Present:

Dana Duthie, Larry Seidman, Phil Hackbarth, Tracy Summers, Penny & Kevin Bergsten, Jose Valdes(official)(phone), Perry Chapmen(Las Vegas Tri)(Phone),Jim Flint (Phone), Dan Fisher (Las Vegas Tri(phone)

Bettina Younge, Dana Duthie.

I. Introductions

II. Board of Directors Nominated as Follows

A. President: Larry Seidman

B. VP # 1 Tracy Summers; VP # 2 Jose Valdes

C. Secretary: Kim Griffiths (Penny B as alternate)

D. Treasurer: Rob Ladwig

E. At Large Members: Phil Hackbarth, Kevin Bergsten, Bettina Younge, Perry Champman (New Mexico), ; Still need representatives for Utah and Wyoming.

III. Event Calendar 2001:

A. Have dates for Races on Pikes Peak Club Web Site; Will be posted on Regional Web Site. Only Conflict so far is Glenwood Springs and Avon are on the same dates. This is for USAT sanctioned events only. Still trying to get some race directors to sanction that are upset due to increase in one day license to $7.00 and problems with Sponsors of USAT giving products last year.

B. Race Calendar for Seven Races in New Mexico and South West Challenge will be included in the web site as well. There will be some overlap between the NM races and SW Challenge races with the Colorado Race Schedule.

C. USAT must emphasize the "value" of sanctioning an event, besides the obvious insurance coverage. Further, several race directors, were disappointed in the amount and/or lack of products provided by USAT sponsors. Their expectations, based on their perception of the value of sanctioning, were not met.

IV. Communication with USAT Office:

A. Alison Kasuboske no longer with USAT: Tim Yount knows about meeting and will be our contact at USAT until Alison is replaced.

V. Regional Championships for 2001

A. Sprint Distance: 3 proposals were submitted(Monument, Milk Man, and Wyoming Razor City.

1. Monument Sprint Selected as Regional Championship

2. Milkman to be asked to do the Club Challenge

3. Razor City to be asked to do the Clydesdale Championship

B. No proposal submitted yet for Olympic, Long Course, and Ironman

1. Deadline extended for these distances to December 8th. All proposals need to be received by this date not postmarked as the meeting to decide will be on Saturday December 9th at 11am in Denver.(Location TBA).

VI. USAT Officials

A. Clinic to be held in 2001. Dates to be announced by Perry and Jose.

B. Problem with USAT Sanctioning Form: Does not state that if a race decides not to use a USAT official they cant be a regional championship in the following year. This needs to be corrected in the 2001 sanction form.

C. Jim Flint assumed the USAT Coordinator of Officials position for this region. He is responsible for arranging the Officials Certification Clinic for 2001.

VII. Next USAT Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting

A. Saturday December 9th ; Time and Place TBA: Tracy Summers and Penny Bergsten to coordinated Time and Place

1. Will be deciding other Olympic, Long Distance and Ironman USAT Rocky

Mountain Regional Championships at this meeting.