John Pilitteri motioned not to subsidize swift water rescue classes with money collected from the Ironman volunteer effort. No vote was made as of yet on what to do with the money. Discussions began on what to do about swift water rescue training for next year. Some proposed a joint effort to sponsor classes with the BWA club.

Donna Sloan received a thank you letter from the Multiple Myloma Foundation on behalf our the club's contribution it had made several months ago to Dan Molnar's race for Jerry Greenlee. However, it was proposed that the club refrain from regularly contributing donations to charities that are not related to whitewater, as this might alter its tax filing status and deviates from the club's main purpose. Instead, a suggestion was made that members who wish to continue generating donation money to causes outside our mission do so on their own or by creating a seperate committee, and not use club funds for such purposes.

There were several discussions concerning the issue that people are not coming to club meetings. Some of the reasons cited include the fact that meetings were long, dry, and not entertaining. Suggestions of what to do about this ranged from sponsoring events at meetings, restructuring the meetings, choosing a different day/time for meetings, and possibly finding a new location.

A suggestion was made to sponsor raffles and door prizes during club meetings as a way to bring a little fun, and to encourage people to attend. One suggestion was made by Adam Weckman to give the winner a free meal as a prize. Gary Reise suggested offering a small monetary prize. The table was left open and no vote was made as of yet.

Some members complained that the reading of the club minutes was unnecessary and lead to drawn out discussions that drove away members from participating. A motion was made by Gary Reise to eliminate the reading of the minutes, but was voted down in a 3-4 vote. Nonetheless, suggestions were made to shorten the meeting length and allow time for other activities to take place afterwards, such as hosting the LVM movie premiers to encourage more attendance.

Adam Weckman stated that the meeting time of Monday evenings was possibly problematic to many, and suggested the club move the meeting time to a different day of the week. He also offer to inquire about finding meeting space at Cliftons Pizza Pub, as several members thought that perhaps a change of location could encourage more participation, especially to a place where food was less expensive or of a different variety.

Finally, it was suggested that the club use some of its excess funds to sponsor more events, or use that funds to pay for facilities or other expenses for club trips. A vote was made to approve that the club pay for camping expenses at the next Russel Fork trip that is being lead by Harry Downing.

It was requested that I note for the record that the meeting ended at 8:11pm, after starting several minutes late.