AIMS membership fees not yet paid for 2015 are already six months overdue. Any member still unpaid for the current year on 25 September will be removed from the membership listing and AIMS Calendar on the website and from Edition 4 of Distance Running.
 
The AIMS treasurer sends out regular reminders to those members who are in arrears. If a race finds itself in exceptional circumstances then they should communicate this to the Treasurer. Defaulting members not responding before 25 September will be removed from the membership.

Alan Brookes reports that:
 
“There 9 x 1m spaces at the AIMS stand in New York. So far six of them have been sold and three are remaining. Apart from being a good opportunity for races to get together the 1m frontage option is the bargain way to secure dedicated expo space at the New York Expo.”
 
Anyone interested should contact Alan at:
alan@canadarunningseries.com

The AIMS ‘Best Marathon Runner’ Awards Gala will be held for the third time in Athens on the evening of 6 November. The following awards will be made during the evening:
 
BEST MARATHON RUNNER AWARDS: Leading contenders for the award in both male and female categories will be nominated during the first week in October. These will be based on performances between 01 October 2014 and 30 September 2015. AIMS member races will be asked to vote for one contender in each category before 31 October. The result will be declared for the first time during the Gala evening.
 
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Made according to the decision of the AIMS Board of Directors to a person who has contributed significantly to the sport of Distance Running over a sustained period.
 
GREEN AWARD: Made by decision of the AIMS Board of Directors to the AIMS member event showing best environmental practice in the conduct of their event, on the recommendation of a specialist advisory panel
 
SOCIAL AWARD: Made by decision of the AIMS Board of Directors to the AIMS member event showing greatest commitment to broader social objectives in the conduct of their event.

The 9^th AIMS Marathon Symposium will be held in Athens during the morning of 7 November. Specialist speakers will address the topic of Doping in Distance Running in two sessions as relating to:

1. “Anti-doping organizations, policies and instruments”
   • including case studies by marathon organisers
2. “Race organisers, coaches & athletes’ battle against doping”
   • Preventive action plans towards doping threats”
   • Preparing for and reacting to doping incidents in your race”
   • Personal perceptions from elite athletes

Following the Athens Marathon – the Authentic held on 8 November an instructional course on the measurement of road races will be held from 9-13 November, based at the AIMS Headquarters in the OAKA Olympic Marathon Complex in Athens. Most places on this course have been pre-booked by those expressing interest during the last year, but if someone from your event is interested in measurement, can ride a bicycle and use a pocket calculator then please enquire of aimssec@aol.com.

The next World Congress of AIMS will be in South America, hosted by the Quito Ultimas Noticias 15km in the Ecuadorean capital on 2-4 June 2016.
 
Any member interested in hosting the 22^nd World Congress, to be held sometime between 01 December 2017 and 30 November 2018, should contact aimssec@aol.com for Congress guidelines and an application form.

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Gary Friar circulates member races with regular requests for information including
i) race dates
ii) contact details,
iii) advertising requests
iv) addresses at which to receive bulk deliveries of Distance Running.
& etc.
It is possible that these requests may be diverted into the member race organiser’s spam folder. Please be alert to this possibility and, if you are not receiving Gary’s messages, be pro-active in providing details and  making bookings for advertisements in Distance Running.

• Medio Marathon de Lima (PER)
• Verona Marathon (ITA)
• ½ Maraton del Concilia Citta di Trento (ITA)
• Bengaluru Midnight Marathon (IND)