Present: David Rothenburger, Deb Cunningham, Doug Smith, Dave Cunningham, Felix Lopez, Heather Reddy, Stephanie Struble, Kevin Downing, Aurora, Bonnie Keefe, Eric Greene, Leslie Mitchell, Mike Quispie
Absent: Scott Kukel, Bob Basse, Laurie Phenix, Ric Robinette, Ray Sibley, Karen Voss
Successes:
81 runners – down vs 129 yr before, but weather was supposed to be bad & Platte River half on same day.
Marketing and PR:
General 50th marketing – Kevin/Dave
- Email RMRR yahoo group – send at least 3, Dave to draft
- Email Brock’s BRC DB once or twice
- Email Ed’s Roost DB once or twice
- Ceck with Sonja at Lakewood to see if they have their own DB and also the Aurora store
- Posters. Post poster in CC athletic club, Denver a.c. and peak fitness.
- Ad in Colorado Runner – ad should be in most recent issue.
- Table in Wash Park w/ green brochures – Deb
- Board fills out “I’m coming to the 50th because” – post your response on web site
50th Media plan
- Rocky Mtn. Sports will pub. all our events
- Denver Post article (publish week prior to our event)
- CO Runner, Running Times (blog coverage)
- Trail runner with Running times to post something about the trail run.
50th anniversary night – Dave
- Sunday – Doug. 2 mile run/pancake breakfast w/ more food items, coffee, hot cocoa, more fruit
- Monday – Deb. Reunion at Runner’s Roost. Have Co-Chairs: Collect memorabilia, round up 3 good stories, tell friends. Joe Arrazola will present his award. Emailed 1300 less bounces, will call those names given by co-chairs, send 2nd email, no mailing. Look at electronic or written and then scanned Guest book.
- Tuesday – Eric. Wash Park Fun Run. Need a permit – no. Pace leaders – should wear gray shirts and be able to talk about the club. Meet on south side of park across from south high parking lot. 1-2 laps. We will provide water and Gatorade. Bonnie Brae tavern for food and drink
- Wednesday – Scott/Mike. Track practice w/other clubs, led by Maureen Roben. Need to Rent a porta potty. Provide water. Bring white board to post work out.
- Thursday – David. Trail running night @ Lair ‘O’ the bear (6:30pm). Pot Luck. Club to provide plates/utensils. Race in progress sign to direct runners.
- Friday – Kevin. Predict run at BRC in Littleton. BRC to provide cake, prizes, 20% discount
Need permit? – Foothills park and rec. - Saturday – Karen. Dave provided update. 8am-12pm relay run. RMRR to provide water. Figure out way to track mi. – tix that ea runner turns in after 1 lap, they could put their name on tix for a drawing
Diva Evening 4/30 6-9pm. Deb. RMRR is leading the fun run.
Take a bowflag to a race – Deb. Did so last yr at Georgetown. Place for RMRR members to gather.
Blanket orders from Apex Textilgraphics – questions about how many ordered. Need to resolve via email offline.
Facebook page – up and running per Kevin. He’ll add more functionality.
Potts Trotters – Deb emailed Potts, but no reply. Eric Greene will reach out to tell her about the 50th
MTS apps ready now: But, s/b a 15mi and 2/ 20mi. We will reprint apps.
Need RDs for 7/19, 8/2, 8/23 MTS. Heather Reddy will volunteer w/ Mick Vollmer for 8/2 event.
Logistics
May TS: a. Home page had wrong time. Deb corrected to 8am start. Eblasts are right. Have enough vols.
Race committee recommendations
- 2 mile @ Bible Park – Doug will finalize. Board wasn’t too fussed about downhill at the end.
- 5k potluck @deKoevend is day before Georgetown, but stays on that date. Spaghetti as an option for those running the next day
- 8 miler @ Carson – Ric & Bonnie. Bonnie reached out to restaurant where Masters stage their race. Hasn’t heard back yet, but confident we’ll be able to run from there.
- Dec TS will be 4.5 miles, not 4.4
Race results updated & final – Felix. Keep following the new process to set up new runners away from members. Have information table.
Race Directors : a. Ric Robinette will do Aug TS w/ Karen. Deb do one MTS. Date TBD.
Volunteers
- Vol of the month – Lis Shephard
- Bolder Boulder doesn’t want us at the finish. Anyone who wants to volunteer can log on their website and sign up.
Treasurer’s Report – Leslie. One question – have we paid our RRCA dues for 2009? Deb will check.