Officer Meeting Minutes - Tuesday Oct 23rd

This Tuesday eve, your new officer crew came together to discuss pool sessions, equipment, trips and other club biz. The highlights of the evening's discussion are below:


Pool Sessions
This weekend's pool session will be lead by myself. Please meet at the UKC club room, which is on the lake side of the WAC, at 8:30am (not 7:30 as it says on the calendar!). If you'd like to practice rolls, bracing, stroke technique etc., come on down! The more folks the better because you can learn from one another.

Matt York, club treasurer and web shaman, will lead the pool session on Nov. 4th. Check the calendar to be sure of the time.


PAR-TAY!
We will be holding a club party/equipment repair party on Friday November 30th from 3:30 to 7:30pm. Food & merriment will be provided. Please make an effort to be there - a lot of little things need patching and the more helping hands, the better!


Whitewater safety
Kennet is making an effort to have a local company lead a whitewater kayak safety course. The price will be *greatly discounted* for UKC members.


Trips, roll sessions & anything else you'd like...
We have decided to organize ~ 3 beginner trips a quarter to get you guys out on the river and so you can become familiar with your officers & trip leaders. Beyond the beginner trips that we initiate, all other trips should be requested! To do so, you are encouraged to spam the UKC mailing list asking an officer and/or trip leader to organize a trip. (WW or Sea)


Cheers,
Your UKC Secretary
Emily

Greetings From UKC's New President

Hello Everyone,

It is a pleasure to be able to work with you guys this year. I am very excited to take over for Bryce as President of the University Kayak Club here at UW, and I will perform to the best of my abilities to fill his shoes and keep this excellent program alive and kicking. I am still not quite familiar with everyone here, but I will know you guys soon enough.

I will give you a brief synopsis about myself. My name is Shawn Campbell, and I am currently a sophmore here at UW. I am intending on pursuing a major in Engineering in Aeronautics and Astronautics (rocket science, basically), and with that, I am taking pretty difficult classes . I also do NASA-funded research at the Advanced Propulsions Laboratory on campus. I initially joined the University Kayak Club because I enjoyed having the opportunity to be able to take a boat out on the lake whenever I felt stressed, or just in need of a relaxing paddle. The University Kayak Club has offered me a lot from last year, and now I am ready to contribute back to that, by seeing to it that every other member is satisfied.

With that said, I look forward to working with the officers and members of this club. Like yourselves, I will also be very busy with college itself, including research and classes. On a side note, I apologize for not being there last Sunday for the pool session, I had other personal manners to attend to. I will do the best I can to meet people, to keep up with everyone's emails, and to be present at meetings, pool sessions, etc.

It will take a little time for me to get adjusted to the job and its content, but Bryce and the other former officers will still be around this year to help out with the club and to transition the duties and responsibilities to myself as well as the other new officers. Feel free to message me if you have any questions, concerns, or just wish to get acquainted with me. Take care, and I look forward to meeting each and every one of you in person soon!

Shawn Campbell
UKC President
(321) 544-9229
campbuw8@u.washington.edu

Pool sessions

Next week's pool session, Oct 14th is officially canceled because of DawgDash.

The next scheduled pool session will be 21st October. Meet at 8:30 am at the WAC club room.

Photos: Anderson Island

New member sign-up and rescue Session, Friday 12 Oct

I'm planning to run a new-member sign up and rescue session this coming Friday from 4:30 - 6:30 pm. This is an opportunity to sign up with the club and perform the mandatory swim test, and/or to learn (or practice) performing self- and assisted-rescues.

Although the weather may not be great come friday, the lake is still pretty warm and you can always wear a wetsuit if you like. To go on any sea kayak trips away from Lake Washington you're required to have been to a rescue session within the past year.

Please RSVP to let me know how many people to expect, and if you just want to join or if you want to do the resue session too. Since sunset is around 6:30 pm, please make sure to show up on time to leave enough daylight for the rescue session.

You will get wet, so bring swimwear and a towel, and if you're signing up you'll need your university ID.

Zoli Szuts

Fall Pool Sessions

Pool Sessions start Sunday October 7 at 8:30am-11am. Meet at the WAC to load up boats and then head to the Hec Ed pool. Everyone (new and old members) has to take the yearly swim test to get/renew their membership, so come with your suits and towels and be ready to learn some new kayaking skills!

Whitewater class II/III trip on Saturday 10/6

I'm going to organize a double-header club trip on Saturday, 10/6. We'll be doing the Main Skykomish (class III) as well as Big Eddy (class II). Please let me know if you're interested, which half you're interested in (or both), if you have a car, and how many boats and people your car can carry.

This trip is subject to the whim of cooperating river levels and logistics. I'll send out a solid plan once I know who's coming.