SCR Minutes
July 2, 2008
Prepared by Kenneth Raich
July 2, 2008
Prepared by Kenneth Raich
Attendance: Don Pfost, Paul LaBar, Gary Franchi, Dave Diaz, Paulette
Arns, Jim Robinson, Terry Cathcart, Lori Gregory, Diana Tiffany, Ruth
McDonald, and Ken Raich.
Special Guests: Lori Gregory thanked the club for their help with
the “Little Run on the Prairie”. They had 36 finishers (fewer
than last year) and determined the drop was due to sharing the same race
date/time as Spirit Fest. Lori said next year they will try to resolve
the scheduling conflict. The club voted to waive SCR fees because LROP
used very few SCR resources and provided their own bibs. Ruth McDonald
requested SCR help for the “Hot to Trot” on September 21st.
The club agreed to support the “Hot to Trot” again this year
and Ken Raich agreed to serve as club liaison. Jeff Arnold will check
out the course to see if the construction on 4th Street bridge will impact
the race. Ruth’s entry form was passed around and the club recommended
a few changes before having it printed. Ruth will distribute the entry
form to Colorado Springs running stores and include it in the PPRR newsletter.
The club voted to waive SCR Fees for help, bibs, and newsletter distribution
because the Gold Dust Saloon provides so many services to the club. Ruth
thanked the club, but said she wanted “Hot to Trot” to pay
its own way. The club agreed Ruth could make a contribution to SCR (if
she wished), but SCR would not bill the Gold Dust for fees. Diana Tiffany
reported that everything went very well for the “Women’s Distance
festival”. They had 80 finishers which was more than Diana has had
since she took over as Race Director. The participants especially liked
the windbreakers and Diana received several great comments about the bags
she distributed as awards. Diana also report that the upcoming “Moonlight
Madness Prediction Race” will take place on August 2nd. They will
serve grilled hot dogs and hamburgers after the race and Diana’s
parents are looking forward to hosting the race again this year.
Minutes from the June 2008 meeting were not available for approval. Hopefully,
they will be available for the August meeting so the club can approve
them at that time.
Officer Reports: Treasurer's report – The club
has almost about the same amount of cash that we had at this time last
year. However, we have not yet received the sponsor contributions for
the “Women’s Distance Festival” so the balance may appear
a bit lower than it actually is. The treasurer's report was approved as
presented. Newsletter Editor - Ron Dehn was on vacation, but sent word
that articles for the August newsletter should be sent by July 14th (July
19th at the latest). Stuffing will take place approximately on July 30th.
Membership Chair - Don Pfost announced we have had two new memberships
since last month and now stand at 208 paid members. Webmaster - Paul LaBar
reported the web page is not having any problems and a web contributors
meeting will be scheduled for next week.
Upcoming Events: Gary Franchi presented status for the
upcoming “PCC-CSI 7.5K run/2-Mile Walk”. The event is proceeding
as planned; however, they still need more people to volunteer as course
marshals. Gary sent out a request for course marshals via the SCR listserver.
Activity Recaps: Hilbert Navarro was not present to discuss
Spirit Fest. Ken brought the entry forms and results to turn over to Hilbert.
Ken will contact Hilbert to arrange for “hand over” of the
material. Jim Robinson presented status for the “Belmont Butt Buster”.
He said they had a low turnout (16 finishers), but everyone really enjoyed
the race and the course. There have now been 5 prediction races, but no
one has completed all 5 of the races.
New Stuff/Old Stuff: Dave Diaz announced he will move the “Harvest
Run Prediction Race” from October 18th to October 25th. Ken will
notify Linda Strange to change the race on the SCR calendar. Dave also
announced that the Central Invitational Cross Country meet will take place
at the City Park Golf Course (Elmwood) on September 27th. Anyone wishing
to help is welcome and should contact Dave. SCR Banquet: Linda Strange
was not able to attend, but prepared a spreadsheet that compared the costs
of four potential hosting facilities. The spreadsheet was distributed
to all attendees and generated quite a bit of discussion. It became apparent
that the Banquet Committee needs to organize and resolve several issues.
Ken will send an Email to Linda and potential committee members requesting
they organize, meet, and present their agreements at the next SCR meeting.
SCR Picnic: The picnic will take place on August 23rd at Pueblo Mountain
Park. Jeff Arnold will order the food and reserve the ball field early
in the day. Dave and Stacey Diaz will bring the food and beer. Don and
Lois Pfost will bring the soft drinks. And Jacqueline Wall will organize
the children’s games.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted: Ken Raich