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Directors & Guests in Attendance:
Directors:Dick Chambers; Bill Childress; David Haight; Bill Hill; Pat Hurley; Chick
Parsons; Greg Schuler; John Ward;Lee Wedberg.
Guests. Tom Collett; Bill Rittenhouse.
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Treasurer's Report:
Net worth as of July 31, 2008 was $15,868.
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Communications:
President Lee Wedberg received a communication that former member Paul Jensen had died. His
daughter requested that we hold a memorial service for him at the Holy Water -- John MacDiarmid
has contacted her and explained that Paul was little known to most of our members and that a
service for him would not be well-attended. A publicity letter for a TV program was received but
it did not receive much response from the Board.
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Reports:
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Programs(Mike Ireland & Steve Haskell):
[Editor -- Topic was not discussed but Mike Ireland is working on August program and a selection
is not yet confirmed. See Steelhead Tournament report for name of guest speaker selected for the
September 13 evening program.]
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Outings (Chick Parsons):
No change from the scheduled outings published in the July newsletter.
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Membership (Bill Rittenhouse-Jeffrey Bernard):
Total membership now stands at 237 with 77 being family memberships. The publication date for
the 2008 roster was unavailable.
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Conservation (Chick Parsons):
Guest, Tom Collett, reported on the Vertical Response (VP) e-mailings to our membership. He was
disappointed that those opening the VP e-mails were in the 30% category. It was brought up that
with some e-mail systems it is unnecessary to open the e-mail because the message can be viewed
without actually visiting the VP message site. Tom has written a short article for the August
newsletter that is directed to those members who want to receive VP e-mailings but are having
receiving problems. The Board supported up to a $50 donation for producing more salmon redds
posters that are periodically posted on message boards at boat landings. John Ward wanted to
know when the newly formed conservation committee was going to have its first meeting;
discussions followed and a date was selected for some time in early September. It was reported
that ODFW efforts to improve the fishery on the Klamath River are awaiting the decision on
whether or not the Klamath dams are going to be removed. It was also brought up that RFF needs a
major conservation project to get behind and concentrate its efforts on, and that's why we need
directions-suggestions from the newly formed conservation committee.
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Holy Water Taskforce: (Steve Haskell)
There was no activity to report.
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Steelhead Tournament-Fundraiser:
Tournament-Fundraiser discussions took up the major portion of the Board meeting. Chick Parsons
reported on the event schedule. At 6:30 a.m. the continental breakfast at Tou Velle State Park
will be served for Tournament participants and volunteers; at 4 p.m. we will start setting up at
the Red Lion Hotel; at 6 p.m. we will start the wet fly and opportunity for guests to check out
auction items; at 7 p.m. the banquet dinner starts; at 8 p.m. the Tournament winners will be
announced and awards presented; at 8:15 p.m. Guest Speaker, Gary Loomis (A pre-recorded, filmed
message covering the topic of .) The schedule for silent
auction items is ???????? and for the live auction is ?????????. The names of the Tournament
volunteers were mentioned and their duties were identified.
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Old Business:
Lee Wedberg brought up the presentation of the Spey rod that was promised as an award to one
member of the group of members responding to the survey questions. After several ideas were
kicked around it was decided that because the old survey was never completed fully we should
come up with a new and improved survey and give away the Spey rod by having a drawing for the
responders to the new survey. Also mentioned: we shouldn't need to award our members for
answering questions and giving ideas on improving our club.
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New Business:
Guest, Bill Rittenhouse, said that he received an announcement e-mail regarding the holding of
the Fifth Annual Bear Creek Salmon Festival on Saturday, October 4th at North Mountain Park in
Ashland, and that the Board needed to assign someone to handle the details providing the Board
decided RFF should again support the program. Bill volunteered to be there with the club fly
rods and fly tying kits, and the Board agreed that this program should again receive our
support. John Ward agreed to assist (he is already heavily involved in this project). Instead of
giving a monetary donation to this project, we will supply volunteers to demonstrate and
instruct visitors in fly tying and fly-casting.
John Ward said that the Salmon Festival folks would help provide publicity for projects that
Festival participants have scheduled. He suggested an RFF project that would clear away
vegetation interfering with viewing of salmon from one of the existing viewing platforms along
Bear Creek in Medford near Hawthorne Park. This will be pursued further.
Lee Wedberg requested that someone else take over writing the Southern Oregon Fishing Report
for the club newsletter.
The adequacy of the club's liability insurance coverage was brought up by treasurer Pat
Hurley. Currently, the policy we have covers only one outside activity per year. This seems
inadequate because of the club's numerous outings. A Board member will contact one or more of
our attorney members to seek pro bono advice.
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Meeting Adjournment:
Meeting adjourned at approximately 9 p.m.
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