SSR met at the Borchers' residence at 6pm on Tuesday, September 29. Present were Brian Borchers, Sue Borchers, Lynette Napier, Harold Udseth, Robert Abernathy, and Kyle Foster.
1. The most important issues facing SSR in the next few months are the selection of officers for 2016 and the decision to continue or discontinue the Socorro Chile Harvest Triathlon. Lynette and I have stepped in as interim vice president and president, and we want very much for the club to continue, but we're not going to make any decision about the triathlon as interim officers. This will be left to the new officers elected at the December meeting.
2. We discussed nominations for officers. Harold is willing to continue as treasurer, but Lynette and Brian do not want to continue as vice president and president. It is critical that some members of the club step up and volunteer or nominate other candidates for these officer positions. If you're interested, or if you have someone that you want to nominate, please contact me. I'll be happy to explain exactly what's involved.
3. We discussed the upcoming fall series of 5K races. See the flyer here. Robert Abernathy is directing the race series. The first race is coming up on Saturday, October 3. The final race of the series on December 5 will end at the Napier home on Tech hill, and we'll have our end of year party and meeting at the Napier's place.
4. Harold discussed the 2015 Chile Harvest Tri finances. The final bills are not all in, but it appears that overall we will have a loss of about $500 on the event.
5. We discussed the recent Run For Your Life event that SSR helped Presbyterian with. There were over 100 runners in the 5K, and the event was a great success.
6. We discussed some other upcoming events not sponsored by SSR, including the Owl Bar run on October 9, a Zombie themed run at NMT to be held on October 30, and the Toys for Tots run to be held at Christmas time. We'll try to keep you informed about these sorts of events in Socorro.
7. Lynette told us about a recent meeting of the Socorro County Options, Prevention and Education (SCOPE) health education group where plans for a network of trails in and around Socorro were discussed. Planning is under way for a bicycle, running, and walking trail nconnecting the hospital, soccer complex, and the new rodeo complex. This trail would eventually connect to another bike route to Clarke field and possibly to another planned trail along the river levee.
8. We discussed the issue of whether SSR has become too much of a running club and how we might develop more cycling activities for the club. If you have any ideas in this area, please let us know!
- Brian Borchers, interim president
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Next SSR Meeting, Tuesday, September 29 at 6pm.
The next SSR meeting will be held at 6pm on Tuesday, September 29, at the Borchers residence, 611 Western Ave. We'll discuss the upcoming fall race series and the recently completed Run For Your Life event.
2015 Fall 5K Races
The Socorro Striders and Riders present a
series of four timed 5K races. All races start at 9am across from the EMRTC
building at the “Snake” sculpture. Each
course will be a different measured running route on the roads and paths near
EMRTC. This is a competitive but fun
series of races for runners of all paces and experience levels.
The entry fee for the series is only $5 for
all four races. You must also be a
member of Socorro Striders and Riders ($5 per year for full-time students, $10
per year for individuals, or $15 per year for families.)
1. Saturday, October 3.
2. Saturday, October 24.
3. Saturday, November 14.
4. December 5.
The December 5 race will be followed by our
annual party and meeting to elect new officers.
For more information, contact Brian Borchers (borchers.brian@gmail.com)
Saturday, September 19, 2015
2015 Run For Your Life Results
Here are the results for this year's Run For Your Life 5k. Thank you to all the club members that helped make the event work.
Overall Results
Female Age Group Results
Male Age Group Results
Overall Results
Female Age Group Results
Male Age Group Results
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Minutes of the SSR Meeting, September 3, 2015.
Socorro Striders and Riders met on September 3 at Lynnette Napier's home. Present were Robert Abernathy, Brian Borchers, Suzanne Borchers, Mark Bottjer, John Leeper, Lynnette Napier, Thalia Quinn, Harold Udseth, and one other person whose name I didn't get.
With the departures of our president and vice president (Robert Gonzales and Steven Montoya have both left Socorro to take jobs elsewhere), the first order of business was the selection of interim officers to serve until the regular election of officers in December. Brian Borchers agreed to serve as interim president and Lynnette Napier agreed to serve as interim vice president.
We discussed the recent triathlon. The bills aren't all in yet, but it's apparent that the event will have a lost some money. Many of our long time volunteers are disinterested in continuing to work on the triathlon. If this event is to continue, we will have work on budgeting and a strategy for attracting volunteers. No decisions were made about the future of the triathlon at this meeting, but the members of the club need to consider whether and how to continue this event and a decision about the 2016 triathlon will have to be made shortly after the election in December.
Everyone present agreed that it was most important in the short term to focus on our fall events, including the Run For Your Life 5K on September 19th (Ephraim Ford is organizing this event) and the fall running series. Robert Abernathy volunteered to direct the fall running series. We've tentatively set dates of October 3, October 24, November 14, and December 5 for the four races, with an end of year party/general meeting/elections following the race on December 5. We'll be organizing publicity for the race series in the near future, so please let us know of any schedule conflicts in the next few days.
We also set a date for our next meeting on Tuesday, September 29, at 6pm at the Borchers house (611 Western Ave.)
- Brian Borchers, interim president
With the departures of our president and vice president (Robert Gonzales and Steven Montoya have both left Socorro to take jobs elsewhere), the first order of business was the selection of interim officers to serve until the regular election of officers in December. Brian Borchers agreed to serve as interim president and Lynnette Napier agreed to serve as interim vice president.
We discussed the recent triathlon. The bills aren't all in yet, but it's apparent that the event will have a lost some money. Many of our long time volunteers are disinterested in continuing to work on the triathlon. If this event is to continue, we will have work on budgeting and a strategy for attracting volunteers. No decisions were made about the future of the triathlon at this meeting, but the members of the club need to consider whether and how to continue this event and a decision about the 2016 triathlon will have to be made shortly after the election in December.
Everyone present agreed that it was most important in the short term to focus on our fall events, including the Run For Your Life 5K on September 19th (Ephraim Ford is organizing this event) and the fall running series. Robert Abernathy volunteered to direct the fall running series. We've tentatively set dates of October 3, October 24, November 14, and December 5 for the four races, with an end of year party/general meeting/elections following the race on December 5. We'll be organizing publicity for the race series in the near future, so please let us know of any schedule conflicts in the next few days.
We also set a date for our next meeting on Tuesday, September 29, at 6pm at the Borchers house (611 Western Ave.)
- Brian Borchers, interim president
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