SCR Minutes
Aubust 3, 2008
Prepared by Ron Dehn
Aubust 3, 2008
Prepared by Ron Dehn
The meeting was called to order by president Ken Raich.
Attendance: K. Raich, D. Diaz, Peggy Oreskovich, Carrie Turman,
Gary Franchi, Don Pfost, Rich Hadley, Troy Davenport, Samantha Davenport,
Ellen Cooney (Child Advocacy Center), Jeff Arnold, Matt Smith, Don Saling,
Stan Hren, Paulette Arns, James Robinson, R. Dehn.
Special Guests:
Ken spoke for Ruth McDonald. The Hot to Trot will be on Sept. 21st In addition, Ruth has been talking with Ken about SCR putting on a race in conjunction with the PBR WildWestFest in May ‘09. No YMCA reps came to the meeting to discuss their needs for this year’s Corporate Cup. Stan Hren, Don Saling, and Matt Smith discussed the possibility of SCR providing finish line support for the “Liberty Point 5k” race in Pueblo West next July 4th. This year prior to the annual July 4th parade, they held a 3k run run/walk that drew about 130 participants. They gave no t-shirts, few awards, and charged only a $5 entry fee. The club had some suggestions including: be sure to get this event on the SCR calendar by October or November, keep the race price low, and provide some incentive to encourage early registration. The Pueblo West group also expressed interest in some type of multi-sport event in Pueblo West such as a duathlon or triathlon. They would be glad to partner with SCR to bring back something like the Y-Bi, or Ordinary Mortals Triathlon, or Dragon on in Triathlon. (all these events used to be held in Pueblo West). They mentioned the possibility of an open water swim.
Peggy Oreskovich and Carrie Turman from the Banquet committee gave a report and some recommendations for the banquet. The club approved the site and date: La Renaissance Restaurant on January 31st, 2009. The committee (Peggy, Carrie, Linda Strange, Stacey Diaz, Robin Krueger, and Paul LaBar) are working on the program.
Troy and Samantha Davenport and Ellen Cooney from the Child Advocacy Center spoke about the upcoming Bike Ride that is a fund raiser for the Center. It will be held on Sunday, Sept. 28th beginning and ending at the Loaf’n Jug Headquarters near the airport. Ellen thanked the club for their support. Last year’s ride raised about $2,000 for the Center which treats about 300 children per year. The ride is a tour style ride of whatever distance the rider chooses. The entire ride is about 38 miles.
The club voted to make a $250 donation to the Advocacy Center, and also voted to waive the $25 fee for stuffing inserts in the newsletter.
The club also voted to make $250 donations to the Greenway & Nature Center and the Southern Colorado Trailbuilders in conjunction with the Southshore Adventure predict. SCR makes use of the Greenway & Nature Center during the Spring Runoff and the Rock Canyon Half, We use the south shore trails for the Southshore Adventure Predict.
The June and July minutes were approved.
Officer Reports:
Treasurer: Paulette Arns passed out reports and The Treasurer’s
report was approved.
Newsletter: No issues.
Membership: Don Pfost indicated that we now have 210 paid member families,
which is the highest in recent memory. 152 members have requested the
free Colorado Runner magazine.
Webmaster: The SCR website will be moved to a new web hosting service
in December.
Upcoming Events:
The Tunnel Drive Predict will again have an alternate course due to erosion.
The South Shore Predict will be more hilly previous races. Jim Robinson
has made updates to the web descriptions of the predict races.
Activity Recaps:
The PCC/CSU-Pueblo run walk was a great event. Ken and others received
lots of positive feedback. Gary and Ron gave lots of credit to Julie Deherrera,
and the tremendous dedication of the numerous volunteers including several
from SCR. The Moonlight Madness was a great run and pot luck. Diane’s
dog is ok despite collapsing during the run.
New Stuff/Old Stuff:
The SCR picnic is scheduled for August 23rd. Jeff Arnold will go up early and try to save a space. Stacey Diaz will pick up the food and Jacqueline Wall will organize kids games.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned just in time
at 9:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted: Ron Dehn