USATF Colorado Association Meeting

USATF Colorado Association Meeting

September 5, 2014

Membership & Sanction Report

By: Megan Greene
Membership & Sanctions Chair

MEMBERSHIPS

CLUB MEMBERSHIPS

The total number of active clubs for 2014 is 107. Last year there were 97 active clubs. The breakdown of age groups included in these active clubs:

Youth: 71

Masters: 59

Open: 78

Event Organizations: 21

The cost of Club Membership for one calendar year is $50. The Colorado Association splits that fee with the National office and keeps $25. There is an additional $15 fee that goes to the National office for 3rd party insurance if a club needs to have a facility or practice area added to their insurance.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIPS

There are 3,565 Individual Members in the Colorado Association. Youth make up approximately 2,000 and the Adults make up approximately 1,500 of the total members. We have increased our numbers from last year by 368. The total numbers of Colorado Association members from 2010-2013:

2010: 2,540

2011: 3,004

2012: 3,288

2013: 3,197

The fee for youth memberships is $20.00 per calendar year and adult memberships is $30.00 for the same length of time. The National office receives $10.00 out of the $20.00 for the youth membership and receives approximately $13.00 out of the $30.00 for the adult membership.

SANCTIONS

There have been 139 sanctions granted by the Colorado Association for 2014.

Total number of sanctions the last few years:

2013: 159

2012: 153

2011: 140

The total number of fees collected for sanctions in 2014 is approximately $8,360 for the Colorado Association and $31,275 for the National office.

Colorado Association Sanction Fee Scale:

#of Participants Members Non-members

Nat’l Office Co. Assoc. Nat’l Office Co. Assoc.

1 – 100 $50 $45 $50 $60

101 – 250 $75 $50 $75 $65

251 – 500 $150 $55 $150 $70

501 - 1000 $300 $60 $300 $75

1001 – 2000 $500 $65 $500 $80

2001 – 4000 $700 $70 $700 $85

4001 – 6000 $1300 $75 $1300 $90

6001 -15,000 $3000 $80 $3000 $95

15,001 – Plus $5000 $85 $5000 $100

All sanctions have been processed on-line this year. Feedback has been positive overall and some suggestions for improvements to the system have been forwarded to the National office.