Last Meeting Minutes
by Frank Ohrt & Fran Wilcox
Houston Canoe Club
General Membership Meeting
July 13th, 2016
Bayland Park Community Center
Recorder: Frank Ohrt
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7:00
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The Commodore called the meeting to order and introduced the officers. The Purser, Vice-Commodore and Newsletter Editor were absent. Kent Walters was introduced as acting Purser, as Mr. Naeger is in the process of moving to Arizona. The Commodore mentioned the pre-meeting dinners and the post-meeting gatherings at Jax’s.
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7:10
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The minutes of the previous meeting were offered for approval, and were approved by voice vote. David Portz called attention to his column of short fiction in the newsletter. The Commodore asked Frank Ohrt to mention the holiday party’s new location, which he did.
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7:13
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The Commodore discussed the need for signed liability waivers from each member, and the Fleet Captain explained the procedure for getting waivers from club paddle trip participants.
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7:17
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The Purser being absent, the Commodore gave the Purser’s report. We’re a bit behind on memberships, but otherwise OK.
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The Boatswain gave the membership report. New members were Ray Andrews, Gary Masters, Keith Reeves, and Manuel Rodriguez. Tami Riner and Leslie Taylor were visitors.The Boatswain announced a club picnic on September 17th, at 288 Lake.
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7:26
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For the Safety Minute, Paul Woodcock discussed attaching painters to canoes, and their various uses.
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7:34
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The Fleet Captain reported on recent club paddles:
- Tom Douglas, Turtle Bayou
- Kent Walters, Turtle Bayou and White’s Bayou
- Paul Woodcock, Armand Bayou
- Tom Douglas, Cypress Creek
- Robert Killian, upper Guadalupe River
The only up-coming trip was an evening paddle on Armand Bayou on July 16th, to be led by John Ohrt. All other trips were on hold, waiting for a cold front.
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7:45
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Natalie Wiest gave a talk about her recent six week trip to Alaska, with slides. It sounded like a great trip, and the scenery was fabulous.
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8:41
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The Commodore closed the meeting.
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General Meeting Recorder,
Frank Ohrt
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Houston Canoe Club
Board Meeting
July 6th, 2016
Bayland Park Community Center
Recorder: Fran Wilcox
Honey Leveen called the meeting to order at 7:01 PM.
Those in attendance were Natalie Wiest, Bob Naeger, Fran Wilcox, John Rich, Honey Leveen, Terry Herdlicka, Harmon Everett. Frank Ohrt was not in attendance.
- • Treasurer’s Report – Bob Neager reported that the club has $4,864 dollars.
The club also has $28,061 in a CD.
• Bob stated that the budget is a bit behind this year as projections for membership
are lower than expected.
• Bob will be moving to Arizona soon. Kent Walters has agreed to fill Bob’s place
on the Board.
- Membership Report – Terry Herdlicka reported that we have 2 new members – one from the website and one from our meetings.
- Trip Report – Natalie Wiest reported that there were 4 paddles in June:
• 6/11 Turtle Bayou Tom Douglas, Trip Leader 17 paddlers
• 6/13 Bayucos Island San Antonio Bay Foundation
• 6/18 Whites’ Bayou Kent Walters 9 paddlers
• 6/25 Armand Bayou Paul Woodcock 9 paddlers
• At this time, there is one upcoming trip on Aug 20th
• Oyster Creek Evening Paddle with Phillip and Tisha Matticks.
Trips need to be posted at least 3 days in advance, with 3 or more paddlers and an HCC trip coordinator must send the report to Natalie for the trip to be counted as official. Trip information is to be sent to Natalie, who handles the trip listing and post trip paddling list which is sent to ACA.
Waivers must be signed and current for the club to have the benefit of the ACA liability insurance and the trip needs to be posted. If there is a non-member (those who have not signed the waiver) on the trip a $5.00 fee will be assessed for that person as per ACA regulations. Harmon had discussed that ACA will sell $5.00 tickets that can be used instead of handling money at the trip put- in.
- No Board Meeting in August as Commodore Honey Leveen will be unavailable. Harmon Everett will lead the August club meeting in her absence.
- Programming Report – Fran Wilcox discussed the next few months programming:
July – “So You think you want to drive to Alaska”, Natalie Wiest
August – Texas Water Safari 1982, Dr. Margaret Shelton
September –
October – “Paddling Haida–Gwaii – the Canadian Galapagos”, Kim Head
November –
December – Holiday Party
- Proposed Picnic Venue – September 17th from 9 -2.
Possible sites that Terry will be investigating:
Lake 288, Double Bayou Park, White’s Park, Oyster Creek, Lake Anahuac and “Bun’s Beach”
- Newsletter Report - John Rich stated that he’s still collecting website statistics from Google Analytics. We have had viewers from Russia and England.
- Safety minute – the safety minute for August will be a “shared” minute. Members will have a 30 sec to a minute opportunity for their safety tips for Club members.
The meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM
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Board Meeting Recorder,
Fran Wilcox
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