- Clubs need to take into account the transaction fees associated with each event
- Registration information needs to be sent to the MCA office one month in advance of the event
- Clubs are encouraged to use the online waiver form - see past races for examples
- Information forms will be reformat to reflect the information needs of the race bibles and in a format that can be written to (Word over PDF)
2. Late Fees and Race Costs
- Will introduce a family price for next year to make races more cost friendly for families
- Out of province racers who show up the day of the race to register will not be charged late fees
- It was decided to keep the same day registration fees high to encourage advanced registration for events. Suggested that this should be a minimum of $40
3. Club Points
- A new system will be developed for next year to make it fairer and to take into account the number of riders in a category
- The system should reward clubs that bring people into the sport, i.e. points for new participants, increases in riders from one year to the next
- There was discussion on the merits of separating kids from adults in the results
4. Movement between categories
- Need to make sure that racers know there categories and that they consistently race in that category. If a rider races in another category without getting permission from the committee they will not receive any points for that race
- The number of points that a rider takes with them to the next category is thought to be too high, this will be readdressed for next year
- Hal will check the results from the current races to verify that there has not been any movement between categories without written permission
5. Leaders plates
- Concern by commissaires that it was difficult to track racers who had leader plates (there are no numbers on the leaders plate). It was decided that we would like to stay with the current systems and that we would ask the commissaires if they could try and make it work
6. Reach the Beach
- Race date to be changed because of availability of facilities - changed to August 1.
7. Promotion
- Bur Oak – set up a booth on a Saturday to promote the MTB racing and hand out information to casual riders using the trails
- There should be an MCA booth at the Ice Bike event
- A MTB Ambassador should be at all races and events to answer questions about cycling
- Draws for free races from Ice Bike and Bring a Friend
- Interview new racers and put the interview up on the MCA website
- Hal to clarify the junior category and post information on the commissaires blog
9. Trails, mapping and trail marking
- Discussion on the importance of cleaning up the signs and tape used to mark trails for races - all tape and markings are to be removed from a race site following a race, especially if it is in a public park
- A post calling for contributions of trial maps and GPS files will be posted. This is to build a resource that mountain bikers can use for their trail rides
10. Provincial Falcon create timeline and tasks
- A timeline and planning schedule regarding the provincials is to be created.
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I like all of these. The only thing I would change is the movement between categories. I think we get less upword movement due to the loss of points in the preivious category. Say Joe racer dominates his cat and with 1 Cup race left he would win the series even if he did not start. He should not penalized if he wants to try the cat above for the last few races of the year and be aloud to keep his overall victory in the lower cat. If we are going to have less transfer points then there will be more reluctance to move.
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