January 14 – Renton Round Table Pizza
- Call to order
- Board present – David, Rebecca, Brenan
- Directors present – Mary, Nancy, Jared, Matt, Adam
- Various guests
- Review minutes and approve
- Review agenda
- New Board
- We start 2015 with 132 members
- Introduce officers:
- Jason Cohen – VP Business
- Rebecca Post – VP Finance
- Brennan Fillippini – VP River Ops
- David Elliott – President
- David Elliott elected as Chairperson
- Go over officer duties:
- VP Business: takes meeting notes, gathers prizes for club events, etc.
- VP Finance: does the books, etc.
- VP River Ops: makes sure all events go smoothly, etc.
- President: does everything else that needs to be done
- Select Committee Chairs and go over duties
- River Watch: Chris Herman
- Safety and Education: Rebecca Post
- Communications: Adam Schierenbeck
- Membership: Mary Koncikowski
- Programs/Volunteers: Nancy, Jim
- WRRR Wear: Rebecca Post
- Old Business
- January membership meeting – January 22
- Permits
- River “experts”
- Discuss promoting non-club trips: Want to encourage people to put notices online of when and where they
- Audit committee report: Everything went well with the internal audit, no issues found
- Review event dates for the year
- Tilton Trek – Feb 14
- Flip Practice – Apr 19
- Shangri-La Cleanup – Apr 25
- Green River Cleanup – May 2
- Wenatchee Rendezvous – Jun 4
- Sauk Summer Overnighter – Jun 27
- White Salmon Retreat – Jul 18
- Poker Run – Aug 8 (tentative)
- Tieton Rally – Sep 12
- Gear Swap – October (unknown date)
- Sauktoberfest – Oct 24
- Halloween – not scheduled, should we consider?
- Mark called Shangri-La and says we should book it soon
- Tilton Trek Status
- What is the club supplying?
- Budget is $150. Brennan will plan something for Saturday night
- What is the club supplying?
- January membership meeting – January 22
- New Business
- 2015 Budget: approved (but need to add Sauk overnighter camping)
- Green River Cleanup planning
- Brennan will touch base with Shangri-La
- Revamping the By-Laws (carry over from 2014)
- Items include member conduct rules, webmaster position, paper requirements
- Draft proposal in February
- Introduce in April
- Vote at Wenatchee Rendezvous
- Waterlog articles needed by 1/20
- Green River Cleanup teaser
- Tilton Trek article: Brennan and Brian will work on it; will also re-run last year
- President’s welcome message
- Announcements and good of the order
- Discussed ideas on expanding education, e.g. IK clinic, raft guiding, river reading, flip practice on moving water. Perhaps merge a few of these ideas into one. Chris Herman will work on ideas for putting together a Class II clinic.
- Brian: We have a good social atmosphere before and after trips. How can we be more social on the water?
- Derek: If a newcomer joins a trip, make sure they know what the required skill level is
- Adjourn