Minutes: 2007_JUly

Meeting Minutes July ‘07
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

The meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. by President Curt Smith ( assisted by the Mighty Sergeant at Arms Tim Moberly in a very excited and theatrical way that damaged our club gavel forever ) at Chowders restaurant in Melbourne. 19 members and 4 guests were present..

GUEST SPEAKER: Jim Egan, from the Marine Resource Council gave a great presentation on the importance of the natural protection we get from dunes and mangroves. He showed hard evidence from overseas that the once in 500 years tsunami did major damage in areas modified by man and little damage in naturally protected areas.
Same thing with areas here in Florida with the hurricanes and how when man tries to out engineer mother nature it comes back to bite us.
OLD BUSINESS: none
NEW BUSINESS : Discussed the importance of pretrip inspections of trailers and skis, inflate tires to max pressure, check springs, bring extra oil for ski, anchor and ropes, etc.
PRESIDENT REPORT: Curt informed all that he will be going to Washington DC for the AWA freedom ride and will be taking lots of pictures and representing the SCJR and showing our support..
V.P. REPORT: .John W. spoke about upcoming rides like Lovers key and how the Naples club is prepping everything for us including trimming the mangroves, ironically while the marine resource guy was standing there gathering up his materials, ooppps! John will not be allowed to speak publicly from now on until the guest speaker has left the building.
TREASURER REPORT: John circulated latest report, discussed the finances and announced our member status is at 37 families consisting of 60 plus people.
EVENT COORDINATOR: handled by the V.P. above
WEBMASTER: Curt reiterated that the website is still very actively visited daily.
SECRETARY REPORT: I circulated the minutes from may for review and approval and took a head count of how many were planning on going to lovers key and on which day.
Member spotlight: , None
50/50 drawing: Josh Wilson sold $34 in 50/50 tickets and Karen Fleckinger was the lucky winner. She said it would not change her life however she would consider buying her own lake to jetski on and might even allow club members to have annual picnics there as well. Or maybe I am exaggerating alittle.
ADJOURNMENT: Meeting was adjourned at 8:42 pm by John W. since Curt had to get a head start on packing for D.C.
Tom Wilson, secretary