• Club picnic - Peak's Valley Campground near Murphy, NC (8/16 - 8/17).
Darrin says he posted the menu on a seperate post, which includes:
Keg from BBC
Country boil (shrimp, sausage)

• Ironman / 501c3
Ironman event is scheduled for Labor Day weekend. Todd S. spoke to Gary England and said he is willing to file free of charge. While $2250 was given to the club last year, the question was raised as whether to change the club's organizational structure to 501c3 to give Ironman what they need to donate to our club, or instead request that they donate money to AW / Elkhorn Acres or other charities. Todd explained that the Ironman contest may only last until 2011. Donna and myself raised question regarding additional responsibilities and obligations if we changed our status. Darrin will call Mark Singleton of AW regarding donation details. Darrin, Todd, etc. will research options further & post findings next Monday.

• Elkhorn Acres
AW has decided to revamp decision-making power from old Elkhorn Acres management group to a new structure where local clubs & land owner representatives manage property. We discussed how to choose our representatives to the new management group. No decision has been made yet.

• Discussed what organizations to donate club money to. Darrin to follow up.

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.

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.

• 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.

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.

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