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April 2019 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order-7PM Claim Jumper Tukwila
    1. Officers present: Nancy, Joe, Repo, David, Jared, Karie, Brenan
    2. Others present: Evan Jones, Jim J, Mary, Ryleigh, Lyss
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. No action items for last month
  3. Review agenda
  4. 138 members (135 members last month)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. River Watch – Rebecca Post
      1. Cispus meeting coming up in Morton
      2. Trip following – people are encouraged to bring trailers
    2. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
      1. Safety class May 11-12 is full
      2. Repo will receive payment and pay Casey
    3. Communications – Karie Burns
      1. Needs to work with David
    4. Membership – Rebecca Post
    5. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Picked up mail
      2. Online application form will help streamline process
    6. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
      1. Inventory done and new orders being made
      2. Joe K wants stain resistant shirts because he gets stains before he can even pay for them
      3. Karie recommended Sports Wash for shirts
  6. Events
    1. Niqually Cleanup status (04/20/2019)
      1. Discussed times (9am at put-in, 10am at takeout)
      2. We will help with extracting cars in river
    2. Flip Practice status (04/28/2019)
      1. Ask people to bring popups if weather is rainy
    3. Green River Cleanup status (05/4/2019)
      1. KP camp still has trees – hoping for resolution soon
    4. Wenatchee Rendezvous status (06/1/2019)
      1. We will have poopers everywhere
      2. Nancy will try to bring odor neutralizers
      3. There will be a camp cleanup when we get there
      4. There will be 2 ticket stations with 2 shifts each to ease the burden of selling tickets during potluck
    5. Sauk Overnighter planning (06/22/2019)
      1. Bill Henniger is asked not to attend because rain is his fault
      2. The above may not be factual
    6. Misc River Ops
      1. We need volunteers
  7. Old Business
    1. None
  8. New Business
    1. Present proposed by-law changes
      1. Went over all changes; have some edits
      2. 6.8 change “will” to “may”
      3. 6.13-6.14 add statement about these staff memberships being rule of 85 eligible
    2. Waterlogs to go to members until 2 months after expiration
      1. Different emails for the expired 1 month and expired 2 months messages
    3. Online membership application
      1. Approved as is, but improvements are inevitable
      2. Karie suggested adding prices to buttons on pay screen
        1. This has been done
    4. Wenatchee Rendezvous General Membership meeting agenda
      1. By-laws changes
      2. Stories about Bob from Jim
      3. Encourage volunteers
      4. Mandatory prayers for rain – all members to be fitted with shock collars to enforce
      5. The above may not be factual
    5. Discuss what officer positions directors are interested in learning
      1. Nobody had input
      2. Everyone is eligible for next year, but David is not planning to return
    6. Membership letter to members expired within 3 years
      1. David and Repo will handle this
      2. David will automate this for future
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 4/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Brian verifies receipt of articles
    2. VP River Ops – Wenatchee Rendezvous full article
    3. VP River Ops – Sauk Overnighter teaser
    4. VP River Ops – White Salmon teaser
  10. Announcements and good of the order
  11. Adjourn 8:30PM (longer meeting because of by-laws discussion)