.
  We received four very good proposals from the following casinos: Palace Station, Texas Station, South Point and Aliante.
  • On Tuesday of the previous week, site visits were made to Texas Station, South Point and Aliante. Discussions included the following:
    • Availability and size of the parking garage and services available in the garage
    • Location of the property within the City, proximity to The Strip and accessibility to freeways

    Cost, condition and availability of rooms and, in the case of the Aliante, availability of alternative lodging

  • After a long review of the pros and cons of these four casinos – their proposals, locations, amenities and so on – the Board voted to hold AMVIV 7 at Aliante Station Casino and Hotel
• Approved the minutes from last meeting, they are posted on the SCMC Website.
• Discussion of the revised financial reports and tax filing
  • Reports will need to be revised, to incorporate the newest bank statements. A copy will be prepared and sent to Secretary for archiving.
  • Taxes were filed on time.
• Discussed vice-president duties
  • Larry Simpson was named vice-president when Paula stepped down
  • Discussed scheduling Motor Ins – Possible locations: Cheeburger, Cheeburger and Café Rio. Larry will be checking the event schedule and adding dates and locations for future Motor-Ins.
  • Discussed the pending picnic at Mt. Charleston – Larry will be sending the final RSVP list to BMW club.
  • Discussed the weekend run to Big Bear, California scheduled for August 15.
• Discussed the inventory. Item inventories were prepared, but members were reminded that they need to bring Mini stuff to the dealership for storage. Also, still need to acquire a lockable bin to store t-shirts.
• Discussed membership – Mark has new dealership discount cards to add to new member packets.
• Desert Mini Parts and Service will now be open on the first Saturday of every month.
• Discussed the Website update. Larry has spoken to some web designers and gotten some ideas. The Board recognizes that we need to make the page more interactive and user friendly – so that members can add comments right upfront and show that we are active. We also need to ensure that someone will diligently monitor the page and keep it updated. It will be presented at the next board meeting, and the intent is to start going after contractors to get estimates/plans for an update.
• NACE Car Exhibit Request: Organization looking for three Minis to support the NACE Car Exhibit –One Clubman, one ‘02-‘06 model, and one newer model – November 4-November 7, 2009.
• 2009 Joe Weider’s Olympia Weekend – Las Vegas, NV – September 25 & 26- Dennis Pranouskes agreed to donate his car for the event.
• Discussed and agreed to donate $500 to St. Jude, in appreciation for their support and hospitality during AMVIV. Also, we discussed a possible future run to the location – possibly bring our own food and have a luncheon there on the property. No decision on a future run was made, but we discussed putting a future visit on the Event calendar.

Future Business:

• AMVIV Meeting scheduled for Saturday, August 22nd 1300-1500 at the Finn Residence. 7882 Dancing Leaf Street, Las Vegas – Code 5243.
• Next Motor-In and SCMC Run to be determined, and will be uploaded to the Website this week.

Meeting adjourned at 8:26pm.

Minutes submitted by SCMC Secretary, Julie Preneta

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