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June 2018 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order at 7:03  Rebecca, Shawn, Brenan, Steve, David, Karie, Joe, Nancy
  2. Review minutes and approve, approved.   Nancy ran a great meeting last month!!!
    1. Flip Practice possibly moving to the new Lake Ballinger location.  Discussion about changing date.    Brenan will discuss with Jim.      Date is Sunday 4-28-18 per Jim
    2. All Wenatchee discussions go below 6.1.2!!!!!!   🙂
  3. Review agenda
  4. 145 members (138 members last month)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. River Watch – Rebecca Post.    Rebecca wrote a letter to the Lewis PUD.    Rebecca asked about adding to the waterlog.   All think that’s a good idea, she will forward to Brian.   Individual members can comment.  David noted that WRRR is aligned with American Whitewater and any members with strong opinions are encouraged to voice their opinions.    Rebecca makes a note that parking is not very good.    Hopefully several members write letters as well.    The Cispus fight continues…..
      1. Brenan notes the NF Skykomish road is supposed to get fixed soon.   He will follow up.
    2. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post.    We had the rescue training.  It went very well.  Rebecca and David were present.   David mentioned we got a refund for the amount we didn’t use.   8 WRRR members present and 1 from Wet Planet.
    3. Communications – David Elliott.   Nothing to report
    4. Membership – David Elliott.   David asked people via Facebook about email changes.    David mentions several people have the wrong email addresses.   David is updating the rule 85 to see if any members qualify
    5. Mail picker-up-er /Meeting reservations – Nancy Douty.    Nancy picked up the mail and got 1 new member.   She got the mailbox renewal notice.  David is sending out the check tomorrow.
    6. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post.   We sold $180 worth of merchandise at the Rendevous
  6. Events
    1. Wenatchee Rendezvous roundup (2018-06-02)
      1. $822 in ticket sales.   David reports this is about average seems to be a little lower than the poker run.   Tickets were defective!!!  Some were blank!!   David found this error, nice catch!   He checked each one and discarded bad tickets.   David says that we could prepare the “keep this coupon” before the event.   That would save a lot of time.    Nancy will sell tickets and T-shirts next year – Thanks!    Brenan reminds board members to really check the minutes.
      2. Toilets at the put-in.   Brenan saw 2 toilets at the put in last weekend….  They weren’t there for the Rendezvous weekend.   There was 1 at Peshatin for the Rendevous.   Brenan will contact Apple and W/W pumping and find out who is paying for the toilets right now.  Then we can piggyback and share costs.    The King of poo will figure things out!
      3. Nancy wants to move 1 camp toilet so they are in different spots.   No problem.   Brenan asks if 2 toilets are enough.  Consensus is that 2 toilets are enough.   Nancy asked if the trash got picked up.   Brenan grabbed it.   Maybe the trash will get moved to Blaine, WA.   Brenan will get pricing from Apple valley and W/W for next year if Mindy does not find a campground.   See below
      4. Alternate campsite.   Mindy brought this up at the Wenatchee General membership.    A few board members note that camping is very hard to find.    Many of the board members like Eagle Creek.   We did note that it is a long ways up the road and may affect some people showing up and ticket sales.  Brenan talked to Mindy and she will look around for alternatives.   She will notify the board if she finds a spot.   Per Rebecca Meadow Creek is off the list!   Chiwakum Creek Dispersed camping is still closed.   Tumwater Campground is still closed.  Brenan notes an old abandonded camp like Tumwater is accross from Nason Creek Campground (lake wenatchee area) but that is even furthur then Eagle Creek.
    2. Sauk Overnighter status (2018-06-16)   30 people are signed up.   Rebecca will bring a saw to cut any branches at the camp.   Brenan notes that people are dropping boats at all different times to help congestion.   Members can launch at the campground or at the bridge.   Please don’t block the campground road.
    3. White Salmon Retreat status (2018-07-14)   We have the camp and extra toilets.   The usual meet is at the takeout at noon.  David will give Rebecca some checks prior to the white salmon to pay for camping.   Rebecca might not be there, but we will figure it out at the July board meeting.    Nancy, Randy, Aaron and Kat are trip leaders.
    4. Poker Run planning (2018-08-11)    Planning finalizes at the Sauk overnighter with B and Jason.    Jason will make more cards.  We ran out last year.    Joe/Mary propose getting a drybag for each station.   Mary has grabbed the stamps.  Joe will call MSR and see if they will donate bags.   David mentions we can order wholesale thru NRS.   We will do this on the poker run committee budget.   Brenan notes that there are 4 extra camps at Newhalem.  Brenan recommends parking trailers at the bottom of the hill.
    5. Misc River Ops – Going strong!
  7. Old Business – None
  8. New Business
    1. Determine location of July board meeting.    July board meeting will be at Claim Jumper.   Nancy will reserve Claim Jumper
    2. Rebecca asks if we can provide food for the Nisqually river cleanup.    The mayor of Yelm was our BBQ man!   David suggest putting out a donation jar, board agrees.   The leftovers went to flip practice.   Discussion of the correct amount.   Brenan makes a motion for $250 food donation.   Motion passes.
    3. David will put the extra budget for Nisqually Cleanup, Wenatchee port o lets (once we have ballpark, prob $250) and also check the poker run budget for dry bags.    BF:  David check this I thought there was 1 more?
  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
    4. Rebecca will do the PUD and Grande Rhone article
    5. David will do the rule of 85 article
  10. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Rebecca Mentions Nisqually food.   Detailed above
    2. Mark says hi from the Grand Canyon via postcard
    3. Chiwawa Sunday June 3rd was fun.   We put in 3-4 miles below the normal Huckleberry Ford.    Brenan got reports from Action rafting about a huge log jamb they took 1.5 hours to portage.   Thanks DJ!     We took out further downstream than usual.   Takeout in the Bennett book is gated.   Found a neighbor that says there is a better spot 3 miles below stairs.   Mark and Brenan only drove 2 miles…     Brenan floated from there to the Tumwater camp several years ago but doesn’t remember
  11. Adjourn