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Board Members Present: David Bluestein Sandra Fontaine Hal Gensler Norm Janoff Megan Powers Bill Rowell steven finkelstein Board Members Absent: Diane Bailey Guests: None The meeting was called to order at 6:08 pm at the Glendale Library. Minutes from the November 2007 meeting were approved as submitted (thanks Megan!). Old Business Volunteer Report: David reported that the volunteers at the 30K all received their shirts prior to the race, as is now our policy. We will need volunteers for the Castle Hot Springs race on Jan 6th and the Rock-n-Roll Marathon and ½ Marathon on the 13th. Registration Report: Sandra had nothing to report. Special Activities Report: Diane was not present so we have no report from her this month. Finance Report: Hal provided a written financial report showing a YTD income, as of today, of $131,347.03 and expenses (over the same period) of $117,857.22. The YTD net is $13,489.81 and we currently have approximately $30K in total fiscal assets (checking/savings/investments) Membership Report: Norm provided a written summary of the current membership. The total number of members as of today is 1403, which reflects a continuing downward trend from last month’s 1437 and our most recent high of 1569 back in September. He continues to attribute the slow decline to folks who forget to renew until it’s time for Summer Series. Clothing Report: Megan has completed a physical inventory of our merchandise which comes to total cost of $11,508.11. We also discussed the potential to restock our now non-existent glove inventory, with the consensus to continue to look for inexpensive, throw-away gloves. We also need come up with a plan to continue to reduce our old, excess race t-shirt inventory. Desert Classic 30k: Steve reported that we received several favorable comments on this year’s event. Hal commented that participation was up by approximately 50% over last year, with that difference most likely attributed to the addition of the 5K this year. Road Runner Sports Casual Run: We will run with the staff and others on the morning of December 22nd at 7:30am. It will be a casual run, possibly a 5K or 10K from their Scottsdale store. Castle Hot Springs: Jamil Coury elected to cancel this race due to extensive water in the washes and mud on the course. Jamil has recently indicated that he will re-schedule this event to the date that was originally set for the Christiansen Trail Run, which has been cancelled due to the Phoenix Parks and Recreation guidelines. Running with the Heard (Yee’go): It was a small scale race that was conducted almost entirely in the rain. For an inaugural race, there were a few logistics issues that will be remedied for next year. Crown King Alternative: The formal 2008 Crown King Scramble has been cancelled; however, there will be an informal Crown King run. Paul Norberg would like to stage a 50K run on the same day as well. There are still no definitive details available. Membership Survey: Megan has accumulated several potential questions from the Board members, we reviewed and discussed them, and she will consolidate them into the final 10 questions that will be submitted to the general membership (for free) via the SurveyMonkey web-site. New Business Volunteers of the Year Awards: We reviewed a list of worthy candidates and narrowed it to the final 10. The winners will receive $25 in ARR Bucks at our January club meeting, which is tentatively set for the 17th at Barro’s Pizza (same location as last year). 2007 Grand Prix: The Grand Prix awards will also be presented at the January meeting. The overall winners, male and female, will receive $100 gift certificates. Steve and Hal will approach the local running stores to solicit their contribution of these certificates. Ear Lease Agreement: Steve advised us that the maintenance agreement for our ChampionChip ears can be bought-out for the remainder of the agreement period at a 15% discount over the previously negotiated price. If we were to execute on this offer it would cost us €479 (which is about US$600). The Board voted to buy-out the agreement and steve will coordinate with ChampionChip. Tumbleweed Park: Steve and Robert have been investigating the opportunity to conduct a race at this Chandler location. It appears that the park, which is currently still under construction, will support a 600 participant, 5K event. There are still several logistics to be worked out, but it is likely that we will be able to use this venue sometime in 2008. Rock-n-Roll: Sandra is coordinating ARR pacers and Megan will coordinate the clothing sales. Sandra will also approach Southwest Airlines to see if they are interested in providing pace wristbands. The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 pm.