|
 | |  |
| Exec. Committee - 6/01/08 |
|
| An Open Executive Committee meeting was held at the boathouse on June 1, 2008. Present were Chuck Schagrin, Kathy Carlson, Scott Allison, Tim Franck, Mark Jordan, Jay Lyons, Marty Strohmeyer, and Kevin Curran. Chris Dadian, Liz Deighton, Peter Jordan, and Charles Uding were also present. Four other club members attended. Scott Allison reported that the new double/pair was paid for from the capital account. The current balance in the operating account is approximately $10,000. Coach Tim Franck reported that the juniors are finished for the season. A girl's 4+, a boy's 4+ and a boys 1x will be going to Nationals in a couple of weeks. Tim thinks the masters are doing pretty well and will have lineups for Gateway at practice this week. The juniors' summer rowing program starts tomorrow, and junior LTR starts in a few weeks. Kevin reminded everyone that the juniors' banquet is June 22nd. He also stated that all juniors (74) have paid their dues. Marty will have the next newsletter out sometime this week. Chuck asked that the coaches develop an evaluation/assessment program that will be ready by head race season (August/September). Plans for Gateway are on track -- the only unknown is -- WHO is coming? Cameron Carter's summer program starts tomorrow. Many of the open rowers have been rowing with the masters -- hopefully new members will join during the course of the summer. Jay thinks the best way to handle boat repairs is to rotate them out of service. The SLRC forum is currently being used to track repairs needed and seems to be working well. Adult club members and coxswains should always report problems and/or damage immediately. Jay and Charles will work together to see to it that the new straps are put into the LTR boats. The club needs a professional to help us with our long-range planning committee. Kevin will check with US Rowing or perhaps Terese Friel. The SLRC forum is the best way of handling club communications that are not business related. There will be an article in the upcoming newsletter encouraging members to sign up and use it. The traffic pattern on the lake is clockwise, so unless weather conditions warrant otherwise -- follow it! Respect it! The Juniors' Banquet is Sunday June 22 at 6pm -- everyone is welcome. Creve Coeur Lake will be closed on June 7th for Dragon Boat races, June 19-23 and July 31-Aug 3 for powerboat races. SLRC will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a dinner to be held at the Racquet Club Ladue on Saturday November 29th. Chuck Cook will be organizing another Golf Fundraiser this September. Jay is currently teaching June LTR with 16 participants. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Exec. Committee - 5/04/08 |
|
| An Executive Committee meeting was held on May 4, 2008. Present were Chuck Schagrin, Kathy Carlson, Scott Allison, Tim Franck, Mark Jordan, and Kevin Curran. Chris Dadian, Liz Deighton, and Tim Pineau were also present. Scott Allison reported that he has paid for the club’s new used single from the capital account. About 25 juniors still owe dues and some monies are expected from the boosters for travel expenses to Oak Ridge. Coach Tim Franck reported that the juniors will be attending both the Central and Midwest Rowing Championships this month. A select handful will be attending the Nationals in June. Tim thought that Oak Ridge went pretty well, but that they would probably not be going back. Tim was not informed of schedule changes and therefore some races were missed. Tim reports that the masters’ practices have been well attended and he is looking forward to Gateway. Kevin will try to get as many Boosters involved in Gateway as possible. The junior’s banquet is June 22nd. Barbara Kruse will get word out for Silent Auction items. Liz Deighton has formed a website committee. The SLRC forum is up and running with two alums already registered. The members new summer/alumni open program will be able to row with any group—recreational masters, masters, and Cameron’s sculling group—something needs to be put on the website. Tim reported that we are still having problems with engines 3 & 4 and will take them back to the shop to see if they can be repaired. Safety issues will be discussed at the open meeting next month. Installing new shoes in some of the older boats has taken a back seat to getting the Lammert repaired; however, Tim reported that those repairs are nearly completed. Chuck, Chris and Kevin are checking on getting help with the Long Range Planning Committee. Tim Pineau came to discuss rower evaluation/assessment. He believes that the coaches currently have no way of moving rowers into proper groups, which makes it difficult for rowers to improve their skills. Tim defined what the four components of an evaluation/assessment would consist of: a certain level of physical fitness, a technical component, a personality component and desire. He also believes that we may need to change the names of the groups, but the club has and will currently keep four groups of rowers—the Learn-to-Row, Intermediates, Recreational and Masters. Chuck Schagrin has charged Tim Franck with getting together with Jeff Hoffman, Tim Pineau and Rudy Ryback to set the parameters for the evaluation process. In an effort to help our club retain new members, this summer only, the EC agreed to forgo the pro-rated fee normally charged after LTR sessions are over, giving these new rowers club membership through the end of the year. Chuck will ask Liz Deighton and Marty Strohmeyer to be in charge of heading up a committee to work on something “BIG” to celebrate our club’s 25th anniversary this year. Tim Franck will send out an e-mail looking for volunteer coaches for our summer’s LTR sessions. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Exec. Committee - 4/07/08 |
|
| An Executive Committee meeting was held on April 7, 2008. Present were Chuck Schagrin, Kathy Carlson, Scott Allison, Marty Strohmeyer, Tim Franck, Mark Jordan, Chris Dadian, Rein Zeidler, Jay Lyons, and Linda Greensfelder. Scott Allison reported a larger balance in the operating account this month and that about half the juniors have paid their dues. Coach Tim Franck reported that 11 teams attended the St. Louis Sprints. While the Sprints were successful, there were a few problems which delayed races and posting of results. The races finished 2 ½ to 3 hours late. Tim has extended the Masters deadline for signing up for the regattas through the end of April. No Boosters member was present; however, Bill sent a memo to the Board discussing the success of the St. Louis Sprints, outstanding junior’s dues, and disciplinary action meetings for the juniors to attend before rowing at the next regatta. Marty stated that the next SLRC newsletter will go out by the end of May. He and Rein plan to meet to discuss PR for Gateway. Marty is also trying to promote WeCanRow. Trivia night was a huge success. Winter LTR went well, and Andrew Black is the Intermediate coach for this new group. Jeff Hoffman has taken over the setting of the pitch for the oars and has finished four sets. The club is buying a used single. Getting the Lammert back in shape has taken priority over getting the shoes/straps put in boats. Rein discussed the estimates he received on replacing the dock and suggested setting aside $2,000 per year towards the purchase of a new dock. Linda, Liz, and Garrett will form a new website committee. Linda presented a SLRC Alumni/Open proposal at the meeting which should help get a program started at the club. As an incentive the dues would be $45 per month and only available to registered college and graduate students. A motion was made to accept the new program. Rein is looking for ideas for Gateway. Charles will make postcards. We will have T-shirts. The Sheraton is promising a rate of $89 per night to our visiting teams if we can guarantee 40 rooms. Jay will be putting together a maintenance program for our fleet. Cameron, Scott, Tim, Chuck and Steve will meet this month and discuss safety at our next meeting. Additionally, Jay discussed rower evaluations to determine competency and placement of rowers into the proper ‘rowing group’. Chuck will invite Tim Pineau to our next meeting to talk to us about rower assessment/evaluation. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Exec. Committee - 3/02/08 |
|
An Executive Committee meeting was held on March 2, 2008. Present were Chuck Schagrin, Kathy Carlson, Scott Allison, Marty Strohmeyer, Tim Franck, Mark Jordan, Chris Dadian, Rein Zeidler, Jay Lyons, Linda Greensfelder, and Kevin Curran. Scott Allison gave the Treasurer’s report and expressed concern that the operating account’s balance is about $7,500 less than this time a year ago. Kevin will talk to Bill regarding juniors dues still not paid and Booster’s portion of Jeff’s salary. The Booster’s new secretary, Kathleen Mahon, will have an updated roster for the juniors by week’s end. There was some discussion as to whether the juniors should pay a greater percentage for dues since they benefit more from coaching (six practices as opposed to four). Tim Franck reported that a regatta meeting for the masters was held last week. Gateway, Chicago, and the Head of the Hooch will all be attended with in inclusion of a couple more. The second Open House was well attended (27 teens). The coaches have two more schools to visit. At its half-way mark, winter LTR is going well, but we’ll need a coach for them when they are Intermediates. Two outboard engines are back and the third should be finished next week. Rein brought up the issue of winter water safety, and Chuck agreed to send out a reminder to club membership. Marty should have the club’s first newsletter of the year out by the end of the week. The Ergathon was not as well attended this year, and it was discussed that promotion of the event should start a month early to give everyone more time to get pledges. Marty, Chris and Kathy all have people they could ask to help with our long-rage planning committee. Cameron Carter is working on getting a room at Wash U for the sport’s psychologist talk. Kevin Curran reported that there is still a lot of work to do for the St. Louis Sprints (1800 meter course). Parents have volunteered and Chris Dadian will handle computer results. Cameron’s home regatta will be April 6th. The club will purchase rather than lease the new heavyweight double/pair. The dock needs work, and Rein will get a preliminary estimate on replacing it perhaps as earlier as next year. At some length the EC discussed the history of the club’s policies regarding the purchase of equipment, fundraising monies, and expenses. The club now has more paid coaches than in the past. The Boosters want the competitive coaching for the juniors and are willing to pay for it. However, if it is decided that the Boosters should contribute more, they should have another member on the EC. Jeff Hoffman will check and mark the sculling oars which need to be resleeved. Rein will order the collars and sleeves for half of them. The club should have enough money in the equipment fund to purchase a used single. Jay conducted research on cost for straps for the LTR boats, and it was agreed we would put those in one boat. The cost of shoes for some of our other boats should be $49.00 or less per pair. Rein will get an average shoe size from Tim. The club needs to free up some space for the new double soon. The LTR workshop previously scheduled for June 7th was changed to June 8th, and the July LTR sessions were switched from Monday/Wednesday to Tuesday/Thursday to accommodate more people. Scott and Jay may go to Little Rock to conduct a LTR session in May. The EC agreed that juniors would be allowed to attend Trivia night. Liz Deighton sent a memo to the EC meeting regarding her position on the SLRC website. Linda and Chris presented some ideas they had discussed for the website including the mission statement, password protection, member work areas, updating the club’s history, and a calendar of events. A program for Lakeside youth for a two-week summer LTR program was discussed and will be pursued. The EC agreed to raise the cost per mile for the truck/trailer from 50 cents to 85 per mile. Part of the cost will be set aside for the purchase of a new truck. Boathouse Spring Cleaning Day is scheduled for Saturday, March 29th.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at Chuck Schagrin’s home at 3:00pm. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Exec. Committee - 2/10/08 |
|
An Executive Committee meeting was held on February 10, 2008. Present were Chuck Schagrin, Kathy Carlson, Scott Allison, Marty Strohmeyer, Tim Franck, Mark Jordan, Chris Dadian, Rein Zeidler, Jay Lyons, Steve Giddings, and Bill Kruse. Scott Allison gave the Treasurer's report and said that the operating account had a balance of $14,900, but that a number of checks were still outstanding. 73 members have paid their dues, 15 members have decided not to renew their membership, 9 will probably pay, and 16 members have not responded to Scott's e-mails. Tim Franck gave the coach's report and said that the Open House was lightly attended (7 boys/6 girls). He and Jeff Hoffman will be visiting more schools before the next Open House on February 23rd. LTR classes will start on February 12th with 21 participants. Tim also said that he will be e-mailing the adult membership about holding a meeting to discuss possible regattas for the coming Spring & Fall. Barb & Kathy will talk to the juniors this week and hand out pledge sheets for the Ergathon. Tim will encourage the juniors to raise at least $250 each. Monies raised this year will go towards a new heavyweight double/pair and new shoes for some of the older boats. Tim also reported that the trailer has been fixed. Bill Kruse gave the Boosters report saying that they are holding a meeting to form a Strategic Planning Initiative, a plan that would include corporate sponsorship, endowments and future goals. Bill also said that monies for junior dues should be in by the end of the month. Marty Strohmeyer presented mock-ups for the new club newsletter. A layout was selected and the first issue will go out by the first week of March. A hard copy will be mailed to the juniors and e-mailed to adult club membership. The newsletter will also be available on our website. There will be four issues per year and will include a calendar of events. The EC agrees there needs to be long-range planning; however, no one is familiar with how to move forward. Marty will check into possible contacts that may help us for a minimal fee or possibly gratis. Revising the By-Laws will be part of this process. The idea of having a 2-tier membership will also be part of long range planning. Tim will e-mail Cameron about boats available for rent at Gateway. St. Louis Rowing Club is sponsoring the Junior National ID Camp on March 9th. Tim reported that the juniors' coaches are set from March-May and will get back to Chuck regarding who they are and how much we are paying them. The dates for County Learn-to-Row were set at Saturday, April 19th, Saturday, May 3rd, and Saturday June 7th. SLRC's regular LTR programs sessions were selected and will be held as follows: June session starts May 31, 2008 and ends June 25, 2008; July session starts July 8, 2008 and ends July 31, 2008; and August session starts August 6, 2008 and ends August 27, 2008. Steve Giddings wants to coordinate his sculling practices so they do not interfere with sweep rowing practice. Jay suggested that practice schedules be posted in the boathouse. Starting this spring, the masters and recreational masters' practices will be held on Tuesdays/Thursdays, and the Intermediates practices will be held on Monday/Wednesday. WeCanRow will begin on April 23, 2008 and run through June 25, 2008. Chuck will talk to Barb and Cameron about arranging to have a sports psychologist speak to the club.
The next meeting will be held on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at Chuck Schagrin's home at 3:00pm. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Annual Meeting -- Jan. 12, 2008 |
|
An annual meeting was held on January 12, 2008, at John Mason’s house. A large crowd attended. Elections were held at the meeting. The election results will be announced via e-mail on January 13, 2008.
Chuck Schagrin gave the President’s report. He reported that it had been a good year and that the club’s membership had grown. He said that a long range planning committee would be put together to plan the future of the club.
Scott Allison reported that money was very tight and that the budget for the coming year could be balanced if we had a dues increase. A motion was made to increase dues by 5%. A voice vote was held and the motion passed with three nays.
Barb Seely announced that the Ergathon would take place on 2/23/08 and encouraged everyone to participate.
Kathy Carlson spoke about the Schnucks e-scrip card and encouraged everyone to use one.
Liz Deighton spoke about the Trivia Night, which will take place March 8, 2008.
John Mason spoke about the Indoor Rowing Championship, which will take place on February 2, 2008, and encouraged everyone to participate.
Chuck Schagrin reminded the membership that we have to put on County Learn to Row classes and asked for a volunteer to organize them.
Rein Zeidler announced the Gateway Regatta to be held on June 28, 2008 and the St. Louis Sprints will be held April 5, 2008.
Barb Seely announced that the 4th session of WeCanRow will start in April 2008.
The meeting was adjourned for dinner. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Exec. Committee - 1/06/08 |
|
| An Executive Committee meeting was held on January 6, 2008. Present were Chuck Schagrin, Barbara Seely, Scott Allison, Charles Uding, Tim Franck, Margie Frievogel, Linda Greensfelder, Rein Zeidler, Kevin Curran and Bill Kruse. Scott Allison gave the Treasurer's report and said that the operating account had a balance of $4700, the insurance premium of approximately $14,000 was due, and 23 members had paid their dues early. Tim Franck gave the Coach's report and said that he and Jeff Hoffman are recruiting at high schools. Tim also said that he will encourage all Masters to participate in the Indoor Rowing Championship. Linda Greensfelder suggested having a Novice category and recruiting athletes from other sport clubs to participate. Bill Kruse gave the Boosters report saying that he was planning to try fundraising beyond the Booster organization. The upcoming Club election was discussed and it was decided by vote that eligible voters are those who have paid their dues in full for 2007. It was also decided that the results would be e-mailed to the membership the next day. It was decided that vote tallies would be available upon request. The new officers will take office when the results are announced. The outgoing and incoming officers will meet before the next meeting. Scott Allison handed out a proposed budget which balances if a 5% dues increase is figured in. The EC decided by vote to propose a 5% dues increase to the membership at the annual meeting. Scott Allison said that the Masters are paying a higher percentage of the coaching expenses than the Juniors are and that he believes that it needs to be made more balanced by having the Boosters commit to contributing towards coaching expenses each year. The agenda for the annual meeting was discussed. Scott announced that per the vote of the EC, we changed our insurer from USRowing to Mariner which will save us about $2,000. The EC discussed the impact of the closure of Highway 40 and decided to monitor it for 2 weeks to see if practice times need to be changed. Chuck announced the formation of the Long Range Planning Committee with Steve Giddings participating. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Exec. Committee - 12/09/07 |
|
| An EC meeting was held on December 9, 2007. Present were Chuck Schagrin, Barbara Seely, Darlene Hopkins, Margie Freivogel. Tim Franck, Charles Uding, Scott Allison, Kevin Curran, Chris Dadian and Linda Greensfelder. Scott Allison gave the Treasurer's report and said that our bills exceed our capital. He plans to ask members to pay 2008 dues early. Tim gave the Coach's report and handed out a list of regattas that he plans to take the Juniors to in 2008. Scott said that we need to figure out how to provide rowing for college students in the summer. Kevin Curran gave the Boosters report. He gave a check for $3,000 from the Boosters to Scott and said there would be more money to follow. A discussion was held about the election. The EC was surprised that every position was being contested and Chuck was going to call the Nominating Committee to make sure that they told everyone who is running that he/she would be running against someone else. The By-Law revisions will be put off until after the annual meeting. The St. Louis Sprints will be held on April 5, 2008. Winter Learn to Row will start on 2/12/08 and will be held on Tuesdays/Thursdays at 7 pm. Chris and Linda handed out a proposal for updating the web site. The EC approved them doing further work on it. The EC believes that a single person should coordinate all web site activity. Scott said that the Publicity Secretary should do this and if he/she had the know how. Scott handed out a breakdown of the current coaching salaries. Barb said that the Rec Rowers were happy with Tim P. and wanted him to remain the Rec Rower coach. The issue of Jeff's request for a pay increase was discussed and Tim said that the Boosters want to raise money to supplement Jeff's pay through June 2008. Chuck suggested that a smaller group of officers meet and come up with a proposal for coaching salaries. Barb, Chuck, Tim and Scott will do this. Linda raised the issue of a club member sending business solicitations through the mail to other club members and said that it was inappropriate. The EC agreed and Chuck said he would discuss this at the annual meeting. Kevin suggested getting an ice machine for the boathouse. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Exec. Committee – 11/18/07 |
|
| An open Executive Committee meeting was held on November 18, 2007. Present were Chuck Schagrin, Barb Seely, Chris Dadian, Scott Allison, Rein Zeidler, Darlene Hopkins, Linda Greensfelder, Tim Franck and Charles Uding. Four members attended. Treasurer Scott Allison reported that we will have no income until January and it was agreed that members would be asked to pay dues early to keep our cash flow up. The cost of preparing our 2006 tax return is estimated to be $2000. We have to pay $7,000 for the boathouse insurance. Scott will look into teaming up with Wash U to pay the insurance instead of both Wash U and SLRC paying insurance premiums. Tim reported that the Juniors did well at the Hooch, and he is recruiting again. Charles is sanding oars and will paint several sets at a time at his place of business. Discussion was had on revising the By-Laws. Scott thinks that we should retain the provision about holding 4 annual meetings. Others said that having 4 open EC meetings should be sufficient. Jeff Hoffman proposed that the EC have two Junior members on it. Chuck suggested that we try this on a trial basis and that they be observers. This discussion was tabled. Rein agreed to be the Gateway Chairman. Barb and Kathy Carlson will chair the Ergathon. The Gateway regatta will be held on 6/21 or 6/28. Elections were discussed. Kathy Carlson will get a note out to the membership asking people if they want to run for office. Winter Learn to Row will start the first week in February. The need for preventive maintenance on our truck, trailer and equipment was discussed. Charles and Rein will put together a list of tasks. Linda Greensfelder said that she has talked to Meg Boudreau about organizing the Junior alums. She wants to provide an opportunity for them to communicate with each other through the SLRC web site. Chris and Linda will review the web site and get it up to date. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Exec. Committee – 10/14/07 |
|
| An Executive Committee meeting was held on October 14, 2007. Present were Chuck Schagrin, Barb Seely, Chris Dadian, Scott Allison, Rein Zeidler, Darlene Hopkins, Linda Greensfelder, Tim Franck and Charles Uding. Treasurer Scott Allison reported that 1/3rd of the Varsity Juniors have not paid their dues. Tim Franck will tell the Juniors that they cannot row at the Speakman if they have not paid their dues. Tim reported that the Club did well at the Head of the Rock. Kevin Curran reported that the Boosters are buying two new tents with the SLRC logo on them. Scott Allison reported that Hogan painted two sets of our oars for free but will charge $90 per oar for any more. The EC agreed that we cannot afford this and will paint the rest of the oars ourselves over the next 6 months. The EC reviewed the Club By-Laws and identified revisions that the EC will propose at the annual meeting. Chuck said that we need to do some long range planning for where we want the Club to be in ten years. He plans to discuss this at the annual meeting. The annual meeting will be held at John Mason's house on January 12, 2008. |
|
|
|
|
|
<< 1 2 3 >>
|
|
 |
|
|
Virtually all photos on this website were taken by Charles Uding, although a few were submitted by other members or gleaned from the Club archives. To see Uding's full gallery of SLRC photos, please visit his online gallery.
|
| |
