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

NORTHWEST REGION 2002

SOUTHEAST REGION 1996

TOTAL 74 39 111

1 Southeast Regional Concours

4 Southeast Region Sanctioned Concours'

7 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs in the Southeast Region

SOUTHEAST REGION 1997

TOTALS 56 48 104

7 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs In The Southeast Region. 4 JCNA Sanctioned Concours & 1 Regional Concours. SE 12, SE 34, SE 36 Did Not Conduct a Concours.

SOUTHEAST REGION 1998

TOTALS 69 87 156

5 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs in the Southeast Region.

5 JCNA Sanctioned Concours .

100% Participation.

5 JCNA AFFILIATED JAGUAR CLUBS IN THE SOUTHEAST REGION.

5 SANCTIONED CONCOURS. 100% PARTICIPATION

SOUTHEAST REGION 2001

SOUTHEAST REGION 2002

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION 1996

TOTAL 122 85 207

9 South Central Region Sanctioned Concours'

12 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Club in the South Central Region

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION 1997

12 JCNA Affiliated Clubs in the South Central Region.

9 JCNA Sanctioned Concours.

SC 14, SC 15, SC 31 Did Not Conduct a Concours.

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION 1998

12 JCNA Affiliated Clubs in the South Central Region.

8 JCNA Sanctioned Concours. SC 14, SC 15, SC 31 Did Not Conduct a Concours.

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION 1999

12 JCNA AFFILIATED CLUB IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGION.

9 JCNA SANCTIONED CONCOURS.

SC 14, SC 15, SC 31 DID NOT CONDUCT A CONCOURS

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION 2001

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION 2002

TOTAL 175 125 300

7 North Central Region Sanctioned Concours'

8 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs in the North Central Region

NORTH CENTRAL REGION 1997

8 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs in the North Central Region.

8 Sanctioned JCNA Concours'.

100% JCNA Concours Participation.

NORTH CENTRAL REGION 1998

8 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs in the North Central Region.

8 Sanctioned JCNA Concours'.

100% JCNA Concours Participation.

9 JCNA AFFILIATED JAGUAR CLUBS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION.

9 SANCTIONED JCNA CONCOURS’.

100% JCNA CONCOURS PARTICIPATION.

NORTH CENTRAL REGION 2001

NORTH CENTRAL REGION 2002

SOUTHWEST REGION 1996

1 Multi-regional Concours - 7 Southwest Region Sanctioned Concours

9 JCNA Affiliated Jaguar Clubs in the Southwest Region

SOUTHWEST REGION 1997

JCNA Affiliated Clubs in the Southwest Region. 9 JCNA Sanctioned Concours' 1 Regional Concours.

SW 39 Did Not Conduct a Concours

10 JCNA Affiliated Clubs in the Southwest Region.

8 JCNA Sanctioned Concours', 1 Regional Concours, 1 Joint Concours .

SW 39, SW 36 Did Not Conduct a Concours.

SOUTHWEST REGION 1999

10 Jcna Affiliated Jaguar Clubs In The Southwest Region.

5 Sanctioned Jcna Club Concours + 1 Regional Concours.

SW 05, SW 06, SW 07, SW 36, SW 39 Did Not Conduct A Concours.

8. Event Sanctions & Schedule

Sanctions:

In 2002 44 Concours, 23 Slalom & 8 Rally Sanctions were processed.

34 Affiliates bought JCNA Awards for $21,795 for a net to JCNA of $2338 after furnishing the National Awards. This net was further reduced by $994 to amortize the shipping charges generated and paid to Welch Enterprises. Our on hand inventory of awards at Welch at cost is $14,685.

Sanction and Regalia Committee

R. Howe, Chairman

9. JAGUAR DEALER OF THE YEAR

After advising all clubs of the availability of the award and where to obtain forms, five nominations were received, reviewed and evaluated by the committee for the Jaguar Dealer of the Year Award.

After discussion and telephone conferences between the committee members, a recipient was selected and will be announced at the AGM.

JAGUAR DEALER OF THE YEAR AWARD COMMITTEE

BROCK R. McPHERSON - Chairman

10. Club Directory – Dick Deibel

The new 2003 Directory will be complete with (at least) 180 copies for the AGM. Just a note, keeping tabs on everyone's e-mail is a job in itself, for example, President Hagopian announced he had a new e-mail, this caused four pages of the directory to change. These last minute changes are something else. Dick also reports he still has 14 clubs that have not updated their part of the JCNA website as of the end of February.

11. LEGAL COMMITTEE REPORT OF ACTIVITIES

Since the Fall 2002 Board meeting report, the JCNA Legal Committee has given input on the 2003 Challenge Championship.

The JCNA Legal Committee worked with the Business Committee on preparing an Administrative Manager Agreement between JCNA and Nelson Rath. A new Corporate Policy was prepared setting out the duties of the Administrative Manager to be approved at the Spring Board meeting.

Copyright laws were researched for material prepared by Karen Miller to be republished. The committee researched the U. S. Copyright website database for formally submitted copyright material. The committee drafted a release to use for future republication of copyright material by a JCNA member.

The JCNA Legal Committee prepared for a seminar to be given at the AGM on club management. Questions were answered by certain clubs with inquiries about withdrawing from JCNA and membership.

The JCNA Legal Committee continues to answer inquiries regarding membership problems, dues, concours and concours scores. Questions concerning the JCRC Committee were discussed with some members.

The JCNA Legal Committee worked with the JCNA President on obtaining and hiring a parliamentarian for the Spring 2003 AGM at the budgeted price.

LEGAL COMMITTEE

BROCK R. McPHERSON – Chairman

12. Fred Horner Award –

13. Jaguar Journal Newsletter Awards – Judy Ferring

A total of 174 entries have been received from 14 clubs. There are eight categories for entries; the design category was added after last year’s test at the suggestion of two editors. The ninth category, for top editor, is being judged on the basis of the newsletters’ quality, and the degree of member involvement, using the samples that provided for the other categories. Further details are at the bottom of this report.

The factors in favor of discontinuing this program:

1. Limited involvement, based on the number of clubs that have entered.

One entrant commented that preparing for the entries was "more work than he expected it to be," which may account for the low number of entrants.

2. Amount of work for the "committee."

So far, I have done this alone, except for the actual judging. Although it is not a lot of work, it is concentrated into a relatively small time frame for one person who holds another full-time job. The biggest job is actually producing the commemorative book.

The factors in favor of continuing the program.

1. The entries received were of consistent high quality.

Overall, this year’s entries were of overall higher quality than those received last year. I know that there were other

2. The commemorative book has potential to be at least self-supporting.

In my opinion, the resulting quality of the commemorative book is of high enough quality that it could command sponsorship or advertising support. It was my intention to test that possibility this year. There was interest from companies I contacted but I did not invest enough time, nor do I have the necessary sales skills, to give it a fair test. In addition, it is probable that some members might want to own the book because of the art and articles, especially this year the technical articles. Listings of the clubs’ officers have been included to add to this appeal.

If the Board wishes to continue this program, there will have to be more people involved and it should probably be led by someone with more time and managerial skills than I possess. In particular, there needs to be one or two people who can work to get sponsorship support. I stayed away from companies that Mike Cook would be contacting for the Jaguar Journal so as to not dilute his market pool. Instead, I spoke to representatives of travel companies since I knew them and many are interested in the Jaguar-owner demographic. Using that same logic, we could probably go beyond travel.

It also might be a good idea, if the project is continued, to separate the timetable for the photography segment and run it earlier, perhaps publishing them in a calendar that could be available to members for purchase at the end of the year. By the same token, the photographs received for this year’s entries could be used to produce a calendar for 2004, possibly with the addition of art from Jaguar Cars to represent their newest models.

This year’s budget was $600. I am not comfortable recommending more be allotted for administering the program although the Board may want to add more stipulating that it be used only as prize money.

Recommendations for the Board to consider and decide:

1. Resignation of the current chairman and appointment of someone else to lead the committee.

2. Continued monetary support of the program.

Respectfully submitted;

Judy Ferring, chairman

Appendix A: Details of the 2003 Newsletter Competition:

Total Entries Received: 174

• Category 1 - Photography: 42
• Category 2 - Pre-event Publicity: 18
• Category 3 - Post-event Publicity: 34
• Category 4 - Heritage: 11
• Category 5 - Technical: 14
• Category 6 - Series: 19
• Category 7 - Travel: 15
• Category 8 - Design: 21

Number of Clubs represented; 14

• Delaware Valley Jaguar Club
• Illinois Jaguar Club
• Jaguar Associate Group
• Jaguar Association of Greater St. Louis
• Jaguar Association of New England
• Jaguar Club of Florida
• Jaguar Club of Northern Florida
• Jaguar Drivers & Restorers Club of North West America
• Jaguar Drivers Club of Long Island
• Jaguar Club of Ohio
• Nation’s Capital Jaguar Owners Club
• Ottawa Jaguar Club
• Smoky Mountain Jaguar Club
• Wisconsin Jaguars Ltd.

14. Trophies & Merchandise

Various items of Regalia are offered to the JCNA members via Jaguar Journal advertising and JCNA.com listings.

Our 2002 sales were $5,318 which generated a gross profit of $2,005. This gross profit is reduced by approximately $500 annually by postage and UPS shipping charges.

Sanction and Regalia Committee

R. Howe, Chairman

15. Jaguar Liaison – Creighton Turner

Creighton reports nothing new at this time.

18. NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT

In accordance with the Bylaws, the Nominating Committee contacted interested members and sent letters to the editors and presidents of JCNA clubs regarding candidates for Regional Director.

Valid nominations for Regional Director for the 2003-2005 term were received for five out of the six regions. The ballots were published in the September/October 2002 issue of the Jaguar Journal, mailed to C.P.A., Ray A. Cheely, Chtd., and tabulated by said firm with the following results:

Northeast Region

Gary Hagopian

Southeast Region

No Nominations Received

North Central Region

Michael Ksiazek

South Central Region

Brock R. McPherson

Northwest Region

Marcy Croy Vanwely

Southwest Region

Bill Streitenberger

In accordance with the Bylaws, Article VI, Section 1, the newly elected directors began his/her term upon receipt of the election results by the President on January 20, 2003. Although no nominations were received for the Southeast Region, Lynn Cunningham from the North Georgia Club volunteered to replace Dick Deibel as regional director.

The JCNA Bylaws provide that the President, Vice-President and Secretary of JCNA will be elected by the delegates at the AGM.

The following directors notified the Committee of their desire to run for the offices prior to January 20, 2003, the date of notification of election results, pursuant to Article V, Section 2 of the Bylaws. The list is as follows:

President:

Gary Hagopian

Vice-President

Brock R. McPherson

Secretary

Steve Averill

On the day of the AGM, the list of nominees will be presented to the delegates. Nominations of other Regional Directors may also be made from the floor. When all nominations have been made, the three officers consisting of President, Vice-President and Secretary will be elected by majority vote of the delegates present in person or by proxy. The new officers will take office upon completion of the business of the AGM as provided in the Bylaws, Article V, Section 2.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

BROCK R. McPHERSON - Chairman

19. Protest Board – Randy Prine

MEMORANDUM

DATE: February 19, 2003

FROM: Randy Prine, Chairman Protest Committee

TO: Steve Averill, Secretary JCNA

SUBJECT: Protest Committee Report for 2002

This past year, the Protest Committee ruled on eight protests. All have been sent to Mike Cooke for inclusion in the Jaguar Journal. Five of them were printed in the last issue, and the remaining three will be included in the next one.

Concours chairmen and chief judges need to be more aggressive settling disputes on the local level. Entrants continue to be uninformed about filing procedures for a protest. We still receive score sheets which are improperly filled out, some are received with blank pages, scores tabulated under the wrong category and the non-authentic items not being initialed by the entrant. This could be avoided by the chief judge being more diligent.

I would like to emphasize that e-mail addresses and/or FAX numbers and telephone numbers should be mandatory on all score sheets.

These are some of the glaring discrepancies we ran into during this concours season.

Thanks, again, to the Protest Committee for their conscientious effort and

hard work.

21. Publicity – Candy Williams

Candy reports nothing new at this time.

22. Rally – Doug Carr

During 2002, 12 Rallies were sanctioned. All were reported except one. This is a reduction from last year. Due to the clubs sending their results directly to the website instead of submitting them to the Rally Chairman, inhibited the flow of information, and slowed down the totalling process.

The two strongest areas of rallying are still the Delaware Valley and the Northwest. However, it is encouraging to note that there are some new clubs requesting sanctions.

Submitting results to the Webmaster for posting to the website should be the responsibility of the Rally Chairman. This is the only way that results can be accurately verified. On account of the problems that occurred this year in reporting results or lack thereof, if the following steps are not adhered to, rally results will not be posted. Rules are made for a reason and should be adhered to.

1. Submit rally results on JCNA forms to the Rally Chairman.
2. Submit a complete list of participants on JCNA forms to the Rally Chairman.
3. Submit rally results no later than 20 days after the event to the Rally Chairman.
4. Supply a complete set of rally instructions to the Rally Chairman.
5. The Rally Chairman will advise the Webmaster of the results.

All necessary forms for reporting information can be found on the JCNA website. When information is reported in various formats, verification takes twice the amount of time.

For the 2003 rally year, if results are not submitted on the JCNA forms they will not be taken into account for Rally Standings.

There will be some discussion this year to change the scoring format, making it more adaptable to JCNA scoring. Also, additions to the rally rules are being submitted at the AGM for discussion. Changes will be made to the rally rules once they have been adopted.

I would like to thank all those who participated in rallies in 2002, and congratulate the winners. I would also encourage all clubs in JCNA to try at least one rally in 2003.

23. Slalom– Art Dickenson

With over thirty sanctioned JCNA Slalom Events, the year of 2002 has been the most successful ever. Some events however were cancelled due to various reasons, but the energy put into such events as the Florida slalom in November was outstanding. Although only a fairly new member in comparison to many, Ginger Corda impressed everyone with her energetic drive, and ability to pull off a financial challenge and even more to enthuse many Floridians, as well as several non Floridians like myself to attend the event. With great assistance from Pres. Gary Hagopian, almost thirty drivers were signed up and ran the course.

With several new models coming from Jaguar every year now it seems, the Slalom Committee, chaired by myself have quite a task in assigning the new models into classes acceptable to some of their drivers. We in the committee have been working, off and on now, almost since the last AGM in Kansas City, on changes and amendments in the JCNA Slalom Rules.

It has been no easy task making proposals, waiting for members to reply, and then making re-proposals to try and make things acceptable to the whole group. Of course in the end the majority either approves or disapproves an idea.

This year we have a major new class being worked upon for cars that are Street Modified, and are unable to fairly compete against cars delivered to the slalom site by trailer with race rubber on their wheels. We were told to look into this at Kansas City AGM, and I feel we have the solution to the situation.  These items and more will be brought to the 2003 AGM Delegates for approval.   

                   Slalom Committee

                   Art Dickenson, Chair

24. ANDREW WHYTE SERVICE AWARD COMMITTEE REPORT

As Chairman of the Andrew Whyte Service Award Committee, nominations were accepted by the Committee prior to the November 30, 2002 deadline.

\All nominations were reviewed individually by the acting committee members. Long distance conferences were held by the committee to discuss and vote on the nominees. All nominated were deserving, however, the committee was charged with deciding on only one recipient.

After review of all nominations received, correspondence, and conferences by the acting committee, the recipient was chosen and will be announced at the 2003 AGM.

ANDREW WHYTE SERVICE AWARD COMMITTEE

BROCK R. McPHERSON - Chairman

25. Judge's Concours Rules Committee (JCRC) – Dick Cavicke

The Judge's Concours Rules Committee has been quite active during the period, discussing and deciding a wide variety of issues generated both from within and outside the committee.

A. ISSUE SOURCE

1. Series 1 E-type Judging Guide JCRC/Bob Stevenson JAG, MI

2. Chapter 3 Revision JCRC

3. Judge's Rule Book Test JCRC/Steve Kennedy, Rocky Mt. JC

4. Redefining "Owner" JCRC/Lisa Hendrix/Len Wheeler

5. Condition and Cleanliness Judging Guide Steve Averill, JDRCNWA

6. Class 18 Revisions Steve Averill, JDRCNWA

7. XJ6C Judging Guide Steve Averill, JDRCNWA

8. Review of Class 15&16 Qualification Requirements JCRC/Stew Cleave, JOCO

9. Scoresheet Revision Mark Stephenson, JCC AZ

10. Proper Class for XJ220 JCRC

11. Protest Board/Authenticity Committee?/JCRC Coordination JCRC

12. Confirmation of JCRC Southern Region Members Chairman, JCRC

13. Review of Non-Authenticity, Chapter 6 JCRC

B. JCRC Action.

1. Series 1 E-type Judging Guide - This guide is the product of extensive and dedicated research by Bob Stevenson. Its content has been subjected to the most thorough examination and review possible in this age of electronic communication.

Action: The guide was approved JCRC and it is being presented for delegate ratification.

2. Chapter 3 Revision - The chapter was thoroughly edited and a more detailed description of the process and the steps for judge certification and recertification were added.

Action: The revised chapter is being presented for delegate ratification.

3. Judge's Rule Book Test - The test is an important element of judge training and Steve Kennedy's edition has existed as an unofficial document for some time. JCRC reviewed it and recommended some minor changes. Most of the test answers are straight quotes from the Rule Book text. As Rule Book changes are ratified, the test will have to be updated.

4. Redefining "Owner" - The text change approved at last year's AGM, prohibiting cars owned by corporations from entering JCNA concours, had an unintended affect on legitimate entrants. JCRC tried several rewrites of that section of Chapter IV before deciding that there were just too many variations of ownership either to describe or to expect a concours official to verify on the field. The term Entrant will now be used in all references to the person who registers the car and accompanies it to the concours. Entrant qualifications have been simplified as has the status of dealer and restorers cars.

Action: The new definition is being presented to the delegates for ratification.

5. Condition and Cleanliness Judging Guide - This is one area of judging considered to generate wide scoring differences, JCRC strongly supports establishing some sort of guidance. Steve Averill proposed a Condition and Cleanliness guide that was presented to the committee. Reactions to it were mixed, based on problems understanding the general concept, the measurement criteria and the lack of visual examples.

6. Class 18 Revisions - Steve Averill submitted a proposal to modify the judging and scoring of Preservation Class 18. JCRC generally agrees that Class 18 is difficult to judge for a variety of reasons but that Steve's proposal appeared too complex and relied on unverifiable sources of outside documentation. JCRC would like to find an alternative way of assessing and rewarding original Jaguars. The issue is not closed.

Action: Steve's proposal will continue to be examined when JCRC focuses on the Class 18 problem.

7. XJ6C Judging Guide - Steve Averill also authored and proposed an XJ6C Judging Guide. In its program of soliciting and supporting the authoring of Judging Guides, JCRC has asked that, for the present, all guides be arranged by component (engine, exterior, interior and boot). JCRC further recommended that all new guides should generally follow the format of Bob Stevenson's E-type guide that has been under development for at least 5 years. Steve's proposed XJ6C guide was presented in an alternative tabular format and contained recommended point deductions for non-authentic items.

8. Review of Class 15 (Competition) & 16 (Special Interest) Qualification Requirements - This review was in response to a specific problem in the NW Region and an urgent need to determine the proper concours class (if any) for a "not-street-legal" car that had been extensively modified for JCNA Slalom. JCRC had a prolonged discussion of the merits of changing the wording of Class 15 to:

a. Allow JCNA Slalom cars outright or, to eliminate the word ROAD from the requirement for Competition cars to have "met the safety requirements of a currently recognized ROAD racing sanctioning body or have a documented race history."

b. An alternative solution was to delete the Class 16 requirement that its cars had to be "street legal".

9. Scoresheet Revision - In the course of asking JCRC members and consultants to list concours problem areas, there was some agreement that JCNA's concours scoring methods and scoresheets needed examining. Mark Stephenson of Central Arizona proposed a major revision to the scoresheet that simplified it and made the condition and cleanliness deductions much more subjective.

10. Proper Class for XJ220 - During the Class 15 deliberations, a question of the proper class for XJ220's was raised. It was subsequently learned that, while all XJ220's appear to be race-type cars, only a very few were ever "race-prepared by the factory". JCRC concluded that, if a very rare "factory race-prepared" XJ220 were entered into a JCNA concours, it clearly belongs in Competition Class 15. However, there is NO correct JCNA concours class for a "street-version" XJ220; the naming of special class is not recommended. (The Concours Chairman may display and acknowledge any unique Jaguar as desired.)

Action: A note will be added to the Chapter 2, Section 2, Champion Division Rules.

11. Protest Board/Authenticity Committee?/JCRC Coordination - During the preparation of Judging Guides, JCRC was reminded that there have been several Protest Board rulings in recent years that impacted authenticity judging. The Protest Board's rulings were published in the Jaguar Journal but there was/is no method of making sure those rulings are either preserved or carried forward as a permanent part of the Rule Book or the judging program in general. After consulting with the Protest Board Chairman and JCRC, the following suggestions were offered:

a. The Protest Board will consult with JCRC whenever the resolution of a protest affects the judging program.

b. Protest Board decisions that impact either the judging program or the authenticity of a specific model or models should be posted in a conspicuous location on the JCNA web site, (suitable for downloading). Individual items will remain there, accessible to Chief Judges, Judges and entrants, until:

(1) They are incorporated into the appropriate model Judging Guide or

(2) They are incorporated into the Rule Book or

(3) They are repealed or superseded.

Action: Request BoD approval of this procedure.

12. Confirmation of JCRC Southern Region Members - The JCRC directive calls for its members to be affirmed in their positions, every two years; Southern Region members had to be re-appointed in 2003. The existing Southern Region members, George Camp (SE), Rufus Coburn (SC) were approved by their respective Regional Directors. JCRC Chairman, Dick Cavicke has been representing the SW Region. A separate SW representative is still being sought.

13. Review of Non-Authenticity, Chapter 6 - JCRC has begun a review of Rule Book Chapter 6 with the intent of making it easier to use and removing inconsistencies and ambiguities.