The RRTC continues to inject new people into our network of measurers and Certifiers. In 2014 we had 94 New Measurers and in 2015 at this point in time we have 70 New Measurers. We have encouraged our Regional Certifiers to find people and train them and this appears to be working.
Another project is with our Education and Training Workshops. USATF does have restrictions on the amount of money we can spend, but over the last year and half we have had 4 workshops. At this year’s Annual Meeting in Houston, we will be trying something new and include a workshop on measuring Friday, Dec. 4th, 2015. It is open for anyone and if you have question direct them to Toni Youngman our Education and Training Chair.
I decided about a 1.5 years ago we needed to expand our Final Signatories. At that point in time we had 19 Final Signatories and after my appointments we now have 32! (Note: Some of these have become Regional Certifiers). The main reason for these appointments is it frees our Regional Certifiers that have a heavy load of Certified Courses and it allows them to train new measurers. Just to point out, this status has been assigned to prolific measurers who have shown they understand the process and have been recommended by their Regional Certifiers. It is noted that one requirement is they must be able to do submissions electronically.
Here are the new FS(note: some may have moved on to become a Regional Certifier): Brad Smythe, Nathan Porch, Winston Rasmussen, Jeff John, Doug Jones, Bob Brennand, David Heithaus, Jon Elmore, Neyl Marquez, Logan Burgess, Bob Kennedy, Lyman Jordan, Brandon Wilson and Ken Lowden.
We had several Certifiers reisgned during this year. Below is a summary:
I accepted the resignation from Lou Joline as the Missouri Regional Certifier and he was replaced by Don Garrett. Lou only served a short time and found it difficult to keep up to date on his submissions.
I accepted a resignation from Duane Russell from all his positions with RRTC. Duane served as a Certifier and Vice Chair for 9 years. His present job requires him to be away for many weeks and he can’t continue to be active in the RRTC. Hence, we are fortunate to have Logan Burgess take over the Regional Certifier positions and Jane Parks to be the Vice Chair West.
I accepted a resignation from Jay Wight as the IL Regional Certifier. His job and other things was making it difficult for him to continue in this position. Jay has served the RRTC for over 30 years and has done outstanding service for all of us. Hence, we are fortunate to have Neyl Marquez, one of our Final Signatories take over the Regional Certifier position. Neyl has shown dedication and good work as an FS and I’m sure he will step in to make this an easy transition.
I accepted a resignation from Lyman Jordan as the MD Regional Certifier. Has been replaced by Nathan Porch, one of our Final Signatories. Nathan should be able to make this a smooth transition.
I accepted a resignation John Ferguson from his positions with RRTC as the SD, ND, NM and LA Regional Certifier. John has been doing this for over 30 years and he decided now is a good time to step down. Here are the new Regional Certifiers: Mark Neal(ND & SD), Toni Youngman(LA) and Gene Newman (NM).
Mike Wickiser was appointed to the position of Validation Chair by Gene Newman replacing Neville Wood. We also updated the Role of our Validation Chair posted online to use the new language for Verifications of USAFT Championship Races.
The RRTC will continue to inject new people and our goal is to provide the running community with better service.
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