Mid Maryland Triathlon Club - October 2006 Newsletter

October 2006 Newsletter
November 6th 2006 Speaker: Dr Russ Antico will discuss the symptoms, treatment and prevention of common musculoskeletal injuries experienced by athletes such as iliotibial band syndrome and shoulder impingement. November Events: Mountain Masochist 50 Miler 11/04....YIKES! Ironman Florida 11/04...GO MMTC and Donny Knot! NYC Marathon 11/05...Go Lance! Suntrust Richmond Marathon 11/11...Go Holmes! Miami Man 11/12....Go Team! Zoo Zoom 11/12.....Go Wild Things! JFK 50 Miler 11/18....YIKES! Philly Marathon 11/19...Go Somebody! Sadj On the half shell 13.1 Casey's Crab Turkey Trot 11/23...What's a Crab Turkey? NCR Trail Marathon 11/25...Go Corn Eater's Hubby! RAFFLE TICKETS TO TRAIN LIKE A PRO. Win a free triathlon training weekend with Michael Bronco. You're allowed to buy an unlimited number of tickets. The drawing will be on 12/09/2006 at the holiday party. You do not need to be present to win, but I'd like to see you there if you can make it. Tickets are $1.00 each and you can purchase and unlimited amount. Please see our website for the complete low down. www.midmdtriclub.org Holiday Party: 12/09/2006. 4:00 pm. To 9:00 pm. Please clear your calendars for our off season Holiday party. It's time to put on a bit of winter weight and enjoy your self in the holiday off season. This year the Wheeler's will be hosting the party and we hope we can live up to the hospitality and good cheer that the Fisher's demonstrated last year. We will be sending out an E-vite in the near future to all members get a proper head count. Please keep your calendars clear. Items of Interest: * We need a cameraman volunteer to help tape the swim clinics. Please send Sadj an email at trisadj@aol.com < http://us.f608.mail.yahoo.com /ym/Compose?To=trisadj@aol.com > . In the subject line please put the words MMTC Cameraman. * We are asking the MMTC members for input on Volunteer of The Year. We would like to hear from you on who you would nominate. Please send your pick in an e-mail with a name and a sentence of whom and why you nominated this member to me at bmwheeler@comcast.net . In the subject line please put the words MMTC Volunteer. * At this Monday's meeting we will ask the members to vote on opening up a new BOD position. This needs to be done to officially change our club By Laws. The new position is called Promotions and Apparel Officer. The duties will be as follows o Manage and coordinate club promotions and apparel. o Inventory of club goods. o Over see the sales of club goods. o Point of contact for all club vendors. * If you have items for more tri related links that other members might find useful, have a website, or blog or a copy of picture pages (time to get your crayons and your pencils), send a link and we can all share. Send links to me at trigrant@gmail.com Executive Committee Elections: 1. MUST BE A MEMBER ON GOOD STANDING (DUES PAID IN FULL) The EC election will be coming up at the end of the year. If you feel you have good ideas and are willing to take a few minutes out of each month to help this club grow please start thinking about running for the EC. All current positions will be up for election. Elections will be held on 12/05/2006. New officers take office in January 2007. You must be present at the December meeting to run and to vote. EC members are expected to attend club events, spend a few hours a month going over club issues, and in general help the club grow in a positive direction. If you are interested in being on the EC please send an e-mail to any one of the current club officers or to the suggestions e-mail address on our Club web site. If you feel you have ideas and are willing to help grow this club than we need you. The club is still in its infancy and has room to improve and grow. With the help if energetic people like yourself this will become one of the best Tri clubs the east coast has to offer. The following positions are all open for re-election. Please submit your interest and we will put you on the Ballot. I promise no hanging chads! President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Communications Officer Web Master Promotions and Apparel Officer :( New Position for 2007) The primary duties would involve managing our ever expanding selection of Club gear. At present we offer, hats, visors, sweats, jerseys, singlets and jackets. We're in the process of ordering fleece vests. We need someone to keep on top of this, to communicate with vendors, to update orders, to keep track of the inventory and to come up with great new ideas. The following current EC members have submitted their names to be placed on the Ballot: President: Sadj Bartolo Vice President: Chip Warfel Treasurer: Dave Wheeler Secretary: Kristen Mylotte Communications Officer: Bill Jellyfish Wheeler Web Master: Grant Hicks The following member are running for the following positions Treasurer: Dean Siedlecki (Deano) Promotions and Apparel Officer: Melissa Emory If you are interested in running you may submit your name in nomination until November 27, 2006. If you'd like to be on CREEJF (Committee to RE-Elect Jellyfish) please see me so we can start planning our break in! If you'd like to be on NAAGHP (National Association for the Advancement of Grant Hicks People) see our Web Master Grant Hicks...Booya! MMTC GU: Fiddy Cent at a PACK, can beat that with a baseball bat! We have secured GU pack for the low, low, price of .50 per pack for Club members. Details and GU at our next meeting, Monday 11/06/2006 PRINCETON SPORTS COLUMBIA. MMTC Apparel: We have MMTC running vest! Hot black with our logo on the chest. Oooh man is this one SMOKIN! Mentoring Program 2006: MMTC now has a full fledged mentoring program for new Triathletes. If you are interested in being a mentor or want to have a mentor please contact Sadj at trisadj@aol.com < http://us.f608.mail.yahoo.com /ym/Compose?To=trisadj@aol.com > MMTC Women's Group 2006: I had the great pleasure of meeting some of the members of the women's group and was pleased to find that they are fully getting involved in a sport that can be very intimidating. The more people involved in Triathlon the better. A lot of the women will be doing the IRON GIRL in Columbia, also a lot of these women have joined MMTC as full fledge members. Thank you Maura for running with this and spreading the word about the Sport of Triathlon. Contact Maura Dunnigan at dunnigan5@comcast.net for more information. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT CLUB MEMBERSHIP!!! You can renew your membership or join the Club online through Active.com or by sending via snailmail. Go to our website www.midmdtriclub.org and click on the "join" link. Let's make 2007 our best year ever.