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October 2021 Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to order.   7:08.   Nancy, JoeK, Randy, Repo, Brenan
  2. Review minutes and approve
    1. Check previous month’s action items
    2. Brenan will take minutes Oct
  3. Review agenda
  4. 155 members (153 members last month, highest ever 167 in March 2020)
  5. Standing Committee Reports
    1. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.  Scholarships have been approved and Paid.  Nothing pending.  Nancy reached out to the Sept event on lake sammaish folks if they needed help.  They didn’t respond.
    2. River Watch – Rebecca Post.
      1. Cispus:  Repo/Brenan attended Lewis county PUD.  Work plan is looking good.  Widening road, providing trailer parking, picnic shelter and other cleanup.   Work starts summer 2022 and finishes fall 2022.  They are doing some gravel work fall 2021.  PUD is developing a debris plan for large logs at the takeout.  WDFW will approve plan. Currently 60% plan set.  Comment periods end Oct 15th.   90% plan set comes out early spring.
      2. Nooksack.  New raft takeout is still in progress.   Engineered log jams present naviagtion hazards from maple falls to mosquito lake road.  Class 1/2, usually an eagle float or extension of canyon run.
      3. SF Stilly.  There is some new engineered log jams here on this section.   Use caution if running.
    3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post.   WET Planet is doing a safety course for us May 21-22.  Repo will create article and fact check website
    4. Communications – Brenan Filippini.   Updating Website dates.  Dates approved unless otherwise noted, or you see errors.  Keep checking as you see things come up, read waterlogs, etc
    5. Membership – Tamie Stonke.  Nothing to report, healing energy to Tamie’s foot!
    6. Programs and Volunteers – Erik Smith.   Nothing to report
    7. Mail pickup/Meeting reservations – Joe Koncikowski.  Picked up 2 renewals and new credit cards.
    8. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post.  Reported WRRR sales for poker run.
  6. Events
    1. Tieton Rally roundup (9/11/2021).  Toilets made it!!!   Camping was good, and everyone had fun.  Nancy found Richard our new sponsor.
    2. Sauktoberfest status (10/23/2021).  Looks good for now.   If flows are too low or too high, we will do the upper Skagit.  Camping at Marblemount “Cabin”.  Campers must RSVP, there is a gate.
    3. Misc River Ops.  VACATION 2021 is complete for OPS tasks!!!
    4. Poker run income ticket sales: $780.  WRRR wear  $400.  Membership renewals $140.00
  7. Old Business
    1. Ballot should have been submitted by October 1.  Nomination commitee sent ballots Oct 13th.
  8. New Business
    1. Appoint Elections Committee (any current member not running for office) – David, BrianV and Homer are willing to do this, ballot sent tonight.
    2. Nominating Committee (Brenan and Nancy) We have provided the following list of names:
      1.   President:  Rebecca Post
      2.   VP Business:  Karie Burns
      3.   VP River Ops:  Randy Erling
      4.   VP Finance:  Brenan Filippini
      5.   At Large:  Erik Smith, Tammie Stonke, Paul Rogers, Nancy Douty, Write me In.
  9. Waterlog articles needed by 10/20
    1. NOTE: Make sure Brian verifies receipt of articles
    2. New Years Hangover Float, Nancy will write the article.  Taking out at Nancy’s house will help with the new log jams.
    3. January Membership meeting announcement Jan 20th.
      1. Paul Rogers was tasked to find a place.  We can do Elemental Cider in Arlington if no other board members find a spot!
      2. Jan 20th.  is the date.
    4. Tilton Trek teaser.   Brian usually does this article?  WRRR may supply wood.  Joe will look for article
    5. Repo to do safety class article
    6. Nancy to do New years float article.  Brenan will send old article to N.
    7. Nancy/Brenan  to write the Jan membership meeting
    8. Brian/Brenan to do Tilton Trek Teaser.  Joe will check to see if he has it.
  10. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Website discussion.   The WRRR board and club needs to check future direction and monitoring of the website.  David is going to be stepping down from webmaster soon.  We sent out a blurb and article about needing a new helper or someone to take over the IT director role.  So far we still need help.  Some options are to pay for a hosting site like club express.  Washington kayak club has a site through them.  Or we can save some money and find a volunteer.  If we don’t find a volunteer by end the year, we may be forced into moving to a different site.  If anyone is interested please let us know!
  11. Adjourn 7:57PM