Gunnison Angling Society
April Chapter Meeting
4/10/18

Attendance:

• Maddie Renfroe
• Briant Wiles
• Jesse Kruthaupt
• Bill Ketterhagen
• Chris Matson
• Bryan Hess
• Ben Schloesser

Topics of discussion

• Film Tour
  • Jesse Brought Posters for the film tour.
  • Ask Mark Day about possible more Dan’s Fly
  • Last year’s film tour raised $1,800 and is a good goal for this year.
  • All proceeds will go to the AAT program.
  • Jesse Will ask Gene Taylors for raffle prizes.
  • Ben will ask Irwin Guides for raffle prizes.
  • Briant will ask Rooted Apothecary.
  • Bryan will ask Prios for raffle prizes.
  • Briant Will ask the Gunnison River Fly Shop for raffle prizes.
  • A minimum of 5 people needed to help at film tour.
  • We will show the short UGRWCD film at the start of the film tour.
  • Jesse will follow up with Upslope to ensure the beer will be there.
  • Dan is willing to put the word out on CTU website.
• AAT Update
  • Jesse Submitted a grant for $1,500 to support the program.
• Superfly Update
  • Shirts, Hats, and Fleeces have been ordered and should arrive by mid-August
  • Some success in finding sponsorships and effort will continue.
• CTU Youth Camp
  • A vote was taken and all were in favor of sponsoring Maddie Renfroe for this year’s camp.
    • Need to let Dan Omasta at CTU know that we will sponsor Maddie’s tuition.
  • We are still looking for one more student to sponsor this year.
• Conservation Update
  • We pledged 100 hours and $3,000 for the Gunnison River Project several years ago. They may not need the funding now but we plan to do the 100 hours of volunteer time this spring.
  • On April 20^th there will be a Bio-engineering workshop and Willow cutting on the Gunnison.
    • Jesse will follow up on how many people we want.
  • Bill – Greenbacks, a Front Range chapter, want to come to Gunnison for a project. We could invite them to a planting in May
  • We are still working on the plans but expect to have some willow planting in May.
  • Can’d Aid has 15 people in July for a project. (possibly the 21^st) Will donate $2000 if we put them to work. Let’s put them to work!
  • Embrace a Stream – Must call Regional rep by the 15 of April to be in the running. Jesse has a proposal for the Bieble Ditch diversion structure ready to go. Bieble Ditch is on Tomichi Creek and is a good target for restoration.
  • Invisible Fence – Ask Mike to mail the conservation district a check.
  • We have been invoiced for the Gunnison River project.
    • Will send the invoice to Bill Goddard for review
  • CTU Rendezvous
    • No interest in the present group to go to the CTU Rendezvous.
  • GAS Logo
    • We discussed the logo designs that Ro Sham Bo put together and provided constructive feedback.

(Briant Wiles)