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Board Meeting Mins. Jan. 8, 2006  Board Meeting Mins. Jan. 30, 2006 Board Meeting Mins. Feb. 3, 2006 Board Meeting Mins. Feb. 4, 2006  Board Meeting Mins. Feb. 15, 2006  Board Meeting Mins. Feb. 15, 2006   Board Minutes Main Page: 2008 USAT-MA Board of Directors Meeting Jan. 26, 2007 Preamble: USATMA has been recognized as one of the most vibrant, active and organized Regional Federations in the USAT Family of 10 regional federations.  Now we must continue to build upon these successes.  There is no "I" in the word Team!! WE must all work together to continue to grow This agenda, I think, should encompass as much as we can as this is the ONLY face-to-face of the year. I would ask All Regional Committee heads to submit a brief report for distribution to all OR the chairs may attend to give there report.  But, we will need a copy to review first prior to the meeting. Please, it is imperative that all attending the meeting be here to discuss and provide for a great start to 2007. Without your input and attendance we lose valuable time. Again, there is only ONE face-to-face meeting.    would like to see at least eight Conference Calls this year. Perhaps we can set that up at this meeting.  I will suggest Wednesday nights at 7-8 pm ET and they will last only one hour. I will continue to provide this BOD with all monthly information from USAT I receive as current Regional President.  Friday, Jan 26  2007.  Hotel registration 3 pm…  Welcome BOD Reception 5-6 pm, Gallery, outside Lakeview BR  Dinner 6 pm with General Remarks and Goodies, Lakeview BR   Formal USAT-MA Region BOD Meeting, 2007, 7-9:30 pm, Lakeview BR  Welcome, Call to Order and Roll Call: Vigorito  Reading of past Minutes, 2006 Meeting: Merson  Discussion and Vote to accept Minutes  Treasury report: Vigorito/Morrison  Election of Officers, 2007 President - Vice President - Recording Secretary - Treasurer  Committee Reports: Wendling to Moderate  ENewsletter Committee - Bill Hauser, Chair  -   Bill put out an open invite to all for submissions Key elements:  clubs, RD, regional champs, profiles Web advertisers: 1time/yr; Bill will email the board this week Frequency: 8 times/yr:  Mar, Ap, May, June, July, Aug, Sept, Oct, Jan (skip Feb, Nov, Dec) List 2600 members now with those subscribing Can now submit to usat and they will send it out to region, send to Shannon Club Committee - Andrew Southerling, Chair  (Mark/Nic)  Recommendation to get a proposal into the exec comm. w/ grant subsidy for club presidents (was it to go to the usat congress?) and solicit ideas from club presidents for what they want USAT-MA Triathlon Series Committee - Melanie Fink, Chair  2006 had 15 races 2007 25 requests, athletes need to race 3 races to be ranked in series Listed on NY metro, Carolina news, regional website It is a secondary off shoot to regional champs; $100 to RD in fees USAT-MA Duathlon Series Committee - Judi Carbary, Chair - absent Web Site Committee - Bob Wendling, Chair with Lin-Mark Rankings Committee - Bob Wendling, Chair with Lin-Mark USAT Regional Athletic Development Coordinator, Todd Wiley   ·         MA region2nd largest 18 & under group in US ·         13-17 juniors; 13-15;16-19 (itu) USAT Officials Program Regional Coordinator, Ann Snoeyenbos  NEW 2007   --  Establish in 2007:  Volunteers Committee USAT-MA Collegiate Committee - possibly Abbie Zier (DC) or Cliff Goldstein (DC)  USAT-MA Region Race Director Commission: ?? Semmel USAT-MA Region Youth Committee to interface with RADC ITU officials  Discussions:  The New Face of USAT 2007 from the COS National Congress Jan… “Get Involved”: Vigorito USAT Grand Prix Series/ Regional Championships: Vigorito/Wendling USAT-MA Region Elections 2006-07- Vigorito USAT-MA Region Du Series: All-voted to continue for 2007 du series without funding of awards; series advertising and rankings will continue; du committee may solicit RD race fees of $100 to cover ops expenses;du series for 2008 is tabled and uncertain.    USAT-MA Region Tri Series: All-voted to continue for 2007 USAT-MA Region Club Series: Southerling/ All Vig suggested a regional club series like mideast region.  40 clubs in MA region? USAT-MA Region Officials Clinics for 2007: Snoeyenbos/Wendling 38 officials in region USAT-MA Region Annual Meeting 2008 and Multisport EXPO: Vigorito Clinics/Camps etc. for 2007: All USAT-MA Region as Host to Coaches Clinic: All USAT-MA as National Host for USAT Congress ( ?? Columbia)  2008-09 USAT-MA Region Junior Race Team and Series: Wiley/All; Todd asked for awards and singlets cost provided by region.  All Regional Teams Recognition, Review:  All *Vig proposed a late Feb or early March regional meeting, possibly outsourcing the expo and annual mtg to Eric Avril w/ George Alteri, cost approx $15k GUEST Presenter: Jon Lugbill, ED, VA Sports Backers ( www.sportsbackers.org), Host of ITU World Long Course DU Championships, Oct 21, 2007. I asked Jon in COS to give us a brief overview so that we as a BOD and region can assist as needed. This is a huge deal for the region and we MUST look great here. his gives us special recognition as a region. I know he is hoping we can be there to help and advise.  New business not on the agenda:  Melissa Merson moved that the region approve a $3000 donation for the DC inner city kids program for uniforms and equipment for camps and triathlon conducted as part of camp.  Old Business  Triathlon Series Review Duathlon Series Review Conference Call Plans  Adjournment Submitted: Laurie Householder Mehler USAT MA - Board Secretary   USAT-MA Board of Directors Meeting November 16, 2006, 8 p.m.          Phone Conference Call  Rob Vigorito, President - Bob Wendling, Vice President - Melissa Merson, Secretary - Nic Jafirieh Judy Carbary – Duathlon Rep. - Andrew Southerling - Alan Morrison - Vinnie Mounseau New board members for 2007:  Greg Hawkins (North Carolina) 8:00 pm            I.     Welcome & roll call. Vigorito congratulated Melissa Merson for being elected to the national board to represent the Mid-Atlantic region.  Vigorito announced election results from regional board elections conducted over the summer. Bill Hauser 370 votes Nic with 270 votes Melissa Merson 421 votes for the region Alan Morrison 325 Andrew Southerling Wendling with 278 Rob Vigorito 570 Melanie Fink was reappointed to represent New Jersey Greg Hawkins was appointed to replace Bill Scott from North Carolina All appointees are one-year terms. The region is allowed to have as many as 12 members on the board. Mark Schneider was appointed to serve in Melissa Merson’s slot as she cannot serve because she won election to the national board. Laurie Mahler of Richmond Multisports was appointed at-large for one year. Steve Brown of Pennsylvania (who owns Transition Times) also was appointed to an at-large seat for one year.  Todd Wiley, the Mid-Atlantic’s new Regional Athlete Development Coordinator also was on the call.  The Mid-Atlantic region of USAT region had the most candidates seeking office and the most votes cast. Vigo thanked everyone on the current board for their help, support, and hard work.   II.     Financial Report – The third quarter check just arrived. The region can get from USAT up to $2.50 per member for accomplishing all tasks required. We have about 9,000 members, the second largest in the country. We received a check for $7,000 bringing our checking total to $31,700. We also years ago funded a CD that is worth $14,410 for a total of $46,100. We as a region do spend the most money of any region because we have the most programs that channel funds back to the members. We spent about $22,000 last year. We will get a fourth quarter check at the end of January or beginning of February that probably will be less than $4,000 so we will start next year with about $50,000. Nic J. asked whether someone on the national level will look at our running balance and view it as a liability. Vigorito said this happened at the Congress last year where there was a discussion of regions “squirreling” money away. The regions that got called on the carpet were those that weren’t spending any money but were sitting on big pots of it.   II.   Wendling discussed Lin-Mark relationship regarding website management and rankings. Discussion ensued on the new USAT ranking system which gives each athlete a numerical value but doesn’t actually list all athletes by age group or region. Wendling said he and the committee will continue to review the ongoing developments and apprise the board of any necessary action. III. Wendling discussed the regional championship programs and the USAT national office attempt to organize a Grand Prix series across the country that pre-empted the regional championship programs. USAT basically stole our concepts for the series, including the separate tri and du series and even the name Grand Prix, which had long been used by our region. Wendling asked for volunteers for the regional championship committees. Nic J. volunteered for the committee. Andrew and Laurie also volunteered. Bob expressed hope USAT will allow the regions the opportunity to hold the full array of regional championship events. Vigo said Columbia was a Grand Prix race this year; he said they sent him $500.00 and flags and promotional materials which, he said, in retrospect were not worthwhile. Wendling said he supports the idea of subsidizng the club championships and the collegiate championships. Collegiate championship should be held in September or October due to the college academic schedule. Nic observed the same thing holds true for the club championships because if the club wins the club champs and the nationals are a few months later, they don’t have enough time to plan their schedules. Discussion ensued about increasing the budget for giving       IV.  Wendling welcomed Todd Wiley, our new Regional Athlete Development Coordinator. Bob said he should be the liaison to the collegiate contacts in the Mid-Atlantic Region. He also is the link to the youth.     V. USAT-Mid Atlantic Regional Meeting 2007 annual meeting. It will be held in Columbia again on Jan. 27th at the Columbia Sheraton hotel. Vigorito announced that George Altieri will manage the expo and there will be a 50-50 split between us and George on fees collected for the expo. Nic suggested we spend some of our funds to bring in a big-name speaker draw for the annual meeting.                                                                                                                                                         . VI. Merson updated the regional board on actions taken by the USAT national board at their meeting last weekend. VIII.  Next meeting:  The next conference call has been tentatively set for Wednesday, Dec. 13th at 8:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Melissa Merson, Secretary USA Triathlon Mid-Atlantic Region   If you wish to forward your comments, please feel free to contact your board members through the email contacts listed on the Board Members page.  Board Members   Please feel free to copy our regional reference block & ADD IT TO YOUR SITE. It contains excellent information & resources for all multi-sport athletes who participate in USAT MidAtlantic Regional Events. Visitors to your site will appreciate the link and all the information regarding our region's events and clubs.  Thanks! USAT MidAtlantic Regional Web Site Clubs - Calendar  - Board of Dir. - LINKS Individual Regional-Event Rankings & more Permission must be granted from the site editor for re-publication of any Information/Photos taken for use on another site.  Credit and reference must be given to USAT-MidAtlantic.  Thank you. Back to Top