Washington Recreational River Runners

1. Call to order @ 7:03 Brennan, David, Jason, Rebecca, Jared, Matt, Joe
2. Reviewed and approved February meeting minutes
3. Reviewed agenda
4. 141 members (141 members last month)
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. River Watch – Brenan Filippini: Sent letters out regarding Nooksack access. SB 6363 has passed the Senate, waiting on governor’s signature. If you have time, read the bill and send a letter or email to the governor — Adam will put up FB post.
   2. Safety and Education – Jared Cook: Safety class is set up for May 28^th & 29^th with Wet Planet on the Cedar. One person has expressed interest so far. Cost per person is $250 but WRRR will subsidize $100. Jared will write Waterlog article.
   3. Communications – David Elliott: Has been keeping WRRR website up-to-date.
   4. Membership – Joe Koncikowski: Plans to draft email to send to recently expired members.
   5. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty (not present)
   6. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post: no news
6. Old Business
   1. Stickers – David Elliott: There was a lot of interest on Facebook. Will order 300 for $158 (5×3). David will do a mock-up and send out sample before we order.
   2. Tilton Trek roundup: A lot bigger turnout than expected, 30-40 people? Launch was split into two groups, which worked better for boat control. OWA expressed interest in joining us for the Tilton Trek.
   3. Green River Cleanup status – Brennan Filippino: On track, just need more volunteer commitments. Brennan will post request online. David took first shift, and Rebecca second shift at Headworks. Just need volunteers for KP. Will run gorge morning of Shangri-la cleanup and look for trash and make a map. Shangri-La is reserved. Trashbins and bags are procured. Free parking at state parks that weekend.
   4. Safety class status — See Safety and Education Committee report above (May 28th & 29th on Cedar River)
   5. Summary of the Rowers/IK Progression: Good turnout, had approx. 24 people on lower Sauk. March 20^th is next one on Nisqually (likely 11 a.m. meet time at put-in).
7. New Business
   1. Flip practice planning – Nancy had sent email prior to meeting: Will make sure Brian has Waterlog article and will check with Jim Johnson to make sure we’re on track.
   2. Wenatchee Rendezvous planning – Still planning on camping at same spot as last year. Will also have general membership meeting. Adam will send emails to try get discounts or sponsorships for prizes.
   3. White Salmon discussion – Brennan will contact campground, they have requested that we pre-pay. Also planning on running the lower on Sunday.
   4. Rogue River Permits – Rebecca and Brennan both got one. Plan is to launch for Sep 21/22.
   5. Prize donations planning – Adam will send emails to try get discounts or sponsorships for prizes; hopes to have more info by April board meeting.
   6. April meeting location –  Tukwila Claim Jumper
8. Waterlog articles needed by 3/20
   1. Green River Cleanup full article – Brennan
   2. Wenatchee Rendezvous Teaser
   3. Flip practice article – Nancy has sent it to Brian
   4. Update committee chairs – David will remind Brian
9. Announcements and good of the order – There is a lot of trash on the Nisqually. Repo will contact Tacoma city light to see if they could arrange for trash bins on day of IK/Rower’s Progression.
10. Adjourn @ 7:50

1. Call to order @ 7:07 p.m.
   1. Present Officers: David, Rebecca, Brenan, Adam
   2. Present Directors: Jared, Mary (for Joe), Jason, Nancy
2. Reviewed & approved January meeting minutes
3. 141 members (143 members last month)
4. Standing Committee Reports
   1. River Watch – Brennan Filippini
      • DNR is seeking input on Nooksack River; club should send letter about the NF takeout
      • Rebecca ran the lower Nisqually (put in @ Yelm hydroplant) together with the Nisqually River Council & Thomas O’Keefe. Very scenic run (spotted 48 eagles) and excellent educational opportunity.
      • Bill: A bill has been introduced that would require DOT to consider river access when doing bridge projects. (Senate Bill 6363, House Bill 2660)
   2. Safety and Education – Jared Cook
      • Sent email to Wet Planet regarding River Rescue Certification course
   3. Communications – David Elliott
      • Plans are in place to make some updates to the website layout.
   4. Membership – Mary (for Joe Koncikowski)
      • Will work with David to send letters to past members, promote membership
   5. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty
      • January Membership Meeting went well
   6. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
      • We have new WRRR Wear polyester T-shirts in bright neon orange, yellow, or pink
5. Old Business
   1. Budget (will be up on website soon)
      • $6,759 in bank; $125 in cash; $155 in bills; $115 from new memberships
      • Proposing budget changes: Add membership meeting appetizers; change Tilton to just $50 for wood; increase Safety & Education to $2,400; increase a few river trip budgets (based on needs); decrease rosters to $10 — All Approved
      • Proposed budget of $400 for stickers — Not Approved — will do more research on options and will discuss at next Board meeting
   2. January General Membership meeting roundup
      • It was great. The food was good but went fast, club will buy more next time.
   3. Tilton Trek status:
      • Details are in the Waterlog. Budget is $50 for wood.
   4. Green River Cleanup status
      • Camps are reserved, Mary will help with the BBQ with volunteers, planning a potluck for ‘whenever you wake up’ Sunday morning
      • still need volunteers to help with BBQ, registration, etc. etc. ,the more volunteers the shorter the volunteer time per person
      • Weekly Green River Cleanup meetings begin soon with Corps of Engineers, they are twice a month. If interested in participating, contact Brenan Filippini.
   5. Safety class status
      • Waiting to hear back from Wet Planet (see recent Yahoo email from Jared on the subject)
6. New Business
   1. Flip practice planning: Nancy will check with Jim to make sure Lake Sammamish Park is reserved
   2. Wenatchee Rendezvous planning
      • We are going to camp the same place as last year. Let Brenan know if you’re going Thursday, since signs won’t be up yet and hard to find.
      • We need to solicit donations/prizes. Adam will draft letters to send to companies; David said Werner is worth contacting and we should also contact Mark Proctor/new raft store in town
7. Waterlog articles needed by 2/20
   1. Green River Cleanup teaser is ready
   2. Board members need to be updated, David will contact Brian
8. Announcements and good of the order
9. Adjourn @ 8ish p.m.

1. Call to order @ 7 p.m.
2. Reviewed and approved November meeting minutes
3. Reviewed agenda
4. New Board
   1. We start 2016 with 143 members
   2. Introduce officers: Rebecca Post – President. David Elliot – VP Finance.
   3. Adam Schierenbeck – VP Business. Brenan Filippini – VP River Ops.
   4. Rebecca Post elected as Chairperson
   5. Went over officer duties: Finance (David) – Accounting, payables & receivables, membership.
      1. Business (Adam) – Board meeting minutes, sponsorships
      2. River Ops (Brenan) – Logistics, reservations, river trips, prizes.
      3. President (Rebecca) – Making sure it all gets done!
5. Select Committee Chairs and go over duties
   1. River Watch – Brenan Filippini & Chris Herman: gather and share information on river access and similar issues
   2. Safety and Education – Jared Cook: looking into Wilderness First Responder class & WRRC
   3. Communications – David Elliott: make sure information gets out about club events, maintain & update WRRR calendar, etc.
   4. Membership – Joe Koncikowski: Promote club membership
   5. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty: Promote and coordinate volunteer work for club events
   6. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
6. Old Business
   1. January membership meeting – January 21 – Club will provide appetizers for members. We will be discussing extended river trip plans and where to get permits.
   2. Audit committee report – Rebecca, David and Nancy completed the audit. No issues found. We have approx. $6,000 currently in the bank account.
   3. Reviewed event dates for the year
      1. Tilton Trek – Feb 12
      2. Flip Practice – Apr 17
      3. Shangri-La Cleanup – Apr 23
      4. Green River Cleanup – April 30
      5. Wenatchee Rendezvous – Jun 2
      6. Sauk Summer Overnighter – Jun 25
      7. White Salmon Retreat – Jul 16
      8. Poker Run – Aug 13
      9. Tieton Rally – Sep 17
      10. Rogue River – Sep 22
      11. Gear Swap – October 15
      12. Sauktoberfest – Oct 22
   4. Tilton Trek Status – The club will supply firewood for camp.
7. New Business
   1. 2016 Budget – not completed yet. David will have it done by February board meeting.
   2. Stickers – David brought logo ideas for club stickers. He is going to look into getting a sample or small order for a plain “WRRR” logo, black letters on white background. Final decision for sticker purchase to be made no later than March board meeting.
   3. Facebook ads – ads every once in a while that are of direct interest to club members are ok
   4. Green River Cleanup planning – Kanaskat Palmer has been reserved and plans are in place with Shangri-La. River Ops and the GRC Committee need volunteers (e.g. barbequing, handling sign-up sheets, etc.).
8. Waterlog articles needed by 1/20
   1. Green River Cleanup teaser – Brennan will send to Brian for the Waterlog
   2. Tilton Trek article – Brennan will send to Brian for the Waterlog
   3. President
9. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Hollenbeck Park at the White Salmon wants the camping fees prepaid this year. They are charging a flat $400 this year, which includes the toilets.
   2. Wenatchee Rendezvous – Tumwater campground still isn
10. Adjourn @ 7:36 p.m.

• Call to order @ 7:04
  1. Present: David, Jason, Brenan, Rebecca, Adam, Nancy
• Review minutes and approve, Rebecca motions to approves, Brenan 2nds, no one opposes.
• Review agenda
• Current member count: 137 (last month 139)
• Standing Committee Reports
  1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
  2. River Watch – Brenan Filippini
     1. Still talking about putting in restrooms at Bachmann on Sauk
     2. Trying to get key for Bedahl for winter access on Sauk
     3. Northfork Skykomish road is still closed
     4. Middle-middle, still could use some work on the put in (gravel around bridge). Takeout is good just needs some gravel and tree trimming. No key for gate but it has never been locked.
     5. Rebecca did trip on Nooksack with river council (13 people) and pushing for access. Fish and wildlife doesn’t want boats on certain stretch.
  3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
     1. Nothing to report. Rebecca still planning on doing Safety next year. Should start to think about fundraising, especially for things like AED. Maybe we can start with a simple first aid kit and make sure people know where it is and have it for the sweep boat. Adventure medical usually offers 50% discount up to $500, Adam and Rebecca can work with them (David will send info)
  4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
     1. Nothing to report. Would like to pass on communications next year. Will discuss in January.
  5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
     1. Not present.
  6. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty
     1. Talked to folks out by the Tieton about recycle and they don’t have anything. Nancy has some pop up bins, will need lots though and very obvious signage. Will need to get volunteers to haul it out.
     2. Setup general membership meeting for Jan 21st at Overlake Roundtable. No specific program, but usually just go over extended trip permits. Maybe setup a computer so people can fill out permits (Rogue still phone/mail, not online).
  7. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
     1. Brenan hasn’t heard back on super shirts, will check with the guy tomorrow. Will be “Pray for Rain” version.
• Old Business
  1. Repair Clinic roundup
     1. We didn’t order enough pizza, but it was close. Everything went really well. Made about $380 off of Tom’s gear (have thank you card to mail to him next week after he moves).
  2. Sauktoberfest roundup
     1. Few kayakers and inner tubes from Bachmann Park to the Mill.
  3. Election status
     1. Eveyrone should vote, it is easy. will send out reminder to those that haven’t yet voted online.
• New Business
  1. Finance report
     1. ~$6000 balance with a few outstanding things, but plenty of money. Got 4 renewals/new memberships in the mail which brings us into the 140 range.
  2. Form audit committee
     1. David, Rebecca, and Nancy sometime in late Novemeber / early December (work it out offline).
  3. Tilton Trek planning
     1. Note: Need help because most officers will be unavailable
     2. Let people know if you want a cabin, get it now. Also reserver camp sites. Info will go out in the Tilton Trek article which Brenan writes for the next waterlog. Adam can post some information. Nancy will ask Mark to bring his big tarps.
  4. January membership meeting plan
     1. Covered above
  5. Waterlog articles from board members
     1. Brian has a lack of content. Asking all board members to write some articles about anything (first swim, trips you want to do, products you like). David talking to Jay about history of club. Looking for board members from before 1992. Rebecca can write article about Nisqually. Brenan to find someone to write something about the Rogue trip.
• Waterlog articles needed by 11/20
  1. Tilton Trek full article
  2. New Year
  3. Election results (available December 4) – holding off until we get the results
  4. January membership meeting announcement – David
• Announcements and good of the order
  1. Did the leter go out to non-member about camping at WRRR events? It was signed, but not sure if it went out (pretty sure Mary sent it).
  2. Lets add river ops to standing committee reports
     1. Poker run – upper group camp Jason stays at is closed and they refunded the money. Could reserve something in New Halem but pretty sure that camp burned up as well. Can’t reserve Goodell Creek sites, so it will be a little tight next year.
     2. Still trying to get camp reserved for rendevous, but still listed as closed until further notice. Can always pull off what we did last year a couple weeks before.
  3. Should we send AW money? Nancy proposes sending $100, David 2nds. No one opposed.
• Adjourn @ 7:41

1. Call to order @ 7:04
2. Review minutes and approve
3. Review agenda
4. Current member count: 139 (last month 135)
5. Heard from Maddy Hollenbeck on proposed Girl Scout Silver Award project at next Green River Cleanup
6. Standing Committee Reports
   1. River Watch
      1. Middle middle Snoqualmie takeout ??
      2. Trying to get access to upper Nisqually, Rebecca taking Nisqually river council (non-profit) down 3rd/4th November
   2. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
      1. Nothing new
      2. David and Rebecca to talk about budget. This year’s class was really good and would like to do it again. Certification is good for 3 years (maybe 2 on and 1 year off
   3. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Not present
   4. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Not present
   5. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty
      1. Nothing to report
   6. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
      1. Brenan putting in order for super shirts in about a week. There is request for “Pray for Rain” logo, David can get the art. Cost is about $7/$8.
7. Old Business
   1. Tieton Rally roundup
      1. Dumpster – Nancy loved the dumpster, would like to have recycle as well. Not sure if they do that in Yakima. Nancy will check for glass and aluminum. Brenan make a motion to get our own dumpster next year. Motion seconded and all approve.
      2. OWA toilets – talk to them about if they need one next year, just not a lot of people from OWA or they aren’t in our area where the toilets are.
   2. Repair Clinic status
      1. Nancy might have to work that day, giving pizza details to Rebecca just in case.
   3. Sauktoberfest status
      1. Have slip and slide backup ready to go in case there is no water.
8. New Business
   1. Finance report
      1. Still have to pay Brenan back, but still have a lot of money available for safety next year.
   2. Ballot
      1. Brian and Chris are Election Committee – work with Mary to finalize the ballot so David can send out the 1st of November
   3. Rogue 2016
      1. Article to get people interested – Low water, 23 people went and it worked well, weather was great.
      2. Possibly try for earlier date – just work around the poker run, maybe even in June.
9. Waterlog articles needed by 10/20
   1. Nothing official, but it would be nice to help out Brian
      1. Brenan to spearhead a Rogue article
      2. Rebeca could put together a Thompson article
   2. Bunch of boat gear donated, will bring to swap and hang on some stuff for prizes, maybe sell some – money to go to WRRR.
10. Announcements and good of the order
11. Adjourn @ 7:29

1. Call to order @ 7:00
   1. David, Brenan, Mary, Rebeca, Nancy, Adam, Jared
2. Review minutes and approve
   1. approved
3. Review agenda
4. Current member count: 136 (last month 144)
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt – not present
   2. River Watch – Chris Herman
      1. Nothing really going on
   3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
      1. Wilderness First Aid clinic in Oregon
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Will put up FB event for gear swap
      2. David added River Booty banner to web site
      3. Posted article on guy kayaking blind on Grand Canyon
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. 1 renewal at the Tieton last weekend and donation for using toilet
   6. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty
      1. October live meeting (10/14) need to setup, Jason requests something more north – Nancy will reserve Overlake Roundtable
   7. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
      1. Brenan has the stuff and will bring it this weekend. Brenan has Hydro flasks (only prizes left and a few people order)
      2. Brenan still needs to get reimbursed, as well as Jason. Rebeca will bring check book to Tieton.
6. Old Business
   1. Status of letter to problem person
      1. Brenan and Mary discussed, it is ready to go and he will sign it this weekend and in the mail Monday. Member said in FB message to David she didn’t want to be a member anyway.
   2. Tieton Rally status
      1. This weekend, going to follow what is in the newsletter. Small potluck Sunday morning. Then river ops goes on vacation.
      2. Nancy said lunch was crowded last weekend and no place to stop. Level should be up this weekend and the eddies get bigger and shouldn’t be a problem. Above waffle wall on river right has a spot too as well.
   3. Repair Clinic status
      1. Everything good, will figure out pizza the day of.
   4. Sauktoberfest status
      1. 10/17 – figure out what to do if there is no water – David suggest tarp and saranwrap at Brenan’s. Will create event for that too, but having trouble inviting everyone in the WRRR group (only friends of person creating event).
7. New Business
   1. Finance report
      1. Nothing to talk about (about 9k in the bank, but some of that already spent)
   2. Elect election committee
      1. David nominates Brian Vogt (he has done it the last few years) with Chris Herman to assist. Brenan 2nds nomination (Brian accepted later by email)
      2. 2016 Board positions – finalize ballet
         1. President – Rebecca
         2. VP Business – Adam
         3. VP Finance – David
         4. VP River Ops – Brenan
         5. Directors – Nancy, Matt, Joe K, Jared, Jason
   3. Noise complaints at the Tieton
      1. This is not a WRRR issue (problem people were not WRRR members, nothing we can do) – there is plenty of space to spread out.
      2. WRRR needs to avoid being a complaining neighbor
      3. Alpine’s party is canceled this year and they were saying it was because of complaints from WRRR. David to clarify with them that it may have been WRRR members complaining (Adam will CC David on email), but it wasn’t WRRR.
      4. Official stance is that if you want it quiet, there is paid camping nearby – we don’t want to regulate noise.
      5. If anyone complains about spots, there is no reserved spots even if you have been using the same spot every year. Last year there were complaints about where the port-a-poties were dropped and Brenan talked to them (complainer and toilet company)
      6. Mike Curtis is getting a dumpster – are we going to take some responsibility for it money wise. Alpines are always overflowing, but maybe not this year. They didn’t ask for any money. Find out how much it is and vote on approving half (up to a max of $100) either at next meeting or at Tieton if we have enough people.
      7. Port-a-poties are usually out of TP. Make sure people bring some to leave. Next year we can mention for people to bring some.
      8. See if some people want to do the upper put in.
8. Waterlog articles needed by 9/20
   1. Sauktoberfest article – Brenan has that just needs to add the bubble wrap slide option
   2. Halloween at Shangri-La is happening, but it isn’t a WRRR thing (Mark is taking it over). Everyone invited but there is a fee ($10) – he will be around this weekend to get details
9. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Any general membership meeting coming up – yes at the repair clinic.
   2. Brian Vogt has new can of Savon glue, just ask to reimbursed him instead of buying new.
10. Adjourn @ 7:47

1. Call to order
   1. Brenan, David, Matt, Mary, Nancy
   2. Adam (7:27)
   3. Jared (7:40)
2. Review minutes and approve
3. Review agenda
4. Current member count: 144 (last month 130)
   1. Low – Mary has more memberships and we have not checked the mail recently
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
   2. River Watch – Chris Herman
   3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
   6. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty
   7. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
6. Old Business
   1. White Salmon roundup
      1. Awesome – Nancy loves the river. Brenan agreed.
      2. Research the lower run
   2. Poker Run roundup
      1. Finances:
         1. Poker Hands $995 (minus $175 for prizes)
         2. Membership $245
         3. Shirts $285
         4. Flasks $41
      2. Permit paid for 2014, 2015
      3. Ranger likes private boaters
         1. Rangers came by and video recorded us
   3. Tieton Rally status
      1. Portapotties ordered
      2. Gravel – $500 budget
      3. Toilet paper
      4. Sunday breakfast potluck
   4. Repair Clinic status
      1. October 17
      2. David & Adam get the word out
      3. Nancy work on getting glue
7. New Business
   1. Finance report
      1. Lots of money in the bank
      2. Lots of money owed to Brenan
      3. Rebecca returns someday and has lots of work
   2. Skagit Park Service Ranger – invite to January meetings
   3. Former club member problem
      1. Has not paid for membership or camping since 2010
      2. Shows up as a “guest” most years and does not participate or pay; just takes up camping space and contributes to noise
      3. Proposal – Send letter asking her not to come to WRRR events, refuse payment if sent
      4. Motion made, voted on, and approved
      5. Mary and Brenan will write and send letter
   4. Dogs
      1. Dog fight at the Skagit
      2. We have leash rules, but we don’t police them
      3. Maybe signs
   5. Green River – trouble in Paradise
      1. Donation based on club members – take poll
      2. Green River Cleanup – add this location
      3. Suggest that people pick up trash
   6. Nominating committee
      1. 2016 Board positions
         1. President – Rebecca
         2. VP Business – Adam
         3. VP Finance – David
         4. VP River Ops – Brenan
         5. Directors – Nancy, Matt, Joe K, Jason?, Jared
   7. 2016 events
      1. 1/21 – January General Membership meeting – Thursday the week after the board meeting
      2. 2/13 – Tilton Trek – President’s Day weekend
      3. 4/17 – Flip Practice and BBQ – Third Sunday in April, but should not conflict with Easter Sunday (3/27/2016)
      4. 4/30 – Green River Cleanup – The weekend before Mother’s Day weekend
      5. 6/4 – Wenatchee Rendezvous – First full weekend in June
      6. 6/25 – Sauk Summer Overnighter – Last full weekend in June
      7. 7/16 – White Salmon Retreat – Third full weekend in July
      8. 8/13 – Skagit Poker Run – Second full weekend in August (avoid weekend closest to August 17 because of Pike Place celebration – Contact Nancy Douty before making final decision)
      9. 9/17 – Tieton Rally – Weekend closest to September 15
      10. 10/8 – Gear Swap and Repair Clinic – Saturday of the second full weekend in October
      11. 10/22 – Sauktoberfest – Saturday closest to October 22
8. Waterlog articles needed by 8/20
   1. Repair clinic article
   2. Sauktoberfest article
9. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Chris Herman’s party – great time
   2. Nancy ran Green – Gates of Lodore
      1. Brenan asked for trip report article
10. Adjourn (8:08)

1. Call to order @ 7:19
   1. David, Jason, Adam, Nancy, Chris, Mary
2. Review minutes and approve
   1. Approved
3. Review agenda
4. Current member count: 135 (last month 139)
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt – not present
   2. River Watch – Chris Herman
      1. Nothing to report
   3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post – not present
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Not trip reports from Wenatchee
      2. Jason to write something up on the Sauk
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Nothing to report
   6. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty
      1. Nothing to report
   7. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post – not present
      1. 17 pre orders. They have pint glasses, orders not in yet
      2. Will work on Zazzle when Rebecca gets back
6. Old Business
   1. Sauk Overnighter roundup
      1. Was good. Had about 15 people, 1 IK day tripper. Weather was good.
   2. White Salmon status
      1. Still on, will have minimal flows (<600). 12′ rafts max probably.
   3. Poker Run status
      1. Cards are still on track.
      2. David @ station 5, Mary @ station 1. Nancy normally does 2 but not able to this year.
      3. David will bring kid prizes.
   4. Tieton Rally status
      1. Order gravel this year again, Nancy can work with Brennen
      2. Possible deal with Riverbooty for photos of all WRRR members
7. New Business
   1. Finance report – Rebecca not present
   2. Charter renewal – Nancy took care of it for $10
   3. Elect nominating committee – Mary is the nominating committee, make sure we recruit people that have been members since March.
      1. 2016 Board positions
         1. President – Rebecca
         2. VP Business – Jason ineligible – maybe Adam
         3. VP Finance – David
         4. VP River Ops – Brenan
         5. Directors – Mary (ineligible), Adam (1 more year), Nancy (2 more years), Jared (2 more years), Matt (2 more years) – Jason can still be a director
   4. Repair Clinic planning
      1. At the hanger October 17th, but any weekend could be fine. Hours are something like 11-4 with pizza for lunch.
8. Waterlog articles needed by 7/20
   1. Tieton full article (Brennen)
   2. Article asking for new board members (David)
9. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Payette was a fun trip. Minor wrap, but nice long run.
10. Adjourn @ 7:44

1. Call to order
   1. Board Present: David, Jason, Brenan
   2. Directors: Nancy
2. Review minutes and approve
3. Review agenda
4. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
   2. River Watch – Chris Herman
      1. May 18th did video interview at Bachman @ Sauk – asked what other improvements we want. Cleanup Suiattle put in, gate key for Bedhal at winter.
   3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Currently have 139 members (last month 145)
   6. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty
      1. Start thinking about gear swap date and location
   7. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
      1. Took pre orders for the hydro flask (don’t know how many yet) 12-24 for the club + pre orders.
      2. Rebecca won’t be at the Poker Run, check to see if she is going to White Salmon so Nancy can pick them up (or Brennan can grab them)
      3. Talking about setting up Zazzle so people can order directly through them with customizations. Just give them design and Pay Pal account.
5. Old Business
   1. Safety class roundup
      1. Went really well, lots of new members and old members who don’t come out much. Did a lot in the river: foot entrapment, shallow water crossing, z drag with a boat.
   2. Wenatchee Rendezvous roundup
      1. 865 raffle sold + sustaining & benefactor
      2. Found a couple new campgrounds, worried about flash floods because of the fire damage, but not sure next year – Brenan can ask them about next year when he is there next weekend.
      3. Had only about 2/3s the normal people
   3. Sauk Overnighter status
      1. David sent spreadsheet, Brennan going to tweak it and post it this week.
      2. Suiattle to Sauk is plan A (lots of camping, good II plus run with a couple class III – put in a bit of a pain), Brennan to talk to outfitters about wood
      3. Sauk from White Chuck plan B
      4. Suiattle take out down to Skagit is plan C.
   4. White Salmon status
      1. Should be all set, some people coming up Sunday from Oregon to do the lower section from the old lake down (be ready to portage Steel Head falls if need to, will talk to outfitters).
      2. Nothing planned (no potluck or prizes), Randy and Nancy are trip leaders
   5. Poker Run status
      1. Camping are all set, have poker stations covered but could use some backups. Jason going to print the cards.
      2. Still working on prizes, plan on building fire pan and table, but no big ticket items yet. Costco has coupon for waterproof speaker and camera starting 6/11
   6. Tieton Rally status
      1. Possible deal with Riverbooty for photos of all WRRR members, David will find out more details. Idea would be WRRR to pay flat fee for all WRRR member photos. Should also consider doing a special WRRR season long pass for $100 or some flat fee
      2. Still considering food options, maybe desert and/or breakfast potluck.
      3. Bring lots of propane fire pits as fire will likely be banned
6. New Business
   1. Finance report
      1. Brennan still has about $1100 in reimbursements, plenty of money (about $6)
   2. Idea – Caricaturist at large event
      1. Too expensive – $200 and hour
   3. 2016 Board positions
      1. President – Rebecca
      2. VP Business – Jason ineligible
      3. VP Finance – David
      4. VP River Ops – Brenan
      5. Directors – Mary (ineligible), Adam (1 more year), Nancy (2 more years), Jared (2 more years), Matt (2 more years)
7. Waterlog articles needed by 6/20
   1. Poker Run full article
   2. Tieton teaser
   3. Wenatchee story (David will talk to Adam)
   4. Is it too late for the Sauk overnighter? Article didn’t make last log, but if we can get it out by the 25th it would be worth it.
8. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Going to the raft games with no raft. R4 race Friday night and z drag competition Saturday, but not much else planned.
9. Adjourn @ 7:53

1. Call to order (7:03PM)
2. Officers: David, Brenan, Rebecca, Jason
3. Directors: Matt, Adam, Chris, Jared
4. Members: Mike Sauve, Joe Koncikowski
5. Review minutes and approve
6. Review agenda
7. Officer’s reports
8. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
   1. Membership 145 (last month 135)
9. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
10. VP Business – Jason Cohen
11. VP Finance – Rebecca Post
    1. Bank account: $7632.82, ~$260 in PayPal
    2. $1500 still outstanding for safety class, but will be reimbursed.
12. Standing Committee Reports
13. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
14. River Watch – Chris Herman
    1. Cedar River meeting Monday 5/18
    2. Meeting on the 5/18 after Sauk run to interview with ranger
    3. Cable drop volunteer finished
15. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
16. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
17. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
18. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty
19. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
20. Old Business
    1. Flip practice roundup
       1. Good attendance with some new members
    2. Green River Cleanup roundup
       1. 87 people total, going through to double check but that seems about right. I have the sheets, was going to scan them and upload the file to greenrivercleanup.org. (won’t be viewable by public, but will have sheets and notes of this years event)
          1. 27 ONline
          2. 17 KP
          3. Headworks 19
          4. Flaming/BBQ 20
          5. Shangri-La 4
          6. Total 87 signed in.
       2. Mary estimates about 65-75 through the BBQ (The gorge boaters didn’t go they got off the river at 445-500 Shangri-La and thought the bbq was over t 430….)
       3. Trash, not sure of final tonneage? THey removed the truck for Sunday, we dumped some TV’s that a KP park Neighbor retrieved from the trail with his tractor on Sunday plus other BS. I’m guessing the Sunday load was about 400-500 pounds. (he met me thought I was dumping tires….haha) This guy said he would label and help lead ground crews next year. We hauled out about 400 pounds of recyclable that I dumped today, plus about 200 pounds of trash from Shangri-La.
       4. Boats:
          1. Friday 4 boaters in the Gorge
          2. Saturday WRRR had approx. 34 boats (29 that I personally counted, plus 5 DAvid helped me count I did not see ( on Headworks -11), Gorge and Shangri-La to FG). PTCC had a good turnout (5-7 Headworks and a few in the upper and / or lower gorge)
       5. Cohen Clan had the largest family turnout 🙂
       6. Largest Items was a tie between Brenan’s 2 backhoe tires and Rebecca and Steve’s Car section winched out of the headworks put in…. I found a crapton of stuff at the KP fishing access across the river for years to come…
       7. Volunteer hours not sure how this is calculated
          1. 3 x 6 18 Ryan, Miguel, Koker making signs 30th annual kiosk
          2. 87 x 5? 435 Saturday May 2nd. (WTA counts some travel time but I don
          3. 70 x 3 (210) Less people that really only picked up their own beer cans
          4. 17 x 2 34 Leaders and people that spend 2 extra hours prepping and setting up
          5. 5 x 10 50 Brenan, Jay, Pat, Mary, Kim Trip and group leaders that spend additional time printing/making maps, bbq food gathering, signage, cleanup, etc
          6. 10 x 2 20 The Sunday boating crew that loaded up trash to FG
          7. 5 x 2 10 Jason and Brenan loading TV
       8. Total volunteer guestimate 357 Public May 1-3, 2015
       9. Total volunteer guestimate 92 private April (Shangri-la preclean)
    3. Safety class status
       1. 16 people signed up, did lottery for last spot. 6 people on waitlist.
       2. Going to give a WRRR shirt to instructor
    4. Wenatchee Rendezvous status
       1. We need a camping decision ASAP – Going over this weekend to finalize details. Need to get it in the waterlog this month.
       2. Prizes are done, donations still okay
       3. Potluck is 7:00, but waiting on final details before confirming
    5. Sauk Overnighter status
       1. Probably move downstream to Skagit. Have $74 reservation at Bedal, should probably cancel.
       2. Do your own dinner, WRRR provide breakfast. Should have $100 for food.
       3. Can do online for group gear, David can get something setup for Brenan to use.
    6. White Salmon status
       1. Discouraging big boats, not clear what flows will be (right now about 800 but the normal is 2000)
    7. Poker Run status
       1. Nothing new, but we’ll probably have water
21. New Business
    1. Tieton Rally discussion
       1. Order toilets in August. Maybe more gravel this year, we have the budget.
       2. Rim Rock is 97% full, so we should have water.
       3. Lots of confusion on BBQ/Pot Luck times. Try to stick to posted time. Maybe we should have a sign. David can work on that.
    2. Event reports for Waterlog
       1. Brian wants the board to do event roundup articles for the Waterlog. Suggest communications be in charge. Doesn’t have to write them, but must coordinate. Need to be proactive about getting photos, people don’t really send when asked. Brian prefers to get them on the WRRR drop box. David to make sure information is on the website.
    3. 2016 Board positions
       1. President – David ineligible, Rebecca may run
       2. VP Business (board meeting note taker) – Jason ineligible – Adam willing to help out
       3. VP Finance – if Rebecca runs for President, David will run for Finance
       4. VP River Ops – Brenan eligible for 1 more year
       5. Directors – Mary (ineligible), Adam (1 more year), Nancy (2 more years), Jared (2 more years), Matt (2 more years)
22. Waterlog articles needed by 5/20
    1. Sauk Overnighter full article
    2. White Salmon full article
    3. Poker Run teaser
23. Announcements and good of the order
    1. Moving WRRR board over to the forum?
       1. We said we were going to do it but we just haven’t done it.
    2. Section 4 of the agenda is the officer report, but we usually don’t have anything. Propose removing it. Just need the finance report. David proposed, motion passes unanimously.
    3. February board meeting next year, most of the potential board members won’t be there. Can move it or have without. Can discuss in the future.
24. Adjourn @ 7:58

1. Call to order @ 7:05
   1. Board Present – David, Rebecca, Jason, Brenan
   2. Directors – Nancy, Mary, Adam, Chris
   3. Members – Jimmy, Mark, Matt, Jay
2. Review minutes and approve – done
3. Review agenda – done
4. Officer’s reports
   1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 135 (last month 139), pretty stable and average (between 110-150)
   2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
      1. Need help, free beer. Every trip we need trip leaders
   3. VP Business – Jason Cohen
      1. Nothing
   4. VP Finance – Rebecca Post
      1. As of yesterday $6780.14 in the bank plus misc. deposits and some in PayPal.
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt – not present
   2. River Watch – Chris Herman
      1. Middle middle is still closed, David ran it from A-frame down
      2. Supposed to be some new access at the Nooksack
      3. Updated Bachman put in, want to shoot video of us there
   3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post – nothing (besides safety class)
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck – just a few updates to the site
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski – she can move her arm
   6. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty – nothing
   7. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
      1. Are we supposed to still call Hydro-Flask? Yes, we want to see if we can still get a deal, but not too much work.
      2. Still need waterproof stickers, have 3 large and 8 small. Looking for something smaller (Vista-print) for about a $1
6. Old Business
   1. Flip practice status
      1. Good to go on the embankment till about 3:00
      2. Don’t need any more food than last year, just a box of burgers and sausage + buns and fixings. (Mary wants left overs for Green – like condiments and cheese and stuff that will keep)
   2. Safety class status
      1. We have 8 signed up. Cost is $150 (WRRR is covering the other $100)
      2. It will be on the Cedar, we can camp at Nancy.
   3. Green River Cleanup status
      1. Everything is dialed in. Trying to find out what domains need to be updated. Brian can do greenrivercleanup.org which has online registration
      2. Year 3 only had 6 partiscipants, not boats went down. 117 cfs is all that is needed to do head works in IK. Need at least 700-800 cfs to do the gorge in anything. From gorge down is fine at any level.
      3. BBQ is still going on the same way (maybe plan on less food)
      4. All the times are the same (registration at 9:00 both park and head works), lots of work for ground crews.
      5. Brenan bets a $1 that flow will be over 800.
   4. Wenatchee Rendezvous status
      1. Everything good (prizes) except for camping. Not sure why the campground is closed, looks fine.
         1. Plan A is do dispersed camping on Chumstick highway or across the street from Tumwater
            1. Do we want to do put luck at takeout? Logisticaly would be hard.
         2. Consider change of venue
      2. General membership meeting agenda
         1. No real pressing reason to get the bylaws updated
   5. Sauk Overnighter status
      1. May have to move downstream
   6. White Salmon status
      1. Worried about no water, encourage paddle boats and IKs over big oar boats.
7. New Business
   1. Poker Run discussion
      1. Should be water
      2. Jason still in charge of cards, David can help print if necessary.
8. Waterlog articles needed by 4/20
   1. Wenatchee Rendezvous full article
   2. Sauk Overnighter teaser
   3. White Salmon teaser
   4. Update on safety class – Rebecca
9. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Raft games (2nd weekend in June)- will have booth there (Matt manning it) with some sort of games and signing for WRRR. Z-drag pull contest. Sell t-shirts. Have IKs setup for display. Need volunteer to write up an article about the games for the waterlog. Jay might be willing to write an article, Adam can also write up the facts if Matt can get him the details. Not a lot of events like this for inflatables.
   2. Green river cleanup is 30th annual – disappointing there won’t be water this year. Jay is backing down and we need a volunteer to continue relationship with Army Core. There is a conference call from January – May every other week at 1-2 in the afternoon on Tuesdays. There is one in a little less than 2 weeks. Brenan is in, but could use a few more people so we can keep it covered. Need to get Wayne Wagner demoted since he is the only one that every help us have flow on the weekends.
   3. Rowers progression is going really well.
10. Adjourn @ 7:55

1. Call to order – 7:00PM
   1. Officers: David, Brenan, Rebecca
   2. Directors: Mary, Jared, Matt, Nancy
2. Review minutes and approve
3. Review agenda
4. Officer’s reports
   1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 139 (last month 128)
   2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
   3. VP Business – Jason Cohen
   4. VP Finance – Rebecca Post
      1. $6524.82+
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
   2. River Watch – Chris Herman
      1. Rebecca went to DOT meeting
         1. Access bill stopped (Yakima problem)
         2. Bill to require access at new bridges
      2. Tilton – Letter to land owner
   3. Safety and Education – Rebecca Post
      1. River Rescue Certification (RRC) – Cedar River May 30/31
         1. Todd – Wet Planet
         2. Consider lottery if more than 15 people
      2. Tilton safety people worked out
      3. Nancy went to wrong run at Tilton
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Mary broke her shoulder
      2. Bob Margulis wants to help with membership
   6. Programs/Volunteers – Nancy Douty
      1. Next month – Claim Jumper
   7. WRRR Wear – Rebecca Post
      1. Reorganized shirts
      2. Consider Hydro-Flask
6. Old Business
   1. Tilton Trek roundup
      1. Went well
      2. For 2016 – consider club reserving 2 cabins and 2 sites
   2. Safety class status
   3. Green River Cleanup status
      1. Need more volunteers for sign-ups
      2. Mary doing BBQ, Adam offered to help, find others
      3. Camping at Shangri-La (WRRR members) and KP
      4. Picnic Shelter 3
      5. Get hold of Jay Cohen (Nancy)
      6. Rides for guests
         1. Outfitter
         2. Ask for rides on Facebook
   4. Wenatchee Rendezvous status
      1. Camping
         1. Mike Curtis
         2. Chumstick Highway
   5. Wenatchee River Festival – safety contest
      1. Article – Mike Curtis
      2. Add event to calendar
7. New Business
   1. Flip practice planning
      1. Jim handling it
   2. Sauk Overnighter discussion
      1. Improve sign ups for group gear
      2. Food
      3. Camping at Bedal
   3. White Salmon discussion
      1. Camping is handled
      2. Randy and Nancy are trip leaders
8. Waterlog articles needed by 3/20
   1. Green River Cleanup full article
   2. Wenatchee Rendezvous teaser
9. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Rower’s Progression – 2 rafts, 8 IKs
      1. Trying to improve notification
   2. Sunday Skykomish
10. Adjourn – 8:15

Conference call meeting

1. Call to order @ 7:01
   1. Officers: David, Brenan, Rebecca, Jason
   2. Directors: Jared, Matt, Chris, Adam (7:15), Nancy (7:28)
2. Review minutes and approve
3. Review agenda
4. Officer’s reports
   1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 136 (last month 132)
   2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
      1. Tilton is this weekend
      2. Flip Practice is on the website
      3. Pre-clean last weekend of April
      4. Green River Cleanup
         1. Matt Holmes and Mark Burns volunteered at the general membership meeting
         2. Would like more volunteers so they can break the registration into groups, 9-10 and 10-11.
         3. Need volunteers for mercury and nozzle. Tried radios last year, but too noisy. Thinking do red and green towels.
         4. Need volunteers to help Mary at BBQ around 2:30.
         5. Shangri-La reserved for WRRR members, Kanaskat Palmer for non-WRRR members.
         6. Chris can reach out to paddle trails, Brian to professional paddlers
   3. VP Business – Jason Cohen
      1. Nothing to report
   4. VP Finance
      1. Over 6k in bank account, no balance on credit card, move $86 over from PayPal
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
      1. Not present
   2. River Watch
      1. Access sucks on the middle-middle, several mile walk in to nearest put in from road closure. We could potentially get access, road close mostly to keep the vandals out.
   3. Safety and Education
      1. No idea what to do yet. Brenan will meet up with Rebecca at Tilton and go over ideas.
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Not present
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Not present
   6. Programs/Volunteers
      1. Not present
   7. WRRR Wear
      1. Brenan has the WRRR wear and will bring it to the Tilton
      2. Have a few flasks left. Should push them. OWA does pre-orders and doesn’t order them till they get enough.
      3. Talked about putting merch on the website. We would have to charge sales tax if we do that.
      4. Talked about having a website manage the merch where they have your logo and make the stuff when it is ordered. Joe S. had a company in mind, Rebecca will follow up next time they get together. Zazzle.com was the site.
6. Old Business
   1. Tilton Trek Status
      1. Bunch of us will be there Friday. Log jam is gone, plan to run the gorge Friday/Saturday. Not much going on Sunday, maybe run the upper section.
      2. Need to do a little better getting the group together.
      3. Partly cloudy with 10% chance of rain both days, should be running about 1000 (slightly better than 900 it was a few years ago when some rafts and cats made it down).
7. New Business
   1. Creating new annual events
      1. When thinking of new annual events, lets try them out first but not make them official until we see that they work out. That is how the White Salmon came to be, did it unofficially for the first 3 years.
   2. Flip practice discussion
      1. Jim was going to be here to talk about it. Jim was talking about moving the date, but might have been confused about when it was supposed to be. Thought it was the Sunday before the Clean-up. Should be the 3rd Sunday in April. Last year, what happened was that was the same day as Easter so we moved it. Should be about the same as last year.
   3. IK progression discussion
      1. Rowers progression, new IK (class 2/3), and step-up program, moving up to class 3+/4 like Tilton, Green, Cooper. Make sure we do safety talk. Practice whistle and eddy out and swimmer.
      2. Should be about 4 or 5 weekends starting in May.
         1. Snoqualmie?
         2. Green (head works to Kanaskat)
         3. Sauk
         4. Sky (split rock to big eddy)
         5. Green (Shangri-La to Flaming Geyser)
      3. Nisqually is also a good run to do.
   4. Prize donations
      1. Need to delegate working on prize donations. David can help out with some. Always try to send out letters. Watershed said it was too late, want to know in October timeframe. Even if they can’t give us something, can they sell it for cheap. Maybe we can have a list and email template and can assign them out to different people to follow up.
   5. Safety class planning
      1. Like the timing of two years ago when we did it in April. Will run into the same class size limitation unless we want to go with Casey again. Rebecca just did a 3 day class with Sierra Rescue in December and can’t say enough good stuff about them. Very professional and knew their stuff. Class size would be about 10-12 people.
      2. Could poll people, but they will tell you one thing but not commit. Better to just put something together and tell people.
8. Waterlog articles needed by 2/20
   1. Green River Cleanup teaser
      1. Already went out in January.
   2. Don’t need anything, but
      1. Brenan will get something about rowers progression.
      2. Rebecca will try to get safety article.
9. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Can Rebecca retroactively request scholarship money for class in December? David makes a motion to allow, motion approved.
   2. Rebecca: has anyone done any work on tax exempt status? Brenan and Nancy: yes, was huge pain. Last time we applied we were denied, but likely due to delays in mail. If we apply again, we need to keep up on mail, no longer than two weeks between checking it. Brenan will bring copies of stuff to Tilton for Rebecca.
10. Adjourn @ 7:55

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

1. Call to order
   1. Attending: David, Nancy, Brenan, Jim, Rebecca, Jason
2. Review minutes and approve
3. Review agenda
4. Officer
   1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 136 (last month 136)
   2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
   3. VP Business – Jason Cohen
   4. VP Finance – Nancy Douty
      1. Balance $6664.58
      2. PayPal: $160
      3. Should we donate to AWA or join other clubs with some of this surplus money
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
      1. Not present
   2. River Watch – Brenan Filippini
      1. Everything is in the October meeting minutes. One correction – after starting with $33k for the cable drop, only $4500 was left to do the actual work after paper work and studies.
      2. Make sure we include $500 in budget for gravel and other river access improvements.
      3. Skykomish – everyone puts in on the north fork on private property. Think about doing a gift or something for the owners. If there are other private river access, let Brenan know. Plan on getting thank you notes signed by members to give to them.
      4. Rebecca has question about Green river access. The main entrance that everyone uses was blocked. Paul/Jay probably know more, Brenan will add it to his list.
   3. Safety and Education – Jason Cohen
      1. Nothing to add
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Not present
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Not present
   6. Programs/Volunteers – Jim Johnson
      1. Do we want to book the January meetings (first board and permit/general board meeting). Will discuss under new business
   7. WRRR Wear – Nate Dickison
      1. Not present
6. Old Business
   1. Safety training for Lyles
      1. Lyles is interested, Nancy to talk to Randy
      2. Rescue 3 International (rescue3international.com) / Wavetrek Rescue (wavetrekrescue.com) are some options.
      3. If we do this, the idea is that whoever we elect and train would do our training next year so that we don’t have to hire anyone else.
      4. This year, group education budget was $1600 + $600 for scholarship. This could be carried over to next year, but hate to see budget items grow.
   2. Election status
      1. Only received about 14 votes. Encouraged the board to vote.
   3. Gear swap roundup
      1. Overloaded pizza because some people left early. Spent about $200 on pizza and had about 2 left over.
   4. Sauktoberfest roundup
      1. Went well, about 26 boats and a river board.
   5. Shangri-La Halloween party roundup
      1. Went really well. Should have it for the Cleanup if we want it. We need to fill out the form. Mark signed a form for the Halloween event. Need to do it again for the Green Cleanup.
7. New Business
   1. Tilton Trek planning – 2/14-2/16 (present day weekend)
      1. Will reuse the article from previous.
      2. Talked about a crock pot cook off, but nothing special at this point.
   2. Forums (Facebook, WRRR website, and Yahoo)
      1. Official position
      2. Recommendation is that we make it clear that forums are not official club benefit and requirement is that people are civil.
      3. Recommend switching board group to WRRR forum from Yahoo group.
      4. Moderator rules
      5. Suggest notify anyone being banned and posting something about why they were banned.
   3. Appoint audit committee
      1. Nancy, Rebecca, and David appointed. Anytime after today. Rebecca leaves after Thanksgiving, so suggest doing it before. Nov 21 @6:00 at Nancy’s house.
   4. Plan January general membership meeting
      1. January 14th board meeting – Renton roundtable
      2. January 22nd general membership meeting – Overlake roundtable
   5. Club safety equipment
      1. Defibrillator
      2. OWA has one and brings it on their trips. Cost about $1200. CPR isn’t very effective. Rebecca is certified to use one at work, it requires annual training.
      3. At the very least we should always have an official sweep boat for all events and that boat would carry the equipment. Table this discussion for another time.
      4. Sat phone
      5. $300 plus $20 a month for 40 messages.
      6. Walkie talkies
      7. Have done water proof ones as prizes in the past, intended to do that this year as well.
   6. Year in Review
      1. David thanks everyone.
8. Waterlog articles needed by 12/1
   1. Note later date because of election results timing
   2. VP River Ops
      1. New Year
      2. Tilton Trek full article
   3. Chair
      1. January General Membership Meeting
9. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Nothing
10. Adjourn

In person meeting at Round Table Pizza in Renton

1. Call to order @ 7:09
   1. Board present: David Elliott, Jason Cohen, Brenan Filippini, Nancy Douty,
   2. Directors present: Adam Schierenbeck, Rebecca Post, Chris Herman, Jim Johnson (phone), Mary Koncikowski (late)
   3. Members present: Brian Vogt, Jared, Paul
   4. Guest: Phil Kincaire
2. Review minutes and approve – David motion to approve, Rebecca 2nd, approved!
3. Review agenda – done
4. Officer
   1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 136 (last month 139)
         1. Down a little, it’s that time of year
   2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
      1. Gear swap coming up, will talk about that later.
   3. VP Business – Jason Cohen
      1. Nothing to report
   4. VP Finance – Nancy Douty
      1. Don’t have the balance, but plenty of money.
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
      1. Would be cool to have designated photographer for Waterlog. Jared really likes to take pictures. Could just coordinate with people that are taking pictures. If they get posted full size on Facebook, that would work too.
   2. River Watch – Brenan Filippini
      1. Phil Kincaire from forest service – Wild and Scenic manager for the forest service. Does ops and planning. Tries to come annually to let us know what we are doing.
         1. North fork Nooksack – grant for improvements on the 542 corridor. Used to do emergency closers for salmon spawning, but have relaxed that for private boaters. Grant used to improve the access to eddy behind bedrock. Plenty of room off 542 for parking. Still need to put up railings, but about 85% done. Working with Tom on safety.
         2. Sauk – Bachman. Seattle City Light money. Had met with Snohomish County parks about what they wanted, but never went anywhere. Finally had Tom talk to them. September, dropped 14-16 trees on lower terrace. Rented excavator, county cleaned up the wood and graded. Gravel was supposed to delivered this week. Can get trailers down to the river now.
         3. Index-Galena road, recreation access should still be part of this road package. Not expected till 2016. Howard Creek (tributary to north fork) bridge is also messed up, going to try and do them at the same time.
         4. Lower Stahikan – park service wants to improve road for takeout (put in for lake). Seeking grants, confident they will get it but will be a couple years.
         5. Cable Drop (south fork Sky) – difference of opinion if rails are needed. Paul says they are absolutely not needed. The upper rails are installed according to Brenan’s specs. Trail crew is going to install the rest of the rails on the 27th. Don’t have to finish them if we think they are not needed. Will dragging the boats over the stairs cause problems? If anyone has a chance to get out there before the 27th, we can call off the rest of the rails. Parking is often full from hikers.
         6. Lower Nooksack – creating recreation plan. Public wants access to the rivers. Looking at 3 acre DNR piece by Maple Falls for access by mile 26.5. DNR reconveyance was an issue before with Watcom county. Watcom land trust by definition is public access, just not always trail or parking.
         7. Cable Drop – Left with $4500 (out of 33k budget) plus some money from AWA. We provided labor. WRRR Presented with certificate of appreciation for help and thanks. Brennan also provided one for his help and donation of materials.
   3. Safety and Education – Jason Cohen
      1. Funds for other things (prizes or subsidize gear),
      2. Rescue three international
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Nothing new
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Nothing new
      2. Will send photos to David and Brian
   6. Programs/Volunteers – Jim Johnson
      1. Getting the glue to Brenan.
   7. WRRR Wear – Nate Dickison
      1. Not present
6. Old Business
   1. Tieton roundup
      1. Mary says breakfast potluck was a bust. Brenan motion that Mary be in charge next year. Rebecca 2nd. Motion approved.
      2. 5 Toilets worked well (3 us, 1 OWA, 1 BWD). Were getting a bit full by the end. Can get extra cleaning at $95 an hour from Yakima, but only would work well if done on Saturday because they were clean Friday morning.
      3. Should get a dumpster next year (have in a past), there are some public ones on highway 12. Could dump when running shuttle.
   2. Gear Swap and Repair Clinic status
      1. Jim getting glue to Brenan
      2. David doing some door prize.
   3. Sauktoberfest status
      1. Playing it by ear, flow dependent.
   4. Halloween party status
      1. What about food. Mary says no breakfast potluck. Mary volunteers to do main dish and everyone potluck sides. Saturday pancake feed (bring your own meat). River ops taps out for dinner, vote to allow Mary to take on Saturday night pot luck dinner. Motion passed to approve budget of $300 for dinner.
7. New Business
   1. Tilton Trek discussion
      1. Presidents Day weekend.
      2. Cabins are probably all gone already.
      3. Low club footprint, reuse article from last year.
   2. Ballot
      1. Thanks Rebecca for doing the work. Yeah!
      2. Thanks Jared for volunteering (also Matt).
      3. Brian is the election committee, Chris can also help remotely. Brian will need help getting the paper ballots from the mail (Nancy will do that).
8. Waterlog articles needed by 10/20
   1. None needed.
   2. New Year’s float can be done in November.
9. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Brian and Joe wondering why we don’t do something online for WRRR gear. Can setup account with online company to print on demand. Less profits, but can offer broader set of gear. Could still stock the basics (t-shirts).
   2. Rebecca went to Washington Wild Rivers presentation. There were a bunch of booths for non-profits. They sold sili-pints with logos for $10, you got beer/wine and the organization got the money. Suggest that WRRR to a booth next year. They also have a silent auction. Lots of fun stuff. Have done that in the past, but had trouble getting people to man the booth. Rebecca will try to remember next year. Can also look for other events we can do.
   3. Should consider doing another Elwah trip now that there is more river to do. Rebecca will look into it. Jim has orchard we can probably camp in.
   4. If there are trips posted, Brenan says we should put them on the calendar.
      1. Wenatchee River thing.
10. Adjourn @ 8:24

Conference call

1. Call to order @ 7:11
   1. Board Present: David Elliott, Jason Cohen, Brenan Filippini, Nancy Douty @ 7:26
   2. Directors present: Nate Dickison, Rebecca Post, Jim Johnson @ 7:16
2. Review minutes and approve – David motion to approve, minutes approved.
3. Review agenda – done
4. Officer
   1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 139 (last month 136)
         1. Not too many people that need to review or coming up on renewal. Should end the year at 140ish
         2. Did Jeff R. renew? Not that David knows, Brenan will get it from him this weekend.
   2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
      1. Toilets are good, otherwise river ops on vacation.
   3. VP Business – Jason Cohen
      1. Nothing to report
   4. VP Finance – Nancy Douty
      1. Bank account looking good at ~$6300
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt
      1. Not present
   2. River Watch – Brenan Filippini
      1. Nothing new to report this month
      2. Nothing new from King County. Brenan to follow up with them on work party. We were waiting for comment review, but just need to check if it is okay to use it. When we get some water we should try it out (at least 3 weeks). Just make sure the gate isn’t closing at dusk. Road opens it up October 1st and close it back up in spring.
   3. Safety and Education – Jason Cohen
      1. Nothing new.
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Not present – Brenan says he posted the Tieton and will post Sauktober Fest and Gear Swap
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski
      1. Not present
   6. Programs/Volunteers – Jim Johnson
      1. Planning on getting the glue to someone coming to the Gear Swap this weekend at the Tieton.
   7. WRRR Wear – Nate Dickison
      1. Did we ever get our money back on HydroFlasks engraving (5 x $4). Need to check card for refund, David to ask Nancy to check.
      2. Planning to go to the Tieton to this weekend. Excited for new shirts. Brenan has the shirts and will bring them to the Tieton. There are stickers in the bin too (hats and cozies as well).
6. Old Business
   1. Nominating committee report – Need ballot by October 1
      1. Poll current board for who is still running and find replacements for anyone that isn’t.
      2. Brenan will help, make sure they are eligible (club member since at least March).
   2. Tieton Rally Status
      1. OWA joint weekend.
      2. Brenan bringing lots of toilet paper.
      3. Potluck Sunday morning @ 8:30.
      4. Full article didn’t get in the Water Log, but we will make sure we get it posted everywhere else.
      5. Gravel was brought in at a cost about $300 a week and a half ago. Laid at the end of the road, much better now.
   3. Gear swap status
      1. All set at the hanger, just need to get the glue (Jimmy to give it to Brenan)
      2. Should we have a raffle? Money? Prizes? Cost? – Could just do a free one (shirt, patches, etc.) David to take care of it.
   4. Sauktoberfest status – Oct 25
      1. Brenan doesn’t need anything except flow. If no water, just do flip practice at take out maybe. Skagit as backup? – no flow should be okay, will do clear creek to the mill at any level.
   5. Shangri-La Halloween party status
      1. Brenan left a message today. Will let us know when we hear back.
7. New Business
   1. Proposed $500 budget for River Access committee (only if bank account is $3000 or more)
      1. For buying tools or materials like gravel for river access.
      2. Brenan makes motion, Rebecca second – no one opposed, everyone approves. Motions passes.
      3. Do we want to get another load, probably not this year. Will check to see if rangers said anything this weekend.
8. Waterlog articles needed by 9/20
   1. VP River Ops
      1. Halloween party full article
         1. Once we hear back, Brenan will email the WRRR board so we can get on it soon. Only one more meeting between now and then.
         2. Plan for a family event, so make it clear.
         3. Upper lot can be quite area and main camp be the all nighters.
9. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Budget for Safety
      1. little late to do anything this year, David recommends rolling budget till next year and do a 2 day class.
      2. Could we see about getting someone in the club certified to teach a class and use club money to do so in exchange for teaching club. Randy should be certified, can check if he is interested in teaching class. Could also talk to Lyles about getting certified, he is very passionate about safety. Jason can talk to him this weekend.
   2. Check out if we want to do another order of HydroFlasks.
   3. If we have extra money, do we want to raffle a big prize like IK. Could also do larger gifts. Safety gear would be best. Maybe can give something away at the gear swap. Brenan has a roper grabber he will bring this weekend to see if we want to pick some up to give away. Can do raffle / door prizes at pizza time.
   4. Make sure Brenan brings hoodies at Tieton since it gets cold.
10. Adjourn @ 7:45

1. Call to order @ 7:06
   1. Board present: David Elliott, Nancy Douty, Jason Cohen, Brenan Filippini
   2. Directors present: Rebecca Post, Adam Schierenbeck, Jimmy Johnson (@7:29)
   3. Members present:
2. Review minutes and approve – minutes approved
3. Review agenda – nothing to add
4. Officer
   1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 137 (last month 127)
      2. Coming back up, just some old boaters dropping off
   2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
      1. Tieton
   3. VP Business – Jason Cohen – nothing
   4. VP Finance – Nancy Douty
      1. $221.81 just transferred from PayPal plus $85 in membership from the mail box
      2. Total in the ban $6900.92 – Brenan is mostly reimbursed, just a few small items for plates.
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt – not present
   2. River Watch – Brenan Filippini
      1. Middle middle take out still needs a work part, but waiting on King County.
      2. Nooksack take out improvements in progress.
      3. October 1st the middle middle road opens up, but close against next year to pave.
   3. Safety and Education – Jason Cohen
      1. No update, but targeting end of September / October
      2. Rowers progression a couple years ago, should consider doing that again under safety umbrella.
      3. 5 weekends in a row in the spring on easy rivers to get people some experience.
      4. Talking about doing IK clinic as well in fall / spring
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck
      1. Coming to Tieton, has some books and a small barrel pump from David Belcher to bring.
      2. Class V Chronical is a great read.
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski – not present
   6. Programs/Volunteers – Jim Johnson – not present
   7. WRRR Wear – Nate Dickison – not present
6. Old Business
   1. White Salmon Roundup
      1. Went well, was beautiful.
      2. Sold some new shirts and Hydro flasks
      3. Tried to book for next year, but need to call next year to book it (call her or Trout Lake in January)
      4. There is a big fly in a couple weeks after us which we need to make sure it doesn’t conflict once.
      5. Paid $125 a night instead of $10 a head since that was cheaper, didn’t have to pay extra $35 for the port-a-potty usage.
      6. Had a pretty good turnout.
      7. Heard it is running in March, should consider a trip there in the spring. Little higher in the spring (2000), but we usually run at 900.
      8. There was some minor tension between cats and kayaks around boat spacing, but got resolved. Should consider safety talk.
   2. Poker Run Roundup
      1. Poker hands rose $960 minus $125 for prizes.
      2. Little money from camping (about $35), lunch ($5), memberships, and sold some gear ($461).
      3. Brenan has the remaining cards, need to check to see how many we actually used for next year.
      4. Shuttle was posted for 8:30 for volunteers and launch at 9:00, but didn’t make that. Should stick for 9:00 shuttle and 10:00 launch for next year. Sweep got back about 5:30. Stop selling cards at 11:30.
      5. Little less turn out, but Brenan pushing cards.
      6. Little uncomfortable with the sharpie marking cards, but if we go back to stamps next year or different color markers we should be okay.
   3. Tieton Rally Status
      1. David won’t make the rally weekend this year
      2. Toilets are ordered, 5 (OWA for 1 and Big Wave Dave for 2) – worked well having them over by Big Wave Dave camps. Asked them to pump twice during the busy weeks. Coming with hand pumps, ran out of water last year but the will try to refill this year. River Ops will bring TP.
      3. OWA has it listed for that weekend, David is the trip leader. He will send out a message to the OWA mailing list. Brenan can be their trip leader as well since he is OWA member. Haven’t talked to them since the Green River Cleanup.
      4. Sunday morning breakfast potluck planned. No plan for costume float.
   4. Gear swap status
      1. Randy’s hanger on Saturday October 18th. Pizza at noon (BYOB). David wrote and sent article in. Hours are 11-4.
      2. Just need to make sure we get the glue. Jim to get it, pint size.
      3. David is bringing some gear.
7. New Business
   1. Rogue planning
      1. Running as a private trip. Permit is full with a bunch of people on standby. Standby people keeping eye on cancelation list. Lots of cancelations, anyone who wants to go should be able to go. Couple people dropped, but replaced by others.
      2. People should put in for next year, there is an article in the Waterlog with dates. We can do it at the permit party.
   2. Sauktoberfest planning
      1. Oct 25
      2. Just need the article, nothing much else.
      3. Just going to wing it and watch the flow, BBQ at the take out or at Brenan’s place. Plenty of room for camping there.
   3. Shangri-La Halloween party planning
      1. Need to double check Halloween at Shangri-La means Friday the 31st and not the weekend before.
      2. Brenan and Mark don’t have much confidence in getting it, should plan on not doing the Green River Cleanup next year. David just suggests we try for it and if they give it to us, we need to keep on it more than once a month since that wasn’t enough this year. We asked Mark to do it and Mark did check in and in fact we found out we didn’t have it. Need to have more than one person checking in next year and also make sure we have backup camping. Mark and Brenan going to contact them about Halloween. It is popular at Halloween and we haven’t talked to him in a couple months, so we need to check again even though he said it was for sure.
      3. If we don’t get it on actual Halloween, let’s not change the Sauktoberfest and lets not trust them anymore.
      4. Didn’t get Kanaskit Palmer because first he said we had the wrong dates, but when email trail showed we had the correct dates, they said someone higher up just gave it away.
      5. All ages or adult only? David, Jason, Nancy no opinion. As a club function, can we have an adult only event. Probably could, but it is a nice spot for kids and people
   4. 2015 Poker Run reservations
      1. August 6-8
      2. Brenan is taking care of that.
   5. Appoint nominating committee
      1. Nancy and Brenan heard that Rebeca volunteered. She says okay. Needs to pound pavement to make sure we have all of the positions filled. People have to have been a member since March. Officers are covered (David, Jason, Nancy, Brenan). Trying to find directors at large (need 5) and want to be officers someday. Jim is on 3rd year of DOL and needs to step up or aside. Brenan likes river ops because it makes you boat more, but can step aside. He is still 1st year, so he can do it 2 more. Can bounce between roles, Nancy has only taken a year off in about 30 years.
8. Waterlog articles needed by 8/20
   1. David still needs to mail Belcher and Jim’s moms.
   2. VP River Ops
      1. Rogue full article
      2. Sauktoberfest full article
   3. Programs
      1. Gear swap full article
9. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Nancy still needs to do 2013 taxes. Can anyone help out? Brenan used his accountant to help. Bring it to the Tieton and he can help. Still waiting on tax exempt status.
   2. Got the permit for Poker Run, but didn’t pay for it. Supposed to have insurance and first aid trading and to pay $50 but got it down to $25. She was supposed to call back after the Poker Run but we haven’t heard from her. The only reason we needed it is because we are taking money on public land. But then on Thursday she said we couldn’t take money at all on national park land at all, but then couldn’t tell us what we needed the permit for. Finally she asked if we are making money, which we said we are not since we give it all back as prizes. If we do pay it, Brenan to pay it personally because we don’t want to set precedence.
10. Adjourn @ 8:05

1. Call to order @ 7:12:
   1. Officers: David Elliott, Nancy Douty, Jason Cohen, Brenan Filippini
   2. Directors : Rebecca Post
   3. Members:
2. Review minutes and approved
3. Review agenda
4. Officer’s reports
   1. Chairperson/President – David Elliott
      1. Membership 140 (last month 140)
   2. VP River Ops – Brenan Filippini
      1. Wenatchee went well, pretty on time for everything. Even Chris Herman on time. Counted 60 boats. Turn out lighter, but more tickets sold. Partner stove really helped sell the tickets.
      2. David talked to the camp host, he was happier with our behavior. Dogs on leashes and we were a little quieter. Jay was the first person and he was kind of rude. Heard it from others as well. Had problems in past with camping in other sites. He had a run in with Lee a little bit because they had two vehicles and not both in the group camp. Make note to adjust article to indicate etiquette. Need to still book next year. Confirm that June 6 is the date. Poker run is the only one still up in the air for next year – 15th doesn’t work so we should make it the 8th.
   3. VP Business – Jason Cohen – nothing
   4. VP Finance – Nancy Douty
      1. Current bank balance: $7456.29 Still Money out for prizes and Mary for CPR. People paid but outstanding checks still.
5. Standing Committee Reports
   1. Waterlog – Brian Vogt – not present
   2. River Watch – Chris Herman Brenan
      1. Potential new Nooksack take out, new DNR land acquired.
      2. Cable drop going pretty good, and should be finalized this year. Good for rafts now, but want grandmas to be able to go too. So add more steps, railings to go up in August.
      3. Sauk river at Bachman Park – have some money to put in toilets and other improvements. Once done, should be nicest access in the state.
      4. Skokomish North Fork – should get road open up in the next two years (not confirmed). Talked about boater access around Trout Creek (mile 6.9?), not sure if above or below. We put in user comments a while back, purpose of rebuild is for boater access. Phil is going to retire soon, so trying to get it in motion.
      5. Suiattle River road supposed to open in October which is big deal because washed out a few years ago. Will open up the upper section. There was an issue a while back with using a helicopter to rebuild the road. With no road, there is stress on the other trails especially from horses.
      6. Middle middle – could use some help, not much going on. Talked to Tom O’Keeffe, but not much happening.
      7. The Sauk gage at Darrington seems to be calibrated correctly. Tom to update AW at the end of the season not to confuse people this season.
      8. Should we make Brenan chairman? Chris hasn’t made a meeting since January.
   3. Safety and Education – Jason Cohen
      1. Nothing new to report
   4. Communications – Adam Schierenbeck – not present
   5. Membership – Mary Koncikowski – not present
   6. Programs/Volunteers – Jim Johnson – not present
   7. WRRR Wear – Nate Dickison – not presenet
6. Old Business
   1. Wenatchee Rendezvous roundup – see above
      1. See above
   2. Sauk Overnighter status
      1. Camping is set for Thursday / Friday. Brenan has most of the gear. June 9th was the cut off, so going to send mail to those who RSVP. Run it like a normal trip, post required gear. Run it like a real Idaho trip. Meet at 11:00, launch at 2:00, and camp about 4 miles down. Suggest WRRR provide breakfast (not enough people to vote). Whole point of trip is to learn how to do an overnighter. Feedback in the past has suggested we do more these type events. Looking for ideas for food. Trying to make it easy so people can focus the overnight stuff. Should we drop stuff at White Chuck. Try to avoid it so people get used to running loaded, but having something there just as backup in case someone gets nervous. Make sure we do safety talk.
   3. White Salmon status
      1. Kind of auto pilot. Having Aaron and Kat be alternate trip leader has been a big help.
   4. Poker Run status
      1. Finalize 2015 date – august 8th 2015.
      2. Dealing with the permit issue: Talking to Hunter as Pixie suggested. Suggest handling it by individually talking to them (not through the club). Try to just fill out the permit without paying or having first aid / safety card. Just need to get the application in before July 7th. Brenan doesn’t really know Hunter, so David will call him.
   5. Web site status
      1. David been writing custom code for the web site and close to moving all membership to the website. Hopefully will have everything done by the end of the year with a demo to everyone in fall.
   6. Hydro-flasks
      1. Currently planning on shipping in July, so probably won’t have them for the White Salmon, but at least for the Poker Run. David ordered one through OWA, but still not here either.
7. New Business
   1. Tieton Rally planning
      1. OWA good with doing a combined weekend with us. Just need to talk to Valley Septic to get the 5 toilets (Brenan will take care of it).
   2. 2015 Board of Directors
      1. David doesn’t have the time/bandwidth to be president next year. The time commitment is up to you. The president’s job is to get people to do things. The position is often also the chair, but doesn’t have to be. They should be committed to going to all the events. Need to keep recruiting new blood. With the phone in it should open up a whole new set of folks. Eligibility is based on a max 3 years in a position (including directors). Missing board info for early years and 1999 (transition of waterlog from someone to Joe)
   3. July board meeting location (7/9)
      1. South center, Renton, Overlake? Nancy to reserve Overlake, Claim Jumper as backup (preferred over roundtable because of the room).
   4. Waterlog articles needed by 5/20
      1. VP River Ops
         1. Poker Run full article – not much new except dates and combined with OWA.
         2. Tieton Rally teaser
      2. Nancy to check if $19 is really the cost for 5 newsletters, if so Brenan can take over printing the 5.
      3. Safety Chair
         1. Scholarships article – Jason to put together article on scholarships. Probably not going to use any of the first half money (but can budget that for some other safety related activities).
8. Announcements and good of the order
   1. Sauk Monday has been a blast. Thursday Middle-middle is done (but still doing Friday). Real good turn out on the Sauk this weekend.
9. Adjourn @ 8:04