Board of Directors Meeting: June 2026
Meeting Details
Date + Time: Sunday, June 28, 2026 | 1603-1734
Location: Virtual
Attendees | Voting
Anne Diggs, President
Sujitra Pookpanratana, VP of Operations
Jennifer Perkins, VP of Programs
Barbara Brocker, Treasurer
Cullen McDonald, Finance Director
Stephanie Acerra, At Large Director
Erica Prakop, At Large Director
Non-Voting
Jamie Nelson, Comp Sweep Men Co-Rep/Race Coordinator
Meris Steele, Safety Co-Chair
Tieran Settles, PM Sweep Rep
Bethan Banakos, AM Sweep
Maggie Burns, Sun’s Up Sweep
Absent
Jodi Heidmous, Secretary (voting)
Jennifer Tujague, At Large Director (voting)
Andy Rabus, At Large Director (voting)
Dominique Carlier, DEI Rep
Kevin Oskroba, Volunteers Coordinator
Rachel Freedman, Communications
Bob Reichart, Director of Coaching
Ellis Drechsher, Junior Captain
Jacqueline Battistini Comp Sweep Womens Rep
Andy Waiters, Comp Sweep Men Co-Rep
Alicia Morales, AM Sweep
Toni Kerns, iCrew Manager
Monica Freedman, Safety Co-Chair
Rebecca Hollins, Comp Sculling Rep
Cortney Dell, Junior Parent Rep
Susan Driano, Sculling Rep
Taylor Eling, Sunday Rowing
Sherman Anderson, CARP Rep
Lucas Bockner, Junior Captain
Sana Karba, INR Co-Rep
Carin Frank, INR Co-Rep
Meeting Agenda
I. Admin, Intent and Opening Comments
II. Operations Update
Boat Naming
III. Treasurer Update
Resources-taxes
Full financial report (like the one we received in Feb).
IV. Program Update
Fall Season Membership
V. Racing Update
Race Coordinator Update (Jamie Nelson)
HOTA Update (Andy Waiters)
VI. Around the Room
VII. Adjournment
Meeting Minutes
Managerial Opening Comments/Concerns
Motion to Approve May Minutes (Secretary)
May Minutes approved
Action for Secretary: Develop “how-to” guide on file sharing (due NLT July Board Meeting)
RFI: August Board meeting - Location option, SW Library; shift August Board Meeting from 4pm to 3pm to meet within Library open hours? (Stay at 4 pm)
President’s Opening Remarks (Anne Diggs).
Sprints review – Mae did an amazing job and Kevin did fantastic organizing volunteers. Not thrilled with head ref engagement with event but all others did well.
Survey that Anne I and Fana are facilitating is going well. Good data and info being collected.
Mark Heslep is creating outdoor racks for single and doubles – they are pretty sturdy – will be announced who can rent soon enough.
Cameras are up and running in parking lot. Firemen came this week, cut lock on gate – we think they realized they were in the wrong place and they quickly left. So the cams are working!
Incident with fisherman yesterday when CRC athlete was pulling a buoy – caught line and the rod ended up in the water. CRC took up a collection to replace the rod. Anne and Bob brainstormed how to potentially avoid in the future – may put up signs warning fisherfolk during regattas.
Operations Update (Sujitra Pookpanratana)
Sent summary via email. Reviewed details shared. See email/doc for info.
Rachel asked about replacing shoes – Sujitra does plan to do that. Also suggested considering alternatives to Vespoli since the Velcro is a failure point – cheap but nearly impossible to replace as a standalone.
Anne: CRC applied for two grants but we only got one – will need to raise money for launch 3, which was slated to be covered by one of the grants.
Treasurer, Financial Update (Cullen McDonald)
Slides shared via email ahead of meeting and covered during meeting.
Anne inquired whether the ACBA fee amount isn’t reflected yet despite having received the bill. The answer is that we account cash based, not accrual based.
Anne inquired how we’ve progressed from earlier in the year. Barbara replied we are still projected to be less than last year. Cullen shares that we are tracking very closely to last year’s numbers and we did end up negative cash flow last year.
Anne mentioned we will soon appoint a Director of Development to help with how to better plan to avoid continuing to dip into savings. More fundraising may be needed, which is hard – needs more dedicated focus.
Rachel mentioned raising an online store to make some passive coordinator. Can sell tees, bottles, etc. Will see how it goes.
Racing Update (Jamie Nelson and Andy Waiters)
Racing going well, numbers look consistent with last year – more at ACBA hosted races, less at “away” races. Headcount down for Nationals – price is up. May sell some transport space to help bring cost down.
Anne would like to shore up liability disclaimers for transported boats.
Jamie suggests “plaza master” (a la “dock master”) for the plaza for Sprints next year to ensure space is available for imminent needs.
Around the Room:
Stephanie shared note from Secretary on August Board Meeting time change requirement in order to meet in A/C supported location. No decision made
Meeting adjourned.