4/25/06 Mtg Minutes
Attendees:
Kurt Cornfield
Mark Landin
Nicole Solomos
Gene Herber
Tom Wilber
Norm Ward
Robert Kern
Kearston Campanelli
Mary Wenck
Dave Morgan
Mollie Jarvis
Andrew Braman
Dave Weiss
Mtg Minutes
Wineglass Running
Club
General Info
Nicole Solomos will be leaving the
area. Good luck to Nicole and many
thanks for her help! See her article on
sports medicine on the website!
Press release on Dave Morgan and his performance in the
Boston Marathon—congrats to Dave for a great finish! Article to be released to
geographic area that participates in marathon.
There will be e-mail going to runners from local races with
info about the marathon, the Corning/Bath area, with support from Steuben
County Visitors Bureau.
Membership
- Top
10 reasons to be added to membership form. Membership forms to be
available at the YMCA and Healthworks.
- 2007
Membership proposal
- Keep
pretty much the same
- Add
format change for Pie and Glove 5k, to potentially raise race fee to $10
for non-members, $5 for members
- $5
refund for members for marathon
- Place
$5 in registration packet if person is a member
- Refunding
the credit card is very difficult
- Could
have Active.com have reduced fee for members
Market St. Mile
- Support
from the Corning city council
and Mayor Coccho
- Application
for event with city of Corning delivered by end of April to city clerk to
start process of police, fire, public works, etc.. departments to comment
on event
- Target
date is Thursday, July 20
- Need
to determine how awards would be done.
- Possible
table set up for autographs for local star runners.
- Need
to determine course—which end of Market St
to start on.
- Identify
roles and responsibilities to execute race
- Suggestion
that the exploratory committee becomes race committee.
- Possibly
add a kids ½ mile for children 12 and under
- Hats? Tee-shirts? Sub-sponsors through radio station to
pay for tee-shirts?
- Don’t
put a date on the item—can order a quantity and use for many events
- Instead
of invent name, put WGRC name on hat?
- Tie
sponsorship of Market St. Mile and Marathon
together?
- Determine
entry fee based on budget, determine fee for kids race
- Family
entry fee?
- $6
for non-members, $5 for members?
Support for Upcoming Races
Big Flats Community Days
- Al
Ryder is race director
- Mark Sozanski is point of contact for boy scouts who staff
the water stations
Race for the Cure
- Large
board is needed for Race for the Cure
Is there an easier way to gather results at end other than
using a board? Is there new technology
that the club could invest in?
Actions
- Develop
5k SOP from info from Kurt, Gene, and Lorraine.
(Nancy)
- Make
sure large board is in storage shed. (Nancy)
- Contact
Active.com to see if reduced fee for WGRC members upon signup could
happen. Also see if active.com can
have an option for people to become members and sign up for race at the
same time. (Mollie)
- Make
sure that only 1 board is needed for Race for Cure (Nancy
with Lorraine)
Marathon
Sponsorship
- Proposal
from Mark as starting point to approach local businesses. Review info and give inputs to Mark by 4/28/06
- Place
sponsorship logos on registration bag instead of shirts. Place marathon logo on one side of bag,
and sponsor logos on the other
- Possible
sponsorship of hot/cool cloths for runners crossing finish.
- Sponsorship
to sell water tables, relay exchange points advertising rights. Can be as proactive as they want—shirts,
food, refreshments to staff at stations
- Could
sell sponsorship of expo
- Should
approach local massage therapists, chiropractors that could be interested
in sponsoring race
- Consider
a level between platinum and elite for more $2000-2500 sponsors—perhaps
the bag sponsor
- Watchouts
o
don’t sell sponsorship of merchandise we’re not
budgeted to buy—if not enough sponsors we end up eating the costs
o
Embroidery of logos on shirts is expensive!
o
Mark is
point of contact on sponsorship marketing.
Please check with Mark before approaching a business as we don’t want to
get too many people talking to the same business.
·
Will revamp links on marathon website in which
local businesses are called ‘official _______’ of marathon, without any
sponsorship money
·
Provide demographics/market info to local
businesses when approaching them for sponsorship
Medals
- Glass
medals with silver ribbons to highlight sliver anniversary. Silver ribbon with black or magenta
script is proposed.
Memorabilia
- Ask
Don Rubin to head up memorabilia committee
- Have
‘vintage’ sale of old wineglass marathon inventory (tee-shirts, etc)
Pasta Party
- Local
restaurants do not have capacity to handle additional customers
- Civic
center is a possibility—ice rink w/ no ice. Need to determine capacity.
- If
cold weather, it’s not enclosed
- Other
options—senior center, union hall, Radisson conference room, tent in Riverfront
Park
- If
done in Riverfront Park
with DeClemente catering, Corning Enterprises
will pay for tent. Will pay for
tables and chairs in civic center.
Tents
- Kurt DeClemente may be able to get us a better deal on
tents.
Timing and Scoring
Registration Packets
- Need
group to pull together packets.
Need to contact Les Rosenbloom.
If Les not available, need to find another leader and group to do
this.
Police Support
- Need
leader
- Focus
on attending a quarterly meeting of Steuben
County fire/police depts to discuss marathon support.
Press Conference
- Do
on a Friday in early June to kick of Market St
mile and marathon
Brochure
- Would
like to get a 3-fold brochure for marathon
- Tom
and Mollie to finish it off to get it to printer
Actions
- Review
sponsorship proposal from Mark and give input by 4/28/06. (All)
- Give
names of businesses in the area that you could contact or ideas of
businesses to be approached for sponsorship by 4/28 (All)
- Follow
up with Runners World for bags. (Mollie?)
- Get
pricing for plastic bag for runners info (Mollie)
- Set
up meeting for wk of May 15 to focus on sponsorship (Nancy)
- Follow
up with Don on memorabilia (Kurt)
- Call
Les Rosenbloom for registration packet assembly. (Norm)