Meeting Minutes, February 5, 2008

Present: Dale Summers, Monica Fedora, Brenda Kerbaugh, Jenny Aune, Shawn Schatz, Steve Wenzel, Tom Smith, Ken Hammer, Darrin Eisinger, Marilyn Laliberte

MINUTES

Membership: Brenda wasn’t sure what totals were.

Treasurer: Shawn was introduced. Ray Bauske’s name is being taken off the list of check signers and Jenny Aune will be added.

Newsletter: Lee Hoedl asked for any article ideas. Monica is recommending an article on water to Kathy and nominated Shawn to do an article on the Marathon movie for the next newsletter. Jenny had a quote from The Print Shoppe for printing of the newsletter.

Website: Need to update the date on Membership link. Also need to update the Group Runs link. Monday group runs at DBRC, 6:30pm. Tuesday group runs at Beyond Running, 6:30pm. Thursday group runs at Scheel’s, 6:15pm. Any others? Add a link of routes to run. Lapy link-remove newsletter but keep doing membership and races. Add triathlon info.

RACES

Hawley Triathlon: Darrin Eisinger asked for support from LAP for his Hawley Triathlon. He is looking for volunteers to help at the race, promoting and timing. He is looking at Saturday, June 28th or July 12th right now.

Valentine’s Day Race: Season’s Restaurant @ Rose Creek Golf Course; February 9th, 10am. Registration starts at 9am. $7 for Members/$5 for Non-Members. Forecasted cold temperatures will make us start everyone together. Cheese sandwiches and tomato soup will be served again. Course will be cleared by the park district. Monica will mark the course that morning. Dale and Brenda will be timing and Linda will be cooking.

St. Patrick’s Day Race: @ Island Park Cycles; March 15th, 10am. Registration 8-9:30am race day. Pre-registration $18 for members/$20 for non-members. Race day registration $25 for all.

Race Bags: Jenny got 500 bags from FM Athletic Commission for race packets.

Advertisement: Flyers are printed and being taken around town. Jenny will contact Erin at 105.1 for radio advertising. Marilyn will contact KVLY.

Prizes: Island Park will donate several hundred dollars in prizes and DBRC will donate 2 pair of shoes, gift certificates and misc. prizes.

Pre-registration: Pre-registration will be set up in the front room of IPC. DBRC and IPC staff will be willing to help out.

Course Development: Tom Smith and Steve Wenzel will help with set-up, paint on course, and provide bikers for race day. Sand bags may be needed by the MHD snow piles due to thaw/freeze.

Finish Line: Finish line will be on Broadway. Tom Smith will talk to Dave Anderson about road closures and see if their police officers can help us out too. We are not using EVAC. Tom seems to think we will be able to close Broadway curb to curb. We need to find power for the timer at the finish line or he can bring a generator.

Kid's Race: Kid’s race will be on Broadway.

Awards: Monica had a sample of the LAP towel that will be given away.

Race Timing: Dale will find out how many people the timing company needs for help.

Packet Stuffing: We will be stuffing bags at Island Park the Thursday before the race, 5:30 pm.

Next Meeting: ________________________

Jenny Aune, LAP Secretary