June 22, 2012
    CAPITOL VOLKSSPORT CLUB MEETING MINUTES
President Susan Berry opened the meeting at 7 pm. Seventeen people were present.

The following members completed these challenges:

Jim Younkins		100   events		Karen Younkins	6500K.
Mike Extine		125   events		Sheila Morrison	8000K
Karen Younkins	175   events		Lloyd Berry		12000K
Bob Morrison	650   events
Nick Shields		1250 events

The Treasurer’s report was passed around and the minutes were approved as written.

OLD BUSINESS

We are continuing our group walks for the summer they are:

Mondays at 3 pm-------	Meet at Bayview Thriftway
Wednesdays at 6 pm----Various locations, check the website 
Thursdays at 10 am-----	Various locations, check the website.

Occasionally some of the Wednesday /Thursday walks are on a different day. Make sure you check the website.

The Senior Games walk will be on July 28th at Tumwater High School. Karen passed around a sheet for people to sign up to help. The worker’s walk will be on Friday July 27th at 6 pm.  Meet by the stadium.

NEW BUSINESS

Seabreeze will be on President’s weekend of 2013, February 16th through February 18th.  We will have six walks and two year round walks plus one bicycle ride. We currently have four Trailmasters. We will be using the Lion’s Club again this year and we will have the Italian Buffet again this year too. The cost will be $20 and BYOB.

Bob already has a $250 sponsorship and he is working on getting more. Karen and Jim have printed flyers to distribute.

Bob purchased a projector for club use, with club money, for less than $300.

Karen still has T shirts, hats and jackets available for purchase.

Starting Points pre-orders are due by July 1st, the cost is $20. Contact Susan if you would like to order one.

AVA

1.	Do we want to join with Canada and Brazil in forming an IVV Continental  Association called IVV Americas.----------We voted Yes.
2.	Do we want a new award program called Centurion. This involves completing 100 events in a calendar year. The rules say that you must be a member of AVA to participate.  The cost to join AVA is $25 a year and membership includes receiving a copy of the American Wanderer. The award for completing 100 events in a year will be a special patch.-------We voted Yes.
3.	AVA would like to raise club dues to $100, they are currently $50.----The club 
recommended that dues be based on the number in the club, rather than one rate for all.

ESVA

The ESVA is sponsoring the North West Regional Conference in Auburn on August 15th –19th at Camp Berachah. There will be several walks, classes and events to attend.  Walks will be North West Trek, Crystal Mountain, Tacoma Waterfront and Camp Berachah.  There will be a meet and greet, a Salmon Dinner, A Barbeque as well as classes in becoming a trailmaster and in electronic mapping.

ESVA Officers for 2013

President------------------Mike Nagan
1st Vice President--------Nancy Wittenberg
2nd Vice President-------Sharon Moats
Treasurer------------------Nancy Regan
Secretary------------------Bonnie Tucker
S. Sound Area Rep.-----Susan Berry

The next ESVA meeting will be on July 21st in Camas.

SUGGESTED 2013 YEAR ROUND WALKS

Chehalis			Centralia
Lacey Safeway		Lacey Thrive Center
Olympia Downtown		Olympia Capitol Lake
Olympia Woodard Bay	Olympia Evergreen College
Tumwater Safeway		Aberdeen (new)
Bike

SEASONAL

Montesano Lake Sylvia	Montesano Slough	Ground Mound

SUSPENDED
Westport	Shelton	Griffith Priday

ADDED
Ocean Shores two walks	Hoquiam	Willapa Trail

POSSIBLE NEW WALKS AND EVENTS

Anderson Island (Pat is working on this) 
South Sound Prairie Walking Weekend with Prairie Appreciation Days at Mima Mounds and Glacial Heritage.  Senior Games and Christmas Walk.

OFFICERS FOR CVC 2013
President-------?????????
Vice President-----	-Elizabeth Mooney and Susan Berry
Secretary----------	-Ann Spargo
Treasurer---------	-Sheila Morrison
ESVA Rep.-------	-Bonnie Tucker
Membership---	-Karen Younkins

Perki Sweet is continuing as our publicity person and Peter Sweet is staying on as our webmaster. Harry Saukants will still be doing the Newsletter.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday July 10th is the annual picnic. It will held at Tumwater Historical Park at 6:30 pm.   The Board will provide hot food and plates, drinks and silverware. Please bring a salad or dessert. There will be an 11K walk starting at 4:00 pm at the park and a 5K walk starting at 5:30 pm.

Tuesday July 3rd Full Moon Walk at Woodard Bay meets at 7 pm at the regular market for the Woodard Bay walk.

Tuesday July 17th High Tide walk at Nisqually meet at Nisqually at 6 pm.

Wednesday July 18th Centralia walk with clubs from Portland and Longview meet at 9.45PM at Centralia train station or at 9:00 am at Starbucks by Fred Meyer in Tumwater to carpool.

The meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM.

Submitted by,

Lesley Willardson (Outgoing Secretary)