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

  • Need an Holiday gift idea for someone who has everything? Click here

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:

  • 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

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.

General Meeting - Tuesday, July 7, 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:

  • No 50-50 raffle at member meeting

  • Wheeling Wine & Whisky has an episode with Element fire extinguishers. Watch and get 10% off and free shipping

Discussions:

  • Refund the $250 back to Cal 4 Wheel since it was not used for food at the adapt a trail

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Anniversaries:

  • July question of the Month:

    • What upgrade/swap/etc. did you do and regretted it?

Treasurer (Ellen Layendecker):

  • Club finances are as follows:

    • We got money!

Clinic (Dennis and Rick):

  • The clinic will be moved to July 18. Sold out 47 drivers

  • Camping approved. Area 5 open Thursday night.

  • A video presentation will be sent out 2 days before clinic.

  • Now have enough members to run normal clinic

  • Need to bring own dinner for Saturday night

  • Need to print out and sign Covid plan

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs:

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

  • June 20th Hollister Fun Run — Andy

  • June 27-28th SlickRock — CJ

Future Runs:

  • July 11th — Safety Clinic Pre-Run

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

  • July / August After Safety Clinic run _ NEED TRAIL BOSS

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

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

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

  • October 9th - Oktoberfest - Tamarack Lodge at Bear Valley Need Trail Leader

  • October 26th – Death Valley See Vidas for details

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

  • December Toys for Tots - Joanna

CA4WDC Report: Dennis

Land Use: Sherry & Ole

New Business: 50/50:

Cow Bell:

Next BOD Meeting:

  • August 3rd, 2020

Next General Meeting:

  • Tuesday July 13. It will be an online Zoom meeting

Meeting adjourned at 8:23pm.

General Meeting - Tuesday, June 9, 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

Discussions:

  • There will be a safety clinic and Adopt a Trail run

Membership (Rick Montez):

• Anniversaries:

  • Sherry 30 years

  • Chris M. 10 years

  • Rick M. 8 years

  • Ryan D. 6-years

• June question of the Month:

  • What idea you saw on another rig that you want

• 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!

  • Membership Fees Due—Pay now

    • Membership dues are due between June 1st and June 29. be $30 for single and $40 for families

    • Pay via Paypal EspritDeFourTreas@gmail.com

Clinic (Dennis and Rick):

  • The clinic will be moved to July 18. Only one student has dropped after moving the date.

  • Due to the beer flu there will be no dinner. Hollister has new rules that we need to follow for

    events. We will be able to meet the rest of the requirements

  • The classroom will be moved to outside in area 5.

  • Masks required

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs:

  • May 29-30th - Rubicon Run - Kelly, Vidas, Bruce

  • Yes a stock JL can do the Rubicon

Future Runs:

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

  • July 4-5th – Summer Campout – Ed Lorenzen CANCELED Will move to Oktoberfest

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

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

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

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

  • October 9th - Oktoberfest - Tamarack Lodge at Bear Valley Need Trail Leader

  • October 26th – Death Valley See Vidas for details

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

  • December Toys for Tots - Joanna

CA4WDC Report: (Dennis) No Meeting this quarter. Next meeting is July18th

Land Use: Sherry & Ole

New Business:

50/50:

Cow Bell: Don’t follow Kelly too closely.

Next BOD Meeting:

  • July 7th, 2020

Next General Meeting:

  • July 14, could be at the Parking lot of Omega restaurant. Can order take out

Meeting adjourned at 8:30pm.

Reference:

  • Jason and Chris’s Pod Cast

  • Wag Bags

  • 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... http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov

  • Fire permit should be attained and print-out kept with you

  • Be sure to check out CJs web site

General Meeting - Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom — 7PM

Present:

  • Kelly Radcliffe - President

  • Victor Jorge - Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasure

  • Rick Montez - Membership

  • John Ruiz - Secretary

Kelly Radcliffe called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm.

Announcements:

  • No 50-50 raffle at member meeting

Discussions:

  • There was a vote on raising the member dues $10 for individuals and $20 for families. The Vote passed.

  • No one voted against it. The bylaws now need to be updated.

  • The budget Ellen sent out early with the raised dues passed.

  • A new bill to 1147 is out to close Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation. Write your representatives and

  • tell them to stop this bill. Go here to find out who to write too.

  • https://bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=465414

  • Sample letter here https://bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=532808

  • Question proposed to the club " Should ED4 have its own Zoom Account" It would be $20 a month.

Membership (Rick Montez):

  • Anniversaries:

    • Jason Green 28yrs

    • Mike & Tracy Glosecki 5yrs

    • Archie Overton 1yrs

  • May Question of the Month:

    • What has broken the most on your

  • 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!

  • Membership dues are due between June 1st and June 29. be $30 for single and $40 for families

Clinic (Dennis and Rick):

  • The clinic will be moved to July 18. Only one student has dropped after moving the date.

  • Should we start looking at alternatives to the classroom to meet social distancing.

  • Class room size, Zoom Meeting before, Projector area 5?

  • Require Masks?

Vice President (Victor Jorge):

Past Runs:

  • April 18th - Virtual Mudrunner Run – CJ.

    • Everyone had a good time. Snow Runner is now out but not

      as good as Mud Runner with the extra maps.

Future Runs:

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

    • The camp ground is being remodeled. There are no toilets. Need to bring Wag Bags. https://www.amazon.com/Cleanwaste-

  • Wag-Bags-Toilet-Pack/dp/B01M8MG817

  • July 4-5th – Summer Campout – Ed Lorenzen CANCELED Will move to Oktoberfest

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

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

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

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

  • October 9th - Oktoberfest - Tamarack Lodge at Bear Valley Need Trail Leader

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

CA4WDC Report: (Dennis)

  • No Meeting this quarter.

Land Use: Sherry & Ole

New Business:

50/50:

Cow Bell:

Next BOD Meeting:

  • June 2nd, 2020

  • Next General Meeting is Tuesday June 9. It will be an online Zoom meeting

Meeting adjourned at 8:16pm.

General Meeting - Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Minutes

Location: Online Zoom – 7:00 pm

Present:

  • Kelly Radcliffe -President

  • Victor Jorge -Vice President

  • Ellen Layendecker - Treasurer

  • Rick Montez-Membership

  • John Ruiz-Secretary

Opening Remarks & Welcome: Kelly

  • Open Meeting:

    • Discussions:

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

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

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

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

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

  • Announcements

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

Membership Report: Rick

  • Member Introductions and Question

    • April question of the Month:

      • Most used tool in your vehicle?

  • Anniversaries

    • N/A

Treasury Report: Ellen

  • We got money!

Clinic: Dennis, Rick, and Ellen:

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

Past Club Runs: Victor

  • April 11th - Train the Trainer ONLINE, Jason

    • 17 people attended it with out issues

Future Club Runs: Victor

  • All outdoor runs up to June were canceled.

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

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

  • July 4th weekend - Summer Campout - Ed Lorenzen

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

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

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

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

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

  • TBD - 45th Anniversary Event Hollister - Ellen

CA4WDC Report: Dennis

  • None. Future meetings are canceled.

Land Use Updates: Sherry and Ole

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

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

New Business: Kelly

  • N/A

Cowbell Nominations: Kelly

  • N/A

Meeting Adjournment: Kelly

Next BOD Meeting: Tuesday May 4th 2020

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

Meeting adjourned at 8:04pm

General Meeting - Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Minutes

Location: Zoom Teleconference

Present:

  • Greg Youree-President

  • Kelly Radcliffe-Vice President (not present)

  • Ellen Layendecker-Treasurer

  • Magnus Akerblom-Membership

  • Dick Orlando-Secretary

Greg Youree called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

Announcements:  

  • N/A

Discussions:

  • N/A

 Membership (Magnus Akerblom):

  • Anniversaries: None

  • March Question of the Month: TBD

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

  • We got money!

Clinic – Dennis, Ric, and Ellen: 

  • Ellen commented that Event B stopped taking their fee from the ticket sales and is billing their fee separately.  Their cost was $87.50.  We will reevaluate them for future business. 

  • Pay Pal fees are expected to be about around 3% of ticket costs. 

  • We have 39 or 40 vehicles for the May Clinic with several double drivers. 

Vice President (Kelly Radcliffe):

Past Runs

  • Feb 16th ED4 Snow Run – Rick Montez

  • Feb 22nd-23rd 4 Wheel Parts Truck Fest in San Mateo – Magnus

  • Feb 29 Fun Run at Hollister Hills - Magnus

Future Runs:

  • April 2-6 Death Valley – Vidas and Bruce

  • April 4th – 12th -Easter Jeep Safari- TBD

  • April 11th – Train the Trainer for Safety Clinic Dennis/Rick

  • May 2nd – Pre run of Safety Clinic Trails – Dennis/Rick

  • May 8th- 10th  Melina Ghost Run – TBD May 16th- Spring Safety Clinic- Rick and Dennis + new backups

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

  • July 4-5th – Summer Campout – Ed Lorenzen

CA4WDC Report: Dennis

  • N/A

 Land Use: Sherry & Ole

  • N/A

New Business:

  • Election Chair is CJ.  He is still working on finding replacements for the upcoming election.

  • Magnus is still evaluating having a speaker from 4 Wheel Parts at the May Safety Clinic and plans to discuss with the team at the General Meeting this month.

50/50:

  • N/A

Cow Bell:

  • N/A 

Next BOD Meeting: April 14th, 2020

Next General Meeting is Tuesday March 10th at the Omega Restaurant, Milpitas, CA.

Meeting adjourned at 7:27pm.