Meeting Minutes     Thursday July 1, 2004 Members attending: Mike & Sal Molé, Don & Nancy Bryant, Pete Elmer, Wes Cross, Scott Dickinson, Trina Cooper, Judy Timm, Del Albright, Ron DeLaney, Larry & Carol Whitehead, Mike & Tami Stoller, Mark & Emily Stoller, Gary & Carol Pearson, Richard & Gigi Yeargan, Ken Ketterling and Dean Dark. Dawgs: Michael and Atlas Guests attending: Ron & Carol Lee Engelbrecht and Mark Foley DPoobah Richard Yeargan called the meeting to order and he introduced our three guests. Presidents Report: Poobah reported he has been quite busy and he will cover most of his activities in past runs. He joined Don in Hollister and was nice enough to bring home some poison oak to share with Gigi. He had a great bit of tipsy fun on the adopt-a-trail and a sinking boat at the trout derby at Bear River. Vice-Presidents Report: Trina reported she had a great time at the wedding she attended in SLO town last month. She has tried to contact Ron Schuller regarding the Ridge Road Clean-up. She has gotten no response from the trash program. She thinks we should look elsewhere for volunteer work. She ran Hell Hole with Solano Trail Busters. She reported it was a great deal of fun getting strapped both directions. Trea$urers Report: Mark reported our current balance of $1,094.77. He received a meat bill from Don for $41.79, which he will pay. Central Sierra Bank will no longer waive our monthly service fee on our checking account. So we will be closing the account and moving it to Wells Fargo. Mike Molé will waive the monthly fee so we will have a free account. Secretary’s Report: Sally offered to pass around a copy of last month’s minutes for reading enjoyment. The club received a second place ribbon for our showing in the 6/6 Italian Picnic Parade. Ron will display it proudly. Club photo orders were delivered as well as the CD with the photo to be blown up. She brought a copy of The Guide to No. Calif. Backroads and 4-WD Trails for folks to look through. Membership: Ron said membership is good. He and Richard have both received emails from folks interested in the MLRC. Delegate, Land Use & Conservation: Del invited anyone to attend the district meetings, as they are hard for him to make. He pointed out they happen in Scott’s neighborhood. They are once a quarter. The BLM of Nevada is shutting down, closing and taking away a lot of play areas around Virginia City, the Pine Nuts and Sand Mtn. Basically they (the BLM of Nevada) don’t want to manage the land so they just close it. OFBA, Blue Ribbon and Del met with Bob Abbey, the State Director of Nevada. He is willing to work with club involvement. Del has received 50-60 sign ups for the Rubicon this weekend. He completed his workshop at Icehouse and it was very successful. Correspondence: The club received our own copy of The Guide to No. Calif. Backroads and 4-WD Trails, magazines from NRBR and United, CA4WD District minutes for the 7/10 meeting and In Gear. Richard received an email from a guy that Don & Ann and Mike & Sal helped rescue from the mud pit in Hollister. He was thankful for our help and would like to see some of the photos once they are posted on our site. Old Business: Mike brought t-shirts. They run from $10-$18 depending on the style you choose. He brought a few proto-type hats. They should be available by our August meeting. They will be offered in several colors and he will let us know on the pricing. Club Roster & Med Cards: “Its beginning to look a lot like X-mas……” just kidding, the new and improved roster was pasted out. Ron came through and completed the updated roster for us. He passed out med cards for folks to update. He said he is still working on getting the others laminated that have been turned into him. Ridge Road Clean up: is not flying. Training Day: is set for 7/17. The trail will be open by 7/2. Ron will contact the local paper to announce the novice-training day. Trail Inventory: Mike S. and Del are thinking about working on it. Past Runs: Mike M. reported the Sutter Creek Parade was a good day and we received a ribbon for it. Adopt-a-trail was done by a few on 6/18. Richard reported they had a good time; He got his jeep stuck and broke his wench cable. The keys were turned over to the Forest Service at their request. Richard pointed out they were concerned for security issues. Pete reported there were no nuclear weapons found just a burn barrel. Mike M. reported we had a fantastic time at Hollister. Don was able to get us in Area 5 to camp and we had the whole place to ourselves. Definitely a place to go back and explore. Kids on the Rocks was a success. They had 40 rigs and 80 kids and all had a good time. Mike S. reported Deer Valley Trail is looking good. He dented his jeep on Richard’s tree. Future Runs: Ron, Mark & Trina will be running the adopt-a-trail on Saturday 7/3. They are meeting at Amador Station at 8am. They will report to Del that evening if all the work is complete. If not, Del and Don & Nancy will go on Sunday to complete the work. If the work is done Wes my have a group running with him off I80. Carol Lee is hosting a potluck on 7/4. They will be going to Charles Mitchell Winery to bottle their own wine and then back to her place to drink it! Destruction Derby is 7/25. There are enough rigs. Buddy will email in response to the questions about early staging. Del will be attending Sierra Trek on 8/5. That is also DPoobah’s Birthday!!!!!!! Trivecta is running on 8/7. FOTR work weekend is 8/14 & 8/15. Del said no motor homes, tent camping only. But there are nice facilities there. BBQ at Mike & Tami’s on 8/29 for a house warming/welcoming. No gifts, just yourselves. Labor Day Weekend 9/3-9/6 Hope Valley and we will night run on Saturday and potluck on Sunday. BBQ at Ken Ketterling’s on 9/18. Doran Beach 10/8-10/10 call now spots are going fast. CA4WD dues were overlooked. Ron checked and they said we could mail it tomorrow. He read off the names needing to pay. The motion was made by Mark to adjourn and seconded by Pete. Dpoobah Richard adjourned the meeting. HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!