PA LDR Committee Meeting Notice/Agenda

September 11, 2010, Golden Gate Park following XC Meet

LDR Committee Meeting Minutes from April 18 Meeting

Please send any questions and comments to your PA/USATF LDR Committee
Chairs.
Men: Tyler Abbott, [email protected]
Women: Katie Wasilenko, [email protected]
Masters: Lloyd Stephenson, [email protected]
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LDR Committee Meeting Notice

September 11, 2010, 11:10 am, after the Golden Gate Park Cross Country Open
Near the start/finish area, probably on a picnic bench

TENTATIVE AGENDA

APPROVAL of minutes from Zippy Meeting 4/18/2010

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
MUT
Mountain/Trail Grand Prix Exploratory Committee (MoTEC)
Cross Country
Change in Presidio course
Sponsorship/Fundraising
Disabled athletes

VOLUNTEERS
Board of Athletics positions (one short in women's LDR)

2011 ROAD GRAND PRIX

LDR BANQUET

LDR BUDGET (nothing to report)

RULES CHANGES (none pending)

Year-end award depth

NEW BUSINESS
Rules Changes (new)
Appeals
Online race day signups
Other new business

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LDR Committee Minutes

April 18, 2010, after the Zippy 5K
On a grassy knoll near the start/finish area
Near the Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco


Tyler Abbott, NB Excelsior, men's LDR chair; Katie Wasilenko, Impalas,
women's LDR chair; Lloyd Stephenson, NB Excelsior, masters LDR chair;
Brooke Wells, Impalas, cross country co-chair; Don Porteous, Tamalpa,
cross country co-chair; Hollis Lenderking, BAUR, MUT chair; Tom Bernhard,
NB Excelsior, road scorer; Tim O'Rourke, Tamalpa; Irene Herman, Impalas,
PA President and PA Membership chair; Mark Winitz, WVJS, LDR Officials
coordinator; Ken Grebenstein, Tamalpa; Tony Coffey, Aggies; Craig Benson,
unaffiliated; Frank Ruona, Tamalpa; Mimi Willard, Tamalpa.

Meeting called to order at 10:00 am.

Minutes from ATB Meeting 3/21/2010 were unanimously approved.

SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS
MUT
Mimi Willard of Tamalpa raised the question of whether we should have a
Mountain/Trail grand prix (an idea that has arisen several times over the
past few years). This would be distinguished from cross country in that
the races would be longer (7 to 20 miles was her idea) and generally more
technical, and distinguished from ultras by virtue of their shorter
distance. A motion to form a Mountain/Trail Grand Prix Exploratory
Committee with chair Chris Lundy, Hollis Lenderking, or Tyler Abbott
(Chris first, Hollis if Chris declines, Tyler if Hollis declines) was
approved unanimously. It was discussed that the committee would solicit
volunteer members; Mimi Willard ([email protected]) agreed to serve on
the committee. It was envisioned that the grand prix would start with four
to six races and take place in the Spring, but no votes were taken on
these matters. [Volunteers for the committee should contact Tyler Abbott
[email protected].]
Hollis Lenderking reported that travel fund recipient Chikara Omine
finished 4th at the US 100K road championships last weekend in Madison
(after being in 2nd place after 90K). This is the race that we funded. It
earns Mr. Omine a tentative spot on the US world 100K team. Beverly
Anderson Abbs was our other recipient, but due to injuries incurred before
the race she was forced to drop out at 50K.
Cross Country: No report
Sponsorship/Fundraising: No report
Disabled athletes
Irene Herman reported that she in conjunction with George Rehmet and a
woman named Simone (who in particular has connections in the veterans
community) are submitting a grant for funding for prize money for disabled
athletes in the road grand prix. Grant application is due at the end of
May, and we should know more by the next meeting.

VOLUNTEERS
Board of Athletics positions: Men's LDR chair Tyler Abbott having
failed to discover the current status of our BoA positions, there was no
discussion. The next meeting is 5/18 in Walnut Creek.

LDR BANQUET
There was nothing new to report. US Coast Guard is still on tap to host
the 2010-2011 banquet.

LDR BUDGET:
The following budget request was unanimously approved:
Road prize money, net $1400
Cross country travel fund $1000
Year-end (banquet) awards ($1000)
Road GP ($15,000/20,000*)
Cross GP ($8,000)
Ultra GP ($3,000)
Road travel funds ($1,000)
Cross travel funds ($1,000)
Ultra travel funds ($1,000), with the stipulation that the Ultra travel
fund be
shifted to the Ultra Grand Prix if there is no USATF 100K
road championship or any selection event for the World Cup (100K roads).

RULES CHANGES

Related to the recently passed mandatory officials requirement (see ATB
minutes), Irene Herman moved to modify the rule to allow friends or family
who are not club members but who are somehow affilliated with the club to
count in terms of the officials requirement. The example of the need for
this rule was a single gender team in which the opposite gender spouse of
one of the members becomes an official. The motion was withdrawn after
Irene agreed to see if the issue could be worked out with the affected
team.

ROAD GRAND PRIX
In spite of extensive emails by Mark Winitz enumerating the benefits and
history of the 20 miler/30K, the race refuses to offer any race other than
the half marathon to our road grand prix. In the meantime, we have
discovered that, while 20 miles is an official record-eligible distance in
the USATF rule book, it was voted out some ten years ago but erroneously
left in the rule book. The committee voted unanimously to accept the 2010
Clarksburg Half Marathon as a grand prix event.

Year-end award depth: No report

NEW BUSINESS

Rules Changes (new): None
Appeals: None
Other new business
Mark Winitz reported that the PA (and other nearby association) magazine
California Track & Running News, like most magazines, is facing difficult
times in the current economic environment. With this in mind he wanted to
make sure we follow up with races on the requirement to buy an ad in the
magazine. In the bid acceptance letters she sends out, acting grand prix
bid coordinator Katie Wasilenko offered to confirm the requirement,
specify the submission deadline for the particular race, and request that
they copy her on the ad submission. It was also remarked that the
April/May (/June?) issue is quite late, and many people did not receive it
before today (so the ad for the Zippy race was not timely for many people).

Meeting adjourned 10:40 am.
Submitted by Tyler Abbott, acting secretary