July minutes
Posted: July 20th, 2014, 11:20 am
The Fv Ad Hoc Committee met earlier in the month, and as sometimes happens, the Committee could not agree on the exact wording of the minutes in order to provide the membership with all the details of what transpired in our meeting. So it was this time, and as a result, we have not until now published the minutes. In the meantime, it seems the CRB could not wait for the Committee to submit our revised recommendation and went ahead and published their own in Fastrack. We would like to state that it is still the opinion of the Ad Hoc Committee as published below, that any changes to the FV rules to allow disc brakes in any form be postponed for at least a year to allow further study of the various options that would be available to the membership. We also noticed that in their haste, the CRB forgot to include any mention of WHEELS in their recommendation to the Board, so obviously some further discussion and decision making will have to take place IF disc brakes are approved.
The minutes from the last meeting are included below.
The FV Ad Hoc Committee met on July 2
Members attending: Steve Oseth, John Petillo, Barrett Hendricks, Alex Bertolucci, Dietmar Bauerle
Guest: Fred Clark
The discussion at the meeting focused on the disc brake issue, specifically with regard to the request by the CRB for other options and with regard to the results from the poll conducted through the FV Registry. The poll was conducted specifically to help us better understand the community’s viewpoint of the issue and to help us formulate what other options might be palatable to the community, with the intent to send such options to the CRB.
The CRB made this request for other options because of the different responses they received when they asked for member input on disc brakes in the Fall 2013, and then when they asked for member input on the Committee's ball joint beam disc brake proposal.
With regard to the poll, the Committee received a total of 38 responses by July 2nd. The Committee admits that the short timeline might have hampered some from responding, but we had hoped for a higher number of responses.
Based on the responses from the poll and what the Committee understands about the fall and spring voting/letters to the CRB, the Committee could not come to a conclusive determination of whether or not the membership is in favor or opposed to disc brakes, and in what configuration. With this in mind, the Committee decided that we could not provide the CRB with a viable alternative recommendation before their next meeting. The Committee decided it still needs more time to develop a quality disc brake option that could be right for the class and acceptable to the FV community, and we will convey this decision to the CRB.
No other items were presented or discussed
Next meeting scheduled for August 6th.
The minutes from the last meeting are included below.
The FV Ad Hoc Committee met on July 2
Members attending: Steve Oseth, John Petillo, Barrett Hendricks, Alex Bertolucci, Dietmar Bauerle
Guest: Fred Clark
The discussion at the meeting focused on the disc brake issue, specifically with regard to the request by the CRB for other options and with regard to the results from the poll conducted through the FV Registry. The poll was conducted specifically to help us better understand the community’s viewpoint of the issue and to help us formulate what other options might be palatable to the community, with the intent to send such options to the CRB.
The CRB made this request for other options because of the different responses they received when they asked for member input on disc brakes in the Fall 2013, and then when they asked for member input on the Committee's ball joint beam disc brake proposal.
With regard to the poll, the Committee received a total of 38 responses by July 2nd. The Committee admits that the short timeline might have hampered some from responding, but we had hoped for a higher number of responses.
Based on the responses from the poll and what the Committee understands about the fall and spring voting/letters to the CRB, the Committee could not come to a conclusive determination of whether or not the membership is in favor or opposed to disc brakes, and in what configuration. With this in mind, the Committee decided that we could not provide the CRB with a viable alternative recommendation before their next meeting. The Committee decided it still needs more time to develop a quality disc brake option that could be right for the class and acceptable to the FV community, and we will convey this decision to the CRB.
No other items were presented or discussed
Next meeting scheduled for August 6th.