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April 08 Minutes

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-04-28T09:13:42-04:00

• Swiftwater rescue class will be $115 per person. WIll by hosted by Mike Morrow & Thomas Fisher of BWA. 1st w/e June (7-8) @ Russel Fork or Nolichucky. 6 already committed, 4 more openings. Motion made for club to front $695 for initial costs.

• Spring clinic. Currently 2 students have signed up; still looking for more applications.

• Beargrass cleanup: Darrin wants to continue cleanup. Local flooding has contributed to a lot of trash getting dumped on the river.

• Elkhorn campground owner wants each boater to display club pass for each boater, rather than per car. Considering other options for parking.

• Ironman prefers to pay 503b organizations. Motion made to explore re-filing club under this status.

Viking rosters have been sent out and should arrive at your homes next week. The campground owner is getting really particular about the display of the passes, so even if you don't plan to park on the campground, display your passes on the shuttle vehicle parked on his campground so he won't give you problems. Apparently he feels like he's getting ripped off by non-club members, even though we are all probably assuming that the pass is for parking on his property, not for giving us the rights to the river, but whatever.

I think our president has considered discussing the parking option with some of the other landowners in the area, most notably the church down the street. Hopefully this will culminate in some options that are less stringent to our cause.

2008 Whitewater Clinic

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-03-01T08:19:11-05:00

When: Memorial Weekend, May 23-24, 2008
Where: New River, West Virginia
Cost: $30 for members /$50 for non-members

Includes 2 days instruction, 1 year Viking membership (if non-member), 2 nights camping and saturday night meal.

Download Flyer (PDF 164KB)
Registration Form

This clinic is aimed at people who are serious about getting into the sport of whitewater paddling but have little or very limited experience. This two-day instruction will set you on your way to whitewater kayaking. Topics covered will include: boat and river outfi tting, wet exits, rolling, boat control, reading whitewater, river running and rescue. The instructors, depending on the skills and desires of the students for each class, will determine the clinic setting/river section. Students must arrange for equipment and their own transportation to take part in the clinic. Limited amount of gear is available on first-come, first-serve basis. Also it is advised to participate in club pool sessions before the clinic to get familiar with kayak and gear.

Registration deadline for the Beginner Clinic is May 1, 2008. Must be 18 and older unless accompanied by a parent.

For more information, to inquire about gear and boats or registration for the Beginner Clinic, please contact Brian Sandman at sandmannb@bellsouth.net, phone: 502-767-0741 or Darrin Hines at: darrinlhines@bellsouth.net, phone: 502-216-5627.

Club Membership

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-05-27T12:44:19-04:00

Jason has updated the club roster in the Vikings Only section of the website. Those of you who gave an email address should have received one with instructions on how to get inside. If you have not received an email, it is likely because either you didn't provide one on the membership form or because Jason couldn't make it out correctly. So, in that case, email me or call Jason to give him an email contact so he can send you the correct instructions. He plans on making printed pamphlets by next week, so look at the roster if you think you should be a member to verify your info is correct.

Go here to for more info.

Join the club by going here.

New Club Forum

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-03-19T14:49:54-04:00

Slow forum no more!

Please update your bookmarks, the forum is getting a makeover. The new link for the Viking Canoe Club forum is www.vikingcanoeclubforum.org All the messages from the old forum will be moved to this new one. It will happen around 8pm March 17th, 2008.

Special thanks to Greg Miller for setting this up for everyone.

Older Forum | Old Forum | New Forum

Viking Canoe Club Meeting Minutes

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-03-12T10:09:47-04:00

March 08 Minutes:

• $500 was paid for Plum gravel. It is decided that this matter is now closed.

• $1328 were received for boat raffle at the dinner party
$960 was taken in from membership dues
-$500 went to AW for the boat raffle
-$600 to CanoeKY for the boat raffle (I did not get the exact amount, if someone has that exact number, could you please update)
As I understand it, there were some extra expenses that actually put the club a little bit in the negative from this raffle.

• Forum speed issues
- Viking forum is shared with other sites on the same hardware, and this is thought to be causing the speed issues that people are observing.
- Greg Miller(?) offered to host forum on his personal server. He will talk with Spalding about feasibility. Motion made and agreed that if it is feasible, the site will be moved.

• Spring clinic
- May 30th weekend (Memorial Day weekend)
- Brian Sandman is the point person for this event. He will provide more details at a future time.

• Elkhorn Acres
Management issues have spurred certain officers in the BWA to try to establish more authority over Elkhorn Acres than what AW has provided. The current leadership appears to be working around the representative management that exists today, which gives a vote to each member who originally purchased shares in the property when it was auctioned off to American Whitewater. It is considered that the purpose of these actions is to streamline certain decided agendas, which may conflict with American Whitewater's intentions for the site, and this has caused concern among members in the club, as well as members in the Viking and Bardstown Boaters clubs.
Discussions on Monday proposed creating a chair committee to replace Elkhorn Acres Management Group to take care of management issues. The committee would include representatives from Vikings, BWA & Bardstown Boaters. As to the legal authority of this decision, or whether or not this would solve the management issues, is questionable.

• Swift water / First aid
Darrin & Kevin H. have joined the safety committee to help Todd S. in his efforts.

February 2008 Minutes

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-02-11T12:51:58-05:00

February 08 Minutes:

• Ironman
Last year's benefit check was $2500 ($900 for water safety; the rest from water and first aid booths). Todd S. said we should expect to be contacted again this year and may try to renegotiate award for water
safety portion.

• Gravel for Plum
Darrin will check on status of gravel and said he would take action on it this before next meeting.

• Club paying for camping
It was decided that we would not pay for camping for all trips. Instead, we would decide on a case by case basis. That being said, it was decided that the club would pay for Burnwood camping on July 4 trip as well as clinic & club trip camping.

• Motion was made, and second, to pay for Shawnee pool roll sessions.

• Swiftwater Rescue classes
Discussion will be tabled for a future meeting. Todd S. has not gotten any responses yet from those he contacted; will look into it more. Discussed possibly joining with BWA's efforts to schedule a SWR class.

• Elkhorn putin
Deferring to Nathan of KOC on course of action.

• Viking of the Year Award
Darrin made a suggestion to sponsor an award to club member who goes out of way to contribute to club. No decision yet as to what benefit would be given.

Viking Schedule 2008

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-05-27T12:44:21-04:00

Date	Event	Leader
2/22-23	NPFF	Frankfort
3/8-9	Obed System or BSF	John A.
3/22-23	Smokies / Tellico	Darrin
4/18-20	Green - NC	Dave A.
4/25-27	Nanty - Rattlers Forge	Jeremy C.
5/10	Elkhorn River Cleanup	Sumo
5/17-18	Blue River	Richard M.
5/17-18	Cheoah	John A.
5/17-18	Jerry Greenlee Memorial Raft Trip	Dan M.
5/23-26	Beginner's Clinic WV	Brian S.
5/31	Beech Fork River Cleanup	Spalding Hurst
6/6-8	Ocoee	John A.
6/20-22	Nanty	Dan M.
7/3-6	Burnwood - WV	Kevin H.
7/11-13	Ocoee - TN	Chris Baxter
8/1-3	Pigeon / French Broad	Greg
8/15-17	Picnic - TBD	Darrin
TBA	Yough	Dave A.
8/31	2008 Louisville Ironman Triathlon	Todd
9/5-7	Gauley	Jess & Delaney
9/21-23	Gauley Festival WV
9/26-28	GAF NC
10/10-12	Russell Fork	Harry
10/24-26	Russell Fork	Dave A.

Elkhorn River Clean-Up

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-01-28T13:04:45-05:00

Saturday May 10th at 8:00 a.m.
more info...

Short meeting at launch site before clean-up begins. Waivers will need to be signed before the event and all participants need to sign up at least one week before clean-up; the earlier the better. This is necessary so that proper planning can be accomplished including the number of boats needed and food can be prepared.

Free canoes will be provided by Canoe Kentucky with a wrap up party to follow at Canoe Kentucky.

2008 Trip Planning Meeting

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-01-21T13:05:00-05:00

When: February 7th
Where: The Shade's Home

The annual trip planning meeting to schedule Viking club trips to different rivers and assign trip leaders will be on February 7th. If you would like to help design a great 2008 trip schedule for the club come on out.

If you would like to lead a trip, but cannot attend the meeting, please let Greg know the details and he will try and work the trip into the schedule.

More Info

Annual Dinner Meeting

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-01-21T17:29:54-05:00

It's almost time once again for the annual club dinner meeting. This is when most members renew their membership to the Viking Canoe Club. There will be raffles and a silent auction for whitewater gear and a contest for best dishes. Don't miss it!

Viking Canoe Club
Annual Dinner Party / Meeting
Saturday Jan. 26th
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Middletown Woman’s Club
Potluck and BYOB

Sponsored by:

Viking Canoe Club Meeting Minutes

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2007-12-11T13:58:03-05:00

• Canoe Kentucky offered to sell us another boat again this year, as well as a package of other goods, that we could raffle off at the Dinner meeting.

• So far, the date of the dinner meeting has not changed and so should remain as January 19th.

• Richard contacted the owners of the Plum parking property. The club has elected to donate a check up to $500 to the owners of the property so they can purchase their own gravel.

• Darrin is looking for volunteers to help him contact more vendors to donate items for the club dinner auction. So far Jim Gunn and Liz have stepped up to the plate.

• Discussions regarding the next clinic are under way, and it's looking like we shall be making a return to the Upper New River in May, hopefully with camping at Burnwood.

more info

LVM 24!

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2007-11-26T08:40:31-05:00

VIDEOS START THURSDAY AT 7:00PM. LVM #24 WILL BEGIN AT 8:00PM!

Highlands Tap Room
(across from Mid City Mall)
1279 Bardstown Road
Louisville, KY 40204

No charge! Come on out and support Penstock Productions and all of the good things they're doing for us.

This is short notice. Please help get the word out! See you there!

Viking Canoe Club Meeting Minutes

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2007-09-10T22:13:07-04:00

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.

In the Viking Forum...

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-03-07T08:32:14-05:00

Tonight!

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2007-08-09T10:40:39-04:00

LVM 22

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2007-06-22T12:26:34-04:00

Come to The Nachbar on THURSDAY JUNE 28 for LVM Premier # 22!

Meet at 8PM and the show starts outside at 9:30PM when it gets dark.

LVM # 22: Built to Last
FEATURING...
Tommy's Top 10
Nile Freestyle Festival '06'
Ravens Fork Clean Up
Are You Gonna Eat That
Multiple First Decents
The Brazil Experience
& lots more

Location:
The Nachbar
969 Charles St., on the corner of Charles and Kreiger

Monthly Meetings

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2008-03-19T14:49:50-04:00

The Viking Canoe Club meets each month on the second Monday of the month, excluding January.

The meetings are currently held at Molly Malone's in Louisville, KY. The meetings start at 6:30pm.

Molly Malone's
933 Baxter Ave
Louisville, KY 40204
(502) 473-1222

more info

Clinic

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2007-02-19T08:40:17-05:00

When: Weekend of May 19 -20, 2007
Where: Upper New River, West Virginia

Cost: $30 for members /$50 for non-members which includes 2 days instruction,
1 year Viking membership (if non-member), 2 nights camping and Saturday night meal.

This clinic is aimed at people who are serious about getting into the sport of whitewater paddling but have little or very limited experience. This two-day instruction will set you on your way to whitewater kayaking. Topics covered will include: boat and river outfitting, wet exits, rolling, boat control, reading whitewater, river running and rescue. The instructors, depending on the skills and desires of the students for each class, will determine the clinic setting/river section.

Students must arrange for equipment and their own transportation to take part in the clinic. Limited amount of gear is available on fi rst come, first serve basis. Also it is advised to participate in club pool sessions before the clinic to get familiar with kayak and gear.

The registration deadline for the Beginner clinic is May 1, 2007.
Must be 18 and older unless accompanied by a parent.

For more information, to inquire about gear and boats or registration for the Beginner Clinic, please contact Kevin Hisel at khisel@insightbb.com or phone (502) 445-1334.

2007 Trip Dates

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2007-08-20T08:33:59-04:00

Date Event Leader
2/23/07 National Paddling Film Festival  
4/13-15 Spring Splash/NOC/Tuck/Little TN Dave Ackerman
4/13-15 Tellico / Smokies Darrin Hines
5/12-3 Big South Fork  Overnight Camping John Pillitteri
5/19-21 Beginner’s Clinic – WV, Dune Glen Kevin Hisel
5/27 Cumberland Day Trip Kevin Jones
6/8-10 Hiawassee / Ocoee Jim Fahling
6/11-24 CO Trip Darrin Hines
6/22-24 Pigeon / French Broad Kevin Jones
7/4-8 Chattooga Spalding Hurst
7/28 Club Picnic – WV Angela Anderson
8/4 NOC Dan Molnar
8/17-8/20 Ocoee Ellen Lovett
8/26 - Sunday IronMan Event Support on OH River Greg Shade
8/31-9/3 Lower Yough Dave Ackerman
9/14-16 WV Darrin Hines
10/12-14 Russell Fork Harry Downey
10/26-28 GAF @ NOC

Membership

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2007-01-29T12:44:39-05:00

JOIN OR RENEW
for the 2007 Membership Year

Join your local paddling and whitewater adventure group,
the Viking Canoe Club today! Click Here.

Mark Your Calendars!

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2007-01-05T10:19:09-05:00

Annual Dinner Party / Meeting

Saturday Jan. 27th

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Middletown Woman’s Club

Potluck and BYOB

Take Gene Snyder I-265 to exit 27. Take US-60 / Shelbyville Rd towards Middletown. Travel approx. 2 miles, turn Right at Bliss Ave. There is a Quiznos on the right and the Woman’s Club is the small house on the left with a gravel drive.

Map the directions: 11719 Shelbyville Rd Middletown, KY 40243

This is going to be a blast! It’s a party with a little bit of meeting tagged in! We will have raffles, silent auction items and door prizes! Please bring your friends and families and anybody who might be interested in white water fun! There will also be a gear swap, so bring any extra gear you wish to get rid of or trade out! <>

Bring a dish to share and to be judged! The categories will be appetizers, main/ side dish, and desserts. The club is providing eating utensils, plates, cups and ice. Bring Your Own Beverage, and remember to be safe!

Membership fees are due at the meeting: $20 per family/individuals. Download the form here and bring it with you to the meeting.

***For new members or people looking for information- this is a wonderful time to meet a bunch of great people and awesome paddlers! Feel free to come out and check us out- see what we’re doing this year. Bring a guest!

We look forward to seeing you all out for a GREAT time!!

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Notes from the 11/13 Meeting

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-11-14T08:24:17-05:00

After reviewing the October minutes we discussed the progress of purchasing a new duckie and equipment. It was reported that 2 skirts and 2 helmets were purchased at GAF. No duckie yet, but people are watching for what is available.

The ACA dues issue was discussed and it was decided that since we haven’t utilized the ACA liability insurance coverage option, the main benefit of membership, we will not renew our membership at this time. The annual membership dues have increased to $250 from $75.

Kevin Jones has set up some roll session dates for the Shawnee pool. The dates are 12/2, 12/16, 1/6, & 1/20. These are Saturday nights, 6-8pm, and the cost is $5members/$10 non-members. He is working on February dates also.
The Mary-T sessions will take place on Sunday mornings as the pool is available. There is no formal arrangement there and some Sundays may not be available due to scheduled meets. Watch the forum for weekly postings regarding the Mary-T pool.
Todd is also working on something for some evening sessions at the YMCA, or maybe that was the YWCA.

We were reminded of the fragile relationship we have with the local pools due to the water contamination potential from our boats. Our boats are being considered as a potential bacterial source that required the draining of the Mary-T pool. Please be sure to remove your float bags before attending any indoor pool roll session and clean your boat. In addition, due to the recent problem at Mary-T, it is recommended that we disinfect the boat with a bleach solution. You know that funky looking stuff that’s trapped in the back of your boat by the float bags. Apparently it’s as bad as it looks.

The January dinner meeting has been scheduled for 1/27. The Middleton women’s club isn’t a lock so more info will follow on the location.

All the nominations for officer positions were voted into office. They are as follows:

President: Angella Anderson
Vice President: Kevin Hisel
Treasurer: Donna Sloan
Secretary: Jason Russo

Executive Committee:
Dave Ackerman
Todd Schindler
Charlie Sloan

Congratulations and Thank you to all the above.

Greg will be hosting the annual trip planning meeting again in February. Details to follow. Editorial note: This meeting has been the backbone of our success in scheduling paddling trips that give people, especially newer paddlers, the opportunity to get together with others. Please consider giving back some of your time next year to pass along the help that is required to make these trips a reality.

Official Announcement

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-11-07T16:40:28-05:00

Traditionally a newsletter goes out this time of year and these announcements are made in it. In lieu of that, this is the Official Announcement:

Nominations for 2007 Officers are as follows:

President: Angella Anderson
Vice President: Kevin Hisel
Treasurer: Donna Sloan
Secretary: Jason Russo

Nominations for 2007 Executive Committee are as follows:
Dave Ackerman
Todd Schindler
Charlie Sloan

Additional nominations will be accepted at the meeting on 11/13/06. Voting will be held at the 11/13/06 meeting.

Annual Dinner Meeting will be held 1/27/07.
Location to be announced.

Notes from the 10/9 Meeting

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-10-10T08:38:36-04:00

A couple of news members Mike Brady and Jen Wilson attended the meeting. Welcome to the club!

$750 was set aside to purchase a new club Duckie and paddle. Soon after another $250 was also released to be used in purchasing 1 small helmet, 1 medium helmet, 1 small skirt, 1 medium skirt and a new pillow for the old duckie.

It was also recommended that the old duckie have some regular maintenance done on it.

A decision to renew our ACA membership for $250 was pushed until next the meeting so the club could get more information about how those dues actually benefit the ACA and the Vikings.

Donna reported that the club balance is at $5115.

Spalding Hurst talked about the Bardstown Whitewater Park, showed some materials on the park and motioned that $500 of the club funds go towards a site assessment by the McLaughlin Whitewater Group. The motioned was granted. If a site assessment in Bardstown does not come to fruition, the money shall be returned to the club.

Nominations for club officials were made and are as follows:

President: Angella Anderson
Vice President: Kevin Hisel
Treasurer: Donna Sloan
Secretary: Jason Russo

We had some trip reports from the Gauley and the weekend of the storms.

Notes from the 9/11 Meeting

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-09-19T16:58:10-04:00

Donna reported that the Club funds are the same at $4318. There was some discussion about a couple of checks being written and some refunds that will affect the balance but basically we’re in the $4300 range.

We spent most of the meeting discussing equipment and that centered on the purchase of a new ducky. There was some confusion about replacing the current ducky but the intent was to add a smaller one. It was decided that we should have a kit for each of the three inflatable pieces the Club will own. The kit should include an electric and hand pump, dry bag, and patch kit. Greg reported that Paul Webb has volunteered to look for a ducky and paddle at GAF. There was some discussion about the difference in cost of the ducks. The AIRE brand is pretty expensive while there are other brands now on the market that are considerably cheaper. Angela reported that she has been researching them recently and will share her information with Paul before a purchase is made. No dollar amount was authorized. It is anticipated that we will do that next month.

Kevin Jones reported that the Clubs ACA membership expired in June and that renewal fees have increased considerably from $75 to $250. The primary benefit of ACA membership is insurance coverage. No decision was made to renew this membership.

Greg reminded us that with elections in November, officer nominations should begin at the next meeting. The positions to elect are President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasure. In addition three executive committee positions need to be filled.
We heard that 12 people participated in the Cumberland (below the Falls) trip and the usual action was witnessed at Center Rock and Screaming Right hand Turn. I won’t mention any names.

I reported on the “Surfathon” the Club raft demonstrated on the Ocoee Labor Day including the spectacular carnage at Hell Hole. The Club raft generated another $100 of income that weekend.

About Us

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2007-01-29T08:50:51-05:00

Our Mission
Our main purpose is to unite persons interested in paddling and to promote the safe and responsible use of navigable waters.

About the Vikings
Louisville, KY certainly isn't a Mecca of riversports, but some folks who insist on living here do manage to find places to paddle. Our membership is made up of all types, from beginners to class V boaters. We paddle canoes, rafts, duckies and kayaks. In the winter months you will find many of us at the pool trying to nail that roll or flatwater cartwheel.

Anyone is welcome to join the club - what ever your paddling interest is, ability, or level of experience - this is a chance to meet others with common interests and similar skill levels.

Our goal is to have fun!
Organized trips are planned throughout the year with veteran members leading on a volunteer basis. An important goal of the Viking Canoe Club is to offer its members the opportunity to improve their paddling skills. Every spring the Vikings hold a clinic for novice paddlers. The Viking Canoe Club emphasizes safety and many members have taken Swift Water Rescue classes and are trained in CPR. Vikings also contribute to the conservation and access to the rivers we enjoy.

If you live in the area and have an interest in paddling, we invite you to join us. Dues are $20.00 per year (due in January). Membership dues help to support the newsletter, website, forum, conservation, access and social activities. Download a membership application from the website or come to a club meeting held on the second Monday of every month at KT's Restaurant, 2300 Lexington Road at Grinstead, 6:30 pm for food/social, 7:30 meeting.

Visitors are always welcome.

Notes from the 8/14 Meeting

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-08-15T12:53:33-04:00

By: John Pilitari

No minutes were taken at the July meeting so there was no review of last month’s minutes.

Greg opened business with a motion to release the funds set aside, last year, for the Falls camera purchase. A vote was taken and it was decided to release the funds. Following the vote, a lengthy discussion ensued with several members expressing a strong interest in keeping the Falls camera fund intact. A motion was made to maintain this fund for another 30 days. The motion was voted down.

Donna reported that the Club has a current cash balance of $4318.73. Greg presented a budget/spending recap from last year that showed the Club with an income of approximately $4200 and expenditures of $4369.

INCOME (est.)
Members 75
Dues $20
Total Dues $1,500

Clinic $1,200
Misc. Income $1,500

TOTAL INCOME $4,200

EXPENSES (est.)
Deam Lake Family Day $38
OAR Picnic Camping $170
Picnic supplies $104
Fiends of Gauley $300
Postage $78
P.O. Box $76
Stickers $260
American Whitewater $75
Web Hosting Fee $227
Dinner Meeting $70
Elkhorn Acres $501
Flowers $40
Elkhorn Campground $200
Clinic camping $482
Clinic food $227
Picnic camping and supplies $505
KY State Treasurer $4
T-Shirts $570
Club Patches $238
Raft Supplies $204

TOTAL EXPENSES $4,369

There was some discussion regarding last year’s donations to Elkhorn Acres and Friends of Gauley. It wasn’t determined what either organization’s needs might be this year; hence no motions were made regarding donations. The remainder of the expense discussion focused on equipment purchases. There was a proposal to purchase another ducky (a smaller, more maneuverable one) as well as additional helmets and spray skirts. The focus for helmets and skirts seems to leaning toward a need for smaller sizes. Kevin will inventory the equipment to determine what we actually have. He does not have the Club skirts and didn’t know who had them, so If you have the skirts please contact Kevin. It was suggested that the Club purchase this equipment “used” at GAF. Also someone suggested that we may be able to find the smaller sized skirts at Sierra Trading Post for a very reasonable price. It is anticipated that a purchase decision will be made next month, after an equipment inventory is done.

Scott reported that several Vikings attended the Swift Water Rescue class that CHOTA conducted on the Ocoee. It sounds like it was a very hands-on class with people intentionally swimming the hole at Double Suck.

Any finally, Larry reported that his Cod dinner was his first disappointing meal at KTs.

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2nd Annual Family Day at Deams Lake

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-08-07T08:30:15-04:00

The 2nd Annual Family Day will be held at Deams Lake again this year on Saturday Aug. 12th from 11 to ???. Food will be served around 12:30.

It will be held at a couple of picnic sites close to the beach/swimming Area. The club will supply the hamburgers and hot dogs. Please bring a side dish and/or dessert. It is also BYOB.

E-mail Paul Webb if you will be attendning.

more info

WV Trip is now the Ocoee Trip

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-07-20T14:29:35-04:00

August 5th & 6th

Jump on your bus and head South. We'll now be heading to the Ocoee, with the options of the Nanty (1 1/2 hr drive) and the Hiwassee (45 min drive) for those not ready for the Ocoee. With luck we might get rained on and the Tellico might be an option.

My plan is to camp at Chilhowee Friday and Saturday nights. Since there is no group camping at the location each person will be responsible for his or her own camping arrangements, but I'm going to try to get there early and grab at least a couple sites close together depending on the advance notice I get from everyone. They are first come first served, but unless they have a loop or two closed there should be room for everyone.

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Club Picnic

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-06-29T15:37:40-04:00

The club picnic was held 7/14-7/16 at Hot Springs Spa Campground, NC.

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Nantahala Trip

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-06-08T11:32:14-04:00

June 24-25

Trip Leader: Dan Molnar

The Nantahala River trip is a "go." The Ocoee River portion of this event is a very definite "maybe."

Jim Gunn is headed to Colorado next week (can you blame him?) and won't be around to plan the Ocoee River portion of the trip as originally expected. Is there someone who would be willing to help Jim out with the Ocoee portion of this trip? If so, let me know so that we can discuss group camping options.

Even if the Ocoee River trip falls through, I still plan to lead the Vikings down the Nantahala River that weekend.

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West Virginia Trip

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-06-26T11:28:49-04:00

July 1st & 2nd

Trip Organizer: Kevin Hisel

All right boys and girls. Time to start thinking West Virginia and the weekend of July 1st. I have reserved camping for the weekend at Burnwood area of the New River Gorge which is one of the group camping sites maintained by the National Park Service. We will have this whole place to ourselves, sweet. This is on the canyon rim just outside of Fayetteville and is only minutes away from Fayette Station.

As far as the river, well we probably will be on the New. With significant rain there could be other options but the New is as guaranteed as we can get with out a dam release. The Gorge (lower) section is generally considered a class III/IV run. At lower summer flows it is probably closer to being III+ or maybe IV-. It is a gorgeous river and view. For a little less excitement the Upper New is a good class II run that includes one nice class III rapid towards the end.

I will probably be on the gorge. Last year everyone ran the upper section and the gorge paddlers continued on downstream, which made for a long and tiring day. I would be appreciative if anyone wants to volunteer to lead a group on the Upper section. Saturday only or both days would work. Sometimes people just like to run Fayette Station a bunch on Sunday and head on back home anyway.

Back to camping. This is a group site and is $50 per night. I will inquire to see if the club will be willing to pick this up to avoid me having to foot the bill and trying to collect from you drunkards after we get off the river. So if you think you are possibly maybe sorta interested PLEASE RESPOND here or by email and let me know so I can get a estimate of who will be coming. But I wont beat you up if you bail so just let me know if you are interested. This place has a pavilion so Saturday evening group dinner is a possibility if everyone is interested. Oh, since you probably have Monday and Tuesday off work (you know, Independence Day) let me know if you want to extend this trip a bit longer than the weekend.

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Liquid Logic Demo Days at Falls of the Ohio

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-04-28T13:01:35-04:00

Sunday May 14th 2006
3pm, @ Ohio River

The date is finalized and Bluegrass Outfitters will be hosting it's first Liquid Logic demo day on the Ohio River. Mothers day, May 14th 2006.

Meet at the GRC boat ramp and go from there.
For more info email: Todd

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Swift Water Rescue Class - Cancelled

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-07-18T08:31:13-04:00

July 29th & 30th
Breaks Interstate Park
Download PDF Application

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Picture Gallery

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-03-01T13:58:46-05:00

How to use the Viking Whitewater Gallery:

You must be a registered member in the forum to use the gallery.
The address of the Gallery is: http://vikingcanoeclub.org/Gallery/

Click the "Login" button at the top left of the page. This will forward you to the forum login page. Enter your forum username and password. You then should be forwarded back to the gallery.

How to create an album:

The first time you upload photos you must create a new album. Click the "Create / order my albums" button on the middle toolbar. Click "New" — A new album will be created called "New Album." Rename the album in the textbox below, and click "Apply Modifications".

How to Upload a Photo or Video:

Click the "Upload File" button on the top left of the page. Click one of the browse buttons and locate the photo/video you want to upload. You may choose upto five photos at one time. When ready click continue. This step may take time as the file must be uploaded. When it is done it should say "Successful Uploads". Then click "Continue." Now select an album to place the image into, and if you would like a description of the image. Click Continue and you are done. To view your files click the "My Gallery" button at the top of the page.

Rules:
• Whitewater photos only.
• Space is limited to 40mb per person.

Viking Clinc

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-05-15T15:57:31-04:00

Great opportunity for anyone starting to paddle whitewater canoe or kayak. The clinic will be held on the Big South Fork.

Our beginner students will paddle Bear Creek to the Blue Heron Mining Community, Saturday. There should be a couple class II rapids, and the trip ends with Devils Jump. A nice class III into a pool. There is a trail on river left so this rapid can easily be run multiple times. Sunday the plan will be to paddle selected rapids on the BSF Canyon. The more advanced groups will paddle the canyon on Saturday, and probably Sunday. If the sky happens to drop some water on the area, there will be other options for both levels of paddlers. We can get them on bigger water on later trips this summer.

Camping is at Blue Heron Campground. This should make the drive time from Louisville to the Clinic at 3 hours 15 minutes.

Download Clinic Application

Questions? Contact Kyle Nicholson through the Viking Forum.

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New T-Shirts

vikings@vikingcanoeclub.org — 2006-04-17T10:31:40-04:00

The new Viking Canoe Club T-Shirts will be here soon! Only $10!

You can pre-order a shirt right now by contacting Paul Webb.
Give him your: name, shirt size & phone number

Colors are being discussed on the forum.

Date	Event	Leader
2/23/07	National Paddling Film Festival
4/13-15	Spring Splash/NOC/Tuck/Little TN	Dave Ackerman
4/13-15	Tellico / Smokies	Darrin Hines
5/12-3	Big South Fork Overnight Camping	John Pillitteri
5/19-21	Beginner’s Clinic – WV, Dune Glen	Kevin Hisel
5/27	Cumberland Day Trip	Kevin Jones
6/8-10	Hiawassee / Ocoee	Jim Fahling
6/11-24	CO Trip	Darrin Hines
6/22-24	Pigeon / French Broad	Kevin Jones
7/4-8	Chattooga	Spalding Hurst
7/28	Club Picnic – WV	Angela Anderson
8/4	NOC	Dan Molnar
8/17-8/20	Ocoee	Ellen Lovett
8/26 - Sunday	IronMan Event Support on OH River	Greg Shade
8/31-9/3	Lower Yough	Dave Ackerman
9/14-16	WV	Darrin Hines
10/12-14	Russell Fork	Harry Downey
10/26-28	GAF @ NOC