Minutes of USATF Pacific Race Walking Committee Meeting
10/25/2003
700 Jewel Ave, Pacific Grove, CA
Those Present: * indicates a voting member
Art Klein, Chair
Laura Cribbins, Vice Chair
Trish Caldwell, SIERRA
*Ron Daniel, PA Board Rep (past chair)
*Dick Petruzzi, PA Board Rep
*Garland Murphy, Masters Rep
*Danielle Kirk, Senior Athlete Rep
*Robyn Stevens, Senior Athlete Rep
*Ed Parrot, PRO, (Secretary/Treasurer)
*Becky Klein, SCTC
*Nicolle Goldman, SIERRA (proxy for Joe Berendt)
*Rich Hansen, GGRW
*Hansi Rigney, MPWWWC
Meeting called to order at 1:15PM
Identification of voting reps for committee
There was discussion about the composition of the committee and who gets to vote. Garland Murphy was elected masters rep by the masters athletes present at the meeting and Danielle Kirk and Robyn Stevens were appointed Senior Athlete Reps by Art Klein with the approval of the rest of the committee. With ten current voting committee members aside from the Senior Athlete reps, two senior athlete reps fill the requirement, but if one or more of the three vacant positions is filled, then a third senior athlete rep will need to be appointed if available. Seven (7) clubs are currently eligible to vote and the committee members were identified as follows:
CHAIR (non-voting) � Art Klein
VICE CHAIR (non-voting) � Laura Cribbins
SECRETARY/TREASURER (non-voting) � Ed Parrot
PAST CHAIR (non-voting) � Ron Daniel
BUFFALO CHIPS � Ann Gerhardt
GGRW � Rich Hansen
MARIN � Jack Bray
MPWWWC � Hansi Rigney
PRO � Ed Parrot
SCTC - Becky Klein
SIERRA - Joe Berendt (until Ed Flint returns)
PA BOARD REPS � Dick Petruzzi, Ron Daniel
MASTERS REP � Garland Murphy
UNATTACHED ATHLETE REP � none
OFFICIALS REP � none
YOUTH REP � none
Identification of Executive Committee
The Executive Committee was identified as follows:
CHAIR � Art Klein
VICE CHAIR � Laura Cribbins
SECRETARY/TREASURER � Ed Parrot
PAST CHAIR � Ron Daniel
MASTERS REP � Garland Murphy
YOUTH REP � none
SENIOR ATHLETE REP � TBD by Chair (secretary�s note, Danielle Kirk was later appointed Rep to the Executive Committee by the Chair)
2004 Grand Prix Series
There was discussion about the 2004 grand prix series and general consensus that a race should be eliminated.
MOTION:
(Dick Petruzzi, second Ed Parrot) that only the 5K/10K and 20K be declared championships in 2004. This will ease a little bit of the pressure on judges. Passed unanimously.
MOTION:
(Ed Parrot, second Dick Petruzzi) that the 5K in Santa Cruz be eliminated from the 2004 series. Passed with one opposed.
MOTION:
(Ed Parrot, second Nicolle Goldman) that we have the same races in 2004 except for the 5K in Santa Cruz and an hour to be determined later. Discussion led to considering the hour sometime between March and May and the following tentative schedule being passed unanimously as part of the motion:
March/April � 20K either in Sacramento or at Travis with help from Danielle Kirk
May � Mile in Stockton
June � 5K as part of PA/USATF Track & Field Championship
July � 3K in Reno
Sept � 15K in Oakland
Oct � 10K in Seaside
Fund-Raising Raffle for Robyn Stevens
Discussion centered on how many tickets to have printed. Ron and Art outlined that the tickets will be $10 and three for $25, working with the North American Race Walking Foundation to get a tax deduction for the $25 amount. There was consensus that we would print 250 tickets with 250 more printed if demand requires.
