Last Meeting Minutes - Houston Canoe Club

Last Meeting Minutes

by Alice Nissen

Houston Canoe Club

General Membership Meeting
May 9, 2024
Bayland Park Community Center

Recorder: Alice Nissen

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Officers in attendance were Tyrone White, Boatswain; Christy Long, Fleet Captain; Harmon Everett, Newsletter Editor; and Alice Nissen, Recorder. Tom Douglas, Conservation Chairman, was in attendance. Nine attendees in person and four attendees via Zoom for a total attendance of 13.

Tyrone gave the boatswain report and stated there were no new members last month, 16 renewals, for a total membership of 147. Facebook has 1005 members. Tyrone welcomed our visitor, Susan.

Harmon gave the safety minute and advised trip attendees to check the weather report before going on a trip.

Tom gave the conservation report. Detailed information is in the conservation forum on our website.

Christy gave the fleet captain’s report. April trips: Kent Walters’ trip on the Buffalo River, Joe Coker’s trip on Lake Charlotte, Alice’s, and Christy’s trip on Sheldon Lake. To date there have been 14 trips, 46 participants, for a total of 903 miles.

Christy talked about the 60^th anniversary party. Joe will coordinate the paddle. She would like help from everybody.

Tonight’s speaker, Christy, is a long-time, very active and dedicated HCC member. Her topic is “How to Coordinate a Trip.” Christy put all the information you need to access on how to coordinate a trip on HCC’s website, all in one area. Some additional suggestions were: If you are not familiar with a registrant, call them beforehand and make sure they qualify for the skill level required for the trip and that they have signed a waiver; be prepared to cancel a trip due to inclement weather conditions; at the put-in, check for proper equipment of all participants; assign a lead and sweep boat; ask participants if they have any medical conditions that you need to be aware of; respect the rights of property owners; after the trip, submit a trip participant report to the fleet captain. Three free trips are allowed for non-members. Very concise and easy instructions on leading trips were given by Christy. She also did a great job creating an easily accessed website with easy-to-follow instructions. We all appreciate Christy and all that she does for HCC.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:45.

Houston Canoe Club

Board Meeting
May 1, 2024
Zoom

Recorder: Alice Nissen

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. Officers in attendance were Brent Hwang, Commodore; Greg Fan, Vice Commodore; Christy Long, Fleet Captain; Alice Nissen, Recorder.

Bob Naeger, Purser, sent the financial report to the board members via email.

Christy gave the fleet captain report. She intends to ask more people to lead trips. She mentioned special appreciation to Joe Coker for all the great trips he has led and scheduled for the future.

Christy talked about the 60^th anniversary party. She will be able to visit the center after May 7. Rental is $450. They require half upfront and then another $500 for cleaning which we get back if we leave the facility clean. Each HCC member will get two tickets for food. Joe agreed to coordinate the paddle. Expenses for the 50^th anniversary party were low, about $4000 ($2000 on food and drinks); the 60^th should be even less because we will not be providing alcohol. Ann Derby has developed a logo for the shirts, which can presently be bought in our store. We need volunteers to contact past members to personally invite them to the party.

Greg stated that Christy will be the speaker at the next general meeting, “How to Coordinate a Trip.” Next month, Joe will be the speaker.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:35.

Recorder,

Alice Nissen