Attendees:  Beth, Eric, Leslie, Mike, Stefano, Willie

1)  Website

• Mike will follow up with John and Wes to find out whether assistance is needed to finish the website development and get it up and running ASAP.
• Stefano will follow up with Charles Steinkuehler, the Webmaster of the Sunflower Striders, to find out whether he would be willing to be of assistance as well.
• Willie offered to host a T2 webpage on his website to establish temporary presence for the Club.  Since this one page also would need to be developed (who would do it?), for right now we agreed to stay focused on the actual T2 website development.
• All Board members agreed that communication is key for the Club and the website is the single most important communication vehicle moving forward.

2)  T2 ENewsletter

• Mike took the lead to work with Jan Waterhouse to start issuing a quarterly newsletter.
• Mike tries to have a proposal together for our January planning session.

3)  2009 Planning Session on Jan 8 

• Agreed to open attendance up to all members.  Agreed to have meeting at the SW YMCA
• Agreed to have a casual 2, 3 or 5 mile run (depending on members' preference) prior to planning session to make it more fun, starting at the SW YMCA at 5.30 PM.  YMCA Non-members will also be allowed to use the changing facilities and showers.  WE HAVE NOT DECIDED WHO WOULD ORGANIZE THE RUN!  DO WE NEED TO HAND OUT MAPS, DO WE NEED ASSISTANCE AT TURNING POINT(S)?
• Meeting will start at 6.30 PM - GPRC generously agreed to sponsor + provide snacks and drinks - THANK YOU Willie!
• All attendees need to come prepared to make the meeting as productive as possible.  Preparation will include for each attendee to articulate what the Club should do and offer.  Anything on the "wish list" should be ideally be supported with actual examples, benchmarks from other clubs, organizations etc.  Meeting goal is to put together entire plan for 2009 as well as discuss where we would like to be in 2 and in 3 years.

4)  T2 Uniform and Logo discussion 

• Eric showed actual samples of tri tops and shorts, which everybody liked.
• There is disagreement about the logo application on the tri top, primarily because someone tampered with the size and the positioning of the triathlon icons plus the elimination of the "Topeka Triathletes" words from the back of the tri top.
• Eric's concern regarding Primal Wear was that all rounds of revisions have been taken advantage of and add'l work may be charged.  Eric will find out whether revisions could be made.

5)  Board members 

• Adam had apologized prior to Board meeting in e-mail to Stefano about having to miss many of the Board meeting and clinics and announced that he would like to vacate the Vice President position.  Family and work require his full attention.
• Jim had announced that Thursdays would not work for him most of the times.  Changing days/times for Board was discussed, but dismissed since there is always a day/time which will not work for everybody.  Board meetings stay on Thursdays.
• Kelly Gunn had not attended Board meetings since Charter meeting and indirectly we learned that she is also very busy with work and wedding planning.