SCR Minutes
May 2, 2007
Prepared by Theresa Duran
May 2, 2007
Prepared by Theresa Duran
Attendance: Ken Raich, Don Pfost, Kristine Chamblin, Gary Franchi, Paul LaBar, Dave Diaz, Jeff Arnold, Paulette Arns, Theresa Duran, Ramon Arriaga, Todd Kelly, Melanie Turner, Hilbert Navarro.
Minutes for the April 2007 Meeting were approved.
Kristine Chamblin from John Newman came to thank SCR for their assistance with
the Panther Run. The race was a success, and they are planning on adding it
to the calendar again next year. Paul LaBar was the liason.
Other Special Guests were Todd Kelly, also thanking SCR for their assistance
with the Spank Blasing race. He passed around mugs with CSU and Toyota Benefit
Series Logos on them, for SCR members.
Ramon Arriaga was present in order to discuss the Cinco De Mayo races. So far
there were 180 total participants. Start time for the race was scheduled at
7:30 A.M. Race day registration and pre-registration packet pickup was to begin
at 6:30 A.M.
Melanie Turner was also present. She has an interest in running, and wanted
to see what SCR was all about. She asked questions, SCR members gave her information
about the club. We hope to see more of her in the future.
Officer Reports: Sec: Theresa Duran did not have anything to say at the
time. Treasurer: Dave Diaz gave a report of the checking account, he noted that
he was able to collect on a $60 insufficient funds check. Dave also gave a report
of the savings accounts balance showing only a slight difference from last year
to this year, accounted for by rising costs of everything. Treasures report
was accepted, and approved. Newsletter Editor: Ron Dehn was not able to attend
so Ken Raich gave a brief note, reminding everyone that there would not be a
June Newsletter. If anyone would like to do the newsletter for the month, Ron
would show them what to do. Also if there are races that need to be stuffed
in the newsletter for June or July, possibly August, they need to be in the
May newsletter. Membership Chair: Don Pfost reported 178 paid members, 20 new
members have signed up since the first of the year. Also he noted that 6 members
who have been inactive for about 2 or 3 years have now renewed. He noted that
of the 64 renewal letters he sent out in February, 26 of those members renewed.
Last he noted that of the 22 former members who were receiving free newsletters
regardless of not having renewed membership, none of them would be receiving
those newsletters any longer, SCR now has enough members to meet the 200 for
bulk postage rates. Webmaster: Paul LaBar had only to say that he had completed
updates and continues to update the website with results from the predict series
and other results. Again he noted that any changes can be posted if he is given
notice of them. Membership Chair: Don Pfost reported 178 paid members, 20 new members have
signed up since the first of the year. Also he noted that 6 members who have
been inactive for about 2 or 3 years have now renewed. He noted that of the
64 renewal letters he sent out in February, 26 of those members renewed.
Last he noted that with 178 paid members and 22 newsletter-only recipients,
SCR now has the 200 needed to meet bulk postage rate requirements;
consequently, free newsletters will no longer to sent to former members
who've not renewed.
Upcoming Events: Cinco de Mayo will be on May 6, 2007. Ramon Arriaga
was present to discuss it, as noted above. Yappy Dog is to go forward as planned.
All participants in this Predict Series race will receive their own Yappy Dog
Bucket hat for participating. The Survival Run has been cancelled for now. Mike
Archuleta was not present to discuss a future date, but had expressed to SCR
members the interest in having it in October, as well as having a bike ride
combined with it. Run for Rio will go forward as planned. Entry forms will be
available in the May newsletter as well as on the internet.
Activity Recaps/Updates/Revisits: Ramsgate 8: Went well, but the cold
weather had some impact. Spank Blasing: Went well Todd Kelly was present to
give a recap, as well as to ask for any suggestions SCR may have had. There
will be a meeting held in order to go over the do’s and don’ts for
next year. CSU X-Challenge: It was said to have went well, except for limited
participation. It was noted the organizers of it did a great job. Ben &
Matt’s Trail Mix: Went well there were 26 people who came out for this
predict series race. The weather was warm the day of the race.
New Stuff/Old Stuff: Volunteer Points System: With the recent discussion
of changing the point system it has still remained up in the air as to what
would be done. It was recommended that SCR mimic Pikes Peak Runners Clubs volunteer
points system. After some discussion, it was agreed that keeping the system
the same, and as simple as possible would be the best for SCR, as well as all
involved. The simpler the better, everyone agreed. A motion was made to keep
the current points system, raise the allowed points for Banquet coordinator
to 25 points, for the committee members involved in helping with the Banquet
to 10 points, and to allow 5 points for any volunteers that helped on the night
of the Banquet. The role for the Banquet coordinator was established to be the
one person in charge of the Banquet arrangements (food, speakers, time, place,
date, etc.) The role of the committee is those who assist the Banquet coordinator,
volunteers who have worked on the Banquet together over much of the same period
of time. It was agreed that any future changes could be addressed as they come
up, if need be, but the point system is to stay the same, relatively simple.
It was also clarified that should there be Co-directors of a race the Co-directors
would share the 25 points.
Adjournment:Meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM
Respectfully submitted: Theresa
Duran