Sullivan Striders Minutes of the Meeting

Sullivan Striders
Club Minutes - 2011

Minutes of the December 2011 Meeting was held on December 29, 2011 at Albella's in Monticello.

Officers Present:
Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, MaryAnn Manza, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth

16 other members present and 4 guests.

Membership Report – Myriam reported 191 current members.

Treasurer’s Report – Kim Flynn submitted a year end report - $11846.18 balance which is $815.29 in the regular account, $4046.15 in the Scholarship Account and $6984.74 in the Special Account ($4024.74 Rails to Trails, $720.00 Ragnar, $2040.00 Fallsburgh Track)

Vice President’s Report – Nothing reported.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come.
Old Business
Holiday Party is set for 1/28/12 at the Entertainium at Emerald Green at 6 pm. Kim will put out an email to ORC inviting them to attend and she will also put out an email for a Committee meeting to be held sometime next week. Kim will also contact Kelsi to see if any DJ arrangements have been made. Also need to mail invitations to members who don’t use email. It was suggested that we add a Food Drive to the invitation and collect canned food for the Federation for the Homeless in Monticello.
Spin Classes will be starting a new 8 week class on January 3rd.
December Mixer at Bernies was beyond a success – check out pictures on fb. The food was excellent – very well attended.
New Business

Wurtsboro 30k – Myriam reported that the course is currently uncertified and needs to be recertified. It was decided to table doing that for a couple of years and see if being uncertified hurts the race. Most agree it won’t.

Myriam also put out a call for volunteers for the Celebrate Life Half Marathon that will be held March 11, 2012.

Elections

Elections for 2012 were held and the 2012 Officers are - President, Kim Klemen, Vice President, Nancy Figueroa, Vice President, Kelsi Lyn Lockhart, Treasurer, Kim Flynn, Secretary, Nancy Warth.
Minutes of the November 2011 Meeting that was held on December 1, 2011 due to Thanksgiving the previous week at Albella's in Monticello.

Officers Present:
Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, MaryAnn Manza, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth

15 other members present.

Membership Report – Myriam was not there at the beginning of the meeting. When she arrived we forgot to get report.

Treasurer’s Report – Kim Flynn gave a verbal report. $**** profit from Falling Colors giving $3500 in the Scholarship Fund. There is an amount of $4600 in the account that is actually a donation for Fallsburgh School District which will just be passed to them and we’re still holding $4000 for the Rails to Trails Assoc waiting their direction and holding $720 for the Ragnar team. The regular account has $1100 balance that is Striders - giving approx $10,000 balance in account.

Vice President’s Report – MaryAnn Manza announced that she will not run for her office position next month.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come.
Old Business
Holiday Party is set for 1/28/12 at the Entertainium at Emerald Green. A committee will form as we get closer to date. Kelsi took the job of Social Committee Head and will look into a DJ for party. We will invite ORC to our party and Kim will let us know when their party is going to be held.
Spin Classes are going very well – encouraging everyone to attend.
Falling Colors – Post Race Meeting was a great success and many ideas where brought forth to improve the race in the future. Biggest problem is volunteers on the course, in the kitchen and at the registration table. The weather was great and the enthusiasm was awesome as always. Kim K will be getting the thank you notes out asap.
December Mixes – much discussion with regards to trying to plan a night out. December is hard to work it in but Bernie’s is being considered and a week night might work better. Kim K.will email when plans are made. Nancy F. also suggested planning a bowling evening – we might wait till January to do that.

New Business

Elections will be held at the December meeting on 12/29/11. Katy Schlictman and Kelsi Lockhart have been nominated for the Vice President positions.

Celebrate Life support letter was received. $250 was the amount given last year and was suggested for this year. Nothing was finalized. Will be discussed at the next Officer’s Meeting.

Kim Klemen announced the birth of Patricia Fassetta-Ganz’s baby girl. A little early but all are doing well.

Abby announced the death of Ally Strong and said donations may be made at http://www.crowdrise.com/AllysonStrong. Since her death over $15000 has been raised. Anyone interested please check this site out.
Minutes of the October 27, 2011 meeting of the Sullivan Striders Running/Walking Club that was held at Albella's in Monticello where the power went out about 5 minutes before the meeting started but we got the meeting in any way!!

Officers Present:
Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth

13 other members present.

Membership Report – Myriam reported 180 current paid members. She also reported that there are about 17-19 members where membership fee has been waived. She suggested that we review that list and see if they should remain waived.

Treasurer’s Report – Kim Flynn reported $6883.58 in the regular account of which $4024.74 belongs to the O & W Rails to Trails group. She also reported $1824.86 in the Scholarship account.

Vice President’s Report – Nancy F. is keeping a list of food donations for the Falling Colors. Let Nancy F. know what you’re able to provide.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come.
Old Business
ORC Halloween run was awesome. Check out photos on facebook.
Socks are on the way and should arrive in time for Falling Colors where we will be selling some and using some as give a ways.
ORC suggested we combine our Holiday Parties. They suggested My House in Middletown. We decided we would hate to lose Emerald Green as a facility for our events so we decided to keep our own Holiday Party as usual.
Decided that our November meeting would be held on 12/1/11 and 12/29/11 would be our December meeting.
Need a list of at least 10 people to start a Spin Class at the YMCA. It would be pay as you go $5 a class for 8 weeks.
FALLING COLORS - Dennis will talk to Steve at Steve’s Music to get equipment. Tom M. will mark the course. MaryAnn will check supplies to see what is needed. Myriam will also see what she has on hand. Kim F. will create a Sponsor Board to have on display. Volunteers needed. We will post on website and mention in emails. Bag stuffing will begin at 5:15 on Friday, 11/4/11.

New Business

2012 Ragnar – we’re already up to 14 people. It will be September 28 and 29th ending in Lake Placid. Mac will email race director and inquire about a club discount.

Newsletter went out through email – received well. Great savings for club.

My House Sports Bar in Middletown suggested as a future mixer.

A request was put out for new pictures for website.

Guest Speaker

David DaCosta was our guest speaker and spoke on the 2012 Middletown Classic. Due to an event at the high school on the second weekend of June, the Classic and Ruthie Dino race will swap weekends and the Classic will be the weekend of 6/2 & 6/3.

A Community Recognition event to thank all and to give away some money will be held on 11/16 at the Old Erie Pub in Middletown, 5:30-7:00. Finger food and cash bar. All welcome.
Minutes of the September 29, 2011 meeting of the Sullivan Striders Running/Walking Club that was held at Albella's in Monticello.

Officers Present:
Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, MaryAnn Manza, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth

12 other members present.

Membership Report – Myriam Loor was not present so there wasn’t a report.

Treasurer’s Report – Kim Flynn reported $6483.52 in the regular account of which $3540.74 belongs to the O & W Rails to Trails group. She also reported $688.29 in the Scholarship account.

Vice President’s Report – Nancy F. is keeping a list of food donations for the Falling Colors. Let Nancy F. know what you’re able to provide.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come.
Old Business
Falling Colors - Donations are starting to come in. Kim K. announced that Gusars had said that they won’t be able to continue with the large donations as they always have in the past. Kim K. had suggested looking into getting a plaque for Gusars to recognize the many years that they have supported our race.   We might look into doing a certificate and having it framed and also discussed putting something special on this year’s shirt. Kim F. will be doing the plaques for the trees for the race. The Warths will be providing water for the course and for the finish line. It was decided to order 225 shirts. There was a suggestion to contact Pepsi for coverage at Falling Colors and also the local radio stations. Kim K. will be scheduling a committee meeting for Falling Colors in the next week or two.
Mixer at River’s Edge – light turnout.
Decided to leave the holiday party in January. Everyone seemed to enjoy it being after the holidays last year.
Socks – Andrew reported the order is being prepared.
New Business

There was discussion of a spin glass being arranged for Nov/Dec on Tuesdays and another session in Feb/Mar. Will advise when more details are available.

Operation Daffodil will be October 15th in conjunction with the Sullivan Renaissance at 8:30 am at the old VFW building on Broadway. There will also be a group photo taken at that time. Kim K will send an email out to remind and as everyone to RSVP if you’re going to attend. We will also put it on the website.

Kim F. will print out the Membership Cards and take care of sending new cards to folks as they renew their membership.

Dennis T. reported that Bryan C. is still doing trail work and if anyone wants to help to contact Bryan.

He also said there are a couple of cars going to the Steamtown Marathon on Sun., Oct. 9th if anyone is interested.

Everyone was pleased with the food at Albella's even though the cost was $10 which didn’t include the tip. The club decided to pay $2 per person for the tip.
Minutes of the August 25, 2011 meeting of the Sullivan Striders Running/Walking Club

Officers Present:
Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, MaryAnn Manza, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth
15 other members present.

Membership Report – Myriam Loor reported 171 current members.

Treasurer’s Report – Kim Flynn reported $****.** in the regular account of which $****.** belongs to the O & W Rails to Trails group. She also reported $***.** in the Scholarship account.

Vice President’s Report – Nothing reported.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come.

Old Business – Striders Walk The Race – 39 finishers and had 7-8 volunteers. Steve H. did the results. John Flynn just blew everyone away taking First Place. Need to make the food a little better next year, Dunkin Donuts, fresher bagels etc.
Socks with Strider Logo – 6 dozen will be ordered – hoping they are here in time for Falling Colors 2011 as giveaways or to sell.
Auction of the Box Seat Tickets for the Kid Rock Concert – Nancy and Roger won them and decided to give them away. They chose two charities to receive the money raised – Liberty K9 and IBAM (International Boxing Association of Monticello). A big shout out to Jacobowitz and Gubits, LLP for donating these great tickets.

New Business – Falling Colors – yes it’s that time again – Kim K. and Nancy F. will be our Race Directors for 2011. The run is scheduled for 10am on November 5th at Emerald Green Entertainium. A committee will be formed shortly. Any ideas for sponsors to solicit? Nancy W. doing water and Steve H. organizing the volunteers.

Mixer for September 2nd – considering having it at Natures on Broadway, Monticello. Kim K. will put out an email to confirm place and time on Friday.

Kim K. announced that Vino’s will be closing so this will be our last meeting here. Other venues are being considered and Kim will let us know before our next meeting. A big shout out to Keith for all the good food and good times in Vino’s. We’ve really enjoyed having our meetings and some mixers here.

Special shout out to the Manza’s for providing all the trees and landscaping needs for the Extreme Makeover Episode that was filmed building a new home for a family in need in Pine Bush. Other members (Dawn DiMilta, Abby & Mac) also volunteered their time to help work on the project.

Steve H. gave a report on the JRunners Relay that was held August 18th. Nancy F., Hojo and Tom M. helped work the course. 143 mile race from Prospect Park in Brooklyn to SCCC. The race was a big success and run much safer than last year. They did have a runner get hit by lightening by O’Dells on 209.
Minutes of the July 28, 2011 meeting of the Sullivan Striders Running/Walking Club

Officers Present:
Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, MaryAnn Manza, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth

14 other members present and 11 guests, eight of which were scholarship winners and families.

Membership Report – Myriam Loor reported 168 current members.

Treasurer’s Report – Kim Flynn reported $5872.04 in the regular account of which $2279 belongs to the O & W Rails to Trails group. She also reported $4479.29 in the Scholarship account. However $3500 is being presented to the winners. It was decided by the officers that the club would pick up the dinner bill for all for this scholarship dinner.

Vice President’s Report – Nothing reported.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come.

Scholarship Night – 3 of the 5 winners were present to receive their scholarships. The winners came from Liberty, Sullivan West and Eldred. As always it’s a thrill to have this event and present these students with scholarship to help with their college educations.
Old Business - O & W Rails to Trails race was a great success. 70 runners completed the course. $1000 was raised with an additional $500 possibly coming from Kohl’s.
ORC Summer Picnic was a great time – great turnout – great food.
Mac and Abby’s run was great – terrific turnout and a much cooler night than the original night planned.
Socks with Strider Logo – response wasn’t too great but everyone thinks they would be great to have as give a ways. The officers will discuss at their next meeting.
New Business – Jacobowitz and Gubits, LLP is donating 4 Bethel Woods box seat tickets for Kid Rock Concert on August 17th. Great seats valued at $125. Discussing doing a 50/50, Give Away. Nothing decided at this point.

Walk the Race, August 21st, Myriam doesn’t have a grille to use and suggested that the club use the $50 donated in her name by Gary Bersen to purchase a grille that can be used.

Guest Speakers

Orshii Boldiis, director of The Monster Classic 10K and Baby Monster 5K was present to give an update on the upcoming race on August 7th. This is the 32nd year of the Monster a race that is dear to the Striders as Tom Manza and the Club were responsible for keeping it going in 2000. The race is supporting the Literacy Volunteers of Sullivan and the Sullivan Action Committee this year. He asked if anyone could volunteer they would be greatly appreciated and asked if we could put out some flyers for the event.

Gary Bersen and his wife spoke regarding the Forestburgh 5k on August 20th. They need volunteers and would appreciate any help we can offer. They are also having running teams this year at $10/person. Chicken BBQ tickets come with your application fee.

Steve H. spoke of the upcoming Florida Family Fun Race on August 14th. He also reported on the JRunners Woman’s race that was held on 7/27. 58 runners. He also was looking for volunteers for the upcoming JRunners Relay on August 18th
Minutes of the June 30, 2011 meeting of the Sullivan Striders Running/Walking Club

Officers Present:
Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, MaryAnn Manza, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth

24 other members present.

Membership Report – Myriam Loor reported 167 current members.

Treasurer’s Report – Kim Flynn didn’t have a report to present.

Vice President’s Report – Nothing reported.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come.
Old Business    - June 9th run from Joyce’s was fun. Very rainy so most just drove to the cemetery but the visit with Joyce was great and Joyce enjoyed having everyone there to visit.
Kelly D. hosted from her house last week – even though there was an earlier threat of rain it turned out to be a great night and as always as wonderful time was had with Kelly and all.
O&W Rails to Trails Run – June 17th. Volunteers are needed. Race starts at 8:30 and fee is $17.00. The weekly run next week (7/7) will be at the site of the race.
Broadway Monticello Project – has been completed. Everything came out beautiful. Manza Farms donated all the flowers. Kelly D. gave a shout out to Tom and MaryAnn for the all the work they did and the flowers they provided for the opening of library at Grahamsville, NY.
Scholarship Committee – review night is scheduled for next Wednesday, 7/6/11 at Tom and MaryAnn’s house at 6:30.

New Business –

It was announced that Strider Member, Gladys Nieves is a Grandmother – woowoo to Gladys. It was also announce that Strider Member, Patricia Fassetta-Ganz is expecting in January– woowoo to Patricia!!

ORC invited all Striders to a Summer Picnic, July 24th at Brian Rivenberg’s home in Wolf Lake from 2 to 6 – which still gives everyone time to do the Callicoon Run. At this time Dennis T. announced that Landers have offered $10 rafting fee to anyone wearing the race bib from the Callicoon Run.

The run from Abby and Mac’s that was scheduled for 7/21 has been moved to 7/14. Details and directions are on the website.

Shona will be moving back to Canada soon and it was discussed having a Mixer in her honor before she leaves – maybe making it a Costume Party.

Andrew Kalter gave a presentation on possible Strider socks that we could you in place of t-shirts as giveaways. No decision made at this time.

Steve Holmbraker discussed the upcoming JRunners Relay on August 18th. Volunteers are needed. Let Steve know if interested in helping this race.

Guest Speakers

Orshii Boldiis, director of The Monster Classic 10K and Baby Monster 5K, announced that the Monster will not be going back to the original course as he had hoped but will remain the out and back that it has been the past few years.

Katy Schlictman, 2003 scholarship winner, spoke with regards to her college years and her running at the college level track.   She credits her high school track team as having inspired her and taught her how to set goals. She had nothing but positive experiences from her college days and now that she is back in the area she has been a presence at many races. She graduated from Columbia University and is currently working at the Sullivan County DA office while finishing Law School.

Myriam spoke of the Walk the Race which will be held on August 21st at Holiday Mountain. The fee remains $8 and there will be a BBQ after the walk.
Minutes of the May, 2010 meeting of the Sullivan Striders Running/Walking Club

Officers Present:
Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, Patricia Fassetta, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth

15 other members present.
Meeting Minutes
Membership Report – Myriam Loor gave report - to date 158 paid members.

Treasurer’s Report – Kim Flynn presented a detailed journal report of the expense activity to the present. The balance of the Scholarship account is $*,***.** and the balance of the operations account is $*,***.**

Vice President’s Report –nothing reported.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come in. Gave Myriam all membership renewals that were received. Trying to get information on Non-Profit Postage possibilities.

Old Business - MaryAnn M. reported the ongoing work with the Sullivan Renaissance Program. The work is going well and we have been thanked for all of our assistance. We continue to work on the Rail Trail project. Two dates are scheduled for June for cleanup.

MaryAnn M. also reported on the Scholarships that have come in – at this point only 3 – they are coming in a little slow this year. No date was set at this time for the scholarship review meeting but John and Kim Flynn will once again host this event.
New Business – Want to set a date to visit Joyce Waterman. A Thank You from Joyce was received and read. Dennis T. has gathered quite a lot of pictures of Herbie and will put them together to give to Joyce. Our next newsletter will be dedicated to Herbie and Myriam is looking for articles and stories. We will be making a donation to the Federation for the Homeless in Monticello from the proceeds of the InterClub Race. Anna Loor is collecting unused tee shirts from race directors to donate to the homeless and people in need. If anyone has any they would like to donate just let Anna know.
Events – Some discussion on the race to be held July 25^th to benefit the Rail Trail project. MaryAnn Manza will be the Race Director. $15 preregistration fee and $18 race day. The race will start at 9 AM. First 100 get tee shirts.

Speakers – Orshii spoke about the 10^th Annual Monster 10K/5K which will be held on August 1, 2010. Rise and Casa will be the beneficiaries of this year’s race. As always they appreciate the assistance received from Sullivan Striders.

Also Jeff Johnson of CrossFit C2E (Core 2 Extremities) gave a presentation on the particulars of CrossFit (www.crossfitC2E.com) in Chester, NY stressing that all levels of abilities, all ages will benefits from CrossFit. Program concentrates on cardio and weight strengthening. A great presentation -he also offered all members a Free first visit.
Minutes of the April 28, 2011 meeting of the Sullivan Striders Running/Walking Club

Officers Present: Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, MaryAnn Manza, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth
14 other members present.

Membership Report - Myriam Loor was not present to present an update.

Treasurer’s Report - Kim Flynn reported $*,***.** in the Operations Account and $*,***.** in the Scholarship Account. This update reflects the expenses of the 30k being paid.

Vice President’s Report - Maryann & Tom Manza reported on the meeting they attended regarding clean up of Broadway projects. It was suggested that the Striders do the VFW post, will involve cleanup, planting over approximately 2 nights plus some watering. Also Monticello School has track meet and need volunteers Saturday, May 7, 2011. O & W Rail/Trail event - it was suggested by the HVGP committee that the course be extended to a 10k for consideration as a race for the 2012 series.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come.

Old Business - InterClub Challenge celebrated – Striders Win!!! Record turnout. Will continue to rotate location. Even with the error in Dave’s reading the results all went well and everyone had a great time.

NYRR – Only 4 Striders made the trip down. Had a great time even though the run was in the Pouring rain. Shout out to Melissa H. who rain the entire 4 miles – another milestone for Melissa.

Ragnar Relay – the race is in two weeks. Team, drivers and volunteers are all in place. The club made a motion to donate $250 to the team for their expenses. They weren’t sure if they would need it and would let us know after the race. Expecting race will take them about 29 hours with them arriving at the finish somewhere between 3:30 and 4:30 Saturday 5/14.

Spin Class continues if anyone is interested.

After discussing many venues the mixer set for Friday, May 6th at Vino’s, Monticello. The club will be covering the cost of the food.

Rhulen Race (R4) – Suzie L. thanks us again for our support and we assured her we will be there for bag stuffing and litter pluck of the race course Thursday before the race.

New Business - We discussed trying to limit the number of mixer and social functions that the Striders sponsor during the year.

We would like to look into the possibility of attending a concert at Bethel Woods as a club activity at some point.

It was presented that we put together a “Welcome Kit” for new club members. We’re going to start with a FAQ section on our website that Kelsey has offered to work on.

The club would like to schedule as Thursday run from Joyce Waterman’s house after Memorial Day
Meeting Minutes
Minutes of the March 31, 2011 Meeting of the Sullivan Striders Running/Walking Club

Officers Present: Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, MaryAnn Manza, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth
20 members present and 1 guest.

Membership Report - Myriam Loor reported a total of 135 members to date.

Treasurer’s Report - Kim Flynn reported $****.** in the Operations Account and $****.** in the Scholarship Account. Note that $*** of the Operations Account is Rails-To-Trails money from race last year. They asked us to hold on to it until they decide what they want to do with the money. Also the bills for the 30k are not all in so there is money that needs to go out to cover those bills.

Vice President’s Report - Kim Klemen was showing the new jackets that the Striders will be ordering. They can be ordered with our without a logo on the back. Prices are $35 without logo and $55 with the logo. Kim Klemen will email info to get orders.

Maryann Manza reported that the Rails To Trails in Mountaindale are looking for volunteers. In addition Monticello has some projects that we might be interested in volunteering to work on. John Flynn went to a meeting in Monticello and heard of projects like landscaping next door or in front of Vinos and working on Exit 104 just to name a few. No decision was made. There is another meeting on April 7th at 7pm at the Library in Monticello to get a better idea of what will be happening in Monticello this summer. Most wanted to concentrate on Monticello issues but nothing was decided or voted upon at this time.

Maryann also announced that April 6th is National Walking Day if anyone is interested in meeting to walk that day.

Maryann also reported of a young girl dealing with cancer, daughter of a classmate of hers. Club voted to make a $100 donation.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come.

Old Business - InterClub Challenge discussed. Made sure everyone has the information needed. Kim Klemen will contact ORC to get a course map. It was decided that we would donate the winnings to Ed Stelmacyk (sp.) and his family when we win (ok should we win!!)
NYRR – have quite a few interested – we will discuss car pooling as we get closer. They should register now in case the race closes out.
Myriam reported on the CLHM – huge success. 675 preregistered with 590 finishers and $20,000 raised. The new Motivational Mile was also a huge success – 47 signs. Donations were down somewhat but individual donations helped.

Wurtsboro 30k was another success. Great turnout of volunteers – everyone did a great job and the race went off very well. There was some discussion of presenting a gift card to Myriam for all her work – will be discussed further at the April Officer’s meeting. We don’t have the final amount of profit from this race at this time.

We are all set for bowling – 5 pm at the Middletown Lanes this Saturday April 2nd.

Ragnar Relay – the Striders have a team and the team captain is Mac Thurston. He has submitted all the applications and needs everyone to reimburse him. There was some discussion of the club making a donation to the team to help with their expenses – this also will be discussed at the Officer’s meeting.

About 11 members took advantage of the free Spin Class that was offered to us and was held at the Monticello Y last Tuesday. They would like to have a class – Tuesdays for 8 weeks starting April 12. Need at least 10 to have a class. The class will be 45 minutes long. You can join the Y or just pay for the class. Kim Klemen will put out an email when all details have been set.

New Business - We received a letter requesting a donation to the Rhulen Rock and Ramble Last year we donated a total $250, $125 for the race and $125 for the Patient Fund. We will do the same this year.

There was some discussion of planning a mixer for April, possibly for April 29th. No decision made.

We were supposed to have a guest speaker to present on the Inaugural Spring Fling 5K that will be on April 30, 2011 at the Liberty High School. The speaker cancelled due to illness. What information we have will be on our website.

Joe Falcon has his first newsletter just about finished. Just some finishing touches and off it goes. Kim Klemen further expressed thanks to Joe for taking on this task.
Meeting Minutes
Minutes of the February 24, 2011 Meeting of the Sullivan Striders Running/Walking Club
Officers Present: Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, MaryAnn Manza, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth
17 other members present and 2 guests.

Membership Report - Myriam Loor reported a total of 117 members to date.

Treasurer’s Report - no report submitted.

Vice President’s Report - nothing reported.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come.

Old Business - Holiday Party was a huge success. Everyone had a great time. Having the party later in January was a great idea –everyone felt like they could enjoy it more as the stress of the holidays were behind them.

Great discussion with regards to the upcoming InterClub Challenge to be held April 17^th, hosted by ORC. ORC has to pay a $300 fee for the rental of the hall and Striders voted and approved to give them $100 for our club’s share. This was done with the hope of keeping the registration at $5 and not have to see it raised to $10.

Discussed doing a NYRR race on April 23^rd. Nancy W. will email information to Kim Klemen who will get the information out to everyone and we can decide if we want to do the run.

Myriam gave update for the CLHM – need volunteers – anyone who can help let Myriam or Kathleen Rifkin know. Registrations have seemed to slow down with the winter being so rough but should still have over 400 runners. The club has purchased a plaque on the Motivational Mile in memory of Herby Waterman. The club also made a $250 donation to the race.

Wurtsboro 30k is at about 50 registrations to date. Everything going well. It was decided that the club might need to rent a port a potty for the event. Volunteers are also needed for this race.

Hojo is getting together information to put together a bowling night at either Kiamesha Lanes or Middletown. More info to come.

New Business - The race director of the Ragnar Relay would like to meet with the Striders to discuss an upcoming event in Sullivan County. There will be a special Strider meeting next Thursday, March 3^rd at Vino’s at 7:30. We have extended an invitation to ORC to attend this meeting.

Brian Cavanaugh and Dennis Toscano discussed the races that we post on our web site and the work involved. It was voted on and agreed that we would set a 75 mile radius limit to races we will post. Congratulations to all the Striders that took medals at this year’s Herby Waterman Winter Series. WooWoo
Meeting Minutes
Minutes of the January 27, 2011 Meeting of the Sullivan Striders Running/Walking Club

Officers Present: Kim Klemen, Nancy Figueroa, MaryAnn Manza, Kim Flynn, Nancy Warth
10 other members present and 2 guests.

Membership Report - Myriam Loor reported a total of 154 members to date.

Treasurer’s Report - Kim Flynn presented a financial report showing $*,*** in the Operations Account and $*,*** in the Scholarship Account.

Vice President’s Report - nothing reported.

Secretary’s Report - submitted mail issues and gave Kim Flynn any checks that had come.

Old Business - Everything is set for the Holiday Party which will be on Sat. Jan 29th. Some help is needed to set up about 2 pm. Nancy Figueroa has the list of food being brought. It was decided to order some wraps also.

Newsletter replacement – Myriam repeated that they would like to have someone volunteer for each issue to help Joe F. gather the information. A different person each issue is fine. It was discussed putting out a questionnaire in a future issue to see what the members would like from their club. Nothing was decided. Also discussed doing an article highlighting a runner interviewed by a club member. Nothing final decided there.

New Business - Interclub Challenge – April 17th OC Park. Will be a fundraiser for Autism. $5 fee to run but can give extra if you would like.

Discussed doing a NYRR race in Central Park. One possible date is April 23rd doing the Run As One (4M). Also discussed doing some other activities like bowling, rafting – nothing decided but information being gathered.

We gave $250 to the Federation for the Homeless on Thanksgiving and also volunteered to help with the serving of the Thanksgiving Meal. One of the needs the Federation has is transporting people to the meal. Something to be considered in the future.

Forestburgh 5K is set for August 20th. Is a problem for those doing the HVGP as that is the same day as the Run 4 Downtown race in Middletown but it couldn’t be moved as that is Forestburgh Day and they want to do the race as part of the activities of the day.

Myriam discussed CLHM, participation could be higher than ever – expecting over 700. They are doing a Motivational Mile this year for anyone to honor someone who has dealt with cancer. The club will purchase a sign for honor Herby Waterman.

Myriam also discussed the Wurtsboro 30k briefly. Approx. 30 are registered to date.

John Finnigan and Cliff Davis discussed the Hudson Valley Grand Prix. They explained age group awards and also explained the Elite category. They explained how races are chosen – how the schedule will change year to year – races are dropped – picked back up – all to keep the HVGP series interesting and challenging. At registration this year they had a survey for everyone to fill out to get feedback as to the races that the runners like/dislike etc.

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