Club Northwest

Meeting Minutes

January 24^th 2005

Club Northwest Office

6310 NE 74^th Street

Seattle, WA

Attendance: Board

T.P., Shelley Neal, Bill Roe, Nick Fleming, Steve ‘Hatz’ Hatzenbeler, Regina Joyce, Phil Finger, Saul Kindires, Tony Robinson, Tony Young, and Sarah Leonard

Guests:

Tom Cotner, and Bryan Burdo.

Contractors:

Brian Oster of ProMotion Events

Martin Rudow of Northwest Runner

Chuck Bartlett of Chuckit and Club Northwest’s Team Manager

Openings:

Meeting called to order at 7:31 P.M.

Minutes: Nick Fleming

Phil motioned to accept minutes with corrections, seconded by Tony R passed, with no nays

Financial Report: Bill Roe

• We have $12,026 in both savings and checking. Bill handed out his budget proposal for 2005. We’ve budgeted $44,700 for 2005 with $9,000 going to athlete reimbursements, $2,400 for uniforms, and for the first time $4,200 for our Webmaster’s salary.

Northwest Runner Report: Martin Rudow

· The Running Network will be adverting less, as well as Brooks. Eight pages less in ads this month, however this is typical at the beginning of the year. There are a few new races coming to our area and some have and will be placing ads.

Events/Pro-Motion: Brian Oster

• Road Runner Sports/Club Northwest Resolution run’s on turn out was great with a big day of race turn out. We had 665 runners and 225 did the trip-n-dip. We could of used more volunteers. Changing the time from 9:00 AM to the 10:30 AM start time and a mention on Evening Magazine all added to the great turn out. Next we will plan for 1,000 runners.
• Our 2005 All Comers meets will need a new home, as Edmonds Memorial Stadium will be under construction. However the March 26^th Spring Break Open will be at Edmonds Memorial Stadium
• There was decision on weather the Seattle International will be held this year. Walsh and Associates lots of meets around that time. The Oregon meet has lost Adidas as a sponsor.

Team:

• Motion was made by Nick to keep Chuck Barlett of Chuckit on as team manager thru June of 2005 at the current rate of $250.00 a month. Motion seconded by Bill passed with no nays.
• Motion made to have a credit card with a $3,000 limit for Chuck to use as the Club’s team manager was made by T.P. and seconded by Bill passed with no nays.

· We will have a ‘Team Manager Guidelines’ outline for next months meeting for review.

· Shelley, Regina and Chuck had the list of Club Northwest athletes that are eligible to receive the Brooks/Club Northwest sponsorship agreement. Level 1 includes Shoes and clothing. Level 2 includes clothing only. We have one open spot in level 1 in both the men’s and woman’s division. Bill moved to accept the list as is and was seconded by T.P. passed with one nay.

Continuing: New Business/Membership

• All memberships whether new or renewals will go thru Promotion Events, Martin is no longer the keeper of the list.
• Going to have on-line membership
• Looking at a price increase for membership starting in April.
• Letter sent to all members telling them of the increase.

Meeting was adjourned at 9:15 PM by everyone and seconded by T.P. no nays.

Respectfully submitted by Nick Fleming, Secretary