November Meeting Minutes

General

Erin opened the meeting by welcoming everyone to the new venue that is owned by a local surfer and supporter of the First Coast Chapter.
Erin also acknowledged two new members at the meeting, Debbie, who decided to attend the meeting on her birthday and Megan who recently moved back to the area and wanted to get involved.
Erin also introduced the new EC and noted that the various positions on the EC will be filled by those individuals and reported to the membership prior to the December meeting.

Upcoming Events

Our next beach clean-up will be on 11/22 at the Jax pier from 9-11AM. The following one will be at the same place and time on 12/27.
Larry Hart noted that the beaches are filled with plastics and debris from recent storms and for everyone to try and pick up trash whenever they are at the beach.

We are shooting to have the next Black Tie & Baggies (BT&B) on the second Saturday in April and hopefully at the Atlantic where we had it last year. A committee will be formed soon. Val Zevens noted that the sooner we start the better off we will be.

We are also looking to run a Longboard Contest and are looking at calendar openings. We hope to have it in May. Paul Hayden indicated that he has spoken with Paul West of the FSA and that they have set the template for it. Val volunteered her help.

We are shooting to have our next Art Auction in February but no specifics have been set as of yet.

Other Business

Erin noted that The Seven Bridges recently donated $350.00 fro a recent event to out Chapter. She also noted that a local coffee roasting company was looking to do something similar. She said that the company is already donating to the St. Johns River Keeper.
A Representative from a new local clothing company called Nothing But Soul talked about an upcoming event they will be having.
Erin talked about the upcoming Surf Expo and asked that volunteers contact her to work the Surfrider booth.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting will be at Cabo’s Pizza on 12/9 at 7pm.