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! Fall Meeting 2009 Race Proposals

The following are procedures for proposing a race for the upcoming
2010 road schedule.


! Meetings

All teams proposing to host a race this spring must have a
representative at both the upcoming Fall Meeting on Nov 14, and the
Winter Meeting to be held in early February. At the Fall Meeting
those representatives must present a brief overview of their race and
answer questions. Scheduled races must have a representative at the
Winter Meeting to report on the status of their event.


! Deposits

We are still working on accounting logistics to have promoters submit
a deposit toward the timely and proper conduct of their races.
Promoters will '''not''' be required to submit a deposit in order to
propose a race for the 2009 road season. Selected promoters may be
required to submit a deposit later this year.


! Race Proposal

Promoters must email
[[mailto:caitlinjthompson@gmail.com,ian.sullivan.1986@gmail.com,jkopena@usacycling.org | Caitlin, Sully, and Joe]] by Wednesday, November 11, with the
information below. If you do not receive a reply by November 12th, we
have not received your email---probably due to issues w/ the
attachments---and you should contact us again (i.e., without
attachments or by phone). Those emails must include the following:

* Name of proposed event
* Promoting team(s)
* Proposed location(s)
* Possible event dates; please note if this event is to be considered for Easterns
* Preferred event dates
* Name and contact information (phone, email) of lead promoter
* Name and contact information (phone, email) of co-promoter
* Name and contact information (phone, email) of school administrator overseeing team (e.g., club sports director)
* Attached race proposal presentation slides (see below)


! Race Proposal Presentation

Representatives from each race must present the event to the
conference at the Fall Meeting on Nov 14. Slides for the presentation
must be submitted by Nov 11th along with your proposal email outlined
above, and must be in PPT, PDF, or LaTeX format. All presentations
will be posted online shortly before or after the meeting.

Each presentation will be granted ten minutes with an additional few
minutes for questions. Time will be strictly kept, use it well!
Presentations must follow the basic template available at:

%center%[[ http://collegiatecycling.org/eccc/wiki/uploads/Events/2009-road-proposal-template.pdf | 2009-road-proposal-template.pdf]]\\
%center%[[http://collegiatecycling.org/eccc/wiki/uploads/Events/2009-road-proposal-template.ppt|2009-road-proposal-template.ppt]]

In summary, each presentation must have no more than five slides to be
presented, including the title slide, and must include all of the
information noted in the template:

* Race title
* Host clubs
* Race locations(s)
* Promoter contact (email)
* Day 1 information
** Course description & map (optional, highly recommended)
** Previous history w/ course and venues, i.e. race held recently or courses used in past
** Permitting status! You should already have had serious discussions with your venues and have solid tentative agreements to use the courses & a good handle on marshals, police, etc
** Nearby food and lodging availability
* Day 2 information
* Safety measures
** Emergency services that will be on site
** Nearby emergency rooms and hospitals
** Course control measures: Hard fencing, caravans, etc
** Marshaling plan: How many course marshals will be needed, and where will you get them from? This is a significant issue, particularly for road courses! You must be credibly able to field the number of marshals required for your courses...
* Summary
** Briefly review key highlights
** Quickly note additional features of planned event

An excellent draft presentation courtesy the Columbia team has also
been made available online at:

%center%[[http://collegiatecycling.org/eccc/wiki/uploads/Events/draft-grants-tomb-2009.pdf|draft-grants-tomb-2009.pdf]]\\
%center%[[http://collegiatecycling.org/eccc/wiki/uploads/Events/draft-grants-tomb-2009.ppt|draft-grants-tomb-2009.ppt]]

The following are some additional guidelines to consider:

* Please make sure your slides are readable! We will be in a large room; keep your background simple and colors well contrasted.
* Keep in mind the time limits, they will be zealously enforced! In general, budget no more than two minutes per slide.
* Practice your presentation beforehand. We're all friends and the setting fairly informal, but it is a large group and you want to have a great first impression of your race. In particular, practice to make sure you will cover your material within the time limit!
* Make sure you and/or the people with you are prepared to answer any questions that may be posed about your event.

Remember that the presentations are not just a requirement toward
having your event put on the calendar. They're also the first step in
getting people excited about your race and getting everyone to come to
town and participate when it finally comes around...


! Handouts

Many of you will have more information about your event than can
reasonably fit into a ten minute presentation. Feel free to produce a
handout to be distributed at the meeting with that information. Twenty
copies should be sufficient to give out one per team. Please, please
consider the environment by using space effectively and printing on
both sides of the page. All handouts should be submitted
electronically to Joe, Sully, and Caitlin at or after the meeting so
that they may also be posted online along with the presentation
slides.


! Nota Bene

No proposals will be considered which have not met all of the above
requirements! ECCC races are among the best in the nation, and all of
this is just one small part of keeping them that way.


Please contact [[mailto:jkopena@usacycling.org | Joe]] if you have any
questions or comments.
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