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 Feb 10 Official Notice of the RRCA Annual Meeting
All members of the RRCA in good standing as of March 1, 2009 are welcome to attend the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Membership. Participation in the 2009 RRCA National Convention is not required in order to attend the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Membership. The meeting will take place on March 27, 2009 starting at 4:30 PM Pacific at the HYATT - FISHERMAN'S WHARF, 555 North Point Street, San Francisco, CA 94133. This notice contains two important reports required in accordance with our bylaws: 1. Report of the Nominating Committee 2. Voting Assignment and Proxy Certification Instructions REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE: The following individuals represent the recommended slate of Directors from the nominations submitted for election to the RRCA Board of Directors. These individuals have been interviewed and recommended by the Nominating Committee, which included the following individuals: Gar Williams (past president), Chair, Mel Williams (RRCA member), Sue Brown-Nickerson (IN State Rep), Elizabeth Unilawski (RRCA member), Irv Newman (RRCA member), and Don Kardong (past president). LENA HOLLMANN – SOUTHERN REGION DIRECTOR Lena has been the RRCA North Carolina State Rep since 2005, and received the 2007 Outstanding State Rep of the Year Award. She has been an active athlete for over 40 years, starting as a track runner in her native Sweden. In 1971 she was the Swedish National Champion in the 1500m. Since her move to the US in the mid-1970s she has completed 25 marathons, with the highlights being a PR of 2:44:10 in the 1983 NYC Marathon, and a 10th place in the 1984 Boston Marathon. Currently Lena is active in two local running clubs, North Carolina Roadrunners Club, where she is a Board Member At-Large, and Carolina Godiva Track Club. Lena is also an RRCA Certified Running Coach and a USATF Level I Coach, and has co-chaired a local beginner runner program. She is active in the North Carolina Association of USATF, serving as the Masters Long Distance Running Chair. Lena has attended numerous RRCA Conventions. Lena has also served on the Board of several non-running volunteer organizations, including Toastmasters International, where she was Club Treasurer and President. Lena has two Masters Degrees, in Public Health from University of California, Berkeley, and in Management from North Carolina State University. She resides in Cary, North Carolina, and works as a Senior Programmer for a Contract Research Organization serving the Pharmaceutical Industry. DAVID EPSTEIN – WESTERN REGION DIRECTOR A native of York, Pennsylvania, David Epstein has been an active RRCA volunteer since 2001, when he was appointed as State Representative for Alaska. David’s Board tenure began in 2003 as an At-Large member. He completed two full terms in that capacity (during which he also served as Secretary) and was elected to his first term as Western Region Director at the 2007 Chicago meeting. From 1995 to 2006, David served as President, Secretary, and Webmaster of the Anchorage Running Club, and President/Race Director of the 5-Miler for Men’s Cancer Research in Anchorage, a prostate cancer benefit race he helped found in 1996. He started running in 1992 and has completed nine marathons. David attended Duke University and earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in 1975, and went on to study airport engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and earn a Master of Science in Engineering degree in 1976. Immediately following that, he entered on duty with the Federal Aviation Administration and has spent his career there. David currently serves as Business Services Group Manager for the Western Service Area of the Air Traffic Organization in Renton, Washington. He is married to Sara Plotnick-Epstein, and they maintain a principal residence in Juneau, Alaska. KELLY “K2” RICHARDS – AT-LARGE DIRECTOR Kelly is a Minnesota native who has found a home in Texas. She began running on July 4, 1997. Her long-term running goal is to run a marathon in all 50 states and Washington, DC. She will be running state #27 in March 2008. Kelly served as President of Lake Grapevine Runners and Walkers (RAW) for five years (2002-2007). During that time RAW donated over $73K to charities, profitability increased from a negative figure to several thousand dollars positive, club membership doubled and several new lines of club clothing known as RAWear were created. The club’s bi-monthly newsletter Footprint received the RRCA Jerry Little Award for best small club newsletter. Kelly has been nominated twice for RRCA Club President of the Year. She became the RRCA North Texas State Representative in March 2006. In the North Texas area several state and regional championship races have been hosted and have clubs have won multiple RRCA National Awards. Kelly has volunteered her time nationally by serving on several National Award Selection Panels. She was instrumental in the development of the Road Race of the Year Award, now in its third year. She has served on the State Rep Working Group and currently is a member of the Strategic Planning Task Force. Kelly will receive the 2008 Outstanding State Representative of the Year at the upcoming RRCA Convention. DAN EDWARDS – AT LARGE DIRECTOR Dan Edwards has been a Tidewater Strider for the past 21 years, has been a board member for the past 19 years, treasurer for 15 years, and race committee co-chair for the past 5 years. He has also led a nationally recognized youth program, coordinated the newsletter and many other critical functions within the 1,700-member club. The race committee, led by Dan, has 10 club races and over 30 club co-produced races. Dan serves as race director for four of the club’s races, including the Turkey Trot Scholarship race, which annually exceeds 1,700 runners. Dan has recently served on the RRCA’s Strategic Planning Task Force. He was the recipient of RRCA’s Rod Steele Memorial national club volunteer of the year award in 1993. He has attended many of the RRCA’s annual conventions and has assisted with parliamentary processes at four. Dan also helped establish the Greater Hampton Roads Association of Road Running Clubs for the region’s three major RRCA member clubs in 2006 to coordinate schedules, inter-club competitions and mutual support. Dan Edwards is also a proven leader outside the running community. He has served on the Virginia Beach School Board for the past 11 years and has also been elected to serve as Chairman of this 11-member board annually for the past 10 years. The board oversees the education of 70,000 students with 10,000 employees and a budget of over $750 Million. Photos: Top left to right, Lena Hollmann and David Epstein. Bottom left to right, Kelly Richards and Dan Edwards OTHER NOMINATIONS: New for the 2009 election process due to the bylaw changes adopted in 2008, the RRCA will accept nominations for non-slate candidates that would like to be considered for election. The deadline for submitting non-slate nominations to the National Office is February 26, 2009 at 5:00 PM Eastern. Email nominations to Jean Knaack at . An announcement of all nominees, the recommended slate of directors along with any additional non-slate candidates, will be shared with the membership including a 250 word or less biography for each candidate in advance of the Annual Meeting where the official election will take place. VOTING ASSIGNMENT AND PROXY CERTIFICATION The bylaws of the RRCA allow for the assignment of a proxy vote for member clubs and events. If an RRCA member club or event is not sending their official voting representative (president, director, or owner) to the Annual Meeting of the Membership, then the voting rights of that club or event may be assigned to another authorized representative (proxy holder) attending the meeting in person. In accordance with the RRCA bylaws, individuals gathering proxies can only solicit or receive proxies from clubs located within the state in which the individual resides. The individual must also be a member of an RRCA club organized within the state in which the individual resides. If an individual resides in more than one state, he or she shall be deemed to reside in the state where he or she maintains his or her principal or primary residence. To assign voting rights to a qualified proxy on behalf of a club or event member, the authorized representative must complete the Official 2009 Voting Rights Assignment to Recognized Proxy Holder Form. Each Appointed Proxy Holder must complete and submit the Membership and Residence Certification for Proxy Holders Form in accordance with the instructions on the forms. The forms and instructions can be found on the RRCA website at http://www.rrca.org/rrca/business/documents/proxy.pdf. ###
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