SCR Minutes
Wednesday
January 6th 2010
YMCA
Prepared by Ron Dehn

Introductions:

Attendance: Don Pfost, Jeff Arnold, Kim Arline, Terry Cathcart, Carrie Turman, Gary Franchi, Emily Batson, Brian Ropp, Dave Diaz, Paulette Arns, Paul LaBar, Rebecca Weahner, Ron Dehn

Reports/ Recaps

Rock Canyon Half Marathon. SCR hired Larry Lucero from Ft. Collins to perform timing. This worked well for the most part, and Paul LaBar was able to download Larry's data into the Race Director Software owned by the club.

Upcoming Races/ Events

The Lone Tree Predict: Emily Batson, Saturday. January 17th 2010

The run will take place in Pueblo West at 9am on January 17th out of Emily home. Since no newsletter will go out before then, members will be informed about the race in conjunction with a mass mailing containing banquet information

Annual Award Banquet: Dave Diaz & Paul LaBar

The committee is putting together a mailing to send out to membership about the banquet along with a registration form. On-line registration is also available. Adult tickets will be $12.00 with the club picking up the difference.

The Valentine's Twosome: Jeff Arnold, Sunday, February 14th, 2010

The event will be on Feb 14th. Costumes are encouraged, and chocolate is awarded for places and the baton contest. (most romantic, ugliest, largest, most creative)

The Spring Runoff Predict: Larry Volk, Sunday, February 21st

Larry Volk has offered to coordinate the race on Sunday, February 21st. The race will start and end across the street from the City Park pool parking lot.

The 2010 Predict Series: Carrie Turman

Carrie Turman will be the Predict Series Coordinator and will "hit the ground running" with the new run - the Lone Tree Predict on January 17th.

Spring Runoff: Terry Carthart, March 7th 2009

Long sleeved tech shirts will be given. There was some discussion about changing the time of the Toddler's and Funner to be a Runner races, but the entry forms were scheduled to be printed the morning following the meeting, so a time change may or may not take place this year. 1,400 entry forms will be send to Pikes Peak Road Runners. We will have stuffing of packets a few days prior to the race. Terry will call Troy Davenport to see if he will assist in the Funner to be a Runner.

Youth Runner Proposal: Kim Arline / Paul LaBar

The goal is to encourage young runners to participate. One way to do so is to provide discounts for young runners. One idea is for SCR to encourage a discount of $10 from entry fees With this kind of discount, these participants would not get race shirts. Perhaps there could be a youth runner series, and participants can get a series shirt by participating in a certain number of races. Some details need to be worked out. In order to work, the youth runner series must not cause extra work for race directors. Kim and Paul and going to fine tune a proposal.

Meeting Minute Report: Mike Archuleta

The December meeting minutes were approved with no changes.

Treasurer Report: Paulette Arns

Paulette gave an overall review of the SCR budget. The report was approved.

Webmaster: Paul LaBar

The website is updated to include the Valentine’s Twosome and will also include on-line payment for the banquet.

Newsletter

The Dec / Jan issue cover was done in color. This is something we will do once per year or so.

Race Calendar: Dave Diaz

Dave is working on the next year’s race calendar for 2010. The calendar will be out next month for 2010

Membership: Don Pfost

Don Pfost reported that there are currently 212 single and family memberships, which is about the same as this time last year.

New Stuff/Old Stuff

Parks & Rec Fee Negotiations: Jeff Arnold

The Parks Department has initiated a fee of $130 for the use of the pavilion. SCR uses the pavilion for the Valentines Twosome, the WDF, the Atalanta, and the Rock Canyon. half marathon run. All are small races except for the Rock Canyon. Other runs (such as the Panther run use the pavilion, but these are SCR assisted events and these groups will have to work with Parks & Rec on an individual basis. Jeff chatted with Creighton Wright of Pueblo Parks & Recreation, and in exchange for some advertisement on the part of SCR, the fee is waived for the four SCR races. A discussion followed about the large crowd that uses the pavilion for the Rock Canyon, the bathroom use, and the filling of the trash dumpsters. Even though we clean up, the board felt it appropriate to pay to help offset the cost of labor involved.

Race Calendar:

Dave Diaz Dave passed around a paper containing race information for all races scheduled in the 2010 SCR Predict Series.
Equipment Repair / Replacement: Paul Paul is going to look into the purchase of a projector. They can be rented, but the rental fee is fairly high. It will be more economical to buy one so we can use it for the banquet.

Officers for 2010:

Don Don announced that Paul LaBar has agreed to take on the presidency for next year. Paul will continue with the webmaster duties as well. Dave Diaz will continue as vice president, Paulette Arns will continue as treasurer, and Mike Archuleta will continue as secretary. In other positions, Don Pfost will continue as membership chair, Carrie Turman will take on the Predict Series coordinator, and Ron Dehn will continue as newsletter editor.

Voting:

Don passed out ballots for the Sweat Sock award and Most Valuable Club Member. These awards will be given at the banquet.

Meeting Adjourned @ 8:55pm

respectfully submitted by Ron Dehn


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