January 19, 2008 Meeting Minutes

Club expectations and Comradery

· Discussion about the direction everyone would like to see the club take.

· Expanding club outings to include activities other than paddling. Some suggestions, Hiking trips, Mountain Biking trips, Sky Diving, and also the idea of flat water paddles hosting the white water paddlers on a trip and the WW hosting the FW on a paddle

· Conservation projects - Ideas of how to best spend the club money to support non-profit conservation efforts. Nothing was decided upon but everyone agreed to give some thought and to pick up the discussion at the next meeting.

Club Boats

· Andrew is currently storing all club boats he is working on an inventory. Also discussed was how to add flat-water boats to our inventory.

· Discussed liability associated with non-member storing boats and developing a method to track the location of the boats.

Result: Decision reached that we would not change the storage location since we have someone willing to volunteer a location and provide the club a service.

Membership

· New - upon receiving an application a membership confirmation card will now be mailed to the new member

Result: Dee will develop a card and send to new members. We need to ensure that the printer is using the right list and did not merge multiple lists

· Check to make sure the roster is up to date

News Letter

· Tish Benton is heading up the news letter she asked for ideas and photos for articles

Result: Proceed as is and keep an eye out for content for future issues

Winter Roll Practice

· The School for the Deaf has agreed to let us use their pool as long as a certified lifeguard is present on Friday nights 7:30 – 9pm.

Result: Group agreed on the location

· The group discussed a possible conflicting time with the East TN whitewater association, but given the location differences South Knoxville vs. Oak Ridge the group thought it would not compete. However, as a courtesy, we felt we should ask them if they see this as a possible conflict.

Result: Mary Ann volunteered to inform the East TN whitewater association as a courtesy as this is the same night as their roll practice in Oak Ridge.

· A nominal fee for the practice was discussed to help pay for a lifeguard on the nights we do not have a volunteer.

Result: It was agreed to keep the money separately and any additional funds at the end of the year will be donated back to the School for the Deaf.

· The School also asked if the club would be willing to host their students on a paddling trip.

Result: We all thought it was a good idea but we will need to work out communication concerns prior to planning any trip.

Selling ads

· We discussed if we would want to sell ads to area outdoor stores to be on our web site

Chili Cook Off / February meeting

· The Chili cook off will be held in February gift cards will be awarded as prizes to the winner of each category – best chili (3 winners) best dessert (1 winners) best non meat chili (1 winner) The event will be held at the Concord Yacht Club

Canoe and kayak school

· Discussed instructor

· Optional activities such as showing a movie and slides of members trips

· Do we sell sponsorships?

· What needs to be done