KCCNY Board Meeting – 07/08/2024
Secretary: Sean Kraft
Attending: Sean Kraft, Tom Hart, Frank Chiocco, Mike Fine, Peter Nolan, Eric Werner, Andrea Dover, Sean Creamer, Andy Laiosa, Melissa Spooner, Mandy Darlington
The meeting starts at eight 8 pm.
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- Approve the last meeting’s (5/13) minutes. Note Bylaw Revisions posted but had some formatting issues
- Activities: Peter Nolan
- Use code waiveredatleast for $1 guest memberships.
- Mongaups…come-on folks. Step up. If you haven’t coordinated this year, what is the problem you have?
- July 28th – possibly Sean, August 18th – Erik, September 7th – possibly Mike Fine
- Lehigh schedule: https://www.nap.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Francis-E-Walter-Dam/Flow-Management-Plan-Schedule/
- July: 20, 21, 27, 28; August: 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24*, 25*, 31*; September: 1*
- August 24th, 25th mini-mega – Frank.
- We have Mohawk group site for Deerfieldfest. Robin Ahrens, former member has moved to Mass and can probably take over our registion, but any one else know a Mass residents who might be attending who can register? Mass charges nearly 3 times as much for out of state. (AMC has a conflict so we’ll be hard pressed to fill the site).
- $40 vs $100 per night – saves us $60
- Could pour end of week with remnants of Beryl.
- Try to get more beginner stuff going
- Eric had good rolling day at Green Turtle Lake
- Website: Tom Hart. Feedback?
- Some programming issues
- Possible to register for multiple first trips
- Some programming issues
- Feasting and Annual Dinner: Frank for Food Chair (formerly annual dinner) with budget
- Might want to buy less food
- We don’t have NJ non-profit paperwork, so we don’t know IEN and can’t get restaurant depot card to buy cheaper food
- August 10th 2B BBQ to be put on by Eagle Creek
- Tom to tell them to have it at the Make-Out Takeout
- Finance: Tom Hart
As our last several treasurers used to say, we have money. For more details, please see:
Profit and Loss
Balance Sheet
Question: Membership suspension/downgrade for failure to pay. or example, folks who just show up at a camping trip. Full member doesn’t pay $20, gets downgraded to low income, low income gets downgraded to non-paddling (because chasing folks is a pain and not something your finance chair wants to do).- Membership: Erik Werner
Tom would like to see membership packet with stickers, cards.Full Membership 116 Guest went 1 time 63 Full no waiver 10 Low-income 10 Youth 6 Guest went 2 times 5 Life Member 5 Non-paddler 4 Guest 1st trip 3 Guest went 3 times 1 Youth No Waiver 1 - CIT Bank, Syncrony, Betterment – might be banks to look into with higher interest rates.
- Membership: Erik Werner
- Publicity/Publications: Sean Creamer
Evergreen brochure assembled by Keith. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ajl66pCDDOs7wn0GQTtm1IDNkib7_RmU/view?usp=sharing
Melissa said she’d make changes at last meeting. - Safety: Sean Kraft
CURRENT INSURANCE Paddlesport Risk Management.(Please explain again how we are good with current insurance and 131 insured members).
Directors and officer’s (D&O) – Paddlesport Risk Management purchased for $816 annual for 1 Million in coverage. If anyone wants to review the details here’s the actual contract.- Sean to review insurance number with Maria
- Conservation/Access: Tom Hart
Questions as to how to get feedback such as for rescheduling of Mongaup.
Esopus – Loretta taking lead in working with Bob Nasdor from American Whitewater and Myles Gordon.
Mongaup. BBQ with Eagle Creek Aug. 10th. Top or bottom? Bottom. - Training/Instruction: Andy Liaosa
Reminder of previously approved program we put together for training.
https://kccny.org/training-for-trips/. Never heard from Alex and Hannah for step up in the Adirondacks.
Danny Siger? - Equipment: Christopher Dubetsky
Plan to sell old non-adjusteable creeker to be replaced by welded donated Large creeker.
Keith Cooper has offered to sell his Star inflatable single (1k) and double ( 2k), 2 paddles to club for $1000.Thoughts especially on getting them put away clean and storing?
Raft and accessories were purchased.- Frank may do Dead river on July 20th
Reminder: Member to club online form is live. KCCNY EQUIPMENT LOAN AGREEMENT Member to KCCNY . - We need to look into storage for boats that may be nearer where we boat, possibly multiple places.
- Frank may do Dead river on July 20th
- Pool Sessions: Mark Voorhees.
- Approve the last meeting’s (5/13) minutes. Note Bylaw Revisions posted but had some formatting issues
Announcements: Sean Kraft
New Business
Close meeting
Motions:
- Approval of last meeting’s minutes
- Approved
- Motion to buy inflatable kayaks from Keith Cooper for $1000 – these come in a duffle bag with a pump.
- We need to plan on instructions for people to take care of these
- Seconded by Frank – All approved.
- Close meeting