News 7th May 2007

The Striders AGM takes place Thursday May 17th at 8.00 from the Visitor Centre in Norsey Woods. We will have the usual run first at 7.00, but from the Visitor Centre..
NOTE!. There will be no meeting at Hannakins on this Thursday
There will be a proposal on the table to increase the subs by £1 in all the membership categories, and this will be voted on in the evening. All of the Committee are seeking re-election to their existing posts, but if anyone of you feel you would like to do one of the roles then please let me know in advance, and this/these will position/s will be voted on during the election of the offices, that Brian Hughes our President will be presiding over.
In addition the Committee feel that there is an additional role for someone to become our England Athletics Co-ordinator. With all the changes currently taking place within the Governing Body, there is the potential there to access Grant / Funding money to help pay for Coaching Courses, Equipment, Improvements etc. We would like this person to be the contact that gets sent all the information I currently receive from England Athletics, keep the Committee informed of what the changes are, how they affect grass roots clubs and co-ordinate the Affiliation Fees. This nicely leads me into a final point for the moment.England Athletics will be charging each club a £50 Affiliation Fee, and then each "Competing" member within the club has to pay an additional £3 for 2007/8 increasing to £5 for 2008/9 to England Athletics, if they are going to compete in races. If you do not intend to take part in races you will not have to pay this extra levy. But if you don't pay and choose to then race, you will have to race as an unattached runner and pay the additional £2's on enter races. This is all very new to us, and will be discussed at the AGM, but in the meantime I strongly advise you to go onto the England Athletics website eastion region which is our region site and understand what you can about the scheme. Also click here for a document that will give more details about the proposal.

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