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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
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May 2014 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order @ 7:05
    1. Board Present: David Elliott, Nancy Douty, Jason Cohen, Brenan Filippini
    2. Directors at Large: Adam Schierenbeck
    3. Members: Pat Sumption, Rebecca Post
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. approved
  3. Review agenda
  4. Officer’s reports
    1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 140 (last month 147)
      2. No new members at the Green River cleanup (didn’t put out forms until mid-way through the BBQ)
      3. 21 about to expire, 18 expired in the last 90 days.
    2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
      1. See agenda below
    3. VP Business – Jason Cohen
      1. See agenda below
    4. VP Finance – Nancy Douty
      1. Balance in checking $6281.10, stuff still outstanding though
      2. Nothing about CPR and flip practice
      3. Owe money to David and Mary still
      4. Money from Rebecca deposited, still needs to be entered into the spreadsheet.
      5. Money for food and $135 for shirts deposited
      6. Brennan reimbursed for camping (except for White Salmon which we pay at the event), haven’t submitted for the prizes yet
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
    2. River Watch – Chris Herman
    3. Safety and Education – Jason Cohen
      1. Have brain dump from Pixie, planning on same 1 day class as last year. Targeting a date in June
    4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. WRRR forums on website, will promote them in the newsletter
      2. Put out message about the Rendezvous
    5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
    6. Programs/Volunteers – Jim Johnson
    7. WRRR Wear – Nate Dickison
  6. Special Business
    1. Nominate and vote for Rebecca Post to fill empty Director position
      1. David Nominates Rebecca Post, Nancy 2nds. Vote:
        1. David: yes
        2. Nance: yes
        3. Brenan: yes
        4. Jason: yes
        5. Adam: yes
      2. Approved
  7. Old Business
    1. Flip Practice roundup
      1. Good event, little bit of rain, but not bad.
      2. About 15 or more people.
    2. Green River cleanup roundup
      1. Everything went great
      2. What was the deal with the red cones?
        1. Trying new things, marking spots to pick up trash until some people picked up the cones thinking they were trash. Going to mark the cones, but didn’t have the sharpie. Just did word of mouth, need to do better communication next year. Announce next year and better signage.
      3. Didn’t put out the WRRR bucks.
      4. Throw bag golf went well at the pick nick. Went on for about 2 hours.
      5. Probably biggest boating turnout, about 224 registered volunteers (lots at the BBQ – roughly checking membership sheet, but probably need to have someone fulltime checking next year). Least trash (< 1 cubic yard), most rain, and highest flow.
      6. Ideas for next year
        1. Permanent kiosk at the park with list of years/volunteers and aerial map. Rangers are for it, so Brennan and Jay will work on it.
        2. 2015 camping
          1. Shangri-La
            1. Looks like we can get it, but should we pay a little money so we get it? As long as we are before May, we should be good. We just need to call them frequently next year.
            2. Giving us Halloween weekend as a make-up.
          2. Kanasket-Palmer
            1. We thought we had the group camp a few months ahead of time, but there was a mistake they donated it to the girl scouts that same weekend.
            2. They gave us 8 spaces this year, and then 7 more when we raised a stink. There were plenty of sites, so remained empty all weekend but some may have stayed away because we didn’t have the group camp.
    3. Pat Sumption – wants 10 minutes to speak
      1. Jay, Brennan, and Pat agree we need to do something spectacular for the 30th Anniversary
      2. Pat organizes the ground crew and wants to coordinate with WRRR better next year. Pat wants to hand off ground crew duties. Ground crews are the best way to get the most trash. If members have people in groups (scouts, churches, etc.), contact Pat help coordinate. Best if we have someone who lives near the river for more credibility. Let us know who has helped in the past, maybe Volunteers of Washington since they started the event. Pat looking for intern/community helper to try to get paper notes into list to use for cleanup and city of Tacoma. David suggest we start this in January, but we could do some stuff now. Brian going to add pictures about the cleanup, but good to get articles from different people. Pat handed out pamphlets to try to get personal stories about their experience, but none back yet.
      3. The FOG agreement with Tacoma is up for renegotiation again.
    4. Wenatchee Rendezvous status
      1. All good. Still want to find 2 people for membership, 2 people for raffle tickets, 1 person for potluck time (6:30) reminder (Nancy/Randy volunteer, can do membership also if now one else volunteers). Usually get these at the event, but nice to have these ahead of time.
      2. Not sure about the Hyrdro-flasks for prizes, but still should be okay.
    5. White Salmon status
      1. Aaron and Kat are trip leaders (want to do more trip leader model going forward so river ops can take care of loose ends).
      2. Camping cost is based on head count, non-members will need to pay.
    6. Poker Run planning
      1. Need helpers for River Ops
      2. Jason to take care of the cards
      3. Any worry about the rangers being there ahead of time because last time they warned that we are not allowed to land and setup along the river. Not too worried about it.
      4. Are cash prizes budget separate from the prize budget? Yes it is. Usually have cash from the hand sales, but we can bring cash. Do we have the laminated cash prizes from last year? David to plan on making new ones unless he hears otherwise (he has them already)
      5. 5 poker stations, 1 at put-in and the others along the river.
        1. Meet ahead of time so they can launch at 9.
        2. Idea to do appetizers at each station, but they are pretty hectic.
        3. Try to bring back lunch if we get volunteers.
        4. Brennan, Nancy, David, Rebecca are tentative station volunteers.
        5. Do we need to write down hands
      6. Can we do something for the volunteers (aprons have been done in the past)?
    7. Tieton Rally discussion
      1. David talked to Brenda and Bruce from OWA at the Green River Clean-up
      2. Actually get 5 toilets (1 for Big Wave Dave, 1 for OWA, 3 for WRRR) this year.
      3. Anything special like the costume contest we did a few years ago?
    8. Review Waterlog ads and sponsorship program
      1. Have the same ads, no one has expired (Jim and Casey are updated). River Booty considering sponsor, David to hook them up with Brennan
    9. Stickers
      1. 18 small @ $2.30 – charge $5 each. 5 large @ $10 – charge $20.
      2. Will have them for the Rendezvous
    10. Hydro-flasks
      1. Not sure on the status, need to talk to Nate.
  8. New Business
    1. 2015 Proposed Calendar – get it done now so we can start reserving
      1. Cedar New Years – Jan 1
      2. Tilton – Feb 14-16
      3. April Flip Practice – Apr 19 (Easter is Apr 5)
      4. Shangri-La Cleanup – Apr 25
      5. Green River Cleanup – May 2
      6. Wenatchee Rendezvous – June 6
      7. Sauk Overnighter – June 27
      8. White Salmon – July 18 (Nancy – make sure it doesn’t conflict with Arlington Fly-in)
      9. Poker Run – Aug 15 (Nancy – make sure it doesn’t conflict with market anniversary event)
      10. Tieton – Sep 12
      11. Rogue – Sep 24
      12. Sauktoberfest – Oct 24
      13. Cispus is not here because we don’t control / get the dates till January (contact Eric and Gina), great entry level event.
    2. Cable Drop work this weekend – May 16/17
      1. Found out a little late from Phil, finishing up some more steps and guard rails this weekend. David not sure where Brennan is putting the events, they are not up on the WRRR web site (or Facebook), just on Yahoo groups. Will run the river after if it isn’t too high. Will be the only real legal put in except for the confluence. At the bridge in index is mostly private property. Roomer is there is an old park that could be developed as a put in and another one on the Sauk at Bachman park (money to put in more facilities) or maybe the mill.
      2. Brennan is okay with his pinky email posted on Facebook.
    3. President and VP River Ops need to contact the President of OWA to discuss plans for the Tieton
      1. See above
    4. Patches and more stickers
      1. David requests permission to use the WRRR text logo to create iron on patches. Brennan 2nds the motion. No one opposes, approved!
      2. The stickers Jason is getting are fairly expensive, but we have done cheap ones to give out in the past. David looked into getting more, 2×3 water proof stickers @ $.45 if we get 250. Can use them to logo the prizes. David will get together a quote to talk about next meeting.
    5. Waterlog articles needed by 5/20
      1. VP River Ops
        1. White Salmon full article
        2. Poker Run teaser
      2. Need to talk about the overnighter.
        1. 4 years ago we got feedback about more trips and overnighters. Need to make it clear it is an overnight on the river.
        2. Need groover and cooking gear coordinated.
        3. May need to limit the size of the group, but can split into pods.
        4. David, Brennan, and Jason to work on the article over email, and can do more planning at the Rendezvous.
  9. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Middle-middle on Friday, should be a decent flow (about 2800, but could be higher).
    2. Pat writing 2 things for the newsletter, will send them to Brennan and Adam for review, and then Brian as text (or email)
  10. Adjourn @ 8:14
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April 2014 Board Meeting Minutes

Washington Recreational River Runners
Board Meeting April 9, 2014

  1. Call to order @ 7:05
    1. Board/Directors Present – David, Marry, Nancy, Brennan, Jim, Adam, Jason (phone), Nate (phone)
    2. Members – Stephanie, Lyles
  2. Review minutes and approve
  3. Review agenda
  4. Officer’s reports
    1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 147 (last month 152)
    2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
    3. VP Business – Jason Cohen
    4. VP Finance – Nancy Douty
      1. Balance: $6195.40
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
      1. Nothing (not present)
    2. River Watch – Chris Herman
      1. Nothing (not present)
    3. Safety and Education – Jason Cohen
      1. See below
    4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Web site forums not really used, Yahoo site is going down hill (lots of ads), and Facebook is getting used more.
      2. Add information about the Cispus the weekend after the cleanup (not official WRRR event)
    5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. David and Mary to do membership email
    6. Programs/Volunteers – Jim Johnson
      1. Nothing new
    7. WRRR Wear – Nate Dickison
      1. Haven’t heard anything since last talking with Hydro-flask. Said the price was going to increase and we probably missed the deadline.
  6. Old Business
    1. Flip Practice status
      1. All good to go, just need funds for food.
    2. Green River Cleanup status
      1. Doing fine until Shangri-La backed out. Have Kanaskat-Palmer as backup.
      2. Reached out to a lot of clubs and people.
      3. Throw bag thing at paradise or flaming geyser?
      4. Maps are printed up to help reduce the confusion of the past.
      5. Brennan to run early and try to setup rigging in hard to stop places
      6. Stash WRRR bucks to encourage cleanup (not all found last year)
    3. Wenatchee Rendezvous status
      1. Agenda for general membership meeting
      2. No changes to bylaws (wait till Poker Run), just introduce officers
      3. Try to get a better time so we know when the pot luck and raffle will be at.
      4. Haven’t talked to mark about the piñata.
      5. Article about policing dogs off leash
    4. Safety class status
      1. Nothing much new, reached out to Pixie to get info from last year.
      2. Try not to schedule for 5/17-5/18 weekend
    5. CPR class status
      1. Not a lot of people confirmed at this point, the idea was about 20 people. Deadline CPR class in one week (next Wednesday)
    6. By-law changes – David fallen behind – new goal is Poker Run vote
    7. Stickers
      1. Will do same order as last time, decide on price at cleanup
    8. Hydro-flasks
      1. Suggest we do the order if we can get the original price.
      2. David, Brennan, and Nate to hash out details and place order Friday.
  7. New Business
    1. Oso mudslide donation
      1. Donation for our club member who lost his wife, grand daughter, and house and has been working out there as fire fighter.
      2. Motion to approve $500 to donate to fund. Approved.
    2. White Salmon planning
      1. We have the camp ground, but last year we got hosed with the fire pit with the other RV group.
      2. Still do the noon meet for put in
    3. Poker Run discussion
      1. Camp ground is reserved for Thursday night on.
      2. Jason to do the forms
  8. Waterlog articles needed by 4/20
    1. NOTE: Please do not ignore the date and requests for articles – if you don’t get them in in time, the President has to write them, not the newsletter editor
    2. VP River Ops
      1. Wenatchee Rendezvous full article
      2. White Salmon teaser
  9. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Questions about the Shangri-La cleanup. Last year they were going to give away our weekend, even though we had it because we were not paying and they prefer paying customer. But the other party just moved to another weekend. This year Jason (the caretaker) just double booked while he was out on vacation. Still doing the pre-clean, just smaller group that is boating down.
    2. Do we move it next year to April to avoid conflicts? Probably don’t need to.
    3. Renew American White Water membership ($75 plus $100 extra) is budgeted and approved.
    4. Old guide books donated for Poker Run last year.
    5. Water Log – still doing paper for a few old members which costs about $25-$30.
    6. Nancy needs a little help with reconciliation of finances – David will help.
    7. Jim – who is getting Hydro Flasks? About half will be spoken for, others will be sold. It went out on email, but we need to put Jim in the subject line.
  10. Adjourn @ 7:47
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March 2014 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order @ 7:02
    1. Present on phone: David Elliot, Nancy Douty, Jason Cohen, Mary Koncikowski, Nate Dickison, Adam Shierenbeck
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. Minutes approve
  3. Review agenda
  4. Officer’s reports
    1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 152 (last month 151)
        1. 10 people to expire this month, expect all to renew
    2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
      1. On a vacation (cruise)
    3. VP Business – Jason Cohen
      1. nothing
    4. VP Finance – Nancy Douty
      1. Bank balance $5854.40, everything paid up except Brenan
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
      1. nothing
    2. River Watch – Chris Herman
    3. Safety and Education – Jason Cohen
      1. Timeframe earlier the better (last year April) shoot for May (both 1 day and 2 day)
      2. Only 8 people responded, so just set date for a class and contact the people personally. Run second article announcing date.
      3. Cost only about $10 for the cert card and first add supplies. Suggest $20 cost to confirm for class with a $10 refund in WRRR bucks. Can pay by check, cash (to Mary’s address), or PayPal. Nancy and David can tell who paid via PayPal.
      4. Shooting for April timeframe (maybe tight with the waterlog coming out end of March)
    4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Will setup stuff for CPR class
      2. Setup events for the Green Cleanup (pre-clean and main event)
      3. Still need to setup events for flip practice
      4. How far in advance? If too far, need to remind people. Go ahead and setup for the year and setup a reminder just before the event.
      5. Cannot logon to the WRRR forums, will contact David to get that setup.
    5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Nothing new on membership, nothing really to do – no new physical letter this year. Could just do an email if we want them back?
    6. Programs/Volunteers – Jim Johnson
      1. April Board Meeting info
      2. Plan to try and get Bogart’s but no word from Jimmy. Nancy will call and find out the status.
    7. WRRR Wear – Nate Dickison
      1. Bought speakers for the raffle events
      2. Still looking into hydro-flasks.
      3. Will swap gear at the cleanup and make sure and submit receipts then
  6. Old Business
    1. Tilton Trek roundup
      1. No one present went, so nothing to talk about it
    2. Flip Practice status
      1. No Jimmy
    3. Green River Cleanup status
      1. No Brenan
    4. Wenatchee Rendezvous status
      1. No Brenan
    5. Status for getting donations of prizes
      1. Brenan has what he needs from David
    6. By-law changes
      1. David falling behind
    7. Stickers
      1. No status, try to have them for the next event
    8. Hydro-flasks
      1. Have the artwork we are going to use, just need to contact the company
      2. Going to sell them at cost – need to buy 25 for minimum order. Several sizes and colors. Couple for prizes and sell the rest.
  7. New Business
    1. White Salmon discussion
      1. Nothing new, know the date and need to secure the same camping
    2. Status of safety class planning
      1. See above
    3. Waterlog articles needed by 2/20
      1. VP River Ops
        1. Green River Cleanup full article
        2. Wenatchee Rendezvous teaser
        3. Brenan knows to get these both out
      2. Programs Chair
        1. Flip Practice Announcement
        2. Nancy to remind Jimmy
  8. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Mary – do we pay for the room at the Round Table? — No
    2. Consider location for Round Table instead of hanger since it is more centrally located and heated -but may not work well if not ordering food
    3. Conference call is very efficient – next meeting in person
  9. Adjourn @ 7:28
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February 2014 Board Meeting Minutes

Washington Recreational River Runners
Board Meeting February 12, 2014

  1. Call to order @ 7:02
    1. Present on phone: David, Nancy, Brenan, Jason, Mary, Nate, Adam, Jim (late)
  2. Review minutes and approve
  3. Review agenda
  4. Officer’s reports
  5. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
  6. Membership 151 (last month 150)
  7. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
  8. Tilton this weekend
  9. Ops just providing fire wood, potluck breakfast on Sunday
    1. Green River
      1. waiting for dump vouchers
      2. camping officially donated
      3. Flag areas for concentration
    2. Pre-clean on 4/26 at 9:00 Shangri-La
      1. Brenan write article for waterlog
      2. Bring gloves and yard tools
      3. Some run the river beforehand, usually take out at Shangri-La instead of continuing down to the park.
    3. Skagit
      1. Camping all set, $225 needs to be reimbursed to Brenan (was too excited to go get the WRRR card)
    4. Talking about work party for cable drop, going to get back to us with dates that don’t conflict with ours (sometime in spring)
  10. VP Business – Jason Cohen
    1. nothing
  11. VP Finance – Nancy Douty
    1. $5693.32 – $41.50 for pizza
    2. Locked out of PayPal – password no long works
    3. David to deal with getting that reset
    4. Picking up mail every two weeks.
    5. Got the checking and credit card accounts combined
    6. David setup the credit card to fully pay
    7. David to take care of paying it online
  12. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
      1. Not present
    2. River Watch – Chris Herman
      1. Not present
    3. Safety and Education – Brenan Filippini
      1. Jason to take over
      2. Do the normal 1 day club sponsored and maybe a couple 2 days not sponsored, but get discount.
      3. Mary has a CPR trainer that can do the class for free
        1. need to pay for the cards
        2. Does the club cover the costs? Yes
        3. 15-20 per class
        4. Have the dummies, need some space. Would take about 4 hours.
        5. Randy’s hanger in Auburn is an option, as well as Jason’s garage in Woodinville
        6. Need to know how the space is setup
        7. Start with a leader article with a deadline for interest (get in by 20th for February Waterlog), work with Adam to communicate (goal to do it in the next couple months)
        8. Non-members okay if they pay the fee – no, charge them $30 for a membership
      4. $1600 is the budget
      5. No longer calling it swift water training or whiter water rescue technician (not to be confused with guide certification), instead whitewater safety training
    4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Flip practice changed from 4/20 to 4/27 because of Easter
      2. Any concerns of water level this weekend on the Tilton? – yes, looking at alternates but the meet time and location will not change.
      3. Do we communicate all locations (website, website forums, waterlog, Facebook, and Yahoo groups)? – yes, need to keep them all in sync
      4. Brenan: The poker run date is not on the website, David will update it now that we have the campsite.
    5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Nothing new, just cooking a new member
    6. Programs/Volunteers – Jim Johnson
      1. Jim: Is David the contact for the flip practice? Adam will change it to Jim, just get the info from contact info.
    7. WRRR Wear – Nate Dickison
      1. Need to pick up the gear from Nancy still.
      2. Nancy will just bring it to the next event (Cleanup)
      3. Costco stuff – no profit donation / sponsorship
      4. Hydro-flasks
        1. Send info to Nate
      5. Stickers – budget for about $100
        1. Get it for flip practice or at latest green river cleanup
      6. Need to do inventory on the half synthetic shirts, but haven’t really been to any events yet – just the gear swap
  13. Old Business
    1. January membership roundup
      1. Everything went well, good turnout.
    2. Tilton Trek status
      1. Thing still up in the air, the river fluctuates quite a bit. Upper is the backup, but meeting time (10am) and location doesn’t change
      2. David not planning to be there
    3. Green River Cleanup status
      1. See in river ops
    4. 2014 Budget
      1. Did we approve the budget? We went over it and there were no proposed changes.
      2. David motioned to approve, Nancy second. Approved.
    5. By-law changes
      1. Items include member conduct rules, webmaster position, paper requirements
      2. Draft proposal by end of February
      3. Introduce in April
      4. Vote at Wenatchee Rendezvous
  14. New Business
    1. Discuss budget – approve if possible (already done)
    2. Flip Practice discussion
      1. Do a BBQ like last year
      2. Need to double check that it is reserved
    3. Wenatchee Rendezvous discussion
      1. Anything we need to start discussing. The camping is reserved for the last day in May.
      2. Brenan: trying to streamline the events and setting up a river chair for each event. Still need volunteers for Wenatchee and Skagit (help out with communications) – Nate will help out with the Rendezvous
    4. Status for getting donations of prizes
      1. Nate working on it
      2. Mary will ask to see if she can get anything from her work.
      3. Try to get something from first aid. Offered Adventure Medical Kits to do an article but they never did, can offer again.
      4. Nancy has stitch kits from Mary (1 or 2 in the bag)
      5. Any prize requests?
      6. Nancy typed up a list from the gear swap and emailed it to the board, David to reply to the mail so it bumps up to the top.
      7. Costco has the waterproof Bluetooth speakers for $80 that will probably go first. Also have had the pelican case type for $30.
    5. Status of safety class planning
      1. Nothing new (see above)
  15. Waterlog articles needed by 2/20
    1. Pre-clean
    2. CPR
  16. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Brenan: how is the phone in working – so far so good except for those that are late (Jim can’t find the agenda)
    2. David will send out the minutes
    3. April will be the next physical meeting, where do we want to have it?
    4. Concerns about doing the phone call in the Renton Roundtable, Jim to try and get the room at Bogart’s for 4/9/2013
    5. David is putting an article together about Ecuador with pictures
  17. Adjourn @ 7:59