MUT Section of the USATF Bylaws - Proposed Dec 2003

15-2 Mountain/Ultra/Trail Running Council:

a Duties and responsibilities: The Mountain/Ultra/Trail Running Council
shall:

i. Championships: Have jurisdiction over the national and regional (where
regional coordinators are appointed) championships in the particular sports it controls, except that masters' championship bids recommended by the Council must be approved by Masters Long Distance Running. Inconjunctionwith the National Headquarters, the Council shall institute, locate or award, conduct, and manage all such championships in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 4 (pages 68-70);

ii. Membership: Represent/promote the interests ofMUT runners within USATF;

iii. International Teams: Select international teams and management staff;

iv. IAAF Member Organization Representatives: Recommend individuals to serve in the IAU and WMRA in accordance with those organization's constitution and by-laws; and

v. Awards: Coordinate the selection of the discipline's Runners of the Year and Contributor of the Year awards.

vi. Miscellaneous: Promote and develop activities related to its discipline.

b Makeup: The makeup of the Council, which shall be reflected along with the sport committees in Exhibit F, shall be as follows:
i Association members: One (1) member to be named by each accredited Association which has conducted a championship in one of the council's disciplines in the previous twelve (12) months. Associations which have not conducted a championship in one of the council's disciplines in the previous twelve (12) months are encouraged to attend council meetings in a non-voting capacity. In the event that  two Associations merge, the two  incumbent representatives on the committee may  continue to serve. When at least one incumbent no longer serves on the committee, the merged Association's representation shall revert to one committee member.

 ii Elected chair: The person elected by and from the council to serve as
chair;

iii Elected vice-chair: The person elected by and from the council toserve as vice-chair;

 iv.Sport Committee members: Three representatives each from the Women's LDR, Men's LDR and Masters LDR Committees.Of the three representatives from each committee, on shall represent Ultra running, one shall represent Mountain running, and one shall represent Trail running.

v. At-large members: Up to four at-largemembers to be selected by the Chair.

vi. Athletes: If the number of Active Athletes in the discipline ofMountain, Ultra, or Trail running on the Council is less than twenty percent (20%) of the total membership, additional Active Athletes shall be named so as to bring  the number of Active Athletes in the discipline of Mountain, Ultra, or Trail running on the council to at least twenty percent (20%) of the total membership. Such Active Athletes shall be selected by those registered attendees at the meetings of USATF who are Active Athletes engaged in the discipline of Mountain, Ultra, or Trail running.

c Council chair: See Article 13-C for committee chairs , where applicable

d Executive committee: The council shall establish an Executive Committee to perform its duties between annual meetings. The membership of the executive committee shall be at the discretion of the committee as a whole. The number of Active Athletes in the discipline of Mountain, Ultra, or Trail running shall be at least twenty percent (20%) of the committee.

e Operating procedures: The council shall have a set of written operating procedures on file with the National Headquarters, as stated in Article 13-D-6 for committees.