I'm fine with including the license fee in the $45 registration. I like the BSC
Team is trying to gear itself toward those beginners and juniors out there, and
(in my opinion) picking up some of the costs that other races won't typically do
is part of this...

Should be a nice day for a ride. Hope to see some of you @ BSC today for the
noon ride.

--- In BSCRaceTeam@yahoogroups.com, "Gates, Russell" <rgates@...> wrote:
>
> I heard back from USAT regarding the one-day license fee that is required for
all participants in a sanctioned race that do not have an annual license. They
are covering the $150 sanctioning fee, but not the one day license fee, which is
$10 per racer. We have decided to sanction the race this year, primarily
because of the insurance coverage USAT provides, but we need to decide whether
or not to add an additional $10 to the entry fee for the one day license or if
we want to include the license fee in the existing registration cost of $45.
>
> I would like to include the license fee in the $45 registration for several
reasons. Primarily, the benefit of sanctioning this race is primarily ours in
the form of the insurance. As a beginner triathlon, most of the people we are
hoping to attract are not trying to qualify for nationals, which can only be
done at sanctioned races. Most of our racers will not have an annual license,
and I don't want to see the additional cost deter them from signing up. And
considering our profit from last year, and an anticipated increase in entries
this year, I don't think our profit will suffer too heavily if we do cover the
$10 fee. I definitely want to make sure we make some money, but I don't view it
as a primary goal for this event.
>
> I also do not want to be the only one involved in this decision, so let me
know where you stand on the issue. I would like to have the registration open
by the end of next week, and have the advertising out there, so if you could get
back to me by Tues. that would be great. Thanks!
>
> Russ Gates
>