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January 2015 Board Meeting Minutes

January 14 – Renton Round Table Pizza

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