Minutes
MRRCC Meeting
Friday March 9, 2007 9:00 a.m.
Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce

Matt Cybulski Ralph LaRue David Weaver Barry Pallay

Wally Venable Frank Jernejcic Brad Allamong Chuck Joseph

Donald Strimbeck Brenda Walker Paula Martinelli

1. Minutes &bull Ralph motioned to approve the minutes as presented, Barry seconded. The minutes were approved unanimously.

1. Gayle Manchin

A. Wally mentioned that she is experienced in river matters.

• Community Action has been very important to the river.

B. Cabela's Update

• Requesting $1500 and do a raffle at the end of the day.
• The request is with their corporate office for now. They're still thinking of doing a demonstration, but it may not be fly fishing. Kayaking isn't a big part of their business, so they may do something else.
• Wally suggested they discuss Modem 4 Cycle engines.
• They're promoting increased environmental awareness with a number of products; this could be their focus rather than fly fishing.

3. Ralph will get Jim Bowen's (Chattanooga) information so Matt can send info. from last year's Summit and this year's.

3. Panel Members

• Frank has 7 people committed for Break-Out 2.
• Frank has a Conservation Officer for Break-Out Session 1.
• David and Matt will formulate a letter to get the Corps' Huntington rep to the summit.
• David and Frank will bring projectors and laptops for the break-out sessions.
• Matt will mention to the First Lady's staff that we will have PowerPoint capabilities in case she wants to use it.
• Since Patrick Donovan will need to leave at 9:45 a.m., he will speak after Brad's welcome. Brad will give the recap and summary after Patrick speaks so he can get on the road.

E. Fundraising Activity

• Matt will talk to Jim Matuga about stories, ad space etc. It would also be a good idea to see if Jim could get some of his businesses that deal with water and the river to give some sponsorship to the summit.

F. Web Payment

• We will not do web payment for this year's summit. Ralph suggested that we talk to Mel at Ralph's office for next year. .

III. Other Business

A. Ralph's update:

• Marina construction is moving slowly.
• Docks have arrived for crew team.
• Ralph is working on the lease agreement for slips.
• The fountain is assembled and ready to be put into the river.
• Big docks are in and will be installed once the current is calm.
• Star City has their docks and will get them installed shortly.
• Matt will contact the WV Roundtable to invite them to the Summit.

IV. Next Meeting

• The next meetings will be held on March 23^rd and April 6^th at 9:00 a.m. at the Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce.

V. Adjourn

• With no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m.