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June 2014 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order @ 7:12:
    1. Officers: David Elliott, Nancy Douty, Jason Cohen, Brenan Filippini
    2. Directors : Rebecca Post
    3. Members:
  2. Review minutes and approved
  3. Review agenda
  4. Officer’s reports
    1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 140 (last month 140)
    2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
      1. Wenatchee went well, pretty on time for everything. Even Chris Herman on time. Counted 60 boats. Turn out lighter, but more tickets sold. Partner stove really helped sell the tickets.
      2. David talked to the camp host, he was happier with our behavior. Dogs on leashes and we were a little quieter. Jay was the first person and he was kind of rude. Heard it from others as well. Had problems in past with camping in other sites. He had a run in with Lee a little bit because they had two vehicles and not both in the group camp. Make note to adjust article to indicate etiquette. Need to still book next year. Confirm that June 6 is the date. Poker run is the only one still up in the air for next year – 15th doesn’t work so we should make it the 8th.
    3. VP Business – Jason Cohen – nothing
    4. VP Finance – Nancy Douty
      1. Current bank balance: $7456.29 Still Money out for prizes and Mary for CPR. People paid but outstanding checks still.
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt – not present
    2. River Watch – Chris Herman Brenan
      1. Potential new Nooksack take out, new DNR land acquired.
      2. Cable drop going pretty good, and should be finalized this year. Good for rafts now, but want grandmas to be able to go too. So add more steps, railings to go up in August.
      3. Sauk river at Bachman Park – have some money to put in toilets and other improvements. Once done, should be nicest access in the state.
      4. Skokomish North Fork – should get road open up in the next two years (not confirmed). Talked about boater access around Trout Creek (mile 6.9?), not sure if above or below. We put in user comments a while back, purpose of rebuild is for boater access. Phil is going to retire soon, so trying to get it in motion.
      5. Suiattle River road supposed to open in October which is big deal because washed out a few years ago. Will open up the upper section. There was an issue a while back with using a helicopter to rebuild the road. With no road, there is stress on the other trails especially from horses.
      6. Middle middle – could use some help, not much going on. Talked to Tom O’Keeffe, but not much happening.
      7. The Sauk gage at Darrington seems to be calibrated correctly. Tom to update AW at the end of the season not to confuse people this season.
      8. Should we make Brenan chairman? Chris hasn’t made a meeting since January.
    3. Safety and Education – Jason Cohen
      1. Nothing new to report
    4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck – not present
    5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski – not present
    6. Programs/Volunteers – Jim Johnson – not present
    7. WRRR Wear – Nate Dickison – not presenet
  6. Old Business
    1. Wenatchee Rendezvous roundup – see above
      1. See above
    2. Sauk Overnighter status
      1. Camping is set for Thursday / Friday. Brenan has most of the gear. June 9th was the cut off, so going to send mail to those who RSVP. Run it like a normal trip, post required gear. Run it like a real Idaho trip. Meet at 11:00, launch at 2:00, and camp about 4 miles down. Suggest WRRR provide breakfast (not enough people to vote). Whole point of trip is to learn how to do an overnighter. Feedback in the past has suggested we do more these type events. Looking for ideas for food. Trying to make it easy so people can focus the overnight stuff. Should we drop stuff at White Chuck. Try to avoid it so people get used to running loaded, but having something there just as backup in case someone gets nervous. Make sure we do safety talk.
    3. White Salmon status
      1. Kind of auto pilot. Having Aaron and Kat be alternate trip leader has been a big help.
    4. Poker Run status
      1. Finalize 2015 date – august 8th 2015.
      2. Dealing with the permit issue: Talking to Hunter as Pixie suggested. Suggest handling it by individually talking to them (not through the club). Try to just fill out the permit without paying or having first aid / safety card. Just need to get the application in before July 7th. Brenan doesn’t really know Hunter, so David will call him.
    5. Web site status
      1. David been writing custom code for the web site and close to moving all membership to the website. Hopefully will have everything done by the end of the year with a demo to everyone in fall.
    6. Hydro-flasks
      1. Currently planning on shipping in July, so probably won’t have them for the White Salmon, but at least for the Poker Run. David ordered one through OWA, but still not here either.
  7. New Business
    1. Tieton Rally planning
      1. OWA good with doing a combined weekend with us. Just need to talk to Valley Septic to get the 5 toilets (Brenan will take care of it).
    2. 2015 Board of Directors
      1. David doesn’t have the time/bandwidth to be president next year. The time commitment is up to you. The president’s job is to get people to do things. The position is often also the chair, but doesn’t have to be. They should be committed to going to all the events. Need to keep recruiting new blood. With the phone in it should open up a whole new set of folks. Eligibility is based on a max 3 years in a position (including directors). Missing board info for early years and 1999 (transition of waterlog from someone to Joe)
    3. July board meeting location (7/9)
      1. South center, Renton, Overlake? Nancy to reserve Overlake, Claim Jumper as backup (preferred over roundtable because of the room).
    4. Waterlog articles needed by 5/20
      1. VP River Ops
        1. Poker Run full article – not much new except dates and combined with OWA.
        2. Tieton Rally teaser
      2. Nancy to check if $19 is really the cost for 5 newsletters, if so Brenan can take over printing the 5.
      3. Safety Chair
        1. Scholarships article – Jason to put together article on scholarships. Probably not going to use any of the first half money (but can budget that for some other safety related activities).
  8. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Sauk Monday has been a blast. Thursday Middle-middle is done (but still doing Friday). Real good turn out on the Sauk this weekend.
  9. Adjourn @ 8:04