April 2025 Board Meeting Minutes
SCCA Foundation Board of Directors
Thursday, 4-17-25 7:00 PM Eastern Time
Zoom
PUBLISHED MINUTES
Directors: Jeff Jacobs (Chair); Arnie Coleman (Exec Dir.); Raleigh Boreen, Howard Duncan, Jim Weidenbaum, Tere Pulliam, Bob Eddy; Peter Bollenbecker (SCCA Inc. Liaison)
Invited: Jeff Dahnert (SCCA Finance); Justin Hawkins (SCCA Finance); Melanie Murray (TRSS); Kristen Poole (SCCA, Comms); Velma Boreen (Minutes)
Meeting was called to order by Jeff at 7:01 PM Eastern Time.
A motion was made by Bob, seconded by Raleigh to approve the March meeting minutes. Motion passed. The minutes for March will be forwarded to Rachel to post on the SCCA Foundation website.
FINANCIAL REPORT - Jeff Dahnert
Jeff introduced the SCCA Foundation members to Justin Hawkins. Justin has been shadowing Jeff and will officially take over Jeff’s position with SCCA on May 5, 2025. Jeff’s last day is May 2nd. Justin’s background has been with not-for profit organizations. He is familiar with NetForm, which is what SCCA uses. Thank you to Jeff for all he has done for SCCA and the Foundation. Welcome, Justin.
The 24-month CD is coming due soon.
· The CD is on an autorenewal and will be at a higher rate.
Donations for March were up over 2024. There has been an increase in assets.
Tire Rack and the three Wendi Allen Scholarship Funds have been distributed.
· Will be verifying that the funds from Mazda will be distributed to SCCA soon.
· Tere will verify how the WASF scholarships are handled/should be handled in the future.
Sweepstakes for the Singapore GP are doing well.
A motion was made by Bob, seconded by Howard to accept the financial report. Motion passed.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Tire Rack Street Survival - Melanie and Howard
Schedule for schools being worked on
20 schools have been scheduled for 2025
4 schools have been completed, 16 are currently on the schedule
Working on getting Regions hosting schools to get them on the schedule as soon as possible
Working with a few Regions interested in getting their schools going again.
A Zoom call will be scheduled with organizers of schools to discuss the Minor Waivers and procedure for that process. Proper execution of minor waivers continue to be an issue.
Jim will be doing an article for the SCCA Foundation website on TRSS.
Executive Committee
The previously drafted proposal to add a more formal term structure to the Foundation Bylaws is being reviewed with the SCCA Inc. Board and outside counsel. A draft Operations Manual has been circulated for review and comment, with some additional detail needing to be included.
The Legacy Giving program work will resume once the Ops Manual is approved and in place.
Fundraising Committee
Monthly donations via the Member Account Portal were higher in March compared to the two previous years in March.
Singapore Grand Prix continues until April 30, with the drawing on May 8. A final push will be taking place this next week. Next sweepstakes still under discussion but is scheduled to start around the beginning of June, with the drawing held near the end of the year.
Spec Boxster Donation
Work continues on getting the Boxster sold
Have received two offers
No racing history, no log book but this is a good track day and Time Trials vehicle
Information and photos are on the SCCA Foundation website, with an article on the SCCA website as well.
Bring a Trailer/Racing Junk/ Hagerty/high bid format
Purchase of the Boxster is open to anyone – not just SCCA members
Thanks again to Mike Hamrick and Wilwood for storing the Boxster.
The April Donor Newsletter was sent via e-mail featuring Tire Rack Street Survival, promoting the Singapore Sweepstakes and also recognized all donors in the first quarter of 2025. This resulted in an SCCA member making a sizeable donation to the Foundation to use as the board sees fit but is very interested in supporting Street Survival as well as additional opportunities to engage more young people in SCCA. SCCA should be receiving that check soon.
Communications
Jim continues to post articles on the SCCA Foundation website.
Raleigh provided Jim with information about VETMotorsports and their involvement with Track Night in America testimonials along with photos
Article on the Porsche Spec Boxster and offer-link posted on the website.
Foundation article/photos on the Museum of American Speed and the Boxster donation on website.
Jim would like to do an article on the online courses that are offered through the Member Account Portal with feedback from those who have taken online courses.
Several items pending and Jim will continue to update as needed.
Archives
The IMRRC board will be forwarding information to Bob in May regarding their capital campaign. Joe Schill indicated that they are not quite ready for digitizing information. Joe and Rick are planning on late summer/early fall to be the time table to begin working on the Solo information. The Great Lakes Division Solo Series, which has been in existence since 1986, has newsletters about the series that date back to 1986. Raleigh will work to get those newsletters to the IMRRC yet this year. There continue to be many inquiries from SCCA members.
Women on Track
Tere had no report, as the Women on Track committee did not have a meeting in April.
Region Development Grants
Temporary hold on this program continues
VETMotorsports / Formula SAE / Museum of American Speed, Lincoln
VETMotorsports
Working with SCCA personnel, chair people with Time Trials and Track Night in America to get the program with the VETMotorsports participants finalized. Should be finalized by May 15th.
FSAE
The meeting in the fall to bring FSAE student up to speed on what is involved with their build.
This meeting will take place in Lincoln, Nebraska.
100 teams are expected to attend, with 3-4 from each school.
SCCA Foundation has committed $10,000 towards the meeting
We will have SCCA and SCCA Foundation presence at this meeting.
The Carroll Smith Mentor’s Cup will be presented at the Electric Vehicle Competition in June at Michigan International Speedway. The mentor will receive the trophy and a check for $1,000.
Museum of American Speed in Lincoln
The SCCA Road Racing display is ready at the MAS.
The grand opening for the Museum is scheduled for the weekend of April 25-26, featuring the Unser Collection and the SCCA Display.
VIP open house on 4-25, public open house on 4-26.
Raleigh, Bob and Velma will be attending the Friday open house
Currently the plan is to have Mike Cobb do his quarterly president’s report from MAS to show and talk about this display.
Old Business
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New Business
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Meeting adjourned at 8:05 PM Eastern Time.
Next meeting is May 22, 2025 at 8 PM Eastern Daylight Time.
Velma