Here is some more information about the upcoming (12/5) Clinic/Meeting sent to us from David Evans. If you are not currently a member of the Coaches' Association or have questions about it, contact Coach David Evans at devans@ovis.net Coaches I have talked to some people regarding the clinic and whether or not to charge a registration fee. After a lot of thought, the following has been decided regarding this clinic. A registration fee of $30 will be charged. The $30 will be to pay the yearly dues of $10 and the extra $20 will be used to help defray some of the costs of the speakers and the remainder will be used to help pay for the warm-ups purchased for the Mid-East Cross Country Team members. (These warm-ups belong to the association and will be used from year to year.) I realize that this is very short notice for this clinic and meeting and that it will not answer all of our needs. But this will be a start! We need as many coaches to attend this clinic and meeting as we can possibly get there. This is just a beginning! With your help, and that means your presence at this meeting, we can make some major strides for cross country and hopefully track in the next year or two. We have lots of ideas from coaches and people who are college coaches or are very interested in cross-country and track. As I have said in previous e-mails, there are several programs which I would like to see started this next year. One of them is a quarterly newsletter to inform coaches about what is going on in both cross-country and track. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!! ALL OF YOU (those that are receiving this e-mail) AND THOSE COACHES THAT YOU KNOW IN YOUR CONFERENCE OR REGION NEED TO ATTEND AND HELP SET THE GUIDELINES, GOALS AND POLICIES OF THIS ORGANIZATION. JUST LIKE "UNCLE SAM", "WE NEED YOU!!!!" Please set aside time for this clinic and meeting on December 5--short notice yes, but that does not make it any less important. With your help, plans can be started for next years clinic at this meeting. Registration at 8:30 a.m. and clinic will start at 9:00 a.m. Speakers and topics are not set yet, but will be taken care of before the weekend. I will try to get it posted on the RUN WV SITE early in the week. Please check there for the information. I will try to e-mail anyone that I have their e-mail address. Next year, if all goes well,we should have this taken care of at least two months ahead of the clinic. Dave