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Attending Officers: Casey Kerrigan - President; Lorri Lee Lown - Treasurer; Bob Leibold - VP of Road;
Ken Hernandez - BAR/BAT Coordinator; Erik Salander - Secretary; Tom Simonson - Calendar Coordinator
Called to Order: 7:10 p.m.
Ken Hernandez presented awards to the 2007 NCNCA Men's and Women's Best All-round Riders.
Dirk Cowley, of SportsBaseOnline, reviewed the relationship with the NCNCA and expressed his
interest in continuing and improving the relationship. Dirk mentioned a Race Day software
package that will be available soon. Dirk also spent time with Bob Leibold, of VeloPromo,
discussing the benefits of online race registration.
Bob Leibold, VP of Road, just returned from the Local Associations meeting in Colorado Springs.
Since he had just returned, within hours, he didn't have a report compiled yet.
Tom Simonson reviewed some of the rule changes that passed and failed at the USCF Board of
Trustee's meeting.
2008 Race Calendar discussion: Tom lead us through a discussion/negotiation of the 2008 Road
racing calendar. Stay tuned for the first four months of the calendar to be online in December.
2008 NCNCA officer elections: Elections for the 2008 NCNCA officers will be held at the
December 10th NCNCA board meeting.
Adjournment: 9:00 p.m.
Next Meeting: Dec 10th, regularly scheduled meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Shawn Mehaffey - Golden Chain Cyclists;
Ken Hernandez - BAR/BAT Coordinator; Bob Leibold - VP of Road;
Erik Salander - Secretary.
Called to Order: 7:15 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): There are approximately 3860 licensed racers in the NCNCA,
which is 4% greater than 2006. There is alot of interest in the Oct 20th officials clinic
in Livermore (http://lists.ncnca.org/pipermail/ncnca/2007-September/001536.html).
The Benicia Town Race was very well attended, about 350 racers, for a first year race.
VP of Equipment (Leibold): Bob has been shuttling the NCNCA equipment from Benicia to
CRC (for Mt Tam), then to Henleyville and Fairfax. After that the equipment will be inventoried.
Secretary's report (Salander): The minutes from the August meeting were approved.
BAR/BAT report (Hernandez): Race results from early September are ready, a BAR/BAT update
will be out soon. There are some BAT races coming down to the wire.
Treasurer's report (Kerrigan for Lown): We have $15k in CDs and $34k in savings.
New Business: For 2008, race officials will be eligible to get their license fee rebated
after working three races. For the Oct 20th officials clinic, Casey will be compensated
as if he were officiating a race. We also discussed the topic of medical presence at races,
no changes were approved. Perhaps an advocate for this topic would care to speak at an
upcoming Board meeting.
Adjournment: 8:45 p.m.
Next Meeting: Oct 8th, regularly scheduled meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Lynn Menard - Marketing Director;
Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesmen; Tom Simpson - Pilarcitos Cyclesports;
Erik Salander - Secretary.
Called to Order: 7:15 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): The NCNCA received a Thank You card from
Jerika Hutchinson for the grant provided in support of her trip to Junior
Road World Championships (read Jerika's race report at
http://www.ncncaracing.com/reports/2007/juniorroadworlds.php). Our '07
membership level is almost at our '06 year-end membership level.
Note, USA Cycling licenses for 2008 can not be purchased until December 1st,
2007 (not November 1st as in previous years). We approved a grant for the
USA Cycling Elite National Track Championships to be held at the ADT
Velodrome on Oct. 3-7.
Marketing Director's report (Menard): Lynn is in ongoing discussions with our
sponsors as well as with potential sponsors.
Secretary's report (Salander): The minutes from the July meeting were approved.
Webmaster's report (Kerrigan for Laue): The staging site, for testing website
updates, is up and operational.
Old Business: Narrowing down the possible dates for a late-season Officials
Clinic, stay tuned.
New Business: It was suggested we refrain from using the word "Districts" to
describe our Championships/Champions since it isn't clear what "Districts" means.
We'll use the title "NCNCA Championships" instead of "Districts".
A club member also suggested the Board recommend that race promoters
consolidate to using one online registration service. The Board will not
restrict promoter's choices of online registration services. We do recommend
promoters use a registration service that provides a printable race release
with rider and event information already filled in on the form.
This makes it easier to just get the rider's signature and speeds up registration.
Adjournment: 8:35 p.m.
Next Meeting: Sept 10th, regularly scheduled meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Robert Leibold - VP of Road;
Ken Hernandez - BARBAT Coordinator; Andrea Laue - Website Manager,
Erik Salander - Secretary; Lynn Menard - Marketing Director.
Called to Order: 7:15 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): The membership growth rate is slowing slightly,
although total membership is still about 3% ahead of 2006. Upgrades continue,
to date about 300 have upgraded to Cat 4, 150 to Cat 3 and 75 to Cat 2. About
scheduling, for the 2008 season we'll implement an online scheduling process to
precede the traditional Scheduling meeting. The online part of the process will
kick off as promoters send in their race information. The promoters can then
learn about conflicts and work toward resolving the conflicts, ahead of the
Scheduling meeting.
Treasurer's report (Kerrigan for Lown): We've deposited another $10k into a CD,
that's $20k in CDs. We have approximately $14k in the checking account.
NCNCA should be receiving approximately $6k from USAC for our 2nd quarter rebate.
We are slightly ahead of our budgeted revenue surcharge estimate, at $27k
compared to $25k.
BAR/BAT report (Hernandez): Ken is current with BAR/BAT results.
Latest standings reflect the results from the Vacaville Gran Prix held on 7/1.
Marketing Director's report (Menard): Lynn is in ongoing discussions with our
sponsors as well as with potential sponsors.
Equipment Manager's report (Leibold): Purchased 8 new "Caution Bike Race" signs.
VP of Road report (Leibold): Bob will be representing the NCNCA at the Local
Association meeting at USAC headquarters in Colorado Springs, in November.
Secretary's report (Salander): The minutes from the June meeting were approved.
Website Manager's report (Laue): Andrea checked into some options for implementing
a staging website. We'll implement a staging site using a virtual host feature
with our ISP. She'll also work on updating the home page more frequently with
Cal Cup, Premiere Series and BAR/BAT results as well as Board meeting updates
and more.
Old Business:
- Using internet telephony for Board meetings: A couple of Board members
have tested Gizmo and it worked fine.
- Transportation to Kern Stage race: Tom Simpson has an estimate from one
transportation company and is seeking out others.
- Officials Clinic date: Not yet scheduled.
New Business: Purchase of a scanner was approved. We're working on an
NCNCA brochure for Interbike. Board meeting minutes will be presented/emailed
to the Board for informal approval before posting to the website. The formal
approval of the meeting minutes will still be requested at the subsequent Board
meeting. The Mountain View Criterium will be marked as cancelled on the Road calendar.
Adjournment: 8:35 p.m.
Next Meeting: Aug 13th, regularly scheduled meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Robert Leibold - VP of Road;
Ken Hernandez - BARBAT Coordinator; Tom Simpson - Pilarcitos Cyclesports;
Melanie Peterson - Pedali Alpini; Eric Peterson - Pedali Alpini;
Andrea Laue - Left Coast Racing; Erik Salander - Secretary;
Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesmen.
Called to Order: 7:15 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): Working with USAC on complaint filed by
Old La Honda resident's association regarding Beat The Clock OLH TT.
There are many track upgrades being processed. Membership is in line with 2006.
Treasurer's report (Kerrigan for Lown): We have approximately $34k in reserves.
$10k has been put into a CD, leaving $24k readily available. Expecting approximately
$6k from USAC for our 2nd quarter rebate.
VP of Equipment report (Leibold): Purchased 100 cones and more signs to accommodate
multi-event days. As OK'd at the last meeting, a Canon Optura 30 camera was purchased
for $350. The broken Optura 10 camera was repaired, at a cost of $140. We currently
have 3 working cameras. First-Aid supplies were replenished. We will pursue purchasing
a printing stop watch.
Secretary's report (Salander): The minutes from the May meeting were approved.
BARBAT report (Hernandez): The BARBAT results have been compiled and posted for races
through the first week of June. The results for the Sea Otter Classic and the
Memorial Day races are yet to be included.
Old Business: As mentioned above, a Canon Optura 30 camera was purchased for $350,
as approved in the May meeting.
The scheduling of a mid-season Officials clinic is still in progress.
The search continues for a coordinator for a year-end NCNCA banquet.
New Business: Andrea Laue attended the meeting, introduced herself and provided her
web development credentials. We're happy to have Andrea on board as the new
webmaster of ncnca.org.
We discussed using internet telephony packages to conduct online meetings.
Board members will download gizmo and perform some test meetings. If successful,
we won't necessary do all our meetings online, we'll still have face-to-face meetings
as well.
Tom Simpson presented the idea of renting transportation to shuttle racers from the
Bay area to the Kern County SR. Tom will get some cost points on transportation options.
Thanks Tom.
Adjournment: 8:45 p.m.
Next Meeting: July 9th, regularly scheduled meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Erik Salander - Secretary; Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesmen.
Called to Order: 7:15 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): There are approximately 3470 licensed riders in the NCNCA.
There have been 225 upgrades of riders to Cat 4. Casey ordered a postage meter to cut
costs on stamps and trips to the post office. The first 60 days will be a Trial offer.
Secretary's report (Salander): There are currently 70 Clubs that have paid their dues
for NCNCA membership.
New Business: The Optura camera we purchased in 2006 is broken.
Repair costs are the same as the expense of a new camera.
We OK'd the purchase of a new camera for approximately $350.
From Shawn, there are a number of people interested in a mid-season Official's clinic.
Once the scheduling details have been worked out, it will announced.
Shawn also asked that Official's pay be readdressed due to increased gas prices, etc…
The Board voted that time-critical race announcements should be posted to the email list,
with optional posting to the ncncaracing.com forum. Aside from time-critical race announcements,
the email list and the ncncaracing.com forum are equivalent means for posting Official race announcements.
Members of the list and forum are free to cross-post announcements.
Erik will solicit the membership for a coordinator for a Year End NCNCA Banquet. The details of the
Banquet have not been defined. This will start the process.
Adjournment: 8:30 p.m.
Next Meeting: June 11th, regularly scheduled meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Roger Marquis - VP of Operations;
Robert Leibold - VP of Road; Erik Salander - Secretary;
Josh Kadis - outgoing Marketing Director; Lynn Menard - Marketing Director;
Ken Hernandez - BARBAT Coordinator.
Called to Order: 7:20 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): There are approximately 3240 licensed riders in the NCNCA.
This is 5% more members than last year at this time. Note, this is a slower growth rate
than 2006. Casey has upgraded 194 riders to Cat 4, 54 riders to Cat 3 and 18 riders to
Cat 2. There have been a handful of race cancellations: Two Rock RR, Alameda Crit and
Benecia Crit. Watch the Road Schedule for any race changes as other races take
(or change to) these now open dates.
VP of Road (Leibold): Bob will create a list of equipment we need to acquire.
BARBAT Coordinator (Hernandez): Ken will be adding the Wards Ferry RR and the
Tuolomne Township Criterium to the BARBAT results soon.
VP of Operations report (Marquis): Had a lively discussion about the ncnca.org
and ncncaracing.com websites. The plan is for ncnca.org to contain all the necessary
information in order to race in our district. While ncncaracing.com will be more about
promoting our district's racing.
Secretary's report (Salander): There are currently 69 Clubs that have paid their
dues for NCNCA membership.
Marketing Director's report (Kadis): Josh Kadis passed the Marketing Director torch
to Lynn Menard. Lynn is the founder of Galaxy Granola and a longtime member of the NCNCA
community. Lynn will be taking over all of Josh's duties related to advertising,
sponsorship, promotions, etc. for the Premier Series. Initially, Josh will be
working with Lynn on the transition.
Old Business: Possible new meeting location? No progress.
Reg-to-Results software? A few discussions.
New Business: We voted to provide a New Race Grant ($500) and in addition,
a Special Race Grant ($500) to the Steinbeck Country Criterium (Salinas, 5/13).
It was decided to accept the bid from the promoter of the Panoche Pass Road Race
to make that event the Junior Championship road race for the Junior men 10-12,
13-14, 15-16 and all the junior women age groups. The promoter will be adding
the junior categories to their race announcement soon.
The old Optura camera will be retired due to obsolescence, this leaves us with 3 cameras.
We need to review our SportsBase Online reimbursements.
The Velodrome Challenge will not be listed on the Road calendar, however, we will
make a posting to the NCNCA home page as the event approaches.
Adjournment: 9:30 p.m.
Next Meeting: May 14th, regularly scheduled meeting at Marie Callendar's in Con-cord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Roger Marquis - VP of Operations;
Robert Leibold - VP of Road; Erik Salander - Secretary;
Steve Mielich - San Jose Bike Club
Called to Order: 7:15 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): There are approximately 2900 licensed riders in the NCNCA.
Casey has done almost 175 upgrades to Category 4 already. USAC recently publicized
they've returned $1M to the local associations. The NCNCA received the largest
amount in 2006, roughly $36K, followed by the SCNCA, Washing-ton and Texas.
The Tri-Flow Menlo Park Grand Prix was held this past weekend and was a huge success.
Each race hit the field limit. There are 15 new road events on the NCNCA calendar this year.
VP of Road (Leibold): Robert is shuttling NCNCA equipment among Menlo Park,
Quad Knopf and Sacramento (for Land Park and Bariani). There are many
requests for NCNCA equipment this year. When necessary, Robert can supply
race numbers along with the equipment.
VP of Operations report (Marquis): Roger is looking for material to more frequently
update the NCNCA home page. Please send any suggestions to the webmaster. MTB Series
will be incorporated into the MTB calendar.
Secretary's report (Salander): There are currently 68 Clubs that have paid their
dues for NCNCA membership.
Old Business: The topic of double points for BAR/BAT was discussed and last month's
vote was amended to provide double BAR/BAT points for District Championships and Stage
Race final standings. We discussed a centralized locale for race announcements but
concluded we may need to post announcements to the home page, the mailing list,
the race schedule page and the ncncaracing.com forums, depending on the circumstances.
New Business: Roger proposed that the Board publish a meeting agenda a week prior
to the Board meeting. The Secretary will gather agenda items two weeks prior to the
meeting and post the agenda to the home page one week prior to the meeting. Items that
are not on the agenda can still be discussed at the Board meetings. Roger also expressed
an interest in enabling more USCF twilight series. Look for an email about how to
kickoff a USCF twilight series.
Adjournment: 9:10 p.m.
Next Meeting: April 9th, regularly scheduled meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Roger Marquis - VP of Operations;
Lorri Lee Lown - Treasurer; Erik Salander - Secretary;
Ken Hernandez - Valley Spokesmen; Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesmen
Called to Order: 7:20 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): Casey has done 106 upgrades to Category 4 already.
There are approximately 2500 licensed riders in the NCNCA. The final 2006 license
rebate check arrived from USAC, for about $11k. The 2007 USAC contract has been
signed and returned.
BAR/BAT report (Hernandez): Ken brought up a number of BAR/BAT discussion topics.
First, we discussed whether the span of the BAR/BAT season should be shortened.
This was deferred to the offseason, to be addressed for 2008 based on this year's
BAR/BAT feedback. Second, it was discussed if there should be double points for
certain races. It was decided to give NRC and District Championships double points.
There was a vote called to give the Tour of Nevada City double points, that proposal
was not passed. Third, the Masters Criterium Championships will be "plus"age groups
(ie. 35+, 40+) instead of five year age groups this year.
VP of Operations report (Marquis): Roger has created a Wiki page for the Race
Results-to-Registration Request for Proposal (r2r.ncnca.org). We're also still
looking for a MTB webmaster. Roger proposed locating the Board meeting closer
to public transportation in order to increase attendance. New meeting locations
will be investigated.
Discussed the policy for posting clinics on the Road website; for commercial
clinics offering no upgrade points, there will be a fee of $75 to advertise
on ncnca.org.
Also voted to update the mailing list charter to allow postings for stolen bicycles.
Finally, we want late-breaking race announcements to be posted to the
mailing list. Sometimes they are only posted to the ncncaracing.com forums.
We're looking for a way to automate the cross posting of those notifications
to the email list.
Secretary's report (Salander): The meeting minutes from the January meeting were
approved. There are currently 64 Clubs that have paid their dues for NCNCA membership.
Treasurer's report (Lown): Lorri is transitioning the NCNCA funds to new accounts and
wrapping up some 2006 expenses.
Old Business: The Board has set aside approximately $8600 of our budget to be
doled out as compensation for basic association duties for 2007.
Adjournment: 9:30 p.m.
Next Meeting: Mar 12th, regularly scheduled meeting at Marie Callendar's in
Concord, 7:00 p.m. If a new meeting location is chosen, an email will be sent
to the NCNCA mailing list.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Robert Leibold - VP of Road;
Roger Marquis - VP of Operations; Lorri Lee Lown - Treasurer; Josh
Kadis - Marketing Director; Erik Salander - Secretary; Ken Hernandez -
Valley Spokesmen;
Called to Order: 7:20 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): There were 1387 licenses renewed by
year-end 2006. USAC Club applications are coming in. We have yet to
see the USAC contract for 2007.
VP of Operations report (Marquis): The Road calendar is posted on the
website. Roger will create a Wiki page for Race Results Request for
Proposal (RFP). We're also looking for MTB webmasters.
VP of Road report (Leibold): The first two road events of 2007 were
well attended. There were 213 finishers at the San Bruno Hill Climb
on January 1st. That's up from 166 and 126 finishers in 2006 and
2005, respectively. Early Bird Criterium #1 had 357 racers on January
7th.
Equipment Coordinator (Leibold): The broken driver we sent in for the
clock is now working. But the support tech has suggested we keep the
loaner.
Secretary's report (Salander): The meeting minutes from the December
meeting were approved. There are currently 39 Clubs that have paid
their dues for NCNCA membership.
Treasurer (Lown): Lorri has created new accounts and is in the process
of transferring the funds.
Old Business: Discussed the 2007 budget. Alden Tanaka has cancelled
the WCCC training camp due to logistical problems. $1000 was added to
the budget for a season-ending NCNCA banquet and $1000 for BARBAT
prizes.
Adjournment: 9:00 p.m.
Next Meeting: Feb 12th, regularly
scheduled meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7pm.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Robert Leibold - VP of Road;
Roger Marquis - VP of Operations; Erik Salander - Secretary;
Eric Peterson - Pedali Alpini, Ken Hernandez - Valley Spokesmen;
Lorri Lee Lown - Velo Girls; Tom Simpson - Pilarcitos CycleSports;
George Meilahn - ICCC; Rick Martyn - Pegasus/VandenBerghe;
Alden Tanaka - WCCC; Jonathan Racine - SJBC; Steve Mielich - SJBC;
Melanie Peterson - Pedali Alpini; Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesmen
Called to Order: 7:30 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): We have exceeded 4000 licensed USCF riders for 2006.
Casey has not yet seen the 2007 USAC contract. Clubs should submit their
membership forms to the NCNCA and USAC.
VP of Road report (Leibold): Bob passed around copies of the 2007 NCNCA Road
schedule for comments and review. Bob is considering adding a Chico RR to
complement the Chico Downtown Crit in the end of September.
Equipment Coordinator (Leibold): A loaner clock driver is being sent to Casey.
The broken clock driver will be sent in for repair. All other equipment is in
good condition and accounted for.
Newsletter Editor (Leibold): A single edition of the NCNCA Newsletter will
be printed in 2007. This edition will publicize the 2007 NCNCA Road schedule.
The Newsletter will be published soon and delivered to all NORBA and USCF license
holders in our district.
Secretary's report (Salander): Meeting minutes from the November Scheduling
meeting were approved. There are currently 15 Member Clubs that have paid
their dues for NCNCA membership.
VP of Operations (Marquis): A promoter asked that a track event be posted
to the Road calendar - this request was denied. MVV requested their Coyote Creek
race be classified as a Circuit race instead of a Criterium - this request was approved.
Roger is tracking down the Prestige Road Trophy. Roger proposed using a fixed address provided
by a postal service. The postal service company would then forward the mail to the
appropriate NCNCA mailing address (ie. Treasurer, Secretary, etc..).
This proposal was discussed and did not pass. The main concerns were delays and
the extra step in the process adding the potential for problems.
Old Business:
1. Registration and Race Results processing: There are three alternatives
being considered. The SCNCA has a proprietary solution. We'll check with
other Local Associations to see if they have solutions. Alden Tanaka will
check with his contacts in collegiate cycling.
2. BAR/BAT in 2007: Ken Hernandez volunteered to oversee BAR/BAT for 2007
and provide the full slate of individual and team categories. There have
been proposals recently to trim down the BAR/BAT categories to ensure the
timely posting of results. A motion was made to let Ken run the BAR/BAT
program for 2007. Should the BAR/BAT results begin to lag, the Board may
reconsider simplifying the BAR/BAT program at that time. This motion passed.
New Business:
1. Alden Tanaka requested funding for the WCCC Training Camp he'll be presenting
in January. Last year the NCNCA provided $500 of funding. This year Alden is
asking for $2500. A motion was made to match the level of funding provided by
the SCNCA, with a minimum of $1500 and a maximum of $2500. This motion passed.
2. Lorri Lee Lown requested $600 funding and mailing assistance for six half-day
Criterium training clinics to be held April through September, the day before
local races. The Board requested that Lorri return to the January NCNCA BOD
meeting (the 2007 Budget meeting) and we revisit her request at that time. Lorri agreed.
3. We're still looking for District RR Championship venues for Juniors.
The San Jose Bike Club has offered the Mt. Hamilton RR course
for the E4 Womens District RR Championships.
4. The Jewel Winery Time Trial on September 9th, will be the Team TT District Championship.
5. The Officials meeting will be the 2nd weekend of January. The Officials Clinic
will be the 3rd weekend of January. Watch the mailing list for further details.
6. Elections: There was one nomination for each of the officer positions.
The slate of officers won the vote. The 2007 NCNCA officers are:
- President - Casey Kerrigan
- VP of Road - Bob Leibold
- VP of MTB - Jim Crompton
- VP of Operations - Roger Marquis
- Treasurer - Lorri Lee Lown
- Secretary - Erik Salander
Adjournment: 9:20 p.m.
Next Meeting: Jan 8th, 2007 Budget meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending Officers: Casey Kerrigan - President; Robert Leibold - VP of Road;
Erik Salander - Secretary; Josh Kadis - Marketing Director,
Tom Simonson - Calendar Coordinator
11/13/06 Burlingame, CA
Called to Order: 7:10 p.m.
2007 Road Calendar plan (Simonson): Tom Simonson went through the 2007 road racing
calendar from January through September. Representatives from the NCVA were also
present to ensure the best-fit for the District Track Championships. The 2007
Road Calendar will be available around the end of this year.
USCF Board Mtg report (Simonson): Tom is also the Western Region's representative
to the USCF Board of Trustees. They held their annual meeting in the end of October.
Tom was responsible for creating the Legislative package. The items discussed and
resolved were:
- Promoters may not advertise or accept entries into their race until their race
permit has been approved by the NCNCA. Penalties for advertising or accepting
entries before race permit approval may include being denied a race permit or
up to a $500 fine.
- IPODs and similar devices are banned in all events.
- Juniors must use junior gearing in all events.
- In a stage race, racers must finish the current stage to proceed to the next stage.
- Cross, clarification of barrier rules.
And rules specific to National Championship competitions:
- Track team sprint age groups are now 30+, 40+ and 50+. In the past the age
groups were for riders who sum of ages was 100-134 and 135+.
- Proposal to offer 750m TT for men 40-49 was NOT adopted.
- In team events (Team Sprint, Team Time Trial, Madison) riders may only
ride in one age group.
- Masters Championships are open only to riders who are 30 or older.
- There will be full offering of Junior age groups for Cross Nationals.
President's report (Kerrigan): Membership is currently hovering around 4000 members.
Casey's main points:
1. At the December NCNCA BOD meeting we will be having nominations and elections
for officers to lead the NCNCA in 2007. See below for the details of the meeting.
2. There will be BAR/BAT changes in 2007. These changes will also be discussed
in the December meeting. We need to make it easier to administer the BAR/BAT
program. Proposed changes involve: results template created, promoters agree
to provide timely results, event can be publicized as part of BAR/BAT, emphasis
on Clubs over teams.
3. Clubs should add their Race Promoters as a Club Contact on USACycling.org.
This makes the race permitting process easier for the promoter.
4. USA Cycling is also refining their National Ranking system. This will
dovetail nicely with our BAR/BAT changes.
Marketing report (Kadis): Josh discussed the NCNCA Premier Series.
The Series consists of marquee races in our region. The Series will continue in 2007 and
Josh is planning enhancements. If you want to get your race added to the Series,
contact Josh (marketing@ncnca.org).
Discussion:
(Dirk Cowley - SportsBaseOnline): 2007 will be the 3rd year that SBO and the NCNCA
have teamed together. SBO contributed $2000 to the NCNCA in 2006. Dirk discussed
SBO's current offerings and some new features to be available soon. See SBO's
website for further information, www.sportsbaseonline.com.
(Brooke Kuhn - Bay Area Women's Cycling) Brooke is looking for races to add to
the Bay Area Women's Cycling Series. Information about the series and contact
information for Brooke can be found on the website, www.bawcycling.com. Stay tuned
for information about the 2006 Awards Banquet.
Adjournment: 9:00 p.m.
Next Meeting: Dec 11th, 2007 Officer election meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Robert Leibold - VP of Road;
Erik Salander - Secretary; Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesmen
Called to Order: 7:20 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): Membership is currently 3845, up from 3760 last month.
At yesterday's Bay Area Super Prestige race at Hellyer Park there were 29 partial year
licenses and 61 one-day licenses sold. The event had approximately 365 racers.
The "new rider" count for 2006 is 17 ahead of 2005 (617 to 600). New-rider surveys
were sent out to 400 new members, 52 survey results have been received so far.
The results have contained suggestions such as: an Early Bird, or coaching/skills
clinic(s) later in the year; they liked races with mentors (ie. Albany); they
expressed a desire for more information about races (ie. previous reports,
route descriptions).
There will be a Newsletter in January of 2007 containing (at least) the year's
race calendar.
VP of Road and Equipment Mgr (Leibold): Bob will be attending the USAC Local
Association meeting in Colorado Springs on Oct. 15th and 16th. The driver for
the timing clock is broken (a couple numbers aren't working). We'll get a loaner
while the factory checks it out. The tripod for the timing clock is also broken.
Old Business: Shawn is continuing to gather workload data to finalize the proposal
for NCNCA officer compensation.
New Business:
(1) The Early Bird races will start at 8:30 a.m. next
year to allow participants in the later races to ride home with sufficient daylight.
(2) The NorCal HS MTB League has asked for increased support for 2007.
Their association asked for a 35% increase in funding in order to support their 35%
increase in membership. The Board members were unanimous in favor of continuing
to support the League and to increase our support level 35% (to $1350 from $1000).
However, this should not be seen as an ongoing commitment to correlate funding level
changes to League membership level changes.
(3) These are some BAR/BAT changes that are being considered as an overhaul to the
BAR/BAT series:
- There will be a BAR/BAT race series, promoters must agree to provide results
within the required time. USAC is looking at something similar for the National
Rankings, so these programs should dovetail.
- Remove BAT team categories; just have two team classifications, Div I (less than 40)
and Div II (40 or more).
- For BAT, only count Club's 4 or 5 top finishers in results.
- Approximately two races of the BAR/BAT series per month.
- Remove 35+ 4/5 and Elite 4 from BAR. Or at least, cease providing BAR points
when upgrade points are achieved.
(4) Start the Club Challenge (recruiting contest) on November 1, 2006 and end
the contest on August 31, 2007.
Adjournment: 8:45 p.m.
Next Meeting: Nov 13th, Annual Scheduling meeting.
Watch the NCNCA mailing list for meeting details.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Robert Leibold - VP of Road;
Josh Kadis - Marketing Director; Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesmen
Called to Order: 7:15 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): Membership is currently 3760, up from 3690 last month.
Robert Leibold will be representing the NCNCA at the USAC Local Associa-tion meeting
in Colorado Springs on October 14-16. One issue we want to bring up at the USAC LA
meeting is the conflict between Gold Nugget and the Regional Junior Camp.
Marketing Director's report (Kadis): The Premier Series has wrapped up.
There was more interest in the Masters and Women's competition than the
Pro/1/2 race. Need to improve the tie-breaking criteria. Considering
increased participation but must retain quality level of the Series.
VP of Road (Leibold): Investigate encouraging riders to participate in more of the
Cal Cup events.
Old Business: Shawn is continuing to gather workload data to finalize the proposal
for NCNCA officer compensation.
New Business: Discussion about the Crockett Criterium and Challenge Road Race.
Adjournment: 8:30 p.m.
Next Meeting: Oct 9, Monthly meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Janice Goodrich - Treasurer;
Roger Marquis - VP of Operations; Erik Salander - Secretary
Called to Order: 7:15 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): Membership is currently 3690 which is just 8 less than
the NCNCA's '05 year end total. Scott Fonseca has been suspended from USA Cycling
until April 6, 2007. USA Cycling will host the Local Associations meeting in Colorado
Springs on October 14th and 15th. The NCNCA's representative will be Bob Leibold.
Eric Petersen has achieved a Category A upgrade as a road and track official.
William Hansen, of Modesto, is a new Category C moto official.
Will begin looking for a location for the '07 Road race scheduling meeting,
to be held in November.
Treasurer's report (Goodrich): YTD income is $58,482; expenses are $31,777;
yielding a balance of $26,704. This is very good compared to previous years.
One contributor is the elimination of the Newsletter. Will be investigating
the acquisition of some Stage Race software.
VP of Operations (Marquis): Roger presented the topic of giving Tom Simonson an
endorsement from the NCNCA in his quest to be the Western Rep to USCF.
Vote was taken, unanimous to lend the NCNCA's endorsement. Race advertisement
posts to the mailing list are being filtered. Current guidelines allow for one post
per week during the month preceding the event. Special announcements are allowed
unfiltered. The NCVA and Road '07 calendar meetings will be coordinated by having
representatives from each group present at both meetings. We discussed incentivizing
twilight races, to be continued.
New Business: Shawn proposed providing compensation for carrying out NCNCA
responsibilities. Proposal was for compensation in the range of $5 per hour.
Officers decided to itemize their hours for certain duties and assess against the budget.
Adjournment: 8:35 p.m.
Next Meeting: Sept 11, Monthly meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Josh Kadis - Marketing Director;
Roger Marquis - VP of Operations; Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesman;
Brian Lewis - Morgan Stanley/Specialized
Called to Order: 7:15 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): Junior licenses are up 200 from last year.
The Juniors also had very good placings at Nationals.
USAC has reported some at-race licenses are pending from February.
Marketing report (Kadis): Premier Series results are posted.
Remaining races in the Premier Series are: Davis Fourth of July Criterium,
Giro di San Francisco and the Carrera de San Rafael.
VP of Operations (Marquis): Track Districts are coming up and Eric Petersen
will be coordinating. Later in the year, probably 4th quarter, Roger will
send out an RFP (request for proposal) for Race Registration and Results processing
software to be created for the NCNCA.
New Business: Brian Lewis pleaded his case for Morgan Stanley/24 Hr Fitness/Specialized
to have their full year BAR/BAT results be counted even though they were late in
making their NCNCA Club dues payment. Request was granted. For 2007, the NCNCA
will look more closely at enforcing this rule.
Adjournment: 8:21 p.m.
Next Meeting: Aug 14, Monthly meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Bob Leibold - VP of Road;
Erik Salander - Secretary; Melanie Peterson, Eric Peterson - Pedali Alpini
Called to Order: 7:22 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): There are currently 3467 members, there were 3700 members
at year-end '05. There have been 291 Cat 5 to Cat 4 upgrades performed (same as in all of '05),
130 Cat 4 to Cat 3 (165 in all of '05) and 60 Cat 3 to Cat 2 (65 in all of '05).
Casey can now directly edit individual's Club changes in the USAC da-tabase.
Secretary's report (Salander): Currently there are 70 clubs that have joined the NCNCA.
In the end of 2005, there were 71 NCNCA member clubs.
VP of Road (Leibold): There will be 2 additional Cal Cup races this year.
Equipment report (Leibold): Promoters need to make their Equipment Request form
submissions with more lead time for the equipment manager. A camera went missing
on Cat's Hill and Berkeley RR weekend.
Old Business: None
New Business: Bob Leibold requested a New Race Grant ($500) on behalf of
Golden Chain Cyclists for the Golden Nugget Junior Stage Race. Eric Peterson
also requested a New Race Grant on behalf of Pedali Alpini for the Hillside Graphics
Gran Prix, the first of three races in the Hellyer Park Breakaway Series.
Both requests were granted. To date, three New Race Grants have been given.
Adjournment: 8:21 p.m.
Next Meeting: July 10, Monthly meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Bob Leibold - VP of Road;
Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesmen; Josh Kadis - Marketing Director;
Les Ernest - FIAC
Called to Order: 7:28 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): Performed 241 Cat 5 to Cat 4 upgrades so far this year.
Last year, 561 total upgrades were processed. More upgrades to Cat 4 year-to-date,
than done in all of 2005. The 2006 NCNCA membership is 14% ahead of the 2005 membership total,
at this point of the year. Expect to surpass last year's year-end membership total in August of 2006.
USAC committee is creating the agenda for a Local Association meeting to be held October 17-19.
VP of Road (Leibold): Vacaville Gran Prix (7/2) will host the Elite Men's and Women's
NCNCA District Criterium Championships.
Treasurer's report (Kerrigan representing Goodrich): NCNCA received $899 from SportsBaseOnline
for the 1st quarter. USCF is asking for fees/reports from delinquent races.
Equipment report (Leibold): We've acquired two new tents and additional first-aid supplies.
Marketing report (Kadis): Josh has an intern helping with communications and marketing,
Taff Dirks, a collegiate racer. In the Premier Series, there will be a points
series for: Pro/1/2, Women 1/2/3 and Masters 35+ 1/2/3.
Old Business: None
New Business: None
Adjournment: 8:29 p.m.
Next Meeting: June 12, Monthly meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Roger Marquis - VP of Operations;
Erik Salander - Secretary; Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesmen;
Josh Kadis - Marketing Director
Called to Order: 7:25 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): Nominations for the different Boards of
Trustees is about to start. There will be a full Board meeting May 5th.
There will also be a meet-ing of the Local Associations in Colorado Springs
soon.
Treasurer's report (Kerrigan for Goodrich): We have about $16K in our account.
The first payment from 2006 USAC license rebates should be arriving soon.
Estimates are the payment will be about $12K. Casey has some surcharge checks
that need to be passed on to Janice.
Equipment report (Kerrigan for Leibold): The display clock that was previously
not working has been fixed.
Secretary's report (Salander): Minutes for the March meeting were approved.
Currently there are 67 clubs that have joined the NCNCA. In the end of 2005,
there were 71 NCNCA member clubs.
Marketing report (Kadis): A draft announcement of the Premier Series has been
sent out. The public announcement will be made later in the week. All the
sponsors from 2005 have returned. Additionally, Road Magazine has been
secured as a media sponsor.
VP of Operations report (Marquis): Discussion of home page content, need to
keep it fresh. Discussed moderation/moderator(s) and charter for mailing list
(re: club TT announcements, multiple race result notices, etc.). In the early
stages of gathering better statistics for website.
Old Business: None
New Business: None
Adjournment: 9:00 p.m.
Next Meeting: May 8, Monthly meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7:00 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Roger Marquis - VP of Operations;
Erik Salander - Secretary; Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesmen;
Larry Upthegrove - BAR/BAT
Called to Order: 7:23 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): NCNCA membership is running 22% ahead of last year at this time.
USAC membership is approximately 7000 members ahead of last year at this time.
The Martinez Bay Front Criterium and the Sausalito Criterium were very successful events.
There were 224 racers at Martinez and 235 at Sausalito. At Martinez, city workers
setup the course and had it completely roped off one full hour ahead of race time.
There were scoring errors at McLane but those appear to have been resolved the
following weekend at Fresno.
There have been 140 cat 5 to cat 4 upgrades performed already this year.
In all of 2005, there were 271 cat 5 to cat 4 upgrades.
Secretary's report (Salander): Minutes for the February meeting were approved.
Currently there are 64 clubs that have joined the NCNCA.
In 2005, there were 71 NCNCA member clubs.
VP of Operations report (Marquis): Looking for volunteers to maintain the Clinics
and MTB calendars on ncnca.org. The ISP change from Avia to Sonic was executed successfully.
Had a lengthy discussion about automating registration(s), scoring and results.
Larry and Roger will investigate and see what's already out there.
BAR/BAT report (Upthegrove): Larry summarized the issues raised in 2005:
timeliness of results, recognition for winners, rules for races/categories
and results accuracy. In '05, the results calculation was transferred.
Unfortunately, not all the steps to perform the results calculation were documented.
The process to perform the results calculation is now understood.
Goals for 2006: keep results updated within 2 weeks after obtaining results,
recognition for top categories, maybe other team awards.
Marketing report (Kadis, via email): Renewed sponsorship for: Palo Alto Bicycles,
KeefeTeam Realtors, Clif Bar and Maxxis. Proceeding with work on: more sponsorships,
Premier Series and ncncaRacing.com.
Old Business: Roger Marquis will attend the NCVA meeting the month prior
to the NCNCA scheduling meeting (Nov) in order to solicit District Track date suggestions.
New Business: None
Adjournment: 9:00 p.m.
Next Meeting: April 10, Regular monthly meeting at Marie Callendar's in Concord, 7 p.m.
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Attending: Casey Kerrigan - President; Bob Leibold - VP of Road;
Roger Marquis - VP of Operations; Janice Goodrich - Treasurer;
Erik Salander - Secretary; Melanie Peterson, Eric Peterson - Pedali Alpini;
Shawn Mehaffey - Valley Spokesmen.
Called to Order: 7:00 p.m.
President's report (Kerrigan): We received our final 2005 license rebate check
from USAC. The final check came to $11,934. For the year we earned $30,275 in
regular license rebates and $2,815 in special 1 time time rebates for a total
of $33,090 for the year.
At this time we don't know when (or if) the District Track Championships will
happen this year. Back in mid November a formal request was sent to the
Velodrome Association asking that the Fri., Sat. and Sunday of Memorial Day
weekend be set aside for the track championships. No action was ever taken
by the Velodrome Assoc to approve or disapprove this date request. Last month
the Velodrome Assoc. approve another event for the Sunday of memorial day weekend.
If the Memorial day weekend can't be used for District Track then the next
possible date (due to restrictions of the Velodrome Assoc. and schedule conflicts)
would be mid to late Sept. If enough people aren't interested in riding the
Track Championships that late in the year then we might have to just
cancel the event.
We currently have 2388 licensed USCF riders in the NCNCA territory.
This is 25% ahead of last year at this same time.
There have been 90 cat 5 to cat 4 upgrades performed already this year.
In all of 2005, there were 271 cat 5 to cat 4 upgrades.
VP of Road report (Leibold): The Chico RR to have been held on May 6th,
has been canceled. The Panoche Pass RR has been added for May 21st.
Equipment Manager's report (Leibold): Need to restock the first-aid supplies
and replace a cord for the camera. Supplies will be stretched thin on
Feb 18th with 3 races (Sausalito, Martinez and Cantua Creek) to be held
on the same day but it should work out OK.
Newsletter Editor's report (Leibold): Due
to low subscriptions, less than 100, we have decided that it is time to stop
printing the NCNCA Newsletter. In total we are now sending out just over 200
newsletters per month. In order to take advantage of bulk mailing discounts we
need to be sending out 500 monthly. As more people have been taking advantage
of internet resources we have been getting fewer paid subscriptions each year
and we have been getting fewer race ads each year. We haven't cashed any of
the subscription checks that have been sent in so far while deciding the fate
of the newsletter. We will either tear up those checks that have been sent in
or return the checks if people want. We will have one final edition of the
newsletter as a going away edition. In the future, there will be a January
issue to distribute the race calendar.
Treasurer's report (Goodrich): Treasury has a balance of approximately $20K.
Quickbooks will be used for bookkeeping.
Secretary's report (Salander): Minutes for the January meeting were approved.
Currently there are 61 clubs that have joined the NCNCA. In 2005, there
were 71 NCNCA member clubs.
VP of Operations report (Marquis): Discussed automating website updates of
Clubs list and Officials list. Will be moving the newRacerFAQ, currently contained
on ncncaRacing.com to ncnca.org and combing with two similar web pages.
Discussed the type of clinics to put on the Clinics web page. Discussed
use models of email lists and Forums, will pose to membership and review
ideas. Will change our website hosting company, this will be transparent
to members. The new ncnca.org website will be launched soon.
Old Business: None.
New Business: Team Spine requested the BAR award for the 35+ 1/2/3 group be
named the Daniel J. Plummer award. This was approved.
Discussed the issues concerning the USAC release form. Proposals have been made
to help promoters and satisfy legal risks.
We talked about looking into having all the past newsletters digitized as a
way to preserve the history of local racing. We will look into the options
of getting this done.
Adjournment: 9:00 p.m.
Next Meeting: March 13, Regular monthly meeting at Marie Callender's in Concord, 7 p.m.
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