Seattle Skydivers

Seattle SkyDivers Board of Director’s Meeting Minutes 10/20/04

Attending: Deb, Dave, Vic, Bart, Cindy & Charlie

The minutes were read. No one had any changes.

Treasurer’s Report: Charlie reported that there were no checks written and one deposit made. A detailed report will be available at the Nov 5th membership meeting.

Membership renewal: None. Charlie said that there are a lot of life members that are not on the list. He will get the names that he has and give them to Bart.

Unfinished Business

• SSD day at Snohomish: Deb and I met with Tyson before the meeting. The main idea is to have a specific day each month. Tyson will offer $3 off per jump out of any plane. To help draw jumpers we will have a pot-luck dinner. If its rainy we will have videos or other skydiving related activities. Deb will ask Dave P to show the videos he took at Nationals. The first SSD at Snohomish will be Nov 20, which means future SSD day at the DZ will be on the 3rd Saturday of every month.
• Holiday Party: Bill was not at the meeting but had sent email to all of us prior to the meeting. He is looking at Porters BBQ, Armadillo BBQ, Mexican or a more traditional dinner. The board is leaning towards a more traditional menu.
  The year end video needs to be brought up again at the Nov 5th membership meeting to remind folks to get their footage to Tom P.
• Election committee: We need to actively pursue folks! Nominations are still open until the Nov 5th meeting. We need to find an impartial person to have the ballots sent to and will ask for a volunteer at the Nov 5th meeting.
• Awards: The price for the plaques includes engraving! We discussed the Skydiver of the Year award and will look over all the nominations before deciding if we will give it out this year. We do not have to give out every award.
• Elsinore Winter Trip: Details have been worked out and Deb will be putting together a registration form. Only SSD members can purchase the package deal. Deb read the list of names that have been submitted for the name the trip contest and there are a lot of excellent ones.
• Pullup Cords: Vic asked Paraphenalia and he was given Roger Nye’s name. He will contact him about it. Dave said he can print on a thermal printer and Vic has a soldering iron so maybe we will make our own.
• 3 way scrambles: We will bring up the idea to the membership

New Business

• I “read” some ideas that I had sent to Deb for some input. The basic ideas were:
  • Stop having two business meetings and to try combining them somehow.
  • Have a big planning meeting the first of the year and try to fill the calendar for the coming year.
  • Get the membership on committees and share the work instead of having everyone depending on the BoD so much.
  • I put together a sample calendar and a list of other ideas for events.
  • Other ideas were discussed and I hope more discussion will follow.
  • If anyone would like a copy of what I “read” which also has the other ideas that were brought up, let me know and I will email it.
• Membership form and flyer: Deb asked Tyson if we could put a membership form and a flyer in the student handbook. Tyson was all for it.
• Food Drive: Thanksgiving time. Tyson said he will offer $1 off per jump for a food donation. We need to get a box painted and at the DZ.
• Charlie congratulated Dave and Deb for their outstanding performance at Nationals.
• Bart had proposed that BoD officers and members get free membership to the club for the year they serve. This would require a by-law change. Charlie will find the by-laws and we will look into the process.

Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Cindy Kew
Secretary