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November 2014 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order
    1. Attending: David, Nancy, Brenan, Jim, Rebecca, Jason
  2. Review minutes and approve
  3. Review agenda
  4. Officer
    1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 136 (last month 136)
    2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
    3. VP Business – Jason Cohen
    4. VP Finance – Nancy Douty
      1. Balance $6664.58
      2. PayPal: $160
      3. Should we donate to AWA or join other clubs with some of this surplus money
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
      1. Not present
    2. River Watch – Brenan Filippini
      1. Everything is in the October meeting minutes. One correction – after starting with $33k for the cable drop, only $4500 was left to do the actual work after paper work and studies.
      2. Make sure we include $500 in budget for gravel and other river access improvements.
      3. Skykomish – everyone puts in on the north fork on private property. Think about doing a gift or something for the owners. If there are other private river access, let Brenan know. Plan on getting thank you notes signed by members to give to them.
      4. Rebecca has question about Green river access. The main entrance that everyone uses was blocked. Paul/Jay probably know more, Brenan will add it to his list.
    3. Safety and Education – Jason Cohen
      1. Nothing to add
    4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Not present
    5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Not present
    6. Programs/Volunteers – Jim Johnson
      1. Do we want to book the January meetings (first board and permit/general board meeting). Will discuss under new business
    7. WRRR Wear – Nate Dickison
      1. Not present
  6. Old Business
    1. Safety training for Lyles
      1. Lyles is interested, Nancy to talk to Randy
      2. Rescue 3 International (rescue3international.com) / Wavetrek Rescue (wavetrekrescue.com) are some options.
      3. If we do this, the idea is that whoever we elect and train would do our training next year so that we don’t have to hire anyone else.
      4. This year, group education budget was $1600 + $600 for scholarship. This could be carried over to next year, but hate to see budget items grow.
    2. Election status
      1. Only received about 14 votes. Encouraged the board to vote.
    3. Gear swap roundup
      1. Overloaded pizza because some people left early. Spent about $200 on pizza and had about 2 left over.
    4. Sauktoberfest roundup
      1. Went well, about 26 boats and a river board.
    5. Shangri-La Halloween party roundup
      1. Went really well. Should have it for the Cleanup if we want it. We need to fill out the form. Mark signed a form for the Halloween event. Need to do it again for the Green Cleanup.
  7. New Business
    1. Tilton Trek planning – 2/14-2/16 (present day weekend)
      1. Will reuse the article from previous.
      2. Talked about a crock pot cook off, but nothing special at this point.
    2. Forums (Facebook, WRRR website, and Yahoo)
      1. Official position
      2. Recommendation is that we make it clear that forums are not official club benefit and requirement is that people are civil.
      3. Recommend switching board group to WRRR forum from Yahoo group.
      4. Moderator rules
      5. Suggest notify anyone being banned and posting something about why they were banned.
    3. Appoint audit committee
      1. Nancy, Rebecca, and David appointed. Anytime after today. Rebecca leaves after Thanksgiving, so suggest doing it before. Nov 21 @6:00 at Nancy’s house.
    4. Plan January general membership meeting
      1. January 14th board meeting – Renton roundtable
      2. January 22nd general membership meeting – Overlake roundtable
    5. Club safety equipment
      1. Defibrillator
      2. OWA has one and brings it on their trips. Cost about $1200. CPR isn’t very effective. Rebecca is certified to use one at work, it requires annual training.
      3. At the very least we should always have an official sweep boat for all events and that boat would carry the equipment. Table this discussion for another time.
      4. Sat phone
      5. $300 plus $20 a month for 40 messages.
      6. Walkie talkies
      7. Have done water proof ones as prizes in the past, intended to do that this year as well.
    6. Year in Review
      1. David thanks everyone.
  8. Waterlog articles needed by 12/1
    1. Note later date because of election results timing
    2. VP River Ops
      1. New Year
      2. Tilton Trek full article
    3. Chair
      1. January General Membership Meeting
  9. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Nothing
  10. Adjourn