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April 2024 Board Meeting Agenda

  1. Call to order
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. Check previous month’s action items
  3. Review agenda
  4. 131 members (141 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
  6. Events
    1. INVALID SECTION EVENTS
    2. Misc River Ops
  7. Old Business
    1. None
  8. New Business
    1. Wenatchee Rendezvous General Membership meeting agenda
    2. Discuss what officer positions directors are interested in learning
    3. Membership letter to members expired within 3 years
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 4/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Jarrad 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
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March 2024 Board Meeting Agenda

  1. Call to order
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. Check previous month’s action items
  3. Review agenda
  4. 141 members (135 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
  6. Events
    1. INVALID SECTION EVENTS
    2. Misc River Ops
  7. Old Business
    1. Waterlog Editor status? Use of waterlog in future? Brenan thinks we haven’t sent an announcement out yet?
    2. WRRR webmaster. Future WRRR needs, Can anyone spearhead this. Brenan is reaching out to Pete Tyron to see if he would still be available to help. Suggest, maybe start small with helping update events. Even if we pay for a website, we will still need to create the content and upload info
  8. New Business
    1. Leavenworth boat launch portapotties
    2. April board meeting location
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 3/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Jarrad verifies receipt of articles
    2. VP River Ops – Green River Cleanup full article
    3. Programs – Flip Practice full article
  10. Announcements and good of the order
  11. Adjourn
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February 2024 Board Meeting Agenda

  1. Call to order
  2. Establish Quorum
  3. Review minutes and approve
    1. Check previous month’s action items
  4. Review agenda
  5. 148 members (146 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  6. Standing Committee Reports
    1.   -Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan.  Need to talk to Megan about helping DW trips
    2.   -River Watch – Candice Larson
    3.   -Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
    4.   -Communications – Jarrad K
    5.   -Membership – Tamie Stonke.   Brenan would like to discuss adding a lifetime membership to the new website.   Discussion with some members over the years that they would prefer to pay for lifetime membership even if it cost them more than a normal renewal.   This seems like it would be easy to do with a custom $ value on the new website.   Brenan thought for discussion $960 for a standard lifetime at 32 years x $30.   It’s probably prudent to discuss raising dues, but so far everything seems to be holding steady.  Reminder we did not charge dues for the covid year, even though several people paid it anyway.  Discussion,
    7.   -Programs and Volunteers – Nobody volunteered.   Consensus to ask Jay, as he has generally had ideas about new or existing programs.   Reminder, that a committee leader or member does not need to be a board member.  In fact, we encourage help from non board members.
    8.   -Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty
    9.   -WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
  7. Events
    1.   -Tilton Trek.  Need a trip leader.  Log jam in crux spot last report, should we cancel, or who is taking lead?
    2.   -Misc River Ops
    3.   -Green preclean last weekend in April.   The parks may need our help.  They are going to get back to Brenan in the next week or 2.
    4.   -Green River Cleanup.  The 40th annual event needs your help!   We currently need several volunteers for registration and some other spots seen on www.greenrivercleanup.org.    We are close to having the basic event covered.  THe green river cleanup committee is trying to do some special things, but we need some volunteer leaders to take things to the next level.
  8. Old Business
    1.    -Status of safety class planning.  Candice:
      Lance at Wildwater to teach a swift water rescue April 20-21, but Repo said we need board approval. Cost is $300/person, with Wrrr covering half. Students will get a cert from Sierra Rescue International upon completion. Discussion
    2.    -Mic will need some help with content, web design, etc.  Brenan plans to help but will need additional people.   Brenan plans to keep calendar updated thru 2024 year end.
  9. New Business
    1. -Discuss budget for approval 2024
    2. -Status for getting donations of prizes (VP business in the past, it seems that several board members work on it past years. )
    3. -BOD insurance discussion, loosing BOD volunteers not having it.  WE have had before.   Brenan notes that a small HOA in Marble mount owns property, had 28 lots and the insurance is about $900 a year.   WE have a 65 acre common lot and a well.
    4. -Increasing dues if needed?   It seems we are holding steady and gaining $1,500 or so each year. We have spent down some money on website and other high dollar items.   Discuss for any mechanism for raising dues for success of future board.
  10. Waterlog articles needed by 2/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Jarrad verifies receipt of articles
    2. VP River Ops – Green River Cleanup teaser
  11. Announcements and good of the order
  12. Adjourn
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January 2024 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. -Call to order  6:37 pm called to order by Rebecca.
    1.   -2024 Board members Present:;  Rebecca P, Nancy D, Randy E, Brenan F, Mark B, Duane H, Candice L, Adam S*
    2.   -General Members present.   Randy D, Megan K, Karie B, Jarrad K, Kim F
    3.   -Quorum established
  2.   -Review agenda
  3.   -Review November’s meeting minutes.   Added Website update, vote to approve, 2nd, passed approval for the new website budget and  passed the Nov minutes as amended.
  4.   -New Board
    1.   -We start the year with 146 members
    2. Introduce officers.   Repo President, Brenan VP finance, Tamie Stonke VP business, Randy E River ops (Prizes, organizes camping, river operations).
    3. Mark Burns, Candice L, Nancy D, Duane H
    4. Go over officer duties via the by laws. (See by-laws)
    5.   -Elect Chairperson – Rebecca, motion, 2nd and motion carries.
    6.   -Randy DeMarco offers to help with operations! Excellent!!!   A big help this year as Randy E will be traveling.
    7.   -At large members offer opinions for what we need to focus on, T-shirts, misc discussion how the website will help T-shirt sales.
    8.   -Made a motion, 2nd and passed unanimously to add Adam Shierenbeck to the board.  Motion carries.
  5. Select Committee Chairs and go over duties
    1.     -River Watch:  Repo  (information sharing.   River access is a big part of this, keeping put  in / take outs open, cross club sharing)
    2.   -Safety and Education:   Candice.  Rebecca will help setup a safety class this spring / early summer.   Finance budget to approve scholarships, or sponsor the cost of the class.  Total safety budget $1,400
    3.   -Communications:  Jarrad steps up!
    4.   -Programs/Volunteers: table for Jay, discuss at Feb meeting.
    5.   -WRRR Wear:  Adam and Repo
    6.   -Membership committee:   Brenan and Tamie
    7.   -Finance committee:   Brenan, Adam and Duane.  Meet with the goal of passing information to next year easily.  Brenan will email the budget revisions for approval prior to Feb meeting.
    8.    -Waterlog:  Jarrod.   The board thanks him for such great work!!!
  6. Old Business
    1. -January membership meeting.   Thursday Jan 18th.  The club will buy appetizers.  Permit season is now thru Jan 31 and further.   Nancy has reserved Claim Jumper
      1. -Introduce new board to general membership
      2. -Permit info.
    2. -Audit committee report.  Nancy, Brenan and Repo met at Nancy’s house.   Some discussion about the budget format, how data gets inputted.   Copies of expenses provided.  Brenan makes a note that most of the prizes are paid for 2024.   Camping for 2024 is paid for in 2023, but we need to pay for 2025 camping in 2024.    We have the website expenditure, but with no safety classes in 2023, we still have above average funds.   We expect the new website to get some extra membership money, T-shirt, etc.   Brenan notes that the new member join button wasn’t working on the website for a couple months.  At the Tieton, we used “renew” as a work around, but it may have been too late to capture a few new members.
  7. Events for the year.  See the wrrr.org calendar.
    1.   -General discussion of the main events.   See website calendar for more info.   Please forward any updates or edits needed.
    2.   -White Salmon needs updated, Nancy to confirm with Zoe Hollenbeck
  8. New Business
    1.    -Hollenbeck Park reservation.  Nancy will confirm.   (Update via email, date has changed and camping is confirmed.  B updated website with correct date.  July 19th / 20th.) Thanks Nancy!
    2.    -Need people to touch base with diversify whitewater.  Megan can keep lead.   Discussion about DW events
    3.    -RandyE needs to pass prizes along to Mark.   Mark to get camping for Wenatchee
    4.   -Kd7rv0 will check about toilets.  Mark will check to.
    5.   -Kim says send the waterlog!
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 1/20
    1.   -NOTE: Make sure Jarrad verifies receipt of articles
    2.   -Keep information updated on wrrr.org.   Waterlog articles or sharing of events can culminate from wrrr.org
    3.   -President – President’s welcome message.  Repo to send
  10. Announcements and good of the order
  11.   -Green river cleanup committee needs volunteers.   It’s the 40th annual.  Currently we do not have enough people to run the event, but we always find people and make it work.   There is a committee to do some special stuff for the 40th.  Please consider adding some time for this amazing event.   Repo to send out summary article of the last GRCU committee.   All info for the cleanup comes from www.greenrivercleanup.org
  12.    -Thankyou to the new members
  13.    -Adjourn, 2nd, -motion carries.
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November 2023 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order @ 7:01 PM 11/14/2023 In attendance: Repo, Nancy, Randy, Erik, Randy, Brenan, Duane, Karie, Mark and Tamie
  2. Review minutes and approve. Minutes approved
    1. Check previous month’s action items. No action items to review.
  3. Review agenda
  4. 149 members (144 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan Repo still has frames up for auction. No bids at this point. Brenan has been working with Diversify Whitewater for DEI.
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post – NF Skykomish reopened. The Index Galena road has been reopened.
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post – Nothing to report.
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini – Website proposal has been sent out. First response returned with a cost of $3,400 for 2 years. 50% upfront, 25% prior to Go Live and 25% once website is live. Ballots – David Elliot sends ballots manually and counts votes manually. Voting process added to new website proposal. Green River Cleanup Committee next meeting is 12/14/2023.
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke – Nothing to report.
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith – Prizes for both Bob Johnson Memorial and Poker:                     Erik spent $513.00  Randy has listed $1,800 (before discount) to be ordered from NRS. Repo will order 500′ static line and throw bags.
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty – 1 bill sent to Brenan
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post – Nancy to order more sun shirts! Sold out fast!
  6. Events
    1. Gear Swap roundup (10/14/2023) – Good turn out! Some boats were repaired, pizza was eaten, stories were told! Not a lot of gear swapping. Fun day.
    2. Sauktoberfest roundup (10/21/2023) – Changed to Skagit River due to flows. 7 cats, 3 rafts and a kayak. 11 people that all had a great time!
    3. Misc River Ops
  7. Old Business
    1. Election Committee status – Ballots went out
  8. New Business
    1. VP Business reminders (See manual)
      1. Schedule board meetings for next year – 2nd Tuesday of the month
      2. Set up agenda events table. Is this automated?
    2. Nominate audit committee – Brenan, Repo & Nancy – 1/8/2024 6:00 PM
    3. January board meeting restaurant reservation – Round Table Pizza 1/19/2024 for 25 people
    4. January general membership meeting – Claim Jumpers, Tukwila 1/18/2024
      1. Restaurant reservation
      2. Agenda
      3. Food
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 11/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Jarrad verifies receipt of articles
    2. VP River Ops – New Year’s Day Float full article. Hosted by Nancy & Randy. Last shuttle leaves @ noon. Meet at 11:00 AM.
    3. VP River Ops – Tilton Trek full article
  10. Announcements and good of the order
  11. Adjourn
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October 2023 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order (7:15 pm 10/10/2023) In attendance Tamie, Randy, Mark, Nancy, Brenan, Erik, Duane, Jarrad, Jay, Repo
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. Check previous month’s action items
  3. Review agenda
  4. 140 members (139 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan – Posted pictures of frames to auction. $250 to donate. Zero bids thus far. Article in waterlog.
    1. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan – Posted pictures of frames
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post – Nothing to report.
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post – Nothing to report.
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini – Mark, Karie and Jarrad worked on a request for proposal to advertise for a webmaster. Possibly need to do a fundraiser? Budget for new website? How do we move forward? No Club Express!
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke – Nothing to report.
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith – Nothing to report
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty – Did not pick up mail. Looking for bill for the Tieton toilets.
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post – $600 cash, plus 2 $40 Paypal, and a $30 check coming in. Another $100 still with the shirts.
    9. Finance – Brenan:    When the new website or agenda is edited we should add a Finance report each month?
      1. Bank Balance:  $6,867.91, Paypal Balance asset $532.57, Cash in B’s office safe $1,198, Checks to cash in B’s hand $30.00, Checks to cash in Mailbox ?  Don Martin?
        1. Total assets $8,628.42.
        2. There may be some small Credit card charges.
        3.  (We owe for Tieton toilets probably $500-550).
        4. Except for any T-shirt or website work, I don’t expect too much more debits thru 2023’s end.  Estimate end of year balance at $7-8k +/-
      2. Did an audit on the books.   Things seem good but several cells in the discrepancy column are incorrect, usually backwards.  We haven’t utilized this for the past couple years and suggest the next treasurer updates as they see fit.
      3. Onedrive finance tab, I Left notes for “new members” that signed up and did not pay are left in the spreadsheet (on the member income tab.
    10. River Ops – Bob Johnson Memorial Wenatchee run (6/1/2024). 3 Toilets – we have a credit for one toilet. Randy stated that Leavenworth would provide 2 toilets at the put-in, so WRRR will not have to pay for a toilet there.
  6. Events
    1. Tieton Rally (9/16/2023) Potluck was successful! Jarrad got banners made up for the potluck. Jay suggested that we have a membership table set up for people to join at the potluck. Members supplied generators for the bands. Had say in when the bands quit playing. Successful weekend!
    2. Motion made for new banner – “WRRR Potluck” with time/dates blank so we can change dates. Budget of $200. Approved.
    3. Rogue roundup (9/17/2023) Trip was great, total 9 people 6 days.  Brenan hiked most the trail but couldn’t complete it haha!
    4. Gear Swap status (10/14/2023) Facebook posts for the gear swap. Pizza will be provided. At Burn’s house from 11:00am – 5:00pm
    5. Sauktoberfest status (10/21/2023) – Still on. Pray for Rain.
    6. Misc River Ops – Repo was contacted by Greg regarding the Nisqually River Cleanup. Proposed April 6, 2024.
    7. Dates for the White Salmon? Brenan to contact for camping.
  7. Old Business
    1. Ballot should have been submitted by October 1. No new volunteers! VP’s stay as is. Directors at Large – need 2 more!
  8. New Business
    1. Appoint Elections Committee (any current member not running for office)
    2. New Website
      1. How to handle member database and renewals?
      2. Good timing! 🙂
    3. OK to move board meetings to Tuesdays?  Brenan has upcoming conflicts on Wednesday and Friday Evenings.   Thanks to all that have offered to change dates. November 14th in person meeting. Claim Jumpers for 10-15 people.
    4. 2024 dates are in calendar.   White Salmon and Nisqually are pending awaiting dates and info.
    5. Green River Cleanup meeting at Mark Burns house 11/9/2023 @ 7:00pm. Something special for the 40th annual cleanup. Saturday May 4, 2023 40th Annual Cleanup. T-shirt sales?
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 10/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Jarrad verifies receipt of articles
    2. New Years Hangover Float
    3. January Membership meeting announcement
    4. Tilton Trek teaser
  10. Announcements and good of the order
  11. Adjourn
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September 2023 Board Meeting Agenda

  1. Call to order
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. Check previous month’s action items
  3. Review agenda
  4. 139 members (149 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
  6. Events
    1. Poker Run roundup (8/12/2023)
    2. Tieton Rally status (9/9/2023)
    3. Rogue status (9/17/2023)
    4. Gear Swap status (10/14/2023)
    5. Sauktoberfest status (10/21/2023)
    6. Misc River Ops
  7. Old Business
    1. Nominating committee status (ballot due by October 1)
  8. New Business
    1. Determine location of October board meeting
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 9/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Jarrad verifies receipt of articles
    2. None
  10. Announcements and good of the order
  11. Adjourn
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August 2023 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order. (8/9/2023)  Nancy, Repo, Brenan, Randy, Jarrad, Tamie & Mark
  2. Review minutes and approved
    1. Check previous month’s action items
    2. B will bring Safety Cards to the Poker run.
    3. Tamie has access to the website.
  3. Review agenda
  4. 149 members (135 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan – Repo to auction off rafting gear and donate proceeds to DEI.
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post – Middle Fork of Salmon blow out with log jam above Velvet Falls. Main Salmon closed due to slides on road and major fires.
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post – Nothing to report.
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini – Facebook posts up to date. “New join” button for WRRR not working. People have been using the renew button to join. Not ideal, but it works. Port-a- potties still at the Wenatchee put in! Randy has emailed the company to pick them up several times.
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke – Tamie will print membership forms for the Poker Run.
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith – Repo to ask at membership meeting at the Poker Run about adding skills practice to poker stations.
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty – Nancy got mail, 1 new member registration.
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post – Nancy has new t-shirts and sun blocker hoodies! Will bring to the Poker Run. Repo found someone to make hats!  Jarrad has the logo needed for hats! Will send to Repo. Order 2 dz to start with.
  6. Events
    1. Poker Run status (8/26/2023)
      1. Brenan to check if we have enough playing cards and also poker hands?
      2. Poker Stations: 1-Kim & Brenan; 2 – Nancy & Randy; 3 – Lyles & Stacy, 4 – Repo; 5 – Duane & Shannon
      3. No charging for camping.
      4. General membership meeting.
      5. Poker station launch 9-9:30
      6. No reserving camps.
      7. Erik was purchasing prizes, Nancy to confirm with him.
    2. Tieton Rally status (9/16/2023) Mark has 6:00pm potluck on 9/16: Signs 24 x 16? Port-a-potties have been reserved
    3. Rogue status (9/26/2023)
      1. 12-16 people signed up for the Rogue
    4. Gear Swap planning (10/14/2023) – Mark has volunteered to host at his place.
    5. Sauktoberfest planning (10/21/2023)
      1. Brenan’s house in Arlington
    6. Misc River Ops –
      1. Green River Cleanup meeting 11/8/2023 @ 6:00pm. Combine the GR cleanup meeting and the membership meeting for November?
  7. Old Business
    1. None
  8. New Business
    1. Welcome Jarrad Krueger!
    2. New Waterlog is under way! Jarrad will send 1st addition to Board members when ready. Articles/photos due by the 20th of the month.
    3. Brenan to contact Rochelle.
    4. Ordered port-a-potties to be at Tieton before Labor Day weekend.
    5. VP Finance – provide printed copies of Event report (Benefactors/Sustaining/Members) to Poker Station 1
    6. Appoint Nominating Committee (any current club member)
      1. Repo, Brenan and Mark appointed for Nominating Committee.
      2. Ballot needed by October board meeting.
      3. Go over elections procedures.
      4. Provide list of eligible candidates
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 8/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Jarrad verifies receipt of articles
    2. Programs – Gear Swap and Repair Clinic article
  10. Announcements and good of the order
    1. 2024 Poker Run dates 7/29 – 8/5
  11. Adjourn
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July 2023 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order:   Nancy, Repo, Duane, Brenan, Erik, Randy E, Mark B
  2. Review minutes and approved
    1. Check previous month’s action items
    2. Can Tamie get on the website?
    3. Brenan has some leftover safety cards that Ed Aristo made up several years ago.   B will bring to the poker run.
  3. Review agenda
  4. 135 members (152 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020) Note:   BF:  These numbers vary, as there were about 25 renewals since I had updated the database.
  5. Standing Committee Reports
      1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan.  Repo:  purchased a raft from Erik Myren and got a bunch of gear.  There is a frame with cargo modules, and other gear.  Repo will auction this online, and donate proceeds to DEI funds.
      2.  Brenan:  We have been working with Diversify Whitewater.   They will typically have events in later August and sept in this are.   B will reach out to them and see if there is anything we can do.
      3. Can Duane really row?
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post.  BF:  Nooksack maple falls takeout should be usable soon?  Havent heard any status updates and will check.   Below maple falls has not been navigable in the past.  There has been logs in the canyon.
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini.   The website link for new members is not working.   1st issues around the Green Clean.   David was doing some work on it.  He said he was traveling til mid July. Nancy will follow up with him.
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke.   Not present -Brenan will bring the membership reports to the poker run.
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith.   General discussion about adding topics to general membership meetings or events.   Knot tying, Safety topics such as Z drags/1st aid.   Lots of free pizza needed!?!
      1. Mark notes that a lot of people showed up at the Jan meetings and discussion on how to expand this into possible mid week.
      2. Brenan makes a note that crabbing is open now and going mid week after work in Anacortes to float on water that used to be in the Skagit and Sauk.  More discussion to follow. Come on up and pull pots!
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty:  No Mail.
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
      1. Nancy notes that hoodies are $30 which is a good price and is going to send in and finalize the order.
      2. Duane asks about WRRR baseball hats.  Nancy notes that the prior member that used to do it has retired.  Brenan thinks maybe 50 hats might be easy to sell. Nancy thinks 12 or so hats.   Nancy and Repo will look around.
    9. Finance – Brenan:
      1. Bank Balance, checks/cash on hand.   $7712.82. Most big items are covered, 2024 poker run expect $1,000-1,500 for camping?
      2.  Just paid Wenatchee toilets. ($940 for June and July)
      3. Paid the 2023 Charter Renewal with WA Sec of state .  $20. .
      4.  Prizes are paid up for 2023, but we will start paying for 2024 camping in August for poker run.
      5.  1 renewal came in since this update.   I have cash/checks to deposit next trip to Chase.
      6. Unknown renewal checks at PO box?
    10. Wenatchee Poker run accounting:
      1. 1 New member check $40
      2. Prizes $1,122
      3. T-shirts $237
      4. Unknown $30, was separate from stack assuming a renewal but no paperwork?  If not, it was prize money in a different stack.  Nobody recalls, will add it to PRize money in the accounting.
  6. Events
    1. White Salmon Retreat status (7/8/2023)
      1. Camping was $500.   Approx. 25 people showed up.  They had tons of fun.  The flow was good around 1,000.
    2. Poker Run status (8/26/2023)
      1. Station 1: Brenan/Kim
      2. Station 2: Randy / Nancy
      3. Station 3: (Repo will ask Steve about it), Brenan notes we usually have to voluntold someone.
      4. Station 4: Repo
      5. Station 5: Duane
      6. Camping is from the 21st – 28th.
      7. Prizes are purchased, Brenan has cash for top/bottom hand.   Randy has most of them.   Erik will buy a few more fill in prizes.  Possibly add a free table, or add small items inside dry bags at the end.
      8. Brenan has the bins, signs.
    3. Tieton Rally planning (9/16/2023)
      1. Toilets and toilet paper.   Randy is going to order them.  Yeah!!  Will order the toilets so that they cover prior to labor day for 1 month.
      2. Mark:  Possibly bring the potlucks back!  Potluck – 6pm Dinner @ the dustbowl put in!!! The bands will start playing around 9pm we think.
    4. Rogue planning (9/26/2023)
      1. 4 permits all different days.  Going with Jim’s permit 9-26. Guessing 12-15 people now.
    5. Misc River Ops
  7. Old Business
    1. Webmaster, anyone reach out to Rochelle?  Brenan will reach out to her.
  8. New Business
    1. Discuss finding board members for next year.
    2. Charter renewal, Brenan filed it
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 7/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Editor verifies receipt of articles.   Jarrod Kruger still interested?  Repo: Yes, she will spend some time and get a hold of him.  In the meantime, will do a waterlog lite.
    2. VP River Ops – Tieton Rally full article
    3. President – Article asking for new board members
  10. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Randy E:  2024 Poker Run Camping.   Sites are already booking fast.   He will start reserving end of July.  Help is needed to book sites.   Looks like we will need to continue the week long booking to make sure we have spots.  Mark suggest to continue finding camping at other places and ask community members to help spread the word.
    2. Mark Burns:  Looking at nice new spot for 2024 Wenatchee camping.   This has bathroom, lots of parking and is right next to the dryden dam driveway.  Logistically excellent.  To not overwhelm their septic system, we would still get a couple porti potties for the weekend.  Brenan makes a motion for Mark to keep talking to them and reserve this area.  Mike Curtis spoke with them too, and noted that we keep areas cleaner and help facilities. They even have the squirrel cage for raffle tickets!   Motion passes, nice work, and fingers crossed the dates work out.
  11. Adjourn
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June 2023 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order   7: 08pm  Repo, Tamie, Nancy, Brenan, Erik, Randy E,  Mark Burns, JayC
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. Check previous month’s action items
  3. Review agenda
  4. 152 members (154 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan .  Nothing to report
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post N/a, John Day is good
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post.
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini.   Repo will do a waterlog lite.  Membership database updated end of May.   Trying to do prior to end of each month or prior to each group email like the waterlog.
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke,  New members, from North Bend, Sedro Wooley, and others.  Now boating a lot!!!   Brenan and Nancy are jealous of Repo and Tamie!!!
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith, Will send receipts to B.
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty, Prizes were purchased via mail receipts.
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post.   Good sales at the Wenatchee, Repo gave Brenan Cash proceeds (see below as well).  New hoodies on order.  Wrrr wear discussions .  Repo will get to Nancy within 5 days.  Mark wants Fleece but called in too late!! Repo:  MB what fleece:  What kind:  Size: XXL
  6. Events
    1. Wenatchee Rendezvous status (6/3/2023)  Amazing!   We had new members and had a blast.
      1. Prizes were great!  Next year think about putting the small prizes inside drybags.
      2. Group launch was fun.
      3. Some are not comfortable of the group photo, some are, but safety is top notch important!  Brenan and Jim were late waiting for folks portaging dam.  Special thanks to Paella Mark for assisting portager’s thru the dam.
      4. 2024 plans:   Planning the group photo pic at WRRR Rendesvouz will be at island below Drunkards drop in a static photo, at a set time, due to lack of interest in action photo.  Mark Burns will give out Root Beer floats from under a shade structure.  Goal: photo capture the core group of WRRR boaters who like to hang out in tye dye T-shirts with other boaters and their boats on the river.  Secondary goal: Meet other boaters that like to hang out on river and drink root beer floats, while promoting recreational river running according to the article 3 objectives of the WRRR by laws.
    2. White Salmon Retreat status (7/8/2023)  As planned and posted on wrrr.org, no official WRRR camp activities.
    3. Poker Run planning (8/12/2023)  Brenan Station #1:  , Nancy Randy #2, Brenan had too many beers by here, not sure what happened to me, sorry guys!!!
    4. Misc River Ops., Poker Run Camping almost all week! Someone has to be around during the reserved period.
    5. Online, guide talks and information sharing.
    6. Suggestion to engage programs on additional random Programs. (like Campground registration got reserved, guest speakers, GRCU,
    7. Programs:  Discussed adding additional meetings like Army Corp meetings, camping, knot tying, swimming in eddies after drunkards drop, etc
    8. People are hungry and starving for information on river Running!
  7. Old Business
    1. None
  8. New Business
    1. Determine location of July board meeting – phone
    2. Jay posted about people thoughts on safety talks.  A lot of response, general responses is that is a good idea to do a good idea of a small card.   The card could have an abbreviated list of what to talk about during a safety talk.  Def need to do better at safety talks before events.  Esp, for the newer members, who might not feel comfortable asking for information.
    3. 40th Green River Cleanup!!!  Meetings, things happening  Super special events?  Pretty spectacular to be a part of 40 years cleaning rivers.  Nice job WRRR!!
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 6/20
  10. Announcements and good of the order.  Discussion about trees falling on tents.  Super sad, be cautious where camps are.
  11. Adjourn
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May 2023 Board Meeting Agenda

  1. Call to order
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. Check previous month’s action items
  3. Review agenda
  4. 154 members (150 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
  6. Events
    1. Flip Practice roundup (4/23/2023)
    2. Green River Preclean roundup (4/29/2023)
    3. Green River Cleanup status (5/6/2023)
    4. Wenatchee Rendezvous status (6/3/2023)
    5. White Salmon Retreat planning (7/8/2023)
    6. Misc River Ops
  7. Old Business
    1. None
  8. New Business
    1. VP Finance – provide printed copies of Event report (Benefactors/Sustaining/Members) to raffle ticket sellers
    2. Review Waterlog ads and sponsors
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 5/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Jarrad verifies receipt of articles
    2. VP River Ops – Sauk Overnighter full article
    3. VP River Ops – White Salmon full article
    4. VP River Ops – Poker Run teaser
  10. Announcements and good of the order
  11. Adjourn
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April 2023 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order.  Repo, Mark, Duane, Nancy, Brenan, Randy.   7:03
  2. Review minutes and approved
    1. Check previous month’s action items.  Communications meeting last Sunday did not happen.
      1. Check with Tamie to see if she can log onto the website.  Once good can work on Minutes, update minor details
      2.  Repo going to check with U-fish Cispus River Camping
  3. Review agenda
  4. 150 members (152 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan:   Nothing to report
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post.
      1. There is a log on the lower Nisqually.
      2. Rivers have been low, suspect intel and trips will be starting soon with the rain coming!
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post / Duane:  WRRR setting up a first aid class in 2023.
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini
      1. Roster, Brenan sent text file to wrrrboard email March. Nobody is running with the Roster.  After the text file was sent out,  David had questions that weren’t answered regarding the Roster.  We read some of the emails during the meeting, and concluded if David is still willing to help us add a work around button to mail the membership that would be amazing.  If David is busy and we can’t get a mass email out, then would have to manual input club members emails for mailing out PDFs, Rosters, and similar announcements. Discuss doing PDF style waterlog in a simple format, need someone to to take the lead.   WRRR needs backup people to help with website content, proofing and posting info.  Mark and others will keep posting on facebook, boating! and sharing information.
      2. Brenan updated Membership database updated a few weeks ago and lots of renewals/ new member have come in the last 2 weeks.
      3. Need extra volunteer help to post articles, help proof website data, and figure out how to mail out PDFs easily to general membership.
      4. Need to update the WRRR board email members.  Repo, Brenan, Tamie and David met at the audit committee and briefly touched base on it.  WRRR board only email traffic is low and not utilized much.
      5. Added Clackamas Whitewater Festival to Facebook.  Needs to get added to website.
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke. Not present, see above.
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith.  Not present.
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty.   Nancy got the American Whitewater renewal.  Nancy will Send in $500 as budgeted.   Nothing else in mailbox.
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post.  Repo will pickup bins.
    9. Finance,   Checking $6,428.   Paypal$ __ (not checked yet)
  6. Events
    1. Niqually Cleanup roundup (4/1/2023)  Haven’t heard the final report from Greg yet.   We estimate around 2,000 pounds.  Brenan reports that the large gate might get repurposed, or at least recycled.  Next year, we want to work on some fence removal on river right at the bridge.   Brenan will round up some demo saws.  The club will look for more information on camping for 2024.  Riverbend will not open up until memorial day.  Miller/Sylvania seemed a little far for the cleanup.  The camp itself is nice.
    2. Flip Practice status (4/23/2023)   Jim Johnson is on it!   Repo is going to try and meet Jim this weekend.
    3. Green River Preclean status (4/29/2023).   Cancelled, not needed.  Brenan spoke with the KP rangers and all is well.
    4. Green River Cleanup status (5/6/2023)  On Schedule, please share the dates and info!
    5. Wenatchee Rendezvous status (6/3/2023)
      1. -4/29/23 until 7/5/23 Upper Leavenworth Putin Porti-potties.
      2. -6/1/23 – 7/5/23 – at Eagle Creek Porti-potties.
      3. Randy has the prizes.  Erik has some as well. Nancy will check with Erik tomorrow.
    6. Misc River Ops:
  7. Old Business
    1. Roster, We want to send out Current Members members that have expired in 0-6 months depending on what the database can do.
    2. Nancy will reach out to Zoe for White Salmon Camping.
  8. New Business
    1. Wenatchee Rendezvous General Membership meeting agenda.  Rebecca can run the meeting.
      1. Waterlog and website work.
      2. Roster
      3. History of the event.
      4. Repo will create an agenda.
    2. Discuss what officer positions directors are interested in learning.  Misc discussions about future
    3. Membership letter to members expired within 3 years.  BF:  Tag into Roster.
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 4/20 (Moved to website.  Hoping for a email merge monthly)
    1. VP River Ops – Wenatchee Rendezvous full article
    2. VP River Ops – White Salmon teaser
  10. Announcements and good of the order:
  11. Adjourn 8:14pm
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March 2023 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order:  Rebecca, Nancy, Erik, Brenan, Tamie
  2. Review minutes and approve.   Motion passed and minutes are approved from FEB.
    1. Check previous month’s action items.   Brenan will try and reach ZOE again for Hollenbeck Park.  No response past 3 attempts.  The camp was reserved in person last year by Nancy, just confirming.
    2. Tilton Trip cancelled due to low water.
  3. Review agenda
  4. 152 members (159 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post / Duane Hansen.  There is a swiftwater rescue course via Wildwater in the spring.
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini. Keeping the .org and Facebook updated.
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke.  Membership database is updated.   Roster needs someone with a little time to help print or email.
    6. Programs, Prize-a-ma-purchaser, and Volunteers – Erik Smith.  Nothing to report
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty.
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post.  PLUSH!  Repo going to get some bins.  The board eagerly awaits updates on bin bottoms
  6. Events
    1. Tilton Trek roundup (2/18/2023)  Cancelled and posted online.  Several Facebook threads had updated info
    2. Niqually Cleanup status (4/1/2023)  Conflicts with Wildwater rescue class FYI.   WRRR has 3 spots at Miller/Sylvania state park.  Contact Repo/Brenan for camping.  Tamie and Repo won’t be there.
    3. Flip Practice status (4/23/2023)  Jim Johson:  All set
    4. Green River Preclean status (4/29/2023)  May not be needed, using as a placeholder.  Brenan to reach out to the rangers and also see about getting behind dates.
    5. Green River Cleanup planning (5/6/2023)  Brenan to share GRCU info.   Greenrivercleanup.org is updated and ready to share along with wrrr.org
    6. Cispus River 5-13-23.  Lance Bailey is trip leader.   Powerrock U-fish has camping.  We will try to get camping.  Repo proposes up to 2 nights of group camping.  Lance Baily and Repo will work to get reservation for a group spot.   Non WRRR members can camp for $10 each per night if we get a spot.  Motion Passes
    7. Wenatchee Rendezvous planning (6/3/2023)  Erik and Randy working on Prizes.   Randy should be back in time to order prizes.  Agenda for the general membership meeting.  Brenan should have the ops bin, raffle tickets, picnic supplies.  Mark Burns is DeFacto trip leader with a rapid launch.
    8. Misc River Ops
  7. Old Business
    1. Waterlog Editor status? Use of waterlog in future?
    2. WRRR webmaster. Future WRRR needs, Can anyone spearhead this. April 2nd will meet to update website.   Brenan, Nancy, Erik, Tamie, Repo after the Nisqually Cleanup.
  8. New Business
    1. Leavenworth boat launch porta-Potties. Order 1or2 Portipotty at the put in May 1st – July1st (2 months)?  Randy can copy what we did in 2022.
    2. April board meeting location
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 3/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Acenobody has articles
    2. VP River Ops – Green River Cleanup check wrrr.org and www.greenrivercleanup.org for correct information.  Edit as needed.
    3. Programs – Flip Practice check wrrr.org for correct information.
  10. Announcements and good of the order
  11. Adjourn
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2023 Board February Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order.   Present.  Repo, Tamie, Brenan, Erik, Randy, BobS, Nancy made it!
  2. Review minutes and approve.   Motion is 2nd and minutes are approved
    1. Check previous month’s action items.   Still need to confirm Hollenbeck Park.  This was done in person at the event, but no email confirmation. Brenan will ask ZOE again.
    2. Tilton Camping.  The trek is coming up, Repo will post that Tidenapum on WRRR facebook and wrrr.org page (Brenan)
    3. Wenatchee whitewater park meeting
  3. Review agenda
  4. 159 members (155 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post.  Cispus is doing grand repopening the weekend after the green clean.  Repo posted on FB, she will be gone.   Lance Bailey will be the trip leader!   Matt Brown will be around to help with BBQ.
      1. There is a new WA state boater registration cert.  This info is posted around for people to comment on.
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post / Duane Hansen.  (NTR) Nothing to report.  We need to update officer.
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini / Nancy.   Need to update the Roster info.  Consensus is to delete members that don’t’ want their info shared and send the roster.
      1. Brenan updated Meeting minutes, Greenrivercleanup.org and wrrr.org.   Added Cispus reopening to wrrr.org.   Minutes published, take a look and let me know any edits.
      2. Brenan to post updated camping regarding the Tilton once Repo posts it.
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke.   NTR
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith.  NTR
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty.   In the mail,  Got info from Chase.  1 renewal, Brenan and Nancy will try to update passwords for chase checking.   Nancy will deposit the check and let Brenan know.
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post.    Inventory is looking good and plush.   Need a couple new bins to replace cracked ones.
  6. Events
    1. Tilton Trek status (2/18/2023)   Repo to put out camping info on FB.  Brenan will copy that info and update the wrrr.org.   Brian Vogt is the posted trip leader.  We will reach out to him.
    2. Niqually Cleanup status (4/1/2023).   Riverbend campground changed reservations to RVs only.   Rebecca moved to Miller Sylvania and made reservations on 3 RV spots.  Randy should be here as well. Once the 2023 info comes out we will post it.
    3. Flip Practice planning (4/23/2023)  Jim is on it!
    4. Green River Preclean planning (4/29/2023).   Waiting to hear if parks need help.   Brenan will ask the ranger is we can get behind a gate and get tires.
    5. Misc River Ops
      1. Cispus mentioned above.
      2. Skagit is a little later this year and we need to have people at the camp each night.
  7. Old Business
    1. Status of safety class planning.   Repo has the phone #, will call the class.
  8. New Business
    1. Discuss budget – approve if possible.  Brenan will update and email out.   We can vote on it via email or next meeting.   Raising up the poker run and other items will be updated.
    2. Status for getting donations of prizes.   We will check for NRS pro discounts.   will check with Bill.   We will contact RickG again.
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 2/20
    1. NOTE: Waterlog is on hold until volunteer time is freed up.   In the meantime we will keep the website and facebook updated.
    2. VP River Ops – Green River Cleanup teaser.  Currently on the Wrrr.org.   This will get shared on facebook
    3. UPdate and send out a tickler on FB for the skagit.
  10. Announcements and good of the order
  11. Adjourn
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2023 January Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order 7:01   Intros:    Tamie, Duane, Repo, Todd, Lila, Bob, Mishelle, Jim, Jess, David, Don, Mindy, MattB, Jay,  Karie, Brenan, Nancy, Paul, Lyles, Nancy, Randy, Erik,
    1. Club Founded in 1985
  2. Review agenda, Nothing to add to the agenda.  Eating Pizza!  Yummy
  3. New Board
    1. We start the year with 155 members
    2. Introduce officers, Brenan (Finance), Tammie (Business), Repo (President). RandyE (VP river ops)  At Large Duane, Erik, Kevin, Nancy.   Go over officer duties and they can be found on the wrrr.org
    3. Elect Chairperson.   Repo has been nominated, 2nd and approved
    4. Go over officer duties
  4. Select Committee Chairs and go over duties
    1. River Watch.    Repo has been nominated and approved
    2. Safety and Education.    Duane has been nominated and approved
    3. Communications.   Nancy is chair, helping this committee is Brenan, MattB, and b0b$@
    4. Programs/Volunteers
    5. WRRR Wear
  5. Old Business
    1. January membership meeting
      1. Introduce new board to general membership
      2. Permit info
    2. Audit committee report
  6. Events for the year
    1. Tilton Trek (2023-02-18)
    2. Niqually Cleanup (2023-04-01)
    3. Flip Practice (2023-04-23)
    4. Green River Preclean (2023-04-29)
    5. Green River Cleanup (2023-05-06) Verified this is the weekend before mothers day
    6. Wenatchee Rendezvous (2023-06-03) . See info for whitewater park meeting Jan 18th
    7. White Salmon Retreat (2023-07-08)
    8. Poker Run (2023-08-26.  Camping 21st-28th) UPdated the  date.  Karie is still sad.
    9. Tieton Rally (2023-09-016)
    10. Rogue (2023-09-17)
    11. Gear Swap (2023-10-14)
    12. Sauktoberfest (2023-10-21)
  7. New Business
    1. Hollenbeck Park reservation
    2. Green river cleanup
    3. Jan 18th, info is on Jays details.  Brenan will post  on wrrr.org
  8. Waterlog articles needed by 1/20
    1. NOTE: We need a new waterlog editor.
    2. VP River Ops – Green River Cleanup teaser
    3. President – President’s welcome message
  9. Announcements and good of the order
  10. Adjourn
  11. Action items
    1. Verify Hollenbeck park
    2. Check for Tilton CAmping and if possible mail out the info if we find a spot
    3. Send out Jan 18th for Leavenworth Whitewater park (Wenatchee River)
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November 2022 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order.    7:02pm Repo, Nancy, Tamie, Brenan, Erik, Randy
  2. Review minutes and approve as corrected.  (Grammar)
    1. Check previous month’s action items
    2. Minor update to October meeting minutes.
  3. Review agenda
  4. 160 members (141 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Rebecca/Brenan.  Diversify Whitewater and WRRR teamed up.   DW funding is good for the foreseeable future.   Brenan will forward any updates on needs or events.
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post.
      1. Repo, Nothing to report.
      2. General discussion:  A boat got hung up in a logjam at the Green River.   BrianV got the boat.   Maybe we can get the story when the boat is returned.  We would like to know who they are and what happened.  There is some wood in DejaVu at the left to watch.
      3. Middle Sauk river has no new wood.
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post.  Repo needs to get on the 1st aid class.  Nancy believes in her!
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini.
      1. Brenan will ask David to help updated the renewal form to automatically opt in to share roster info.
      2. Discussion of the Waterlog’s future.  Nobody has stepped up.  The Board will try and auto email and create content as needed / time allows.
      3. Nancy will call Round table for the Jan board meeting.
      4. For the Jan membership meeting, Nancy already reserved the claim jumper for 6-9 in the patio.  Brenan updated the event.
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke.  Tamie gave out several new member forms at the gear swap and on several Skagit trips.  Nice work!   She is getting opt in on sharing Roster information as well!!!
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith.  Nothing to report.
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations -Nancy called and there is a credit card statement, receipt from Tieton toilet, and some other stuff.
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post.   Did the T shirt guy get back from vacation?  Yes, Nancy reports response from vendor is that the order is too small, and he is too old (In good spirits).  WRRR (Nancy and Repo)  will add some stuff to the order before new events of 2023. He has Poly Ts, and should be able to do the super shirts.  WRRR will also beef up hooded sweatshirts in plain and maybe Tye-Dye.
  6. Events
    1. Sauktoberfest roundup (10/22/2022).   It was fun, we did the Skagit since the Sauk River was so low.  Pics made it into the waterlog.  Some people hit the river 3 days in a row!! Over the weekend saw eagles, bear, Salmon and other magical Pacific NW stuff
    2. Misc River Ops.  Randy is On vacation for the rest of the year!!!   Excellent work! Next Ops event is the Green River Cleanup.
    3. General discussion sidebar:   Rivers are up.  Sauk, Green, Skagit, and several other rivers have been run in the past couple weeks!
  7. Old Business
    1. Election Committee status.  Ballots are coming into the election committee. Tamie mentioned that Duane H will be on the board for 2023!!!  Awesome!
  8. New Business
    1. VP Business reminders (See manual)
      1. Schedule board meetings for next year.   Discussion.   Jan is covered.
      2. Set up agenda events table.   Repo will ask if David would be willing to help us update during the audit meeting.   (early december)
      3. Club website hosting discussion.   Randy was going to get a demo on Club Hosting.com, but ironically the site is down!  Tabled for now.
    2. Nominate audit committee.    Repo, Tamie, Brenan and (Repo will ask David if he can join to help some .org stuff at the same time.)
    3. January board meeting restaurant reservation.  Nancy will call round table Renton.   The club pays for pizza for WRRR members!  All members are encouraged to come!!!
    4. January general membership meeting
      1. Restaurant reservation.  Nancy completed at the Claim Jumper Tukwila, Brenan updated the website event.
      2. Agenda.  Repo will create
      3. Food.  WRRR pays for appetizers.  We will order when there based on turnout. Every member is encouraged to attend!
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 11/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Brian verifies receipt of articles.  Yes, Nancy needs some updates.  Brian’s final Waterlog issue.  Great work and thankyou for so many years of service!!!
    2. VP River Ops – New Year’s Day Float full article.  Updated and sent.
    3. VP River Ops – Tilton Trek full article.  Complete, except camping is pending.    Ike Kwinswa is closed.   Much discussion of possible alternatives.   The board will look into  Miller-Silvania is just outside of Tumwater, Winston Creek Campground,  Riffe Lake Campground,  Tilton River State park?,  Mossyrock park has 152 campsites,  Lewis and Clark state park, Mayfield Lake Park, Taidnapam Park, etc.   Some may be closed in winter.   Using Cispus as a backup river.   The board will circle back via email. Brenan will update website when we have more info.
  10. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Brenan saw Rhino and passed along the WRRR letter.    He received it well and seemed to be doing well.
  11. Adjourn   7:49pm
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Tieton River Flow Information

Most of the year, the lower Yakima River is fed by snowmelt and the reservoirs on the Cle Elum, Yakima, and Bumping Rivers. The reservoir releases keep the river levels high during the growing season for the lower Yakima Valley. In late August, salmon begin to spawn in the upper reaches of the Yakima River basin. If the dam releases continued, the fish would lay their eggs in places that would dry up in winter. To encourage the fish to lay eggs in better areas, the dam releases from the higher reservoirs are lowered, and the Tieton is used to provide water for the farms. This known as the flip-flop.

Starting in late August, the Tieton flow starts ramping up, and by Labor Day weekend, there is enough water for kayaks and small rafts. The flows continue to ramp up until the middle of the month, and then begin to fall. Boatable flows can go into early October. There are fluctuations due to need, so you can’t count on this pattern, but it has been pretty consistent in the last couple of decades.

The most up to date gauge for the Tieton can be found here: Rimrock Release

The main page for the Yakima Valley is here: Yakima Project Hydromet Project Gauges

This page has more information, but it is not up to date. The flows are an average of the flow for the 24-hour period before the graph was made, and it is only made once a day. This can mean that the page shows a significantly higher or lower flow than the actual flow.

The notes page, which contains information on planned changes to the flows, is here: Yakima Project Hydromet Status Report

You can call the ranger station or the dam, and they will happily tell you the same thing that the notes page says.

Some notes on the Tieton:

  • Camping is a free-for-all. WRRR has a traditional area, but we don’t own it, so don’t expect privacy or exclusivity.
  • When picking a camp site, ask around to find out how noisy people expect to be. A number of groups like to party all night long.
  • WRRR provides outhouses and a dumpster. Take your recyclables home, and help us keep the area and the outhouses clean.
  • You need a Discover Pass for the takeout parking.
  • At the takeout, get your boat off the river and out of the way as soon as possible. Be considerate of other boaters.
  • It is worth the trouble to go to an upper put-in at least once. The extra couple of miles of whitewater is great!
  • The rebar was removed from the dam years ago, so it isn’t going to rip your boat. However, the right side of the dam is higher and steeper and more dangerous. Your best run is just left of center. Run far left if you like slamming into walls and flipping.
  • The rapids are class III, but the run is harder than class III. Always wear a PFD and please wear a helmet.
  • Make sure to smile when RiverBooty takes your picture at High Noon and Waffle Wall.
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Board Meeting Minutes WRRR Board

October 2021 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order.   7:08.   Nancy, JoeK, Randy, Repo, Brenan
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. Check previous month’s action items
    2. Brenan will take minutes Oct
  3. Review agenda
  4. 155 members (153 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.  Scholarships have been approved and Paid.  Nothing pending.  Nancy reached out to the Sept event on lake sammaish folks if they needed help.  They didn’t respond.
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post.
      1. Cispus:  Repo/Brenan attended Lewis county PUD.  Work plan is looking good.  Widening road, providing trailer parking, picnic shelter and other cleanup.   Work starts summer 2022 and finishes fall 2022.  They are doing some gravel work fall 2021.  PUD is developing a debris plan for large logs at the takeout.  WDFW will approve plan. Currently 60% plan set.  Comment periods end Oct 15th.   90% plan set comes out early spring.
      2. Nooksack.  New raft takeout is still in progress.   Engineered log jams present naviagtion hazards from maple falls to mosquito lake road.  Class 1/2, usually an eagle float or extension of canyon run.
      3. SF Stilly.  There is some new engineered log jams here on this section.   Use caution if running.
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post.   WET Planet is doing a safety course for us May 21-22.  Repo will create article and fact check website
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini.   Updating Website dates.  Dates approved unless otherwise noted, or you see errors.  Keep checking as you see things come up, read waterlogs, etc
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke.  Nothing to report, healing energy to Tamie’s foot!
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith.   Nothing to report
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Joe Koncikowski.  Picked up 2 renewals and new credit cards.
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post.  Reported WRRR sales for poker run.
  6. Events
    1. Tieton Rally roundup (9/11/2021).  Toilets made it!!!   Camping was good, and everyone had fun.  Nancy found Richard our new sponsor.
    2. Sauktoberfest status (10/23/2021).  Looks good for now.   If flows are too low or too high, we will do the upper Skagit.  Camping at Marblemount “Cabin”.  Campers must RSVP, there is a gate.
    3. Misc River Ops.  VACATION 2021 is complete for OPS tasks!!!
    4. Poker run income ticket sales: $780.  WRRR wear  $400.  Membership renewals $140.00
  7. Old Business
    1. Ballot should have been submitted by October 1.  Nomination commitee sent ballots Oct 13th.
  8. New Business
    1. Appoint Elections Committee (any current member not running for office) – David, BrianV and Homer are willing to do this, ballot sent tonight.
    2. Nominating Committee (Brenan and Nancy) We have provided the following list of names:
      1.   President:  Rebecca Post
      2.   VP Business:  Karie Burns
      3.   VP River Ops:  Randy Erling
      4.   VP Finance:  Brenan Filippini
      5.   At Large:  Erik Smith, Tammie Stonke, Paul Rogers, Nancy Douty, Write me In.
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 10/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Brian verifies receipt of articles
    2. New Years Hangover Float, Nancy will write the article.  Taking out at Nancy’s house will help with the new log jams.
    3. January Membership meeting announcement Jan 20th.
      1. Paul Rogers was tasked to find a place.  We can do Elemental Cider in Arlington if no other board members find a spot!
      2. Jan 20th.  is the date.
    4. Tilton Trek teaser.   Brian usually does this article?  WRRR may supply wood.  Joe will look for article
    5. Repo to do safety class article
    6. Nancy to do New years float article.  Brenan will send old article to N.
    7. Nancy/Brenan  to write the Jan membership meeting
    8. Brian/Brenan to do Tilton Trek Teaser.  Joe will check to see if he has it.
  10. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Website discussion.   The WRRR board and club needs to check future direction and monitoring of the website.  David is going to be stepping down from webmaster soon.  We sent out a blurb and article about needing a new helper or someone to take over the IT director role.  So far we still need help.  Some options are to pay for a hosting site like club express.  Washington kayak club has a site through them.  Or we can save some money and find a volunteer.  If we don’t find a volunteer by end the year, we may be forced into moving to a different site.  If anyone is interested please let us know!
  11. Adjourn 7:57PM
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Board Meeting Minutes WRRR Board

June 2021 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. Check previous month’s action items
  3. Review agenda
  4. 148 members (146 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Joe Koncikowski
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
  6. Events
    1. Wenatchee Rendezvous status (6/5/2021)
    2. White Salmon Retreat status (7/17/2021)
    3. Poker Run planning (8/14/2021)
    4. Misc River Ops
  7. Old Business
    1. None
  8. New Business
    1. Brenan:  How to assist new to rafting club members.  Example non guide that wasn’t able to go thru progression this year.   Adding help to progressions.  After wenatchee seems that they help the newer members quite a bit.  I noticed a lot of newish folks that seemed lost, or did not understand the info.   not as much an issue for guys with training, but the newer to boating members.   thoughts?    Kim and I discussed.  maybe have 1 person (non board) assist membership to reach out and explain things to newer folks in the club.
    2. Brenan reached out to David to pull up the wrrr101 type forum posts and progression agenda
    3. Brenan of course, will get the new members to volunteer and help participate and create the agenda they want !  smiles
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 6/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Brian verifies receipt of articles
    2. VP River Ops – Poker Run full article
    3. VP River Ops – Tieton Rally teaser
  10. Announcements and good of the order
  11. Adjourn
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Board Meeting Agendas

The board meeting agenda is automatically generated by the 6th of each month. An email is sent to the people responsible for the agenda, and they will publish it before the board meeting.

If there is no agenda post above this post, it means that the agenda has not yet been published.

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WRRR Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

During this time of cultural reflection, WRRR like the rest of the world community, has taken time to reflect on diversity and inclusion in our club and the whitewater sport we love. We acknowledge that whitewater, like many outdoor sports, has a limited number of people of color participants. Our club wants to be a part of improving the diversity of the sport we love and making WRRR a more inclusive space. As part of the larger conversation we are looking for ways we can take real action to actively amplify diversity in our club and sport. We are committed to taking a critical look at our internal system and process to discuss inequities that keep WRRR from being a place where all people from various backgrounds and life experiences can experience the love of whitewater. Below outlines some of our initial actions and mission.

Actions Taken:

  • Assembled a preliminary committee on diversity and inclusion
  • Provide an initial response and set of priorities and mission

Top Priorities/Mission

  • Reevaluate our brand partnerships
    • Moving forward we will be conscience of partnering with brands who share our organizations values
  • Formalize our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee
    • In our next board meeting we will move to make a diversity and inclusion committee a permanent part of the WRRR board
    • The committee will have members from the board, membership, and we will seek out participation from resource experts and organizations that advance diversity and inclusion.
    • Work to support and partner with other organizations that facilitate diversity and inclusion in whitewater and/or outdoor sports to underrepresented communities
    • Educate ourselves and club members on how to be allies.
    • Support and collaborate with organizations doing the work to make positive impact on whitewater or outdoor diversity
  • Evaluate all of our club communication and documentation with a lens of equity and inclusivity

We undertake this knowing there are no easy solutions or overnight fixes and that this represents just the start. We also acknowledge that we can’t do this alone and that for it to be successful we will need the breadth of our community voices to participate in the challenging conversations and encourage participation in the committee and in respectful discourse on the topics.

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Board Meeting Minutes WRRR Board

February 2020 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order: 7:11pm Attendees
    1. Officers: Nancy, Karie
    2. Directors: Paul, Erik, Lance
    3. Technology: David Elliot
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. All Approved
  3. Review agenda
  4. 163 members (149 members last month)
    1. Pretty sure this is the highest number of members ever
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. River Watch – Rebecca Post
    2. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
    3. Communications – David Elliott
      1. Nothing specific. Some stuff added to website, articles, rower’s progression, master article w/link to calendar page for Rower’s progression. Collecting articles to make it easier to publish events and articles to make it less of a scramble to get Brian info
    4. Membership – Steve Plut
    5. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Joe Koncikowski
    6. Programs and volunteers – Brenan Filippini
    7. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
  6. Events
    1. Tilton Trek status (2/15/2020)
      1. This Sat.  Brian has given thumbs up and says its runnable
      2. 9:30am meetup at takeout
    2. Niqually Cleanup status (4/4/2020)
      1. Rowers progression that day as well
    3. Flip Practice planning (4/26/2020)
      1. Jim Johnson in charge
    4. Green River Cleanup planning (5/2/2020)
      1. Camping – don’t have group camp. Have 16 or 19 spots in regular campground.  Some have their own spots
      2. Possible gate at headworks
        1. plan to use gated put-in.  Bring ID and insurance.
        2. Can currently get through posts.  Most people launch from main road, so gate isn’t a factor.
      3. Trash pickup party in the next couple weeks at headworks road by kayakers. Date will be announced soon and shared.
    5. Rower’s Progression ops
      1. Should we charge a small fee for non-members? (Consider Mark Trivett’s article).
        1. We probably shouldn’t charge guests for liability reasons
      2. Some other incentive for members, like the WKC 7 Rivers Challenge stickers?
        1. Good idea
        2. Incentive for people on fence to become member.  Stickers for members.
        3. Need artwork & quantity to get estimate
        4. Recommend design over photograph
        5. Lance to take action item
    6. Additional run for White Salmon
      1. Kat & Aaron want to have a trip to Husum at 10am
        1. 2nd trip at 12pm
    7. Misc River Ops
  7. Old Business
    1. Business card
      1. Picture or texture instead of blue background?
      2. QR code on back is a little more expensive for 2 sided
      3. Water resistant material
      4. Erik to send Lance info about his card company to compare pricing
      5. Lance to bring back a couple of different samples and some pricing for quantities
  8. New Business
    1. Discuss budget – approve if possible
    2. Status for getting donations of prizes
    3. Updating members who are not Facebook users about changes to events
      1. Encourage people to visit the web site more often
      2. Improve email blast system
        1. Annoying but possible.  David could investigate making system easier
      3. Text messages to inform people
        1. David could look into initiating from website.
        2. Short text linking to article
        3. Opt In/Out options
    4. Not many people read forums – should we stop using forum or remove it?
      1. If it isn’t kept up to date it becomes a security risk
      2. Things could be posted as articles instead of in Forum
    5. Free Conference Call not free for some carriers
      1. T-Mobile $.13 min
      2. ATT $1 min
      3. Against law, but some companies charging anyway
      4. Look into WebEx, Zoom, for other options
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 2/20
    1. Question: Should the articles now go to Communications to centralize this?
    2. NOTE: Make sure Brian verifies receipt of articles
    3. VP River Ops – Green River Cleanup teaser.  Brennan & Joe sent to Brian 1/27/2020
    4. Brian posted pics from Cedar trip but not article
    5. Can Mark write article on Green river New Years trip?
    6. Brennan to write Article for June 6 Lochsa trip.  Weekend after Rendezvous
  10. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Brenan is happy.  We had two separate meetings going at the same time due to call-in code confusion
      1. Forum was good because we didn’t have a central space to send stuff out. It was a great place to send info
      2. In facebook it gets buried.
      3. Now that we are sending through Communications, articles and such can all go through Comms.
      4. No longer need forum
  11. Adjourn
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Legalities of Risk and Rafting

WRRR member Mark Trivett has an article in Rafting Magazine about the risks and responsibilities of taking your friends down the river. It’s a great read.

To read the article, click here.