uPdateS FRoM the BoaRd

HEaD JUDGE For a variety of reasons our current procedures regarding the Head Judge position has been irregularly applied owing to both impracticality and unclear intent. ThTherefore, the board has reformed the language regarding the Head Judge in the Procedures-National Judging Meets section of the Handbook to better reflflect the club intent and to attract qualified persons to the judging process who will be impartial and judge independently and presents to the membership for comment and review before implementing.

The language is being revised to state "ThThe Head Judge must have past satisfactory judging experience at National CCCA Meets, be qualified to handle the necessary administrative detail and be able to deal effectively with car owners, exhibitors, judges and others at National Meets. While the Head Judge may be involved directly in a business or enterprise related to the purchase, sale, repair or restoration of Full Classics® cars and/or parts related thereto, the Head Judge must recuse himself from overseeing the judging of a vehicle for which he has provided those services. A 'substitute' Head Judge will be named by consent of the majority of the judges participating in that circle."

It is important to note the Head Judge does not normally engage in judging themselves except as a necessary tie breaker and as part of the team that determines the Warshawsky Annual Meeting Best of Show Award. Any comments on this change should be directed to Carrol Jensen, Awards Committee Chairman at cajensen2@aol.com.

WEB DEVELoPmENT aND ProGrEss At the Annual Meeting in Reno, I communicated to the Regional Directors that we were embarking on a journey to update both the software and hardware that supports our Club. Phase 1 had started with a process review in the home office of how the website and it supporting database is utilized for both the office administrative staff and our members. We documented processes and procedures and identifified redundancies and inefficiencies based on both web processes and manual processes. We also created a list of items that had been estimated by the current web administrator based on the needs of prospective new members, current members and administrative staff. Based on the sizable estimates received, we began to question if the current platform is the best platform for our long-term needs; is it outdated, is it scalable? We then began Phase 2 and engaged with an IT company that could review and analyze our current platform and tools being used and possibly offer options for success. We have recently completed that initial analysis and continue to work to defifine our next steps.

steps. Due to the support of many Regions that pledged support at the Reno Annual Meeting, a total of $12,500, plus another $10,000 that was recently donated by Board member Ray Guidice, we believe that we will make great strides in 2018 to improve our overall web experience for our Club.

MYSteRY Photo #182

Stuart Blond shares this image showing a variety of Classics and non classics, which are