In attendance:  Cheryl Gilbert (BIW), Peter Serunian (Anthem), Tom Blake (Unum-Provident), Jennifer Nelson (USM)

*Treasurers Report - none

*As of this date the Bath Rec Department has not been paid for the use of the
track. Cheryl will follow up with Irene regarding this.

*Ribbons have not been ordered yet for the first meet that was shorted for some
teams, the State Meet or the children's races at the State Meet. Peter Serunian
will take the responsibility of ordering them, plus additional ribbons for next
season. Discussion was held on the ribbon situation, as we spend a lot of money
on them ($.35 ea. Resolutions were 1. Awarding ribbons at the Regional and
State meet only 2. Awarding ribbons to 1st thru 3rd at regular meets, and 1st
thru 6th at the Regionals and States. No decision was made, we will discuss
this further at the next Captains meeting.

*Billing for the teams that did not have a volunteer at some of the meets has
not been done yet. If you are a team that were unable to secure a volunteer,
please remember that there is a $25.00 fee. You can send your check to Irene
Fitzgerald at Old Port Pension Administrators, or bring it to the October
meeting. This will save Irene some time. Tom will follow up with Irene on
teams that still have an outstanding balance.

*Meet Director position. It may be hard for us to fill the position of Meet
Director for MECTA. We decided that we might be able to accomplish this through
advertising with fliers at some of the major races this fall, the Maine Track
Club, and the Maine Principals Association (Jenny will see if there is a vehicle
that we can use to submit this flier directly to the AD's via e-mail). Jenny
Nelson will prepare a flier and distribute it this week-end at the Maine
Marathon. People responding to the position will be made aware of their
responsibilities including attending the monthly MECTA meetings, arranging for
the track facilities and officials and recruiting new teams. Upon request,
Jenny will forward the Job Description, and an application that Tom will
prepare. We will then be able to interview the applicants, and pick a Meet
Director (hopefully for the January Meeting).

*501c status. Cheryl WILL call Alan Muir to see how we are evolving with this.

*Nomination for Officers of MECTA. We were unable to do this at the meeting, as
there was not a quorum of team captains present at the meeting. We have decided
to take the nominations for President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and
the two board positions via e-mail. You can nominate yourself or some one else
for these positions. PLEASE do this as soon as possible. We can take all the
nominations and vote at the October meeting. If you are nominated, you need to
accept or decline the nomination. If you are unable to make the meeting, you
can still run for office, but we do need your acceptance letter in order for us
to put you on the ballot. Please consider running for an office.

*It should be the responsibility of each of us to want to serve MECTA. To
encourage this, a motion was made by Tom, and seconded by Jenny:
"A financial fee will charged to teams not having representation at the
MECTA Captains meetings."
At the October meeting, we will make a proposal based on a sliding scale fee and
the attendance of the of the team captain or it's representative.

*The next regular monthly meeting is a very important one. Please try to make
this meeting, or send a representative. It will be held at the Anthem BX/BS
building on Wednesday October 18th at 5:30 PM

Submitted by Cheryl Gilbert,  September, 26, 2000