Western Reserve Rowing Foundation Minutes
February 27, 2001
Carnegie Fulton Library
Roll Call Introductions
Harry Fisher- WRRF Don Saer-BOD/WRRF
Kathryn Kaczmarski-WRRF Mike Krescheck-CWRU
Jeff Jensen-WRRF Kristen Andrews-CWRU
Jeff Renston-WRRA Pete Whittaker-CWRU
Peter Gozar-WRRA Kevin Daulhausen-WRRA/Shaker
Dan DiAngelo-CSU Harold Mazzarins- WRRA
Eric Schmidt-WRRA Pat Monroe-WRRF/CSRA
Jackie Virant-JCU George Elliot-WRRA
Robert Walton-WRRA Don Srail-WRRA
Toni Quagliata-WRRA Tim Marcovy-WRRA
Laurie Ronis-Shaker
Approval of Minutes
The meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m.
The minutes from the January Annual Meeting were approved.
Reports from Committees
Fund Raising/Site Development
Partners: Missions for Money made a presentation to those in attendance about the things the Foundation should keep in mind when embarking on a capital fund raising campaign. Their main point was that we need to identify what our expectations and plans for the future should be. The big challenge is going to be making ourselves and those assisting us accountable for our project.
They have been assisting non-profit organizations, mainly schools in raising money for their capital campaigns. They would assist us in developing our plans. They feel our project would take roughly 16 days spread over 4 to 6 months, at $1500 a day. Total proposal: $24,000.
The feedback from the group was that this organization may not be for us, they have not worked with an organization like ours and they may be a tad pricey. We need to talk with other organizations that specialize in fund raising. The general consensus was that we need someone or some organization that will do the fund raising for us. With everyone affiliated with both the WRRF and WRRA being volunteers we need assistance that will be full time assistance until the project is complete.
Kathryn asked that those in attendance go back to their associations and get feedback about the possibility of establishing a committee for site development and fundraising. She also asked us to get examples of other rowing programs that may have gone through similar projects and be prepared to report back at our next meeting.
New Business
2001 Assessments. Kathryn reported that she approximates 616 total rowers for the year, based on all member organization numbers submitted. With our new rent and taxes it was presented to the group that we increase the assessment by $10 from $105 to $115. A motion was made to increase the dues to $115/rower/year and it passed.
Announcements
Jackie Virant from John Carroll announced that JCU bought a new boat and they are planning to have a christening at the boathouse on March 31st. Don Saer asked they talk with him immediately about boathouse space.
Tim Marcovy announced that there is a new SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) it will be emailed to all the delegates. He proposed that we read it and be prepared to discuss it and vote on it at our next meeting.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned just past 7:50 p.m. The next meeting is March 27th at 6 P.M. at the Carnegie Fulton Library
Minutes respectfully submitted by:
Jeff Jensen, WRRF Secretary