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May 2008 Minutes

Surfrider Foundation Minutes

Monday, May 07, 2008 Members Present:

  • Adam Janis
  • Jared Hendrix
  • Cindy Good
  • Cynthia Powell
  • Jenny & Husband
  • Tom Roth
  • Taylor Roth
  • Barb McFarland & son

Park-A-Palooza:

  • ~250 attendees
  • Great exhibits and workshops
  • display boxes-thanks- Bruxanne & Zach

Earth Day (Market Commons & Bass Pro)

  • HCP&R event at Bass Pro was not well attended, per Julie.
  • Market Commons event was successful and efforts are being made to bring the organizations from both events together to host one event at Market Commons for Earth Day 2009.

Eastern Regional Surf Contest:

  • Cindy Good manned the Surfrider booth all weekend and Adam successfully diverted (4) 45 gallon bags of trash through the use of our new recycling bins.

Tree Huggers Ball:

  • Bruxanne manned the Surfrider booth at the Tree Huggers Ball.

House of Blues Reverb show:

  • CCU Surf Club manned Surfrider booth

South Island Steak House Folk Art Show

  • Julie manned the Surfrider booth for the weekend event

Adam reported that the license plate project raised $1700 in March and $1600 in April. Continued efforts need to be directed toward the marketing plan and scholarship project that will be supported through the license plate fundraising. Adam shared the CCU Surf Club T-shirts that were sponsored by Surfrider Foundation and the local surf shops. In exchange for sponsorship of the club, CCU Surf Club members will volunteer their efforts at all Surfrider events. Luau: Jared reported that he will contact members individually to create committees for day of event activities. Volunteers are still needed for this event and all members need to spread the word and encourage participation. Tickets can be purchased an all local surf shops and from members.

  • Village Surf Shop will donate another long board for the event. Surfrider will cover the initial cost for the board.
  • Surf the Earth is donating a long board, hand-painted by Kim Clayton. They will possibly be donating a bike as well.
  • Efforts are being made to coordinate the Billabong Bus-Grom Day event with the Luau. If successful, complimentary tickets will be provided to Billabong.
  • Kim Clayton will be donating a board for the auction once owned by Bill Parham (trainer of Flipper) which is hand painted. Proceeds will be split with Kim.
  • Each artist and major sponsor will be given one complimentary ticket.

Braden Prate was the winner of the anniversary logo contest. He will be awarded $100 for his design. Advertising with Surge, Natural Awakenings and the Myrtle Beach Herald has been secured for the summer season. The chapter will aim to advertise events, projects, etc. as well as use the space for public education on a variety of topics. Zach has finalized the new website. The new address is http://surfridergrandstrand.org/ To e-mail the new website use the following address: mail@surfridergrandstrand.org Tom Roth with Horry County Stormwater Management was in attendance and shared some the projects with which his department is involved. He asked for Surfrider to provide volunteers to support and carry out projects funded by his department. Interested was given to his request as well as the reality that our chapter often lacks volunteers to manage the projects/ events which we currently host. Future discussions will provide more details to Surfrider regarding specific projects for which Tom needs volunteers and at that time the feasibility of our involvement will be judged. Barb McFarland presented a line of organic, biodegradable products for the home by Shaklee. Barb provided samples of a household cleaner to present members. Her products may be ordered at http://www.shaklee.net/barb-troy The next meeting will be held at Balsa Bill’s Surf Shop on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.