Surfrider Foundation Oregon Chapter Executive Council Meeting
Open Meeting
Pacific City, OR
9 June 2001
Members present:
Billy Hagerman (new email address:
hagerm@ihpc.net )Donica Dunnigan
Dave Revell
Rich Gabriel
John Marra
Chris Bessmer
Greg Chilina
Tina Torri
Ralph Meier
Emory Blackwell
Steve Shipsey and Melia
Meeting called to order 1:05pm.
Should all meetings be open? Everyone should be invited to all meetings, but there is a concern of spending extra time at council meetings going over intro info. All meetings are open. Motioned and seconded that meetings are more open to gather folks, but we will continue to also have executive council meetings that will be geared towards getting stuff done.
Accomplishments:
Oregon Chapter – since 1996.
South Jetty access
Water quality testing – combined now with DEQ
We spent $492 on Oregon chapter T-shirts. We have approximately $700 in our account. All quarterlies are updated and done. They will be sent in at the end of June.
Rich presenting for John Morris: They are ordered and we have them waiting to be silk-screened. We have a benefactor who will make 20 women’s tank tops too. Two models: SR bullet with wave in center. "Surfrider foundation" above, "Oregon Chapter" below, outline of Oregon around. This is on the back. Second model: a silk-screened wave with Oregon Chapter Surfrider foundation. Rich will send everyone an email of the mock-ups when they are ready. We need these by the longboard contest. We can get them within a week of ordering them.
Two articles in Newport News Times. One about our paddle out. One later on in the week on our blue water task force. If anyone has the newspaper copy of the BWTF article please send to tina for the scrapbook. Suggested we purchase a bullhorn, this suggestion met with good response. "Paddle outers" – about 20-25 folks in the water… not as many as we had hoped. Next year we need to start organizing earlier.
Has been tabled.
Original contact has stopped responding. Rich will get Billy another contact.
Billy has been contacted by a few production companies. They want us to be at events and get a portion of the proceeds. A few of the events are rock shows in September.
Suggestion of having 2-3 movie nights maybe with a band in the Fall/Winter, in Portland. Maybe one at Gorge performance, and one at ASI.
Motion: Look into the possibility of a movie event in Portland. Approved.
Committee: Greg, Ralph, John Marra (chair- projector), Billy, Chris Bessmer, Emory Blackwell.
Dave sent it out May 26th. Thank you to everyone who gave feedback. Thank you Dave! He has not heard back from Michelle yet, she reviews all grant proposals at the beginning of the month. Grant proposed for: educational event at the longboard contest, and to increase out blue water task force.
Could be our best accomplishment for the upcoming year. DEQ is working with us. DEQ is willing to do the testing and pay for shipping. We need to provide volunteers to collect samples and send. DEQ will test one sample, we will test the other. Greg Chilina can do South Jetty/Florence. John suggests we look into high school science classes, etc. Rich proposes that we have pj or phil get in line and be in charge, establish sites. BWTF committee will meet and get back to us. Billy will contact PJ and report back in 1 month. For equipment, just order and send bill to Rich.
Meeting in Salem, Tuesday on the state of marine protected areas. It is an informational item on division of state land. Dave will go, he will represent Oregon Chapter if the opportunity arises. He will bring back information for us. Anyone else who would like to attend is welcome… contact Dave.
Suggested that the children’s clean water festival at PCC would be a great way to get this info out to the public. Dave’s friend Rondi is also interested in this and we would like to have her on the committee. The new PNW coordinator (Kevin Ranker see item #12) is very interested and knowledgeable of this subject, and it is suggested we let him go for it and be the key player. Dave is very interested in MPA’s and would like to be a major player, but also has many responsibilities. He is in an excellent position right now to gather info until Kevin signs on in August. A slide show with Chris Speakman in relation to MPA’s was suggested as a fundraiser.
We need people to help with the contestants… distributing jerseys, etc. Ralph’s daughters will be runners. The meeting for judges will take place a week to two before the event. It was suggested that we get up and make an announcement to contestants that we are doing the best that we can, what we are judging on, and that we are volunteers and just doing Bob a favor. We need a good number of spotters to help out the judges, Billy will post all positions to the website. Donica is working the booth, but will not be available beforehand. Tina will take her position of organizing booth beforehand. Billy will speak with Bob Ledbetter about us getting plenty of mention and exposure and good faith praise.
Housing – Was Paul’s baby - Tina will contact rental service from retreat weekend and find two houses for the event weekend.
Optional clean up weekends: July 28th or August 11th.
Decided on July 28th. Please come support if you can!!
Kevin Ranker has been hired as the new PNW Coordinator. Welcome aboard Wookee!! We expect him to come to all of our meetings. Ralph would like to have a meeting with him, it will be an open meeting.
Paul Klarin has decided to step down from his position with Surfrider. There has been some conflict of interest between his professional life and this part of his personal life; and he feels that it is better for Surfrider for him to step down from our executive council. He will continue to support us and be a member.
John Marra has asked us to think about whether we feel it beneficial for us for him to step down as well. Discussion revealed that the board feels we would not like for members to step down due to miscommunication among the public. We feel John should decide for himself, and we would like for him to continue as an active member.
Kimmie will email everyone of the deadline for the next issue.
It would be great to have the next edition out before the August event. Greg can print hardcopies at his job.Yah, it happens.
John suggested that we have a PO box at the coast instead of in Eugene. The post office can then forward the mail to Eugene. Instead, it was suggested that Ralph take over the responsibility for triaging mail, he lives at the coast, is the co-chair. Ralph will look into PO boxes and get back to us.
Dave went to Cape Lookout and spoke with the manager there and he is all for us posting signs. The life of signs: Usually need three signs per site due to vandalism. There are ways to make a sign pretty vandal proof too. We need to get "verbage" approved by Pete Marvin, district manager for state parks for that area. "Only kooks cut" – suggested by Billy. There are some signs at short sands already someone should go check them out.
17. Trail maintenance
Cape Lookout. Alternative trails in some areas. Pete Marvin has suggested we do a good faith measure and help set up some new trails. It was suggested we wait until the Fall and get some college surf clubs involved. This may unsettle the locals. Suggested we see how the signs work first. We want to make sure that the site does not get shut down.
Should we be advertising these (PC) meetings in surf shops? Sure. Chris Bessmer works at OMC, he can put up posters/fliers there too. We can download signs from the website and post.
We have a new member in the Bend area who knows lots of surfers there and would like to set up a new local chapter. There is also a principle of a local high school in Bend who is interested in getting a local chapter set up too. This is a perfect opportunity for our new PNW coordinator! Dave will get these two members hooked up with Kevin and/or Ed. It was suggested that a representative from this potential new local chapter come to our next executive council meeting.
We will be looking at Portland to be a chapter of its own within the next year or so. We are consistently getting a good number of members.
Donica has finished inputting info in the database. We have something like 200 members. Thanks Donica!!
They would like to rip wrap/shock treat the area by their inn. There is not even a permit applied for yet, but it is something to keep our eyes on. It is a marine guarded area. Would we like to have a Surfrider member at the meeting for this? Tony Stein? Steve Williams? Hmmm, lots of conflict of interest. If we can’t find a rep, we should draft a letter. Dave will find out more about the meeting and get in touch.
Funk Band – South Town Hounds
Donica knows of two bands who would like to volunteer their time and talent for a fundraiser. Tentatively scheduled for October, perhaps to coordinate with OSU surf club.
It is up and running! Get Tina any articles, photos, etc for PAST (I’ve only been around for a year), present, and future events. Yippee!!
Meeting adjourned 3:05pm.
Thanks to everyone who attended, YOU ROCK! (Especially the new guys from Portland!)
Next meeting: 21 July 2001, 1-3pm Pacific City, OR
Be there or be square!