Last Meeting Minutes
HOUSTON CANOE CLUB GENERAL MEETING
July 11, 2012
Bayland Park Community Center
Recorder: John Berlinghoff
Honey introduced two guests: Jeff & Tricia Corbett from New Waverly. Later, two more guests arrived.
Ken brought up the minutes from the last meeting and they were approved.
RECENT TRIPS
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Harmon Everett did Hidalgo Falls on July 4. There was low water, but it was a nice day.
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Joe Coker did Pickett’s Bayou and cleaned out a large amount of debris on a 11.3 mile trip. He also did the Spring Fling at Lake Charlotte with 14 boats plus another trip to Lake Charlotte for birding with 16 boats.
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Paul Woodcock did Horsepen Bayou up through the golf course.
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Harmon Everett did the Grand River in Michigan.
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Ken McDowell did a saltwater marsh at the Barrier islands in Charleston, South Carolina where tides of 6 feet make trip planning very interesting.
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Frank Ohrt went on the Week of Rivers in North Carolina. This is a 9 day event over July 4 where you get to choose your route each morning.
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Robert Langley did the Ocoee River.
UPCOMING TRIPS
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Natalie Wiest will do Luce Bayou on July 22.
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Christy Long will do the San Marcos on July 29-30.
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Paul Woodcock is going to Kansas on Aug 21.
MISCELLANEOUS STUFF
Harmon Everett is finishing the paperwork for HCC to get its non-profit status back. Our checking balance, taking into account bills pending, is about $4,000
Joe Coker gave the safety minute. It was a very long minute, but he gave lots of info on lightning. See the article in the newsletter.
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| Joe talks lightning |
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Lightning graphic |
PROGRAM
Kevin Carpenter gave an informative talk on all the things you can do with the new portable GPS devices.
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| Kevin talks GPS |
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| Recorder, John Berlinghoff |