Below is the 2017 annual financial report for the club, submitted by Ron Peck, treasurer.

Meeting notes from the December 13, 2017, Central Maine Striders club meeting:

Treasurer's Report for Central Maine Striders
January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016
Submitted by Ron Peck, Treasurer 
 
BALANCE FORWARDED: $2,343.18

Revenues

Membership dues: $800.00
Donations: $108.50
Race fees (January Thaw): $190.00
Clothing sales: $20.00
Total revenues: $1,118.50
 
Expenses
 
RRCA annual dues and insurance: $664.00
PO Box rental: $240.00
Banquet and picnic supplies: $188.89
Website expenses: $177.95
Awards: $175.92
Race supplies: $45.00
Printing: $27.76
Postage: $17.92
RunSignUp.com fees: $4.44
Total expenses: $1,541.88
 
BALANCE END OF 2016: $1,919.80

Central Maine Striders
Wednesday, April 13th, 2015 at 6:00pm
Alfond Youth Center Library
 
Attending:  Alicia MacLeay, Tom McGuire, Ron Peck, Jim Moore
 
Report Outs:

• Treasurer’s Report by Ron Peck
  • No major expenses expected
  • Ron will talk to Patrick Guerette and Gines Satchithanandam about purchasing a new timer so that we have a backup
• Communication Report by Alicia MacLeay

• Ideas for newsletter were discussed
• Need to have an email address for the club besides the gmail address as that could potentially be sorted to ‘Spam’ or ‘Junk’ folders – info@centralmainestriders.com

 
Items of Discussion:

• Membership database
  • Discussion of responsibility for keeping the RunSignUp database current
  • Ron will look into it since he deposits checks from members who do not sign up or renew through the website

 
 
Next Meeting:  May 11, 2016 @ Alfond Youth Center Library
 
Minutes noted by Ron Peck

Below please find the 2015 annual financial report for Central Maine Striders, courtesy of the club's treasurer, Ron Peck.

Central Maine Striders
Tuesday, February 9, at 6 p.m.
Alfond Youth Center Board Room

1. Member Update

• Total now 109 vs YTD2015 112
• Memberships 60 vs YTD 2015 64

1a. What do we offer our members? What should we offer?
Discussion / suggestions included:

• Discounts on merchandise, race entry fees

Community building by way of:

• Group runs
• Track workouts (evening vs morning for better attendance?)
• Group training for a specific event (i.e. Sugarloaf Marathon)

Advocacy:

• Ron Peck mentioned getting the bike path plowed
• Helping with existing events as opposed to creating new ones.

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2. Treasurer report (Ron Peck)

3. Meeting time change

• Future meetings will be the second Wednesday of each month, at 6 p.m., Alfond board room. 
• The next meeting is March 9.

4. Upcoming Races

• We discussed a few upcoming races but none of us had exact dates/locations.

5a. Other: Mt. Washington Road Race:

• Ron Paquette explained the CMS involvement with the Mt Washington Road Race. (He has a letter that he received from the race directors.) Ron will contact Alicia with details on how members can sign up as part of the CMS team, as individuals, and as volunteers. We are asked to provide at least 5 volunteers for the race.

5b. Other: Snow Shuffle 5K :

• Gines Satchi gave a Snow Shuffle 5K report. Fortunately the weather cooperated and there was enough snow for the event. This year's date conflicted with a few other running/snowshoeing events. 

5c. Storage of CMS items:

• Beth Bridger will store cones, signs, etc that are currently in Patrick Guerrette's office.

6. Next meeting (March 9): 

• Chris Riley from NEMBA will attend to get some feedback on September 11, 2016, Tread Fest trail running race(s).