July 22, 2009: LRRC Board Meeting Minutes

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Minutes from LRRC Board Meeting

July 22, 2009

All Members Present

Discussed club shirts. Decided based on votes from the club to order Brooks technical shirts that would be sold to team members for $15.00, which is the cost of the production. All new club members or old members who have not yet received one are given a free cotton t-shirt and additional cotton shirts can be purchased for $5.00. It was decided that an email would go out to inform club members of the shirts and to request what they would like to have ordered.

Next topic of discussion was the revision of the By-laws. The following were the proposed areas of the By-laws that needed to be changed:

Article IV to reflect the family discount for membership dues

Article VI to reflect that there are 10 board members including President, President Elect, Past President, Treasurer, Secretary, Membership chair, Newsletter Editor, and 2 At Large Members

It was suggested that the terms for the officers be 1 year for the President, which would result in a 3 year commitment once the President Elect and Past President terms had also been fulfilled; and 2 years for the other offices with a rotation of which were being elected so that it wouldn’t constantly be a Board of all new officers.

It was also suggested that the CCC Race Director and Newsletter Editor be appointed until they choose to leave or are “overthrown” by the club, and that the At Large members be appointed by the President and be replaced every 2 years on staggered terms.

Section F of the By-laws dictates how offices are elected. Suggested that it should be announced via web or newsletter which positions are open. At that time nominations could be given to the president by 48 hours prior to the Board meeting. There was concern over how we would get an accurate representation of voting.

It was decided that a draft of the revised By-laws would be made and voted on by the board and then presented to the club.

Other topics of discussion were the responsibilities of the officers, and who should be in control of requested race help. It was decided that someone should be designated to be the lead in coordinating volunteer help for races and whether or not it is free should be determined by the level of help being requested. Also discussed what deems a practice as “official”. And what the club is liable for if it is an official practice. If an event is listed as approved by RRCA, our insurance will cover it.

LRRC Dominates the Watermelon 5k

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Sweet Daddy Cane here to bring you a better late than never report on the crushing blow delivered to the Grand Prix series by the Little Rock Roadrunners at the Hope Watermelon festival 5K.

After finishing 2nd on both the mens and women’s teams at the 4 miler, the LRRC showed up in Hope hungry for wins….and they got ‘em.  Glen Mays led the men’s team taking 2nd overall and just getting edged for victory by a young punk from Texas. Behind Mays were Kevin Golden (1st Masters), Bill Diamond, Brian Sieczkowski, Steven Preston, Greg Helmbeck, Kevin Groustra, Ross Bolding, Jeff Maher, Michael Harmon, Dan Belanger, and Roy Smith. Leah Thorvilson won the women’s title and led the LRRC ladies to their 1st place finish, followed by Mary Wells, Tina Coutu (2nd overall masters), Ginea Qualls, Alea Humes, and Alesa Davis. Most runners I talked to did not have their best times, probably because of the heat…but Michael Harmon took no prisoners and came away with not only a watermelon, but a big PR!

Glen Mays shows off the new LRRC temporary tattoo!

The race wasnt the only cause for competition OR celebration down in Hope. Ginea Qualls celebrated her birthday in style with some beers smuggled in to the dry county by a secret agent Dan…i mean….man… And possibly the most fierce competition of the day took place post race at the community pool. Harmon came back from his 5k PR to kill the backward dive division. The surprise competitor of the day in the pool was the mysterious Lee Epperson…now we know why he has not signed up for the Grand Prix, even though he is an LRRC member…he has secretly been perfecting his canonball! Well done Mr. Epperson. Rounding up the awards for our team was Brian Sieczkowski with his can-opener. Although this had to be deliberated on by the judges to determine WHAT a can-opener was. All other divisions of the dive were won in a landslide by a local boy whose name I do not know… he took home gold for the belly flop, half flip, jelly roll, side twist and facial splat. Hats off, young one.

The Grand Prix now takes a rest until we compete on our home turf at the Clear Mountain 5k Labor Day weekend. Until then, Sweet Daddy Cane, out.