August 02 2007: International Model Power Boat Association 2007 IMPBA International Regatta Board Meeting Seville, Ohio August 2, 2007 7:00PM Central Time MINUTES Present: President, Bill Zuber Executive Secretary, John Equi District 1, Randall Thomas District 2, Kevin Sheren District 4, Garrett Randall (represented by Ken Stang) District 5, Kelly Wilson (telephonically) District 6, Brian Nelsen (also IMPBA VP) District 7, Ed Mest (represented by Joe Dugas) District 12, Don Ferrette (telephonically) District 13, Bobby Halliday (represented by Jim Ragan) District 14, Bryan Schymik (also IMPBA Treasurer) (telephonically) National Fast Electric Director, Randall Thomas National Gas Director, Kevin Sheren National Technical Chairman, Mike Schindler National Scale Unlimited Director, Steve Ball National O/B Director, James Clegg (represented by Brian Nelsen) Absent: District 3, Glover Jeffcoat National Record Director, Glenn Quarles Past President, Dick Jones Past President, Pat Kelly President Bill Zuber determined a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 7:03PM central time after the roll call. The minutes of the previous meetings were approved as presented by a motion from Don Ferrette, second by Kevin Sheren. Bill then called for District Reports. D1 – Randall has 5 clubs registered and racing is going well in his district. There is one problem of a land zoning issue at one site; model boats are not allowed to run on the pond. He requested that all directors check to insure that model boats are allowed to run on their ponds. Randall hopes to have the issue resolved concerning that site very soon. D2 – Kevin reported that he has 13 races this year not counting the 2 major ones. (Regatta and Gas Nat’s) His district is real busy and probably the fastest growing district in the country. It seems like 2–5 members are added every week. He has good sub directors with very few problems in the district. There’s a lot of complaining, but few problems. D3 – Absent D4 – Representative Ken Stang reports things are going real well and that there are only 2 races left in the district, the Minute Breakers and his District 4 race. He further elaborated that the Joliet site was lost this year, which was a real good pond at the NASCAR track. The club using that pond is looking for a new race site for the 2008 season. D5 – Kelly reports that the Southern end of D5 is running real well, there are lots of races & good participation. The Northern end is a bit weak, with the Jackson, TN club the only ones hosting Nitro races. He added that all D5 races are open to all classes of boats. D5 is in the mid summer low at this time, but getting set to start the second round of racing for the year, beginning September first and finishing in December. D6 – Brian Nelsen explained that things are moving along nicely, with no major issues. His Assistant Director, Allan Hoyle in the Southern end also reported that things are going well. A few races remain in the northern part before they begin to ice up! There have been no injuries and things are going fine. D7 – Representative Joe Dugas does not have much to report since he stepped in at the last minute to help Ed Mest. Joe did report that the Houston club has lost their pond and is in the process of going back to their old race site. Dallas is in chaos; there are 2-3 clubs down there, lots of in fighting. There is a club running out of the Austin, San Antonio area that conducts some racing events. D7 has about 6-8 races scheduled for 2007. D12 – Don reports that things are going well, and that they are midway thru the district point series with great attendance. He has had zero issues; everyone has been very compliant with the current noise restrictions. There have been no violations with noise, which is good. The District of Columbia club had announced earlier in the year that they procured a new pond, but access to the pond is on the Virginia Department of Transportation property. The club is working on this problem. This same club is also looking at a new site if the access problem is not resolved. The Delmarva club allowed the D.C. club to use their site for the scheduled race. Don concluded that there are no issues or complaints in District 12. D13 - Representative Jim Regan elaborated that the district remains quite level and are midway in the racing season with 4 races completed and 4 to go. Two of these races are highpoint events and the other two are in the Grand Prix series. D13 lost the Ogeechee club in Savannah, GA, but Atlanta has picked up a Fast Electric club of six members that lost their pond. The FE club asked Atlanta if they could join them. Membership is stable, race attendance is good, and everything is on track right now. D14 – Brian Schymik had a positive report, his 10 race series going this year and not having any problems with race sites in D14. Indianapolis is hosting a race at their pond instead of using the Cincinnati pond. Louisville is hosting their second race this year after a successful race in 2006. Sites are looking good with about a 100-member goal for the district for 2007; he had 87 members last year. They had a really good turn out for 1/8 Scale racing with 21 boats registered that obtained points this year. He is real pleased with the Scale progress in the district. National Fast Electric – Randall informed the Board that the single Fast Electric race that was scheduled had to be cancelled since there was a zoning by-laws issues (distance from Regatta). There are major changes coming up concerning the FE rules, essentially a re-write which will be presented as a proposal at a later date. National Gas Director – Kevin explained that things are really going good, the Gas Nats are in Celina this year, and next year they will be in Durant, MS. The State of MS has allocated a large amount of money to rebuild the Durant Club pit area and access road. Kevin told us he has scheduled the IMPBA Gas Nats with various clubs out through the year 2011. It will be a North-South-North-South type of schedule from these clubs. He gave a special thanks to Kelly Wilson for his valuable help with the scheduling. Technical Review – Mike Schindler thanked the Board for appointing him to the position, he is getting up to speed, learning a few things, had a few issues to resolve, and has a few more to work on. Mike sees a few things in our rule book he needs to look into. Things are going well in the Technical Review area. National Scale Director – Steve Ball has not done much racing this year but received several reports from districts. Scale activity is up in D14; scale is down in D2, but overall is rising. Ken Hildreth wrote a nice scale report, it was well received. Attendance at the Springtime Scale race at Evansville was good. National Outboard Director – Brian Nelson has no report for James Clegg. Treasurer’s Report – Brian referred the Board to the July 25th most recent financial report that shows $15,000.00 moved to a money market from the checkbook, where we can make extra income from the excess cash. The money market account is over $25,000.00, our rainy day fund. The checkbook balance is over $9,000.00; we are $3000.00 ahead of last year’s figures, which shows good progress. A main financial issue for this fall is to obtain a reasonable insurance quote. For 2007 the insurance cost was $23,000.00. He had two issues to bring before the Board, seed money for the Regatta & the GAS Nat’s. We can save $1500.00 by not providing the money. These Internats make plenty of money. He called upon Kevin to comment on seed money. IMPBA would still provide the usual US-1 and special awards. Discussion ensued by several about IMPBA advancing the same amounts to the host club, but the host club would pay the entire amount of the loan back to IMPBA. Brian wishes this as a proposal; he did not find anything in the rule book about this. Motion for vote by Brian Nelsen, Don Ferrette seconds, Bill calls for district vote, motion passes. Secretary Report – John reports that we have 61 clubs on 84 ponds, membership continues to climb with 1210 members as of July 25, 2007. He gave a current district membership tally, with D2 having the most at 281. The office has been issuing globe stickers to all new members, and now we have run out. John petitioned the Board for authorization to get quotes. Kevin Sheren motions we proceed, Joe Dugas seconds. John will get costing. John then explained that he has issued almost all of the rule books that were in the IMPBA property lockup. He will start sending full sized flexible binder rule books when the small books are finally gone, and presented a rough estimate of costing for these books. He then gave a detailed costing of mailing & postage for rule books & Roostertails. He finished with a very comprehensive explanation of how office costs are minimized and the fact that we now know where every penny is spent. President’s Report – Bill stated that IMPBA membership has shown growth; our finances have improved dramatically from March 2005 to the present. There have been vast improvements with the amended noise rule at this Regatta, and that none of the boats were over the 92 db when a trained observer read the meter. Bill also explained that discussion of IMPBA business should not be posted on open boating forums. Forum moderators should limit these types of posts, which harm the IMPBA. Full names should be required on these forums, not secret identities. Bill also noted that we are looking for a Webmaster and are still in need of a host club/racers group to host the International Regatta for 2008. Proposal: Course survey option for the International Regatta. The secretary read the Glenn Quarles/Randall Thomas wording, and called for discussion. The proposal would offer bidding clubs the option to conduct the Regatta on non-surveyed courses, which would eliminate the possibility of setting a record at the Regatta. It was pointed out that several past Regattas were conducted on non-surveyed courses. Brian Nelsen, Randall Thomas, Don Ferrette had minor questions. Randall offered changes to the wording “1/16 straightaway and 1/3 mile oval or the 1/31st mile straightaway and ¼ mile oval”. Bill Zuber called for a motion, Randall Thomas made the motion, Brian Nelsen seconded. Proposal passes unanimously for inclusion in the March rule book update pages. Proposal: Large scale engine change. D5 Director Kelly Wilson explained that the existing rule #3 in the LSG section, of LS rules needs clarification. He would like to add the sentence “Major components such as cranks, pistons, cases, and cylinder/heads must be parts of the original manufacturer.” Discussion followed by Don Ferrette, Kevin Sheren, Kelly Wilson. Bill called for a motion. Joe Dugas offered the motion & Brian Nelsen seconds. The proposal fails; therefore, this will go to the membership as a voting ballot in the September Roostertail. Proposal: New racing class, “Classic Thunderboat Hydro” - This was introduced by Kelly Wilson & Kevin Sheren. Interesting technical discussion ensued by Don Ferrette, Kelly, Bill Zuber, & Randall Thomas. Several changes were recommended and accepted by Kelly. Kevin also received an almost identical proposal from Bob Finn in Texas. Bob’s proposal was read, discussed and ultimately rejected. Brian Nelsen made a motion to accept the Kelly Wilson proposal with the accepted changes, Don Ferrette seconds. District vote was taken; proposal passes with exception of D7. This new racing class goes for a one-year trial beginning January 2008. Kevin gave thanks to Bob Finn for his input on this new class. Kelly will prepare the revised document for distribution to the full Board. Proposal: Nitro engine classification change. Mark Bullard submitted this proposal to limit A thru F class to auto ignition only, no spark ignition. Several Directors expressed strong views that this type of addition to the rule would just drive another spike between the Nitro and Gas boaters and that it was not required. All a club would need to do is add the statement “No gas boats allowed in the ‘F’ classes” on their race flyer. It was mentioned that Gas Boats running in the US-1 Classes at the Internats have never been a problem in the past 3 Internats. Kevin Sheren made a motion for a vote, Kelly seconded. The proposal failed which forces this proposal to be placed on a membership ballot in the September Roostertail. Proposal Revision: Alternate Regatta Format. The short Regatta revision was read by Don Ferrette and comments were offered by Randal Thomas, Steve Ball, & Bill Zuber. This finalized document will be added to the Contest Directors’ Guidebook as a short version for the Regatta. Johnny Berr Award: Kevin Sheren who petitioned the Board to allocate funds to pay for the award, which would be presented at the Gas Nats, explained this new award. Randall Thomas made a motion to accept, & Joe Dugas seconded. The new Johnny Berr award was approved by voice vote. One Year Trial Rule Clarification: Don Ferrette explained in detail a change he would like to make in the 1/8 Scale one year trial rules. The change concerns the master hull roster listing. Further details by Steve Ball were offered to educate the meeting attendees. This change is to help local contest directors in areas of legality of the hull, noted dimensions, and when the boat actually raced. Kevin offered a motion to accept the change, Mike Schindler seconds. The Board approved the clarification. This rule change will be incorporated into the existing wording for the one-year trial rule that appeared in the June 2007 Roostertail and will continue in the September and December. Update to unpaid members running at IMPBA races: This topic relates to the original Tony Jacuzzi document that was previously approved. The Board must decide the penalties that should be applied if people attempt to enter IMPBA events without being a paid-up member. Discussion followed by Randall, Zuber, with Don Ferrette making a motion to accept the penalties as drawn up. Joe Dugas seconds the penalty phase with suggested changes to page C-4 as Item I with 3 sentences, 2 paragraphs. Approved. This is a financial change that is added to the rule book. Bill Zuber then went on to mention an idea that was presented by Mike Zaborowski about the possible use of member identity wristbands for local races. The wristband would be issued to all IMPBA members that attend the race. Race CD’s could easily spot people that should not be in the pit areas (non members) since they would not have wristbands. The office could order these bands in bulk with simple wording on them, possibly “IMPBA Pit Pass”. Brian Nelsen mentioned that he likes the wristband concept. Discussion: President Bill Zuber called upon all the directors for their comments on how the family reduced rate of $10.00 that was enacted for the 2007 one-year trial. All directors responded positively, therefore, the $10.00 family, junior and juvenile rate will continue for 2008. Discussion: Bill called for comments on how well the Numeric Engine identification classes vs. Alpha Engine identification classes were working. Several negative comments were offered by directors who explained that the Alpha system has been in use for a very long time and should not be changed. Short discussion ensued by Don Ferrette, Bill Zuber, Kevin Sheren, Mike Schindler, Kelly Wilson & Joe Dugas. Further discussion was tabled. New Business: International Regatta 500-mile race restriction change proposal. Kevin received a proposal from Bob Nauss that would like to change the 500-mile race restriction to only 250 miles. This change would also allow events of non-represented boats to be run. Example: a Fast Electric event could be run nearby if Fast Electric was not offered at the International Regatta. Another example would be to allow a Gas race to be held if no Gas boats were at the regatta. A discussion followed by several directors with good points. Item was tabled. Kevin Sheren mentioned the possible requirement of adding prop guards to our model boat stands. Dom Mauro submitted a request for Kevin to mention this to the Board. Since this is a safety related item, Brian Nelsen was tasked with this. Executive Sessions: Meeting adjourned at 10:42 PM CST.

November 21 2006: International Model Power Boat Association November Telephonic Board Meeting November 21, 2006 7:00 p.m. Central Time MINUTES Present: President, Bill Zuber Executive Secretary, John Equi (also Tech Review) District 1, Randall Thomas District 2, Tony Jacuzzi District 3, Glover Jeffcoat District 4, Garrett Randall District 6, Brian Nelsen (also IMPBA VP) District 7, Ed Mest District 13, Bobby Halliday District 14, Bryan Schymik (also IMPBA Treasurer) National Fast Electric Director, Randall Thomas National Gas Director, Kevin Sheren National Record Director, Glenn Quarles National Scale Unlimited Director, Steve Ball Past President, Dick Jones Absent: District 5, Mark Bullard District 12, Tracy Dolphin National O/B Director, Michael Zaborowski Bill Zuber determined a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.central time after the roll call. Treasurer Report: Brian had the attendees refer to the secretary’s document, where, at the present time we have $19,771.00 in the checking account. He also explained that there were additional funds in the Lifetime savings account. As IMPBA treasurer, he was very pleased and noted that the reported amounts were as of October 30, 2006. We were carrying a nice balance over into 2007. Bill Zuber requested information about the IRS Form 990. Brian told us that the IRS form 990 has not been filed since the year 2000. The IRS has been contacted and is working with us. We are having our accountant preparing the forms for the past late years. We will have to wait and see what the IRS has to say. The IMPBA secretary has been heavily involved obtaining past data from old records. Bill Zuber commented that the secretary has been busy obtaining 2007 insurance quotes. Secretary Report: John reported at the close of 2006 our membership was 1176 members, up 100 members from the previous year. The district breakdowns of members & voting power is as follows: D1 = 126, 2 votes D2 = 253, 3 votes D3 = 36, 1 vote D4 = 125, 2 votes D5 = 166, 2 votes D6 = 84, 1 vote D7 = 89, 1 vote D12 = 107, 2 votes D13 = 78, 1 vote D14 = 95, 1 vote These were the total memberships. Brian Schymik asked if those numbers were only seniors, John explained those were seniors, family, & juniors, paid members. He also explained that juniors & children do not vote but are counted as members since they receive cards. Bill reminded everyone that IMPBA’s family rates are now ten dollars for 2007. Bill Zuber then expanded the discussion about taxes and quickly mentioned that it was recommended by our tax people to ask Mike Zaborowski to step down from the outboard director position. This is because Mike works for a model corporation. Mike has done a great job with the outboards; he has placed lots of good pictures & articles in several past Roostertails and really raised interest in outboard modeling. Mike recommended James Clegg in South Carolina. Bill had talked with James about the position, and he would like to do the job. Several directors had questions & received answers about Mike & James. Bobby Halliday commented that James Clegg was instrumental in reviving outboards in D13, and now D13 has the biggest tunnel race in the country. Bill called for a voice vote to approve James Clegg as Outboard Director, all approved. As a side note, John Equi reiterated the need for a Technical Review Chairman for IMPBA. John continued with his report by asking all club members to use the new 2007 membership application form with the ten-dollar family & junior rate. Everyone should also remember that the early renewal is $45.00 & make sure you sign the bottom of the form. If you forget to sign the form, he will have to mail it back to you for your signature. John also explained the savings account certificate of deposit, race sanctions, members applications received & other money matters. John has also started the insurance search for 2007. Another item he discussed was that Mike Nowicki has been shipping the Northern timing system to clubs using his own money. The clubs reimbursed him after the event. I will change our operations in this area by sending Mike $100.00 IMPBA money to stash at his location. He will pull from the cash to pay for outgoing shipments. I will then send him the reimbursement from the $100.00 of club money that they sent to the office. Excess cash from their deposit will be sent back to the club. John told the board that he had received a request to possibly assemble a third timing set to send to clubs for a timed event. He will discuss this with Glen Quarles and Randall Thomas. John received a few questions on this request and provided answers. John concluded with a report that Bill Zuber was re-elected President, IMPBA and Kevin Sheren was elected District 2 Director. Bill thanked outgoing D2 Director, Tony Jacuzzi and D5 Director, Mark Bullard for serving in their positions. He also mentioned that Past President, Dick Jones would no longer have a vote but will remain on the Board of Directors for life. Bill knew that Kelly Wilson, new D5 Director was on-line and invited him to say “hello” to the Board Members. Kelly said a few words. Bill moved on to the upcoming voting ballot in the December Roostertail, which is for the LSG Super Sport Class. Several directors had questions, so Bill had Kevin Sheren briefly explain the ballot and why he wanted the ballot to go to the membership. Discussion ensued for about 10 minutes. Discussion Item: Tony Jacuzzi discovered that in 2006 we had non-renewed members caught racing. He found five instances of clubs allowing these people to run. He suggested several rules that he would like to place in the rule book to insure clubs understand this action is against established IMPBA regulations. A lengthy discussion ensued with good comments by Bill Zuber, Dick Jones, and other directors. Randall Thomas suggested we change the wording on page E-8 at the same time to remove the one-time wording and stipulate that other boating association members will pay the ten-dollar fee. Dick Jones volunteered to prepare a revised proposal for the Board concerning the individual that violated the rule. Tony’s item turned into a proposal and was voted on, each director voted, all districts voted yes. The Proposal passes with Randall’s amendment on page E-8; we will need Dick Jones’ input for penalties. The rules were to go out in the March update for the rule book including the page E-8 changes. The actual location for Tony’s rule was not determined, but John mentioned he would find a place. Fast Electric Ballot Results: Randall Thomas requested the Directors provide him missing information for the Fast Electric rule changes. He did not receive D3 votes; Glover announced he received none. Several other Directors reported their votes to Randall. The N-2 ballot resulted in 23 yes votes & 2 no votes. The Lithium ballot was 33 yes votes with 18 to split the class and 35 to combine plus one no vote. Randall read the gathered district votes for the N-2 and Lithium Battery ballots. The final outcome for the districts and president voting is approval for N-2 change; approval for Lithium Battery with combined classes. Bill Zuber called for comments about the minutes of the last meeting, none were offered, minutes were approved as written. Noise Rule Proposal: Bill moved on to the noise rule change by Brian Schymik that eliminates the db meter and mandates that all boats use only quiet pipes. His rule would not allow add-on muffling devices to be used; only muffled pipes are acceptable. The discussion continued by all directors for over 30 minutes. The final outcome after a vote was to leave the noise rule as is for now. Proposal fails. Bill recommended calibration for the sound meters and will mention this fact in his upcoming article. 2007 Regatta: Bill announced the site for the 2007 IMPBA Regatta as Seville, Ohio with the host club being the Performance Model Boat Club. Several comments, including ones about safety at the site were made; Brian Nelson and Tony Jacuzzi were able to supply answers. The Performance Club bid for the International Regatta was approved by a voice vote. Noise Measurements at Record Trials: Bill asked Glen Quarles to explain how record trials are run and where the sound meter is currently located. After a detailed explanation, Glen requested that for the Regatta, the sound meter should remain in the same location where it was used during heat racing. A discussion followed concerning various scenarios about the Regatta trophy trials and regional timed events. It is noted that Glen said that any timed passes over the noise limit would not count. Submitted Proposal: Mark Bullard provided a noise report & accompanying new noise proposal. Mark was not present at this teleconference so the documents he submitted were tabled by a voice vote until a future meeting. A motion to adjourn by voice vote was accepted at 10:12 pm

August 29 2006: International Model Power Boat Association August Telephonic Board Meeting August 29, 2006 7:00 p.m. Central Time MINUTES Present: President, Bill Zuber Secretary, John Equi(also Tech review) District 1, Randall Thomas District 2, Tony Jacuzzi District 3, Glover Jeffcoat District 4, Garrett Randall District 5, Mark Bullard District 7, Ed Mest District 13, Bobby Halliday District 14, Bryan Schymik (also IMPBA Treasurer) National Fast Electric Director, Randall Thomas National Gas Director, Kevin Sheren National Record Director, Glenn Quarles Absent: District 6, Brian Nelsen(also IMPBA VP) District 12, Tracy Dolphin National Safety Director Brian Nelsen National O/B Dir.Michael Zaborowski National Scale Unlimited Dir. Steve Ball Past President, Dick Jones Bill Zuber determined a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.central time after the roll call. Minutes of the previous Regatta Board Meeting were approved (motioned by DD2 and seconded by Gas Director). New Noise Committee Report: DD5 Mark Bullard. Glen inquired about goal of noise committee; Mark mentioned that Radio Shack meters were low cost, wants to calibrate one unit and to see if it holds calibration. He has a copy of S1.4 specifications. Glen asked if high quality meters were available…yes they are, but they cost over a hundred dollars. Mark mentioned a tolerance of the ANSI standard, which was 2.3db variance. Reflections, locations, buildings and tents may influence readings. We may need a static test. There was mention of experimentation to block the left side of the meters to catch the noise in front of the meter. Kevin Sheren reported 91db vs. 96db after a boat passed by. NAMBA noise rules were mentioned. Noise committee members are Joe Warren, Doc Turner, Stu Barr, Harry Gerhart, Allen Waddle, Kevin Sheren (if he wants to help), John Equi, and any others. It was mentioned to minimize postings on International Waters until we have good information. Randall found his meter reading low when he used the recently repaired non-calibrated thumper. The final conclusion of the Board was to shelve the noise research until a later meeting. Agenda Item A, “New Sanctioned Event for our Clubs” - President Bill Zuber called for comments. DD2 Tony Jacuzzi had questions, Bill read part of the draft procedures and explained the NAMBA equivalent that we do not have. John Equi explained our insurance umbrella requirements. DD3 Glover Jeffcoat asked about restrictions. He has a member with an F Hydro with no experience, but is IMPBA, could he run? The answer is yes, since he is IMPBA. Bill read the entire draft rules to the group. Glover explained what he is currently doing, which is unlawful per IMPBA at this time. This new sanctioned event would cover Glover. Several directors commented they did not like the proposed event after a lengthy discussion. Bill would like something to offer new boaters; item tabled. Agenda Item B, Rule Book Typographical Corrections - This concerns the Rule Book page, which prohibits the use of plastic props. Injection molded props or other plastic materials are still plastics; therefore the rule will be changed to state, “Only metal props will be used except for Fast Electric, Scale Electric and Production Class Boats”. Outboard Director Mike Zaborowski helped with this final wording. Approved by voice vote. Agenda Item C, New Noise Proposal – This was submitted by DD14 Brian Schymik, and was read by DD5, Mark Bullard. The rule is identical to existing rule except the penalty is reduced to 40 points instead of disqualification. John Equi explained how the rule would work on race day. Apparently several directors did not receive the document so the proposal is tabled until next meeting. Agenda Item E, Discussion Item, Security of Racers’ Radios - This concerns radios that are checked into radio impounds at local races. Bill Zuber explained that the radio impound at these events should have at least one person appointed to check membership cards to prevent theft of transmitters. DD5, Mark Bullard had a radio stolen at a recent Atlanta race. Agenda Item F, Accident Reporting Procedures – DD2, Tony Jacuzzi explained that two accidents in his area were unknown to him until way after the events. The entire Board needs to know the details about any accident. In the future the District Director, Safety director, President and IMPBA office must be notified. Bill mentioned an accident where a racer got a bad cut on his foot. Agenda Item G, Proposal Concerning Scale Unlimited Rules - Don Ferrette previously submitted. John Equi, Tech Review Chiarman read the proposal to the Board. Kevin Sheren would like us to act on this item and not table it again. Kevin made a motion to vote and Tony Jacuzzi seconded the motion. D1- Approves, 2 votes D7 - Abstain D2 – Approve, 3 votes D13 – Approves, 1 vote D3 – Abstain LSG – Approves, 1 vote D4 – Approves, 2 votes FE – Approves 1 vote D5 – Approves, 2 votes President – Approves, 1 vote 13 Approval votes, Scale Unlimited Rules approved for one-year trial beginning 2007 Agenda Item H, Discussion of Don Ferrette’s Alternate Internats Regatta Format –Bill Zuber explained that this item is for information and already exists as a National champion vs. US-1. Bill would like safety items placed in one place. Kevin Sheren mentioned that he has questions about run-offs and the wording concerning “ties”. Bill would like to have all Internats types briefly listed in the rule book. Full explanation would be in the guidebook. Brian Schymik, IMPBA Treasurer joins the teleconference, but he can only stay a few minutes since he is on call. Brian is very happy about our finances and directed everyone to examine the Secretary’s financial sheet. He commented that we are in much better financial position compared to a few years ago. After Brian hung up and left the teleconference, the Board continued discussing the alternate international regatta format. Bill Zuber will get clarification by Don Ferrette concerning Section 6, Number 1. Bill gets Board approval to add a separate section in the guidebook about this alternate format. Agenda Item J, Discussion to Remove Survey Requirements for the International Regatta – This item was explained by Records Director, Glenn Quarles. This would lessen the burden of the Host Club by eliminating the costly survey. Mark Bullard explained the history of the Regatta timed event with comments by DD3 Glover Jeffcoat. Bill Zuber suggested revising the wording as an option. Randall offered a quick proposal referencing Rule Book Section E-4, Section 3, and B-1, Survey. DD3 Glover Jeffcoat seconded the motion. As a result of the continued discussion, this item will be resubmitted as a proposal for the next or future meeting. Item K Fast Electric Rule Change – Fast Electric Director Randall Thomas explained the N-2 change to the Board. He would like the rule to go out as a ballot. Discussion by Randall, DD5 Mark Bullard, Bill Zuber concerning the article about lithium batteries that Randall had in previous Roostertails. The lithium change would be a second ballot. Randall explained the dangers of model boating fuels and signing the waiver on our membership applications. Randall also explained the battery cell voltages for everyone. Lengthy discussion followed concerning the N-2 change and FE lithium change. Randall’s two items were approved by voice vote for ballot in September Roostertail. International Regatta and Gas Nats discussion was next. Kevin Sheren explained that the Gas Nats will be held at Celina, Ohio by the Cincinnati Club and Driftwood Club for 2007. Glenn Quarles is contemplating Valdosta, Georgia for the Nitro Regatta but would need help. Glenn will talk with Jason O’Brien about a possible bid in a few weeks. Bill Zuber calls for district reports. D1 – The season is winding down, 2 races are left in this area, and point’s events are going well. Randall has noticed that attendance is down and suspects higher gasoline cost. D2 – The Northern Nats were just completed, a big success, congratulations to Thames Valley Club. Tony has three races to go, plus one timed event in Flint. His last race will be held by the Lansing Club which is new. D3 – Not much to report due to drought, no water. Glover told us that 2006 would be his last year as director. Bill mentioned that we would now have better representation than NAMBA in the Florida area if they wanted to come back. Glover has talked with several NAMBA people, but they are happy as is. D4 – Garret reported that his season started out slow with the early Internats in June, but after the Internats, racing really picked up. Attendance was up. All clubs are working hard on safety, no accidents to report. He had 22 of his district racers come down to the Internats this year, a strong contingent. He only has one more point’s race and one more club race. Garret thanked DD5 Mark Bullard for putting together the noise committee especially considering everything that happened at the Regatta in June. D5 – Racing has started, but the Louisiana Club is in turmoil. The Huntsville Race is having sickness problems with the Nashville Club who run the event. The Slidell Club is planning a race in November, but the hotel rates are running high. Jackson, Tenn. has a race in October. The race was originally billed as an all tunnel race but is now open to all classes. This race will be a who’s who of racers from all over. They are expecting maybe 150 to 200 boats. Johnny Ber’s race was cancelled in the spring due to Johnny’s death but will be held in the fall. The Mississippi Race is coming up. D7 – Ed Mest has nothing to report. His action will be in Sept. and Oct. D13 – Bobby is having a weird year. Races are up in attendance or being cancelled. The Georgia championships will have 150 plus boats and is probably the largest race they have very had on the heels of a cancelled Grand Prix Race. It’s either the price of gasoline or too many races scheduled. He still has 3 high point races and 1 Grand Prix left. Early entries for a few races appear good. Good response from District 3 racers. Glenn Quarles mentioned that Jerry Crowther is sponsoring Speed Week. The South Carolina Champs race in October will add an all-electric mono class. He is making good progress in his area. Gas Director – Kevin has a new Super Sport Proposal, which is not going to be a US-1 or a Record class due to the requirement for technical inspection of the motors, he will have carburetor numbers called out in the wording. He wants the proposal to go to the membership. He would like IMPBA to consider a Johnny Ber Memorial trophy as a gas boat award similar to the Bill LeFeber award given for Nitro. Gas is growing real fast. Several Board members liked the Johnny Ber award that Kevin suggested. Fast Electric – Randall explained that Fast Electric is growing by leaps and bounds. The 2006 Canadian Nationals held by his club in Collingswood was well attended. He is contemplating about making the Canadian Nationals an International Regatta format type of race for 2007. District one is offering along with standard Nitro and Gas classes, specialty electric classes. He thanked Mike Hallam at the Northern Nats for allowing Fast Electric to run in the Open Mono class, and added that those racers wanted to run their Fast Electric Scale with Nitro Scale, but maybe next time. With the introduction of lithium batteries, he expects Fast Electric to grow even faster. Records Director – Glenn told us that we are moving into the time trials time frame of November with cooler weather. We have the normal timed events in Flint Michigan, Huntsville, a couple of events in Valdosta, these being Speed Week and the Fast Electric event in March. There is also another timed event by a returning club in Virginia this November. We welcome the Virginia group back! There is activity with the new class called multi engine, these records have been changing quite a bit and I expect them to continue to fall. Technical Review – John Equi tells us that his area has been dormant at present and he is seeking a replacement for this position. He approached Mike Hallam, but Mike declined. Requirements for Tech Review were placed in the past several Roostertails for interested individuals. Presidents Report - Bill told the Board that we are looking for someone that can take over the IMPBA website maintenance and perform updates as needed. Tracy Dolphin has been helping us out but he is often out of town; Brian Schymik has been doing a number of changes and John Equi has also been making changes. It would help IMPBA if somebody would make the hard-to-do changes and maintain the website. If we can find someone reliable we may even be able to pay them a reasonable fee, but not like the last web man. Contact Brian Schymik for details concerning the website language and expenses. DD3 Glover mentioned he might know someone that could help us. There is lots of activity in the Production Class, a new club in Kansas offered this with a good turnout. There are many new boats for this class that run real good. DD2 Tony Jacuzzi mentioned he has a member that has one of these boats that runs 38 MPH. The Tower catalog has several of these boats. Secretary Report – New membership cards have been ordered for a cost of around $700.00 for 3000 cards. Since we have a bit of money, John ordered enough cards for the next four years. He added that this scenario would work providing we don’t exceed 1300 to 1400 members per year. The card colors are green and brown. He changed the process of printing the cards to a straight thru pass on a copier to improve quality. Office expenses are kept to an absolute minimum. He even refills ink cartridges instead of buying expensive Hewlett Packard units. The expense report you received shows that there are very few things we need to buy for the next several months. John explained the expenses and monies available in years 2006 vs. 2004, 2005. Several directors had minor questions. Special Executive Question – Board members approve a bonus for John Equi as Secretary. Bill Zuber explained how we improved our finances in the last few years. Several additional comments concerning the website were offered by Gas Director Kevin Sheren (Paypal and half size page errors). Meeting adjourned 9:52PM CST.

August 14 2006: International Regatta Board Meeting Evansville, Indiana June 23, 2006 Present: President, Bill Zuber Executive Secretary, John Equi (also Tech review) District 1, Randall Thomas District 2, Tony Jacuzzi (telephonically) District 3, Glover Jeffcoat District 4, Garrett Randall District 5, Mark Bullard District 6, Brian Nelsen (also IMPBA Vice President) District 7, Ed Mest (telephonically) District 12, Tracy Dolphin (telephonically) District 13, Bobby Halliday (telephonically) District 14, Bryan Schymik (also IMPBA Treasurer) National Fast Electric Director, Randall Thomas National Safety Director Brian Nelsen National Gas Director, Kevin Sheren National Outboard Director, Michael Zaborowski National Scale Unlimited Director, Steve Ball Past President, Dick Jones Absent: National Records Director, Glenn Quarles Bill Zuber determined a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 7:07 p.m.central time after the roll call. Minutes of the previous telephonic Board Meeting were approved (motioned and seconded). Bill informed the Board that several positions were up for election: D2, D5, D9, D10 and the Presidency. District Reports: D1: Randall reported his season is going good, there are 5 clubs, and 3 of them are holding Sanctioned events. He has a new club in Buffalo comprised of wall known IMPBA members and is hoping the club will start racing in 2007. All of his Sanction papers are submitted. The Collingswood club (Northern lights) will host the Canadian Electric Nationals, which will be race format only, no time trials with at least 50 boats. The Southern Tier club has a new pond at Eldridge Park which is not suited for an Internats sized event. He mentioned that E & F boat attendance is down in D1, with the 20 Tunnel being the predominant class. There was an inquiry concerning the Canadian Nationals Fast Electric race name by several attendees, Randall explained that he had received approval from the BOD at a previous meeting. D2: Tony explained that everybody is busy with 16 races in the district, and has seen numbers down at the races due to too many events. He also told us that the Grand Rapids club wants to hold a race, and will check with them to find out their intentions. He contacted Bill Zuber and told him he would not seek re-election in 2007. D3: Glover arrived at 8:15 p.m. D4: Garrett has 3 races completed with an old club (Summer Thunder) returning and moving to Schaumburg, IL, a new site with steel walls around pond that caused concern. They did a good job with safety, netting, and pitting. Garrett is looking forward to building a stronger connection with the Schaumburg club. His district numbers are down due to early Internats. Badger club is holding a picnic event in July and invited all district members. One club needs to submit a sanction. D5: Mark’s district has already completed 3 races this year, but 2 other races had to be cancelled. Slidell has very few motels available, and Johnny Ber, President of the New Iberia club passed away a few days before their race. The race will be rescheduled and named the “John Ber Memorial Race.” There was a tunnel only race in October that has now been changed to a full boat race called the “Tommy Lee Tunnel Challenge.” Mark expects to get Louisiana back into racing soon. D6: Brian Nelsen’s district has grown dramatically due to the redistricting proposal, so he appointed Alan Hoyle as Assistant Director for the D6 southern area due to the large district area. Lots of APBA people are coming over to IMPBA, which is a good sign. One race in Iowa was cancelled. There is a race in Wichita, Kansas and the Minnesota club is strong with 2 races already run. D7: Ed told us about his Lone Star Club hosting the Gas Nats which had a good turnout. Other district clubs are planning events in July, September, and October. D12: Tracy has re-established the district point’s series and has already had 2 races this season with good turnout. He also tried to bring back the Scale Masters but bad weather cut the attendance. The district member numbers are low due to 2 clubs losing ponds in the Capital area. The Delmarva club has returned and found a permanent race site. They have 10 to 15 strong members. Overall D12 is strong with 9 district point races and all of them appear good. His next event is North Carolina, Greensboro, Mike Hemric’s club, in Piedmont with lots of entries. D13: Activity in D13 has been mixed this year with a cancelled race and two very succesful races. The Tunnel Champs grew over the ’05 event with 90 boats participating this year. We expect the race to go over 100 boats in ’07 and with the race to be held on a full size course for the first time the racing should be better than ever. The Spring Nats was another success with racers from all over the country participating. The Atlanta Model Boaters and Charleston Model Boaters have both revived the club level race series and both are getting positive results. The rest of the year looks good with GP series attendance holding steady and early entries for the next two Highpoint races running ahead of last year. D14: Brian’s club is hosting the International Regatta this year, which is one of the largest Internats in at least 5 years. He thanked everyone for their help in putting on the event. He has about 70 stable district members. He will attend every race event in D14 to keep in touch with race CD’s and Site Directors. There will be a new race in Louisville around the end of July. He changed the D14 Scale Director and the new man is doing a good job. One race in Indianapolis was cancelled due to medical problems of race officials. Fast Electric: The Northern Lights club is hosting the Canadian Nationals Fast Electric race which is a 3 day event being held in Collingwood, Ontario. Attendance and boat count looks promising. 3 days of heat racing, and planning to reintroduce the Internats format in 2007. Today’s open class was extremely competitive in speeds between Fast Electric and Nitro boats. Safety Report: Brian is compiling all the safety rules in the IMPBA Rule Book to one section for easier use. He found safety rules in many sections; some places where they did not belong, and a few odd rules. There have been no serious problems at IMPBA races during the year except for a few minor accidents of prop cuts. He is working on netting and has received photos of several pond sites to determine good netting use vs. actual conditions. He has received pictures of launch areas, pit areas and wants to formulate suggestions concerning safety for new clubs. Randall Thomas mentioned there was a discussion a few months ago about disposal of batteries at race sites. Brian will have a proposal to get something in the rule book concerning new batteries, ie lithium and manganese. These new batteries have lots of power but pose a possible fire danger. Brian thanked Randall for the documents he sent. President Bill Zuber acknowledged that we did have 3 accidents involving cut hands on boat props. All of these injured racers declined to file against IMPBA; they all used their own insurance. Tech Review: John reports minimal activity, but he was requested to help D5 Director with an experiment to obtain new sound reading information. John also has an unfinished item of steps and vents for racing hulls that Randall Thomas requested. He solicited all Board members for any candidates for the Tech Review Chairman position. IMPBA Executive Secretary: John mentioned that we have 1040 members as of June 19, 2006 and then proceeded to read a list of each district membership totals. IMPBA is growing in many districts with D6 almost doubling. Office expenses are being minimized and watched very carefully. We will need to order membership cards and renew our insurance for 2007. Joe Kenesek will help me to get insurance quotes. John explained how the office is managed, how he handles insurance requests from clubs and reported on the Steve Enneper medical payments. Financial Report: Brian Schymik explained the monetary figures on the provided financial chart. A detailed analysis revealed a huge impact on IMPBA financial well-being. He is very pleased with the budget figures and finances. Dick Jones would like a projected expense report based on 2005 expenditures that we have. We would know in advance how much we have. Dick said the financials that were submitted are not an accurate projection. A discussion by Schymik, Jones, Jacuzzi and Equi followed with Equi agreeing to examine the 2005 expenses and working with Schymik. ***** NOTE:***** For the following agenda items, the District Director votes will reflect their membership numbers as voted by the IMPBA membership by Ballot #05-013. The following is each districts voting power: D1- 2 votes; D2- 3 votes; D3- 1 vote; D4- 2 votes; D5- 2 votes; D6- 1 vote; D7- 1 vote; D12-1 vote; D13- 1 vote; D14-1 vote; Past President- 1 vote; President- 1 vote; Fast Electric- 1 vote; Gas Director- 1 vote. Agenda Items: Submitted Proposal – Change IMPBA Engine Class Designation from Alpha character to numerical. Bill Zuber read the proposal that he, Russ Williamson and Jerry Dunlap prepared. Discussion ensued by Dick Jones, Randall Thomas, Bill Zuber, Mark Bullard, Kevin Sheren, Brian Schymik, and Mike Zabrowski. D5 Director Mark Bullard wishes the alpha system to continue to be utilized. Dick Jones seconded the proposal, and Bill called for a vote. D1-yes, 2 votes; D2-yes, 3 votes; D4-yes, 2 votes; D5-no, 2 votes; D6-yes, 1 vote; D7-yes, 1 vote; D12-yes, 1 vote; D13-yes, 1 vote; D14-no, 1 vote; FE-abstain; GAS-abstain; PP-yes, 1 vote; President-yes, 1 vote. Proposal passes for one-year trial by 13 to 3 valid district votes. Submitted Proposal – Reduce Family and Junior Membership Dues back to $10.00. This was proposed and explained by Bill Zuber. These dues were increased in 2000 to bring in more money. After a discussion by Mark Bullard, Bill Zuber, Brian Schymik and Dick Jones, Dick seconded the motion. If approved, this will be a Board directive for the 2007 season. A vote was taken and the proposal passed unanimously. Submitted Proposal – An Alternate Internats Format was submitted by Don Ferrette, read to the Board by Bill Zuber and discussed by Dick Jones, Mark Bullard, Bill Zuber, Tony Jacuzzi and Brian Schymik for a short time. Brian would like the words “national champion” only, not US-1 recognition for this alternate format. Mark Bullard explained actual time usage at existing regattas vs. this proposed format with several members of the Board commenting. Bill Zuber read each of the proposal sections and the Board discussed these in great detail. Several sections were removed and it became apparent that more changes were needed. Dick Jones made a motion to table the proposal and Mark Bullard seconded. The motion to table met with majority approval, D2 and D12 opposed the tabling. Bill asked Tracy Dolphin, D12 director to talk with Don Ferrette and prepare a new document. Submitted Proposal – Steve Ball and Brian Schymik explained the reasoning behind the Scale Unlimited Rule Change submitted by Don Ferrette to the Board members. Both of these guys were extremely knowledgeable about the Scale rules. Brian wants to utilize the easy-to-use APBA Hull Roster. Steve had questions concerning a few areas and a lengthy discussion followed. Randall Thomas made a new proposal to turn the item no. 7 on the existing proposal into a stand-alone proposal. The wording is “The drive dog must not extend beyond the transom unless the prototype’s strut and/or drive dog did so. Photo documentation may be requested for proof by race CD or district scale director.” This was seconded and a vote was taken. This new stand-alone proposal was voted yes by all members with the exception of the Gas Director who abstained. Proposal passes. Steve Ball will prepare a letter of understanding for Don Ferrette. Submitted Request – A document was presented by Outboard Director Mike Zaborowski that was sent by John Knight of the Charleston Model Boaters (CMB). This club solicits the Board to use the word “Nationals” in the name of their boat race, “Outboard Tunnel Nationals”. Discussion ensued by many Boardmembers including Mike Zaborowski, Bill Zuber, Bobby Halliday, Randall Thomas, Mark Bullard, Brian Schymik, and Tony Jacuzzi. This document was not originally considered a proposal, but D13 Director Bobby Halliday voiced it as a new proposal. Bill Zuber suggested “Outboard Masters”, Mark Bullard mentioned “Outboard World Championship”. D13 liked “Outboard Tunnel Championship” D1 Director seconded. President called for a vote. D1-yes, 2 votes; D2-no, 3 votes; D3-no, 1 votes; D4-yes 2 votes; D5-no, 2 votes; D6-no, 1 vote; D7-abstain; D12-abstain; D13-yes 1 vote; D14-no, 1 vote; PP-yes, 1 vote; President- no, 1 vote; FE- yes, 1 vote; Gas-no, 1 vote. Proposal fails 10 no, 7 yes, 2 abstain. Bill Zuber offered to shelve the documented discussion items till later. Board moved to executive session. Meeting adjourned 10:33 p.m. CST

June 11 2006: IMPBA Board Meeting Conference Call December 6, 2005 Present: President, Bill Zuber Executive Secretary, John Equi (also Tech review) District 1, Randall Thomas / Teddy Dauphinee District 2, Tony Jacuzzi District 3, Glover Jeffcoat District 4, Fred Hartley / Garrett Randall District 5, Mark Bullard District 6, Brian Nelsen (also IMPBA Vice President) District 7, Ed Mest District 13, Bobby Halliday District 14, Bryan Schymik (also IMPBA Treasurer) National Fast Electric Director, Randall Thomas National Records Director, Glenn Quarles National Safety Director Brian Nelsen National Gas Director, Norman Morton / Kevin Sheren Past President, Dick Jones Bill Zuber determined a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. central time. Minutes of the previous Regatta Board Meeting were approved. Bill Zuber announced the following Election Results: Gas Director – Kevin Sheren District 1 – Randall Thomas District 4 – Garrett Randall District 6 – Brian Nelsen District 13 – Bobby Halliday Fast Electric – Randall Thomas Bill thanked the outgoing Boardmembers Fred Hartley, Norman Morton and Teddy Dauphinee for their service to IMPBA District Reports: D1: Randall reported that by September, all racing in his district was completed. He has 4 active clubs and almost all clubs have submitted their paperwork for races, and it looks excellent for 2006. His Northern Lights Club will sanction a Fast Electric race, and would like to request a name for the event. He and Bill agreed on Canadian National Fast Electric Race. He hopes to repeat the race in 2007 as an official Fast Electric Internats. This would be a 3-day pure heat-racing event. Randall motions to accept the name, Bobby Halliday seconds, Bill called for a voice vote, passes unanimous. D2: Tony explained that his racing schedule is packed with 16 races from May thru October. He has 12 currently active clubs with a 13th club proposed. There are also 2 time trials. The Internats being in June and the 500-mile radius rule knocked out 2 club weekends. The Cleveland club returns with a race. He commented he has a full schedule, and then Tony compared D2 race dates with D1 dates for Teddy Dauphinees information. Randall requested information on a race date. D3: Glover reports few new members; no new clubs and has not received any race dates as of yet. Waiting for paperwork. Has 5 clubs in D3 including Fast Electric club that talked with Randall Thomas. D4: Fred had his district meeting and established the 2006 race schedule. All clubs will return, but had a problem with St. Louis dates, which will conflict with other clubs. Then a detailed discussion about clubs holding events with race sanctions vs. no sanctions took place by Jacuzzi, Zuber, Garrett, Brian Schymik, Brian Nelsen and Dick Jones. D5: Mark reports 2 of his districts’ largest races were cancelled; the Gas Nats & Southern Gentlemen Racing Association (SGRA) November Hydro Invitational event due to Hurricane Katrina. He did receive a date for a March race from SGRA. District scheduling is in progress. He found 6 members of one club that were not IMPBA when he crosschecked to the master database. Discussion about non-IMPBA club members running on insured ponds when club members are on the pond. D6: Brian Nelsen is working with 2 new clubs in Minnesota in the Southern part of State, Rochester area, but the pond they wish to use is part of a marina. The Twin Cities club has new ponds that may be future regatta sites. He is looking forward to working with the new clubs if the re-districting goes thru. All of his area clubs have sent their paperwork to the main office. D7: Ed reports 2 clubs registered for the year, the Lone Star and another in San Antonio. The Lone Star Club will host the Gas Nats. Bill mentioned that Norman and Kevin would be happy to help out with details if needed. D13: Bobby Halliday has 11 races and 2 record trials. Spring Nationals is the largest race. He gained members in 2005, both new and old that came back. Race attendance expected to rise in 2006. Schedule is set for 2006. The CMB Tunnel race is the third biggest race of the year to be held in October, instead of November. Speed week III is coming up in a few weeks, which ends the year. He has a few more clubs to sanction events; he believes 8 more races will be scheduled. He thanked all the other districts for their support this year. D14: Brian Schymik will be hosting the Regatta with the Unlimited Hydroplane races for big attractions. Series races are scheduled with 8 races, one new club and one new site but losing 2 old races, Polar Bear race and a 1-day race in Fort Wayne. Celina is an Ohio race but run by D 14 club. He has a New Scale Director. Louisville has a new club at a winery. Greenville has a new club. Tony had questions about D14 point’s races. Tech Review: Sport 20 approved with strut under hull or on transom. Timing set is being updated. We owe money to Randall for parts. DSM radio system explanation pertaining to our frequencies. At this time, the DSM channels are outside the normal RC frequencies and will not cause interference when the system is used. Additional research is needed. Financial Report: Brian explains that though the report shows we ended the year in the red, we actually had monies left over and did not go in the red. Things look significantly better for 2006. Secretary’s salary is lower, no mailing of the Roostertail. Explanation of Noel’s final paycheck problems and costs we incurred in 2005 that were run up in 2004. $800.00 was left in the bank account at the end of Fiscal Year. Discussion about the $500.00 repayment from Southern Gentlemen. The club was finally contacted about the money repayment after the hurricane. Explanation about how the seed money works by Brian and Bill. Cell phone costs explained by Equi and Zuber, which are very low compared to previous administrations’ expenditures. Lifetime Membership: John explained that 15 members requested the paperwork and 10 were returned with money. Funds were placed in a savings account until a certificate of deposit can be purchased. Additional memberships are expected to be sent in. Safety Report: Brian Nelsen’s report was lost when his hard drive failed. He will get something in the March Roostertail with recommendations about our launch and retrieve areas. He gave a report on the accident involving Steven Enneper and the radio failure of the boat on the pond. He told us about netting that Mike Zaborowski purchased and was evaluated. This particular netting was used at the 2005 Regatta. He also explained that the current orange netting we use is poor and was not able to stop a 7.5 tunnel when ran his boat into the net. If rope netting is utilized, a loose hanging installation is better. He elaborated about several safety violations he has seen. Randall Thomas mentioned a product named “Sil-Tarp” that the Elmira club uses that works very well. President: Bill mentioned that the December ballot results would be tallied and we may have a phone conference in the early part of February or even send by email to save money. New Item: Mark Bullard explained the possible use of something like Ron Byrd’s database that might be used or modified to use for a database in the IMPBA office to keep track of everything, make our membership cards, and other documents. The office currently re-types some data in 3 locations for every name, so this might help. If Ron can put something together we may be able to offer him a Lifetime membership or buy it. Records Director: Glenn Quarles wishes records for all hulls. He mentioned that the Gas Super Stock class would not be eligible for records due to the fact that identifying a “stock” engine would be almost impossible. There were questions by DD5 Mark about stock wording as relating to tunnel boats and gas verification problems. Glenn wants to archive the existing record for this class and not permit records. He made a recommendation to archive records for this class. Randall Thomas made a motion to accept Glenn’s recommendations, Mark seconded the motion. Bill called for a voice vote. Motion passes unanimously. Glenn’s second proposal is that restrictions for certain Fast Electric classes be eliminated. He would like all the Fast Electric classes to be eligible for records with all battery configurations. Randall likes the restriction removal as explained by Glenn. Randall will also include new lithium poly battery rules with new class identification, and explained the voltage differences. Proposal by Randall to remove 3 asterisks on page J-2 and associated words at bottom, and also wording on page J-12, as a one year provisional, seconded by Fred Hartley. Unanimous approval. Randall would like records for 1/5 mile FE SAW course, Glenn will accept 1/5 oval only. The 2007 FE Internats will use the ¼ mile course. New Timing Set Consoles: John Equi inquired about the amount of money that Randall needed to purchase parts for the new IMPBA timing consoles. Randall will need around $320.00, and will provide the decals, but need connectors and additional parts. President: Bill would like the Directors to consider reducing the Family & Junior membership to $10.00. Fred Hartley, Glenn Quarles, Norman Morton would like the move. We had about 200 combined Family & Juniors so we would lose $1000.00 income. This move would put IMPBA in a better position when compared to NAMBA for 2007. Brian Schymik likes the idea. Bill and Glenn talked over the $10.00 one-time fee concerning IMPBA and NAMBA. Fred would like us to implement some type of deal that would allow new people a trial membership for $10.00 instead of $50.00. Bill explained that a $10.00 fee would be possible for junior members if we lowered the family rate to $10.00. Comment: Dick Jones received his membership card in only 8 days. He also asked about “additionally insured”. John explained that we are not charged for this, so he dropped the additional fee. John will call the insurance company on this item. Dick inquired if APBA district 17 was contacted about joining IMPBA. Bill gave a good report to Dick that about 37 members will become IMPBA if they approved the move. Randall asked about how the ballots that are sent to people other than the directors would be reported, Bill explained the process to all. Bill thanks Teddy Dauphinee, Norman Morton and Fred Hartley for their service. Bill asked for a motion to adjourn, Fred motions, Randall seconds. Meeting adjourned 10:15 PM

December 04 2005: International Model Power Boat Association 2005 Jackson, Tn Regatta Board Meeting Friday, July 29, 2005 8:00 p.m. Central Time MINUTES Present: President, Bill Zuber Executive Secretary, John Equi District 1, Assistant Randall Thomas District 3, Glover Jeffcoat District 4, Mike Zaborowski representing Fred Hartley District 5, Mark Bullard District 6, Brian Nelsen (also IMPBA Vice President) District 7, Ed Mest District 13, James Clegg representing Bobby Halliday District 14, Bryan Schymik (also IMPBA Treasurer) National Outboard Director, Michael Zaborowski National Fast Electric Director, Randall Thomas Technical Review, John Equi National Safety Director Brian Nelsen Past President, Dick Jones National Records Director, Glenn Quarles Bill Zuber determined a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 8:19 p.m. central time. Attempts were made several times to utilize a speakerphone and cell phone to establish reliable communications with District 2 Director Tony Jacuzzi in Canada. The large size of the meeting room/hall (25’ wide x 40’ long x 20’ high) created poor acoustics for the speakerphone microphone. Tony was unable to hear the comments of those in the hall. Bill Zuber called Tony on a cell phone and received his District report. Since the equipment was not working as hoped, the call to Tony was terminated. Minutes of the previous phone conference call on Thursday, January 20, 2005 were approved. Nominations for the following positions were received and presented. District 1 – Randall Thomas District 4 – Garrett Randall District 6 – Brian Nelsen District 13 – Bobby Halliday Fast Electric – Randall Thomas Gas Director – Bob Stuber, Kevin Sheren President Report: IMPBA is doing pretty good right now, but struggling financially. We still keep getting old outstanding bills that pop up from 2004, and previous years that we have to pay. These bills are paid with 2005 monies that has knocked down our working capital. The membership is roughly 1000 members, and even the races are up a bit, as you can see from the financial report and other information in your Director packs. 1 Treasurer Report: Brian Schymik explained financial reports that he and Tony Jacuzzi (District 2 Director) prepared. The reports included monetary income predictions till the end of the fiscal year. IMPBA money is very tight even though the Roostertail printing and mailing is gone. We received a $2990.00 bill that was not paid in 2004 that had to come out of 2005 monies. We will have additional income from the 50/50 raffle and merchandise sales at this regatta. Any income will place us closer to the budget but we may be a bit in the red by about $1000.00. Expenses are way down compared to last year. Secretary pay is lower; Roostertail printing is gone so next year should end up good. COMMENTS; D3 Glover - Glover asked what taxes we are paying? Brian - We are currently paying secretary Federal income tax, Federal FICA, SS, Unemployment tax and Alabama state tax. John’s taxes are less since we pay him less money. FE Randall - Randall asked about the two entries for Internats trophies. Brian - We provide seed money to the regatta and Gas Nats, which they repay a portion, and we paid for the US-1 plaques and patches for $1040.00, which was budgeted. PP Dick - Dick commented that the budget is based on last year’s numbers and had questions about the budget accuracy. Brian explained a few things and Dick agreed that the three months, Aug, Sept., & Oct. are lean income months and that the income could go lower than predicted. Brian - We did the best we could based on the figures we have, and explained a few more line items. PP Dick - I have questions about the telephone bill. Brian - The previous costs were outrageous, we went to Cingular and the costs dropped immensely. PP Dick - What hours are the phones manned? ES John - From 8:00 a.m. until 7:00-8:00 p.m. daily and even weekends. The current bill is running around $125.00 a month. Brian - Brian explained about a one-time offer for a lifetime membership in IMPBA for $400.00 that Tony Jacuzzi offered to the Board to raise immediate cash. PP Dick - Dick mentioned that maybe we need to do something else to insure we have money, raise the dues $5.00. We can use 1000 people paying $5.00 more as a down the road remedy. The last few years have had reduced income. O/BD Mike - IMPBA is starting to move in a positive direction, new attitudes, Brian has the budget under control. DD14 Brian - With 1000 members we can survive. RD Glen - We are moving in the right direction. ES John - John gave a summary of bank deposits, which totaled $44,750.00 through July 16. Bill Zuber requested that the website advertising agenda item be tabled. District Reports: D1: Randall Thomas told us that District 1 is extremely active. Their season is half started and 8 races are planned. One club, the Northern Lights have offered Fast Electric, which has been well received. Things are going well with more memberships coming in for Fast Electric racers. John has received about 7 new membership applications at the IMPBA office. 2 D2: Tony reported that IMPBA District 2 racing season is going strong. He is working to achieve a better balance for event scheduling next year, if possible. District 2 membership numbers are up to approx 206 members, up from 177 in the year 2000. Two new clubs have joined District 2, the Buoy Blasters Club out of Shelby Township in Michigan, and The Southern Ontario Model Boat Club out of Tilbury in Ontario. Kevin Sheren has assumed the District 2 Gas Directors position after Bob Stuber resigned due to health problems. The gas mono, sport hydro, nitro mono, sport 40, and 1/8 scale high point series are all in full swing and are being well attended. D3: Glover reports that a new Fast Electric Club in his district has sent in their club application. Randall has helped quite a bit with this new Fast Electric club. We are slowly gaining a few members. We have six clubs in Florida and I have contacted the old clubs but they are happy right now with NAMBA. D4: Mike was given no information by Fred Hartley, but told us that D4 is highly active this summer racing season. There were still a number of races on the schedule, including the D4 Championships in Milan, Iowa, Dick Jones state. The LaCross Club did submit for a club sanction this year, and the high points series of races are going well. Mike added that there were no new clubs in D4 at this time D5: Mark reports that D5 is growing rather slowly, and that the Gas Nats will be held in Slidell in September. He also revealed that this year makes the 10th year the International Regatta has been in D5 in the past 20 years. D6: Brian is working with a new club that has already sent its club information to the IMPBA office. He is also having problems with ponds in 6 different locations; he is checking their safety precautions to avoid accidents. There are 7 new members in his district. D7: Ed reports that he does not have a lot to report. He does have 4 new clubs and the district racing is good, but the turnout is light. Ed does not like the NAMBA racing format. Unless you have a lot of boats to run at a NAMBA event, you will be through racing in one day. D13: James explained that his district has 11 races scheduled and 6 have already been run. There are 4 clubs that are real active, Ogeechee, Atlanta, SOWEGA, and Charleston. These 11 races scheduled are for high points with the Charleston Model Boaters conducting a Tunnel Championships, and Valdosta hosting 2 time trials. His district is doing really well. Florida racers regularly race in the district. There so many races that they need to pick and choose the events they wish to attend. Races are averaging about 70 boats per event. He has heard talk about combining the High Points races with the Grand Prix races to get more participation. The time trials in Valdosta will run for 10 days and the other timed event is a first ever fast electric only event. D14: Brian reports that they had a time trials in association with the recent Evansville race, which was a lot of fun. They set up and ran only the Oval time trials and racers found this interesting. The Indianapolis Club almost lost their pond due to a non-IMPBA drowning, when the property owners halted all pond activity after this tragedy. After everything was settled legal wise to the owner’s satisfaction, they will be able to resume club activity this Fall on the pond per information received from Bruce Jacobs. It was noted that the district series is running with a few less racers than last year. 3 FE: Randall gave the board a good report, stating that Fast Electric racing has been very popular this year in District 7 (Ed Mest) and Glovers Florida District 3. The Florida club reported that they wish to be IMPBA only. Randall is working on rules for a new popular class. FE has been growing in the last 5 years. RD: Glenn has been all fired up about records activity! The events are typical from year to year, with the same clubs conducting timed events. All of the timed events are specific to location, and will not appear all over the place. He is seeing more interest, more attendance and lots of activity with fast electric. There are two events in Flint, MI, three in Huntsville and Valdosta has Speed Week. No paperwork has been submitted from Virginia concerning time trials. O/B D: Mike is excited about the Charleston Model Boaters hosting an all Tunnel Boat Championship this year. He observed that ¼ of all the boats entered in this years Regatta were outboard powered and reasserted his excitement about the growth of the outboard classes. A few of the districts are stumbling with outboards. Parts are available now, this was a big issue a few years ago, there’s no problem with parts! Outboard racing is very much alive and strong. Getting Tommy Lee into the Hall of Fame was a big deal for outboard racers, and he concluded there is nothing bad in the outboard division. TECH: John commented that two technical proposals would be presented at this meeting, Sport 20 Hydro and Mark Bullards Twin Hydro. The IMPBA Timing consoles re-design is low priority due to the money situation. He will re-name Production ABS to Production RTR to allow fiberglass hulls in this class. He spoke with Mark Poole the builder of the Mod VP hulls and realizes that Mark would need to be the main promoter to keep activity in this class going. He admits that Tech Review is lagging since he took over the Secretarial job. Switching Accountants: Treasurer Brian Schymik informed the board that it was difficult to get in touch with the accountant that Noel was using by phone and email means. He needed answers about taxes and other issues; so, since the response was poor he is requesting we switch to a local accountant in Indiana. Brian itemized the fees that the new man would charge and summarized with the fact that we would spend about $500.00 less per year compared to the previous accountant. Brian directed questions to the Louisiana CPA concerning the $5000.00 IMPBA money that the Feds have but did not receive a good answer. The Indiana CPA has filed a power of attorney to acquire the information and pursue an investigation into the monies. COMMENTS President - Any objection to switching accountants? FE Randall - Randall recommends that we accept Brian’s new accountant. DD13 James - James seconds the motion. President - All in favor by a voice vote? Motion carries PP Dick - I had a conversation with John concerning bookkeeping software; John is planning to use a simpler program than Quick Books Pro. 4 Accident Discussion: Brian Nelsen told the board about the circumstances concerning the recent London Ontario accident. Pictures of the pond site and boat launch area were received following the incident. Brian was concerned where the injured (Steven Enneper) was standing when he was hit. He was in ankle deep water preparing to launch a boat when a boat running on the course made a hard, abrupt left turn when it lost radio and hit Steven. We need to seriously review IMPBA netting requirements and he thinks pictures of the club pit/net area need to be submitted when the club is registered. We also need to examine the type of netting used; the orange plastic net will not work from what he saw at a race in Evansville. Mike Zaborowski installed good netting at the regatta for us to examine. COMMENTS: DD5 Mark - Mark does not like racers walking into the water to launch boats. He saw pictures of a pond that had nets but also a sloping 75-ft. launch beach that was bad. He suggested a vertical wall, a blocking board that is 10 to 15 inches high to block the pond. Racers would step into the water and move up to the board then launch their boat over the board. This would be a low cost solution. All D5 sites have docks in the water. He mentioned that he had slipped one time on the Evansville launch ramp. O/BD Mike - Mike asked if Steve had been on a dock, would the accident have been prevented? DD6 Brian - Yes, the broken leg would not have happened; maybe some cuts from flying pieces. O/BD Mike - Mike thought the boat was on plane, not flying through the air. DD6 Brian - Correct, injuries were at the water line. O/BD Mike - So Mark’s safe harbor could be a possible solution to prevent an accident. DD5 Mark - Mark the harbor could be a small three-sided box. President - It would be difficult to dictate something nationally for all race sites. It would be up to the District Directors to review their club race sites. They could use pictures, emails and phone calls. DD6 Brian Nelsen - Brian mentioned that recent rains could raise the water level and the dock may be closer to the water line. DD14 Brian - We can’t really come up with a single suggestion that works everywhere. The Directors will need to examine each situation. RD Glenn - Glenn mentioned he would like any new net/board suggestions for multi-boat heat racing only. During time trials we have only one boat on the pond at a time, there is no worry about getting hit by another boat on the pond. DD6 Brian - Brian would expect that nets only apply to race day, when lots of people and boats are present. He is also looking at pit operations; he has seen some very bad situations. RD Glenn - During the regatta trophy trials when I was on the CD stand I saw several people starting boats that had their boat prop just inches away from another racer. IMPBA may want to consider prop guards like NAMBA uses. O/BD Mike - I noticed 15 start tables in the pit area, which caused a lot of congestion. DD5 Mark - I saw a split starting method used during the Evansville 2002 regatta on odd-even concrete tables. He told us about an accident in Huntsville during the Kids class. A fellow racer blocked an incoming boat from hitting a child. The racer sustained a minor injury. He suggested that everyone vacate the pit area until all boats are shut down during the Kids class, since the kids may have trouble bringing their boats in. 5 President - I had John Equi inquire about raising the current medical payment coverage. We can raise it to $10,000.00 for a $125.00 cost increase per year. We should not accept self-inflicted injuries; maybe raise the deductible to $500.00 or $1000.00. John will check into secondary coverage on our insurance policy at a high value. PP Dick - We have had three claims concerning pit accidents and a simple solution is double netting, but it is not being done. Our priority should be to guard the pits or accidents will continue to happen. DD6 Brian Nelsen - Brian will see if he can come up with a possible proposal. DD5 Mark - Mark and Dick discussed various other methods of protection. PROPOSALS: President - The first proposal is from Dom Mauro, which is a constitutional change. The larger districts would like more representation; this is a major reason that Florida left IMPBA. Constitutional Change COMMENTS: DD3 Glover - Glover said if representation is a problem, I don’t see members returning their votes. He was not aware of a problem in his district until 1999. Unknown - Someone in the room commented that only 22 people voted out of 900 possible according to the previous minutes. We are not even using the representation that we now have. What is the purpose of having more votes if the members do not vote? DD5 Mark - The way the current rule is written, I understand it means for every 100 members, we get 1 vote. If 200 members, then 2 votes. Unknown - Someone asked on the last ballot that was sent out, how many ballots were returned out of District 2? Zero, Tony already has 2 votes. President - Bill mentioned that spouses can vote, but on past ballots we did not have an area for spousal votes. PP Dick - Here’s a history lesson. This is really about politics. This issue was actually brought up in 1996 and discussed in 1997. A particular district wanted more votes so it could block votes on things the district director did not want. It was Florida that wanted a vote for every 50 members. They wanted a substantial vote block. There is only one district that has two votes, Tony’s. This is not about representation, it is about politics. President - No, there are other districts that would fall under this if it were passed. DD7 Ed - I don’t see any way that we should drop down to let every 30 members get the Director another vote. If D2 winds up with x amount of votes, and D3 gets x amount, then those two districts control the whole thing. We then have 2 districts with all the power. DD14 Brian - Brian gave a quick run down of the voting power for all districts if this proposal was enacted. Districts 2, 4 and 5 could control everything. This locks everyone else out. PP Dick - Dick pointed out that three districts could control everything we do, and they think that’s not political? This is political, not representation. DD5 Mark – We’re not politicians, if D2 has an agenda, then other districts could cancel D2. If a lot of smaller districts voted to cancel D2. we would all like a few more votes. FE Randall – I have questions about the proposal, are we boaters or politicians? Also, D2 is missing from this meeting, we can’t resolve a motion if we have questions. PP Dick – I make a motion to table this proposal. FE Randall – I second it. President – There’s no need to vote. 6 DD5 Mark - If there’s an agenda to this D2 move, I don’t know what it is. Unknown – Who brought this proposal up? DD5 Mark – His number is 18608, he’s new, a gas boater. PP Dick – This has been tabled; it will not come up till the next meeting, or until someone brings it up. President – Lets move on to the next item. Write in vote change proposal President – This item was brought up by Randall some time ago, any questions about it? COMMENTS: PP Dick – This is a must function, like the constitution of the United States. President – We are not the constitution or the United States. PP Dick – This is guaranteed by the constitution, period. President – You are also to know whom you’re running against. PP Dick – No, write in votes are allowed in every election, local, federal, others, per the constitution. President – Members in a district do not know who is running. PP Dick – Lets discuss this, somebody got beat in an election, not the first time, because they did not receive any votes. Discussion continued for some time by PP Dick and President how write in works. Unknown – Why have nominations at all? Just use a write in. More comments about what was spelled out in the rule book. Many directors added comments on their views. PP Dick – Lets table this. FE Randall – Seconded. RD Glenn – As IMPBA we can set any rules we want as a private organization. President – This is tabled by Dick, seconded by Randall. New Racing Class: Multi Engine Hydro President – Proposal for new racing class. DD5 Mark – Multi engine hydro, has been around for years, popular, and run at several Regattas. A premier event, like top fuel cars. FE Randall – Make this a US-1 class? DD5 Mark – yes, that is part of the proposal. President – Yes, this is 2 separate proposals. Much discussion ensued with comments by PP Dick, DD5 Mark, several others about the merits of adding this new class as a US-1 contender. Summary: This is an F boat already, why make a special class for twins? RD Glenn – What is the drawback of allowing a twin class? PP Dick – You get 2 chances with an F boat for US-1 title, F class and twin. DD3 Glover, DD5 Mark talk about possible US-1 trophy wins with hulls. FE Randall – If this is a recognized class, would it be eligible for records? RD Glenn – Yes, if it was separated from F class. It would only be accepted for the class it was entered for. 7 President, RD Glenn, DD5 Mark, PP Dick, continued discussion of the pros and cons, joined in by others concerning chances of winning US-1 in 2 classes, existing rules, and what if’s. RD Glenn – Can someone run a .67 and a .90 engine as a twin? Discussion continued along the lines of engine size, driven shafts and number of props. It was evident that there were problems with the proposal. DD5 Mark – I think we will table this for now. President – Tabled both. Sport 20 proposal President – Tech will explain Sport 20. TR John – These proposed Sport 20 rules were derived from the Sport 40 with input from Phil Thomas. Fe Randall – District 1 likes the proposal with change of the strut to anywhere on the hull, wants a motion for change, no portion of drive dog more than 3” and strut change. District 1 makes formal motion to change #7 on the original document as an option. DD5 Mark, O/BD Mike discuss the strut location compared to actual real boats. TR John – Proposal can have suggested changes as an option when presented as a ballot. DD5 Mark – I accept Randall’s addition and seconded. President – Call for vote. D1 – Yes D3 – Yes D5 – Yes Results: 7 Yes D6 – Yes 1 No D7 – No 2 Abstain D13 – Yes D14 – Yes Approved to go out as a ballot with changes FE – Abstain PP – Yes President – Yes Revamping Districts 4, 6, 7, to a new District President – Item 6, revamping districts 4, 6, and 7 to a new district is tabled. Clarification of Districts 1 and 2 boundaries in Canada President – Item 7, clarification of district 1 and 2 boundaries in Canada. This has to do with problems of with membership list and the database. FE Randall – We will use the Canadian Postal Code system to define where the D1 – D2 split occurs in Ontario Myself and Tony know and agree on where the line is, but it is unclear to the IMPBA office. DD5 Mark – This line divides Ontario? FE Randall – Yes, I’ll explain in detail to the board. (Detailed explanation was given) DD3 Glover – Are members in Canada OK with this proposal? FE Randall – They asked about it, It will be easier for the Secretary and others. Unknown – Accepted by voice vote. 8 2006 Regatta Bid President – 2006 Regatta bid. DD14 Brian – I am not offering a bid, but it was discussed at this event (Regatta) with ¾ of my club that is here. The club will meet in a few weeks and discuss it. We will submit a formal document. We will need at least 5 full time people for the event. O/B D Mike – I am discussing with D4 about a Regatta, maybe Chicago Speedway, but we will need approval from the speedway owner. DD14 Brian – I would want the last week of June, which differs from what is stipulated in the rule book. This timeframe would co-inside with the “Thunder in the Valley” unlimited boat races in town. President – What about hotel availability? DD14 Brian – We would be there first, you would have to register early to get a room. DD7 Ed – No regatta (in Texas) this year, maybe in 2007. DD 13 James – The Charleston Model boaters has talked about it, but have an obstructing peninsula in the pond that would need to be moved. We have lots of shade, a nice site. President – We have a digital copy of the Internats booklet that Tech Review produced that is available. The Huntsville newspaper has a nice article, contact myself or John Equi for a copy. Rd Glenn – I’ve discussed Valdosta as a site, but I would need lots of help. DD3 Glover - Since the Roostertail is now online; we need a paper copy to be available, maybe $20.00 a year on the 2006 application, along with a check box for a membership list. President – Any more new business? DD5 Mark – I have come up with a “Peterson Rule”. If a person becomes ill or injured, he can appoint a replacement driver who is at the event to drive his boat with the CD’s approval. FE Randall – This is like the old “Proxy” rule. I would change this to make the new driver continue for the rest of the event. Discussion ensued by RD Glenn, O/B D Mike, DD14 Brian, DD5 Mark, PP Dick, about liability of who gets the trophy. DD5 Mark – I found out that the appointed driver was not registered at this race. FE Randall – This occurred at the last heat of 1/8 Scale and was objected to by Brian Schymik. DD14 Brian – I don’t like this proposal, play by the existing rules. President – Any other new business? PP Dick – I think IMPBA needs to do something about legislation, meaning rules changes at the race site. When we allow this we will have problems. We must go by the book, that’s it. This happened twice at this Regatta. DD5 Mark – there was no issue on Josh Fulton’s radio, no vote. PP Dick – Ernie said, “if we vote”, so he was ready to vote. He has to be fair to everyone. If it’s not in the book, then that’s the end of it. RD Glenn – If it’s a gray area, then the CD has to figure out how to do it. Discussion by O/B D Mike, DD5 Mark, PP Dick ensued with comments by others. President – We have a proposal on this, but it died. PP Dick – I continue to get papers from the insurance company. ES John – I’ve talked with them several times about the new mailing address, I even get items from Louisiana. It will take time to get their computers changed. DD14 Brian – Motion to adjourn. President – Do I have a second to adjourn? Someone said, “Yes”, all in favor, ‘Aye”. President – Adjourned. Time was after midnight around 12:20. 9

January 20 2005: International Model Power Boat Association Board Meeting Conference Call Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:00 p.m. Central Time MINUTES Present: President, Bill Zuber Executive Secretary, Noel Scallan District 1, Teddy Dauphinee District 2, Tony Jacuzzi District 3, Glover Jeffcoat District 4, Fred Hartley District 5, Mark Bullard District 6, V.P./Brian Nelsen District 7, Ed Mest District 12, Tracy Dolphin District 13, Karla Dicks District 14, Brian Schymik National Outboard Director, Michael Zaborowski National Fast Electric Director, Randall Thomas Technical Review, John Equi Large Scale Gas Director, Norman Morton National Scale Director, Steve Ball National Safety Director/Past President, Pat Kelly Absent National Records Director, Glenn Quarles Past President, Dick Jones Bill Zuber determined a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. central time. District Reports: D1: All paperwork has been submitted and is being processed. Everything quiet early in the season yet. 3 clubs registered for D1 including the Elmira Club who will be switching location, new site to be determined. D2: The District racing schedule remains strong with (13) races planned as well as (2) time trial events in Flint. Racing will begin in May at Dayton Ohio and finish in October at Seville Ohio. The District will host the following Hi-Point series 1/8 Scale, Sport40, B-Mono, D-Mono, E/F Mono, LS27 Mono, LS27 Sport Hydro. 10 clubs registered, with 2 new potential ones (Michigan and Ontario) D3: Still waiting on more clubs to register. Holding back paperwork on 2 clubs. D4: 10 clubs signed up to date. 7 races sanctioned so far for 2005. Still waiting on more paperwork to arrive. Season looks good so far. D5: 4 Clubs signed up right now, still working with clubs to submit their information. D6: Everything well. Just sent last of paperwork to Office. D7: 3 Clubs and 3 races scheduled. Planning on more as the year goes on. Also planning on hosting a few electric races this year. D12: Baltimore club sending paperwork. Other clubs just a bit late, but everything will be submitted soon. Hopefully, a new club is planning to start, working on getting them established. District meeting will be held in the next few weeks. 3 races planned so far. D13: All clubs registered, all races sanctioned. 12 races tentatively scheduled. Challenge with one Club’s pond, Charleston MBA, should be resolved soon. Not authorized pond yet, still working with East Cooper MBC on establishing who will acquire the land. Grand Prix Race and High Point race scheduled. D14: 4 Clubs register, 10 races point series, 9 races. Few new members, district is looking for a new sport 40 director. Things look better than last year in the district. FE: Questions being asked. Working on establishing 1 new club, hopefully they will join. Will work closely with Ed Mest for potential FE races. LSG: If district interested in 06 nats, get proposal out ASAP. Teddy D working on a site for the 06 Gas Nats, 1st choice in NY, 2nd in Canada. 2005 Gas Nats, will be held in Slidell, LA- September 15, 16, 17 TECH: Sport 20 rules ready for RT. Communicated with NM MZ on several other items. Outboard: Received a lot of excitement about the introduction of a new boat. Conversation proves a lot of interest in outboard racing. Things progressing very well for 2005. SCALE: Nothing to report at the moment. BZ reminded the board that upcoming Roostertail reports must be submitted by January 28, 2005. BALLOT RESULTS: New classes for A&C Outboard Tunnel Records Trials. BZ asked NS to call roll to announce district results. Results are as follows: District YES NO District Vote 1 5 0 Yes 2 0 0 Abstain 3 0 0 Abstain 4 3 0 Yes 5 5 0 Yes 6 3 0 Yes 7 0 0 Abstain 12 1 0 Yes 13 0 0 Abstain 14 2 3 No Fast Elect. Abstain LSG Yes Dick Abstain President Yes TOTAL: 19 3 7-Yes, 6 Abstain, 1 NO BZ announced, based on the election results the new classes for A&C Outboard Tunnel Records Trials db rule have been accepted. TREASURER REPORT: BS and NS reviewed the 11/1/04-1/19/05 P&L Statement. A few questions were asked regarding Secretary Salary and Payroll Taxes. Noel will meet with Charlie Dennis and report back to the board how taxes are being recorded in the booking records. Brian will contact Charlie to discuss a few financial questions with regard to Ordinary Net Income and Payroll Taxes. It seems as if there is a miscoding issue and we will have the CPA review and ensure that everything is coded correctly so that the records balance. RULEBOOK CHANGES: BZ motioned to the board to change 5. No plastic props to be used above a 3.5 engine to read: NO plastic props except in Scale Electric, Fast Electric, and ABS Production Class. Motion was 2nd by RT. BZ Called for a vote. YES: D1; D2; D3; D4; D5; D6; D7; D12; D14; LSG; FE; DJ; BZ NO: NONE BZ announced, based on unanimous vote motion caries to change the rule to read: NO Plastic Props except in Scale Electric, Fast Electric and ABS Production Class. Elimination of Engine claiming rule for B Sport Tunnel Hull MB motioned to the board to send out a ballot to the membership for a vote to change the rule to eliminate the engine-claiming rule for B Sport Tunnel Hull. Motion was 2nd by TD. BZ called for the vote. YES: D1; D2; D3; D4; D5; D6; D7; D12; D14; LSG; DJ; BZ Abstain: LSG NO: NONE BZ announced, based on unanimous vote the motion carries to send a ballot out to the membership. Membership will vote to change the rule that eliminates the engine-claiming rule for B Sport Tunnel Hull. Noel will create a ballot for the March Roostertail with a deadline of May 30, 2005 for ballots to be sent to District Directors. LSG rule changes Rule Book Update NM motioned to accept the proposal: to the board to accept gas rules as written to go out to the membership, in the March Roostertail, for a trial period of 1 year. Once this trial period is over, the membership will then submit a final vote. Motion 2nd by TD. BZ called for the vote. Yes: D1; D3; D4; D5; D6; D7; D12; D14; LSG; DJ; BZ No: D2 Abstain: FE BZ announced, based on a majority vote the motion carries to issue the new rules in the March roostertail announcing that these rules are now in a 1-year trial period. Record Timing Equipment JE mentioned that the timing equipment failed during a race. After some time JE temporally repaired the equipment and had it working, but not efficiently, by using a southern console. The northern console was sent to Preston Hall, who advised Glenn Quarles it was temporarily fixed. In discussion with RT and GQ, it was recommended that the existing boards be replaced. These boards are pover 20 years old and are in need of replacement. Approx. quote is: $200-$300 for 20 boards. 2 high quality boards inside each of the console so if one goes out another can immediately be replaced. Northern set is back with BC. Southern set is with JE. $75 to ship. GQ had a failure during Speed week, costing $50 to be shipped to him. 6 Boards to replace 3 consoles. COMMENTS: MB can we build extra clocks with extra consoles? Have not looked into this, right now we only looked into upgrading the current 3 boards. RT Not a problem to build extra consoles, the concern is the cost involved. 2005 Internats Awards needed to be purchased: EOP Nametags: BZ to price out President Cup: NS to price both plastic and metal John Bridge Award needs new base. BZ to research and price. US-1 Plaques: BZ/RT to price out US-1 Patches: NS has 25 in the office will ship out when necessary Rockers: BZ to price out. Scale Electric Award is out there somewhere, anyone who can research the whereabouts should report to Steve Ball. BS advised the board that the New Website Forums up and running. Please check it out. RT Clarification on Stepped Hull….RT emailed out pictures to determine if these are considered Stepped Hulls. JE advised that a step is any non- continuous line or a line that has NO gap in its continuity. This step or gap can be in any direction along the bottom running of the boat. >>>>>>>is not considered a step. Any gap in the continuous section on the bottom of the boat is considered a step. If there is a slight hook in the bottom of the boat then this is not considered a step. DJ asked BS to send out a preliminary budget reflecting our financial outlook for the future to see how much eliminating the roostertail will assist and any other suggestions that could assist with our financial recovery. BS will work on a budget and forward to BZ and the board for review. NM motioned to adjourn the meeting. Motion was seconded by TD 2nd.

November 10 2004: International Model Power Boat Association Board Meeting Conference Call Tuesday, November 10, 2004 7:00 p.m. Central Time MINUTES Present: Absent: President, Patrick Kelly District 7, Executive Secretary, Noel Scallan Nat'l Scale Director, Steve Ball District 1, Teddy Dauphinee District 2, Bert Dygert District 3, Glover Jeffcoat District 4, Fred Hartley District 5, Bill Zuber District 6, V.P./Brian Nelsen District 12, Tracy Dolphin District 13, Karla Dicks District 14/Treasurer, Bryan Shymick Large Scale Gas Director, Norman Morton Records Director, Glenn Quarles National Outboard Director, Michael Zaborowski National Fast Electric Director, Randall Thomas Technical Review, John Equi National Safety Director/Past President, Dick Jones Pat Kelly determined a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. central time. Election Results: New 2005/2007 President: PK announced that Bill Zuber has won the 2005 Presidential Election. Everyone congratulated Bill and thanked Pat for all his hard work and efforts over the past 2 years. New District Directors: PK announced new appointed District Directors starting January 1, 2005. District 2 – Tony Jacuzzi, replacing Bert Dygert’s remaining 1 year District 3 – Glover Jeffcoat – Re-elected District 7 – Ed Mest replacing Vince Baumann - Elected District 12 – Tracy Dolphin – Re-elected District 14 – Brian Schymik – Re-elected District 5 – Mark Bullard, replacing Bill Zuber’s remining 2 years BZ recommendation and motioned to the board to accept Mark Bullard as District 5 director for the remainder his term (2 years, beginning January 1, 2005). This motion was 2nd by P. Kelly who then called for the vote: D1-Y; D2-Y; D4-Y; D5-Y; D6-Y; D12-Y; D13-Y; D14-Y; FE-Y; LSG-Y; DJ-Y;PK-Y. PK announced, based on unanimous vote, the motion carries to accept Mark Bullard as the District 5 Director. PK announced that Bert Dygert has resigned his position as D2 Director effective December 1, 2004. A motion was presented for Tony Jacuzzi to be nominated as his replacement. This motion was 2nd by BD. PK called for a vote. D1-Y; D2-Y; D4-Y; D5-Y; D6-Y; D12-Y; D13-Y; D14-Y; FE-Y; LSG-Y, DJ-Y; PK-Y PK announced, based on unanimous vote, the motion carries to accept Tony Jacuzzi as the new D2 Director, effective December 1, 2004. Decibel Rule Results: PK asked NS to call roll to announce district results from the Decibel Rule Ballots. Results are as follows: District YES NO District Vote 1 20 0 Yes 2 13 3 Yes 4 20 0 Yes 5 20 4 Yes 6 5 0 Yes 12 12 0 Yes 13 8 0 Yes 14 7 0 Yes Fast Elect. Abstain from vote LSG Yes TOTAL: 155 7 9-YES PK announced, based on the election results the new db rule have been accepted. Recognize Records for A & C Tunnel Classes: The rulebook states at this time that only (page H-9, 2) There are four engine class – B,D,E & F. At the bottom of page (H-9) The following rule is stated. Records shall be established for Outboard Tunnels and Outboard Hydro for the 4 engine classes. Sport Outboard Tunnel Rules? PK opened the session for board discussion. During this discussion it was decided that the revisions would definitely need to be submitted to the membership, in ballot form, for a vote. This ballot will be presented in the December Roostertail with a deadline of January 31, 2005 deadline. This will allow the results to be announced in the March 2005 Roostertail. GQ stated that the rule did not need to be changed just add class A & C and change 4 engine classes to 6 engine classes. GQ will submit the correct wording to Noel for a ballot to be posted in the December Roostertail. RT motioned to the board to make accept GQ’s changes to be submitted for a December Roostertail Ballot, Brian Schymik 2nd motion. PK called for a vote: D1-Y; D2-Y; D4-Y; D5-Y; D6-Y; D12-Y; D13-Y; D14-Y; FE-Y; LSG-Y; DJ-Y; PK-Y PK announced, based on unanimous vote, motion carries. GQ will submit correct wording for a ballot to be placed in the December Roostertail for membership vote. Once results are in, the changes to the rulebook will be made. It was decided by the board that if this rule passes, members will be able to run for records after March 31, 2005. RT motioned to the board to accept the timeframe proposed by Glenn Quarles for publishing ballots and accepting the rule change. Motion 2nd by Karla Dicks. PK called for a vote. D1-Y; D2-Y; D4-Y; D5-Y; D6-Y; D12-Y; D13-Y; D14-Y; FE-Y; LSG-Y; DJ-Y; PK-Y PK announced, based on unanimous vote, motion carries. SLS For Records: PK opened the session for a board discussion – this discussion was opened up by Norman Morton and Glenn Quarles. What records are legal? GQ recommended the board approve records to be set in all classes except for “production ABS” and offshore as outlined in the rulebook. This is not a change to the rule book…p F-3 states “Records shall be established for each hull type and engine or motor class at all approved events,” The two examples we talked about were SLS records in both mono and hydro, and B Sport Tunnel. This also includes all established FE classes. BZ motioned to accept GQ recommendations. Motion was 2nd by TD . PK Called for a vote. D1-Y; D2-Y; D4-Y; D5-Y; D6-Y; D12-Y; D13-Y; D14-Y; FE-Y; LSG-Y; DJ-Y; PK-Y RULEBOOK UPDATES: PK reviewed the necessary 2005 Updates for the rulebook. They are as follows: Add 95 DB wording to rulebook, section K Section “E” History Hall of Fame, Tommy Lee New President IMPBA Nitro Internats William LeFeber Award Excellence of Performance First Time US-1 Award, 1989 John Otto Gas Nationals BZ presented a motion to include “F” Hydro as a US-1 Class. BZ noted that this topic should be posted up for membership discussion, any feedback to be presented to Mark Bullard. BN pointed out that it might be reasonable if you make a proposal to go along, that only one boat is allowed per class. KD suggested tabling this topic until further information can be obtained so a better analysis can be made. BZ will discuss with some of the membership and report back his efforts to the board for consideration. Motion was 2nd by Dick Jones and accepted unanimously by the board. DISTRICT 3 – Florida: PK mentioned that contact has been established with members and clubs in Florida. We are still working on acquiring back the Winternats. PK will continue to work with FL clubs, and Ron Drake, to try and encourage some of Florida members back to IMPBA. PK and BS, both, will be attending the NAMBA Winternats and will approach members. 2005 Internats: PK stated that he has not received any official feedback for Internat proposals. MZ inquired about the deadline necessary for canceling the Internats. PK stated that we definitely do not want to consider this, that the board should consider alternate strategies for keeping the Internats established. TD stated that he received feed back from clubs in his area that they would be interested in hosting the Internats if they did not have to conduct time trials. MZ stated that a more dangerous route for IMPBA would be not to host a race at all. Maybe the board should consider Internats without time trials, just to conduct an event. DJ agreed and suggested we contact the clubs who are interested and consider their proposals. PK suggested we propose dates of July 23-30---as NAMBA Nats are the week of July 15. This will allow people to attend both races. PK motion to the board to adjourn the conference call at 9:45 p.m. The motion was 2nd by GJ and voted on by acclimation. Based on a unanimous vote, PK announced the meeting adjourned.

July 30 2004: International Model Power Boat Association Internats Board Meeting Friday, July 30, 2004 8:30 p.m. Central Time MINUTES Present: Absent: President, Patrick Kelly District 1, Teddy Dauphinee Executive Secretary, Noel Scallan District 2, Bert Dygert District 3, Glover Jeffcoat District 4, Fred Hartley District 5, Bill Zuber District 12, Vacant District 6, V.P./Brian Nelsen Large Scale Gas Director, Norman Morton District 7, Ernie LaFleur (representing) Records Director, Glenn Quarles District 13, Karla Dicks District 14, Bryan Shymick National Outboard Director, Michael Zaborowski National Fast Electric Director, Randall Thomas Technical Review, John Equi National Scale Director, Steve Ball National Safety Director/Past President, Dick Jones Pat Kelly determined a quorum was present and called the meeting to order at 8:30 p.m. central time. Appointment of Tracy Dolphin to District 12 Director. PK asked the Board to approve his appointment of Mr. Tracy Dolphin as District 12 Director. Bryan Shymick motioned to the Board to accept PK’s appointment, which was 2nd by Brian Nelson. PK Called for the vote: 3-Yes, 5-Yes, 6-Yes, 7-Yes, 13-Yes, 14-Yes, FE-Yes, DJ-Yes, PK-Yes. PK announced the board’s motion to accept Tracy Dolphin as District 12 Director was accepted unanimously by the Board, motion carries. Appointment of Bryan Schymik as IMPBA Treasurer – PK asked the board to approve his appointment of Mr. Bryan Shymik as IMPBA’s Treasurer. Randall Thomas motion to the Board to accept PK appointment, which was 2nd by Karla Dicks. PK Called for the vote: 3-Yes, 5-Yes, 6-Yes, 7-Yes, 13-Yes, 14-Yes, FE-Yes, DJ-Yes, PK-Yes. PK announced the Board’s motion to accept Bryan Shymik as IMPBA’s Treasurer was accepted unanimously by the board, motion carries. Discussion of decibel limits for vote to the membership in September. Crackerbox exhaust systems. PK opened the session for a Board discussion regarding the 2nd Draft of Proposed NOISE RULES. This discussion was primarily to determine a set decibel limit rule that will be published and voted on in the September Roostertail. The board went on to discuss minor changes throughout the document. (See Attached) It was decided that John Equi will draft a proposal, Page I-4 for a noise ordinance reflecting a 95 decibel limit. Once complete, the proposal will be sent out to the Board of Directors for Review. A vote by the Board will be conducted to accept John’s revised Noise Rules, then Noel will publish them in the September Roostertail for a vote by the membership. Votes will be sent to District Directors, tallied and reported at the next board conference call. DJ motion to accept the boards suggestion that John Equi’s edited the Noise Rule and send out for board review and vote. Once accepted by the board, the updated Noise Rules will be published in the September Roostertail for member vote. This motion was 2nd by Brian Shymik. PK Called for the vote: 3-Yes, 5-Yes, 6-Yes, 7-Yes, 13-Yes, 14-Yes, FE-Yes, DJ-Yes, PK-Yes. PK announced the board’s motion to accept John Equi’s edits to the Noise Rules was accepted unanimously by the board, motion carries. New Rulebook: PK and NS presented a couple of ideas for suggested changes to the current IMPBA Rulebook, ie. 8x11 paper, plastic or paper binders etc. This item was tabled until the board can review and discuss the costs involved and maybe some alternative suggestions, such as DISK and Web copies. These ideas were presented to try and minimize some of the high costs involved in mailing rulebooks and to try and keep it simple and easy for the members to retrieve and use. Novice Class: PK approached the board for nominees of a committee that will create a set of NOVICE guidelines/rules to be officially published. Nominees are: John Equi, Randall Thomas and Brian Nelson. Anyone else interested in assisting the committee, please contact John Equi. Tommy Lee for Hall of Fame: MZ sent out a proposal to the board via e-mail and USPS regarding the induction of Mr. Tommy Lee in to the IMPBA hall of fame. After MZ gave a brief explanation about why he felt it important to pass this proposal. The Board took it to vote. The vote went though unanimously and with applause. BS motion to the board to adjourn the conference call at 10:25 p.m. The motion was 2nd by BZ 2nd and voted on by acclimation. Based on a unanimous vote, PK announced the meeting adjourned. DJ asked that the board adjourn into an Executive Session. All non voting board members were dismissed. PK called the Executive Session to order.