Parkland Cross Country Ski Club
Minutes of the Executive Meeting held on 23 March 2010-02-23

Present:
Linda Dickin, Dick Pawloff, Pat Gleeson, Brian Davies, Richard Townell, Steve Irwin,
Vance Buchwald, Don Wales.
Apologies: Claude Sam
Meeting called to order: 19:25
EXECUTIVE REPORTS:
Past Pres:
Don produced a report explaining use of the grant money that bought the skidoo (the Dip Grant).  Don will copy the report to the club secretary for filing.  A note of thanks to Alberta Parks and Recreation will be included in the newsletter and a copy of the newsletter will be sent to Parks and Rec.
Loppet: Except for bibs, which are sometimes used by others and are in Don’s care, all loppet equipment is now stored in 6 bins in the sea container at Mike Spencer’s home.

Treasurer: See attached report.  A cheque has been received from the City for ski lessons provided by the club.

Vice President: Nothing to report.
Mountain Tour Chairman:
Blanket Glacier has been booked for 19 to 26 February 2011.
The account has $4371.49.
Newsletter: Steve Bennett has uploaded pictures from Sask Toe to Flickr for general viewing.  This will be noted on our website.

Publicity/ Archives: Nothing to report.
Day tours/ Lessons:  The Pigeon Lake day tour led by Don Wales included seven people, mostly non-members who had received ski lessons from the Club.
There is one day tour remaining, to be led by Greg Olson, to Shark Mountain.
It was noted that day tours had been relatively successful this year.
Next year’ lessons: It is proposed to plan for up to fifty participants.
There was discussion about a “Pre CANSI” course but no conclusion.
It was proposed by Pat Gleeson and seconded by Brian Davies, that Don Wales be funded for costs up to $500 to take a CANSI level 2 course.

Social: Pat will book the Bower Kin community centre for the April AGM.  Brian will determine the food roster.

OLD BUSINESS
The executive received a recommendation from the sub-committee for a process for qualifying tour leaders who are deemed not to need the club TL training course.  If approved, the procedure would be added as an appendix to the policy manual.  The recommendation was tabled.

NEW BUSINESS
The filling of executive positions for the next year was discussed.  Names were put forward as prospective committee members:

President: Vance Buchwald
VP: Kelly Bogle
Treasurer: Dick Pawloff
Web Master: Brian Davies, Dick Pawloff,
Newsletter: Brian Davies, Steve Bennett
Mountain Tour Chair: Jeff Kurtzinger
Day Tour: Linda Dickin
Social: Pat has one more year.
Secretary: Claude has one more year.
PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT GENERAL MEETING
Linda will show pictures of her trips to Africa, including Kilimanjaro.
NEXT MEETING
March 23 at Richard Townell’s (59 Springfield Avenue)
Meeting closed at about 21:00
Minutes recorded by Richard Townell