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Exec.Committee - 11/20/11
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 10:45m at Mark Jordan’s home. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Tom Lieb, Scott Allison, Kathy Carlson, Peggy Francis, Lisa Benson and Tim Franck. Scott reported that the balance in the Capital Account stood at $5.8K at the end of October, but that the club has since received $4.8K in donations from the fundraiser and that after the payment for the new 8+s, the balance in that account will be $8.8K. Scott said the Operating account balance at the end of October was $32.9K; however, there is still $8.8K in junior dues still coming in. On December 1st, Scott will send out an e-mail to the adult membership regarding dues being payable by January 1st. Scott talked about the club’s insurance for boats, since our current carrier (Mariner) is raising their deductibles next year. Mark told Scott to continue with Mariner, but to build some cushion into the budget next year for the increase. Tim said that the Head of the Meramec went well, but that he doesn’t recommend that we should do it again. Mark mentioned that you really need a coxed boat—that the Meramec is not a ‘cox-less friendly’ river. Mark said it was fun, but unusually windy. Tom said that Chuck wants to do it again next year and that he doesn’t want to squash the idea. Tom thinks we should take advantage of rowing on different bodies of water. Peggy said we need to be better organized before we ask for help. Tim said the date for the St. Louis Sprints will be April 7th. Tim also looked at date in late May/early June for Gateway and said that there were no other regattas being held at that time. Tom said we should hold Gateway on June 2nd. Tim said that the Intermediates numbers are down and that he has asked Rob Smith to send out an e-mail to all 2011 LTR to see if we could get some of them to come back. Tim requested that there should be no ‘blanket’ use of SLRC equipment by WU without express permission by either himself or Mark Jordan. Peggy Francis said that Mr. & Mrs. Simon have made a substantial donation for a junior scholarship fund in Roshney’s name. Details are still being worked out as to how the scholarship program will work. Lisa and Rachel plan to have another newsletter out in early January. Lisa mentioned that Shelia Kendrick was responsible for the plug for SLRC on Fox TV. Mark said that he would appoint a Nominating Committee. Lisa told the EC that Rachel has offered to co-chair the Trivia Night next year. Lisa said that she has retired friends who might put trivia questions together for us and that she will ask them. There is currently no location for the annual meeting, but Mark said that he would reserve a room at his church for the event. Scott said that Rein and John are against removing the dock from the water for repairs. Lisa Rucker, Mark and Scott will meet at Maryville University for a presentation from Trish’s group regarding their proposal for the clubs’ accounting system. Scott reminded everyone that the 90-degree rule is in effect. He also said that the safety manual should be presented at the annual meeting, but that the EC needs to review it first.

Mark said that he a Tom have a draft of Tim’s Job Goals/objectives for 2012 and need to read through it. They will review and disseminate to the rest of the EC. Lisa said that she had meet with Brett Barger, the Dean of Evening Admissions at Lindenwood University, to give him a tour of the boathouse. LU has an extensive sports program and they are interested in starting a rowing program. Mark, Lisa and Scott will set up another meeting with Brett to discuss further. Tom said that he thought the heater in the men’s locker room wasn’t working and wondered if we shouldn’t get someone out to look at our system. Mark asked Tim about draining the water pipes. Tim said that he would do that before Thanksgiving.
Exec.Committee - 10/23/2011
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 10:30am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Tom Lieb, Scott Allison, Kathy Carlson, Peter Westervelt, Peggy Francis, Rachel Linck, Lisa Benson and Tim Franck. Scott reported that the Capital Account collected a little interest. The Account’s balance at month’s end stood at $19K, however, the club has already spent $14K, leaving only $5K for equipment purchases. Monthly payments come due on the two new Kings (8+s) the 1st of November. The Operating Account’s balance was down at the end of September ($38.8K), and there will not be much income through the end of the year with approximately $30K in expenses through year’s end. Scott thinks the club may have to request membership dues by January 1st. The EC voted to raise dues to $550.00 for 2012. Mark said that the annual solicitation for equipment funds will go out this week. Tim said that fall recruiting has gone well with 32 novices now rowing. Tim mentioned that several of the masters and junior rowers were interested in rowing the Head of the Meramec. Mark said that he would head up volunteers and he also stated that we should have two safety launches and possibly cell phone spotters. Tim has posted the Lammert and the Power on Row2K. A man from Topeka has shown interest in the mid-weight for $3K, but may take them both for 5K. Mark said that if he comes here to pick them that Tim can sell him both for $5K. Marty has agreed to help with the Ergathon next February. Mark said that we will let the committee pick the date for the event. Tim has sent out e-mails for the St. Louis Gateway Sprints with only two clubs responding. Tim thinks that April is too early for the masters to race, so he suggested May as an alternative. Mark thinks June would be better. Scott reminded Tim to look to see what other regattas are being held whichever day he chooses and to consider the expense of holding two regattas. Tim stated that winter LTR will start the first week of February 2012. Peter said that the Booster’s Open House was fairly well attended and that they are gearing up for the next two regattas. Lisa and Rachel are putting the finishing touches on the newsletter and it should go out by the end of October. Scott said that it has proven difficult to arrange a meeting with John Schael at WU to discuss the bank erosion problem. He has gotten two bids from Central Contracting on waterproofing the wood. One bid is through Central at $3.6K. The other is by the same guy who works for Central, but on his own, at $2K. Central want $500.00 to replace one broken panel, and $1,500.00 to install both panels. Mark will get a nominating committee together to gather a slate of officers for the annual meeting. Mark thinks we should consider term limits for each position—something we can bring before the membership at that time. Mark will write up something for the newsletter making a plea for someone to head up Trivia Night next year. Rachel expressed interest, but wants to talk to Liz Deighton first. She will let us know within a week if she will take the job. The EC set the date for the Annual Meeting for Saturday, January 7th. Mark asked Rachel to put a request in the newsletter for someone to host the meeting. The dock will be removed on Saturday, November 12th at 9am. Mark asked John to request that volunteers bring waders or old tennis shoes, gloves, a towel and dry clothes. Scott had a brief meeting with Trish Milla and Lisa Rucker regarding accounting software for the club. They are considering Quick Books. Mark will type up and send to the EC the Head Coach’s Job Goals/Objectives for 2012. Michael Pera will be the sculling coach at least until the end of the year. Mark said that the scullers can erg this winter with other groups if they wish. Scott said that he will make adult emergency contact information mandatory in 2012. A list of adult emergency contacts, as well as, juniors' emergency contacts, should be kept in Tim’s office. Kathy will send an e-mail to Ron asking him to replenish the first aid kits.
Quarterly meeting - 9/18/2011
A Quarterly meeting was held on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at 10:30am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Scott Allison, Kathy Carlson, Peggy Francis, John Leonard, Peter Westervelt and Tim Franck. Approximately 12 club members attended.

Treasurer’s Report: Scott handed out a summary of the club’s Capital and Operating accounts. Scott said that he had made the second payment of $10K on the Roshney Simon 4+ from the Capital Account. Of the $40K in that account, the club has approximately $19K to spend on equipment. $4K is already committed to purchase a Peinert X25 and will be picked up at the Head of the Charles. Scott noted that there was a lot of activity in the Operating Account. The club took in $20K (mostly in dues and travel reimbursements); however, we spent $27K, leaving the balance in this account at month’s end at about $27K. Scott transferred the insurance payment for the roof to Washington University. The club now has Workmen’s Compensation insurance at an annual cost of $2.2K. The only monies that will be coming in now are dues from ‘new’ junior rowers. Mark asked ‘how much out-of-pocket’ the club owed for the roof. Mark explained that the repairs to the roof and workmen’s compensation insurance were not budgeted items. Scott explained that monies for the roof will come from the SLRC/WU joint account—not the Operating Account. The two ‘Chicago’ incidents will cost the club $500 each, so non-budgeted expenses will be $1K for the boats and $2K for insurance…or $3K.

Coach’s Report: Tim said that the first introductory practice yesterday went well. 51 kids showed up—the most ever! Tim said that he has more recruiting to do this week and that he expects a decent turnout next weekend for the second intro practice. Tim said that the “Jordan” 4+ was supposed to be delivered here at 11:15am, but the trailer jack-knifed. The driver is 100 miles west of here and that he was coming from Dallas. Tim is preparing the juniors for a regatta against WU here on October 1st and then on to Rockford on the 10th. On October 16th the masters will race against WU. The juniors will row at the Blake Haxton Fall Invitational on October 29th, and the adults and juniors will compete at the Hooch November 5th. Tim told us that Chuck Schagrin wants to put together a marathon on the Meramec River. Tim said that he would take the truck in tomorrow for safety and emissions inspections. Tim added that he may need additional coaching if the novice juniors’ group stays large.

Boosters’ Report: Peter reported that on-line registration is going well. So far, fifty (50) have registered with PayPal and twelve (12) have signed on-line waivers. Scott mentioned that the adults will be able to sign waivers on-line in January. As a follow-up to the EC meeting in August, Peter said that he will start working on generating interest for the St. Louis Gateway Sprints next spring.

Publicity Report: Neither Lisa nor Rachel was at the meeting, but Mark said that they were planning on putting out the next newsletter by the first week of October.

Volunteerism: Mark talked about the possibility of getting people to sign up at the annual meeting for activities for which they are willing to volunteer as a requirement of membership. Deni thinks that this would be a good topic for the next newsletter. Suzie King thinks that this should be mandatory, by Peggy said that we cannot do this. Scott thinks that most people treat their membership like a health club. John thinks it would go a long way if coaches would teach crews how to maintain our boats once a week. People want to help, but they don’t know how. John said that this would take a lot of planning to know what we need. Scott says leadership is the key. We are already lacking leadership in key areas – Trivia Night, Ergathon, and a Regatta Chair. Kathy asked, “How are you going to publicize these needs?” Mark said e-mail now and newsletter later.

Volunteers Need to Help Pull the Dock from the Lake after the Hooch: Are we pulling the dock? John thinks that we will do more damage if we pull it out manually. If we had a trailer, we could pull it out gracefully. John thinks that at a minimum we need to replace several boards. Scott said that we have always taken it out with brute force. Jeff Dickler thinks we should keep the dock. We need about 30 people to do it safely. Mark said that only way to is to pull it the weekend after the Hooch, weather permitting.

Feedback on New Signage: Everyone thinks the new signs at the docks are too small. We need more parking signs on the bay doors. Deni thinks the signs are helpful.

Safety Committee: Ron Hill was not present, but Scott said that their draft of the safety manual is not ready. Andrew said the first aid supplies are in bad shape. Scott said that it is the safety committee’s responsibility to replace supplies in the first aid kits. Mark asked Andrew to make a list of what is needed and forward it to Ron.

October 15th Social/Bonfire: Mark did not address this, as Tom was out of town.

Equipment Priorities list: Mark said that the club would sell the Lammert and the Power to make room for more 8+s. Tim and Steve recommended the purchase of a lightweight 2x/-. Boat manufacturers will give us interest free loans on one-half the cost of the boat. Jeff Dickler said that our dues and coaches salaries have increased every year which means we are coaching more. He wanted to know how much are motors getting used. Do we need to entertain purchasing a sixth launch and motor? Tim said not right now. We have four junior coaches. Jeff wanted to know if we could come up with a way of tracking the use of the launches. Tim said to post a log on the inside of the shed door. Andrew said that some of the launches get used a lot, other not so much, but it would be good to track in either case. Deni asked how much we would get for the 8+s we sell? Tim said about $5K each. What kind of boats will we be buying? Tim hasn’t decided yet. Peggy asked, “What is the downside? Are there any concerns?” Jeff said that people are taking out singles inappropriate for their body weight. We need to make people aware. Additionally, Trish Milla said the coxswains that don’t fit in the seat are sitting on the boat’s deck and separating the boat. Coaches have to say who can and cannot cox. Tim is looking at some 2011 “King” boats which are demos. He is thinking about a February-March timeframe for purchasing. Andrew asked about speculative monies—if they don’t come through. Will we need an emergency campaign? According to the Equipment Committee, The Boosters have $30K available for boat purchases, there is $15K currently available in the Capital Account, and then based on last year—between the capital campaigns, Ergathons and Trivia night, there is projected to be $92K available for these boat purchases. Mark predicts that this will cover two 8+s, the 2x/- and a 1x.

Other Member Concerns: Stu asked about his regatta expense collection duties. He thinks it is a little chaotic. We try to gather information of who attend a regatta after the fact. Stu wanted to know if there is a list of participants from the coaches. Scott said that the scullers were sort of free-lancing this year, having Rudy take boats, etc. If they want to race unaffiliated—they can do that. We need to get a handle on things. For the masters, there are three things that go into what they pay: Entry fees, trailering fees, and hotel rooms for coaches. The club used to have “rower’s accounts”, but it was a lot of accounting and tracking. Mark said that everything really needs to go through the head coach – Tim. Deni proposed that a sculler, a sweep rower and Stu get together and come up with a solution and propose the best process to use. Stu said that he would like to have the coach’s line-ups. Scullers need to work with Tim. Trish Milla talked about her group’s proposal of looking for an accounting system to implement next January.

The next EC Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 10:30am at the Boathouse.
Exec. Committee - 8/21/2001
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 10:30am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Tom Lieb, Scott Allison, Kathy Carlson, Peter Westervelt, Rein Zeidler, John Leonard and Lisa Benson. Trish Milla was asked to attend to present a proposal. She is graduating in December, and as part of her final exam, has been challenged to take on a consulting project for a non-profit, identify a problem and come up with a solution. The EC agreed to let her, along with three of her peers, review our desk audit and current accounting practices and internal controls, and then make a recommendation as to accounting software that the club can implement by January 2012. Trish will update us at the Quarterly meeting in September. Scott reported that there was not much activity in the Capital Account in July. The club bought a used outboard motor. While Scott hadn’t checked, he thought that we were pretty close to budget. The Capital Account at month’s end stood at $50.6K, of which $31.5K is committed to special projects; leaving an available balance of $19K. The Operating Account balance was approximately $34.9K at the end of July. Scott said that the club now has workman’s compensation insurance as recommended by the audit committee. Tim was on vacation in Cincinnati, so there was no Coach’s report. Peter said that there are a lot of new people on the Booster’s Board. He thinks that Lisa and Scott need to meet them. Their first meeting is this Wednesday, August 24th. Leticia Lago is piloting the on-line registration process. Lisa stated that the newsletter is ready and will have a new look and feel. Lisa and Rachel are working with the Boosters to coordinate efforts. Lisa commented that Face Book and Twitter have been a lot of fun. Scott asked about external sources like the Post-Dispatch and Suburban Journals. Peter thinks that we need to think about how big we want to be. Retention is the biggest problem the club has right now. Central Contracting is working on a bid for waterproofing the boathouse roof. Tom thinks that the new dock signs are too small. The parking signs seem to be working. Scott will purchase eight (8) more parking signs and post them on the bay doors that face the parking lot. Mark said that an annual giving letter would go out in October. Kathy had asked Mark to make it more “doable” by the majority of the membership by possibility offering ‘levels” of giving. Lisa thinks we should also explain how the monies will be used. Mark, Tom, Tim, Peter, Peggy and Tim will get together to update the equipment priorities list which is now 18-months old. Scott said that we have a space problem—especially with 4+s. Mark asked Rein and John to assess whether or not the dock will last another year. John thinks not. He said the wood is likely rotted and the brackets may be gone. Nails are coming loose and boards are popping up. Mark said that we will pull it out of the lake after the Hooch. We will ask for help at the September meeting. The club needs to start looking for a Regatta chair for the St. Louis Gateway Sprints next year, as Rein is stepping down. Tim needs to be on board. Peter will talk to Tim at the meeting on Wednesday. Tom mentioned that a few athletes from the Intermediates would like to have the club hold a special September LTR for eight (8) of their friends that don’t want to wait for winter LTR. Tom will see if he can make this work. Mark asked members of EC to think about whether or not they would be willing to run for another term. He will be appointing a nominating committee the first week of October to submit a slate of officers for 2012. We need to be thinking about a host for the annual meeting in January, as well as, a chair, co-chair and committee to organize and run the Ergathon in February next year. The club needs to make a $500 deposit for Trivia Night next year. Liz Deighton may not be available next year to run the event, so we need to be cognizant of the fact we may need to find someone to fill her shoes. (Is that even possible?) The club will be holding a potluck/social in October. The EC approved the purchase of seven (7) NK stroke coaches with surge for the sculling group. The EC discussed Tim’s performance, raise, and bonus for the past year.
Exec. Committee - 7/17/2011
A Quarterly meeting was held on Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 10:30am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Tom Lieb, Scott Allison, Kathy Carlson, Peggy Francis, Lisa Benson and Tim Franck. Approximately 20 club members attended. Mark thanked everyone for coming, explaining that the club typically holds four quarterly meeting for members per year. He promised to try to keep the meeting short with temperatures in the high 90s and the heat index near 105.

Treasurer’s Report

Scott handed out a summary of the club’s Capital and Operating accounts explaining the difference between the two. He said that the timing of the meeting was perfect, since we were mid-way through the year. Scott explained that the club was committed to set aside money to buy a new truck when the time comes, and that he had transferred $2,200.00 from the operating account to the capital account to make that line item current (typically $525.00 per month goes in to this account). Another line item in the Capital Account is the $4K set aside for dock repairs. Additionally, Scott mentioned that he has not yet paid off the $10K due on the new Pocock 4+, but he will do so before month’s end. With that payment made, the club will have approximately $19K to spend on equipment. The accidents that occurred in conjunction with the Chicago Sprints will cost the club $1K. In addition, new riggers for the Schagrin 8+ will come from the Capital Account. Washington University is talking about paying the bill to fix the erosion problem, but there is still a possibility that the County will pay for part of it; however, inevitably some the cost will have to come out of the Capital account. Scott explained that the Operating Account was used to pay salaries and everything else. With half-year club dues coming in this month, income was greater than expenses. The Operating Account stood at $32K at the end of June, with the budget projecting $34K. Scott mentioned that fifty (50) club members have not yet paid their second half 2011 dues. Of that number, about twelve (12) of them are Winter Learn-to-Row people who may or may not choose to come back. Scott estimates that there is $10K in outstanding dues. Mark asked the group if the club should ask for another capital donation this year. Tom said that we should do it this fall. One club member asked how well the capital campaign went last year. Scott said that it did not do that well—the club received about $6K, money we would otherwise not received. Mark said that whatever we do that we should coordinate it with the Boosters. Peggy thinks that we should look outside the club, that we are cannibalizing our own members. She also thinks that we should ask for money for a specific item. Another member thinks that we tend to ‘cluster’ our fundraising efforts. It was suggested that because the campaign had asked for a “specific” dollar amount, some people were intimidated from giving. Perhaps we should ask for levels like “1x”, “2x”, “4x” or “gold”, “silver’, “bronze”. Scott mentioned that we could also ask for pledges over a period of time. Marty suggested “annual giving” like numerous other organizations do. If we did it at the same time every year, people would know when to expect it and plan for it. Rob S. asked if we ever reached out to alumni. Mark replied that the Boosters tried a few of years ago, and found that 90% of the money received came from junior parents—not alumni.

Coach’s Report

Tim said the Chicago Sprints had good results. Tim told the group that the “Schagrin” was involved in an ‘on the water’ collision and that two riggers have been ordered. No one was hurt. On the way back to St. Louis, as Tim was leaving a gas station the stern of the “Jordan hit the open door of a car parked next to one of the pumps, taking about 18 inches off the stern.  It also hit the driver's hand against the side of his car door and the medic said he would need a few stitches. The Jordan is currently being repaired and we may get it back when the club goes to Oklahoma City. Tim said that there are twelve (12) scullers and twelve (12) sweep rowers going to Masters Nationals. Cori Austin is teaching July, as well as, August LTR this summer. Tim said that the coaching staff would remain the same this fall. Esther asked Tim if he had any idea of which boat would be purchased next. Mark told that group that the club has an agreement with the Boosters to develop a joint list of priorities for equipment and that the current list is more that 18-months old and needs updating.


Boosters’ Report

Peggy Francis commented that both her boys were rowing this summer—one at Jr. National Team Development Camp and the other at Jr. National Development Team camp. She also mentioned that two Booster members are working on publicity. There are graduating seniors rowers attending Harvard, Yale, and Brown.

Publicity Report/Communications Secretary Position

Mark told the group that Justin Nolde relinquished his post in May, however, as of Friday Mark stated that Lisa Benson and Rachel Link would be serving jointly on the EC (only one gets a vote) to fill the vacancy for the Communications Secretary. They are both committed to getting communications flowing again. Dean Hooks suggested that during the summer they should publish a newsletter/e-mail once a month. Lisa and Rachel are looking at utilizing the website more. Ron Hill said that he would like the opportunity to update safety information on the website. Marty thinks that most people don’t use the website and thinks that it will take a shift in members thinking to get people to use it. We should use e-mail with links to the website. Lisa wondered if the club has a Face Book page. Yes we do.

Safety In And Around the Boathouse

Mark talked about the stalker that had been hanging around the boathouse a few of the rowers had encountered. The police have talked to him and he has not been seen since. Mark reminded us to think about coming out to row with others. Make sure the front door is closed, close the bay doors, and leave slings out for your return. A club member feel this “closed door policy” should be protocol and posted on our website. Mark says the door should always be closed when there is no one in the boathouse. One member suggested signage at the docks “Yield to Rowers”. Another member feels that if we restrict parking by marking our zone, then people will not have access to watch our rowers and know their schedules, etc. Mark thinks parking signage is overkill, however, the member insisted that it’s club property and a simple sign stating “Club Parking” is needed. While Scott had no problem with the signage debate, he did mention the “Public Restroom” at the back of our building. This restroom was originally intended for people who rent space for boats in the Public Bay. Tom asked if we had signage, would we make it enforceable by issuing parking stickers. Dean thinks we could have membership cards. Peggy brought up that there is more to it than just posting signs. She thinks there is more legal verbiage that would need to be posted regarding towing, etc. Dean suggested that most people, who come to the park, don’t really know, so signage would keep the honest people off our property. Kathy S. feels that the club needs to research what can be done legally—what is our liability for victims of crime. Scott will talk to Joe Strasser and ask for his input on signage the club might use. Marty worries that we might scare people away that are interested in rowing and that might affect club growth. Scott said that he would follow up and give us an update after he talks to Joe.

Audit/Desk Review Committee Report

Mark thanked the committee for their work. Nancy Hazelwood and Esther Galvis were the representatives at the meeting, but Deni Dickler was not there. Esther was the spokesperson for the group and told the group how the committee went though the books and procedures, breaking the tasks down into General Financial Practices, Income, and Expenses. It was a very rigorous report. The SLRC Boosters (except as related to SLRC transactions) and Washington University/SLRC shared accounts were not included in their report. Mark explained that the major finding of the committee was that there needs to be a greater separation of duties for the Treasurer’s position. Additionally, the club needs to move to a new software system with a third party server and one which is password protected. This will take time. We first need to identify the software that fits our needs and we will have to find a host. Marks said that it is our hope that this can be integrated at the first of the year. Esther and Nancy both agreed that the club’s financials are in order. Scott talked about the committee’s recommendation of Workman’s Comp Insurance. He is busy gathering quotes and says that our organization is unique and is finding that insurance companies don’t know how to deal with us. Scott said that it looks like our coverage will cost approximately $2.5K annually. Scott mentioned that another suggestion made by the committee was to make our assistant coaches Contract employees. Scott is opposed to that suggestion. We need to be aware of whether or not we are treating them as exempt or non-exempt employees, however, and if they are exempt, we should not dock them for hours not worked, because then we are treating them like hourly employees. If they were hourly, we would pay them overtime for working regattas. Moving forward, the EC will be considering which suggestions to follow that were recommended to us. One committee member offered to help the members of the audit committee next year to ensure continuity. Thanks to the committee for a job well done!

Other Member Concerns

Rob S. asked if the club could put out a membership e-mail asking if the scullers could have priority over the sculling equipment Monday-Friday from 5:30am-7:00am and Saturday/Sunday from 7:00am-9:00am until after Masters Nationals. Additionally, Rob asked if the scullers could get a coach during the week for the three weeks before Masters Nationals. Tim said that he would talk to Rudy and Andrew and let us know. Scott said that if anyone has made their own entries for Masters Nationals that we should send him the receipt. Ron warned everyone about the excessive heat warnings for the coming weeks. With heat indexes in the 105-115 range, drink plenty of water, sports drinks, and workout in the early morning or evenings if possible.

The next EC Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 10:30am at the Boathouse.
Exec.Committee - 5/18/2011
An EC meeting was held on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 10:30am at Mark Jordan’s home. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Tom Lieb, Scott Allison, Kathy Carlson, Jeff Jones, Rein Zeidler, and Tim Franck. Peter Westervelt was also present. Scott reported that the 2011 budget is now posted on-line. All Ergathon monies have been turned in. The Capital Account balance at month’s end (4/30/11) stood at $29.3K, with $19.3K available for equipment purchases. The Operating account had a balance of $34.8K. The club’s tax return (form 990) has been filed. Another panel fell off the boathouse the day after the estimate was received for the roof damage done by the tornado. The contractor will look at it to see how much this will change their estimate. WU will pay the bill in full and SLRC will pay half once we receive payment from the insurance company. The current estimate for the damage is $10.5K. Tim said they are loading the trailer and leaving on Friday for the mid-west regionals. The juniors that qualify will compete at Nationals in three weeks. The junior’s summer program will last through Chicago Sprints. Andrew Goldstein has agreed to teach July LTR. Cori Austin will teach August LTR. Miranda is coming back to coach the Intermediates in early June. College Rowers will again pay $45.00 per month to row. Pat Bronder will collect their waivers. Jeff reminded us that the junior’s banquet and Silent Auction is Sunday, June 5th. An e-mail will be sent out to the adult membership for “Buy It Now” items. Justin was not present, and Tom said that he would contact Justin about his absences and the club newsletter. Scott meets with the Audit Committee on June 4th. The EC decided on dates for two other meetings: Wednesday, June 8th at 6:30pm at Mark’ house for a special meeting of the EC with the Audit Committee and Sunday, June 19th at 10:30am at the boathouse for the next quarterly meeting. Scott met with the contractor and they are close to having an estimate for grading the creek bank. Regarding the roof, there is mold up there, and while it will not harm us, we should treat the wood with a protectant. Tom said that WeCanRow was cut short because of bad weather. Of the six women that signed up, two were interested in taking LTR. Cabela’s women’s weekend was a bust; however, two women were interested in workshops and one child in the junior program. Scott has contacted them. Tom will order a dumpster for Spring Cleaning day. Dennis Muilenburg, a VP for Boeing, will be out at the boathouse on Thursday, May 26th to row an 8+ with other Boeing employees as part of their company’s health program. A Boeing photographer and news media person will be out to cover the event. Several scullers have agreed to make sure the boathouse is clean for our company.
Exec.Committee - 4/17/2011
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 10:30am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Scott Allison, Tom Lieb, Kathy Carlson, John Leonard, Rein Zeidler, Jeff Jones, Peggy Francis, and Tim Franck. Peter Westervelt was also present. Mark said that he would contact Justin about his absences and the club newsletter. Scott reported that with approximately $4K due from the Ergathon, and another $10K that we must hold back for the new 4+, there remains about $18K available for equipment purchases. The Operating account balance for the period ending 3/31/11 is approximately $28.4K. Scott reported that the Audit Committee’s ‘desk review’ is much more extensive than he had anticipated, and that the audit would take longer than anticipated because the committee is being so comprehensive. Scott passed out copies of the proposed 2011 Budget and asked the EC to review it within the next few days and to e-mail him with comments or questions. The budget will be posted to the website when it is finalized. Jeff Jones said that the Booster’s are reworking the registration process. He invited the EC to the Junior’s Banquet and Silent Auction to be held at the Chesterfield Doubletree on Sunday, June 5 at 6:00pm. Peggy Francis mentioned that the Boosters would like to offer a “Buy It Now” option for auction items to the adults who would not be able to attend. Peter Westervelt asked for our input on why the St. Louis Gateway regatta was cancelled. Mark thought perhaps the weather, but other ideas included the poor economy, the fact that our course is not 2K and that rowers did not have enough time on the water. Peter suggested we poll the clubs who have attended in the past to ask why they didn’t come. The dates chosen for the LTR workshops will be April 30, May 21 and June 4. Two three-hour workshops will be conducted each day. As to grading the eroded creek bank, Scott said that he was following up on a suggestion by John to have get a bid from a contractor to see what it takes and to tell us how they would fix it. A new date for Spring Cleaning Day has been set for Saturday, May 28th. Peggy Francis volunteered to head up the cleaning tasks along with John Leonard who will handle boat cleaning and general maintenance. Tom Lieb stated that only four women have signed up for WeCanRow thus far. Scott asked Mark to write up a job description for the head coach and circulate to members of the EC. On May 7 & 8, Cabela’s is hosting a women’s weekend at St. Louis Mills Mall in Hazelwood. St. Louis Rowing Club will have two tables there to promote not only WeCanRow, but also the adult and junior rowing programs. An e-mail will be sent out asking for volunteers to help man the tables. Jeff Dickler has offered to provide more training to our coaches regarding launch motor use and maintenance. Our outboard motors are used at a rate that far exceeds their intended use. The club is still in need of a LTR coach for the July session. Tom reminded everyone that boats need to be wiped down daily. Chuck Schagrin and Brad Gutting are hosting a regatta on May 7th. Details to follow. Kathy has noticed an increase in the amount of plastic water bottles at the boathouse. A message has been posted to the website and will be in the upcoming newsletter reminding people to bring multi-use bottles to practice. The new 4+ will be shipped next week.
Quarterly Membership Meeting - March 20, 2011
A SLRC membership meeting was held on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 11:00am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Kathy Carlson, John Leonard, Rein Zeidler, and Justin Nolde. Liz Deighton and Tim Franck were also present. About 25 club members attended.

1). Approval of the Minutes

The Minutes of the February 20, 2011 EC meeting were approved.

2). Treasurer’s Report
Mark passed out handouts of the financial accounts and explained a little about both the Capital and Operating accounts. The current balance in the capital account $36K, less amounts set aside for the truck fund ($15K) and dock repairs ($4K); leaving $17K available to spend on equipment. We do have another payment of $10K for the new 4+ due in September. Mark explained that most of the Operating account receipts are dues related. The current balance of this account at month ending 2/29/11 is $29.5K. Mark said that we are in good financial shape. He also told club members that the 2011 budget should be up on the website in the next couple of months. Dean Hooks asked, “How predictable is membership?” Mark said that from an adult standpoint we give free membership to w/LTR to help capture a higher retention rate. Our youth program vs. three years ago is up. Primarily all the monies we take in we spend on coaching. We are not an organization that saves money—we spend it on coaching and equipment.

3). Coach’s Report
Tim reported that he has been recruiting since January. Even with all of the bad weather we have been experiencing the numbers look good. Approximately 85-90% of the juniors on the roster have paid dues. Currently there are about 90 juniors rowing—the best since Tim has been here. As for the St. Louis Gateway Sprints, Tim has heard that Cincinnati, Tulsa and Indianapolis are coming. Mendota is not coming. Camp Randal is still to be determined. Both Rein and Tim have not had any luck recruiting master rowers. It looks like we will probably not have any other master’s crews coming, so our squads will have to row with the collegiate rowers. Someone asked if timing was a problem…is there something we can do to make our regatta more attractive? There probably is no one answer. Too early in the season? Economy? Tim reported that Miranda would no longer be able to coach the Intermediates on Sundays. He will take over as their coach on Sundays, but will have to change their practices from 9am-11am to 10am-12pm. Tim will have Miranda fill out evaluations on her rowers in order to move some of them to the Recreational or Masters squads. The regatta schedule for the masters will be Midwest Masters Sprints in Columbus, OH June 18th; Chicago Sprints, July 9th and 10th; and Masters Nationals in Oklahoma City, August 11th-14th.

4). Boosters’ Report
Jeff Jones was on spring break, but Mark stated that the Booster’s have chosen the name “HUNTER” for the 8+. It has also been decided to name the new lightweight 4+ for “Roshney Simon”; and the heavyweight 4+ for “Bob Hurster”. Mark also said that the Boosters have also been discussing auctioning off the naming rights for a boat at the junior Banquet/Silent auction on June 5th. Marty Strohmeyer asked if the name would change every year. Suzie King thought the auction would make more money if they changed the name of the boat every year. Mark said that the starting bid for a 1x would be $1K and a 2x would be $1.5K. The banquet will be at a new location this year to be announced soon.

5). Publicity Report
Justin wants to have a newsletter out by March 30th or 31st. He would like articles sent to him by March 29th. Topics will include: Sprints (Tim); Indoor Rowing Championships (John Mason); Recap of Trivia Night & pictures (Liz D. & Shirin P.); Ergathon (Stu Sharp); Safety Committee (Ron Hill); Escrip/On Cause/Ban the Bottle (Kathy C); WeCanRow (Tom L); LTR summer dates and LTR workshop dates. Nancy Hazelwood thought that we should include something about the Gordon Hamilton Sculling clinic coming to SLRC in June in the upcoming newsletter. Kathy Carlson will compose an e-mail and have Pam Cohen send out to juniors and Scott to the adult membership. Deni Dickler thought we should highlight our new members. Justin will ask Scott for a list of new members.

6). Safety Committee
Ron Hill is the chairman of the club’s newly formed Safety Committee. He told the group that the committee was formed to codify and unify the bits and pieces of safety information for the club. Their upcoming task is to get together with the coaches to have them agree upon and modify safety rules. For example, temperature limits on cold water rowing, etc. The rule is at least 90 degrees combined water and air and at least 50 degrees water temperature or else there needs to be a safety launch nearby and a minimum of four oars on the water. Tim asked that Ron write down the water temperature, as well as, the date it was taken before posting. Ron said that the committee was trying not to do too many things that cost money. The committee did survey the existing PFD’s and got rid of the unserviceable ones, but were able to salvage six (6) bags of serviceable PFDs. The committee had approved and purchased six (6) “Kippy Liddle” bags from USRowing contain 11 PFDs, an air horn, a flashlight, a first-aid kit, and blankets. Ron told the story of how the bags were named. Kippy Liddle was a coach in Philadelphia who drown when her engine died and she and her launch went over a dam on the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania. Despite the safety line that was there she was unable to stop. Ron reminded the coaches not to overload the launches. The committee has also had approved and purchased two (2) immersion suits for the coaches/coxswains. Marty modeled one for us. Ron reported that kill switches are now on every launch engine. Marty is working on getting storm whistles for every boat. Trish Milla is working on getting someone out to the boathouse to teach CPR. There will be 10 spots—coaches are first. The cost will be $25.00 per person. An e-mail will be sent out with dates for the CPR class when available. Tim mentioned that the floor in front of the door gets slippery when it’s wet and that we should have a mat. Ron asked Jeff Dicker to pick up a mat at Graingers.

7). Gordon Hamilton Sculling Clinic
See Publicity Report above. Due to the success of last year’s clinic, we are working to organize another sculling clinic this summer. Tentative dates are Friday through Sunday, June 24th-26th. Each day will be a separate session of land instruction, rowing, video review and lunch, and a second rowing session. There is a limit of 10 scullers per session…or a total of 30 scullers. Cost will be $100 per person. Basic competence in a Maas Aero is sufficient.

8). Audit/Desk Review
Nancy Hazelwood reported that this is a work in process. The committee has the information they need and have broken it down as follows: payroll, charges and expenses, data base, and dues. They are looking for internal controls, checks and balances. This review is a requirement of our By-Laws. Expect the committee’s summary in the near future. Mark thanked the committee for their work.

8). Election Process
Mark said that he and Scott had lunch to discuss the election process. Do we really elect officers the right way? Mark asked, “Should we have term limits?” Scott is 71 and he cannot serve as the club’s Treasurer forever……Mark opened the floor to questions or insights. Rob Smith stated that other clubs have succession plans. Nancy said that she’s been here 11 years, and that in years past, the nominating committee called everyone on the roster to ask if they were willing to run for office. Deni suggested that when members pay their dues, part of their membership should be to volunteer for a position, or committee, Ergathon, trivia night or such. Membership should come with the idea that every member should be involved—it’s your club!

9). WeCanRow
The dates are May 13th-15th. Please e-mail Tom Lieb if you can help.

10). LTR Workshop dates/Junior Summer Program Dates
Rein will get with Rudy to discuss dates for the LTR workshops. Tim will e-mail the dates for junior camps this week.

Kathy reminded everyone that Spring Cleaning Day is Sunday March 27th!
Exec.Committee - Feb. 20, 2011
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 10:30am at Mark Jordan’s home. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Scott Allison, Tom Lieb, Kathy Carlson, John Leonard, Rein Zeidler, Jeff Jones, Peggy Francis, and Tim Franck. Liz Deighton was also present. Scott reported that the balance of the Capital account has been reduced by $10K for the new 4+ and increased by some Trivia dollars, leaving a balance of about $8K left to spend on equipment. The Operating account shows more transfers from the PayPal account, several insurance payments, and an $11K transfer from the Boosters for junior’s dues. The Operating account balance is approximately $32K. Scott will be sending out the 2011 adult membership roster later today. There are currently 112 members, including coaches. The junior summer program needs to be defined before Scott can complete the budget. Mark thought that it should be a six-week program at a cost of $150.00. Tim thought they would only need two coaches. Suzanne Yee will be responsible for collecting the summer dues. Tim reported that winter LTR is in its third week. He stated that 23 kids attended the intro practice and that there is another scheduled for next week. Scott said that he currently shows 44 juniors on the roster, but Peggy stated that after March 13th, when forms are due, she will be able to give him a final number. Tim mentioned that he has asked each junior to raise $200 for the Ergathon next Saturday. Scott had the summer LTR dates and will give them to Liz to post on the website. Tom said that he could help with June or August LTR. Tim will take the club’s truck in for a check-up before Scott leaves for Florida with SLU. Jeff Jones reported that the Boosters awarded five (5) full and two (2) partial scholarships. He also said that the Mintun’s have chosen the name “HUNTER” for the 8+. The EC voted unanimously to accept the name, and Jeff would like to see the boat named before the St. Louis Gateways Sprints. The Boosters are also mulling over several names for the Vespoli 4+ and will vote after this pool is narrowed down to five. Jeff mentioned that the Boosters were having an Open House on Saturday, March 12th at the Westervelt’s and that the EC was welcome. Justin was not present, but Scott expressed concern that his Face Book page should not conflict with the club’s website. Liz and Terry are conducting a “Rules of Rowing for Coxswains and Coaches” on Wednesday at the Lakehouse Restaurant. Scott had an orientation meeting with the Desk review committee yesterday. They have been asked to focus on income and expenses. The committee may report their progress at the March meeting. Rein reported that the sculling blades have been repaired and are back. Jeff said that the Booster will help paint the sculling blades. Tim will talk to Rudy about the juniors racing with WU the weekend of March 26th/27th and let us know about Spring Cleaning Day. Mark received a letter from the County stating that we would need 27,000 cubic feet of stone at a cost of $45K to repair the erosion and creek bank. Mark and Scott will meet with Chris Ludwig over coffee to discuss sharing the cost. Registration for St. Louis Gateway Sprints is open on Regatta Central. Tim needs to make the race schedules. After much discussion the decision was made to replace the club’s three oldest cox boxes and repair two of them at a cost of about $2K. This cost includes buying three new headsets with a $20 per set trade in. The EC also approved the purchase of six (6) Kippy Liddle kits from USRowing. Rein said that we need to move the cox box charging station inside to the erg room and can store the Kippy Liddle kits where the cox boxes are currently located. Items for the membership meeting in March include an update from the safety committee and a discussion of the year’s budget. The EC also voted to accept the Safety Committee’s policy on water/air temperature:

“If the combined air and water temperature is less than 90 degrees OR the water temperature is less than 50 degree…then 1). A safety launch must be on the water within a reasonable distance from the crews and 2). The 4 oar minimum rule is in effect. NO club singles or pairs will be allowed to go out.”

There will be a membership meeting on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 11:00am at the boathouse.
Exec. Committee - 1/23/2011
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at 11:00am at Mark Jordan’s home. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Scott Allison, Tom Lieb, Kathy Carlson, Justin Nolde, Peggy Francis, and Tim Franck. Liz Deighton was also present. Before the meeting started Mark thanked the EC for their willingness to serve. Scott reported that the balance of the Capital account at month’s end to be $31.5K. Of that total, $13.5K is reserved for the truck fund and $4K for dock repairs, leaving the balance at about $14K; however, since the end of the year, another $10K has been spent as a down payment on the new Pocock lwt 4+, making the available balance today at about $4K. The Operating account at year end was about $23K, but with incoming dues and miscellaneous transfers, the actual balance today stands at about $31K. Scott handed out a couple of lists –the first list was a list of returning member (108) and the second list was ‘uncertain’ (58) and ‘will not return” (12). The EC helped Scott identify some of those on the second list who would likely return or others who would not. Tim has started recruiting and will continue for the next four to five weeks. There are currently eight enrolled in winter LTR which starts next Tuesday. Tim reported that there has been a change in the junior’s regatta schedule and that the master’s schedule would be finalized soon. Collegiate and masters events will be combined at the St. Louis Gateway Sprints. Peggy Francis said the Boosters will be holding a ‘bake sale’ during Trivia night to raise money to fund regatta expenses for scholarship recipients. Justin will get in touch with Marty Strohmeyer and start working on a newsletter for distribution in March. He was invited to attend the Booster’s meeting on 2/9, and will start working on a master calendar for the Club. Stu Sharp has volunteered to chair this year’s Erg-a-thon. Nancy Hazelwood, Esther Galvis and Deni Dickler have volunteered to perform this year’s ‘desk review’ of the Club’s books. Scott, Tom and Mark will meet with the group within the next 30 days. Nancy, Esther and Deni will prepare a written summary of their findings. Scott, Mark, Rein and John recently met with some of the County officials regarding grading the creek bank. The County engineer will take a look and provide a rough estimate of the material requirements. No promise of labor has been given. There will probably be a great deal of physical labor involved. John checked into renting a cherry picker for the roof work at a cost of about $300.00. The club is already committed to purchasing a new lightweight 4+; however, Mark, Tom and Tim will meet to discuss a priority list of the Club’s needs for 2011. The EC discussed the direction of the Club as laid out in a letter received from Steve Giddings, with no clear answer as to recruiting/retaining new members. As to identifying the representative for each junior, Peggy Francis thought that going forward, the Boosters could ask during registration of new junior rowers which parent would be the designated representative for their child. Pam Cohen will share that mailing list with Scott. Tim will talk to Mark and Tom and get back with Scott about the junior summer program. Scott needs to know what the program will look like in order to create the budget for this year. Spring Cleaning Day will be either March 26th or 27th. Details TBA. Volunteers for post-cleanup on April 3rd will be needed as well. John Leonard will talk to Francine to see if she can create an “e-scrip” banner for the boathouse. Liz Deighton said that she would be holding a “rules for coxswains” clinic sometime this spring. Tom requested the dates of May 13th -15th for WeCanRow.
Annual Meeting - Jan. 8, 2011
The Club’s annual meeting was held on January 8, 2011 at Peter and Donna Westervelt‘s home. A large crowd attended.

Mark Jordan began the meeting by talking about the Fundraising Campaign and expressing his wish that members would think about making a tax deductible donation. He said that there were three issues to vote on this evening: 1. Revisions to the By-laws; 2. Membership dues increase for 2012; and 3. Junior dues to be paid in 2 installments—once before the fall season 8/15 thru 12/31 and spring season 1-1 thru 5/31. As pertaining to the revisions made to the By-Laws, Kathy Carlson requested that Article 1, Section 2 be changed to read: “Said committee shall prepare a proposed slate of officers and submit it to the Club membership at least 14 days before the annual meeting.” Mark asked for a motion to accept the revised By-Laws with changes requested. Jeff Jones made the motion to accept. The motion was seconded and unanimously accepted. Mark asked for a motion to accept the junior’s dues to be paid in two installments for fall and spring seasons. Again, Jeff Jones made the motion to accept. This motion, too, was seconded and unanimously accepted. As pertaining to a membership dues increase of $25.00 for next year (2012) dues, Mark asked for a motion to accept, a motion was made to accept the dues increase. This motion was seconded and passed by majority. John Mason was not present; however, Mark encouraged everyone to participate in the St. Louis Indoor Rowing Championships held at Washington University on Saturday, February 5th. Liz Deighton talked about Trivia night to be held on February 5th as well. She asked for volunteers to help set up, clean up and sell tickets to contact her by e-mail.

Mark stated that the club is still in need of a chair to run the Ergathon next month. It is our club’s biggest fundraiser of the year. If anyone would agree to help or volunteer to be chair, please e-mail the EC or see Mark after the meeting.

Rein talked about the St. Louis Gateway Sprints regatta to be held the first weekend of April. He asked that everyone please talk it up to other clubs and to also volunteer to help run the event. Junior will race on Saturday and masters and collegiate events will be held on Sunday. E-mails will be forthcoming.

Scott Allison reported that the Club was in satisfactory financial shape. He passed out 2010 year-end financial summary of the Club’s two accounts and briefly explained how they work. The Capital Account balance was at $31.6K. This is the account that is used for equipment purchases. It also has two reserves: one for the purchase of a new truck and one for dock repairs. The Operating Account was at $22.9K at month ending 12/31/10. Scott reminded everyone that their dues payment was due by January 15th.

Tim Franck thanked all of the coaches for their hard work last year. He said he was excited about the new year and briefly talked about working hard to take crews to Master’s Nationals in Oklahoma City this August.

Kathy Carlson brought Schnuck’s e-scrip cards and encouraged everyone to pick one up and use it when they shop. She also mentioned the Café Press items for sale with a link to the site on our SLRC website, and talked a little about OneCause. She left fliers on the dessert table for those interested to pick up on their way out.

Mark named the candidates for each position on the Executive Committee and the membership voted unanimously to accept them as named. Mark Jordan, President; Tom Lieb, Vice President; Scott Allison, Treasurer; Justin Nolte, PR/Communications; Rein Zeidler, Captain; John Leonard, Lieutenant; and Kathy Carlson, Secretary.

The meeting was adjourned for dinner.
Exec. Committee - Dec. 12, 2010
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 11:00am at the Mark Jordan’s home. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Scott Allison, Tom Lieb, Rein Zeidler, Jay Lyons, Jeff Jones and Tim Franck. Scott reported that the balance of the Capital account at month’s end to be $31.3K. Of that total, $13.5K is reserved for the truck fund and $4K for dock repairs, leaving approximately $13.8K available for equipment purchases. The Operating account balance stood at $26.7K. The EC approved the purchase of two Immersion suits and gave Tim permission to proceed with the purchase of a Pocock 4+. The Safety Committee has been asked to present the EC with a list of priorities. Tim reported that the juniors will not have formal practice from December 26th through January 1st. Trish Milla is unable to continue coaching the novice juniors due to her school schedule. Miranda Portwine will take over her duties, as well as, continue to coach the Intermediates. Tim talked to Pat about Friday vs. Sunday practices and said that the Recreational athletes would be invited to row with either the Competitive or Intermediates if Fridays don’t work out for them. Tim also spoke to Pat about not saying prayers during practices. Jeff and Tim are going get a speaker to talk to the Booster’s parents and athletes about college rowing opportunities and the recruiting process. The Boosters also want to create a resource library with pamphlets Tim receives from various colleges. The scholarship process has been ‘revamped’, and Jeff plans to spend time with parents and the spring and fall introduction meetings to explain the process. The Board desk review will be conducted in early 2011. Scott raised the point that the juniors used to have three seasons, but now that the summer season is abbreviated, concerns were expressed that dues were adjusted without following By-Laws guidelines. After much discussion, it was agreed that the summer program was a separate program and warranted an additional fee. Additionally, the EC agreed the junior season will be defined as 8/15 through 12/31 for the Fall Season and 1/1 through 5/31 as the Spring Season. The juniors will be charged the regular membership fee to be paid ½ prior to each season. This will be presented to the membership to vote on at the annual meeting. The damaged C2 blades are ready to be packed and shipped back to C2 for repair. Washington University was supposed to have someone look at the boathouse roof this past week. Scott has not heard anything yet. New paper towel and toilet paper dispensers have been installed at the boathouse. The EC will bring proposed dues increases for 2012 for a vote at the annual meeting. Revisions to the By-Laws are complete and will be distributed to the club membership electronically. The changes will be voted on at the annual meeting. Tom Lieb will lead the WeCanRow program in 2011. The format will be changed to a weekend format. The dates will be 5/20-5/22.
Exec. Committee - Nov. 21, 2010
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 10:35am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Kathy Carlson, Scott Allison, Tom Lieb, Rein Zeidler, Marty Strohmeyer, Jeff Jones and Tim Franck. Liz Deighton was also present. Scott reported that the unrestricted Capital account balance of $9.8K does not reflect the purchase of the new leg press machine. Scott asked Mark where he should be placing the monies he is receiving for the fundraising campaign. Mark told him to track the money, but to place it in the capital account. Thus far, 11 checks totaling $5,075.00 have been received. Mark will talk about the capital campaign at the Annual meeting. Tim was asked to start researching new 4+s and bring his findings to Mark and Jeff. Scott said that he transferred funds from PayPal account into the Operating account. He said that the club is in sound financial shape. At the end of October the Operating account balance was $32.7K. Scott said that he would not have to ask for 20l1 dues to be paid in December this year. The EC unanimously agreed to reimburse Liz Deighton for any cost incurred maintaining the club’s website. Tim said that all squads have made the transition to indoor practice for the winter. After Thanksgiving he wants to visit a couple of schools in the city that Jeff Dickler told him about, but he will not begin his main recruiting until January and February. Tim, with help from several adult rowers, did some preventative maintenance on the ergs. They vacuumed the fans. Rein has requested that we use magic marker or paint instead of duct tape on the ergs, because duct tape makes a mess of the chains. Liz and Tim will teach winter LTR again next year. The days will be Tuesdays/Thursday beginning February 1st through March 3rd. The EC voted to increase the cost of LTR classes from $250.00 to $275.00. Jeff noted that there has been an increase in the applications for scholarships this fall. The Boosters are in the process of revamping the application form, asking the applicant to demonstrate financial hardship. Zoe Fox is the newest member of the Booster’s Boards. She will help with planning regatta food. Mary Kiehl told Jeff to mention that the juniors want to hold a bake sale at the boathouse during an upcoming Saturday practice. Details TBA. Marty will be publishing a newsletter in early December. Scott will be working with the County to enlist their help in grading the creek bank. Nothing is certain, but looks promising that the County may provide the labor and SLRC/WU will pay for materials. It is hoped that work can be accomplished during the winter months so that the least amount of people would be inconvenienced. Tom Lieb agreed to run the WeCanRow program next year as a weekend program. Rein will take charge of running the County LTR workshops. Scott, Mark and Rein will investigate Grainger as a possible source for our new paper towel and toilet paper dispensers. The new ‘safety committee’ had their first meeting yesterday. The committee will be purchasing new life vests and bags and they are working on a “cold water rowing” policy for the club. The EC discussed revisions made to the club’s By-Laws by Tom and Rein. While several ‘little things’ were discussed, two of the bigger items discussed were: a job description for the Public Relations position, and addressing Jeff’s concern that the Boosters have inequitable representation relating to voting rights as addressed by our current By-Laws. In order to correct this imbalance and in the spirit of unity, the EC proposed allowing the Boosters to have two members on the EC and to allow one parent of each Jr. to become an Associate Member and thus have the ability to vote on club matters. Tim was asked to talk to Pat Bronder about praying with his squad and let him know that it is not allowed. By-Laws will be finalized by December 12th and changes voted on then. All members will have a chance to vote on the changes at the Annual meeting on January 8th.
Exec. Committee - Oct. 24, 2010
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 10:35am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Kathy Carlson, Scott Allison, Jay Lyons, Tom Lieb, Rein Zeidler, Marty Strohmeyer, and Tim Franck. Liz Deighton, Peggy Francis, Pam Cohen and Miranda Portwine were also present. Mark introduced Miranda to guests and members of the EC as a former junior rower and new coach of the SLRC Intermediates group. Miranda left after her introduction. Mark proposed that we name a Booster’s 8+ after Kevin Curran. Scott reported that Nancy Hazelwood will be transporting the club’s newly purchased used Peinert from Boston tomorrow. Scott’s report showed that there is $11K in the truck fund and $9.8K available for equipment purchases. Our 2010 budget projected that we would have income from 70 juniors this fall, but we currently have only 60. Income will be down substantially this year. Scott will have Liz put a copy of the club’s income tax filing on the website. The Operating Account balance stood at $37.8K at the end of September. Tim reported that the Pocock 2x/- is back. Tim said that he had a flat tire on the trailer on the way to Rockford. He took the trailer in for repairs and said we should have it back in time for Columbus next week. Tim thinks that the juniors’ numbers will grow. Tim said that 38-40 adults and SLU are going the Hooch. He will spread the word about the Marathon. WU and SLU crews are going. Scott is taking some of his crew to Indianapolis next week for Head of the Eagle. SLRC is waiving dues for four novice junior’s dues as part of a combined effort to help defray Scholarship expense for the Boosters. Jeff and Mark are working on a fundraising letter. Zoe Fox (a potential Booster’s Board member) is working on an arch decal for our oars to help with the painting job. The Boosters have set up and painted all the joints for the new tent, so that it will be easy to assemble at the Hooch. Mark has asked Ron Hill, Mary Kiehl, and Jeff Marden to serve on the 2011 nominating committee. Saturday, February 26, 2011 has been selected for the club’s Erg-a-thon. Mark is working on forming a committee. Mark, John Schael, and Scott have a meeting tomorrow to discuss plans for weatherproofing the boathouse roof and grade the creek bank. Nine sets of C2 sculls will be sent back for repairs after December 1st. The club is still seeking someone to take the leadership role in the WeCanRow program. There was much discussion about separating regatta fees for the juniors and masters….but in the end the EC voted that the Boosters and SRLC share: 1) entry fees; 2) coaches expenses; and 3)a per diem for the coaches divided by the number of rowers attending a regatta. Scott handles pro-rating the refunding of dues on a case-by-case basis. If a rower has a good reason to request a refund, he/she should contact his/her coach for referral to Scott. Mark made a motion to host both the St. Louis Sprints and the Gateway Regatta the same weekend in April. Dates are set at April 2nd and 3rd, 2011. Rein said that he would chair the event and Liz will talk to Mary Kiehl about being the regatta director and Rein will post to Regatta Central, Row2k and USRowing. Liz and Terry will officiate. SLRC’s 5th Annual Trivia Night is set for February 5th, 2011. This will also be the date for the St. Louis Indoor Rowing Championships. Scott thinks the club has a real and growing need for a safety committee. He will send out an e-mail to seek volunteers for the committee. Rein and Tom will work on the By-Law change for approval at our annual meeting. Mark gave Tom the go ahead to purchase the leg press machine. Rein and Scott will work on a plan for reconfiguring rack space in the boat bays. Mark asked Pam to order the new paper towel and TP dispenser for the boathouse locker rooms.
Exec. Committee - Sept. 19, 2010
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, September 19, 2010 at 10:30am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Kathy Carlson, Jay Lyons, Tom Lieb, Rein Zeidler, Marty Strohmeyer, and Tim Franck. Scott sent his report via e-mail. The money in the Capital Account which is available for the purchase of new equipment is about $9.3K. The total balance, which includes funds set aside for purchase of a new truck, dock repairs and a used single, is approximately $ 28.3K. The operating account is a little ahead of budget and stands at $34.4K. Tim said that 30 teens attended the first introductory practice. The current junior headcount stands at 21 varsity girls and 20 varsity boys. Tim has started a maintenance log for the club’s boats. He shared a maintenance log he completed for the Allison 8+. Rein and Tim will coordinate repairs with weekly e-mails. Jeff Jones was not at the meeting, but Mark relayed that all the Booster Board positions have been filled, and that there is great interest on the Booster’s part to work with SLRC on purchasing a new lightweight 4+. If you haven’t heard it, Marty’s mentioned that there is a link on our website to Barb Seely’s spot on NPR. Since Scott is traveling a lot, the EC moved the review/audit to the end of November. Mark addressed rower’s goals in his article in the last newsletter. Rein is working with Concept2 on the damaged sculling oar issue and will keep us posted. Mark and Jeff will be working together on an annual solicitation campaign which will emphasize no dues increase for 2011. Tom and Mark will select a nominating committee and an Ergathon committee for 2011. Kathy will ask Donna Westervelt if she and Peter are willing to host the annual meeting on either January 8th or 15th. Kathy will ask Cathy Chamberlain or Nancy Hazelwood if they are interested in running the WeCanRow program in 2011.
Exec. Committee - 8/22/10
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 10:30am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Kathy Carlson, Jay Lyons, Tom Lieb, Rein Zeidler, Marty Strohmeyer, Tim Franck, and Jeff Jones. Liz Deighton and Trish Milla were also present. The EC had invited Coach Trish Milla to come to express her views and understanding of a rower’s progression from Intermediates before she passes the job on to a new coach. Tim’s response was that a rower needs to be technically proficient and understand the language in order to make adjustments. The club used to have a ‘one year’ policy, but there should be no guaranteed graduation. Trish also believes that not everyone should race because equipment, as well as, coaches. After much discussion, it was decided that all rowers should write out their goals for the coming year. Tim or Pat can observe rowers desiring to move to the Recreational or Competitive Masters by riding in the launch with the Intermediates coach and watching them row. This can be done twice per calendar year, in April (during sprint race season) and in August (during head race season). There must be communication between the rower and coach, an assessment format and a user friendly form. The EC will work on a form and send it out to the club membership. Scott sent his report from Alaska via e-mail. He said that a withdrawal of $7.3K was made from the capital account for the used 2006 Hudson 2-/x, leaving a balance of $18.6K. The operating account stands at $34K, about 10% lower than the budgeted balance of $37K. Scott reported that the Collection is adult dues is completed and the membership stands at 114. This number does not include the 60 summer LTR participants. The filing of the club’s Form 990 has been extended until November 15th. Tim said that Miranda Portwine may coach the Intermediates. She is one of our former junior rowers and also rowed in college. Michael Pera will coach beginning sculling on Saturdays from 11am to 1pm starting this Saturday, August 28th. Dan Brubaker is unable to coach the novice boys. Jeff Jones said the juniors wanted to hold a car wash fundraiser at the boathouse sometime in September. He also stated that the boosters will be using their inventory of Henley’s this fall and start using the new ‘uni’ tanks in the spring. Parents have been invited to the introductory practices for novices to be held at the boathouse on Saturday September 18th and 25th from 12pm-2pm. Marty will be asking for articles for the newsletter which he plans on releasing within the next two weeks. His deadline is August 27h. Mark still needs to talk with John Schael regarding waterproofing the boathouse roof. Realistically, we may have to wait until next spring to purchase another Peinert 1x due to lack of availability. As the juniors return, Tom asked that the coaches to reinforce the ‘no plastic bottles’ policy. He also thinks we need to rotating groups (like with boathouse cleaning) to pick up the boathouse before practices each day. The EC discussed an incentive/salary plan for the Head Coach and also approved his salary increase and bonus for 2010.
Exec. Committee - 6/13/2010
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 10:30am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Kathy Carlson, Tom Lieb, Marty Strohmeyer, and Jeff Jones. Liz Deighton was also present. Scott sent his report from Alaska via e-mail showing that the operating account was a little ahead of budget this month by about $1K. The operating account balance stands at $26.8K. The capital account balances remains at about $25.3K. Scott will be sending out reminders to those who owe partial dues. He also said that the June LTR class is sold out and expects the same for July and August. Tim was at Junior Nationals in Cincinnati, OH. Discussion turned to an e-mail the EC received from an adult rower who had stated that the Rec group has turned into a racing group and that not all rowers were being boated. Mark stated that all rowers should get equal time and consideration. The club needs to better define the group and ensure that evaluations are done twice a year. Tim called during the meeting to say that the Pocock 2x/- was damaged by a storm and that it was being taken to Seattle for repairs. It will not be back until sometime in August. Jeff Jones and Mark have been talking about ways to improve communication between the Booster’s board and the EC. Mark will be hosting a social BBQ on August 20th for members of both groups and their spouses. Jeff and Mark would like to see more joint coordination and purchases of equipment in the future, as the interests of both groups become more closely aligned. Mark suggested that perhaps we need an “equipment committee”. Jeff and Mark also both feel that we should combine efforts on solicitations and fundraising efforts. Another joint effort will include the Boosters scholarship program which currently represents 30% of the Boosters revenue. SLRC has agreed to waive dues only to support four scholarships annually. Jeff reported that the junior’s Silent Auction netted $5K+. Marty said that the “Ladue News” is publishing an article on the Midwest Junior National’s along with a picture of the girls 4+. “The St. Louis Business Journal” also published an article on John Scariot. Many volunteers are still needed for Gateway. A contractor has been out to make bids on waterproofing the roof and grading the lot and creek bank. Michael Pera has agreed to teach the July LTR class. Mark suggested that we put in a request for a Peinert 1x with Craftsbury or Florida Rowing Center. No decision has been made on purchasing a 2x/-. The EC will look at the Sew Sporty tank tops that the recreational group purchased for the Columbus regatta before a decision is made to replace the Henley. Rudy will coach the competitive sculling group until Steve is able to return. Rudy or Michael Pera may be candidates for the ‘recreational sculling’ program. The EC will demand that the coaches address rower’s evaluations. As Jay stated, rowing is all about getting better at rowing. Feedback is essential. Tom agreed to be the point person to respond to e-mails directed to the EC. Mark addressed daily boathouse maintenance in his article in the last newsletter, but feels with the growth in adult membership, everyone needs to do something every day to keep the boathouse in order—pickup trash, bottles, etc. The club will initiate a policy to ban plastic bottles by September 2010. Tom will call the parks department to see if the club can hold a moonlight row on June 26th. Tom will get back with the Cross Fit group to see if they are interested in joining the club. Mark and Tom will share their ideas for the Head Coach’s evaluation/base salary and incentive program at our meeting next month. Tim’s contract is renewable on August 1st. An adaptive rowing program will not be feasible in the near future. A phrase for all coxswain’s vocabularies should be “check it down all eight!”
Exec. Committee - May 2, 2010
An Open EC meeting was held on Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 10:30am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Kathy Carlson, Tom Lieb, Rein Zeidler, Tim Franck, Bob Mach and Jeff Jones. Steve Giddings and Liz Deighton, as well as, several other club members were present. Scott had prepared an abbreviated financial hand-out for club members showing the capital account balance at $25K month-ending April 30. This amount does not include the $11K reserve in the account for the truck-fund. The operating account balance at the end of April was right on budget standing at $26.8K. Mark explained that most of the money in this account is used to pay coach’s salaries. Tim reported that the current number of Juniors is 90—the most we’ve ever had since Tim has been with the club. The trip to Oak Ridge was successful, with the Juniors winning several medals on Saturday as did the Masters on Sunday. Tim said that there has been good response to the Junior’s summer LTR camps from the spot on Show Me St. Louis. Michael Pera is supposed to let Tim know if he can coach the July LTR program, but if he cannot, Tim will ask Cameron if some of his kids can do it. Steve Giddings said the new trailer drives great—it is very stable. He suggested that next time we use it, we should rent a commercial van so that we can haul riggers and oars. John Leonard talked about taking better care of our Pocock shells by cleaning them and polishing them. John said that movement through the water destroys the gel coat and the water then breaks down the shell. Steve said that not all of our boats are gel coated, some are painted. Boats like the Schmaltz and Heilman can be cleaned with marine cleaner. Tim said that he would buy more. Barb Seely said that we used to bring the boats “down to waist” and hose them off before returning them to the racks. Tim said that we simply need to bring out the hose and start using it. Bob Mach introduced Jeff Jones who will be taking over as Booster president in June. Bob said that the Boosters are currently supporting seven scholarships, and that with the growth of the novice program, there will probably be a need for more. He again stressed that the system needs to be formalized with timelines and deadlines. The Boosters had a successful capital campaign and were able to purchase a new Vespoli mid-weight 4+. Bob said that they would like to do the same for the girls. Tim replied that we need to stop thinking about boats as “girls” or “boys”, but rather “mid-weight” or “light weight” because they can be used by both. The Boosters would like to update the locker rooms with more and better soap and paper towel dispensers. Bob also said that we should have the port-o-johns in a more convenient location for Gateway. The Boosters plan to help the club run the Gateway Regatta. Mark Mintun ran the scoring software last year, but we need to identify and train someone new this year, as the Mintuns are moving. Bob suggested that in the future the club and the Boosters consider combining their fundraising efforts. Marty was not present but requested to have mentioned to those in attendance to e-mail him their “city/municipality” information for his roster. Rein said that we are going to repair the dock this year. The steel rods that separate the sections need to be tightened. Several deck boards need to be replaced. Tiger Docks will bid on a ramp. We have $4K in the budget for that. Karl Heilman will be here next week to deliver Leroy Schmaltz’s old wooden Pocock 1x. We will hang it from the ceiling in the erg room with oars and a plaque. The EC hopes to have its first audit completed by year end, as well as, have changes made to the By-Laws to present at the annual meeting next January. Mark and Scott will meet with WU on Wednesday morning to discuss sealing the overhang at the Boathouse. Jeff Hoffman will be coaching Steve’s sculling group until he returns. Steve thinks that he will need incremental coaching (a paid, part-time position) to help with the competitive, as well as, a recreational sculling group. Mark presented a four-year capital investment plan to the members. First year purchases included a lightweight 4+, a used 2-/2x, a launch and motor, 2 cox boxes, an Aero, a used Peinert 1x and a new ramp. Tom Lieb will set a date for the rescheduled Cross Fit LTR workshop and send out an e-mail for volunteers. Gateway is scheduled for July 24th. Get the word out!
Exec. Committee - April 11, 2010
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 10:30am at the boathouse. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Kathy Carlson, Tom Lieb, Rein Zeidler, Tim Franck, Marty Strohmeyer, and Bob Mach. Liz Deighton was also present. Scott reported that Erg10 netted almost $16.5K after expenses and Trivia night netted $ 4.4K. The EC gave Donna Webster an old oar for her outstanding work on Erg10. The capital account balance available for equipment purchases stands at $14.5K. Scott reported that juniors’ dues have totaled about $15K Y-T-D; however, the spring roster is still in flux. Scott thinks that about 60% of the juniors have paid dues and when the remaining 40% of the dues are paid, junior dues revenues will exceed budget by over $5K or 30%. Bank deposits made after 3/31 would bring the total in the operating account to almost $31K compared to the budget of $34K. Although we are slightly behind budget, the additional revenue from juniors’ dues will more than offset the shortfall. Scott reported that interest in the LTR workshops and summer programs is high. Tim reported that the St. Louis Sprints were highly successful. The juniors medaled in 12 of 13 events they were entered. The Parks and Recreation Department has warned the club not to tell park patrons that the park is closed when we have regattas. (Apparently someone did this when the St. Louis Sprints were held). Cameron will pick up the new 4+ and deliver the Dan when he goes to Oak Ridge for SIRA. Trish and Rudy have gotten their AED/CPR training. Tim, Pat and Andrew still need to be certified. Tim reported that Ned Wood is unable to coach July LTR. He will contact Michael Pera and get back to us next month. Bob stated that the Boosters Board is focused on replacing officers who will be cycling-off in June. Jeff Powers has been added to the payroll for the next couple of months to assist Trish Milla coach the novice junior girls. The Boosters will pick up this additional salary expense. Bob told us that there has been an increase in the need for scholarships. He indicated that the Boosters may have to set a cap—probably 10% of their income—on the number of scholarships that they can afford to give. Mark said that he and Scott have discussed that anything requests above this cap would be waived by the club. The scholarship system needs to be formalized with time lines and deadlines. Marty has put together a spreadsheet with juniors’ names, addresses, zip codes and medals won at each regatta that he will maintain throughout the season with Tim’s help. He plans to write articles to submit to Ladue News, Kirkwood Times, and the West County Journal tonight. Rein said that 15 boards are needed to replace bad deck boards on our dock. He has asked Tiger Docks to come out to give us an estimate on a new dock ramp. We will probably need another “workday” to have club members help with the dock work. Mark also expressed concern that we need to have the overhang on the building sealed to prevent mold and rot. Bob Mach will talk to Jeff Jones about helping with a Board review/audit for the club. June 5th is National Rowing Day, Maryland Heights 25th anniversary celebration, and our last LTR workshop day. USRowing is providing a banner. In conjunction with the events, SLRC will host an Open House that day and will need several volunteers. Tim and Mark are working on a 4-year plan for capital equipment purchases which they will present at the next meeting. Leroy Schmaltz, one of the original founders of the club, recently passed away. His daughter is donating his old 1x, which will hang in the boathouse. A plaque will be engraved in his memory to be placed near his single. The EC received a request from an individual to store canoes and kayaks in our pen. She has a license with the park to rent these boats. Scott will have her sign a waiver and mark asked to make a donation to the club if she makes a profit. The club still needs a small trailer to take smaller boats to the Dogwood regatta. Mark said that September 30th will be the date the club’s fundraising letter goes out. Darlene Hopkins asked that all club members wear club uniforms at regattas.
Exec. Committee - March 7, 2010
An EC meeting was held on Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 10:30am at Jay Lyon’s home. Present for the meeting were Mark Jordan, Kathy Carlson, Tom Lieb, Rein Zeidler, Jay Lyons, Tim Franck, Marty Strohmeyer, and Bob Mach. Steve Giddings and Liz Deighton were also present. Scott was not present but sent his report via e-mail. He transferred $1,100 from the operating account to the ‘truck-fund’, which now stands at $9,900, leaving an available balance in the capital account of a little more than $5K. The operating account balance ended a bit lower than forecast at $21.4K. Scott will try to have something ready for the EC next month to compare actual to budget, but he feels that quarterly data would be more valuable since small changes in timing can have a significant impact on short-term results. Tim expressed that recruiting has gone extremely well. There are now almost 40 novice girls—as many as we’ve ever had! Jeff Powers has been helping Trish with coaching them. The Juniors are now on the water, and the Masters will follow as soon as the time changes. Tim has asked the Masters to commit to regattas by April 1st. Most have expressed interest in going to FISA. Tim has been talking to Ned Wood about coaching July LTR. Ned will get back with Tim next week. Trish and Pat have been working on a rating system to move people from the Intermediates group into either the Masters or Recreational Masters groups. Bob Mach told the EC that going forward, the Boosters will be sending a monthly payment to the Club rather than making a lump-sum payment at the end of the year. Bob also told us that the Vespoli mid-weight 4+ has been ordered. Mary Kiehl has done a great job organizing the St. Louis Sprints. The Boosters will need to have a meeting in a couple of weeks to make sure everything is in order. Liz and Terry held a clinic for seven launch drivers yesterday before the referee clinic. Tom Lieb and Jeff Jones will be Dock Master and Assistant Dock Master. Cincinnati and Camp Randall will come to Sprints, but Lincoln Park cannot attend. Bob mentioned that several parents would be cycling off the Board in June, so at their next meeting they will start discussing replacements. They want a better balance of representation for the boys and girls. Marty said that Channel 5 “Show Me St. Louis” will be at the club the week before the Sprints to film the Juniors. Ladue News and the Suburban Journals are both willing to run a feature on the rowing club. Steve Giddings thinks a smaller trailer would be an asset to the club. It would give more rowers an opportunity to compete. He has been looking at a Wintech. Steve also stated that there is a real need for additional sets of sculling oars. We should also replace the sleeves/collars on our existing blades. He currently has 19 scullers in his program. There is also a lack of doubles. Tim said that the club should purchase a pair of riggers for the Kathy G. We also need a light-weight pair/double. Steve’s plan is to rotate his scullers through the quads, doubles and singles. Tim will place an order for sculling oars when Scott and Cameron get back from spring break. A trailer will be our next purchase. Steve also suggested that we use a corrugated aluminum ramp for our dock, making sure that whatever we buy will be compatible with a new dock when we are ready to purchase one. The Dan has been listed on Row2k for $2K—a reduced price because two ribs are broken. It is to be sold ‘as is’. Nothing thus far has happened with the Board Audit. Dates for the County LTR workshops are April 24th, May 1st and June 5th. The June date coincides with Maryland Height’s 25th anniversary celebration. SLRC will host on Open House and will need lots of volunteers to help that day. Jay has the logbook ready to go. He will send out an e-mail reminding everyone to use it. There were 12 attendees at the referee candidate clinic—10 adult rowers and 2 juniors parents. Several juniors will be helping with Trivia Night to be held on March 20th. Liz asked if the EC would donate a summer LTR class as a raffle prize. Of course! Tom was asked to get LTR workshop flyers for the tables. All coaches have until the end of the month to get their AED/CPR training. March 27th is our annual spring cleaning day. Mark has talked to the Executive Director of the St. Louis Audubon Society about using club launches to help clean up in and around the lake that day as it is also Creve Coeur Park Cleanup day! The EC reminds members that the club offers payment plans and scholarships to members in need. Contact Scott Allison for details. Liz reminded the EC that USRowing is giving priority to registered regattas, and strongly urged the EC to run Gateway as an USRowing registered regatta. Scott will e-mail Jeff Dickler to tell him to sell the small launch on Craigslist or E-Bay. Tim said that the club needs another launch.
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