Board members are elected by either the Board or in conjunction with members in good standing at a designated meeting. There are no term limits.
A Board member may be removed at any time, with or without cause, either at a meeting called for such purpose and may be removed by majority vote of members in good standing present and voting. At such meeting a proposed member can be replaced by the Board and attending members.
BOARD MEMBERS
Club Ambassador – Cee Vallee
cvallee1@cox.net
Meetings Coordinator – Pat LaChance
pat.lachance@comcast.net
Membership Coordinator – Don Clukies
dclukies@gmail.com
Newsletter Editor – Eric Benevides
ericben24@cox.net
Social Media – Eric Benevides
ericben24@cox.net
Treasurer – Don Clukies
dclukies@gmail.com
Dave Simmons – backup treasurer
dasimrun@yahoo.com
Webmaster – Pat LaChance
pat.lachance@comcast.net
Grand Prix – John Santillo
katjonkkd@cox.net
BAA Coordinator – Johann Gomez
johan.gomez1@gmail.com
Boston Marathon Waivers – Pat LaChance
pat.lachance@comcast.net
OTHER
Hall of Fame
Lisa Meehan
Natalia Scarpetti
Dave Simmons
Cee Vallee
Pacing
Nels Johnson – csnyrox@yahoo.com
Natalia Scarpetti – redsox643@gmail.com
Clothing – Natalia Scarpetti
redsox643@gmail.com
Singlets – Pat LaChance
pat.lachance@comcast.net
USATF Liaison – Johann Gomez
johan.gomez1@gmail.com
TREASURER
The treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and other valuable effects, shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Club and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Club in such depositories as may be designated by the Board. The treasurer shall maintain a system of internal fiscal control and shall report regularly to the Board on the expenses and financial condition of the Club. This person has access to the Paypal account.
MEETINGS COORDINATOR
The coordinator shall keep the minutes of the meetings of the members and the Board. In addition the coordinator will monthly schedule meetings, conduct the meeting and provide input for member updates (sent as an email). The minutes of each meeting are recorded by this person and the document is sent to the club distribution email group for archiving. The minutes are also posted on the website and reported in the newsletter.
MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR
The Membership Coordinator shall keep track of members and issue reminder notices when due. This person will also have access to the Paypal account.
CLUB AMBASSADOR
This person reaches out to welcome new members informing them of the benefits of joining the club.
PACING COORDINATOR
The Pacing Coordinator will be in charge of organizing pacing for events with RIRR members.
SINGLETS
The clothing person will be in charge or ordering, storing and dispersing singlets for new membership and singlet sales.
WEBMASTER
The Webmaster will be in charge of maintaining the website.
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
The editor of the newsletter will be in charge of organizing the newsletter each month.
GRAND PRIX
The person in charge of the Grand Prix will maintain the race schedule and tally the members who have completed listed races.
USATF LIAISON
One of the requirements from the BAA to be considered for a waiver is membership in the local chapter of USATF (New England). The club liaison would be responsible to join the USATF by agreeing to a background screening completed by the USATF and every two years would be required to take a US Olympic Committee SafeSport course, which involves viewing 90-minute video.
SOCIAL MEDIA
This person maintains the club’s Twitter and FaceBook accounts (both private and public).
HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE
The committee will research and determine which member(s) will be inducted into the RIRR Hall of Fame.
BAA COORDINATOR
Coordinates volunteer opportunities with the BAA.
BOSTON MARATHON WAIVERS
Works with the BAA to validate the club’s efforts in the running community to receive the waivers. Online documentation needs to be provided on a yearly or bi-yearly basis.
CLOTHING
This person is in charge or ordering and maintaining any clothing stock outside of singlets.