In attendance: Dirk Larsen, Bob Bernard, Bob Bush, Paul Prentiss, Larry Quilling, Mike Malec, Dave Clark, Lloyd Brady, Al Permut, Jerry Madigan
Absent: Mike Hickey, Roger Svendsen, Gavin Creer.
Meeting was called to order. Minutes from annual planning meeting were approved unanimously.
Programs:
April - AK Best
May - Rusty Borger
July - Jon Spiegel
August - OPEN
September - John Taverner
October - Brad Befus
November - Bill Edrington
December - Holiday Party
January - Joe Sowerby
February - OPEN
Treasurer: Larry will email some financial layout options to board and then will start getting data posted to web on a monthly basis. Our insurer is dropping our coverage as of June. Larry will investigate other options, as well as Dave Clark looking into what the Science Fair does.
Auction: Paul will be unable to attend auction. All Board members assistance will be required. Outfitter tables will be inside room, checkout will be outside. Larry will get some additional items for bucket raffle. Silent auction tables will have a clearly delineated end time and checkout time on the tables. Silent table items will have set minimums and a one dollar bid increment. Greeters should explain auction rules. Itemized checkout sheets to tally winning bids for silent tables. Board members should arrive at auction to set up at 1:30PM. We will run four auction ads. We have $33,000 worth of auction items.
Projects: Missing plaque, Mike will take a closer look around the site on the cleanup day. Water sampling project is starting. We may want to do press release type articles in the Camera in the future per direction of Board. Mike will talk to City cleanup people about collaboration. Storm sewer tagging will be easier than first envisioned.
Newsletter: Auction issue was great. We will not advertise the auction in the Longmont Times Call.
Membership: Membership rebate program has been cancelled and we will stop encouraging our members to participate.
22 Club: We will not promote the 22 Club real hard at the auction. Letters going out soon. We will have the solicitation letter at a table at the auction. Al will need help to stuff envelopes.
South Boulder Creek: Larry walked creek with Bob Chrifasi and guy from Lafayette. They identified some problem areas with some real simple, inexpensive solutions. Once those problems have been fixed, Larry will try to get a transmission study done with Lafayette to prove there is little loss over the stretch that was walked. Once this is proven, we will talk with Lafayette about different ways to keep more water in the creek. Larry met with Carol Ellinghouse and Randy Rhodes to talk about different lease options and water trades to create some in-stream flow. Their lawyers with possible assistance of Dave Nickum will investigate possibilities.
Education: Youth restoration on April 2nd & 9th assuming the diversion gets altered. Will participate in the CU water festival. Fairview fly fishing classes will start up in two weeks. Fairview will do a winter trip to Snow Mountain ranch at the confluence of the Williams Fork and the Colorado, Larry will need some help. This will be second week of March. CTU conservation camp will be between July 4th and end of August.
Meeting with TU: Paul and Larry met with TU and expressed the problem with membership rolls and membership activities. TU people promised to address this issue. 2/3 of TU revenue comes from corporate sponsors.
Old Business:
Flycaster of the year voting: Larry received the most votes amongst the Board.
Business Card Update: Problem with logo, still working on it.
Boulder Fish and Game: Paul still needs to work on it.
Letter from City: We have received letter back from City. Al will scan and send out a PDF to the Board.
Spring Trip: We have overfilled trip and Al is looking into options for more room, but will not accept any more people.
New Business:
President’s award: Plaque to Bill Leuchten
CTU Auction: Al will blast the CTU auction to the 22 club members.
CTU Nomination: Bob will work on nominations letter for CTU.
CTU Rendezvous: April 15th – 17th. Bob Bernard has volunteered to attend.
DOW: Board will not make any comments to DOW.
Meeting was adjourned.