Falmouth Track Club
Monthly Board of Directors Meeting
September 25, 2007

The monthly meeting of the Falmouth Track Club was held at the Quarterdeck on September 25, 2007. The meeting was called to order at 6:38 PM by President Jack Carroll. Present were Russ Pelletier, Doris Beatty, Jim Preisig, Wendy Carroll, Courtney Bird, Dana Delorme, Glen Rogers, Bob Richards, Ed Pas, Ken Gartner and Nicole Fox.

President's Report

Jack Carroll thanked Dana Delorme and Patti O'Brien for their work on the Main Street Mile. Thanks to Doris Beatty we had a lot of volunteers, the start and finish were well organized and cleaned up. We should send Dr. O'Malley a Thank you note on behalf of the Falmouth Track Club for the water bottles, bikes and help.

Secretary's Report

Wendy Carroll- August 2007 Meeting minutes approved.

REPORTS FROM OFFICERS

Treasurer's Report. - Joan Pelletier was away on a business trip. Jack Carroll mentioned there are two expenses listed, but they are really transfers. Most of the expenditures are normal. We don't have a final tabulation on the Main Street Mile yet. Courtney Bird has Cape Cod Marathon and Marathon Relay entry checks he needs to get to Joan. Courtney Bird should be getting a check from New Balance soon.

Vice President's Report - No report.

Seagull Six - No report.

Membership - Doris Beatty reported that there are 181 Paid members .

Newsletter - Peter Landry was not present. Courtney Bird said we set an October 1st date to put the Newsletter together. Jack Carroll said we can highlight the Main Street Mile and use the photos Betsy Gladfelder took.

Main Street Mile - Dana Delorme said she needs to collect from sponsors who still owe money for the race.

Friday Night Five - Ken Gartner said everything is going well. He would like to get a Coffee O website. Courtney Bird is going to check about getting another URL. Start up cost to register the new URL is about $70.00. Ken said Mike Norton and Pete Sampson would also like to have a site for the Seagull Six. Ken was talking to Glen Rogers about getting an AED for the Coffee O. He thought we should in-service 4-5 people to train them how to use the AED. It was also mentioned that it would be appropriate the have the AED for the Wednesday Night workout. If there is an emergency you are much better off calling the Fire Department from a cell phone instead of calling 911, as it takes much longer to call 911 from a cell phone. We should get the reflective vests ready for next month.

Special Events - No Report.

Cape Cod Marathon - Courtney Bird reported that the relay is sold out, 190 teams are registered with 12 on the waiting list. There are 982 race entries so far. It's our 30th year. Ken Gartner inquired about the Marathon's discount for Falmouth Track Club members entering the race. Courtney Bird said do we want to offer a discount to FTC members who want to run the Cape Cod Marathon? In the future we should establish a discount fee structure for FTC members who run the CCM. We will give the same discount we give to USATF members to FTC members.

Coaching - Jim Preisig reported we are still meeting on Wednesdays. We may still stay at the high school if the lights stay on. The workouts are going well.

Old Business - None.

New Business - Courtney Bird reported we have officers and directors insurance through USATF. We received a notice of cancellation for January 1, 2008. Courtney said he called Steve Vaitones and he said it was something about youth programs and so forth. Courtney is going to talk to Steve about it and he's waiting for more information. Courtney Bird said we have the Mashpee Oktoberfest coming up Saturday, October 6. Courtney and Ron Pokraka measured out the course. We also committed to score the Wellfleet Oktoberfest, so we need volunteers for that.

Jim Preisig reported that the Youth program has met once, we had a phone conference. We are gathering information. Maybe we should market our races to local schools. Ken Gartner mentioned how Duxbury sent many of its cross country runners to the Main Street Mile. Courtney Bird said he may be looking for housing for runners over the weekend of the CCM. Doris is going to send out an e-mail.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 PM.