I will meet with key council members to improve and upgrade our contracts and bidders' booklet. I will ask the council to form a Marketing Committee. I will then appoint as chairman a person who is very experienced in the marketing of people and services, is a veteran athlete, and has time to do the job well. The committee will seek out marketing firms that can find sponsorship, get our championships on television, and work toward getting a masters event into the Olympics. I see the council through the eyes of the athlete.
Some people see the athlete through the eyes of the council.
I have 25 years experience as a masters administrator and as an active athlete at the local, national and intemational levels. I have competed in 10 WAVA Veterans Championships, announced in six, and have been overwhelmingly re-elected treasurer four times. I take pride in having chaired the WAVA Committee that developed the masters age-graded tables for worldwide use. I've been publisher and editor of the National Masters News, WAVA's official publication, for 18 years. NMN has represented the sport fairly and accurately.