At Chicken’s house
In attendance: Chicken, Sr., Jr., Vinny, Natasha, Ryan, Bill, Chris
Trip Reports: Sequoia (Barts’ present and gave report)
Expedition trip
BLM rafted down with equipment and helped pull weeds with the kids at
the big BLM beach
Flip at Satan’s Cesspool
3 swimmers at Bouncing Rock
KYP Nice trip, put in late
One swimmer at Hospital Bar
5 boats total, 28 participants
Benicia Court Put-in at Nugget at 11
4 boats, Bill ran shuttle
Boat with staff “wrapped” at Meat Grinder
1 intentional swim, Oar boat and kayakers rescued swimmer
Partially deflated boat to get off
Whole ordeal took about 15 minutes
Different group wrapped on same rock afterwards
The rescue plan was very coordinated and organized
Thwart bag zipper broke in wrap
Everything was fine the rest of the day until one swimmer at Trouble
Maker
Another swimmer jumped in after swimmer at Trouble Maker
Big safety talk before the day began helped (most) everyone stay calm
Lo Mein group 2 swimmers at Bouncing Rock
Other than that, easy trip
Mission Graduates Well led group, organized
11 kids + Sierra Club + Medic on trip
Start of post season calmness
Last trip of the season
Cleaned out Lotus shed (Thanks!!!)
Barts brought a little suitcase full of wetsuit booties (6 pair) Kudos!!!
Chicken has the main stove for repair
Does the comm kit need a whole new set?
We need to organize a clean up party at the Oakland shed
Oakland shed now has a gate. Chicken looked into it. See Chicken’s email about how to get in
Delton is ready for another NRS order (see Delton’s email for details)
Need to discuss need for new helmets at Steering Meeting
Institutional permit update: We’ve had 3 meetings since the August RMAC meeting. We’ve had an ICO meeting with six present. An institutionals meeting with 8 present (5 ICO). And the RMAC meeting.
RMAC meeting’s purpose is to seek input on what’s reasonable for a permit for institutional groups and how we can work with permits and commercial groups. They are trying to regulate boaters, give reasons for our environmental impact. On Saturdays, in the gorge, we may exceed threshold. They explain that money isn’t plentiful.
Lots of conflicting interest from institutionals vs. commercials.
Ultimately, Board of Supervisors make decision. We’re more than likely to have more meetings in the near future.
RMAC notes
User days are a big issue
Ryan presented a report on fees
Institutional rate is $2 per day per person
Our plan A is to pay half for anyone 18 and up
ICO pays additional fees?
Clarify, per person fees apply to participants, not to guides
Regulations will come if number increase, fees will rise and affect everybody
Bill called all River Management committees to ask how fundraisers on S. Fork will affect other rivers. Trinity River is the only river to not give any input. Every other river gave thumbs up.
There’s concern how RMAC permits will affect other rivers
Fundraiser made $2500. 5 full boats on Saturday on the S. Fork and 3 full boats on the Sunday on the M. Fork.
Committee updates: Bake Sale needs more volunteers. Natasha’s fine with organizing but needs to cut back on baking and manning the table. We need more volunteers to help.
Chris will take over quarterly insurance reports from Mel
Training still needs a coordinator and schedule. Bill and Margery are working on it. But they still need help. Any volunteers?
There is still an opening for Co-Chair.
Steering Meeting set for November 2.
Adjourn