Board Members Present

Members Present

Guests Present

• Meeting was called to order by Kristi at 7:10pm.

• Treasurers Report (Tom Foote)

OLD BUSINESS:

• Approval of Minutes: Harley Parson moved to approve the minutes from 3/20/07. The motion was seconded by Tom Foote and passed unanimously.
• Board Election Committee (Ted): 
  • Ted asked for volunteers for the election committee. Bob Roehl, Tom Chelstrom and Dan Meeker volunteered. Tom Chelstrom states that we should include a discussion of getting members more involved. Ted stated we have a public meeting in March, will have another in June and a 3^rd in the fall. 
  • Harley cautioned against hastily changing the number of board seats without first establishing that the majority of the board supports this change. Ted moved to investigate adjusting the number of board members. The motion was seconded by David Beck. Margie, Dave T. and Harley support investigating how to achieve better board participation but not the stated motion which appears to have the inherent intention of reducing the number of board members. Harley stated that the roles, responsibilities and expectations of board members have not been clearly defined. Ted withdrew the motion.
  • Jerry West stated that we should enforce the bylaws that we’ve already altered to remove board members based on lack of attendance. Tom Chelstrom stated that we need to communicate this issue with board members in a respectful way that doesn’t alienate them and suggest alternate ways to remain involved.
• Sprokids Storage Shed (Harley): The original unit that we were considering was 20’x20’. We are going to downsize to 10’x12’ due to permitting. We had $1902.90 earmarked. We would need another $1200 to buy a 10’x12’ shed. David Beck moves that we earmark another $1200 for a Sprokids shed. Motion seconded by Dan Meeker and passed unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS:

• Committees (Tom Chelstrom): The board should look at creating some standing committees such as:
  • Trails
  • Finance:
  • Events:
  • TDF: Current volunteers for this committee include Tom Foote, Kristi Regotti, Margie Rosenberg, Aug 25 tentative date for this event.
• Albertsons Boise Open: There is no support for selling tickets to this fundraiser. Last year SWIMBA benefited a total of $18.85. The consensus is that it isn’t a good use of resources.
• Sprokids (Darren): We are looking for volunteers to man the Sprokids trailer at the Wild Rockies race this weekend (April 21^st, 10am-3pm). A road crossing guard will also be needed. No one volunteered. Ted indicated that he would send a volunteer solicitation to the members.
• Trailpalooza (Dan Meeker): Organizers are already advertising but don’t have permits yet. The old event was associated with the Bogus Bonzai which has the majority of activity at the bottom of the mountain. This event would have the majority of the activity at the top of the mountain. Margie offered to get involved with the booth. David Thomas noted that this is an opportunity to educate users to the fact that this area will be logged soon and that SWIMBA has worked closely with the U.S. Forest Service to make this a positive experience. The event will be held on Sat., August 11^th. 
• Bonzai (Harley Parson): Note that the new map release will happen at the awards ceremony for this race. It will occur down town with dignitaries and news crews present. The Bonzai race finishes at the Boise Coop parking lot. The event will be held on Sept. 16^th @ 3:00pm. 
• Monetary Support for Bogus Basin Freeride Project (General Discussion): There is a request on the table for $2000. David Thomas thought that this request for $

• 2K started as a request for money to be used to establish freeride opportunities at the new velopark which was later amended to a request for funds to be used at Bogus Basin. 
• Dan Meeker spoke with Chris (Cook?) & Ian Fitzpatrick and suggests that they may not be fully aware of the construction requirements necessary to build the freeride stunts consistent with prevailing standards. 
• Bob suggest that if we are going to approve money to build trails then they should be willing to agree to a specification.
• Kristi stated that several board members would like to see an attempt to secure donations to support this request.
• Misc. questions stated: What is the master plan? What kind of commitment is Bogus Basin willing to make towards this effort? What is the construction schedule? – This year? What is the long term outlook?
• Margie moved to earmark $1000 for the trail building at the velopark. Motion seconded by Harley Parson.
• Tom Chelstrom suggests that we need to support free ride work at the velopark because it has been planned.
• David Beck states that he won’t be asking for the velopark money until the plans for the freeride portion of the park are solid.
• Margie amends her motion to earmark the initial $1000 for SWIMBA sponsored freeride trails at the velopark. Harley accepts the amendment. The motion passes unanimously.

• Website Development (Harley Parson): Harley moved to earmark $2000 for website development. Motion seconded by Bob Roehl. (5)-In favor, (7) opposed, motion fails.

Meeting Adjourned 9:05 pm