February 2016 Club Meeting Notes

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).