Categories
Board Meeting Minutes News WRRR Board

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