SCTR Moving Forward in 2016

Hi all. A few important updates about what is going on at the moment as we finally get moving again in 2016. So to kick off the initiatives I brought up last year with the most safety for all members we are best to invest in liability insurance.

Some other clubs have this already and while it is unlikely to be required ever if it was then people inured could be without recourse. The best way to get this without paying a fortune is to become incorporated and then affiliated with Aths Vic and fall under theirs for a small annual fee.

So we are now incorporated and as such required to have an annual meeting and report that to a body once a year including finances (which are very minimal given we are free and staying that way).
So to tick this box I will be putting a poll out for self nomination for secretary (in charge of minutes and reporting), treasurer and chair person (to act as the default when no one else wants to chair - this means just running the meeting).

Nominations will be open for Feb with votes to be cast at the start of March and our first AGM to be held around mid March. At this stage I just want to keep things from getting complicated so this board is just to fulfill our requirements and you will all be involved in larger decisions using another process to be determined and you will be informed of (SCTR is owned by its members).

Self nominations are open here!

T-Shirt / Singlet Sales

Demand for orders is back again, so we have the Ventou ordering for the new material (honeycomb, more breathable) open again with:

• $55 Tees
• $50 Singlets

Join the SCTR community and get automatic fans and crew at events.
Do not click postage unless you're really keen as it's a bit expensive. We'll work out a way to get them distributed with a few members if possible.
Thank you once again to Gavin Markey for helping out the SCTR with his Tailwind sponsorship (proudly shown on the back of the tops).

Go order some now here!

New Pages Up!

I've just prepared some initial content for pages on:

• Leading a Run - gives you some guide lines for what you should consider when leading a run.
• Our Run Leaders - who's interested in leading up runs and in what areas.
• Special Location Runs - areas we're looking at as well as some details on the locations.

I'm looking to add more to these pages as we go, and definitely open to any others who would like to help out leading runs. The next focus is locking in some dates for a few special location runs. Would like to do maybe 2 Brisbane Ranges up first (since people are pretty keen and that gives them two opportunities).

Run Leaders and Special Location Runs

I've recently brought up the idea of having numerous "run leaders". I'm going to completely define what this will involve (like sign out sheet, etc.) on the a page on the site here but the idea is to keep it simple and have one or more people committed to leading up a run. There are some really good advantages to this: runs don't hinge on one person's availability, we can offer more advance notice as they're more likely to go ahead and we can utilise people's knowledge of their local trails.

From Daniele Foti's suggestion, we're also looking to have a bi-monthly special location run (i.e. not the You Yangs). We've had a lot of demand for SCC course runs and Brisbane Ranges so they will be in there quickly, and I've run some great stuff recently that people would enjoy, like Macedon, and would love to check out the waterfalls in Lorne.

Finally, I'd like to get some of these run leaders to volunteer a run of their own to lead on a weekend or at night somewhere (fairly ad-hoc) and have a regular meet up. I'll put out an official call for volunteers and for suggestions to flesh out the details but thought I'd put it out there first. The main idea here is to tap in to what we have in our group, which is a lot of great people that love to run trails, and then extend that to the wider group to offer more of what we all love. Check back soon for more info!

Poll Results In

I recently put up a poll to see what people would like to see more of and here are the results:

• 21 Votes - More in Anglesea / SCC course
• 17 Votes - Night runs not on a Tuesday night
• 16 Votes - Exploring the Brisbane Ranges
• 16 Votes - Instructional runs (technique, strategy, fueling, etc.)
• 11 Votes - Advance notice (2 weeks+)
• 9 Votes - Regular day runs on weekends
• 7 Votes - New locations
• 5 Votes - Shorter distances
• 2 Votes - More social events
• 2 Votes - More family friendly events
• 2 Votes - Information sessions
• 0 Votes - Event course familiarisation runs
• 0 Votes - Longer distances

So it looks pretty clear that people want more runs, in more locations, more often and with plenty of notice. Pretty clear to me! :)

Lock It In!

Dates have been confirmed for both Lady of the Trail (25th of October) and the Afterglow Training Run (14th of November) - you can see these listed from the Web version of the blog in the Events section. Details still to be confirmed on both but they will look very familiar for anyone that attended their previous events. More to come soon!

Work In Progress

So there are a few exciting things that some SCTR members are working on at the moment. In group runs, we have the next installment of Lady of the Trail tentatively scheduled for the 25th of October and for the Afterglow Twilight-Night Trail Run we are looking at the 4th of November for a group run. There has been continual interest in hoodies so Gavin Mccleish is looking into a supplier for us. In planning stages but looking to lock these in so watch this space for updates!

Welcome to the SCTR Blog!

Welcome to the new "web site" which will post important announcements, have reference articles or info and link to everything else SCTR related. Events will be listed and linked in and we should even be able to do surveys (for general questions and sorting out run transport, etc.).

So to explain how we'll be doing things now (or at least our intentions):

• Facebook - member discussion, announcements that link to other stuff, pretty much whatever (but nothing we need people to be able to find again - cause I never can!)
• Trello - managing the events, assigning tasks for them and just knowing what's in progress.
• This blog - everything you need to check to know what's coming up and see what's been going on recently.

I'm thinking this will make a pretty good combination but we'll tweak it as we go!