May 10, 2015 Minutes

The meeting of the Grand Lake Recreation Club was held at Big Bamboo’s Dockside Grill.

President, Brad Fisher brought the meeting to order. Treasurer, Tom Scheib read the

The next meeting will be Sunday, June 14th, 2:00 at Celina Moose (Ditch Clean Up at noon,

 First and foremost, Brad wished all the Mothers a Happy Mother’s Day. Glad to see so

 JR Oyer donated a very nice flag for our GLRC work boat (picture attached). Thank you

JR! If you would like to purchase your own, please let us know. The cost is

approximately $85 for a large and $65 for a smaller one. The price can vary on how

 Greg Gast gave us a discounted dock for the GLRC boat. He appreciates what our Club is

 From Brian Miller: lake level is approximately 4″ up. There were some lights out that we

had donated at Windy Pointe, due to some vandalism . The State Park is working on

making cages for the lights and getting them working again. The new dredge has

 Setex is putting up the new playground for the lake starting Tuesday. They are

 We are putting up the Oil Derrick replica very soon for the summer.

 We currently have around 60 paid families. Please make sure you have your dues paid

 Lake CleanUp didn’t happen on Saturday as scheduled, due to the weather. We did get

out on Sunday, the 4th and had a good turnout. The new GLRC boat got put to good use

and brought in a bunch of logs. Thanks to all who came out!

 Brad and Jason took the new GLRC work boat to the LIA meeting (and of course hauled

some logs in on the way). Brian talked about our Club and we also got our picture in the

paper. Many people see members out on the boat, working and stop to ask questions

about the Club and the cause. In such a short amount of time, the boat has already

proven to be good advertising and a great investment.

 The GLRC Bicycle Poker Run is May 30th! Registration 10:30 – noon at Bayview, please

be back at Bayview by 4:00. Parking will be in the same place as last year. There is a

$5.00 donation/person to ride. We had 310 registered last year and are hoping for 350-

400 this year! This is one of our biggest events and people come from all over to

participate. We could still use volunteers to help deal cards at the end. Remember this

is a wonderful family event and a great fundraiser for the club.

 We talked about possibly having a raffle at the Bicycle Poker Run for a bike. New

members Kevin and Crista Fannin headed up this project and the details are as

follows: Rich McNaughten, from Bike Hub in Celina will be raffling off a bike

(winner will be given option to choose men’s, women’s or children’s bike). He

will also be setting up a tent(s) displaying bikes for sale. In addition, he is

donating his time to have a tent where you can get your bike looked at if you are

having any trouble; tires, brakes, etc. Thanks Kevin & Crista for setting this all

 We will be ordering shirts again very soon. We will have new selections, such as dri-fit,

tank tops, etc. Instead of ordering in bulk, we will have an order sheet so you can pick

the size and design that you would like. There will be more colors and choices. Please

 If you have a project you would like to use the GLRC boat for, just let us know and we

 The Club drawing was for $50.00. Jeff Vossler was drawn; not present. Next drawing

 Please remember to pay your dues and recruit new members. It is such a small price to

2015 Dues are now due ($20.00 a family for the year)

(Thank You if you have paid your dues)

Respectfully submitted by Amy Ruane, Secretary