Saline Crew Board Meeting
Saline District Library
Tuesday, November 3, 2015, 7pm

Attendance

President: Chris Frick
Vice President: Mark Eby
Secretary: Sheryl Wagner
Treasurer: Julie Campbell
Equip Mgr: Cheryl Brill
Member at Large: Doug Wellings
Website: Mike Ward
Coach: Matt LeBlanc
Captains: Victoria Wellings
Alle Fiske
Matt Eby
Jenna Jansa

Agenda & Minutes

Review of minutes of the October 2015 board Meeting which are on line. No further changes requested

Monthly meeting minutes will be sent to the board for review and they will be posted to the website.

Committee Planning:

Website: group team texting set up. Refer to website and emails for directions to sign up

Captain report:

Post- season party: 11/14 party has been planned. Email has been sent out

Coaches report:

  • Fall season schedule review: For fall 2016. Matt may be looking to do more 2-4 school regattas that are half day and not going to all day regattas like Toledo. This allows the coaches to be more involved in the race and decrease the all day events

  • Practice update: good attendance at practice. Will be out on the water until 11/5. On Monday, 11/9, rowers to report to the boat house to prepare trailer for the parade and get boats to the boathouse. Hornet nation came to practice this week and interviewed some members of the tea, Thank you Sue Stack for setting this up

  • Boat trailer update: it has arrived and is in use. Matt is still working on getting the old boat trailer sold. Will have update at next meeting

  • Winter workouts: Holiday challenge starts Monday after Thanksgivings break through Christmas break. Practice in January 2016 will be held 3 days a week in the erg room

  • Launch motors stolen: police report has been filed. Insurance forms are being filled out and submitted.

Treasurer Report: report reviewed

MOVED: CB SECONDED: SW to review/approve fall 2015 financial statements as submitted /amended

Equipment Manager: Cheryl Brill

  • Cheryl and Matt will meet tin November to create an up to date inventory list of all the equipment

  • food trailer is in the shop needing new brakes

  • “cox boxes” have not been purchased yet. Reviewing which the best to purchase for our team.

Special events/fund raising updates:

Please review Stacy Welling’s email regarding the Busch’s cards and how to update them to credit the rowing team

General agenda items:

Spring break planning: Chris Frick and Cheryl Brill are co-chairing the event. For those families interested in going, payments are due 11/10.

Board elections: only one new volunteer has expressed interest in being on the board. Many positon remain open. A survey monkey will be sent so the members can vote. The results will be announced at the fall banquet. Voting is limited to one vote per household

Canadian school championships: occurs on the same weekend as graduation. Matt is looking into how to still possibly attend.

Holiday parade: the rowing team will participate in the parade which is held 12/5 at 5:30pm

Transportation: board will be looking into the possibility of having a bus provide transportation to and from practice. Team is very large now so this may be a better option.

Next meeting will be held: 12/1 at 7pm