General Meeting - Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom – 7:00 pm

Present:

  • Kelly Radcliffe -President

  • Victor Jorge -Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez-Membership

  • John Ruiz-Secretary

Opening Remarks & Welcome: Kelly

  • Open Meeting:

    • Discussions:

      • There is a $1300 short fall in the budget this year

        • $1000 for the Sat phone, $300 for clinic insurance

        • To make up for the short fall the board was looking at increasing ED4 dues $10 for individuals and $10 for families. Cost would now be $20 & $30

        • This will add $450 to budget. The rest of the savings would come from lowering donations

        • Ellen will have a draft for the By-Laws to increase the membership fees. It will be voted on at the next meeting. The new membership fee will be $30 for single and $40 for families

  • Announcements

    • 2017 32K miles Tacoma TRD for sale by Greg Youree

Membership Report: Rick

  • Member Introductions and Question

    • April question of the Month:

      • Most used tool in your vehicle?

  • Anniversaries

    • N/A

Treasury Report: Ellen

  • We got money!

Clinic: Dennis, Rick, and Ellen:

  • Clinic report (Proposed new date on July 18th, 2020)

Past Club Runs: Victor

  • April 11th - Train the Trainer ONLINE, Jason

    • 17 people attended it with out issues

Future Club Runs: Victor

  • All outdoor runs up to June were canceled.

  • CJ is hold a run via the computer Saturday April 18th @ 3pm

  • June 12-14th Adopt-a-Trail – Jason Green/Sherry Stortroen

  • July 4th weekend - Summer Campout - Ed Lorenzen

  • July 18th - Spring Safety Clinic - Dennis, Rick and Magnus

  • August (TBD) - Shaver Lake area run? - Kelly Radcliffe

  • August 30 - September 7th - Ouray, CO + Rim Rock Trail - Chris Masten

  • September 19th - Fall Safety Clinic - Dennis, Rick and Magnus

  • October 9-10th - Oktoberfest Bear Valley - TBD

  • TBD - 45th Anniversary Event Hollister - Ellen

CA4WDC Report: Dennis

  • None. Future meetings are canceled.

Land Use Updates: Sherry and Ole

  • Cal4 is asking its members and supporters to contact your state senators and state assembly members and encourage them to oppose AB2551 (Alameda- Tesla Expansion) and SB1147 (Carnegie SVRA) when they come up for committee votes later in this legislative session

  • You can find your Senator here and contact them to stop the bill. http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/

New Business: Kelly

  • N/A

Cowbell Nominations: Kelly

  • N/A

Meeting Adjournment: Kelly

Next BOD Meeting: Tuesday May 4th 2020

Next General Meeting is Tuesday May 11th at the Omega Restaurant, Milpitas, CA.

Meeting adjourned at 8:04pm