Cascadia RVW Board Meeting

April 19, 2008

Board Members Present:  Dorene Thomas, Kay Piehl, Alice Burk, Marne Parry, Pat Lebbert

Guests:  Jan Kegel, Secretary Pro-tem, Kit Adams, Sandy Cyr, Norma Dalla Santa, Sue Ellen Johnson, Barb Gilger, Lynne Morris, Mary Schoenfeldt

The meeting was called to order by President Dorene Thomas at 9:10 a.m. at Eagle Tree RV Park in Poulsbo, Washington.

Minutes:  The minutes for the March 22 meetings were posted on the website.

Treasurer’s Report:  Kay Piehl reported a balance of $3,147.45 on March 1, 2008.  Since then she has collected an additional $416.00 in dues, donations, new member fees, site deposits and a fund raiser, resulting in total income of $4,136.73.  Expenses paid total $100.70, leaving a current balance of $4,036.03.  The Treasurer’s Report will be filed for audit.

Bills presented were $420.00 for Kit Adams to maintain the website and $6.88 for Jean Hart’s purchase of decaf coffee.  The Board approved paying the bills.

Other Reports:

President’s Report:  Dorene Thomas attended a voxwire meeting.  Information from that meeting includes:

• There currently are 2580 RVW members. 
• There were some errors in printing the 2008 Convention information:  the advance maintenance class is $60; t-shirts up to size XL are $25, sizes above XL are $26; boondocking will be $15/night.
• The new office assistant in Apache Junction is Grace Ironside
• RVW carries liability insurance which indemnifies Chapter leaders
• Gift certificates for membership are available at the RVW office
• The Guest Policy was discussed; Cascadia guest policy was reiterated which is two lifetime visits
• Should Chapters have the right to “limit” membership by description (e.g. geographical)?  Marne asked for the definition of “limit”.  By concensus, Cascadia prefers our Chapter to remain open with no limits.
• Don’t buy badges or logos from Two Crazy Ladies as they aren’t licensed to make our badges

President-Elect Report:  Marne Parry gave a 2009 site report.  Mossyrock and Long Beach have been secured.  If anyone has a venue that would be large enough for our group, please let Marne know.

Registrar’s Report:  Pat Lebbert said that there are still a few glitches with the registration website.  If anyone is having trouble, please e-mail Pat.  There is one boondocking site left at Mossyrock and two at Anderson’s RV Park in Long Beach.

Event Coordinator’s Report:  Alice Burk reported that Event Captains are in place for Mossyrock (Norma, Sue Ellen, Mary and Linda), Long Beach (Lisa and Shelly), Castlerock (Barb, Ursula, Jo and Judy), Surrey, B.C. (Jennifer and Barb).  Alice asked that the Board members be Captains for the October event in Lynden which will be catered for $12/person.  It would include Lasagna (meat or veggie), Caesar salad, fruit salad, bread and three kinds of dessert.

It was also proposed by the Board to organize a Trade Show at the Lynden event for members to sell their wares or advertise their business.

Unfinished Business:

By-Laws Committee:  The By-laws, as presented by the Committee, were gone over and revised by the Board.  Six articles for changes to the By-laws were approved by the Board.

Announcements: 

Norma, the Scribe pro-tem, asked others to provide information about this weekend’s activities because she couldn’t be everywhere.

Sue Ellen reminded everyone about the auction at Mossyrock.

Dorene announced that the next General Meeting will be at Mossyrock on May 24.

The meeting adjourned at 10:45 a.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jan Kegel, Secretary Pro-Tem

Judy Polenske, Secretary