March 2026 Board Meeting Minutes

SCCA Foundation Board of Directors

Thursday, 3-26-26 7:00 PM Eastern Time

TEAMS

PUBLISHED MINUTES

Directors:  Jeff Jacobs (Chair); Clay Turner (Exec Dir.); Raleigh Boreen, Howard Duncan, Jim Weidenbaum, Bob Eddy, Tere Pulliam, Charlie Huebner, Mike Toombs (Liaison with SCCA BOD and voting member of SCCA Foundation)

Invited: Justin Hawkins (SCCA, Finance); Velma Boreen (Minutes)

Meeting was called to order by Jeff at 7:02 PM Eastern Time.

A motion was made by Bob, seconded by Howard to approve the February meeting minutes. Motion passed.  Velma will forward the minutes for February to Jim and he will forward them to Joseph Marney to post on the SCCA Foundation website.

FINANCIAL REPORT – Justin

• Financial report was presented

• Restricted and unrestricted funds were discussed

• Final report on sweepstakes by Jeff

• Treasurer’s report accepted
   

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Executive Committee – Jeff, Clay  

• Donor prospect form was discussed

  • List of top 100 donors was distributed for targeted appeals

  • The form needs to be sent to the staff as well

• Update on AUSA Pilot Program – Clay

  • Continue to work through the logistics with Ft. Carson

    • They would prefer a Monday-Friday training rather than weekend SCCA-style event.

    • Timeline pushed to June

    • Meetings have been scheduled to resolve the issues

    • Continue to talk about the Tire Rack Street Survival program – working with Rick Myers

    • Will need SWAG for the AUSA attendees

    • There is a local Colorado donor interested in supporting the military programs

• Raleigh Boreen submitted his letter of resignation to Jeff and Clay

  • The two programs that he worked with – FSAE and the Museum of American Speed – will be now handled by Howard and Bob.  The current display at the MAS will be there through the first quarter of 2027.  A decision will need to be made if this relationship with the MAS will continue and what will that next display for SCCA highlight?  MAS is still very interested in having the SCCA Hall of Fame be housed in Lincoln.  Work will also continue with the FSAE program on how to get that group of people more involved with SCCA.

  • Jeff and Clay both thanked Raleigh for his service on the Foundation board.

Fundraising Committee – Jeff, Clay

• Donor Report for February discussed.

  • Donations are behind what has been given the last two years, as is membership renewal

  • Autorenewal may have an effect on the donation lapse

  • Difficult to use online donation on mobile devices.

  • Takes users to membership portal instead of donation completion

  • Need to improve digital capabilities

• Image Licensing Claim related to sweepstakes prize - Jeff

  • Photo licensing issued with Monaco sweepstakes ($1,200 claim being resolved by Charity Ace and travel package provider)

• Donor management software evaluation in progress (DonorPerfect, Bloomerang).  Jeff will send a summary to board members and then decide on presentation interest.

• Update on Champions Circle Campaign – Clay, Charlie

  • People to be considered include SCCA Hall of Fame, people outside of SCCA

  • When approaching donors, there is a need to be able to tell how funds will be used.

  • Next form will include Champions Circle Form

  • A three-tier approach for upcoming email campaign includes Champion Circle ($50K), eligible donors based on prior donations, donors who are part way to being eligible and outreach to lapsed donors.

  • Jeff Jacbobs is the newest member to the Champions Circle.  Huge thanks to Jeff.

TireRack Street Survival Committee – Howard, Linda

• 10 confirmed events, 7 new events in being finalized

  • Registration fee hike is a concern

  • Linda will be on the quarterly RE call with Abby to bring the Regions up to date on the TRSS program.

  • Waivers for minors continue to be a sticking point. 

  • MSR data base can be used by Regions to send out info about schools that are scheduled.

  • SEDiv convention got Regions interested in hosting TRSS events – 5-6 Regions have indicated interest

  • MIDiv convention also had a favorable interest in hosting more schools

  • Carla Russo has had to step down as the central zone coordinator due to work commitments.  A replacement is being sought.  Thank you to Carla for her contributions.

Communications – Jim

• Articles to website on the donor program will be submitted.

• Joseph Marney is the website contact.  Articles will go through Jim 

Archives – Bob         

• Meeting with the IMRRC staff is now being planned for April or May

  • Progress that has been made and the timeline will be discussed

  • Potential new contract will be discussed and we will continue to review the contract, what has been completed and what needs to be done.  What are SCCA’s priorities?

  • 30-50 inquiries are made per month.

• No news on the new building plans.

Women On Track – Tere

• The three Wendi Allen Scholarship Fund recipients were announced.

• WIMNA article sent to WoT committee. 

  • Sydney Yagel will work with the committee

• Working on scholarships for Road Racing

• WoT wants to encourage Solo meetups at the bigger events.

Old Business

• Discussion regarding the Internship Proposal presented by Sydney Yagel.

  • Involved working at Atlanta Motorspeedway

  • Board feels this is a good proposal, with the potential to expand beyond just one event.

  • There will be a financial obligation to get this program in place.

  • Pilot program with the potential to expand to the Regions

  • Help is always needed at the bigger events

  • Is this too late to be considered for 2026?  Should it be a program that gets a kick start early in 2027?

  • Jim, Howard, Jeff and Clay want to talk with Sydney about the proposal.

  • Motion was made by Howard, seconded by Tere to accept the proposal from Sydney.  Motion passed.

New Business

• Sweepstakes will be discussed at a later date.

Meeting adjourned at 9:02 PM Eastern Time.

Next meeting is April 23, 2026 at 7 PM Eastern Daylight Time.