MINUTES FROM THE HOUSTON AREA ROAD RUNNERS ASSOCIATION BOARD MEETING

OCTOBER 19, 2009

The following people were in attendance: Ann Hibbert, Annie Hadow, JoAnn Luco, Tom McBrayer, Ron Morgan, LaErica Johnson, Mark Fraser, Bob Hoekman, Roger Boak, Helen Grant, and Jennifer Brown.

Ron called the meeting to order at 6PM.

The September meeting minutes were approved with one minor modification.

Fall Series Update: Jen will check with the Half Marathon and 25K to ensure compliance with the HARRA road race requirements. Ron raised that the Park to Park Run has decided to move its race date to the fall in 2010 and would still like to be part of the HARRA series. The Board discussed and decided that the fall calendar is too tight to include the Park to Park run as part of the fall series.

Just for Kids Run: Jocelyn was not at the meeting. Ron will check with her ASAP regarding event status.

Footprints – Ron reported for Gabriel that everything is running smoothly.

Treasurer’s Report: Audrey reported that we collected approximately $7,000 in income from membership and PIM dues in September. Bob pointed out that we (HARRA) will be receiving donations to the CPR/AED team in memory of Kent Wells.

PIM: Bob advised that all is going well. There are about 170 runers enrolled in the fall session.

VVIP: No report. Ron agreed to contact Joe to discuss the previously described VVIP award modifications.

HARRA Clothing: LaErica presented the selections she and the mini committee came up with. There will be a unisex grey hoodie with a large red and blue logo; a long sleeve technical shirt with the logo on the sleeve as well as the small of the back; a men’s distance singlet with the logo on the side; men’s shorts with an off center logo; women’s shorts with the logo on a rear panel off center; and a women’s singlet with the logo over the breast. Plan is to have on-line ordering set up in the coming weeks and then disabled on 12/15 for orders to be ready at the marathon expo.

Ron raised the idea of offering perks for volunteers at the marathon in the form of hats displaying the HARRA logo to improve HARRA exposure. The board discussed and felt that 100 is a good number to work with.Ann moved that we order 100 hats available for marathon volunteers. Mark seconded. The Board approved.

RRCA Convention: Jay and Ron will be attending.

Tom pointed out that the photo of Sabra Harvey setting the age group world record at the Bellaire Trolley Run showed the finish banner and clock, but had no sponsor logo. He feels like the Trolley Run missed a great opportunity to give their sponsor some exposure, but missed it. Tom also mentioned that several HARRA members ran the National Masters 5K Championships in Syracuse. Sean Wade won the race. Gerardo Mora, Chris Bittinger, and Sabra Harvey also ran. The race was marked in Km’s, which the runners liked and they asked Tom if HARRA would consider marking courses in Km’s. Tom asked the board about it and whether we should have some Km markers made. Mark recommended having the markers in another color or shape so as to not confuse runners if we do it. Helen recommended having this question asked to the HARRA membership on the membership survey we are working on.

CPR/AED Team: Bob reported that the team is functioning well. He has been training people who need recertification as well as PIM coaches. Bob advised that Ben Harvie has started an AED team for triathlons for the swim portion of the Clear Lake area races.

There was no further business to discuss. Ron adjourned the meeting at 7:15.