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April 18, 2007
Attendance-
Fontaine, Barber, Baiardi, Graustein, Hawley, Daniel, Gemske, Davis, Grimes, Mongovan, Miller and Cook.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 P.M .
AGENDA
Treasurer- Mark Davis for Mark Young reported that our NOW
account = $4,186.10 and our IMMA account= $27,932.66.
Membership- Jim Barber reported that we have 812 members
to date.
Officials Yvonne Grimes reported that we had 20 officials
at our indoor meet. More will be needed for outdoors. She discussed possibly having 2 shifts for the day for those who can’t make a whole day commitment.
Master’s- no report
Web site- Patty Miller stated that we
now have a 3 year
contract for our website.
Youth- no report
Race walking- Ron Daniels reported that our mall race on
Feb. 18th attracted 15 finishers. We need to provide greater publicity
for this event, especially in the Eastern Region. 2 finishers qualified for the
Penn Relays. Theron Kissinger barely missed the National Championship Standard.
We are working on developing a series of developmental clinics.
LDR- Will Graustein reported that
a 5 race grand prix series has begun. The first race was in Fairfield with 7 teams
competing. A lot of talent was represented at the club level. The next race is on
Father’s day, the Branford 5 miler. In Nov. we will begin the selection process
foe the next year’s race schedule. Trail racing will begin this year.
OLD BUSINESS
Background checks- Bob
Fontaine stated that our association needs a screening agent. This person will be
screened by national before being accepted. Jim Barber volunteered to gather the
paperwork from those submitting for consideration. National has the applications
and are contracted with an on-line website for checks. If we use them there will
be no charge, if not there may be some reimbursement from the national office. Ron
Daniel volunteered to be the agent. Motion was made by Jim barber to accept him.
Yvonne Grimes seconded the motion and it was passed unanimously by the committee.
We will need to get the info to the clubs. Discussion followed to make it mandatory
for clubs to have started the process in order to participate at our outdoor meet.
Indoor meet- The numbers of officials at the meet really
helped out. We need to start the throws earlier next year. There will be Master’s
medals given out as awards to that age group.
NEW BUSINESS
Our USATF outdoor meet will be 6/16. It will
be pre-entry only. Non-club athletes can mail in entries. All others must be entered on-line.
SCSU site needs to be finalized soon. Start time will be 9 am for field and 10 am
for track for youth and in the afternoon 3pm field and 4pm running.
Bob Fontaine discussed Hytek that has a corporate partner
called Direct Athletics. They will pre-register everyone for a nominal fee. One
can then pay by credit card. Active.com may be an alternative though slightly more
in price. Bob will investigate them. Jim Cook offered to do pre-entry.
Bob also brought up the need for USATF/CT to purchase our
own hytek license
(network version). He stated he would write a proposal for
a grant from national. After much discussion a motion was made by Jim Barber to
purchase the Hytek program for $1,438.00. It was seconded by Bob Gemske and unanimously
passed by the committee.
OTHER BUSINESS- The need for a well
run meet was discussed. Some ideas that came up were-
1.- Need for volunteers- Patty Miller offered
to post it on our website.
We need to request clubs to come up with 1 or 2 each
A volunteer coordinator needs to be found
2.- Need for a better grass roots program, especially for
youth. Much discussion followed. An announcement will be posted on our website to
local coaches and ADs. A stipend to hold these local track meets may be paid.
Next meeting-May.
16, 2007 at 7pm
Meeting was adjourned at 10:00pm
Respectfully submitted by Joyce Baiardi
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