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• ➢  Club Racing Board (CRB) (11/7): The CRB reviewed the strategy for data collection for 2024. Which tracks, what races, etc. They also had an involved discussion on the future of the Club Racing program. In the end, it was obvious that we need to have a strategic planning meeting in the spring. This will allow us to focus on the long-term planning of the program. I have already started working with John LaRue (CRB Chair) on this. Like every other monthly meeting, the open letters were reviewed as well. The results of all of the CRB rules changes can be seen here.
• ➢  Electrified Vehicle Advisory Committee (EVAC) (11/8): Final revisions of the latest SCREV update were discussed. These would be passed on to the BoD for review and promulgation. We reviewed pending letters. We also discussed hosting a town hall type meeting for our December time slot so folks could query us about the committee and its work.
• ➢  Board of Directors (BoD) (11/27): With a face to face meeting coming up next week, we cancelled this particular meeting.SCCA Events:
  Board of Directors (BoD) (12/2): Once again, our face-to-face meeting was very productive. Just so you know, I’ll share a bit about how they work. We receive updates and forecasts from all the senior national staff. This includes Mike Cobb (President), Eric Prill / Deanna Flanagan (Club Racing), Heyward Wagner (Experiential), Jeff Dahnert (Business Operations), Robey Clark (SCCA Enterprises), Kristen Poole (Marketing) and Chris Robbins (Regional Development). During each report the members will pepper the presenter with questions, so we have a better understanding of the topic. These presentations take most of the morning and may drift into the afternoon. After that, we then hear from the various program board liaisons and act upon any rules changes that may be pending. Mike showed us his proposed budget for 2024 and it looks very encouraging. We are in a pretty good financial position. We will be able to take on new personnel and work on new projects for the members. In addition to updates about Solo, RallyCross and HillClimb, Heyward gave us more details about the Club Spec idea. It looks very promising with the S197 Mustang and NC Miata as options. I encourage everyone to investigate it by clicking here for more details. This particular meeting also had a wide ranging discussion about various SCCA yearly awards (Wolff Barnato, Member of Excellence, etc.). We concluded the day by closing the 2023 meeting and opening the 2024 meeting. This involved welcoming the two new members, selecting officers for the 2024 Board and making committee assignments. As for me, I will continue to be a liaison with the CRB as well as Chair the EVAC.

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Be sure and visit the GLDiv website for information about all of the SCCA programs within the division. We have schedules, official’s contact info, standings, etc. for all the SCCA programs.

Please take a few minutes and make sure your contact information is accurate in the SCCA database. It’s important to have the correct information there so the club knows how to contact you. Log in to your my.scca.com page and check.

As I mentioned previously, there is a new path to getting your annual waiver. You can now get it through the Member Account Portal (MAP). Follow this link to get the instructions. There is also a story about the program here. I’ve done it and it only takes a couple of minutes. Be prepared to upload a headshot picture of yourself.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you soon. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you may have about any facet of the GLDiv. I want you to make the most of your membership and I will help out in any way possible to make that happen.

Dayle Frame
Area 4 Director Great Lakes Division
517.889.1117 (h) dframe@scca.com