MINUTES OF 46th MEETING
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Gary Cox Investigations, Parramatta
on Thursday 25 May 2001
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| Formal meeting chaired by Andrew Brown started at 6.20 pm |
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| Attendance: |
Deanne Boules, Andrew Brown, John Duncan, Stephen Dunn, Mark George (by phone), Matthew Gregson, Bob Hall, Egon Meinhardt, Roger Stuart-Smith, Rodney Vaughan, Colin Wingrove.
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| Apologies: |
Bryan Bain, Alan Brown, Allan Bird, Trevor Care, Kris Cooper, Linda Edminson, Robert Ibanez, Russell Mills, Warren Nicol, Brian Reay, Wayne Snell, Hal Woodward.
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Confirmation of Minutes:
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The minutes of meeting held on 26 April 2001 were confirmed.
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| Matters Arising from Minutes: |
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| Correspondence: |
Nil |
| General Business: |
- Possible themes/ topics for a NSW Conference at Bathurst were discussed. These included Differences between young & old drivers (reaction time); Pedestrian running speed tests for adult subjects; Performance of Jacob brakes; Friction testing on different surfaces (eg: sand on road, thermoplastic); Headlight patterns. It was agreed that further that there further discussion at future meetings.
- Mark George & Andrew Brown provided costs for the hire of storage space (approx 3m x 3m). It was estimated that the annual cost of storage hire would be similar to the construction of a small storage facility at a members property. Mark is to investigate cost of construction on "working bee" basis.
- Mark George raised the issue of the proposed ASPACI Dinner. He is continuing to investigate this.
- As mentioned at the last meeting, Craig Hodge has resigned as editor of Momentum. Mark George, Russell Mills and Mary Lewis will act as caretaker editors. Craig will edit the June edition.
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| Next Meeting: |
The next meeting at a date and location to be arranged.
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| Guest Speakers: |
Guy Stanford (guystanford@bigpond.com) and Brian Wood (bwood@csr.com.au) from the Motor Cycle Council of NSW gave a presentation on "Barriers to Safety" and related motorcycle safety issues. A copy of the "Barriers to Safety" paper will be uploaded into the Yahoo Groups file area for ASPACI.
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| The meeting closed at 8:30 pm. |