Monster Mash 2010 – An Event Honoring Our Champions

The 2010 Monster Mash, the club’s annnual awards banquet held on Jan 30th at the Route 66 Hotel and Banquet Center, started off with Jessica Larson singing a song she wrote highlighting a few of the runs and people that make our club so unique. Most would agree that although it was her coming out debut as a singer song writer she was a big hit.

Next Barry House, in a way only he can do, got the crowd shouting, “I Love Running” as the ice breaker for a 25 minute keynote address that focused on the ups and downs of road running and all the value the club gets from its volunteers.

Next Melenie Reynolds the special events coordinator brought on the people who introduced the achievements of our Hall of Fame inductees. Although this section of the evening tended to go on longer than anticipated, it was great to hear all the history of the club and role the 2009 Hall of Fame inductees played in forming the SRRC and making the key races of the club so successful. Alan Avery introduced inductee Bob Hellweg, John Hartnett introduced Phil Peterson, Jay Rogers introduced John Hartnett, Barb Bonansinga introduced Genny DiStacio and Jin Cinotto introduced Bill Owens. The 2008 Hall of Fame inductees, Jay Rogers and Becky Baum were in attendance as well.

Finally the events came to awarding the Annual Point Series Champions (see list below). There wasn’t much energy left for dancing and drinking after all the award events this year so shortly after all the awards were handed out the party ended on a happy and lively note.

-Bill Stokes
Photojournalist

Free photos for downloading are available at http://www.foottrailsnewsletter.com/2010monstermash

2009 Hall of Fame Inductees Bob Hellweg Phil Peterson John Hartnett Genny DiStasio Bill Owens

Annual Point Series Champions

Age Group	Male	Female	Overall	Joe Thiel	Joy Guardia
Under 14	Daniel Plunkett	Kirsten Aydt	Masters	Troy Rogers	Janet Powell
15-19	Jeff Surbeck	Emily Jones	Most Improved	Scott Leopold	Molly Schaefer Deb Stahl
20-24	Ben Fay	Megan Smith	Volunteers of the Year	Linda Jones	Katie McAfee
25-29	Ryan Kappner	Patty Shaefer
30-34	Bill O’Sullivan	Allyson Strauch
35-39	Jamie O’Niell	Tracy Dowell
40-44	David O’Connor	Pam Stevens
45-49	Scott Leopold	Laura Lanterman
50-54	Nyle Robinson	Robin Power
55-59	Rick Neuber	Joan McKelvey
60-64	Larry Miller	Marilyn Kushak
65-69	George Hinkle	Lois Jazo
70 -74	James Young and Bill Murray	Elizabeth Simpson
75-79	n/a	n/a
80-84	Dean Rademaker	n/a

Make Abe Proud! Volunteer for the Lincoln Memorial Half!

Volunteer opportunities still exist for the 2010 Lincoln Memorial Half Marathon!

If you are able and willing to donate a few hours of time either pre-race or on race day, please contact Jenni Gardner at mobile.jennig@gmail.com.

If you can’t volunteer, recruit someone!

We need people for everything from course marshalls, water stations, food distribution, finish line help, course set up and tear down, packet stuffing, and registration.

Jan 2010

SRRC Board Meeting Minutes

January 11, 2010

Present:  President Barb Bonansinga, Brent Leach, Jim Cinotto, Holly Dahlquist, Melanie Reynolds, Maria Ansley, Mary Rogers, and Linda Jones

Absent:  Susan Helm and Anne Baker

Meeting called to order by President Barb Bonansinga at 5:40 PM. 

Barb and the board wish to offer condolences to Susan Helm and her family for the recent passing of her sister. 

Barb respectfully thanked each member of the board for their hard work and dedication that was offered through out the past year, particularly those who are not returning to the board in 2010. 

Barb would like to have a social gathering for the 2009 and 2010 board.  Mary offered to host the event.  A date will be determined.

Praises were also given to Barb for being President for the past two years.  Her dedication and hard work were noted and greatly appreciated. 

Susan took minutes at the December meeting in Holly’s absence.  Those minutes were unavailable with Susan’s absence at this meeting.  Barb will contact Susan regarding the December minutes.  Approval will be taken via e-mail.  

Brent Leach presented the financial report.  The total cash balance is $34,201.00, with $6,690.06 being in the Lincoln Memorial Half Marathon account.  Subtracting this amount leaves an operating fund balance of $27,511.05.  The loan balance is currently $14,889.73.  Jim made a motion to approve the January financial report.  Linda seconded.  Unanimously approved.

Mary reported that the Club had 1,467 members as of 12/31/09.  370 members have already renewed their 2010 membership.  The 2009 scholarship fund raised $762.00.  The 2010 scholarship fund currently has $127.00.  Members are encouraged to renew their memberships on-line and there will be a paper application available at Monster Mash.  Members renewing by 1/23/10 will be placed into a drawing at Monster Mash for one free entry into an SRRC race for 2010.

Melanie apologized to those that registered on-line for the upcoming awards banquet.  The transaction fees were inadvertently added to the final cost of the event.  These fees are usually added into the stated cost.  Melanie stated that nothing can be done at this point and she again wishes to apologize to the board and club members.

A tag-timing chairperson is being sought and it was discussed whether this leader should become a board member.  It was decided however, to treat this person as a director instead of a formal board member.  The chairperson will work closely with the directors as an additional resource person along with a tag-timing committee.

The special events position was also discussed.  The nominating committee is recommending that the special event person work more closely with each race director.  A separate person might also be sought with the planning of the annual awards banquet.  No action taken at this time.

Linda presented a tentative 2010 race calendar.  The Heroes Run for Hope will not take place in 2010 and the Jingle Bell 5K has been removed from the points series.  The Brian McMillen 5K run director would like to be on the points series circuit but their race weekend conflicts with the Passavant 5K/10K.  Linda will propose that they reschedule their race to the weekend after Veteran’s Day to be eligible for our points series.  The Bob Goldman Scholastic Challenge and Steamboat are both scheduled for June 19^th, 2010.  The race day conflict cannot be helped this year so both races will be allowed on the points series for the same day.  With this conflict and the removal of two races, the points series criteria will be determined at the next meeting.  Linda made a motion for the board to accept the tentative 2010 race schedule with the changes noted above.  The Brian McMillen 5K will be accepted in the points series pending a change in their date.  Mary seconded the motion.  Unanimously approved. 

Melanie provided an update regarding the upcoming awards banquet.  Barry House will be the guest speaker.  A $100.00 donation will be made to Relay for Life in Barry’s name in honor of his speaking services.  

Three of the points series winners did not know about the volunteer commitment that is required to receive that award.  The information is not posted on the web site nor is it in the newsletter.  All three will be accepted as the winners of their age groups since the information was not readily available.  The information will be posted correctly in the future.

Holly will research the race stats on the two nominated most-improved females to help determine a winner. 

Maria made a motion for the Club to approve Susan to attend the Association of Running Event Directors meeting which will be held on 2/6/2010 in Park Ridge, Illinois.  The fee to attend is $59.00.  Linda seconded the motion.  Unanimously approved. 

Madalyn Draper has shown an interest in maintaining the points series calculations. 

Barb states that the Hall of Fame recipients will be finalized this week.

Meeting adjourned at 7:01 PM.