June 2016 Board Meeting Minutes – Washington Recreational River Runners

Call to order
1. Officers: Rebecca, David, Brenan
2. Directors: Mary, Jason, Matt, Jared, Nancy (7:15), Joe (8:20)
3. Others:
Review minutes and approve
Review agenda
144 members (140 members last month)
Standing Committee Reports
1. River Watch – Brenan Filippini
  1. Possible log on the Sauk
  2. Green River ACE – keep an eye on the relicensing
  3. Nisqually – no new news
  4. Cispus – Rebecca did not attend, but they have our complaints
  5. River conservation job open in Idaho
2. Safety and Education – Jared Cook
  1. Possible class in the fall or do it in the spring
  2. Possible first aid class
  3. Survey members – SurveyMonkey
3. Communications – David Elliott
  1. Web site status
  2. Forums
4. Membership – Joe Koncikowski
  1. Nothing going on
5. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty
  1. No info
6. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
  1. Paid for new shirts
  2. Sold $130 worth at Wenatchee
Old Business
1. Safety class status
  1. See above
2. Membership postcard status
  1. No status yet
3. Wenatchee Rendezvous roundup
  1. Went well – camping good
  2. 1069 tickets sold plus 100 benefactor/sustaining
  3. Great job on prizes
  4. Consider deals like 6 for $5
    1. Not useful since most people buy multiples of $20
    2. — Will not do this
  5. Consider $2 tickets to reduce work of sellers
    1. Pro: Less work dealing with tickets and less waste
    2. Pro: Most people paid in $10 and $20 bills
    3. Con: $1 is an easy price
    4. — Instead, have more raffle ticket sellers
  6. Continue going to Eagle Creek area instead of Tumwater?
    1. Tabled
    2. Survey members
4. Sauk Overnighter status
  1. Plan is up in the air – will firm up the week before
  2. People can camp at Brenan’s on Friday night
5. White Salmon status
  1. Camp reserved
  2. David will be there to pay
  3. Randy and Nancy are trip leaders
6. Poker Run status
  1. Info on forums
  2. Jason doing cards
  3. BBQ at station 3
  4. Station shuttle early – 8am
  5. David reserved Upper Goodell
7. Tieton Rally planning
  1. Possibly get gravel
  2. Dumpster – Share with RiverBooty
  3. Recycling – article will tell people to take their own recycling home
8. Insurance research
  1. Rebecca doing insurance research with Backcountry Horsemen
  2. Rebecca will contact lawyer about waiver
New Business
1. 2017 Board – Who is planning to continue?
  1. Repo for President
  2. Jared for River Ops
  3. David for Finance
  4. Brenan for Director
  5. Jason possible for Business
  6. Nancy for Director
  7. Adam not continuing
  8. Matt not continuing
  9. Josh Wiseman – David talking to him about being a Director
2. WRRR’s role in working with other organizations
  1. Current policy is that WRRR supports and is represented by AW
3. 2017 dates – voted and past
  1. Jan 1 new years float
  2. Feb 18 Tilton trek
  3. April 23 flip practice
  4. May 6 green clean
  5. May 20 Clackamas festival – trip leader: Jay
  6. May 27-29 Lochsa – trip leader: Jay
  7. June 3 Wenatchee
  8. June 10? Wenatchee river festival
  9. June 24 sauk overnighter
  10. July 15 white salmon
  11. August 12 poker run
  12. Sept 16 Tieton Rally
  13. Sept 21 rogue
  14. October 15, gear swap
  15. October 21. Sauktoberfest
Waterlog articles needed by 6/20
1. NOTE: Make sure Brian verifies receipt of articles
2. VP River Ops – Poker Run full article and Tieton Rally teaser
3. Safety Chair – Article about Safety scholarships
Announcements and good of the order
1. Survey – safety, dogs, camping
2. Nancy t-shirts: Wrong logo year – not going to fix them
3. Embroidery logo – David has it
4. Strategy for dealing with rule breakers – dogs, etc.
5. Safety scholarship – $250 credit for swiftwater class as a raffle/poker prize
  1. Brenan motioned
  2. Must be a club member
  3. Can be combined with scholarship
  4. Motion passed
Adjourn