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« on: July 01, 2017, 10:22:58 AM »
All, To help things run smooth in the morning we're looking for 2 people to help us out and work the gate between 7:15-9:30am. These two people will make sure that drivers and spectators coming in sign the waiver, get a course map and know where to grid/park and make sure they go to register right away. We're expecting a large turnout tomorrow 90+ drivers so we need to be organized right off the hop. With two people manning the gate the two folks can switch out and take turns walking the course. But here's the best part, if you work the gate in the morning you're done working for the day. 
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« on: February 28, 2017, 01:13:26 PM »
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« on: February 13, 2017, 08:56:29 AM »
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« on: January 30, 2017, 08:13:01 AM »
Jarek took some pretty awesome action shots from Saturday's school. Pictures are at the link below. If you would like to order high res, non-watermarked versions email: jsoltys_photo@outlook.com https://app.box.com/s/1ohmgly28hjum82t3w2pgrulr27jv2yy
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« on: January 27, 2017, 04:45:31 PM »
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« on: November 16, 2016, 08:20:36 AM »
For those that were unable to attend the AGM this past Sunday we thought we'd share some of the documents for members to have a look through.
Presidents Report
2016 was a good year for the SASC that saw some up’s and downs.
The SASC once again hosted for the 6th consecutive year a winter driving school to benefit the public. Thanks largely in part to Reijo as well as many other club executives and club members who volunteered their time to make these schools happen. We hosted 6 schools this past winter helping 142 students to hopefully become better and safer drivers on the roads. These schools have become very popular over the years but could face challenges going forward due to potential changes in ASN Insurance. Provided we go ahead with these schools we look to you, the SASC members, to volunteer your time and help with these schools, it’s a great way of giving back to the community and is tons of fun.
Earlier in the year there was a threat of losing the Fort Macleod Airport venue in the town of Fort Macleod due to some complaints from previous years. Thanks to the hard work of Wayne, Reijo, Cam, Quentin, Andrew and others we were able to meet with the town council, explain to them what our club is and what the sport of autocross is and convince them to let us continue using the venue. We listened to their concerns (noise before 10:00am, noise in general, stunting on public roads, no port-a-potties etc.) and came up with solutions to all of these concerns. Towards the end of the season we met once again with town council and they informed us that they were very pleased with that we’ve done. We also hosted a Fort Macleod Appreciation day on October 1st to give ride a longs to locals and a free lunch as our way of saying thank you.
Earlier this season the SASC, in coordination with SoloPro hosted an Intro and Competitive autocross school which continually helps to develop our drivers.
This was also the first year that the SASC rented a booth at the beyond.ca Driven show (thanks to Joe and James for lending their cars). The booth helped spread the word about our club and what we do. Perhaps related, 2016 was a great year for club participation and club membership, we had a very substantial, and nearly 100% increase in membership from 34 in 2015 to 65 in 2016 (including multi-person family memberships).
The club also had very strong representation at Packwood, Washington for the Solo National Tour and in Lincoln, Nebraska for the Solo Nation Championship with quite a few club members finishing very well at both events.
This year also saw the addition of a venue right here in Calgary. Thanks to Reijo, we were able to secure a very nice lot near the airport and successfully hosted 6 events there, though venue rental costs at this location are substantially higher than other venues the location being right here in Calgary saw huge turnouts (496 participants total).
I won’t get into too much detail regarding solo2 but this season saw a massive 885 participation days between Fort Macleod and YYC, this doesn’t include the SASC/CSCC Joint Championship events hosted by the CSCC in Red Deer. It was a busy season of autocross.
Some of the changes the club instituted this year included: Port-a-potties at the Fort Macleod and YYC events, Sound Pressure Level Monitoring and monthly Club Meetings during the summer and fall.
Next year hopefully we can continue to grow this club and shape it into a better, more organized club that continues to produce some very talented drivers. In order to do that we need to make sure the following happens:
- More volunteers: Organizing, preparing, setting up and taking down of events is a tremendous amount of work and guys like Cam, Jess, Tom (from Lethbridge) and Reijo move mountains in order to get the events to work. We need folks to step up to executive and steward positions as well as simply helping out.
- Better organization: Though I believe we did quite well with regards to the YYC events there is definitely room for improvement, stewards, people to help set up and take down, pre-assigning of work assignments, teching helmets and cars etc. etc.
- Continuing the initiatives we implemented this year, monthly meetings, SPL monitoring, port-a-potties etc.
Reijo, Andrew & Joe if you could please post the Solo-2 Report, Financial Bar Chart & Minutes respectively.
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« on: October 24, 2016, 02:22:53 PM »
I would like to invite all SASC Members to our Annual General Meeting on Sunday, November 13 @ 12:00pm at Speeders (58 Aero Dr NE, Calgary, AB T2E 8Z9). Attending this meeting is important as it guides the direction of the club and allows the club to continually improve. We have 64 club members meaning we need at least 13 to have a quorum. We strongly encourage you to attend and if you can’t, please nominate another member to represent you by filling out the attached proxy form.
Please RSVP to: tom dot grzesiak at gmail dot com or PM me on here.
The president and solo director have agreed to continue on in their positions however the Treasurer and Secretary positions will be open for nominations. In addition to these two executive positions needing to be filled we also need to fill the following volunteer positions: Tech Steward, Safety Steward, Equipment Steward, Event Steward, Novice Coordinator. If you would like to volunteer for one of the executive positions or Steward/Coordinator positions or nominate another club member please let me know in your RSVP.
Lunch will be provided.
Agenda:
- Adopt agenda (Tom)
- Adopt minutes of last AGM (Joe)
- President's report (Tom)
- Financial statement (Andrew)
- Solo2 report (Reijo)
- Appointment of auditor?
- Election of Treasurer & Secretary
- Election of other volunteer positions
Other items for discussion/decision:
- Review of 2016 SASC Membership Survey
- Discussion regarding venues (Fort Macleod, Calgary & Badlands)
- Items brought forward form last year
- Club equipment
- Winter Driving Schools
- Next club meeting
- Club Championship Awards (SASC/CSCC Joint Championship)
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« on: October 11, 2016, 04:50:23 PM »
There will be no club meeting tonight, we hope to see everyone at the AGM on November 13th @ 12:00pm (please check your email for more details).
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« on: September 28, 2016, 09:27:17 AM »
Monday evening, 26-Sept, Wayne and myself spoke to the Fort Macleod council. Basically it was a thank you for allowing us the privilege to use the Fort Macleod airport for the 2016 SASC season events.
•Thank you for allowing the SASC the privilege to use the airport venue for our 2016 events. 12 successful event days this year, over 100 different participants from across western Canada, in excess of 360 participants over the 6 weekend events.
•The SASC implemented measures in 2016 to address previous concerns. 10:00 am start times at all events, 93 db sound limit on participant vehicles, port-a-potties, and zero tolerance to off site stunting, speeding, general bad behavior in and around the town. Sue (Chief Administrative Officer) commented that there were zero complaints this year to our activities. Nice to hear.
•And in closing we invited all council to come out, see what we’re all about, this Saturday at our Fort Macleod Appreciation event. An ad has been placed in tomorrow’s Macleod Gazette inviting public at large as well.
All in all, we were well received, as such the venue is tentatively secured for next year, good work everyone. We need to continue to be outstanding users of the airport.
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« on: September 22, 2016, 01:34:05 PM »
Fort Macleod Appreciation Event & Complimentary BBQ Fort Macleod Airport
Saturday Oct 01, 2016
11:00am to 03:00pmThe SASC is more than just a motorsports club. Our members are strong advocates for public drivers’ safety and skills development, through the hosting of closed course driving events. This Test N' Tune day will double as appreciation event. Drivers are encouraged to take locals for ride-alongs to show what our sport is all about. Standard fees apply and sign up on Motorsportreg. Free BBQ for all in attendance. Drivers sign up here: http://msreg.com/SASCOct12016
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« on: September 22, 2016, 01:29:25 PM »
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« on: August 24, 2016, 11:41:08 AM »
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« on: August 24, 2016, 08:58:45 AM »
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