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Jim Litton receives Founders Award

2/7/2016

At the Annual Membership Meeting, held Jan 30 2016 at the Rose City Yacht Club, the Founders Award was presented to Jim Litton in appreciation of the generous donation of his shop tools to RiversWest. Thank you so much Jim!

Report from Annual Membership meeting, Jan 30 2016

2/7/2016

Meeting was opened by President, Sal DiGrande, with approximately 32 people present

Planning Meeting Update, held 11/21/2015 by John Bouwsma

Dell Hambleton was given sponsorship for her replication of the Cherokee Trail of Tears trek in the form of free rent on half a bay until may 1 to complete work on her kayak.
Committee Chairs and volunteers needed for various comittees:
     *Tool maintenance Committee: Steve Mahoney
     *Shop Beautification: Russ Smith
     *Shop Move Contingency Planning: Art Wilson
     *Treasurer backup: Craig Bryant offered to take on this role from Chuck Stuckey
     *Membership Coodinator: John Whitehouse
     *Activities Coordinator,  Kevin Cote
     *Education coordinator, Randy Torgereson
Tool Use Training and/or Certification
     *Several members have joined the Oregon Woodworker's Guild to leverage their process
     *John Whitehouse has created and distributed a form for self-evaluation of each member's skills and needs for additional training. These will be analyzed and a plan will be made based on it.
     * A series of demos will be set up on the machines that people seem to need the most training on
New membership Policy
     *Memberships will not go from Jan 1 through Jan 1
     *Members are encouraged but not required to pay for the balance of 2016 now, so everyone will be due at the same time
     *Each quarter or partial quarter will be charged at the rate of $12.50/qtr
Maritime Skills Classes, Randy Torgerson
     *Schedule of classes is on the web site
     *Anyone wanting to teach a class or a demo please contact Randy
     * Someone is needed to teach a paddle-making class
Awards, Sal DiGrande
* President's Award given to Art Wilson, Russ Smith, Michael Carrico, John Ost and John Bouwsma for participation in the Catlin Gable builds
*Founder's Award given to Jim Litton in appreciation of his donation of his shop tools to RiversWest
Guest Speaker: Ric Fry, Caitlin Gable School
Ric talked about the very positive impact on his students from the experience of building a total of 4 Salt Bay Skiffs with volunteer help from RiversWest.
Election of Board and Officers
     The following members were elected to the board and to the three offices:
      Russ Smith, President
      Craig Bryant, Treasurer
      John Bouwsma,   Secretary
      Jim Litton
      Chuck Stuckey
      Steve Mahoney
      Stu Whitcomb
      John Whitehouse

Jim Litton receives Founders Award

Report from Annual Membership meeting, Jan 30 2016

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Report from Annual Membership meeting, Jan 30 2016