New prices for race scoring services, equipment, and race applications in CBRC News are effective December 1, 2004.

Race Scoring Services

Cost is $1.00 registered runner with $250 minimum. This includes:

• Computer data entry from race applications.
• Complete age group listing with times within 30 minutes after last runner finishes.
• A race application in the newsletter for 1 month.
• Trailer with cones and stanchions.
• Gun, mile markers, bull horn.

The race director's responsibilities:

1. Get the race application to the news letter editor on time.
2. Make arrangements for equipment required.
3. Manage the finish line.
   • Set up and tear down stanchions and ropes.
   • Have a volunteer operate the time machine.
   • Collect and spindle tear strips from the bib.
4. Collect and make available race applications for data entry.
5. Arrange registration with pre-labeled bibs for pre-registered runners and hand writing bibs for race day registration.

Our responsibilities:

1. Publish the race application.
2. Enter into our computer the information on race applications.
3. Print labels before packet pick-up for placing on bibs.
4. Do computer entry of race day registrations up to race start.
5. Compute full age group results.
6. Two printed copies at the race, usually available about 30 minutes after the race end.
7. Provide runner names and addresses for next year mailing.
8. Post results at www.cornbelt.org.

Prices when not using Race Scoring Services.

Race application   $80 
  in CBRC News   
Chronomix timer    $.10 per runner ($20 minimum)
Time machine       $.15 per runner ($25 minimum)
Small race clock   $.10 per runner ($20 minimum)
Large race clock   $.15 per runner ($25 minimum)
Stanchions         $.10-$.20 per runner ($15 minimum)
Traffic cones      $.25 each (replacement $6)
CBRC trailer       $35.00 (delivery charge)
Mile markers       $2.00 each
Gun                $2.00
Bull horns         $2.00 each
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Examples show possibilities. Your requirements will likely vary.

Example 1. You have a new race and expect 200 runners; you get 120.
Bundled your cost is $250.
Separate pricing is $159.
$80  Race application
$15  You need 60 cones at $.25
$24  You need 8 stanchions at $.20 times 120 runners.
$20  You choose small clock (minimum).
$20  Cronomix timer (minimum).
You choose to have someone pickup and return the equipment.
You choose to post bib strips on a plywood sheet and have a
volunteer transcribe times from the timer to the bib strips.
You decide to not publish full results.

Example 2. You have an established race and expect and get 480 runners.
Bundled your cost is $480.  It rains and only 210 come - $250.
Separate pricing is $320.
$80  Race application
$40  You need 160 cones at $.25
$45  You need 20 stanchions at $.10 times 480 runners.
$72  You choose large clock. $.15 X 480 runners.
$48  Cronomix timer. $.10 X 480 runners.
$35  Trailer
You devise a scheme to enter race applications into a spread sheet
and manually enter corresponding times so that you can publish full
results.