General Meeting - Tuesday, February 8th, 2022

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • CJ Arnesen - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Dennis Holler - Delegate

CJ Arnesen called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm

Announcements:

  • Kelly R. bought another set of ¾ ton axles, 14 bolt rear, 8 lug - talk to him if you are interested in buying them from him

  • CJ has 1943 original Willys MB axles for sale

  • Call for volunteer for hosting the next Rigs and Coffee

Old Business:

Club officers candidate info (Elections chair Andrew S. via Dishaan)

  • Andrew contacted a bunch of people about running for a board position

  • No one who isn’t a current board member already has volunteered

  • If you haven’t been contacted but are interested, please reach out to Andrew

  • Some new members are not yet eligible, haven’t been members for a year

  • Plea for volunteers for President and Delegate

  • Delegate responsibilities

    • 4 Cal4Wheel meetings per year, one of those is Convention

    • Convention rotates between the 3 regions, in person this year and probably will continue to be

    • Other meetings have been Zoom meetings for the last year or so

    • Meeting for Northern district is usually in Sacramento, typically about 9am - 3pm

    • Attend meeting, take notes, tell club about it at next general meeting

    • Next meeting is Convention, then April 2

    • Usually know by March when the meetings will be for the coming year

    • Why can’t Ole or Sherry be delegate since they are already going to those meetings? Because they already have other roles

    • Opportunity to be a voice for our club

    • Travel is budgeted by the club, amounts for traveling to meetings and hotel for Convention

  • President responsibilities

    • General supervision of club

    • Run General meetings and board meetings

    • Sometimes sign some checks for Ellen

    • Help with committees, etc. 

  • BOD meetings have been virtual for a while

  • General meeting became virtual because of the pandemic, mostly up to the board to decide when to go back to in person meetings

  • Nomination session - nominees cannot decline during the meeting, must contact elections chair afterward if they need to decline

    • CJ nominates Chris Mains for President

    • Kelly R. nominates Darrell Drummer for President

  • We do have to have a Board of Directors to function as a corporation in California

    • If we don’t have a board, we don’t have a club

  • For April 2022 to March 2023


Bylaws amendment vote

  • This is for the formatting/grammatical cleanup

  • Passed unanimously


Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Question of the Month: You have $100K for a new 4wd rig (inflation) which do you do? Purchase one from a respected builder for $100K or purchase a base unit and do the mods yourself (more bang for the buck)

  • Reminder to prospectives to generate a trip report after attending a run

    • Trail leaders who have prospectives with them, please remind them to submit trip report

  • Anniversaries: Ellen Layendecker 31, Jay Lohr 30, Tom Vella 16, Greg Ordonez 5, Joanna Chen 4, Neale Wade 4, Victor Jorge 4

  • Club roster

    • Rick sent an email a few weeks ago asking for updated info

    • Several people have not responded, Rick will wait another week before finalizing things

  • Rick hasn’t been taking attendance trying to help the zoom meetings move more quickly

    • Is it worth going down the list to call roll?

    • Can screenshot the zoom window


Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

  • We have money!

  • Dennis has donation checks for Convention

  • Ellen still working on insurance

    • Have insurance, need COI for Safety Clinic

    • Taking them abnormally long amount of time

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • Jan 23: Rigs & Coffee (Peets @ Los Gatos) - Trail-boss: Rye Livingston

    • 15 or so rigs showed up

    • Rye says it’s as easy as it gets when it comes to organizing an event

    • Connie brought amazing grapefruit

  • Jan 25 - Feb 5th: King of the Hammers - Trail-boss: Jason G.

    • Down in the desert for 10 days, absolutely spectacular

Future Runs

  • Feb 18 - 20:         Cal4 Convention Trail-boss: Dennis

  • Feb 25 - 27th:      Cal4Wheel Winter Fun Fest - Trail-boss: Victor J.

  • Feb ??:                Hollister Fun Run - Trail-boss: ???

  • Mar ??:                Walker Ridge Run - Trail-boss: Dennis

    • No date yet, probably early March

  • Mar ??:                Hollister Fun Run - Trail-boss: ???

  • Mar 30-Apr 2:      Cal4Wheel Death Valley Experience - Trail-boss: ???

  • Apr 8-11th :          Death Valley Overlanding [3-4d/~400mile] - Trail-boss: Vidas/Bruce

    • Popular event. If we have a second trail leader, can split into 2 groups to let more people join

  • Apr ??:                 Hollister Fun Run - Trail-boss: ???

  • May 21st:             Spring Safety Clinic: Trail-boss: Magnus/Bruce

  • June 17 - 19th:    Adopt-a-Trail [Part-1] - Trail-boss:???

  • July 1 - 3rd:         Adopt-a-Trail [Part-2] - Trail-boss:???

  • Aug 6 - 7th          4Wheel Parts TruckFest - Trail-boss: Rick

  • Sept 17th:           Fall Safety Clinic: Trail-boss: Magnus/Bruce 


Land Use:

  • Still fighting things hard

Delegate Report (Dennis):

  • Dennis has the 2 checks for our club donations

    • $250 for Cal4Wheel’s Tread Lightly! dues

    • $1250 for general fund

  • One election during convention, for President

    • Josh Epstein - currently VP of South District

    • Robert Reed - North District member and past President

    • Dennis doesn’t know the people well enough to have an opinion

    • CJ trusts Sherry and Ole’s perspective

    • Jason would choose Josh if he had to choose

    • Several members seem to lean toward Josh

    • Daryl motions to give Dennis agency to make the decision, Jason seconds, passes

  • Invitation is still open for anyone who wants to go to Visalia for Convention

New Business:

Safety Clinic registration

  • We don’t have Truckfest in Feb to give us a deadline

  • Ellen has been busy, doesn’t have everything set up yet

  • Ellen targeting first week of March

Safety Clinic food discussion

  • Generally serve dinner at Clinic for 2 purposes - keep students around longer to get them interested in the club, and to thank the volunteers

  • We charge a little extra to cover food for volunteers

  • We had been doing food ourselves, takes a lot of bodies and a lot of work

  • Lately we are barely getting enough volunteers for clinic, not including food prep

  • Exploring the idea of catering

  • Andrew and some others have done some research, notes pasted below the minutes

  • The idea would be to pass cost of catering on to students

  • Our clinic is really cheap, so we could absorb some of the cost there as well by raising prices

  • Alex F. suggests Costco pizzas

  • Darrell Drummer willing to volunteer for cooking

    • Has some equipment, will need some help bringing it down to Hollister Hills

  • $30 for dinner might be too much that people will not be interested

  • Clinic is already underpriced, we could include cost of food; either include dinner fully or only have a small (e.g. $10) extra cost for dinner

  • Ellen suggests raising main price $10, and charging $20 per meal

    • We still want to keep prices down to attract younger people

  • Ellen also noted that there are about 10 spots that will be taken by holdovers, and we would likely not charge them the difference in registration cost

  • Jason used Mansmith BBQ in the past, it was great

    • They cook ahead of time, but finish up on site

    • Worth it

    • Also, takes our liability away from food related problems (e.g. someone gets sick)

    • Says volunteers should not have to pay for the meal, club should

    • Thinks it would be fine to raise clinic prices by $20, won’t have an issue filling up clinic

  • Ellen asks about permits, do we need to redo documents?

    • Covid protocol? didn’t require the last time

    • Magnus doesn’t think we need permission to have a caterer, but can ask Chris at park

    • We also know that Cal4Wheel caters for Molina Ghost Run at Hollister Hills

  • This doesn’t have to be permanent, proof of concept for May clinic

  • Let’s separate the vote for cater or not and how we charge

  • John T. motions to cater for May clinic

    • Vote passes

  • John T. motions +$20 to registration and $12 for dinner - bump to $15

    • Alex proposes round numbers - $100 registration, $20 dinner

    • holdovers don’t have to pay increase in price, pay for dinner if they want it

  • John R. says we don’t have to vote on numbers today

    • Only 22 people in attendance today and missing a couple of key members

    • CJ says we will be opening registration before next meeting, so we need to set prices

  • Kelly suggests $95 registration, $90 second driver, $20 dinner

  • Ellen good with these numbers

  • No vegetarian options

  • Are beverages included by caterer? not sure. They do bring plates, cutlery, etc.

  • 2 motions, vote for one

    • $100 main registration, $95 second driver, $20 meal - 8 votes

    • $95 main registration, $90 second driver, $20 meal - 9 votes, wins

  • Details not completely sorted out, we will figure it out, we will learn from this for September

  • CJ will let Andrew know ASAP, will see if he is willing to follow up with booking, otherwise will find someone else

John R. volunteers for Rigs and Coffee

  • Weds 2/16 In-n-Out 7pm

ED4 Hero:

  • Kelly nominates Andrew for being elections chair, doing research for clinic catering

  • CJ nominates Joanna for wading through bylaws


Cowbell:

  • Jason nominates Kelly for showing up early to Rigs and Coffee, CJ seconds


Reminder: Voting for next board at next meeting

John T. motions to adjourn the meeting, Jason seconds

Meeting adjourned at 8:57pm


Next BOD Meeting: March 1, 2022 at 7pm
Next General Meeting: March 8, 2022 at 7pm

General Meeting - Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • CJ Arnesen - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Dennis Holler - Delegate

CJ Arnesen called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm

Announcements:

Rigs and Coffee

  • Call for host for January - sign up: Rigs & Coffee

  • CJ has 1943 Willys MB axles for sale

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Question of the Month: Which do you prefer when you are stuck…2wd and aggressive off-road tires or 4wd and street tires off your mom’s old Buick

  • Reminder to prospectives if you go on a club event, you need to complete a trip report

    • doesn’t have to be long; what you did, where you went, who you were with, etc. 

    • email to Rick or send to club mailing list

  • December Anniversaries - Steve Bartolomei 22, Rye Livingston 1, Sarah Parker & Jason Pugh 8

  • January Anniversaries - Ole Stortroen 32, John & Hope Ruiz 25, Loro Paterson 15, Dennis Holler & Ava 15, Dick Orlando 6

  • Rick is going to update the club roster

    • will send an email to confirm contact information for membership list

    • will also ask if it’s ok to publish contact info to rest of the club 

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker via CJ):

  • We have money!

  • Outstanding: 

    • Chainsaw safety equipment

    • May need to pay more for insurance

  • Ellen is working on the Budget for next year

  • Donations for Cal4Wheel Convention, based on suggestions from Ellen/precedent:

    • $250 for Cal4Wheel Tread Lightly! dues

      • Daryl motions, Rye seconds, vote passes

    • $500 for the Cal4Wheel general fund (budgeted)

      • Andrew motions, Magnus seconds, vote passes

    • $750 extra to either add to the general fund, or Legal Fund

      • Ole motions to add the $750 donation to the general fund, Dennis seconds, vote passes

  • Cal4Wheel membership renewals are starting to come

    • Handled online now directly with Cal4Wheel, please handle that on your own

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Future Runs

  • Floating the idea of having a fun run every month, lots of placeholders below for that

  • Jan 15: Hollister Fun Run - Trail-boss: John Ruiz

  • Jan 25 - Feb 5th: King of the Hammers - Trail-boss: Jason G.

  • Feb 18 - 20: Cal4Wheel Convention Trail-boss: Dennis

    • Register online or find the form in In Gear magazine

  • Feb 25 - 27th: Cal4Wheel Winter Fun Fest - Trail-boss: Victor J.

    • Postponed from Jan 14-16

  • Feb ??: 4Wheel Parts Truck Fest - Trail-boss: Rick

    • No dates posted yet

  • Feb ??: Hollister Fun Run - Trail-boss: ???

  • Feb ??: Walker Ridge Run - Trail-boss: Dennis

  • Mar ??: Hollister Fun Run - Trail-boss: ???

  • Apr ??: Death Valley Overland - Trail-boss: Vidas and Bruce

    • Early April

  • Apr ??: Hollister Fun Run - Trail-boss: ???

  • May 21st: Spring Safety Clinic: Trail-boss: Magnus/Bruce

  • June 17- 19th: Adopt-a-Trail [Part-1] - Trail-boss:???

  • July 1 - 3rd: Adopt-a-Trail [Part-2] - Trail-boss:???

  • Sept 17th: Fall Safety Clinic: Trail-boss: Magnus/Bruce 

  • If anyone wants to propose a fun run, please do so

    • If 3 club members show up, it counts as a club run for prospectives

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

  • Ecologic is fighting the Oceano Dunes SVRA closure, they presented at Cal4Wheel meeting

  • State Parks keeps trying to close Oceano

  • Ecologic has lawsuit, has stay of execution

  • Friends of Oceano also had 2 wins in the court against state parks

    • San Luis Obispo Air Pollution Control district was forcing State Parks to do dust control

      • Lawsuit said the Air Pollution Control district didn’t take comments from public on their plan, so it got thrown out

  • Friends of Oceano currently have lawsuit regarding prescriptive rights

  • Ecologic lawsuit trying to say commission cannot close park because it was created by another body - OHV division was created legislatively to manage SVRAs

  • Individuals who want to donate to Ecologic lawsuit can donate through Cal4Wheel Foundation

    • Foundation donations are tax deductible (donations to the Association are not)

CA4WDC Report:

  • Gary ? voted as associate delegate

  • Sherry Stortroen voted as individual/life member delegate

  • Debbie Stevens voted as new treasurer

  • Kitten Chapman voted as north district membership chairman

  • Convention

    • Voting for new president, 2 candidates (Bob ? and Josh Epstein)

      • At our next meeting, we need to advise Dennis, our delegate, how to vote

    • No bylaws to vote on

  • No one applied for Foundation scholarships

Old Business - CJ

  • 4+ storage totes from Ed - need volunteers to store them

    • Stuff we use for clinic

    • Greg Y. volunteers to store them

  • Bylaws update - proposal for clean up

    • Board was in the process of updating the bylaws document with the addendum the club passed in December

    • Bylaws document is ill-formatted, want to do some cleanup - formatting and grammatical fixes

    • As a formality for visibility, want to publish cleaned up version as another proposal for amendment

    • Board will send email with cleaned up document for review next week, well in advance of the required minimum of 10 days before the vote

    • Vote next meeting

New Business - CJ

  • Adopt-a-Trail Backup date/plan

    • Proactively putting 2 dates on the calendar since we often seem to need 2 weekends

  • Election Chair

    • Vote for Board of Directors is in March

    • Want to talk about candidates in Feb.

    • Andrew volunteers

  • Gaia GPS club folder

    • CJ sent an email to the club

    • Attached a KML file, so you can download it even if you don’t use Gaia

      • 5 folders in the KML file

    • Stuff CJ has collected and cleaned up over the years

    • Would like to add more, so if you have something to share, email CJ

    • For people who use Gaia, recommend NOT using the KML file and fill out the Google form so CJ can give you read access to the Gaia folder

      • This means you’ll always have the up to date folder


ED4 Hero:

  • Daryl nominates Magnus, Bruce, Sherry, Ellen for Clinic work

  • John T. nominates Greg Y. for taking the storage stuff

  • CJ nominates Ed for storing all the stuff for a long time

Meeting adjourned at 8:11 pm

Next BOD Meeting: Feb. 1, 2022 at 7pm
Next General Meeting: Feb. 8, 2022 at 7pm

General Meeting - Tuesday, December 9th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • CJ Arnesen - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Dennis Holler - Delegate

CJ Arnesen called the meeting to order at 7:08 pm

Announcements:

  • Rigs and Coffee

    • Looking for volunteer

Old Business:

  • Bylaws amendment vote

    • Voting on proposed amendment to make it easier for returning members to rejoin

    • 19 yes, 1 abstain - it passes

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • Panamint Valley - Nov 12-14 - Dishaan

    • mines run, unfortunately Dishaan got a tire slashed, Loro & Anton had some transmission problems

    • Colin also went and did 3 runs

  • Rigs & Coffee - Nov 13 - Ellen

    • secret parking lot behind Ace hardware

    • one of the Ace employees drove his Grand Cherokee over and chatted with us

  • Adopt-a-Trail Part 2 - Nov 19-20 - Jason

    • fortuitous weekend, weather was great, a bit cold

    • logging company was there and logging the trail, ~100 trees down, we didn’t have to do that part of the trail

    • went to Mattley Meadow, cleared 18/19 trees, one was over 4’ diameter

    • new chainsaw was great

  • Toys for Tots Stuff the Bus - Dec 4 - Joanna

    • charity run, 16 rigs

    • we all got to the toy drop-off together

Future Runs

  • Cal4Wheel Winter Fun Fest - Jan 14-16, 2022 - Ole/Arline

  • King of the Hammers - Jan 25-Feb 5, 2022 - Jason G.

  • Cal4Wheel Convention - Feb 18-20, 2022

  • Mendocino run - Sometime in Feb - Dennis

  • Pismo maybe? Dec?

CA4WDC Report (Dennis):

New Business:

  • Feb Cal4Wheel Convention - Dennis

    • Donations? keep in mind for Jan meeting

      • Ellen will send info before Jan meeting: what is budgeted, what additional amount we usually give, and what is advisable for us to spend

    • Usually also have bylaws info, but haven’t seen them yet

  • Fun stuff

    • What are you drinking and what is something the club doesn’t know about you?

ED4 Hero:

  • Jason, CJ and everyone who went and did Adopt-a-Trail part 2

  • Dick for the hat he’s wearing right now

Special BOD Award:

  • Outstanding Contributor of the Year - anonymous donor for the chainsaw

  • CJ says check your inbox between now and the New Year, he will be sending a gift of the digital variety

    • ED4 folder for Gaia GPS

    • Club runs, overlanding runs, rock crawling runs

John T. motions to adjourn, Andy seconds 

Meeting adjourned at 8:14 pm

Next BOD Meeting: Jan 4, 2022 at 7pm
Next General Meeting: Jan 11, 2022 at 7pm

General Meeting - Tuesday, November 9th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • CJ Arnesen - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Dennis Holler - Delegate

CJ Arnesen called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm

Announcements:

  • Rigs and Coffee

    • Call for signups to host future ones

    • Have one this Saturday 11/13 at 9am

      • Homestead and Foothill, parking lot in the back

      • Ellen will have clinic business cards to hand out

  • Mike P. is selling his Jeep - coil-over TJ with all the bells and whistles

  • CJ is selling his dad’s near stock 1986 CJ7, passed smog

Old Business:

  • Bylaws amendment proposal - Rick

    • The Board would like to propose an amendment to the bylaws to make it easier for returning members to rejoin (for example, but not exclusively for, members who have moved away and then moved back and are interested in rejoining)

    • Kelly R. shared the document and some live edits were made

    • Board can also edit the document (grammar, etc.)

    • Secretary (Joanna) will send non editable PDF to club for review when edits are done, and no later than 10 days before the December general meeting

    • This will go up for a vote at the December general meeting

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Question of the Month:

    • Which would you rather have: a winch but no recovery gear or recovery gear but no winch?

  • Anniversaries: Chris & Patty Masten-10y, Daryl Nelson-9y, Darrel Drummer-3y, Colin Nayler-2y

  • Facebook

    • BOD has been discussing how to keep our Facebook group of interest to everyone in the group and on topic

    • Over 600 people in our Facebook group now

    • BOD has come up with a set of basic rules for the Facebook group

    • Ole recommended adding something about promoting responsible vehicular use of public/private lands

    • Proposed rules

      • General
        All posts should be 4 wheeling related

      • Buying and Selling
        It's ok if you want to sell something or want to buy, but it should be 4 wheeling related

      • Respect Others
        Be respectful of others posts even if you don't agree with what they are saying.  Its ok to disagree if you do it without flaming the other person.  Members not following this rule will be warned only 1 time

      • Respect the Environment
        Promote the responsible vehicular use of public/private lands
        Posts promoting illegal off roading will not be allowed

    • Facebook group admins (Mike P., CJ, Andrew S., Victor, etc.) will be the people enforcing the rules

      • These are also the people who accept people into the group

    • Want to keep the Facebook group as a 4 wheel drive community

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • We have money!

  • Bills are paid up except for ~$2000 on insurance

  • Insurance process is underway

  • Donation to HHORA for safety clinic has been sent

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • Oct 16 - FUN RUN - Andrew & Magnus

    • Give or take 20 rigs, some prospectives from the past 2 clinics

  • Oct 23 - Rigs and Halloween Show - Tracy, CA - Andrew

Future Runs

  • Nov 12-14th - Panamint Valley Days - Dishaan

  • Nov 13th @ 9am - Rigs & Coffee - Ellen

    • Parking lot behind 2310 Homestead Rd Ste E, Los Altos, CA 94024 

  • Nov 19-20 - Adopt-a-Trail Part 2 - Jason

    • Want to get as much done as possible before it gets buried in snow this winter

    • Probably heading out 8:30/9am Friday morning to start working

    • Going up to the area Thursday night

    • Email Jason if you are interested in attending so he can coordinate times and locations

  • Nov/Dec: ??? - Pismo Beach

    • Great time of year; need Reserve America spot

    • Let Victor know if there’s any interest, even for a day run

    • Camping is going to be more of an issue

    • Best time of year to go there

  • Dec 4th @ 10:30am - Toys for Tots Stuff the Bus - Joanna

    • Holiday toy run / Jeep parade

    • One week earlier than usual!

    • Lunch afterward at Jackie’s Place on 1st St.? soul food

  • Jan 14-16 2022 - Cal4Wheel Winter Fun Fest

  • Jan 27-Feb 5th 2022 - King of the Hammers!!!

  • Jan 12-15 Winter 4x4 Jamboree (Hurricane, Utah)

    • Colin is going

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

  • Carnegie

    • Rededicated a historical state plaque

    • Ole talked to several people about the property lost

      • Still in parks possession, not SVRA; no plans right now to open it up

      • OHV division has their hands washed of the property, still some environmental mitigation needed, but won’t be OHV’s responsibility

      • OHV division is now a permanent division with these new bills

      • Personnel used to be in a separate building, now moved in with the rest of parks but spread out across 3 floors

  • Oceano still a constant fight

CA4WDC Report (Dennis):

New Business:

  • Food truck or catering for clinic?

    • Volunteer to make some phone calls to get an idea what cost might be?

    • Andrew S. volunteers

    • Headcount - 80-90 meals historically

  • CJ would like to auction off 2 hours of Gaia training as a donation to the club

    • Bidding war between Connie and John T. ended at $95 and $100 respectively

    • CJ will do one session each for both Connie and John

ED4 Hero:

  • Daryl says we should put Ellen on every hero nomination - money and paperwork guru

  • Tom nominates all the people at the Hollister fun run, called out Daryl for inviting them to join our group

    (Tom Conley wheeled with us at Hollister fun run, will be sending a membership application)

  • CJ nominates Jason for Adopt-a-Trail efforts and organizing Trail Hero trip

Other stuff:

  • Magnus was finally convinced to tell the story of what happened to him at the Hollister hills fun run

    • Magnus was trying to pass a side by side, leaves had blown over into a ditch and it looked like there was still road there, he slid into the ditch

    • Could have been worse if there hadn’t been a little tree

    • Stabilized in front by hooking a winch to vehicle in front

    • Used snatch block off another tree on the side to pull back and to the side while the line in front was released

  • December “meeting”

  • Virtual party, dress up, lights, backgrounds, bring favorite drink/beverage

  • Only 5 minutes or so of business - we do have to vote on the bylaws amendment

Magnus motions to adjourn the meeting, John T. seconds

Meeting adjourned at 8:20 pm

Next BOD Meeting: Dec. 7, 2021 at 7pm
Next General Meeting (and virtual party): Dec. 14, 2021 at 7pm

General Meeting - Tuesday, October 5th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • CJ Arnesen - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Dennis Holler - Delegate

CJ Arnesen called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm

Announcements:

  • Rigs and Coffee in early Nov., Ellen will pick a date

    • At new Ace Hardware store near Homestead

  • 1986 CJ for sale by CJ

  • Dana 25 and 23 from an MB for sale by CJ

Old Business:

  • Kelly celebrated 4 years last month, was accidentally missed

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Question of the Month (for everyone this month): What navigation software would you recommend to a new 4 wheeler?

  • Anniversaries: CJ Arnesen 13yrs, Gary Shelgren 12yrs, Archie & Belinda 2 yrs, Scott Beley 2yrs

  • Special vote for Darrel and Kathy Kroeker

    • Long time club members in good standing a while ago, moved away and lost touch with the club, are interested in coming back

    • We don’t really have something in the bylaws for members coming back

    • Suggesting Friends of Esprit de Four because we can do that right now following the bylaws with a ⅔ vote

    • Friends of Esprit de Four does not have voting rights

    • Should we make amendment to bylaws for past members who want to return?

    • Many members have nice things to say about the Kroekers and would like to get them reinstated as full members

    • Kelly will put something together for amending the bylaws

    • Jason motions to vote the Kroekers in as Friends of Esprit de Four for now, Connie seconds

      • passes with many ayes (few abstensions)

    • We can consider them for full members later after the bylaws are amended, if desired

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • We have money!

  • Donation for HHORA

    • Jason motions $1500 donation for HHORA, seconded by Kelly R. 

    • passes

  • Ellen filed our taxes

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • Turned out well, but we used every last person who was there

  • Planned for finishing by 4pm and we actually finished by 4pm

  • Reroute Red trail to not go through Sycamore?

  • Probably don’t need to put trail markers anymore - we have people who either know the trails by heart or can use software to follow the trails

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • Sept 17-19 Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus (see above)

  • Oct 1-3 Oktoberfest - Area 5 Hollister - Kelly

    • Recovery practice, poker run, raffle, campout (videos)

    • Family fun, games, competition, stuck-a-thon, recovery classes, raffle

    • If you weren’t there, you missed out

    • 10 people came out, everyone walked away with something from the raffle

  • Oct 2-8 - Trail Hero - Sand Hollow Utah - CJ

    • Technically not a club run because only 2 people went

    • Kind of like Pismo + Moab + sandpaper

    • Vehicles can do what you never thought they could do and vehicles won’t do what you thought they would do

    • Something for everyone, all levels of trails, many people there but it never feels crowded because everyone is spread out

    • Put it on your calendar for next year - trail signups start about 3 months out, full campground reservations start about 5 months in advance

Future Runs

  • Oct 16 - FUN RUN (Andrew S & Magnus) https://fb.me/e/5rvhg5N8c

    • 8:30am at the Oak tree

    • About 15 people signed up

  • Oct 23 - Rigs and Halloween Show to Tracy, CA (Andrew S) https://fb.me/e/5zbe2lyeK

    • If there isn’t more interest in the next week, probably will cancel this as a club event so there isn’t confusion trying to meet up, so please respond on email chain or sign up on the Facebook event if you want to go

  • Oct 23 is also Cleanup day at Hollister Hills

  • Nov 12-14 - Panamint Valley (Dishaan)

  • Pismo Beach; Nov/Dec: ??? Great time of year; need Reserve America spot

    • Camping might be difficult, maybe a day run?

  • Dec 11 (tentative) - Holiday toy run / Jeep parade (Joanna)

  • Jan 14-16 - Winter Fun Fest (Cal4Wheel event)

    • Need to make reservations at campground ASAP if you want to camp, private work group is also camping there, so a lot of sites are already taken

  • Feb 18-20 - Cal4Wheel Convention in Visalia (Dennis)

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

  • Oceano

    • Still talking about closing it in 3 years

  • State parks

    • Reorganized a few years ago, OHV used to be a 7 park district, now put into various territories with the rest of the parks

    • 21 million now being offered for Carnegie property, money supposed to go to OHV, but still have concerns that the money won’t be tracked

    • State Parks doesn’t seem to be doing enough for OHV

    • Properties will still belong to State Parks, but non-motorized

CA4WDC Report (Dennis):

  • North district meeting on the 2nd

  • Raffle Jeep going to lots of events, tickets are $20 each this year

  • In preparation for Convention, asking for pictures/videos from trails that have been adopted

  • Yet to have a Natural Resource Consultant

  • Doing ok money-wise despite event cancellations

  • Membership seems to be down just a little

  • No bylaws changes proposed at the meeting

  • Also time for elections - 2 candidates for President

  • Sierra Trek made more money than 2 years ago

New Business:

  • Food truck or catering for clinic?

    • Volunteer to make some phone calls to get an idea what cost might be?

    • Andrew S. volunteers

    • Headcount - 80-90 meals historically

  • CJ would like to auction off 2 hours of Gaia training as a donation to the club

    • Bidding war between Connie and John T. ended at $95 and $100 respectively

    • CJ will do one session each for both Connie and John

ED4 Hero:

  • Ellen for clinic work

  • Sherry and Ole for behind the scenes work

  • Kelly R. and team for Oktoberfest recovery session

  • Jason, CJ, and Kelly S. for doing the last “50 years” of clinic classroom

  • Dishaan for coming to BOD meetings every month

John T. motions to adjourn the meeting, Greg O. seconds

Meeting adjourned at 8:33 pm

Next BOD Meeting: Nov. 2, 2021 at 7pm
Next General Meeting: Nov. 9, 2021 at 7pm

General Meeting - Tuesday, September 17th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • CJ Arnesen - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Dennis Holler - Delegate

CJ Arnesen called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm

Announcements:

  • Kelly R. has a hoist for a Jeep hardtop for sale for a 6 pack of beer

  • CJ has a stock 1986 CJ7 for sale

Old Business:

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Question of the Month (for everyone this time):

    • When you pack for a trip where you have to camp, what is the 1 thing you can’t live without, or in other words what do you always bring with you?

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • We have money!

  • Some donations will be going out in the near future

  • $2000 for insurance to be paid in November

  • Sierra Trek raffle did very well

    • Tyler L. (of My Off Road Radio) won something we donated

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • Mostly set up, could use a few more people

  • Final updates Sat morning

  • We have 4 groups, normally 4 activities. Since hill climb / backing down has been eliminated due to lack of volunteers, we will be splitting stairsteps and frame twister into 2 separate activities. Entire group will go together.

  • Tire placement in groups before everyone goes out

  • 38 vehicles, 8 double drivers

  • CJ and Colin will have APRS

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • Aug 7-8: 4WP Truckfest - San Mateo

    • Wasn’t as well attended as in the past

    • But someone from the event showed up to clinic and is interested in joining the club

  • Aug 12-15: Sierra Trek - Meadow Lake, CA.

    • Lots of people from ED4 went

    • Brutal, Thurs rain made rocks slick, winching until 11pm

    • Hot

    • Lots of carnage

    • Someone was airlifted out by a CHP chopper due to low blood pressure

    • Fun, partied, wonderful day on trail, food was wonderful, band was good

    • Showers were amazing

    • Raffle did very well, beat monetary intake of last few years

    • Seemed to be more incidents than usual

    • Tyler in contact with winch hills via ham radio was amazing technology

      • Could have been what saved the guy above’s life

  • Sept 4: Hollister Hills Fun Run - Trail Boss: Magnus

    • 5 people

    • Short and sweet but a lot of fun

  • Sept 4: Stan’s Donuts and Rigs - Trail Boss: Colin

    • Same day as fun run by accident

    • Also about 5 people

    • Gary S. showed up to both

Future Runs

  • Sept 17-19: Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • Oct 1-3: Oktoberfest - Area 5 Hollister - Kelly

    • Got lucky Hollister Hills had a cancellation so we are able to get penciled in for Area 5

    • Area 5 is booked every weekend until Christmas

    • Raffle from summer campout

    • Recovery practice

    • Poker run

    • Price is negotiable because we have a good relationship with the park, not locked in yet (as of 9/17)

    • Do we need insurance? it’s a club activity, not charging for it, so we don’t need anything special

    • Fun run / newbie run as well? no, let’s keep that as a separate event

  • Oct 2-8: Trail Hero - Sand Hollow Utah - CJ

    • CJ, Jason, Chris are going, Colin will be in the area as well

    • Event promotes access for disabled veterans and special needs kids

    • 100+ vendors

  • Oct 16: Fun run - Hollister Hills

  • Nov 12-14: Panamint Valley - Dishaan

    • Cal4Wheel event

  • Nov/Dec: Pismo Beach

    • Great time of year; need Reserve America spot

  • Dec 11 (tentative date): - Holiday toy run / Jeep parade - Joanna

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

New Business:

  • Long standing member who has been storing stuff for us is downsizing storage

    • Also donating 2 good EZups - need someone to store

    • Has food prep equipment

      • Cooking supplies, frying pans, paper plates, etc

      • 5 big black Costco totes and a huge ice chest

    • Greg Y. can store next year after house remodel

    • Will have an email thread to find volunteers to spread things out and store things for now

    • Need to find homes for these things by November or so

ED4 Hero:

  • Magnus and Bruce for clinic

  • Ellen for all the behind the scenes (emails and treasury) for clinic

  • Tyler L. at Sierra Trek

50/50:

  • Kelly volunteered

  • Collected $78

  • Andrew S. won

Motion to adjourn by Jason, Magnus seconds

Meeting adjourned at 8:08 pm

Next BOD Meeting: Oct. 5, 2021 at 7pm
Next General Meeting: Oct. 12, 2021 at 7pm

General Meeting - Tuesday, August 10th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • CJ Arnesen - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Dennis Holler - Delegate

CJ Arnesen called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm


Announcements:

  • Before the meeting ends, we need a new host for Rigs and Coffee August

Old Business:

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Prospective Question of the Month:

    • For the type of 4wheeling you do, which do you think is better, an automatic or stick shift?

  • Prospectives to vote on: Dishaan Ahuja and John Trollman voted in

  • Anniversaries:

    • Mike Phorn 22

    • Andy Cardenas 10

    • Vidas and Jessie Mickevicius 10

    • Greg Youree 8

    • Magnus Akerblom 6

    • Arline Abarr 5

    • Bill Hrea 4

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • We have money!

  • Do we want to make a donation for Sierra Trek?

    • Kelly R. makes a motion to donate a clinic spot (next May) for the raffle, Daryl and Greg second, motion passes

    • Jason Green motions to donate $200 cash for the raffle, Kelly seconds, motion passes

  • Dues: Ellen and/or Rick will reach out to people who haven’t paid, CJ will out them at the next meeting if they are still not paid

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • Don’t know if we need Covid-19 signage, Magnus still has them if we need them

  • Will most likely require masks

  • Prerun - having problems with people not showing up, considering doing pre run and train the trainers on the Friday before clinic

  • Considering putting experienced people as trail leaders so we don’t need to put up trail markers, will save time in setting up and picking up

  • Sign up will go out in about a week

  • Mark your calendars, September 18 is the date

  • We have 5 places left depending on Hold-Overs

    Kelly R. makes a motion to move the September General Meeting to Friday before clinic - Sept. 17

    • Concerns about people unable to show up early enough

    • Friday or Saturday? last clinic many more people were there Friday night

    • Concern that the meeting will not be accessible for people who don’t want or aren’t comfortable meeting in person?

      • Park has wifi so we can try a hybrid meeting

      • Probably most people who attend meetings show up to clinic anyway

    • Would like to do a raffle since we weren’t able to during Summer Campout, clinic is our remaining big event

      • Will see if we can sell raffle tickets online to people who can’t make it

    • Start at 7pm, plan for 1.5-2 hr meeting

    • Darrell seconds

    • Motion passes with 14 votes for, 0 against, and 4 abstentions

    • Our next General meeting will be on Sept. 17, 2021 at 7pm at Area 5 in Hollister Hills

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • July 15-18th - Summer Campout - Markleeville - Eddie and friends

    • Note from the Secretary: the Tamarack Fire near Markleeville grew at a rapid rate on the afternoon/evening of 7/16 prompting evacuation of the area that night

    • Surreal experience eating a hamburger while watching a 747 come over and drop fire retardant

    • Small puff of smoke around 3pm on the way back to camp became a huge dark plume of smoke after showering

    • No idea what was going on while on Deer Valley trail, driving toward it on the way out

    • Even when a sense of urgency hit, everyone stayed and helped to make sure everyone else was ready to go

    • 8 rigs went over Ebbetts pass including trucks with trailers

    • Ham radios were incredibly important for communications

    • Takeaways from CJ

      • Should have had the satellite phone on while driving so someone at camp or elsewhere can reach the people on trail (and people should know the phone number). Phone was with the trail group so they could have called out in case of emergency, but it was not on so others were not able to call in to notify them about the fire emergency

      • More people should have mobile ham units instead of just handhelds for better range

      • Google form had all attendees’ name and phone number so someone could follow up and make sure everyone was ok and out of the area

    • Jason Green makes a motion to pay Ed for the money he’s out for food, amount is $250, Kelly R seconds, motion passes

    • Other than happenings out of our control, it was a great event

  • July 24th - Rigs & Coffee @8am - Bass Pro Shop - San Jose - Greg Youree

  • Aug 7-8 - 4WP Truckfest - San Mateo

    • not a lot of people in general

    • some people dropped by the booth and at least one person was invited to our meetings

Future Runs

  • Weekly - Saturday Night Cruise - Andrew S.

  • Aug 12-15th Sierra Trek - Cal 4 Wheel

    • Ellen will be working in the Bank with Sherry. Please visit. 

  • Sept 4th - Adopt-a-Trail part deux - Dick/Kelly

    • Possibly Sept 5 as well

    • Finish up Mattley Ridge

    • Looking for additional chainsaw operators

    • Very generous anonymous donation of a brand new Stihl 32” bar chainsaw

    • Need at least 6 people

  • Sept 17-19th Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

    • Complete with club raffle and General meeting (see above)

  • Oct 4-8 - Trail Hero - CJ

    • Week long event in Sand Hollow, Utah

  • Oktoberfest TBD - Kelly

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

New Business:

  • Club chainsaw (donated)

    • Darrell and Jason Green make a motion to have club buy protective equipment (e.g. chaps, helmet, face shield, ear protection), a few gallons of fuel, a gallon of bar oil, and chain, not to exceed $500, Magnus seconds, vote passes

      • Ellen suggests Jason make a shopping wish list since he is one of our chainsaw experts

    • Ed mentions we should probably put something in the club’s budget for chainsaw operation and maintenance, noted for next budget cycle, the above motion is a one time spend to happen now

    • Should write up a Standard Operating Procedure - storage location, maintenance schedule, requirements for operating the chainsaw, etc. 

  • Youtube channel

    • YouTube Channel created by Andrew S.

    • Trying to reach 100 subscribers so we can get a custom URL with our club name instead of a random string of letters, please subscribe if you haven’t already

    • Online presence group will discuss mode of operation for the channel

ED4 Hero:

  • Ed for not only organizing Summer Campout but making the difficult call to evacuate at the time he did

  • Ed’s wife for towing the trailer and helping him cook

  • Anonymous person for donating the chainsaw

  • CJ’s parents for welcoming people to their cabin and cooking for them

  • Everyone who wielded chainsaws for Adopt-a-Trail


Darrell volunteers Kelly R. to host a Rigs and Coffee, Kelly agrees and says it will probably be a weekday

Meeting adjourned at 8:27 pm

Next BOD Meeting: Sept. 7, 2021 at 7pm

Next General Meeting: Sept. 17, 2021 at 7pm at Area 5 in Hollister Hills

General Meeting - Tuesday, July 13th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • CJ Arnesen - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Dennis Holler - Delegate

CJ Arnesen called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm


Announcements:

  • Archie has an aftermarket front Dana 44 diff cover he no longer needs

Old Business:

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Prospectives Question of the Month:

    • If you’re leading a trip, where would it be? If you can’t think of a specific place, what kind of trip would it be? 

  • Anniversaries: 

    • Kelly & Christine Swanson - 31 years

    • Ed & Toni Lorenzen - 16 years

    • Bruce Wilford - 2 years

    • Alex Florea - 1 year

  • CJ did a Zoom poll to ask if people received the July General Meeting email

    • If you did not get the email (and it’s not in your spam folder), please email CJ to let him know

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • We have money!

  • Budget is here: Budget2021-2022.pdf

  • Summer Campout

    • We’ve collected $1120 for summer campout. Everyone who signed up has paid.

    • Ed has paid $1500 to the campground already

    • Originally calculated as $80 per family based on initial interest, but not everyone is actually going, so the amount is now short

  • Vote on using Party Funds to reimburse Ed

    • $750 budgeted for Party Fund, would be taking $380 out for reimbursing Ed

    • No one opposed, many approve, vote passes

  • Dues

    • Some people still owe dues to ED4

    • 16 people who paid last year have not yet paid this year. List will be going to Rick to follow up

    • One person still owes dues to Cal4Wheel

  • Web hosting renewed

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • Things went smoothly, no breakdowns

  • Do have a few things to discuss separately

    • Will schedule a separate meeting and/or solicit individual feedback

  • Central District Membership Chair Mike from Cal4Wheel visited and gave us compliments

  • Ellen: 2 lane drive through registration worked very well, might just continue to do this in the future

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • June 11-13th - Adopt-a-trail (HWY 4) - Jason & Sherry

    • 34+ people from ED4 and Granite Bandits

    • Many downed trees, huge downed trees, lots of hard work

    • Dinner was awesome, nice to have food ready at the end of a hard day of work - thanks Ed and Mike Cline

    • Cleared ~150 trees, some well over 4’, some that the club didn’t get to that must have been 6’ across at the bottom, worked on roughly 14mi of trail, job is not done

    • 100+mph winds earlier in the year was what brought down so many trees

    • At one point there were so many downed trees it was hard to see where the trail is

    • Corral Hollow cleared on Friday (Granite Bandits’ Adopt-a-Trail)

    • Mattley Loop cleared on Saturday

    • Mattley Ridge was attacked from 2 directions on Saturday and not fully cleared, some supporting trails also not clear

    • What to do if trees are too big? Will try to ask Forest Service for some resources

    • CJ will send a Doodle poll to see who is available during what upcoming weekends for another run to do more work

  • June 26th Rigs & Coffee @ 8am - Stan’s Donuts! - Darrell

    • Lots of people, including a few who weren’t club members, some who have done something with the club once in the past

    • Big line for donuts

    • Form to sign up to host a future Rigs & Coffee https://forms.gle/FQXFvEfxuJSbey8x9

      • Doesn’t have to be Saturday morning. Can be weekdays or evenings. Pick a time that works for you

Future Runs

  • July 15-18th - Summer Campout - Markleevile - Eddie and friends

    • Sign up - https://forms.gle/fP8tCv8LGHtGFtpy7

    • Ed is bring a big TV for movies at night

    • No campfires allowed in campground because of fire danger

    • Deer Valley trail is open

    • There has been an earthquake in the area, many aftershocks, dwindling down now, but we won’t know what the trails will be like

    • Bring a chainsaw if you have one just in case

    • Highways closed on Saturday because of cycling event

    • Doing a raffle, bring raffle item similar to Christmas gift exchange items

    • If wanting to do Deer Valley run and don’t meet vehicle requirements, contact Kelly R. for exceptions. There might also be right seats available - ask Kelly or CJ

  • July 24th @ 8am - Rigs & Coffee - Bass Pro Shop - San Jose - Greg Y.

  • August 7-8 - 4WheelParts Jeep and Truck Fest - Rick

    • Kind of short notice, let Rick know if you’re interested in helping so we can get a booth set up there

  • Aug 12-15th Sierra Trek - Cal 4 Wheel

    • Some people are going

  • September 17-19th Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

    • Eliminating backing down a hill because it takes a long time and people had to leave early because it was running long

      • Ellen says getting rid of this might not be a good idea because it can be something intimidating for new drivers and a good thing to get some experience with

      • Valid point to discuss, but moving the discussion off this meeting to keep to the agenda

    • Still not having food this September

    • Prerun and train the trainers will be one date, date has not been picked yet

    • Printing for goodie bag ends up being 8 pages if printing in color, so Magnus would like some help. If printing in black and white is ok, he can get it done at a pretty good price

    • Add hi-lift and winch training at end of day? Any volunteers to do that?

  • Oktoberfest TBD - Kelly

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

  • Sherry gave report with lots of pictures to Forest Service about Adopt-a-Trail, explained why we didn’t finish Matley Ridge

  • Big thanks to Sherry, she has to deal with some archaic processes for this

New Business:

  • Call for a team to identify moving meetings back to in person

    • Need a volunteer to lead this, otherwise we will keep meeting on zoom

    • Monthly? Quarterly? Special event only?

    • Dinner/no dinner?

    • All up for figuring out

Cow Bell:

  • John T nominates the person who ran out of gas, but the person is a guest

  • Darrell nominates Chris Mains for stealing the club’s whiskey

    • CJ dropped off 3 whiskeys with Jason and Chris Mains to hand around camp after Adopt-a-Trail. Chris put them in his trailer and took them with him when he left Saturday morning, so the club did not have whiskey at camp Saturday evening. 

    • With a landslide vote, Chris gets the cowbell this month

ED4 Hero:

  • Chris Masten nominates Ole for his chainsaw work on the big trees at Adopt-a-Trail

    • CJ adds the other chainsaw operators Jason Green and Rodney

  • Daryl nominates Ed for all the work he did for Summer Campout and Adopt-a-Trail

  • Belinda nominates Sherry for all her work contacting the Forest Service


Ron Frey says he misses everyone. Wheeling is a bit different where he lives now. Wanted to hop on and say hello.

Meeting adjourned at 8:08 pm

Next BOD Meeting: Aug 3, 2021 at 7pm

Next General Meeting: Aug 10, 2021 at 7pm

General Meeting - Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • CJ Arnesen - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Dennis Holler - Delegate

CJ Arnesen called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm


Announcements:

  • Greg Y. has a new addition to the family

Old Business:

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Sherry Stortroen - 31 years

  • Chris Mains - 11 years

  • Rick Montez - 9 years

  • Ryan Davis - 3 years

  • Prospective to vote on: Andrew Spyker

    • Voted in with many yes’s

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • We have money!

  • Budget is here: Budget2021-2022.pdf

  • Summer campout

    • $80 if you are camping with the club at Carson River Resort

    • Please pay through PayPal or mail check to Ellen

    • 11 people have paid already

  • Club dues due by 6/30/2021

    • $30 for individuals, $50 for families

    • Please pay through PayPal or mail check to Ellen

    • Ellen will take cash in person if it’s in an envelope with your name on it

  • Still working on Safety Clinic profit and loss

    • Please send receipts by email to Ellen or let Ellen know

  • Need to vote

    • Safety Clinic has a budgeted donation of $750 to HHORA

    • Jason Green makes a motion to increase the donation to $1500. Magnus seconds

      • no one opposes

    • Ellen will write a check

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • Things went smoothly, no breakdowns

  • Do have a few things to discuss separately

    • Will schedule a separate meeting and/or solicit individual feedback

  • Central District Membership Chair Mike from Cal4Wheel visited and gave us compliments

  • Ellen: 2 lane drive through registration worked very well, might just continue to do this in the future

Vice President (Victor Jorge [CJ sharing today]):

Past Runs

  • May 15th Spring Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • Many comments about how clinic went well and even club members learning new skills (i.e. how to get a driver’s attention while spotting)

  • A few potential areas of improvement were brought up

  • Friendly reminder by CJ that we have paying students camping before/after clinic and we should be professional even around the campfire

  • May 22nd - Rigs & Coffee Bass Pro San Jose parking lot - CJ

    • Good turnout - 11-13 rigs

    • Someone who attended clinic 10 years ago showed up

  • June 5th Fun Run at Hollister to invite students - Magnus

Future Runs

  • June 11-13th  - Adopt-a-trail (HWY 4)

  • Sign up here: https://forms.gle/qCCHRWYLgEWSsTPC8 

  • Quite a few trees down, will have a lot of work, have at least 3 chainsaws/chainsaw operators

  • Getting moving at 10am Friday, 8:30am Saturday - HAM 146.430

  • Ed is cooking dinner on Saturday night - pulled pork, cole slaw, beans, etc. might also be ice cream

    • Sherry got a $250 grant from Cal4Wheel to pay for dinner

  • June 26th Rigs & Coffee @8am - Stan’s Donuts!

    • Another social hangout in the parking lot

  • July 15-18th - Summer Campout - Markleevile - Eddie and friends

    • Sign up here: https://forms.gle/fP8tCv8LGHtGFtpy7

      • This is a much more detailed signup including runs, dinner, etc.

      • Check the difficulty ratings on the planned trail runs in the event agenda

    • Geocaching run

      • Use your GPS to find caches that people have hidden

      • A lot of the caches are down fire roads and might require a few hundred yards hike

      • A way of getting out and exploring an area

    • Please check and book your housing for that weekend ASAP if you are NOT planning to camp in the ED4 group camping area. It will be a busy weekend in the area with a big bike event. 

  • Aug 12-15th Sierra Trek - Cal 4 Wheel

  • September 17-19th Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • Oktoberfest TBD - Kelly

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

  • Oceano still a hot topic

  • Cal4Wheel is working on getting Resource Consultant position filled

  • Carnegie bills are still working their way through committees

New Business:

  • Rigs and Coffee

    • Anyone can host one - just pick a date, time, and place

    • Can be anywhere in the bay area

    • Would like to have at least one a month

    • Counts as a club run

    • Sign up here to host one

    • CJ won’t end this meeting until someone signs up

  • Email discussion thread about a new meeting location and not being on zoom

    • Concept of hybrid meetings

    • Form a committee to plan meeting in person again

    • Please step up if you are passionate about this

  • Rick and CJ kicking off online presence tiger team

    • Adding other avenues to make our presence known online

    • Meeting June 16 at 6:30pm

    • More details to come in an email

Cow Bell:

  • Ole reports that a course worker was giving directions to a trail lead during clinic and was too trusting that the trail lead would follow directions, thus getting his foot run over

    • It was hard to vote on this given that the person was not named

ED4 Hero:

  • Rick nominates Magnus and Bruce for all the work they’ve done for clinic

    • CJ seconds

  • Ellen nominates Sherry for showing up at 0-dark:30 to help with clinic registration and doing all the work for paperwork

    • Magnus seconds

  • Not going to vote on this this time, everyone nominated deserves recognition


CJ shared a quick video of a recovery he helped with on his way out of Hollister Hills

Greg Y. volunteers to plan a Rigs and Coffee in July

Motion to adjourn the meeting by new member Andrew, Greg Y. seconds

Meeting adjourned at 8:09 pm

Next BOD Meeting: July 6, 2021 at 7pm

Next General Meeting: July 13, 2021 at 7pm

General Meeting - Tuesday, May 11th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • CJ Arnesen - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Dennis Holler - Delegate

CJ Arnesen called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm


Announcements:

Old Business:

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Question of the Month: Knowing what you know now about 4-wheeling, what advice would you give your younger self?

  • Anniversaries: 

    • Archie & Belinda - 2 years

    • Jason - 29 years

  • Prospectives need to submit trip reports

  • Rick has swag, sent out an email of what he has if you want to buy something

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • We have money!

  • Budget was voted on by google form - passes with 18 yes’s


Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • Anyone who has one, please bring an EZ-up. The shade canopy over the picnic tables blew down

  • Want everyone to fill out CDC acknowledge form for covid, but we’re not going to be taking temperatures

  • We are going to wear masks

  • Camping update - 50 people (spaces)

  • On trail for clinic?... add the tracks to your Gaia!

  • Ellen is still handling dropouts and waitlist

  • Central district membership chair wants to visit and see how we run our clinic


Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • Train the Trainers May 1st - Hollister

    • Thanks Ellen for recording GPS tracks

  • May 7-9th Summer Campout Pre-run/Scouting - Eddie & friends

    • Camping has been locked down at the resort

    • Ed did some pre-planning for the Barney Riley trail, and the group confirmed it works. CJ recorded the track


Future Runs

  • May 14-16th Spring Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • June 5th Fun Run at Hollister to invite students to (Trail lead TBD)

  • June 11-12th (Confirmed date) Adopt-a-trail

    • Not much snow there anymore

    • A lot of trees down from the windstorms

    • Sherry will ask about camping and conditions when she gets in touch with the Forest Service

  • July 15-18th - Summer Campout - Markleeville - Eddie and friends

    • Co-trail-bosses needed

    • Agenda for the weekend

    • Signup form coming soon

    • Camping has been locked down at the resort. We have a total cost that will be divided among the people who attend. Plenty of space, big dirt lot. There is a steep hill and a hairpin on the road in, but club members with RVs should be able to get in. 

    • If you don’t want to camp with the club, book your lodging ASAP. Busy weekend in that area

HWY Closure details:

  • Road Closures, Saturday 7/17

  • 5:00 am – 7:00 am: Road closed to traffic from the Markleeville Courthouse to the junction of Highways 89 & 4 

  • Monitor (Hwy 89), & Ebbetts Pass and the Pacific Grade to Lake Alpine (Hwy 4) will be closed to vehicular traffic starting at 5:00 am 

  • Monitor Pass (Hwy 89) reopens to vehicular traffic at 12:00 pm 

  • Ebbetts Pass/Lake Alpine (Hwy 4) reopens to vehicular traffic at 4:00 pm 

  • Highway 89 from Woodfords to the Markleeville Courthouse will remain open. Please adhere to posted speed zones and early morning parking crews

Group Camping at the Carson River Resort

The Group Camp Area is a large area above the resort. Dry camp area with plenty of room for all. There are Porta Potties in this area. Restrooms are down in the main resort on the highway

 PLANNED Trail Runs

THURSDAY 7/15

  • Barney Riley Trail Pre-Run [Trail Boss: Ed]

    • This is NOT for the novice driver. This will be a fast pace “Getter Done” run. I am not wanting to do spotting. If you are a person that requires spotting on Intermediate trails this is NOT the run for you.

FRIDAY 7/16

  • Easy Barney Riley Trail Run [Trail Boss: John Ruiz]

  • Hard Blue Lakes / Deer Valley Trail Run [Trail Boss: Kelly Radcliffe]

    • The Blue lakes Trail is NOT for Novice Drivers

SATURDAY 7/17

  • Fun “Geocache Adventure” Trail Run [Trail Boss: Bill Herta]

  • Intermediate Barney Riley Trail Run [Trail Boss: CJ Arnesen]

  • Aug 12-15th Sierra Trek - Cal 4 Wheel

    • Some people from the club have already signed up

  • September 17-19th Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • Oktoberfest TBD

CA4WDC Report (Dennis):

  • North district membership

    • Potentially 2 new clubs: Redding Jeep Club, Tahoe Jeepers

  • President’s report

    • Win-A-Jeep winner received his keys

    • Death Valley Experience - first time event, people enjoyed it

    • Had a meeting to try to get the lobbyists and natural resources consultant going again

    • Some work on improving the Cal4Wheel office

  • Treasury report

    • Seem to be doing fairly well in terms of budgeting despite events being cancelled

    • Donations have been higher

    • Win-A-Jeep raffle ticket price is changing to $20 per ticket

  • Convention is going to be in Visalia

    • Asking for write-ups on trails (Adopt-a-trail, favorites, etc.)

    • If someone from the club could take some pictures, Dennis can pass them along

  • Some work will be/has been done on Fordyce

    • Helping out some bypasses that have gotten ridiculously hard

    • Not touching the main trail

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

  • Carnegie

    • Senator and assembly person both have bills trying to take the property away again

    • Governor has a 30 by 30 initiative (30% of state of CA protected by 2030), which could be fueling the bills (however Governor Newsom did veto the bill from last year)

    • Judge decided earlier this year that past environmental reports were not valid

  • Also fighting Oceano closure

New Business:

  • Working group to figure out what ED4’s online presence looks like

    • We have a great website

    • We have a Facebook group, how can we better utilize it?

    • Let CJ know if you would like to join the group

    • He will get this going after clinic

  • Would like to come up with a positive analog to the cowbell

    • We have lots of club members who step up that we should celebrate

    • Looking for a name and/or token for this award

      • ED4 hero?

      • little matchbox Jeep?

  • Club dues

    • $30 for single, $50 for family

    • Due June 30

    • Ellen will send PayPal link

    • Can also pay by Stripe if you need to, but they take an extra $5 fee

Cow Bell:

  • No new nominations

Motion to adjourn by Dennis, Dick seconds
Meeting adjourned at 8:19pm

Next BOD Meeting: June 1, 2021 at 7pm
Next General Meeting: June 8, 2021 at 7pm

General Meeting - Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • CJ Arnesen - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Dennis Holler - Delegate

CJ Arnesen called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm


Announcements:

  • Daryl has 4 BFG KM2 33x12.5R15 tires for cheap

  • Neale found a can of white gas that he will not be using (for old stoves or lamps)


Old Business:

  • Kelly - changes to bylaws that we voted on a few meetings ago are in, will get it up on the website


Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Question of the Month: Before going out on a trail run, what do you always check on your rig? 

  • Anniversaries: Connie Wilson - 12 years

  • Prospectives need to submit trip reports

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • We have money!

Budget

  • Preliminary budget has been emailed out

  • Need to keep a tight budget this year, donations will be down a little

  • Added item for renewing our domain names

  • Will vote on budget in May


Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • Have about 23 volunteers

  • Would like more volunteers, please respond to Bruce/Magnus’s email

  • People who arrive on Friday can help put up signage

  • Saturday morning will be parking/registration/inspection

  • Trail teams will primarily be the people doing inspection in the morning

  • Classroom - CJ & Jason

  • Saturday afternoon will need people on obstacles

  • Some cleanup after

  • Pre-run and train the trainers on May 1 - need to get there early

    • Bruce/Magnus will send out an email with details

  • Assignment sheet will be sent out this week

  • Our permit says we will be following the same covid protocols as the past 2 clinics

  • Club members and volunteers are allowed to camp Thurs/Fri/Sat night, students not yet

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • March 20th - Hollister Hills Fun Run - John, Kelly, etc

Future Runs

  • May 1st - Train the Trainers - Hollister

  • May 14-16th - Spring Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • TBD dates for Adopt-a-trail (tentative June 11-12th?)

  • July 15-18th - Summer Campout - Markleeville - Eddie and friends

    • See notes below

  • Aug 12-15th - Sierra Trek - Cal 4 Wheel

  • September 17-19th - Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • TBD Oktoberfest - Kelly

 

Summer Campout

  • Will send out google sheet with info and logistics

  • Google form being drafted for signup and attendee info

  • Please be aware that this will be the same weekend as the Death Ride (bicycle event), which will close some highways on Saturday

  • Will need to be on the Markleeville side of Hwy 89/4 before 5am on Saturday morning or arrive via Highway 88

  • Hotels will be booked up, check ASAP if not camping

  • Plenty of dry camping space at the upper level at the Carson River Resort (reserved for club), lower level RV spaces are already full

  • https://deathride.com/f/course

    • Road Closures, Day of Event:

    • 5:00 am – 7:00 am: Road closed to traffic from the Markleeville Courthouse to the junction of Highways 89 & 4. 

    • Monitor (Hwy 89), & Ebbetts Pass and the Pacific Grade to Lake Alpine (Hwy 4) will be closed to vehicular traffic starting at 5:00 am. 

    • Monitor Pass (Hwy 89) reopens to vehicular traffic at 12:00 pm. 

    • Ebbetts Pass/Lake Alpine (Hwy 4) reopens to vehicular traffic at 4:00 pm. 

    • Highway 89 from Woodfords to the Markleeville Courthouse will remain open. Please adhere to posted speed zones and early morning parking crews.


CA4WDC Report (Dennis):

  • Next meeting is April 22

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

  • Bills to take away property at Carnegie in the works again

    • Judge ruled earlier in the year that the environmental impact report was not good :(

  • Parks got a new director, questioned about Oceano, no clear answer

  • OHV division absorbed into Parks, hard to track the money now

  • Peter Jones named as director of Prairie City

  • California State Parks Foundation - non government charity organization that supports state parks, don’t appear to support SVRAs even though SVRAs are part of State Parks

New Business:

CJ kicking off a small committee to work on club’s online presence

  • See what we can do to be more relevant online

  • Already have a few people, let CJ know if you are also interested

  • Andrew, Dishaan, and David are in


Should the BOD meeting minutes be emailed out or just have a link?

  • Poll was very close

  • Executive decision was made to continue to send out BOD meeting minutes via email

Cow Bell:

  • Magnus nominated Ruiz family for cow bell for their Jeep falling off a jack at the Hollister fun run

  • The club voted to award them the cow bell

  • Hope/Shane nominated Kelly for taking the group up a muddy, slippery trail where the above happened

Motion to adjourn by Dick, Kelly seconds

Meeting adjourned at 8:22 pm


Next BOD Meeting: May 4, 2021 at 7pm

Next General Meeting: May 11, 2021 at 7pm


General Meeting - Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • Kelly Radcliffe - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • John Ruiz - Secretary

Kelly Radcliffe called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm

Announcements:

  • The election was held and the following people were elected. It was very close! ;-)

    • CJ Arnesen - President

    • Victor Jorge - Vice President

    • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

    • Rick Montez - Membership

    • Joanna Chen - Secretary

  • Since the voting was done via the web. This means the club voted to change the bylaws to allow it

  • Cal 4 Wheel does not send out reminders about renewing your membership. You need to check yourself Sign In (cal4wheel.org)

Membership (Rick Montez):

Anniversaries:

  • None this month

Question of the Month:

  • What would you drive if you could not drive your current make?

Trip Reports:

  • Prospect members need to submit a trip report to for each event they attend. It can be a short report of where they went and what happen. This is how to get credit to join.

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • We have money Yay!

  • Clinic is sold out

  • Greg Y. will look into having the club domain and Web site all under Square Space and all under ED4

  • Ellen hopes to have the Strip app for renews in May. You renew by check or Strip. With Wi-Fi at area 5 you can pay at the camp fire.

Discussions:

  • It looks like the Summer camp out will be HUUGGEEE

    • Ed needs help. You can help by signing up for one thing. Contact ED if you want to help.

      • For example:

        • Hold an Ice Cream Social

        • Hold a Whiskey tasting event

        • Set up a movie night

        • Lead a run (2 runs per day, easy & hard)

        • Organize lawn games

        • Organize spouse day at Holiday Inn Club

        • Help with one part a meal ( desert, appetizer)

        • Casino run to Carson Valley Inn

New Business (Kelly):

  • The Cal 4 Wheel Convention was held via zoom

    • Highlights:

      • Shery Retained her position

      • Membership dropped about 300 from last year

      • ED4 got 3 awards; Safety, Web Site and Conservation

      • The Jeep was won by a person in North Carolina

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • It is sold out. Only 8 double drivers. It will be the same as the fall covid clinic. No Bar-b-que

  • Area 5 is reserved. Not sure about camping

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs:

  • Feb 25th: A Thursday at Hollister for retired people. What can you say. If you are retired and can go on a Thursday, Life is Good.

Future Club Runs:

  • May 1st: Train the Trainers - Hollister

  • May 14-16th: Spring Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • June 11-12th(?): Dates for Adopt-a-trail - Trail Boss(?)

  • July 15-18th: Summer Campout - Markleeville - Eddie and friends

  • September 17-19th: Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • TBD: Oktoberfest - Trail Boss(?)

CA4WDC Report:

  • Dennis See Dennis’s report

Land Use:

  • Sherry & Ole Pismo beach and Frank Reigns are still under attack

50/50:

Cow Bell:

  • No new nominations

Next BOD Meeting:

  • April 6th, 2021

Next General Meeting:

  • April 13th, 2021

Meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm.

Reference:

  • Club flag can be purchase at Forever Wave password is EDF17

  • Wheelin, Wine & Whisky Podcast for interview on Element Fire Extinguishers check it out here [For 10% off and free shipping use code: Check back later, code has expired]

  • Another good podcast if you have time with Snail-trail-4x4

  • Mike and Max Off-road podcast here

  • To contact your California State assembly folks Click Here

    • This is a great map to find out who your state assembly person and who your state senator is...

  • Fire permit is required and can be attained here

  • Got time Check out Matt’s Off road recovery on YouTube

  • Be sure to check out CJ’s web site

  • John’s eBay Seller page here

General Meeting - Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • Kelly Radcliffe - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • John Ruiz - Secretary

Kelly Radcliffe called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm.

Announcements:

  • There will be an extra meeting this month for nominations for the next election

    • The meeting will be February 23rd. Want to run for office, Contact Kelly!

  • Cal 4 Wheel does not send out reminders about renewing your membership. You need to check yourself Sign In (cal4wheel.org)

  • Cal 4 Wheel has the “Win a Jeep” going on. Due to less events they can use the extra funds. You can buy a shirt for to help them out

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Anniversaries:

    • Joanna Chen 3yrs

    • Victor Jorge 3yrs

    • Ellen Layendecker 29yrs

    • Joe Morris 3yrs

    • Greg Ordonez 4yrs

    • Tom Vella 15yrs

  • Question of the Month:

    • Question of the Month: Most embarrassing story 4 Wheeling

  • Prospect members need to submit a trip report to for each event they attend. It can be a short report of where they went and what happen. This is how to become eligible to join the club

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):
Club finances are as follows:

    • We got money!

    • It was voted to increase the Cal 4 Wheel donation. $500 for general fund, $500 legal. Total donation to Cal 4 Wheel $2142

    • Ellen hopes to have the Strip app for renews in May

      • You renew by check or Strip. With Wi-Fi at area 5 you can pay at the camp fire

Discussions:

  • The owner of the Carson River Resort did a great job on last year’s Oktoberfest event. We will have an event there next year

    • Need volunteers to help out. Could be a big party with the Mad Hatters there also

  • With Snow on the ground most dirt roads in the forest are closed. Even if they are covered with snow

  • The Cal 4 wheel convention will be on the computer. This Saturday you can attend with Zoom. 12 noon to 9pm

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • Registration will open this month

    • 9 hold overs from previous clinics signed up. 37 people on waiting list

  • Area 5 is reserved. Not sure about camping

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • January 16th: Walker Ridge Run - Dennis

  • January 30th: MET snow run - Rick

Future Club Runs

  • Cal 4 Wheel Convention is still on. Feb 19-21 in Visalia

  • Train the Trainers May 1st - Hollister

  • May 14-16th: Spring Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • Dates for Adopt-a-trail? (June 11-12th?)

  • July 15-18th: Summer Campout - Markleevile - Eddie and friends

    • Co-bosses needed to make this run a huge success! Please consider signing-up and start planning

  • September 17-19th: Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • Octoberfest: TBD

CA4WDC Report: Dennis

  • There will be 5 bylaws to vote on at next months meeting

  • Need to figure out how Dennis should vote at the convention. See In gear for what will be voted on

    • Results from Survey Monkey 15 people filled it out. 1 – No, 2-Yes, 3-No, 4-Yes, 5-Yes

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

  • Pismo beach is still under attack

New Business (Kelly):

  • Reach out to Ellen to suggest donation recipients for next year's budget

  • Change to bylaws to make exceptions for online voting similar to Cal4 wheel

    • By-Laws do not specifically outline how we vote: (display of hands, Yay/Nay/ballot)

    • Proposed Change: Add to Voting, Article IV, Section 2 “Allow option for electronic voting via online poll, show of hands via videoconference, E-mail or Text message for all club business. To be recorded and tallied by the club secretary”

  • Officer Nomination Committee Appointment (Should have been done at January Meeting)

  • Nominations to take place at Special Meeting 2/23/21

  • Officer Elections to be held at next General Meeting 3/9/21

50/50:

Cow Bell:

  • No new nominations

Next BOD Meeting:

  • March 2nd, 2021

Next General Meeting:

  • March 9th, 2021

Meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm.

Reference:

  • Wheelin, Wine & Whisky Podcast for interview on Element Fire Extinguishers check it out here [For 10% off and free shipping use code WWW10]

  • Another good podcast if you have time with Snail-trail-4x4

  • Mike and Max Off-road podcast here

  • To contact your California State assembly folks Click Here

    • This is a great map to find out who your state assembly person and who your state senator is...

  • Fire permit is required and can be attained here

  • Be sure to check out CJ’s web site

  • John’s eBay Seller page here

General Meeting - Tuesday, January 7th, 2021

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • Kelly Radcliffe - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • John Ruiz - Secretary

Kelly Radcliffe called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

Announcements:

  • Rick has ED4 swage for sale Contact him if interested. T-Shirts and Sweatshirts $25, Stickers small $3, Large $9. Patches also

  • Cal 4 Wheel has the “Win a Jeep “ going on. Due to less events they can use the extra funds

  • You can buy a shirt for to help them out https://cal4wheel.org/store https://cal4wheel.com/win-a-jeep Pismo Beach is open for day use only

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Anniversaries:

    • Yifang Dai 4rs

    • Dennis Holler & Ava Moore 13yrs

    • Dick Orlando 4yrs

    • Loro Patterson 13yrs

    • John & Hope Ruiz 22yrs

    • Ole Stortroen 31yrs

  • Question of the Month:

    • What kind of advance off-roading training class would you like to

      attend?

      • Lots of people want How to recover and how to winch.

  • Prospect members need to submit a trip report to for each event they attend. It can be a short report of where they went and what happen. This is how to become eligible to join the club

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):
Club finances are as follows:

    • We got money!

    • All bills have been paid

Discussions:

  • We will also use the Strip app for future payments

    • It has lower fees and no membership. By June you will be able to pay for your membership via Strip.

  • Insurance for the year has been paid for both clinics

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

    • The sign-up line has started. If you know someone, they can contact the club and get on the early list. Registration will open mid February

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • January 30th: MET snow run - Rick

Future Club Runs

  • May 14-16th: Spring Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • Dates for Adopt-a-trail? (June 11-12th?)

  • July 15-18th: Summer Campout - Markleevile - Eddie and friends

  • September 17-19th: Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • Octoberfest: TBD

CA4WDC Report: Dennis

  • There will be 6 bylaws to vote on at next months meeting

  • The Cal 4 Wheel Convention is still on. Feb 19-21 in Visalia

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

  • Pismo beach is still under attack

New Business:

50/50:

Cow Bell:

  • No new nominations

Next BOD Meeting:

  • February 2nd, 2021

Next General Meeting:

  • February 9th, 2021

Meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm.

Reference:

  • Wheelin, Wine & Whisky Podcast for interview on Element Fire Extinguishers check it out here [For 10% off and free shipping use code WWW10]

  • Another good podcast if you have time with Snail-trail-4x4

  • Mike and Max Off-road podcast here

  • To contact your California State assembly folks Click Here

    • This is a great map to find out who your state assembly person and who your state senator is...

  • Fire permit is required and can be attained here

  • Be sure to check out CJ’s web site

  • John’s eBay Seller page here

General Meeting - Tuesday, December 8th, 2020

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • Kelly Radcliffe - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • John Ruiz - Secretary

Kelly Radcliffe called the meeting to order at 7:03 pm.

Announcements:

  • Rick has ED4 swage for sale Contact him if interested. T-Shirts and Sweatshirts $25, Stickers small $3, Large $9. Patches also

  • Cal 4 Wheel has the “Win a Jeep “ going on. Due to less events they can use the extra funds. https://cal4wheel.com/win-a-jeep

  • Pismo Beach is open for day use only

  • Hollister Hills is restricting the number of vehicles entering. It fills up before 10am

  • Winter Fun Fest is canceled

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Anniversaries:

    • Steve Bartolomei 21 years

    • Sarah Parker 7 years

    • Jason Pugh 7 years

  • December question of the Month:

    • Where have you had exceptionally good service/repair to your rig?

  • Prospect members need to submit a trip report to for each event they attend. It can be a short report of where they went and what happen. This is how to get credit to join

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):
Club finances are as follows:

    • We got money!

Discussions:

    • No Christmas Party this year, since there is no Christmas party do we donate to a local charity? Usually we spend about $1200 on the party

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

    • No new news

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • November 21st Hollister Fun Run: Kelly and Rick, Magnus and Daryl

  • Dec 5th - Stuff the Bus Toy run!: Joanna Chen

Future Club Runs – Victor

  • Feb (2) MET snow run - Rick

  • May 14-16th Spring Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • Dates for Adopt-a-trail? (June 11-12th?)

  • July 15-18th - Summer Campout - Markleevile - Eddie and friends

  • September 17-19th Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • Octoberfest TBD

CA4WDC Report: Dennis

  • With all the canceled events Cal 4 Wheel is short money. Check out the store

    • Tickets for the raffle Jeep are for sale

    • Contest between clubs to sell the most

  • There will be 4 Bylaw changes. More info to follow

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

New Business:

50/50:

Cow Bell:

  • No new nominations

Next BOD Meeting:

  • January 5th, 2021

Next General Meeting:

  • January 12th, 2021

Meeting adjourned at 8:07 pm.

Reference:

  • Wheelin, Wine & Whisky Podcast for interview on Element Fire Extinguishers check it out here [For 10% off and free shipping use code WWW10]

  • Another good podcast if you have time with Snail-trail-4x4

  • Mike and Max Off-road podcast here

  • To contact your California State assembly folks Click Here

    • This is a great map to find out who your state assembly person and who your state senator is...

  • Fire permit is required and can be attained here

  • Be sure to check out CJ’s web site

  • John’s eBay Seller page here

General Meeting - Tuesday, November 10th, 2020

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • Kelly Radcliffe - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • John Ruiz - Secretary

Kelly Radcliffe called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

Announcements:

  • Rick has ED4 swage for sale Contact him if interested. T-Shirts and Sweatshirts $25, Stickers small $3, Large $9. Patches also

  • Cal 4 Wheel has the “Win a Jeep “ going on. Due to less events they can use the extra funds. https://cal4wheel.com/win-a-jeep

  • Pismo Beach is open for day use only

  • Hollister Hills is restricting the number of vehicles entering. It fills up before 10am

  • Winter Fun Fest is canceled

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Anniversaries:

    • Darrel Drummer 1 year

    • Chris & Patty Masten 9 years

    • Colin Naylor 1 year

    • Daryl Nelson 8 years

  • November question of the Month:

    • What is the last thing that broke on your vehicle?

  • Prospect members need to submit a trip report to for each event they attend. It can be a short report of where they went and what happen. This is how to get credit to join

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • We got money!

Discussions:

  • The 45th Anniversary run has been postponed. It will happen next year. Funds from the Xmas party may be used for it

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • No new news

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs

  • October 21-25, Death Valley Run - Bruce and Vidas

Future Runs:

  • November 21st Hollister Fun Run. Be there at 8am to get in

  • December 5th Toys for Tots – Joanna

    • The Stuff the Bus will be held at the San Jose Historical Park. Check out the event details here

CA4WDC Report: Dennis

  • With all the canceled events Cal 4 Wheel is short money. Check out the store

    • Tickets for the raffle Jeep are for sale

    • Contest between clubs to sell the most

  • There will be 4 Bylaw changes. More info to follow

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

New Business:

50/50:

Cow Bell:

  • No new nominations

Next BOD Meeting:

  • December 1st, 2020

Next General Meeting:

  • December 8th, 2020

Meeting adjourned at 8:05 pm.

Reference:

  • Wheelin, Wine & Whisky Podcast for interview on Element Fire Extinguishers check it out here [For 10% off and free shipping use code WWW10]

  • Another good podcast if you have time with Snail-trail-4x4

  • Mike and Max Off-road podcast here

  • To contact your California State assembly folks Click Here

    • This is a great map to find out who your state assembly person and who your state senator is...

  • Fire permit is required and can be attained here

  • Be sure to check out CJ’s web site

  • John’s eBay Seller page here

General Meeting - Tuesday, October 13th, 2020

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • Kelly Radcliffe - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • John Ruiz - Secretary

Kelly Radcliffe called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm.

Announcements:

  • Rick will have ED4 swage for sale at the clinic. T-Shirts and Sweatshirts $25, Stickers small $3, Large $9. Patches also

  • Cal 4 Wheel has a disaster fund to help members in bad times. You can make a tax deductible donation to them

  • Cal 4 Wheel has the “Win a Jeep “ going on. Due to less events they can use the extra funds

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Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Anniversaries:

    • CJ Arneson 12 years

    • Marleen & Gary Sheigren 11years

    • Peter & Vicki Danforth 8 years

    • Michael D’Agostino 3 years

    • Archie and Brenda Overton 1 year

    • Dagmar Brone 1 year

    • Scott Beley 1 year

  • October question of the Month:

    • Most scenic trail? Moab was the most chosen.

  • Prospect members need to submit a trip report to for each event they attend. It can be a short report of where they went and what happen. This is how to get credit to join

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • Club finances are as follows:

    • We got money!

    • Clinic made $1300 after donating $1500 to HHORA

    • Only 2 students asked for the dinner money back

Discussions:

  • An extra $750 to HHORA was passed

  • $100 to fix the air station at the main gate was passed

  • $$ to buy a car to recover was passed. This is for the 45 th Anniversary

  • The owner of the Carson Valley Resort did a great job

  • Should we have an event there next year? Volunteer for a trail leader?

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • Clinic went well. No major issues. With a few small changes the tire placement will be held for everyone after lunch. Students liked doing it right off the bat.

  • Survey was great. No bad comments

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs:

  • September 12th – Clinic prerun & train the trainers

  • September 19th - Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • October 8-11 - Oktoberfest - Markleeville -Trail Leader Ed Lorenzen. There was a big thanks to Ed for outing this on. Event went great. Everyone had a good time

Future Runs:

Club website & Facebook page has been updated. Victor has been creating Events with all the info for upcoming runs. Lots of detailed info in both places thanks to Victor

  • October 26th – Death Valley See Vidas for details

    • If you have not responded to his email you are not on the list to go

  • November - 45th Anniversary Event - Hollister - Ellen and Rick

    • The park is a soft go right now. Waiting for a firm yes. ED4 needs to submit a covid plan. The Xmas diner money can be spent on food for the event. This will be a Recovery / winching event. Unsure about camping

  • December Toys for Tots - Joanna

    • Joanna The Stuff the Bus will be held at the San Jose Historical Park

    • No purchase of tickets are needed; as, we’ll be making the toy drop-off during the day prior to the evening events

CA4WDC Report (Dennis):

With all the canceled events Cal 4 Wheel is short money. Check out the store Tickets for the raffle Jeep are for sale. Contest between clubs to sell the most. See the contest’s site. Put ED4 down to help club in contest

Next meeting is October 24th via Zoom

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

New Business:

50/50:

Cow Bell:

  • Richard O. for driving off the trail while leading a group during the safety clinic

Next BOD Meeting:

  • November 3rd, 2020

Next General Meeting:

  • November 10th, 2020

Meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm.

Reference:

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  • Mike and Max Off-road podcast here

  • To contact your California State assembly folks Click Here

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  • Fire permit is required and can be attained here

  • Be sure to check out CJ’s web site

  • Fire permit is required and can be attained here

General Meeting - Tuesday, September 8th, 2020

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • Kelly Radcliffe - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • John Ruiz - Secretary

Kelly Radcliffe called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm.

Announcements:

  • Bring Cash to the Safety Clinic

  • Rick will have ED4 swage for sale at the clinic. T-Shirts and Sweatshirts $25, Stickers small $3, Large $9. Patches also

  • Cal 4 Wheel will be the clinic. You will be able to buy their swag also

  • Cal 4 Wheel has a disaster fund to help members in bad times. You can make a tax deductible donation to them

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Anniversaries: Kelly Radcliffe 3 years

  • September question of the Month:

    • Have you spent more or less on your rig? Most non married people did not

  • Prospect members need to submit a trip report to for each event they attend. It can be a short report of where they went and what happen. This is how to get credit to join

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

Club finances are as follows:

  • We got money!

    • The budget had $750 donation to HHORA. It was voted to increase this to $1500 Now also using Strip for payments

    • What is HHORA; HHORA is a cooperating nonprofit association designed to support Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area.

Discussions:

  • Clinic is sold out. Can still use help. Contact Bruce Wilford for a job assignment

  • Camping for members and volunteers only. Hollister is open for anyone camping. It is just area 5 that is restricted

  • You know someone that wants to sign up for the clinic have them send an email to Ellen to get a spot early

  • Forever Wave password is EDF17

Clinic (Bruce & Magnus):

  • You will have to cook for yourself

  • Going to try and run tire placement right after the classroom. There will be 4 Tire placement areas and all 4 groups will run it at once. Help is need for this

  • The pre-run will be this Saturday the 12th. Meet at 9AM at the big oak tree

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs:

  • July 18 – August 14-16 - Shaver Lake area run - Kelly Radcliffe The group was able to do Red Lake, Kaiser Pass, Mono Hot Springs and Bald Mountain

  • August 30 - September 7th - Ouray, CO, Rim Rock Trail, Red Mountain - Chris Masten No report since they were not back

Future Runs:

Club website & Facebook page has been updated. Victor has been creating Events with all the info for upcoming runs. Lots of detailed info in both places thanks to Victor

  • September 12th – Clinic prerun & train the trainers

  • September 19th - Fall Safety Clinic - Bruce and Magnus

  • October 9th - Oktoberfest - Markleville Trail Leader Ed L

  • October 26th – Death Valley See Vidas for details

  • November - 45th Anniversary Event - Hollister - Ellen and Rick

  • December Toys for Tots - Joanna

CA4WDC Report (Dennis):

With all the canceled events Cal 4 Wheel is short money. Check out the store Tickets for the raffle Jeep are for sale. Contest between clubs to sell the most. See the contest’s site. Put ED4 down to help club in contest

Next meeting is October 24th via Zoom

Land Use (Sherry & Ole):

New Business:

50/50:

Cow Bell:

  • Richard O. for driving off the trail while leading a group during the safety clinic

Next BOD Meeting:

  • October 6th, 2020

Next General Meeting:

  • October 13th, 2020

Meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm.

Reference:

  • Wheelin, Wine & Whisky Podcast for interview on Element Fire Extinguishers check it out here [For 10% off and free shipping use code WWW10]

  • Another good podcast if you have time with Snail-trail-4x4

  • Mike and Max Off-road podcast here

  • To contact your California State assembly folks Click Here

    • This is a great map to find out who your state assembly person and who your state senator is...

  • Fire permit is required and can be attained here

  • Be sure to check out CJ’s web site

  • Fire permit is required and can be attained here

  • Be sure to check out CJ’s web site

General Meeting - Tuesday, August 12, 2020

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • Kelly Radcliffe - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • John Ruiz - Secretary

Kelly Radcliffe called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm.

Announcements:

  • No 50-50 raffle at member meeting

  • Membership has the following for sale:

    • T-Shirts and Sweatshirts $25, Stickers small $3, Large $9. Patches also

Discussions:

  • Clinic survey results were posted by Ellen. See email

  • Ellen now has electronic certificates to send to the students

  • If you know someone that wants to sign up for the clinic have them send an email to Ellen to get a spot early

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Anniversaries:

    • Arline Abarr 4yrs

    • Magnus Akerblom 5yrs

    • Bob Bragg 9yrs

    • Andy Cardenas 9yrs

    • William Hreha 3yrs

    • Detlef & Ursula 5yrs

    • Vidas & Jessie Mickevicius 9yrs

    • Michael Phorn 21yrs

    • Greg Youree 8yrs

  • August question of the Month:

    • When was the first time you got stuck?

  • Prospect members need to submit a trip report to for each event they attend. It can be a short report of where they went and what happen

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

  • Club finances are as follows:

    • We got money!

    • Note: If you have receipts from the clinic turn them in now

Clinic (Dennis and Rick):

  • A big thank you to Rick and Dennis for running the clinic for the past few years

  • Going to try and run tire placement right after the classroom. There will be 4 TP areas and all 4 groups will run it at once

  • When registration opens it will be almost sold out with hold overs. If someone wants to sign up they must do it right when reg. opens up

  • Instead of Kelly giving a speech at the end of the day, He will give it after the classroom

  • Have a soft ending to the day. Photo ops, ask how it went, any interest in joining the club. Formal goodbye

  • Fall Safety Clinic is only 1 & 1/2 months away

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs:

  • July 11th — Safety Clinic Pre-Run

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

    • When all the extra hoops to jump thru it went very well. It looks like we will be able to streamline and improve the future clinics

Future Runs:

  • August 14-16th Looking Good - Shaver Lake area run - Kelly Radcliffe

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

  • September 12th – Clinic prerun & train the trainers

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

  • October 9th - Oktoberfest - Markleeville - Ed Lorenzen

  • October 26th – Death Valley See Vidas & Bruce for details

  • November - 45th Anniversary Event - Hollister - Ellen and Rick

  • December Toys for Tots - Joanna

CA4WDC Report: Dennis

  • With all the canceled events Cal 4 Wheel is short money

    • Check out the store https://cal4wheel.org/store Tickets for the raffle Jeep are for sale

    • Contest between clubs to sell the most. See https://cal4wheel.org/Shared_Content/Shop/StoreLayouts/win-a-jeep.aspx Put ED4 down to help club in contest

    • Next meeting is October 24th via Zoom

Land Use: Sherry & Ole

New Business: 50/50:

Cow Bell:

  • Richard O. for driving off the trail while leading a group during the safety clinic

Next BOD Meeting:

  • September 1st, 2020

Next General Meeting:

  • September 8th, 2020

Meeting adjourned at 8:35pm.