1. Authenticity –

2. Awards Management – Kurt Rappold

Letters sent out on all 2002 awards.

3. Business/Insurance – Jim Hendrix

OPENING

The Business Committee is charged with analyzing business related details of JCNA, with administering the JCNA Insurance Policies and with coordinating details of a limited audit.

Since JCNA’s independence from Jaguar Cars the budget has grown from slightly over $100,000 to approximately $300,000 - $400,000. This is serious cash flow that requires this organization to have fiscal responsibility to itself and the members of the affiliated clubs. The Board of Directors is challenged with administration of this responsibility. Currently, with the addition of an Administrative Manager, this administration responsibility is in good hands. If you look in the mirror and ask yourself how you would want to control the flow of this much cash, you would agree that the JCNA BOD has made the right decision.

DETAILS

The areas that the Business Committee has been focused on are as follows:

1. Administrative Manager / Treasurer/ Roster Maintainer. Nelson Rath continues to do a fine job doing all 3 duties.

Recommendation: Continued analysis concerning the possible implementation of a JCNA office in the future.

2. Accrual Accounting

2002 was the 5th full year of accrual accounting. We have achieved more knowledge of current financial conditions on a quarterly basis. This basis continues for 2003. The treasurer continues to get timely inventories from our volunteers for the numbers to be meaningful and to provide an actual useful financial condition.

3. JCNA Insurance

1. JCNA created the insurance program in ‘93/94. This was approved at that year’s AGM. By consolidating the General Liability Coverage into a group, there was a large cost savings to the individual clubs. Over the years, the JCNA budget has added additional types of coverage needed for the operation of JCNA.
2. Extending some of that coverage to the affiliated clubs is part of this report. The coverage extension is due to requests for it from individual clubs and from advise of legal council. This coverage extension is for Directors and Officers as well as Publishers liability.

1. General Liability – provided for JCNA and affiliated clubs. This is the only coverage the affiliated clubs had when they contracted for their own coverage.

1. Directors and Officers Liability / Publishers Liability –provided for JCNA and affiliated clubs. This is the coverage being extended to be effective 2003 with the January 2003 dues increase going into effect. There were a few bumps in the road of implementing this. First, was that the underwriter required an individual application from each affiliate. Not all provided them on time. Those that did not have continued to be pursued. Those that are not in are not covered with this insurance. Second, the insurance industry has had huge claims specifically in the D&O category with all of the corporate issues taking place. Previously this had not been an issue. The insurance industry is faced with huge possible litigation and settlements. This has raised the cost of this insurance 50% beyond what was projected at the time of the 2002 AGM. More on this will be covered in the dues portion of this report. We are working closely with JC Taylor to assure that all companies are being looked at for this coverage and that proper shopping for our needs is taking place. They are looking into this for many clubs that are in similar positions to us. This coverage amount has always been $1,000,000 and will remain at that level.

1. Inventory Property/Casualty – for JCNA only.

1. We increased our insurance coverage amounts in 2002. This was due to requests from the affiliated clubs.
   The coverage for General Liability is:

1. $3mm per Occurrence

1. $4mm General Aggregate

1. Insurance costs increased due to the addition of the Directors and Officers/Publishers Liability coverage addition for the affiliated clubs. The other coverages stayed within our budget parameters set when the program started. As JCNA has increased membership numbers we have had an increase of cost based on those totals. Again by shopping the insurance companies we do business with, our broker / agent, J.C. Taylor has kept the costs in line. The program has held initial coverage costs since the ‘93/94 inception. In the future costs will rise for this amount of coverage. We will keep a close eye on that possible development. At this time no further increase is needed. We must also watch our membership count. This too affects the dollars available for insurance. I am concerned as to this count.
2. A "certificate of insurance" describing coverage is available if desired. Contact me at jhendrix@curtispack.com.
3. Any questions can be directed to me at any time concerning insurance and are encouraged. Since March I have dealt with 5 situations and responded with answers.

1. JCNA Budget

The budget is based on last year’s actual expenditures of which we see fluctuation with the cost and services provided going up. Special projects such as the 2003 Challenge Championship have an advanced budget and are held accountable by the Board of Directors. When these situations occur, the Board of Directors look at each specific item and make changes as they see fit.

The advantage of our budget process is being able to work off of a previous year’s numbers. Even though this is the case, we have taken the tactic the last 4 years to request from all committee chairmen and directors a specific budget for their area of responsibility. This has proven to be enlightening and moved some of the responsibility and accountability to those individuals. This has allowed us to not only look at what was projected to the budget process but to also determine if the budget was adhered to. Analysis only needs to take place based on if we don’t have the same expenditures in the current year as the previous year and what new programs have an effect on our costs.

2. JCNA Audit

6. Administrative Manager (AM). This implementation and addition was presented and approved at the March 2000 AGM.

1. Upon notification, 90 days out, send a form letter with an invoice. (Possibly include a way to pay with credit card to make it easy for the renewing members who is vacillating.) Done without credit card option. Tracking results.
2. If not renewed 30 days before expiration, send out a second reminder again with an easy way to pay the dues.
3. Call or suggest a call by the club if they drop off.

6. Event Membership

The advantage of this program is to allow the local clubs the option of being able to have joint events with other organizations. The main reason is to spread out costs over more participants when rental of facilities becomes a major part of putting on that event.

Remember that if outside non-JCNA members participate in the events noted and are not signed up as an Event Member, the local club bears that liability if there is a problem.

7. Multi year plan and JCNA Direction

1. Add an office of JCNA, its own address

1. Bring the volunteer services into the JCNA office as the job gets too large for them to do.

1. 5 – 6500 – 1 person

1. 6501 – 12,000 – 2 people

1. 12,001 – 18,000 – 3 people

1. etc.

6. Jaguar Cars – JCNA Storage

Jaguar Cars informed JCNA that they would no longer be able to store the archival and other items they held. So far some of the old Jaguar Journals have arrived along with a minor quantity of archival documents. JCNA has contracted for a temperature controlled storage facility with full access. The transfer of items will continue.

7. Jaguar Journal – Editor Contract

A new contract is completed with Mike Cook of Plain English to continue as Editor of the Jaguar Journal. The contract will continue to be addressed as directed by the Board of Directors.

8. JCNA Dues INCREASED for 2003

Submitted by: James C. Hendrix

Committee Roster:

Jim Hendrix – Chairman George Keller

Knick Curtis Mike Ksiazek

Barry Greenstein Brock McPherson

John Horen Nelson Rath

4. Club News / Archives – Nelson Rath

16. JCNA Membership / Roster – Nelson Rath

17. Membership-at-Large – Nelson Rath

20. Publications – Nelson Rath

Reports on these were sent on paper to all directors by Nelson directly. Contact him if you did not receive one.

5. Communications – Daniel Thompson

It has been just over a year since Pascal took over the JCNA website and what a year it has been ! Pascal’s writeup follows.

The numbers really speak for themselves as traffic has almost doubled in the past 12 months with monthly hits going from 590 000 to over 1.1 M in November. More significantly, the number of average visits per day rose from 357 in march 2001 to over 650 in Feb.

The main reason for this increase has been the focus on content and making sure we presented our members and visitors with an active site they would want to check out regularly : in the past 12 months, over 150 stories and articles have been uploaded, that's almost 1 every other day ! The revised home page with its changing thumbnail images, up to date calendar and competition standings is a clear example of this new dynamic approach.

Beyond basic content, the focus has been on offering better services to our members and affiliate clubs such as :

• Improved club data pages which a year ago only included basic contact information have now been turned into mini club web site providing information on future and past events, announcements, current newsletter, private club discussion forum, on line membership application and more. A great tool for clubs without their own website or with website that cannot be updated on a regular basis.
• Interactive calendar which affiliate can now update at anytime, providing as much information as they need on their events (sanctioned or not). It also allows them to generate sanction request on line reducing the chance of 2 clubs requesting conflicting sanctions. This is now the primary source of event information and is used by the Journal therefore eliminating fax transmissions and reducing risks of errors or omissions.
• Online Scoring System to simplify score transmission for all three JCNA competition program and provide near live results and standing throughout the year. This has proven to be a very popular feature on the site which has also greatly reduce the burden on JCNA official scorekeepers, especially Concours finally replacing the outdated 10 year old+ software with modern custom written software. I would like to thank Bill Streitenberger for his help while this was being develop and tested.
• New expanded Discussion Forums, Classifieds and Member image galleries. The software for these has been custom written for our website instead of using commercial packages, which will allow us to adapt it to any future need. For instance, by allowing long text or stories and grouping of images in series, the new Galleries can be used for quick coverage of club events or long term restoration and project diaries.
• The JCNA Shoppe, created in September allows members to order JCNA Regalia, books, seminars, etc... conveniently and safely using Paypal. It is working well although by not offering new items (like shirts, caps and other popular accessories) JCNA is missing on an important fund raising and PR tool.
• Online Membership applications : implemented early on, well over 200 members have joined JCNA and its affiliates using this excellent and cost free recruiting tool. Since October, we have offered the option to pay new membership dues by Paypal and although only a dozen clubs responded and chose to use that option, it has proven useful and practical. Clubs offering paypal payment have received more new online members than those who didn't.
• JCNA Directory database : to simplify the publication of the JCNA official directory, the club database is now used to gather the data needed for Dick Deibel to publish the directory. This simplifies his task and also makes it easier for the clubs who only have one set of data to update. Steps have been taken to protect the privacy of club officers as their addresses are not available on the website and they can now choose not to have their phone or email visible on the web.
• Creation of Resource Centers where all information related to Rally, Concours, Slalom, AGM, HPDE and JCC can be found in one convenient location instead of being mixed up in a general library page. For instance the Concours center includes not only the rule book but the related forms, upcoming Concours info, current standings, link to the Concours forum, etc... all in one convenient location. HPDE and Slalom centers even include video clips!
• Allowing clubs to use some of the services on their own website with full graphic customization to blend these pages in their own site. This includes membership applications, calendar, forums, classifieds and galleries which can be included in a club site with no extra work and will provide updated content with no effort.
• Providing adequate coverage of JCNA events : The AGM sections, both 2002 and 2003, were a first for JCNA... one location providing access to agendas, proposals, minutes, etc... so that members could get this information, creating a more open image for the club and hopefully increase members interest in the club management. Efforts were also made to improve pre event publicity, something that was deficient in the past especially for the Challenge Championship. I am working with the JCC team to provide information early on and update it as details come in. The planned extensive coverage of JCNA's showcase event will be a first too, something sorely missing in 2001.

The biggest challenge encountered so far has been to get cooperation from some of the clubs who are not taking advantage of the new services offered. This is really puzzling because all of the new services are designed to make their club more attractive to visitors and tempt them to join. When a visitor comes to the website and is considering joining a local club, seeing a page with many upcoming events, attractive info on past offerings, members stories, etc... is more appealing than an almost empty or outdated page. We have made information easy to update by any club officer using simple forms, yet some do not take advantage of these tools.

On a technical note, when taking over the website we also switched webhost and the company now hosting jcna.com ( Carlc. Inc of Ft Lauderdale) has been providing us superior service for a cost even lower than what we used to pay before. Switching to the new host, also allowed us access to powerful software ( PHP scripting and mySQL database ). This was needed to offer the new services and provide dynamic yet easy to update content; compared to the crude scripting used in the past, it's like comparing an early XK engine to the latest Jaguar V8.... Carlc is also staying on top of all security issues and servers are always updated with the latest version of software and security patches. While some Jaguar Cars Corporate servers were down in late January as a result of the Slammer worm.... JCNA.com was up and running ... So far in the past 12 months, the only downtime was a local net outage which lasted about 5 hours.

2002 has been a incredibly busy year bringing JCNA.COM to where it is now : a useful and easy to use tool for clubs and members as well as a showcase of our club and its affiliates to attract visitors and make them want to become members.

Pascal Gademer
JCNA Webmaster on behalf of JCNACC

6. Concours/Judge Training –

7. Concours Scores Recording – Bill Streitenberger

This report will probably be the last static laden report that I will turn in. There is a lot for you to try to absorb and an awful for me to put together and keep from year to year. There are more statistics in this report than what most of us need.

The 2002 Concours season was a season like no other before it. We were recording not only the concours scores on the JCNA Web site but we recorded the Slalom program and Rally program scores. Thanks to the effort of the JCNA Communications Committee and the persistence of our Web Master, Pascal Gademer.

We put out a lot of information pertaining to the proper procedure in which the scores were to be handle and recorded. The person recording the clubs concours score was asked to record the scores in a specific manner and then to follow a specific footnote, "Send a copy of the recorded scores to Bill Streitenberger."

We received some very poorly hand written reports and Pascal made them work. I received very few recorded or original master forms either by e-mail or snail mail. If it not been for Pascal’s diligence I would have received very few records.

The reason for my involvement, in record keeping, is so that I can check the report and pick up any glaring mistakes such as recording the X-Type in Class C 20, the replica entries and scoring, putting certain models in the wrong class etc. It’s a double check. I am also notified of points that are returned due a protest.

And of course it is a way to gather the following statistics. As you will see, from the following statistics, concours participation is doing pretty well. The individual club participation remains about the same from year to year. Some class’s get smaller while others grow still the participation continues to be about the same from year to year.

JCNA Had A Great Concours Season.

You are going to hear this from other sources about how important it is to follow the recommended procedures for reporting and recording scores. It makes it so much easier when everyone is on the same page doing the same thing. The JCNA Identification number is at the heart of all reporting, Do you know yours?

CHAMPION DIVISION

2000 OVERALL PARTICIPATION

CONCOURS PARTICIPATION

DRIVEN DIVISION

FOR INFORMATION

1997

During 1997 Classes 15, 16, 17, 18 and D9 where tracked, three new Concours Classes, (17, 18, D9), one long standing Concours Class (15) and the Special Interest Class (16).

CLASS 15 - COMPETITION - Champion Division. There were 13 entrants in Class 15 and only one entrant qualified for a North American Championship award.

CLASS 16 - SPECIAL INTEREST and REPLICA CLASS - Champion Division. There were 59 entrants in Class 16, three were awarded North American Championship Awards with two Regional Championship Awards being awarded.

CLASS 17 - XK8 - Champion Division. There were 16 entrants in Class 17, that speaks well for a new class and a brand new Jaguar model. Only two North American Championship Awards presented.

CLASS 18 - PRESERVATION CLASS - Champion Division. There were 57 entrants in Class 18, a new concours class, older Jaguar models, not a bad start. Three North American Championship Awards and two Regional Championship Awards were presented.

CLASS D9 - XK8 - Driven Division. There were only two entries in Class D9. No North American Championship Awards presented.

1998

CLASS 15 - COMPETITION - Champion Division. There were 15 entrants however none of the entrants participated in three concours thus qualifying for a North American Championship award.

CLASS 17 - XK8 - Champion Division. There were 26 entrants in 1998 and 16 in 1997. That speaks well for a two year old class and a brand new Jaguar model.

CLASS 18 - PRESERVATION CLASS - Champion Division. Discontinued for the 1998 season.

CLASS D4 - Series III E-Type. Driven Division. There were only 50 entries throughout North America. No North American Championship Awards presented

CLASS D9 - XK8 - Driven Division. There were only five entries in Class D9. No North American Championship Awards presented.

1999

CLASS 16 - SPECIAL INTEREST and REPLICA VEHICLES. 46 entrants. The rules were changed in 1999 to make this class more attractive to the truly special (modified) interest Jaguars.

CLASS 18 - PRESERVATION CLASS.

32 entrants. This class had been suspended during 1998. Renewed interest was generated but did not equal the participation of 1997.

CLASS 19 - SALOON S-TYPE (1999 ON) Established during the 1999 AGM in order to accommodate new S-Type model. 8 entries in 1999.

CLASS D 10 - SALOON S-TYPE (1999 ON) Established during the 1999 AGM. 2 entries in 1999.

2000

NO AGM REPORT FILED

2001

The above totals reflect a Challenge Championship Meet. A total of 88 Judged entrants in the Champion Division and 38 Judged entrants in the Driven Division.

TOTAL 143 116 259

7 Northeast Region Sanctioned Concours'

10 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs in the Northeast Region

NORTHEAST REGION 1997

TOTAL 164 153 317

10 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs In The Northeast Region

7 JCNA Sanctioned Concours'.

NE 22, NE 24, NE 25 Did Not Conduct A Concours

NORTHEAST REGION 1998

10 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs in the North East Region

7 JCNA Sanctioned Concours'.

NE 22, NE 24, NE 25 Did Not Conduct a Concours.

12 JCNA AFFILIATED JAGUAR CLUBS IN THE NORTHEAST REGION

7 JCNA SANCTIONED CONCOURS’.

NE 22, NE 23, NE 25, NE 52, NE 12 DID NOT CONDUCT A CONCOURS.

NORTHWEST REGION 1996

TOTAL 65 51 116

3 Northeast Region Sanctioned Concours'

3 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs in the Northwest Region

NORTHWEST REGION 1997

TOTAL 67 35 102

3 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs In The Northwest Region.

100% Concours Participation Each Club Held A Concours.

NORTHWEST REGION 1998

3 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs in the Northwest Region.

100% Concours Participation Each Club Held a Concours.

One Additional Concours "THE WESTERN STATES MEET 1998".

NORTHWEST REGION 1999

3 JCNA AFFILIATED JAGUAR CLUBS IN THE NORTHWEST REGION.

100% PARTICIPATION IN THE CONCOURS PROGRAM. EACH CLUB HELD A CONCOURS.

NORTHWEST REGION 2001