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CHUGIAK
DOG MUSHERS ASSOCIATION
Board Meeting – July 7, 2004
7 pm at the clubhouse, Beach Lake Sled Dog Trails
Hotline: 689-7899
The meeting
was called to order at 7:10 pm.
Minutes were read from the June
2nd board meeting and approved.
Treasurer’s
Report: Checking: $17,623; Gaming: $1,170; Savings: $8,619;
Total: $27,412
Committee
Reports
Race
Poster Committee - Carole Comeau and Susan Cantor will
meet on July 14th. The goal is to have the poster out before the
first race of the season (by mid-September).
Race
Committee – A draft race schedule was distributed
at the meeting for review. A few corrections were made. The race
committee will discuss further whether or not the Chugiak 32 will
be a 6-dog race in all categories. Stan Smith said he could not
commit to organizing any races at this point, as his daughter
will be training for Iditarod, but he offered to assist. It was
decided that all the races will be put on the schedule and poster
and the race will be canceled later if no one is found to organize.
Kourosh Partow’s
idea of a limited championship race is not reflected in the current
draft schedule. Kourosh met with the race committee to discuss
the idea further. The club decided that the race was a good idea
for the club and will present Kourosh with a proposal for the
race. The club has proposed the race as a 2-day race with 4-,
6-, and 8-dog classes on the weekend of March 4,5,6. Kourosh was
interested in a 3-day race but it may not be feasible to hold
a race on a Friday because of a lack of volunteers during the
workweek. Kourosh has suggested a purse of $25,000-$30,000, which
he will work to procure. The club will need to organize and publicize
the race. Kourosh needs a marketing piece about the club and the
race to bring to potential sponsors by August 1st.
This race
was planned to take place within a few weeks of the IFSS Sprint
Unlimited (March 11-13, 2005) and Sprint Limited (March 18-20,
2005) races in Dawson City, YT. Kourosh believes that holding
the race near the IFSS races will help to bring world-class racers
to our race.
Clubhouse
Committee -- Ron will install the heater, purchased last
season, in the timing tower. Ron, Doug, and Carla have started
building the counter for the clubhouse. The temporary certificate
for the clubhouse expires August 15th and the following projects
must be completed by then to receive a permanent certificate:
1) Parking
lot - Anderson Construction provided a bid of $8,400 to do
the parking lot using the gravel that the club received for free.
Parks & Rec caught the vandals who tore up the parking lot
with their vehicle and they have been charged $2,000, which will
go toward repairs. Parks & Rec may also contribute additional
funds to the project.
2) Outdoor
lights – Ron purchased non-light-polluting light fixtures,
which will be installed shortly.
3) Bear-proof
trash containers – The club thought that this requirement
had been eliminated based on the State Parks’ experiences
with bear-proof containers. A letter from the head of Alaska State
Parks states that the State Parks are removing all bear-proof
trash containers, as they attract bears, and asking user groups
and individuals to remove all waste from the parks. However, Planning
& Zoning still insists that bear-proof containers are required.
If so, Parks & Rec is required to provide the containers and
the club is required to build an enclosure that reflects the clubhouse’s
design in appearance. Lexi will look into this issue with Parks
& Rec and determine if a resolution might be possible removing
the bear-proof container requirement.
Political
Action Committee – Module 3 of Title 21’s
revisions has been released. It can be found at City Hall, or
the Planning & Zoning offices or web site. http://www.muni.org/planning/pri_Title21.cfm
Val will resume her involvement in the citizens meetings starting
next week.
According
to Lexi, the NW quarter of Section 25 is now under Parks &
Rec management. Parks & Rec also received the Bear Paw Festival
Community Service Award to an Organization for this transfer of
land from City to Parks & Rec.
Education/Activities
Committee – The committee will meet on July 22nd
to discuss future education programs.
Trail
Committee –Bill may have a brand-new cat this weekend
to use. It is a new piece of equipment that the company is loaning
to the club to test as a potential new product. Bill, Ed, and
Jerry plan to fix up the 3-mile loop to get the trail mileage
back up to its correct length. They will try to loop back to make
an extended cart-training trail as well. And they will do some
work on the alternate side.
Bill also
spoke with a Fort Rich representative about the number and size
of gates needed in a Fort Rich fence. Bill requested 10-foot gaps
for gates and about 3-4 places for gates. Bill also requested
a wide area cleared to run our trails along the edge of the fence
to avoid the need to cross back and forth, as our trails are now.
Earlier, Stan,
Val, and Carla met with another representative to discuss gates
and determined that there might only be a need for 2 gates (at
the tank traps and the Dee Lake turn). The club discussed the
various conversations that club members have had with Fort Rich
about the fencing of Clunie Lake. It sounds as if we will have
access to the lake. The Army’s plan is to start brushing
and putting in pilings this fall and that’s all for the
season. Val will check with the two different people that the
club has talked to just to confirm everything.
There will
be a work party for fixing the speakers on Saturday, July 17th
at 10am. Ron will rent the ditchwitch and purchase PVC pipe, speaker
wires and cable.
Old Business
Club
Members Harold and Dave -- Both Harold Capps and Dave
Berg are doing well in battling their respective illnesses. They
are both holding onto their dogs as well. Ron spoke to Susan Wagnon
at Ravenwood to arrange a fund to pay for any unforeseen emergency
care any of their dogs might need. Ravenwood agreed to establish
a Berg Fund in which Ravenwood would pay for the cost of any necessary
care upfront and the club would “pass the hat” to
help offset the costs.
Clubhouse
Electricity – Bill says that he has talked to Parks
& Rec about supplying electricity to the clubhouse. As early
as next summer, we may be able to fill out some paperwork and
have MEA draft an estimate to tap into the nearby lines.
Hookup
Posts – Bill Sullivan Drilling don’t want
to do the work. Road Runner Fence bid $8670 to replace 50 posts.
Kourosh said there’s a cheap post source across from Animal
Food Warehouse in Wasilla. If the posts are strong enough, Bill
believes we can put them in with a backhoe. Ron thinks the club
should hold off on this project for now.
Trail
Improvements – Ron is willing to build markers
of 2x4s and snow fence to define the loop ?? if the club pays
for materials.
Gaming
– Melinda Miles has agreed to become the new gaming representative
for the club. She has talked to Eric about the duties and the
necessary test. Lexi moved to appoint her and Val/Ron seconded
the motion. The motion was approved.
Trophies
– Val and Ron met with Ann Newbury and she will be making
three sizes of cups for us this year as trophies.
New
Business
Stained
Glass – Linda Vizener will have the stained glass
club logo window hanging done by October 1st. She may also frost
the logo onto the clubhouse doors as a donation to the club. Thank
you, Linda!
Spectator
Parking – Is there a need for a parking area near
the overlook of the culverts? John Rodda and Linda Vizener (Parks
& Rec) have already discussed this issue with Anderson Construction
and plan to put in a parking area so that spectators can observe
racers going through the culverts.
Meeting adjourned
at 8:17pm.
Next Meeting
The next general
meeting will be Wednesday, August 4th at 7pm at the clubhouse.
