NW Rowing Awards Nominees and Reception
The Northwest Rowing Council along with Pocock Racing Shells and Privé Events are pleased to presentThe Northwest Rowing Awards Reception
Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 6:30-9:00pm
Lake Washington Rowing Club
The reception will honor the 2011 Coach, Crew/Athlete, and Contributor of the Year
And the nominees are...
Coach of the Year
Michael Callahan, Head Men's Coach, University of Washington
Carlos Dinares, Head Coach and Founder, Lake Samish Training Center
Sam Greenblatt, Former Junior Men's Coach, Sammamish Rowing Association
Conal Groom, Head Coach, Seattle Rowing Center
Crew/Athlete of the Year
Nancy Miles, Seattle Rowing Center
Seattle Rowing Center Junior Crew
University of Washington Men's Varsity 8+
University of Washington Men's Team
Chris Wales, Seattle Rowing Center
Contributor of the Year
Matthew Lacey, Director, Pocock Rowing Center
James Rawson, USRowing Northwest Programs Coordinator
Bob and Anna Cummins, Cummins Chiropractic along with Karen Calara, The Next Step Physical Therapy
Register Now at Regatta Central
$10 advanced registration by 1/28/12
$20 after 1/28/12
Hors d' Oeuvres and refreshments by Seasoned in Seattle Catering featuring:
Grilled salmon bites on charred cedar planks with citrus aioli
Coconut chicken satays with cilantro and lime dipping sauce
Cilantro-lime & tequila marinated jumbo prawn skewers
Homemade sweet and sour meatballs
Triple fudge brownies and cookies…and more!
***If you have any great photos from 2011, especially of the nominees, please send photos or links to Caitlin McClain at caitlinclaudia@gmail.com
Northwest Rowing Council Regional Meeting
Saturday, February 4, 2012, from 3:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M.Lakeside School – Refectory Room in the Howard S. Wright Community Center MAP
14050 1st Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98125-3099
NWRC Documents
The bylaws of the Northwest Rowing Council and minutes of recent meetings are linked to the NWRC page. Please take a look at them. According to the new By-Laws, organizations not present at the meeting have 48 hours after the minutes are posted to vote on any motions made at the meeting.
Upcoming Legislation
by Tom FullerRachel LeMieux has made us aware of an important issue with respect to a step being taken by the State of Washington with respect to collecting the Business and Occupation Tax (B&O Tax) from Washington nonprofit organizations including rowing clubs.
In essence the state is now collecting B&O Taxes from Local Organizing Committees on entry fees for regattas. We became aware of this situation when USRowing was contacted by the Washington State Department of Revenue regarding Regional Championship Regattas run under the auspices of USRowing at Vancouver Lake.
Rachel has been working with USRowing to deal with the issue and has provided us with the attached information.
There is a hearing on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 in Olympia whereby House Bill 1452 is being proposed to essentially exempt regattas hosted by USRowing and its member Organizations from the B&O Tax. If any club or its Board members, coaches, etc., have a good relationship with Washington State Senators or Representatives – especially those listed on the attachment “Representatives and Senators Sponsors (2) – PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM AND URGE THEIR SUPPORT FOR HB 1452 AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS Rachel has helped to draft contained in the attached “HB 1452 RAL Edits.
For the NW Rowing Council Board I am proposing we add this to the agenda for our meeting this Saturday, February 5th; I think Rachel is going to try to join us for part of the meeting so she can discuss this and answer questions. This is a very important issue for us and we need to help Rachel and others support this legislation.
Associated files:
Representatives and Senators Sponsors
Proposed Testimony House Ways and Means
Background
HB 1452
HB 1452 RAL Edits
UW Traffic Pattern
Please click on image to enlarge.
In hopes of keeping the waterways near the University of Washington safe under the increasing stress of more and more rowers, the coaches are posting this map of UW traffic patterns. This plan has been in practice for over 30 years.All eight of the Husky practice squads will be accompanied by safety launches.
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