I also compete in LDR and have good relationships in that community as well. I was president of the Southern California Striders for three years. I have attended and been an active masters committee participant as a voting delegate to the national convention since 1992. I have some past record in organizing athletic events and founded a company which put on a training camp the Mammoth Athletics Camp in 1987-89. This still survives as a division of my personal computer consulting company and provides fitness services to corporations.
Masters track is perpetually underfunded.
My answer is best described in my detailed proposal which is currently under review by Craig Masback. This proposal was conceived well before I had any notions of being a candidate. This was just in response to the struggle to make the Masters events at the elite meets work better and included other experiences as the past president of the Striders track club. Briefly, the proposal identifies the fact that by trying to sell programs which are separated into youth, elite and masters, we limit our attractiveness to potential sponsors. A unified approach makes business sense and works well for the few examples that try it.