01/2005 Meeting Minutes

SRRC January Meeting Minutes
January 10, 2005

Present:  Ronda Schappaugh, Jim Fay, Holly Dahlquist, Jim Cinotto, Jim Dahlquist, and Jeanne Hansen

Absent:  Kenny Guard, Barb Bonansinga, Mary Beth Stephens, and Tim Butler

Guests:  Tim McCaughey

The meeting was called to order at 5:30 PM.

Minutes from the December board meeting were reviewed.  Jim C. made multiple sentence structure changes.  Jim D. made a motion to approve the December Meeting Minutes with the changes.  Motion was seconded per Jim F.  Minutes unanimously approved.

Jim F. presented the Treasurer’s report. The balance as of 1/10/05 was $28,017.87.  Jim D. made a motion to approve the Treasurer’s report and Jim F. seconded it.  Treasurer’s report was unanimously approved.

Guest:

Tim McCaughey, the new Director of the Lincoln Memorial Race, was present to discuss his upcoming race in April.  Questions were answered and information was provided.

President’s Report:

The AARC is merging with the RRCA as of January 2005.  The Club’s insurance forms are being completed and will be submitted to the RRCA.  Our insurance is normally due in December but an extension has been given due to the merging of the two groups.

New Business:

The RRCA National Convention is scheduled for May 11-14th in New Orleans.  Board members  interested in representing the SRRC would be encouraged to attend at the Club’s expense.

Ronda has been approached by the American Abraham Lincoln Presidential  Library & Museum to see if the Club would like to hold a 5K race during the grand opening celebration that is scheduled in April.  A discussion was held as to whether a race could be organized on such short notice.  Ronda would possibly undertake this event with the Club assisting as much as possible.  Ronda will look further into this issue and more information will be provided at the February Board Meeting.

A wheelchair athlete approached Ronda about our races being wheelchair acceptable.  Questions were raised regarding how our club could accommodate a group of wheelchair applicants, including course accessibility, separate finish line chutes, and separate awards/age groups.  Answers were not available and this will need to be looked into further. No action taken at this time.

Discussion:

The 2005 Board has been finalized pending approval during the upcoming Awards Banquet.

The 2005 race calendar was reviewed and discussed at length. The point series rules were reviewed and the following changes were made:

With the exception of the Lincoln Memorial, races with multiple distances
will have only one distance designated as the points race.  The Lake Run
12K, the Passavant 10K, the Steamboat 4 Mile, the Abe’s Amble 10K,
the Autu mn Shoreline 15K, the Race For Brazil 5 Mile, and the Frostbite 10
Mile are the designated points races.  The Lincoln Memorial Half Marathon
and 5 Mile will both be points races.  (If a runner chooses to run both the 5 Mile
and the Half Marathon, only the best finish will count for the Points Series, not both).

In summary, only the Premier Race will count as a points race as opposed to last year when every race counted.  Motion made per Ronda to approve the change.  Motion seconded per Jim F.  Unanimously approved.

The “Run for Excellence” will not be held in 2005.  The “Race for the Bells” does not have a Director, so that race will also not be held in 2005.  Jim D. will call the Carillon Association to inform them of this decision.

The “Race for Brazil” has been added to the calendar as a points race this year.  A discussion was held regarding the “Capitol Mile”.  Generally, first time races are not allowed to be a points race.  Since Jack Bellmer, Katie McAffee and Tom Cooper have overseen the past 3200/mile events held at the track in the past few years though, a motion was made per Jim D. to allow this first time race to be on the points schedule.  Motion seconded per Holly.  Unanimously approved.

The next board meeting will be held on Monday, February 14, 2005 at 5:30 PM at the YMCA.   Meeting adjourned at 6:44 PM.