November Monthly Membership Meeting

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11/11/2021 Meeting Minutes

  • 23 Members attended this month’s meeting, held at Colony Rec Center.  This was our first indoor club meeting since the pandemic began in 2020.
  • Trish opened the meeting with the elections of club officers for 2021.  Mark Rossini and MaryLou Marcotte were re-elected for Treasurer and Secretary.  John Campbell and Trish Chandler were elected as our new co-Presidents.  John Valasco was elected as the new club Vice President.  Lizann Atkin will remain on the TVRC board in the role of President Emeritus for 2021.
  • Our speaker this month was Kari Walker, from The Villages Health.  She gave an excellent talk about The Importance of Getting a Good Night’s Rest, for Runners.  She began with an overview of the reasons that sleep was so important to many of the body’s function, including our immunity.  She gave several ideas for improving our night’s sleep.  Some of the key takeaways were to try a 2 week sleep boot camp.  Follow a strict bed time and wake up time, establish a bedtime routine, eliminate naps, exercise, and don’t eat too close to bedtime.  Good luck to anyone with sleep issues!
  • Carol Wolf reminded the club that she will be collecting Pajamas and Books for local children through November.  The response has been great so far!
  • Our Holiday Party will be held on Thursday December 9, at Lizann and Scott Atkin’s home.  The meal and dessert will be catered by Toojays using club funds, drinks are BYOB please.  Party will be indoor/outdoor with plenty of room to spread out.  The event has been posted on Facebook and Lizann has requested that members RSVP to help get an accurate count for catering ordering.  Spouses and significant others are definitely welcome!
  • November / December / January Upcoming Events:
    • TVRC has created a team to attend the Groveland Turkey Trot 5K and 10K, to be held on Thanksgiving morning.  Race begins at 7:15 AM.  Rides will be available via car pools, more info coming as date gets closer.
    • The next Home Run will be held December 5 from John and Trish’s house, 1163 Old Dominion Rd.  Routes will be available for 4, 6, and 8 miles.
    • The Mount Dora Half Marathon and 5K weekend events December 18-19 will be well attended by TVRC.  28 Runners are currently registered for the Half, 5K, or both events.  Trish received another free entry from the race director, and the board chose to give that entry to Dianne Schultz for her leadership of our apparel orders.
    • There will be a Holiday Light Run on Tuesday 12/21.  Location is TBD.  Lizann will organize a route for us to run together as a club.
    • Steve Wolf will again be organizing our traditional New Year’s Day run from Lake Sumter Landing.  This will be our 7th anniversary as an organized club!  Family members are encouraged to join, and there will be a shorter walk available in addition to our usual 6 mile run.  Refreshments and social time will follow!
    • Save the date for our January home run which will be held on January 16!!  More details to come.
    • The Villages Charter School will host their annual Running with the Herd 5K on Saturday January 22. 
  • The club took a moment to recognize several of our members who have recently competed in major events!  Congratulations to all these athletes!!
    • Boston Marathon – Valerie Miller and Bob Tebo
    • Chicago Marathon – Trish Chandler and Warren Gross
    • New York Marathon – Alice Kelly and David Kurman
    • Florida Ironman – Dan Lavoie, Mark Bar, Terri Bower, Donna Maguire, and Nate Leech
  • Mark Rossini gave an update on our financials. We currently have 75 paid members for the year, 336 facebook members, and approximately 160 active facebook members.  The club has had an income of $5700 in 2021, and has spent $4500 to date, leaving a balance of close to $1200 to cover our remaining expenses (holiday party catering).  Thank you to all for a successful year!
  • Dianne Schultz gave a quick update on apparel.  Our most recent fall apparel order has arrived, and orders will be ready for distribution as soon as Sunday.  Our holiday shirt orders will be later in November. 
  • The club also enjoyed some refreshments, including a cookie cake to recognize our veterans!