Saline District Library
Tuesday, August 2, 2016, 7pm

Attendance

   
President Chris Frick
Vice President/Website Mike Ward
Secretary Tammy Christen
Equipment Manager Cheryl Brill
Fundraising Coordinator Mary Hays
Coach Matt LeBlanc
Captain Jacob Ball
Captain Andrew Dame
Captain Emma Frick
Captain Ted Nowicki
Captain Alex Wagner

Committee Planning

Cooking: There will be a pre-season menu planning. Date TBD.

Transportation: Chris will be sending out an email posting stating that we are looking for a carpool coordinator for the fall season. It was suggested that maybe the captains coordinate rides to and from practice.

Captain Report

  • The captains are planning a team outing for the end of the month.

  • Captains to send email to rowers to obtain volunteers to help with the Gatsby event.

  • We will have a rowing table to recruit new rowers at the high school freshman orientation, which is August 25.

  • This will be our first year participating in the high school pep rally, which is August 18. The captains will coordinate rower attendance.

  • We will have a rowing table at the high school open house, which is September 15 from 6:30pm-8:30pm.

Coaches Report

  • Fall practice start date will be September 7.

  • Fall regatta schedule:

    • September 24 – Frogtown in Toledo

    • October 1 – Skyline in Ann Arbor. Huron High School may be there as well. This will be a scrimmage.

    • October 8 – Columbus Fall Classic in Columbus, OH. We will probably not attend this regatta. However, Matt is looking to have a local regatta, maybe at the Detroit Boat Club.

    • October 22 – Head of the Charles in Boston, MA. There is a lottery system to get into the regatta. We hope to have a few boats race there.

    • October 29 – There are three regattas that day: 1) Leelanau Chase in Traverse City, 2) Speakman in Columbus, OH, and 3) Head of the Eagle in Indiana. We will most likely attend the Leelanau Chase in Traverse City.

      The Head of the Grand regatta in Lansing is not posted yet. It may be October 15.

  • The new rower meeting will be September 19, 2016.

  • The returning rower meeting will be August 24, 2016.

Equipment

  • Oars have not been ordered yet.

  • Matt has 2 doubles he wants to sell to the team, probably for $4,500 each. Matt also has 3-5 singles he wants to sell to the team, probably for $3,500 each.

Fundraising/Special Events

  • Gatsby planning: the committee is meeting every two weeks. Ticket sales are at $6,500. There will be 2 boat namings and there are currently 25 bucket items. The Gatsby Event is August 16.

  • The Wellings have purchased a table for the Gatsby event but are unable to attend. There are 6 seats available. The Gatsby committee will send out invites to fill those seats.

  • Yard Oars: We believe Tony Jansa has asked Mike Seiffker to take this over. We will confirm.

  • Oscar’s Fall Fundraiser will be October 2.

  • Matt mentioned a boathouse opening for alumni and parents to be held October 2.

General Agenda Items

  • The Schreibers are planning a BBQ/pool party for parents on August 20.

  • Public Relations: Jen Nowicki may be interested in heading this up.