SCR Minutes
March 5, 2008
Prepared by Theresa Duran
March 5, 2008
Prepared by Theresa Duran
Attendance:Dave Diaz, Mike Archuleta, Terry Cathcart, Rich Hadley, Kristine Chamblin, Austin Clark, Paula McCabe, Jeff Arnold, Paulette Arns, Jim Robinson, Paul LaBar, Don Pfost, Lori Gregory, Gary Franchi, Ken Raich.
Minutes for the February Meeting were not available. It was agreed that we would have two sets of minutes to approve at the next meeting.
Special Guests: Lori Gregory was present to discuss
the Little Run on the Prairie, which will be on June 14. She noted the
she they are wanting to get more participation. They are going to be having
a Sports Festival on that day. She asked for suggestions regarding the
Race T-shirts. There are going to be Sports Festival T-shirts and she
asked whether a race shirt or the Sports Festival Shirt would be appropriate.
It was suggested that a race shirt would be best since most runners run
the races for the t-shirts. She noted that the words “I Have Finished
the Race, I Have Kept the Faith” will be on the shirt for the race.
They will be giving ribbons to all runners and walkers. Flyers are going
out in the April Newsletter, which will go out at the end of March. She
also was given advise as to how many shirts would be appropriate to order
so that they would not have too many. She was asked if a PDF or Word version
of the race registration form was available for electronic registration
from the club website. She also noted that she needed a race permit, which
she had difficulty getting last year. Ken Raich was able to give her a
contact within the Sheriffs Department that could possibly help to get
the process going.
Austin Clark from Southern Colorado Trail Builders, came to discuss the
annual trail bike race that is going to be held on April 20. He came to
ask for help with his race again this year. He noted that anyone interested
in commenting on the trails is welcome to come to the Monthly Trail Builders
meetings to make those comments. He noted that the entry forms would be
available on their website for the race. They currently have permission
to postpone the race in case of inclement weather, to the following weekend,
if necessary. Don and Lois Pfost offered to help with the race. Theresa
and Abbi Duran will also help with the race. The race is named the Arkansas
Point Challenge. Austin gave his e-mail address and phone number to be
reached for questions: aclark959@msn.com, and (719)248-9692. The club
is also going to list it on our club website. The start time is 10:00
A.M. Registration will close at 9:00 A.M. An event pass to the park will
be included in the race entry fee, but it is an event pass only.
Paula McCabe with YMCA came in to ask for assistance with Corporate Cup
this year. She was given Mike Orendorffs name to talk with him regarding
details from past events, as he has assisted with it in the past. The
club will most likely give the same support as in the past.
Officer Reports: Paulette Arns gave a full Treasures report. She listed the amounts in the checking and savings accounts for the club. She noted the Valentines Twosome made $64.20 this year. Jeff also asked that the profits be ransferred directly to the youth fund as in the past. The Treasurers report was approved. Newsletter Editor, Ron Dehn was not present for the meeting, but there were no issues up for discussion regarding the Newsletter. Membership Chair, Don Pfost, noted that there are currently 186 paid members, 6 new members have signed up in the last week, 4 of which were from the forms put in the Spring Runoff race packets. Webmaster, Paul LaBar noted that the format conversion is going goo. Race entries are being placed on the website. Updates are taking place constantly. Ken, Don, and Paul will be setting up a meeting sometime next week to map out more links and Web page designs.
Upcoming Events: Kristine Chamblin came in to discuss the Panther Run. She gave her phone number for questions: (719)568-2941. The Panther Run is a 5K run and a walk. Entry forms are on the website as well as electronic entry. The t-shirts have a logo like the picture on the entry form. They will be needing help with the finish line. The race is on April 12, at 10:00 A.M. They will have lots of turning point help from parent volunteers. Ramsgate 8 is coming up on April 5. It is a predict series race. It is a potluck. Jim Robinson is going to be the coordinator for the Predict Series in the future. He has a chalker to mark courses and wants to help out with marking the course and timing the race, so he can learn the ropes. Don has 3 separate courses to plan for the weather. Spank Blasing is coming up as well. There is online registration available. A short discussion regarding age groups took place, because of the confusion they may cause for the series that it is a part of. The scoring system for the series is also a concern. Todd Kelly was not available to come to the meeting to ask questions of him. There is also a concern of people switching races, since that occurred last year as well. Cinco De Mayo is coming up in May. A discussion about the race entry forms took place regarding the entry fees being odd numbers and making it confusing for race day registration as well as the fact that change would be needed for those carrying cash. Neither Hilbert nor Ramon were present to discuss concerns as ask questions of. A discussion really needs to take place regarding the race in order to be prepared for the race. The club would like to take care of the race and let Ramon and Hilbert take care of the other details.
Recaps/ Updates/Revisits: Valentines Twosome Jeff Arnold was going to look at the past races, he thought it might be the biggest Valentines Twosome so far. Spring Runoff Tuneup was supposed to be windy, and the day turned out nice. The weather problems occurred for the actual Spring Runoff. Spring Runoff, there was one problem with the race. Runners tore the tags off the bottoms of their Bib numbers, which caused chaos at the finish line. For future races it must be made clear at the start line not to remove these tags. It should also be placed on the entry forms.
New Stuff/Old Stuff: With the passing of Ross Barnharts father it was voted that the club get he and his family a Sympathy Card. Jeff Arnold was given that responsibility. Rich Hadley also noted that Tammy Stone had been hit by a care the morning of the meeting. She apparently was running and a drunk driver hit her. She got out of the hospital that day.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted by Theresa E. Duran