Utah Water Ski Club

- Ski for free (includes immediate family members of Utah Water Ski Club members) in the GOODE Utah State Championships on August 1st at Sunten, which now has a NEW lake two. This is a regular class C and Novice tournament open to everyone. If you want to ski for free on August 1st, send in your application to Mike Parsons (4358 Bountiful Blvd, Bountiful, UT 84010) so that he has it by the deadline of July 30th. On the entry fee enclosed line write UWSC. For more information go to http://sanctions.dataweb.com/default.view. Click here for entry forms. If you don't send in your entry form before the deadline, you can still enter the day of the tournament, if you show up before the tournament starts and pay the late fee. Practice is Friday, July 31 after 5pm, cost is $10 for four passes. For direction to Sunten, click here.

- Due to on going confusion between messages coming from http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/UWSC2002/ and official e-mails coming directly from the Utah Water Ski Club's Yahoo e-mail account, http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/UWSC2002/ has been closed. Please go to http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/waterskiutah/ and join the new group. This group was started by the Utah Water Ski Club, but is open to anyone interested in sharing water ski information going on in,Utah. The group is NOT to be used for official Utah Water Ski Club business and will be moderated so you will not get spam! To join the group you will need a Yahoo ID and password, but you can have messages sent to any e-mail address, or set it up so you never get messages but can still read them.

- When skiing course #1 and #3 please be aware of rollers when entering and exiting the course. Please do not drive through the reed line on the north side of the course #3. The reeds are all ready thinned out to the point where they are not protecting the course very well and we don't want to make it worse. For a map of the best way to enter and exit course #3, click here. The yellow area is where you should go wake less. Right now course #3 is about 7' deep and each buoy has an extension on it so to replace a buoy you will only need to go down about 3' feet to the extension.

- If you are not comfortable with how to properly replace a buoy in the slalom course you should contact Keith Morgan, Tim Peterson, or Mark Chilcutt and have them show you how. Remember if you show up at the course and buoys are missing you are obligated to install new buoys BEFORE you ski even if you don't mind the missing buoys. Also, please make sure the course it set up completely when you leave.

Thanks to the 30-plus club members and waitlisters who participated in the Utah Water Ski Club Adopt-a-Park service project picking up trash around the Utah Lake State Park Marina, and thank you to those who helped set up course #3 that day as well.

After the service project club members met at course #1 for some skiing and Subway sandwiches. The next Utah Water Ski Club Adopt-a-Park service project will be held September 19th May.

Board Meeting Notes
April 16, 2009

Membership
- Who did not renew this year? Raymond Gunn, Jamie Hadfield, Matt Warren, and Andrea Webber.
- How many new members are we letting in this year? Four.
- How many current people on the wait list? 48.
- Refine how the wait list bidding process works? All people on the wait list will be notified by e-mail of open positions for bid and when the bidding ends. The highest bids will be e-mailed out to the wait list the day before the bidding ends. Highest bid wins based on how much aperson bids per spot they move up, not on total dollar amount.
- The #13 and #6 spots are open for bid this year.

Equipment
- Make new sign for course #3. Tim will do.
- New bimini for course #3? Yes.
- Stain dock #1 and #3 this spring? Yes. Tim, Mark, Keith, and Scot will do.
- Inventory equipment. Need to buy more magnets and blue bungee cord.
- Install wakeless buoys.
- Should the club pay Keith $100 to remove Phragmites from around course #1 with his machine? Yes.
- Need to raise course #3 up and add the extensions.

Web Site/News
- Should we have the annual service projects the 3rd Saturday in May and September every year? Yes.
- Web page updates/additions? Add board meeting minutes to the news page, add next board meeting date to board page (August 13), service projects will now be the third Saturday in May and September, on the service project page change to now required that members attend at least one Adopt-a-Park service project every year or go down to the Utha Lake Marina on their own, sign in under the Utah Water Ski Club and perfom two hours of service project work.
- What can we do to get more members involved in the club? Have cheaper slalom clinics possibly by Mike Parsons and/or Keith Morgan.

President
- Should we change that it is now required for members to attend at least one service project every year, not every two years? Yes. If members can not attend a scheduled club service project, they can go to the State Park on their own time and do two hours of service work. Need to set up a sign in sheet with the State Park for members that choose this option.
- Set next board meeting date in August. 13th, at Utah Lake or possibly Last Chance Lakes.

Schedule
Jan - Board meeting (plan annual club meeting)
Feb - Annual club meeting/activity
April - Board meeting (new members, plan service project/activity)
May - Adopt-a-Park service project/activity
Aug - Board meeting at the lake (plan service project/activity)
Sep - Adopt-a-Park service project/activity
Oct - Board meeting at restaurant (review year)

Board Meeting Notes
January 20, 2009

Membership
- Discuss 2009 membership cards and what new discounts to place on back. Add all discounts to back of card. New this year: JCW’s for 10%, possibly Sharps Tarps for 10-20%.
- Have 2009 stickers made in what color? Keep the same color as past years, since they are official club colors.
- How many current people on the wait list? 43

Equipment
- Install frame for sunshade on course #3. Will try on January 31. Should be a lot easier to do with the ice.
- Make new sign for course #3. Matt and Tim will do.
- Should we stain dock #1 and #3 this spring? Yes, will need to find help from the club members.

Treasurer
- What is the current balance? $1,299.
- Get annual income/expense sheet ready for the annual meeting. Kelly will finish inputting 2008 data. Scot or Mike will make the income/expense sheet.
- Try and get free tickets to the boat show from the dealers to help offset cost. Hank: Taylor’s Boats, Keith: MM Water Sports, Matt: Sandy Marine Products, Scot: SLC Marine Products, Mike: Wasatch Marine, and Kelly: SS Marine.

Web Site/News
- Annual meeting scheduled for February 5, 6:30 pm in conjunction with the boat show going on February 4-8.
- What should we do for food? Legers or Kneeders.
- Web page updates/additions: Add board meeting minutes to the news page, add next board meeting date to board page (April 16), change annual meeting time on the events page to 6:30, on the service project page add, "Club members are required to attend at least one Adopt-a-Park service project every two years, or each year go to the Utah Lake State Park office own their own, sign in under the Utah Water Ski Club, and ask the ranger what work can be done."
- What can we do to get more members involved in the club? No good ideas as of now, possible lake rental some day.

President
- The club purchased directors and officer’s liability insurance for $459.98. Click here to see USA Water Ski Club Officers & Director' Liability Program.
- Should the club still buy general liability insurance for $1,175.50 ($880.88 if we buy after Apr 1). Yes, after Apr 1. Click here to see USA Waterski Club Insurance Overview
- Should we require members to attend at least one service project ever year? Every two years? Yes, it is now required to attend at least one Adopt-a-Park service project every two years or go the lake and work on thier own.
- Should we set up a volunteer sheet with the State Park so people that can’t make it to the May and September Adopt-a-Park dates can come on their own and do work? Yes.
- Next board meeting date is April 16.

Santa and the Grinch skiing at Utah Lake
December 2008
Click here to see video.

September 2008 Adopt-A-Park Service Project
September 13, 2008

Ski club member and wait listers attended the club’s Fall Service Project at Utah Lake and cleaned up trash around the inner marina, which is the club's Adopt-a-Park area, and logs from the Provo River launch ramp.

Thanks to (from left to right) Chip Smith, Tim Arnold, Rob Vladimiroff, Garn Arnold, Mike Zufelt, Scot Chipman, Keith Morgan, and Travis Ogden (not in picture) for attending the Fall Utah Lake Service Project.