3rd Mill Cities Relay Meeting

2 December 02

 

Present:  Dave Camire, Rosa Tejada, Jeff Gould, Dave LaBrode, Marshall McCloskey, Sybil Peckham, Skip Cleaver, Bob Menzie, Tom Raiche, Ed Mahoney, Jim Gilford, Steve Grande, Mike McCormick, Chip Mann, Brett Stevens, Sharon Yu

 

  1. We are in good shape financially.  There is a balance of $5,718.26 in the account, plus $200 more in checks was received last night. 
  2. The “giveaways”-gloves, are ready and will be given to Rosa to take to the start.
  3. There are 2 portajohns and there will signs made directing people to their location.
  4. Sandown Rouge Runners are in charge of number pickup race day morning.
  5. Dave C. will have the Voke School opened up for use of the bathrooms if the charge is $80.00.
  6. Steve Pepe is the official starter of the race.
  7. Gary Freedman is in charge of the Sunshine Start.
  8. Parking may be tight at the Elks because of the children’s Christmas party Sunday morning.  Cars will be directed towards the finish at the discretion of the people in charge.
  9. Clubs may bring their banners to hang along the finish line area.
  10. There is a potential conflict with use of the kitchen Sunday morning.  Due to the children’s Christmas party, the cook will be using the kitchen to make pancakes.  I will try today to contact Judy, the banquet manager at the Elks, to see if both Jackie and Bruce can have use of the kitchen.  I will also determine who our bartender is.  If there is a problem with the kitchen, the back up plan is to have cold cuts for sandwiches.
  11. Gary Freedman will do the honors of presenting the Phil Quinn Award.
  12. The presidents’ awards are gym bags and Marshall will bring these.
  13. Dave L. has 40 bricks for the club awards.
  14. There are 122 teams entered so far.
  15. The entire course was reviewed in great detail, with each club rep confirming their particular duties that day.  Dave C. will determine by Friday if we need to go into our “snow plan” which would mean avoiding the bike path, staying on the roads and shifting volunteers directing the runners.
  16. Next year is the 20th year of the event and there was discussion regarding changing the direction of the race (from Lawrence to Nashua), changing the location of the finish if the race is still run from Nashua to Lawrence, and having good quality singlets with the MCR logo for all competitors.