Beloved ECCC - You've been waiting all year. It's here. The ECCC Annual Meeting. Saturday, November 18, 2006 on the Army campus in West Point, NY. 10:00am start for the Team Building Meeting, the annual meeting begins at 11:00am. All ECCC teams are welcome and encouraged to attend -- you make the conference what it is: the biggest, baddest conference in the nation. TEAM BUILDING MEETING WELCOME AND INFORMATION IMPORTANT VOLUNTEER POSITIONS OPEN ECCC DISCUSSION POINTS 2007 ROAD SEASON SCHEDULING 10:00 Team Building Meeting --------------------------- Make your team ROCK! What are the secrets of other team leaders to build their teams, keep students interested and improve themselves year after year? The answers lie with your peers - the experienced student leaders of the ECCC. This could the most valuable hour of the entire collegiate cycling year! This portion of the meeting will be run by Caitlin from MIT, Lindsey from Syracuse and Caitlin from Tufts (hey, we tried for three Caitlins, but came up short). 11:00 ECCC Annual Meeting Welcome & roll call ------------------- * Meeting objectives * Information you need to know: * Hincapie Sports ECCC clothing hook-up * Ambitious Collegiate Cycling initiatives for 2007 * New collegiate manager at USA Cycling, Daniel Matheny * 2007 licensing: team and individual * “Really exciting” insurance information Important Volunteer positions open ---------------------------------- * “Regional alliances”: regional coordinators to build Collegiate Cycling * ECCC rulebook compilation * Press officer (with budget!) * Marketing officer (with budget!) * Host housing coordinator * Officials - clinic and licensing (work 1+ ECCC weekend for reimbursement) ECCC Discussion points ---------------------- There are a number of exciting concepts to discuss (Women's C/Men's E) and other issues to address, so please discuss the following among your teams prior to the meeting. To keep the discussion to a reasonable amount of time, feel free to discuss issues on the ECCC listserv. With luck, we're hoping for only 3-4 Kopena Ultimatums(tm) as we discuss and vote on the following: * Women’s C, Men’s E category (branding, logistics & scoring) * Field splitting calculus (e.g. two Men’s D races) * Team scoring: change from "simple sum" to nationals-style team procedure * Tighten the integration with USCF categories - Mandate USCF category requirements - Make collegiate events count towards USCF upgrades * TTT scoring: 2nd/3rd, 2nd/2nd or 3rd/3rd wheel? * ECCC "season pass" * Standardize point penalties and procedures Break for lunch --------------- A chance to network with other team leaders, talk about your teams and generate great ideas for the 2007 road schedule. And, of course, chow down on those fantastic military rations! All with a great view of the Hudson River. 2007 Road Season Scheduling --------------------------- This year, it's time for our promoters to "go big" and build on our already great events. This will require great new ideas, a fresh perspective, and alliances among every team in your region to assemble the finest calendar of cycling events in the country. We have an opportunity to introduce Collegiate Cycling and this lifetime sport to many more people and make it even more fun. We know that our awesome promoters are up for the hard work and creativity; you should all challenge each other to step it up. Other emails have reviewed the details of the scheduling process, but this is a classic event in the ECCC. Weekends: March 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 31-April 1, 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29. Road nats are likely going to be May 10-13, 2007. As usual, there are more proposed race weekends than available weekends, so get ready to work together towards a great schedule! See: http://lists.topica.com/lists/eccc_info/read/message.html?mid=812489116 See you all this Saturday. Thanks, Mark Abramson ECCC Conference Director