Minutes
Western Pennsylvania Orienteering Club
9 November 2014

Memberships represented:  Barak (2), Battista, Berg, Freeman, Huang, Jarvis, Johnstone, Logan, Livingston, Opila, Rzewski, Steinbring, Strat, Ward (2), Wolfe.

Jim Wolfe called the meeting to order at 2:45 pm.

1. Minutes from 24 November, 2013 were approved.

2. Election of Officers

            The following officers were nominated and seconded and elected by acclamation, as there were no other nominations- each to a two year term.

•     President- Jim Wolfe
•     Vice President- Dave Battista
•     Secretary- Jennifer Livingston

3. Report on the Achievements of 2014

•     Nine regular orienteering events plus Raccoongaine and Keystone Training.
•     Thirteen orienteering workshops in a wide variety of locations around Western PA.
•     Two formal presentations and three other opportunities to distribute information about orienteering
•     New club maps for Laurel Hill, Pine Ridge, and Brady's Run

4. Thank You

•     WPOC thanked the Meet directors, Vetters, Workshop Presenters, Volunteer Coordinator, Membership Coordinator, and all Volunteers for their many hours of service to the club.
•     The Club thanked Naomi Jarvis for her year of service as Volunteer Coordinator and welcomed Ryan Knecht into that position for the 2015 year.
•     More volunteers are encouraged to be Vetters for meets in 2015.

5. Report on Board Actions in 2014

WPOC Board purchased more e-punch equipment and now has enough to use at Raccoongaine as well as any other meets we choose.  In addition, WPOC Board approved repairs on the computer that is used for the e-punch results at meets.

6. Financial Report

A financial report was made for WPOC through November 2014.  It shows the club to be financially stable.  A complete report for 2014 will be sent to the membership in January after the fiscal year is completed.

7. A discussion of goals for 2015

•     The club discussed the goals for next year to include approximately ten meets for 2015 with at least one being a training event. We will continue to provide promotional and educational events for newcomers to orienteering.
•     Ideas for volunteerism included modifying the shift times by 30 minutes so that might encourage volunteers to run the event first and volunteer for second shift.  Also suggested would be to have some way to mark coupons as turned in so that they would not be confused with those not yet handed out to those people who volunteer to help at meets.
•     Another suggestion is to encourage participants to fill out waivers in addition to permission for minors at home to help speed the registration process at meets.  These forms will be found at the club website.  There was some discussion about other ways waivers could be handled to speed up the registration process.

8. No new business.

Meeting adjourned at 3:20pm.