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MINUTES OF THE NZMPBA COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON 12 FEBRUARY 2025
MEETING HELD BY SKYPE CONFERENCE
Present:
President Rudy Van Vlerken.
Treasurer: Gareth Farmer.
Secretary: Ross Heald.
Committee: Murray Gallen, Trevor McClellan, Steve Trott.
Apologies: Andrew Colquhoun.
Meeting Opened: 7.30pm
1. Minutes of previous meeting held on 09 Dec 24.
a. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as an accurate account of that meeting. Moved Rudy, All approved.

2. Matters Arising from the Minutes of the meeting held on 9 Dec 24:
a. Rules as approved at Special General Meeting were to be incorporated into Rule book and published to website.
b. Thunder Down Under: Ross raised that that number of entries on paper did not match the payments received. Whilst it is early days yet, priority would be given to those that had paid should entry limits for classes be exceeded.
i. Eight entries with only three having paid as at 12 Feb 25.

3. Correspondence:
a. Various correspondence regarding the validity of a record claim versus hull shape/design. The NZMPBA hull classification aligns with the Australian Model Power Boat Association guidelines regarding hull shape / rules for classes. Ross raised the possibility of introducing a ‘Demonstration Class’ similar to that which is run in Australia, which allows for non-standard hull shapes. It was agreed that this should be adopted as an additional class for record attempts.

4. Financial: The Treasurer circulated the statements prior to the meeting.
a. Reimbursement to Secretary for Annual Membership Card postage of $82.00 is approved. Given the coast of Standard Post is now $2.30 per envelope, this figure has increased over previous years.
b. Treasurer to file the financial records with the charities commission following the Special General Meeting.
c. Balances as at 12 Feb 25:
i. Main account: $8384.14
ii. Insurance: $260.77
iii. Entry Fee: 254.73.

5. Thunder down Under. Planning and organising for this event continues.
a. Secretary to send out reminder to all members with updates.
b. Trophies: Trophies allocated for the following, some of which are to be re-purposed from existing NZMPBA obsolete classes, with the requirement to purchase some new items to fill gaps.
i. 4S Standard Electric – use existing.
ii. 6S Electric – use existing.
iii. Open Nitro - to purchase new.
iv. T1 – use existing.
v. Sport Petrol Hydro – use existing.
vi. Open Mono – to purchase new.
vii. Open Tunnel – to purchase new.
viii. Open Hydro – to purchase new.
ix. King of the Lake – to purchase new.
x. Gold Cup – to be reassigned to 1/8 electric scale.
xi. King of Nationals to go to top boater.
xii. Top Club – TDU Trophy.
c. Portaloo hire: The cost for the hire of two Portaloos for the weekend is $300.00.
GENERAL BUSINESS
6. Trevor raised the previously discussed proposal to reinstate the ‘Stock” class to the mono class to provide an entry level competition class. It was approved and this was to be added into the matrix in the rule book.
7. Rudy proposed the following amendments to the rule book:
a. 6.10: Don Howe Trophy… (remove – obsolete)
b. 2.15: Speed record claim. Add requirement for photo of transom and side view when submitting record claims.

8. Next Committee Meeting: 30 Mar 7.30pm by Skype.
Meeting Closed at 8.34pm.