Present: Andrew Zapanta, Jen Bauerle, Lyle Henofer, Bill Duxbury, Joan Esposita, Kristen Keller, Bess Tarkington, Pam Johnson, Brian Keena
The board met at Eppie’s downtown. The minutes of the June meeting were approved. The treasurer reported a balance of $44,036.12. This included payments of $4000 to the scholarship fund, W4MTP expenses (books, portajohns) and the time machine. About 200 membership renewals have come in.
The board discussed membership retention and incentive ideas:
-have a CTC table at packet pickups
-put out CTC applications at the W4MTP
-have board members talk at the W4MTP about CTC and Men’s 4 Miler training
-have CTC take over Men’s 4 Miler training
-have a significant CTC discount for races and training programs
-send CTC application to Four Miler finishers
-CTC congratulatory letter in race bags
Andrew agreed to speak at the Four Miler training. There will be a CTC table at packet pickup. A suggestion was made to enter all CTC members in the point series; this will be a lot of work for the point series chair.
Another suggestion was to inform people of everything the CTC does, such as organized races, provide volunteers, raise thousands for charity, and generally benefits running in the community.
A future issue will be selecting another Four Miler route. Bill will propose CTC discounts for training programs and Category 1 and 2 races. This could either be discounts for CTC members or an increase for non-CTC members.
The board decided not to meet in August. Bill will email his proposals to the board. The next meeting will be Tuesday September 2.
