PUMP Board Meeting Minutes 12/16/2008

Present: Shane Gould, Jordan Norris, Michael Reed, John Joy,David Anderson, and Amy Singmaster

Location: Belmont Station

1.     Discussionof the Board Roles

a.     Discussionof Secretary, Treasurer, and President

b.     Proposalof creation of a vice-president position, after discussion it was determined itwould require a vote of the membership.

c.      Discussionof moving board elections to a different time of the year rather than Nov. Theidea was left on the table after it was determined the Nov. meeting has thebest turnout so there was no change recommended. 

2.     BoardLeadership elections all on voice votes for a one year term:

a.     JordanNorris was elected board Secretary

b.     AmySingmaster was elected Treasurer

c.      ShaneGould was elected President

3.     OtherRoles:

a.     BriceStivers will be working on membership.

b.     MarkPickett will be working on the website.

4.     Thingsto work on

a.     Thingsto post on the PUMP website:

                                              i.     Wishlist of wanted things

                                             ii.     A“Vault” on the website to store PUMP documents

                                           iii.     Postingof events and meetings to plan upcoming events aka: SWAP Meet, Pedalpalooza,Tour de Fat.

b.     1Week notice for speakers and new items at PUMP meetings was discussed.

5.     Waivers

a.     Aresigned ride waivers required? Members/ Non-members?

b.     Whatare the limits on our current insurance policy?

c.      DavidAnderson will investigate.

6.     Listserv

a.     MichaelReed proposed that we remove people from the listserv after their membershipexpires. After discussion a decision was made to improve our membershipprocedures then we would re-look at the listserv plan.

7.     Discussionof the “Portland Mountain Bike Alliance” plan.