OCEAN Has New Officers!

[OceanBlue]

OCEAN Board of Directors Meeting 3/23/06 6pm.

Attendees:

Mike Carter
Janice Green
Scott Heppell
Jennifer Johnston
Ron Mason
Greg McVey
Dale Powers
Mike Potts
Mark McCulloch
John Blanchard
John Yost
Harry Green
Andrew Bingham
Walter Chuck

Officer elections:
Welcome our new President, Ed Keene and our new Vice President, Dale Powers. Please join me in showing them appreciation for accepting these positions.
Board member update and appointments Board Membership dropped to 14. 4 additional members were nominated, accepted, and voted onto the Board of Directors. Please join me in welcoming Harry Green, John Yost, Walter Chuck and Andrew Bingham
Decision making:
The Board of Directors voted to change the organization's bylaws in order to re-define what constitutes a quorum. Currently a quorum for purposes of decision making is defined as a majority of board members. Accepted change: A decision may be passed by the majority vote of Board Members/Officers present, given that there are a minimum of 1 officer and 2 Board Members in attendance. Reasonable attempt at scheduling a Board Meeting to Member's availability must be made. Meeting must be scheduled and announced, via email or phone, with a minimum of 2 weeks notice. The Board of Directors voted to approve expenditures of $60 or less without full Board vote if a minimum of 2 officers approve the expenditure. The Board agreed that we should schedule a pre-defined meeting once/quarter. Jennifer to email members for availability.
State of the business
Treasurer's report - Janice updated us on the state of our finances. Suggestion was made that some minimal fees might be approved without a full vote of the Board.
Distribution of ID Cards - Janice reported on her activities. ID Cards are available at Englund Marine stores and will be at South Beach Marina store soon. It was reported that Ed passed a card to an OPAC member. It made quite an impression.
Revision of "warning" label - Janice is working on revising the flyer that goes with the ID Cards.
Next laminating party - To be scheduled in April. Ed will communicate date and time.
Selling SFDs - Much discussion around whether this is feasible and how to best do it. Mark to contact Bill Sheldon and discuss options for either distribution or obtaining samples to provide to tackle shops that are distributing ID Cards.
YE/Canary Waypoint collection - Scott Heppell agreed to be the collection point for waypoints reported. Mike Carter will create a form on www.OceanEd.org for anglers to fill out. Data will then route to Scott via email. Data fields will be determined by Scott and ODFW, then compiled and provided to Mike Carter.
Discussion:
Creating a "donation" box to go with the laminated cards (issues: Collection of funds)
Ways to get tackle shops to distribute ID cards
Add request to "warning" label asking for donations
Accomplishing as much as possible prior to Halibut opener
Handing out cards while in launch lines, at cleaning stations, by fish checkers, etc. (Mark Mc will discuss with Eric Shindler)
Agenda item for next meeting: Fundraising (Mark Mc)

Meeting adjourned at 7:30

Great meeting everyone! Very productive!

[black magic]

Great job you guys. I know it is a lot of work.

[Aqua-Holic]

Congratulations and thanks....
Can someone elaborate on the YE/Canary waypoint collection please?

[StrikeFighter]

Thanks for caring about our fishery resources and leading the way in getting good info to the anglers so they to can be more knowledgeable.

[FishGitter]

A-H,
In the (hopefully near) future we will have information on Oceaned.org with the areas to avoid so as to reduce the chance of catching YE. There will also be a way for fishermen (and women) to input additional areas to avoid.

I hope this helps clarify the plan.

[Aqua-Holic]

ThankYou......Mike!

[Bait O' Eggs]

I understand Ed Keene stepping up to the plate to be president. He is a class act on all fronts

But putting his name on the end of the organizations name is just a bit much.

I have heard Ed called a lot of names, but never OceanEd

[edsr]

Just don't call me late for food or beer.


edsr

[RFA Janice]

Scott Heppell (OSU Fisheries faculty member and researcher)is meeting sometime soon with ODFW, will try to brainstorm exactly how data we could gather might be made maximally useful to everyone. He and Mike will rig up an input form for us, and then we need to advertise the activity and encourage fishermen to keep the data coming. Prizes?

Janice