May 14th 

Attending: Gordon, Joe, Jim, Jerry, Linda, Richard, Bob, Ray, Bob and Don 

Guest: Jerry Walker

Treasurer Report: Submitted and Motioned for approval. The club has hired an auditing firm to check all the bookkeeping. Cost of this is $300- $400. 

Committees 

Race Timing: Senior Games and Rockport are the two next timing events. Only males showed up at the Senior games. No report of Rockport as of yet. Shane will submit the timing bills to Ced this month.

Web page: Our web master has moved to Texas and is handling all web related items viva internet. Greg is in charge of this. He has the same email address though.

Banquet: No information available.

Race Calendar: Aug 16th is Petersburg (Pike Co.) the races we time are available online.

Walkers: The National 15K is scheduled for June 1st with a 7:30 am starting time. Everything is going according to plans. We still need lap counters. Please contact Gordon if this is possible for you! New Balance is our main sponsor.

Membership: We have gained 10-12 more. Up to 133.

Newsletter: Jiffy said they had to send out 200 to get the bulk rate. We will send more to Gillis. Also included in the next newsletter, will be a survey on what our members would like to see more of and or attend. It will be self-stamped. Please send some west side business addresses to Jerry so he can include these on getting newsletter. Or any running clubs within a 200 mile radius. Guest: Jerry Walker is going to help Jerry with the newsletter when he is out of town. They will have an "newsletter only" address to email only newsletter items and other related running items of interest. That way, both Jerry's can access this email. There is extra storage also, so pictures of events are allowed. We will post this in the next newsletter along with a mass email.

Picnic: Scheduled for Aug 17th. More info to follow.

Step Up: There will be a rap up meeting on May 21st at Main St. Turoni's. Carol had a meeting with all the leaders. Most of the club is winding down with the end of school in site. Some will go on all summer. They have had one reach the 500 mile mark, and has received a trophy. At 400miles they receive a long sleeve t-shirt. Carol is getting emails from all over the country on this program.

Scholarship: At July's meeting the club will present a check to Randall Woodruff, who is going to Wabash. He has been the only candidate to meet the requirements.

Special Events: Craig and Don have made a survey sheet that will go in the next newsletter. It is for all members to fill out and return. It will help them create special events for all members. It will be self-stamped.

Old Business:

Tax Question: CPA- Mr. Rutherford has filed Indiana state tax returns. No payment. Just a requirement. 

Summer track: Only 2 showed up for this meeting. Gordon will purchase the required items that the club does not have. This will meet only 8 times this year. At Central High stadium. All meets are on Thursday nights. Please come and help or participate, or both! June 5, June19, July 3, July 17 and July 31st are the nights. There will be several events, so there will be something for everyone! The club will pay at the end of the season the janitor fees. We will try to get some media attention on this. 

Otter Race: Scheduled for July 26th. Saturday. At 6pm. This will be before the game too. It will be a handicap type race. Will be $15 early and $20 late. Free pass to game included. Along with a tee. Free for Step-Up kids but does not include a tee. Richard has the course. Starts will be every 15 seconds. Starts at the fountain in Garvin Park, and will have the use of coed showers at the end of the race. This will be at the pool.

New Business:

Vice-President: We have had no response from Bill. We will accept nominations. Gordon will be gone at June meeting. So the next in line will be Cedric.(don't be late)

Brochure: We also need an individual or a few individuals to take over the creation of making a club brochure. Gordon has the some of the info to go into this. It is a matter of putting it together. 

Storage area: Jim Effinger has been checking into getting a club shelter. To store the tent, tables, etc. (but not the clock and timing equipment) we have voted on a small size of 5'x10'. It can cost $35 monthly along with a $20 deposit. He will get us more info at the next meeting.

Other: Older more experienced runners are looking for longer races, other than 5k's. Maybe some of the race directors of the more popular races might consider a 10k along with their 5k. Something worth discussing with the race directors.

Any other business that needs to be discussed, contact Gordon either email or phone.

Next meeting: June 11th 2003 at YMCA at 6pm.

Submitted: 
Linda Swonder, 
Secretary