CGKA meeting summary 


1) sandbar cleanup may 19th. The water will be lowered 5 days in advance for the wood 
debris to dry. We have permission to use chainsaws and 4wd vehicles. We need to designate 
one area to pile debris that will be burned. There was talk about leaving the two major wood 
piles already out there to prevent erosion of the sandbar, and simply trying to make them 
safer wood piles, by removing all the protruding branches and burms that could be hazardous. 
This would also provide a means for building a natural slider. 

1a) What we need from the community is for everybody who can show up, to show up and 
bring chain saws, 4wd vehicles, winching equipment (chains & come-alongs) and as many 
people as you can bring down to the sandbar to help cleanup. Cleanup begins 1pm on 
Saturday May 19th. 

2) Event site usage and pumping on the grass was discussed and it was determined the 
CGKA's stance would be to pursue the issue of being able to pump up on the grass. This 
would be limited to the downwind 10% (40 - 60ft) of the event site. If this happens there is 
going to be other issues to go along with it. Who will self police? how will we ensure that there 
are no lines attached to any kites on the grass? There will be signs posted clearly stating the 
rules, but more effort will be required to make it work, if we are given this privilege. 

3) the kitemare incident of the person getting ragdolled on the waroo was discussed. We felt 
that people should take a stance and never launch a kite for someone when it is directly 
downwind and result in a hot launch. As well as the fact that people need to be more aware of 
all the debris downwind of their launching spot. Had either of these small precautions been 
taken the person would probably not have gotten rag dolled or at least not over a bunch of 
logs and debris that could have done serious damage. Experienced kiters should make an 
effort to help people who are not in the know of safe procedures. 

4) Garret, Tonia & Greg spoke about their kiteboarding for cancer fund raising event on 
August 25th as a way for kiteboarding to raise money and benefit the community. It is also 
way for kiteboarding to give back to the community and has the CGKA's full support. For more 
info PM Garret or tekko as i dont like posting email addresses on a forum that can be scoured 
by bots. 

5) Summer race series. Cory wants to put on a race series happening every friday, except 
first friday, for two months (6 total days of racing). 

6) BOD directors nominations and requirements were talked about, it was decided that 
nominations and elections should be delayed until our online voting application is up and 
running (in about 2 weeks). We have a rough list of criteria for people to be on the BOD but 
we are still working this out. We also came to an agreement there should be 4 core members 
(president, treasurer, secretary, communications director) and then an additional 7 - 9 BOD 
seats. This is still in the works and needs to be finalized. and it will be discussed in more 
depth at the next meeting. Lastly, Phil motioned and jim seconded the motion that i (adam) 
be appointed to comunications position and a unanimous vote finalizes the motion. We also 
agreed to reconvene in 1 months time. 

7) tentative agenda for next meeting 
BOD elections 
self policing 
if anyone has anything else they would like to see talked about at the next meeting please send email to admin[at]cgka.net 

A couple other notes, here is a link to the port website where port commission and waterfront 
rec commission meeting times and locations are posted: 
http://www.portofhoodriver.com/Commission%20Info/Meeting%20Info.htm 


Thanks everybody for coming.