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Meeting Minutes
Date: Tuesday, 3/15/2005
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Avila Beach Yacht Club

Dues, Waivers, Driver's Licenses
All members were required to pay their dues, sign waivers, and those over 35 handed in copies of their driver's licenses to Tifnie LaCabe. Waivers must be signed before you can paddle in a canoe.

Rules
Each boat must have a bag containing a radio, and a safety kit which includes flares and rope.
Charlotte will buy 25 flares and equip each bag with 2 flares.
Jeff emphasised the importance of checking conditions to make they are safe, making sure your boat has a bag with radios and safety kit, and that at least two boats go out at a time and stick together. All coaches should review the huli drill with their crews. If you huli in the surf, get away from the canoe. Seat one counts heads, seats two and four reach over to right the canoe. Point the canoe into the waves after you right it to help prevent it from getting swamped.

CPR Certification
A course for the club will be held on April 20, 6:00 - 9:00, at 166 Alder Street, Arroyo Grande. The course is $10/person.

Practice Schedules
Women's crews (Tifnie LaCabe)
3 crews
Practice times: MW 5 p.m.; Sat 7 a.m. Men's crews
3 crews
Practice times: Tues/Thurs 4 p.m., 5 p.m. after the time change.
Lon's group is a masters crew.
Mike Shandroff's crew: MW 5 p.m.; Sun
Dave Van Mouwerik's novice men's crew: Thurs night, Saturday morning Coed crews
Russ' crew: MW 5:30 p.m., Sunday. Will start in April.
General coed crew: TBD. Prefer MW Sat, but will work with availability.

Steersmen
Qualified steersmen/women: Heather, Charlotte, Ted, Mike Nunno, Jeff, Lon, Mike Shandroff, and Ken Martin are qualified steersmen.

Jerseys
You must have a jersey to race in SCORA races. Tifnie has a few spares. If we need more, we'll order more.

Equipment
Need a race tent. The connectors for the old tent have been lost. No one volunteered to purchase one and have the club reimburse him.
John Foster will investigate automatic pumps.

Race Location Changes
The Rig Run will be held in Santa Barbara this year, not Carpinteria. The race starts at East Beach. Race date: Saturday, May 21, 2005. Mike Nunno says to go to www.reserveamerica.com if you want to make reservations to camp at El Capitan.

Rigging
Jeff would like everyone to know how to rig so that we can get rigging done quickly before races.

Junior Program
Volunteers are welcome, as well as kids 12 and over.

Future Meetings
The board will meet the third Tuesday of each month. Anyone else who wants to participate is welcome.