NZMPBA SKYPE COMMITTEE MEETING
Date 08 June 2020 8pm
PRESENT; Grahame Haines, Marie Haines, John Belworthy, Nigel Wong, Peter Collier, Murray Smithson., Trevor Terry,
APOLOGIES; Pieter Lokum, Philip Fowler,
MATTERS ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES.
Covid 19 up date and where to from here.
Now at Level 1 from midnight tonight therefore boating back to normal
Record claim forms
Now on Website under records tab
Presidents Cup volunteer to collate points.
Still No one has volunteered at this stage.?
TREASURERS REPORT
NZMPBA Monthly Accounts
Opening Balance - 3 May 2020
Closing Balance - 5 June 2020
Opening Bank Accounts 3 May 2020
Entry Fee Account $ 113.64
Insurance Account $ 84.91
Non Profit Account $ 7,219.67
Total $ 7,418.22
Deposits
Entry Fee Account Interest $ -
Insurance Account Interest $ -
Non Profit Account Subs $ 225.00
Total $ 225.00
Withdrawals
Entry Fee Account None $ -
Insurance Account None $ -
Non Profit Account None $ -
$ -
$ -
Total $ -
Closing Balance 5 June 2020
Entry Fee Accounts $ 113.64
Insurance Account $ 84.91
Non Profit Account $ 7,444.67
Total $ 7,643.22
NEW MEMBERS 2020 RETURNED MEMBERS 2020
Name NZMPBPA # Name NZMPBPA #
Wayne Mowbray 34
Wayne Thompson 29
Brad Thompson 36
Spike Taylor 38
Keith Ewing 27
Life Members 6 Total Members 32
Moved John Belworthy
Seconded. Trevor Terry
CORRESPONDENCE.
IN Steve Trott with revised BOP race calendar
2 from Bob Gutsell changing date of Hamilton offshore.
3 John Belworthy Booking an Offshore regatta in lieu of Wairarapa cancelling their July regatta and confirming it is happening
4 From Trevor McClennan
Good morning.
Hope this email finds you well.
I have been doing a lot of thinking over some time now to why there has been such a big drop in getting members to events.
I have been involved in model boating for over 50 years now and seen a lot of changes.
When I started boating it was fun and very family friendly. For me I would turn up to events with my dad, mum and sister and brother.
My dad was a very keen modeler. Back in the early 60s there was no club just for model power boats it was all under the Greater Wellington model association where there was scale boats yachts and power boats all controlled by the above.
In the late 60s the power boat side pulled away and formed their own club this was the beginning of the what we have now.
The club just kept on growing to one of the big reasons that most of the members were so keen to help new members get started.
As you can imagine there was not a lot of stuff on the market back then one of the things that was done between George Brickle Reg Tonks and Neil McClellan (my dad) they held open workshops nights where anyone came to help the ones who needed help to build boats and setting up boats.
Back in the day one of the laws was no radio gear could be bought until you registered it with the post office. One of the club rules back then was you had to show that you could drive your boat safely and have full control of boat at all time. Once you showed this to the president and they were happy with your ability to control the boat you got the go ahead to race.
When we held events there was always a challenge set up for everyone to have a go at one was to see how straight your boat ran with hands off transmitter and see if it would go between 2 markers set out this was always a lot of humour the other one was where you had a needle taped to the front of your boat and you were timed on how long it took you to pop 3 balloons. This one taught driver handling skills.
Back then there were only 3 classes which were A B and C which still are with us today as petrol boats and electrics were not even considered back then.
One of the big things we were there to have fun and enjoy the hobby. Everyone respected each other and the boats that were on the water yes there was the odd knock and bang but nothing too major if this did happen everyone offered help to fix the boats if they had damage.
This brings me to today and the way things have progressed we still have A B and C classes but now we have new classes introduced P1 P2 P3 and electric.
This has in my opinion caused a lot of confusion to what fits in where and where fits into what. I think to make the association grow the rules around especially P1 P2 P3 need to be looked at for example we will take P2 I can with my budget afford to only buy a Zenoah 26cc which produces around 3.5 horse power putting this up against other motors e.g. red line tiger kings and others that are producing over 4.5 horse power and in some cases up to 7 horse power. In my opinion I am at a disadvantage running what I can afford this brings me to another point as I am one of the slower boats on the water the faster boats will always lap me.
On several occasions where holding my line into the marker I have had boats run over my boat and been promptly told welcome to model boating as far as I’m concerned this is one of the things that is going to kill the hobby as I’m now at the stage where I’m very reluctant to run my boats at events.
As I have been modelling since I was 5 years old I have a good collection of model boats nearly hitting the 30+ mark a lot of these boats are scale or semi scale and unfortunately no longer apply to rules and regulations.
for example I built my cracker box over 35 years ago they were not even thought of as a class at the beginning when the class was developed I was allowed to run the Crackerbox under what they called the grandfather clause but sadly as of now I cannot run it in events as it does not meet the regulations.
So, it only comes out on club days and display days.
I also have many other boats that fall into this category I’m not asking for things to be changed but I do think in some situations it comes down to discretion are we are in this hobby to have fun or to go as fast as we can and god forbid if anyone gets in my way.
Your thoughts are welcome
Trevor
Correspondence out
Nil
Correspondence Discussion
Trevors Letter
The committee acknowledges Trevor’s Letter and agree he has some valid points.
Classes have come about thru evolution and due to the level of support.
There are some that are racing in the offshore for example with stock engines and still beat hot motor set ups with a well set up boat with consistency and reliability.
GENERAL BUSINESS
Rule book upgrade guide to racing and National Championships
Committee has gone thru and tidied up ambiguous rules in Event rule for future upgrade
Peter has started reformatting to rule book into a single document and showed the committee the progress so far and all agree it will be easier to read and follow. Should be complete by next meeting for committee viewing then for membership viewing.
AGM
Is looming upon us.
Time to think about remits to be considered at the AGM.
Constitutional changes only can be considered at the AGM.
MINUTES OF THIS COMMITTEE MEETING OF 08/06/2020 READ AND ACCEPTED.
Moved: John Belworthy
Seconded Trevor Terry.
Next Committee Meeting July 7th
Meeting closed 9.40 pm
G Haines to post to web site.
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