Der Gasser- Letter to Editor

[Mike Andrews]

formerlythethrottlemaster wrote:

Now about the Speed Council, make their meeting and decisions transparent. Are they allowed to make decisions without approval of the Executive Board? How does the Executive Board oversee the Speed Council? Why doesn't the President or Vice President sit on the Speed Council?

You posted in an earlier thread saying you heard that the president drove for free and wanted clarification, to which I replied. When I asked who you were you went silent and have now come back with a different (but similar) user name. I'll ask you again, who are you?



Their (speed council) decisions are clear.... you see the results of them at every track event.



Are they allowed to make decisions without the approval of the exec? Yes they are. As is every chairperson on the exec. Autocross, social, rally and so on are responsible for their programs and as such are required to make decisions as it pertains to their programs. With that said, when it comes to decisions that affect the club as a whole (like budget) the whole board gets involved. The decisions/conversatiions that are made at speed council are things like:

What all went wrong at Summit Point?

What can we do to reduce the chances of that happening again?

How can we handle crashes and the aftermath better?

How and where are we with regards to participation for the next event?

and so on.... you can rest assured we are not talking about you. Well, we might be, if we knew who you are.....



The speed council is comprised of people required to run that program. The vice president is responsible for setting and holding meetings and the president is responsible for overseeing the club. When decisions are made within any program it's the chairpersons responsibility to communicate that to the rest of the board.

FWIW, I can see a time when there will be a council (or something similar) for autocross, the newsletter and other programs.