BCRR Board Meeting
Attendees
Bob Brown
Patrick Flaherty
June Harris
Mike Mangan
Ron Morgan
Eddie Rodriguez
Neeraj Rohilla
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The minutes from the meeting
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Newsletter
Mike provided a handout outlining
the contents of the August newsletter.
The handout is attached. He
reminded the Board members for each to select an “unsung” member to be featured
in the newsletter.
It had previously been agreed
that there would be recognition given to the best article and the best photo
from the previous month’s newsletter.
However, since all articles from that issue had been written by current
Board members, Ron questioned whether this would be a good idea. The Board then decided to shelve the idea, at
least for now.
There was a long discussion
about two topics: are people reading the newsletter and how can we get more
members to write articles for the newsletter?
It was decided that each Board member would encourage people who had the
potential for good stories based on their recent exploits, such as runs or
races in unusual locations, to write articles.
It was agreed that the
newsletter will be submitted to the RRCA for their newsletter award competition. The award submittal date is November 1st.
Mike noted that Gary Cohen,
who has a website containing a number of articles that can be used in a pinch
if we are short of articles, wants to have a reciprocal link with us. This was approved by the Board.
Finances
Patrick noted that the
transfer of the club account from WAMU to Encore Bank had been completed.
Patrick noted that we now had
enough money in the bank to move forward on having a BCRR sponsored race each
year. After discussion, it was agreed
that each Board member would look for some ideas for a unique niche for a club
sponsored race.
Eddie noted that the
Teacher’s Fund Run was canceled for this year.
He also noted that we need to purchase more tattoos.
Eddie noted that we have to
rent a tent if we intend to participate in the Marathon Kick-Off Party. The Board agreed to do so. Eddie passed out a map showing potential
locations. This is attached. We agreed to pursue a tent location in the
area noted by the 50’s, followed by one in the 40’s, with our last choice area
being the 30’s. Eddie will provide
membership applications for this event and Mike will provide newsletters.
Relay Team Coordinator
Eddie stated that Kathi Mahon
has decided not to be our relay team coordinator this year. She has ably handled the job for the last two
years. Eddie suggested two possible
choices to replace her, Mark Fraser and Peter Birckhead. The Board agreed to provide input to Eddie on
these folks separately from the meeting.
On a somewhat related item,
Neeraj said that we need to develop opportunities for younger Club
members. The idea for a young members’
happy hour was suggested. Neeraj will
come up with other ideas to present to the Board.
Clothing
Ron and June discussed the
clothing order that will be placed this week.
June provided details of our current inventory and the upcoming
order. This information is attached.
Mike mentioned SmartIDs as
something that we could sell as part of our clothing offering. Ron mentioned this as a possible item to give
to new members. No decision was made on
this idea.
Happy Hours and Name Tags
The following happy hours
were selected:
The name tag item is “What do
you think is the most historic Olympic performance?”