Meeting Reminder: January 4th

OPC Surfrider Meeting Reminder
When: Wednesday, January 4th - 6:30 pm
Where: Smuggler's Landing - 115 E Railroad Ave Port Angeles, WA 98362-2925

(360) 452-9292

Agenda Items:

• Upcoming Events
• Tsunami Debris Presentation Summary
  
• Updates from National

See you then,
Eric W.

Tsunami Debris - When will it hit our shores?

Tsunami Debris Presentation

Tuesday, December 13, Peninsula College will host oceanographers Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Jim Ingraham for a presentation entitled “Tsunami Debris: When Will It Arrive in America?” It will begin at 6:30 pm in Room M125 on the main campus in Port Angeles.

Our chapter is co-sponsoring the event along with the Coastal Watershed Institute.  Curtis Ebbesmeyer will also be analyzing the trash recently removed from the Cape cleanup.

In case you missed the presentation, below you will find the recording:

Net Pens Information

At our November meeting Dave Parks shared information about a proposed commercial aquaculture, fish farming, project on the Strait of Juan de Fuca.  In order to share information about the proposed project and net pens in general, we have created a Net Pens Information Page.  As we continue to find information and more becomes available, we will share via the page.  Currently, you can read through the project proposal, aquaculture standards and best practices and come up to speed on raising commercial seafood, specifically salmon, in net pens.

Thanks and stay tuned for more,
OPC

Meeting Reminder: December 7th

OPC Surfrider Meeting Reminder
When: Wednesday, December 7th - 6:30 pm
Where: Smuggler's Landing - 115 E Railroad Ave Port Angeles, WA 98362-2925

(360) 452-9292

Agenda Items:

• Extreme Beach Cleanup Recap and Picture Sharing (if you have any pictures from the extreme beach cleanup, bring them to the meeting for sharing)
  
• Net Pens Update
• Stormwater Overflow Forums Info
  
• Twin Rivers Parking Lot Update
• MRC Contributions Update

See you then,
Eric W.

November Meeting Reminder

OPC Surfrider Meeting Reminder
When: Wednesday, November 2nd - 6:30 pm
Where: Smuggler's Landing - 115 E Railroad Ave Port Angeles, WA 98362-2925

(360) 452-9292

Agenda Items:

• Twin Rivers Net Pen Issue
• Twin Rivers Parking Lot Update
  
• MRC Contributions
  

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CSO action you can take tomorrow night!

CITY ENGINEER TO CONDUCT CITY’S CSO SOLUTION PRESENTATION

City of Port Angeles City Engineer Mike Puntenney will be conducting a presentation on the City’s solution for the Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO), on Tuesday, October 11, 2011, at 6:00 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, 321 E. 5th Street.

The focus of Puntenney’s presentation will be wastewater and stormwater in the Port Angeles community, highlighting historically how we evolved into the CSO problem we have today and the City’s solution, as required by the Washington State Department of Ecology. CSOs are discharges of untreated combined wastewater and stormwater released into creeks, streams and the harbor, typically occurring during periods of heavy rainfall.

Representatives from the consultant firm Brown and Caldwell, and the Washington State Department of Ecology will also be in attendance. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.

Mike Puntenney is a Professional Industrial Engineer and has been with the City of Port Angeles for 7 years. He was appointed City Engineer in October of 2010.

October Meeting Reminder

OPC Surfrider Meeting Reminder
When: Wednesday, October 5th - 6:30 pm
Where: Smuggler's Landing - 115 E Railroad Ave Port Angeles, WA 98362-2925

(360) 452-9292

Agenda Items:

• Celebrate Elwha Wrap up and Review
  
• Winterfest
• Upcoming Events

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Celebrate Elwha Volunteers Needed!

Your local Surfrider Foundation friends need you help!

The Olympic Peninsula Chapter will be hosting a booth at the Port Angeles City Pier from 10am - 6pm this Saturday, September 17th, and we need voluteers to help. If you can spare at least one hour to pitch in a help, please sign up by either filling out this poll, selecting a time that works for you http://doodle.com/kw8w9rp87u2nqgb7 or emailing opcsurfrider@gmail.com. Volunteers will be helping by selling OPC Surfrider merchandise, taking donations, spreading the word about what we do and running a raffle for a one of a kind work of art created by OPC member Todd Fischer.

If you cannot assist on Saturday, we are also hosting an educational booth down at the Elwha rivermouth, Place Rd. Access area, with two other organizations. Shannon Serrano will be running the booth and would appreciate any chapter volunteers between 11am and 3pm. If you are available to assist on Sunday please contact Shannon Serrano at sserrano@surfrider.org

Thanks for your support.

Olympic Peninsula Chapter

The Surfrider Foundation

September Meeting @ Smuggler's Landing

OPC Surfrider Meeting Reminder
When: Wednesday, September 7th - 6:30 pm
Where: Smuggler's Landing - 115 E Railroad Ave Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 452-9292

Agenda Items:

• Celebrate Elwha Planning
• Credit Card Processing Update
• Guest presentation by MRC

Meeting Location

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Celebrate Elwha!

The Elwha is blowing up!

If you haven't heard, there is some serious activity going down in the Port Angeles area to celebrate the beginning of the dam removal projects to restore the Elwha River. The chapter will be having a mini-meeting this coming Tuesday, July 19th at 6:30 pm at the Bar N9ne in downtown Port Angeles to discuss the details of how we will actively represent the chapter at the various venues and events. For a complete schedule of the events visit http://celebrateelwha.com/events.

For complete information about the Elwha River Restoration and the dam removal project, visit http://www.celebrateelwha.com

International Surfing Day, Monday June 20th

Come Celebrate Surfing

Show your support for the Olympic Peninsula Surfrider Foundation by joining us at Bar N9NE for a celebration of surfing on International Surfing Day, June 20th 2011. The celebration goes from 5pm to 8:30pm with gifts, prives, auction, surf videos and a surf sale. At 7:30 there will be a special narrated surf video of Washington State surf history.

For more information contact Darryl Wood 360.460.0453

Event Details

WHAT: International Surfing Day Celebration
WHERE: Bar N9NE, 229 West 1st Street, Port Angeles, WA
WHEN: 5 - 8:30pm

Map to Bar N9NE

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June Meeting

Surfrider Meeting This Wednesday

Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will meet at

6:30 pm at Westside Pizza located at 116 North Lincoln Street, Port

Angeles, on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 for our monthly meeting.

Regular Chapter Meeting topics for this month include:

• La Push Shower Project Update
  
• Clean Water Classic recap
  
• Calendar of events

Upcoming Events:

• International Surfing Day - June 20th at Bar 9ine in Port Angeles
• July Chapter Meeting - July 6th at Westside Pizza
• August Chapter Meeting - August 3rd at Darryl Wood's house.
  

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Please join us for some pizza and conversation, all are welcome.

Olympic Peninsula Chapter

The Surfrider Foundation

WA Coastal Cleanup 2011

Easter weekend the chapter gathered out at Hobuck Beach to support all Washington coastal cleanup volunteers. The chapter served food, drinks and provided a gathering place for volunteers to coordinate efforts. We had excellent weather and loads of ambitious participants scouring the beaches from Shi Shi to Hobuck. Thanks to all who made the weekend such an enjoyable success including Darryl Wood, Charlie Parks, Anne Shaffer, Dave Parks, Jodie Kennedy and family, The Waterkotte clan and the Coast Savers.



Thanks to those people who took time during the Easter weekend to show some love for their beaches. See you next year!

May 4th Meeting

Surfrider Meeting This Wednesday, May 4th 2011Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will meet at 6:30 pm at the Vern Burton Community Center 308 East 4th Street Port Angeles, WA 98362 in Room #2

Agenda

• Combined Sewage Overflow Presentation By Darlene Schanfald, Project Coordinator for the Rayonier Hazardous Waste Cleanup Project and member of the Olympic Environmental Council Coalition


• Upcoming Events

All are welcomed and we hope to see you there.

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April Meeting

Surfrider Meeting This Wednesday

Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will meet at

6:30 pm at Westside Pizza located at 116 North Lincoln Street, Port

Angeles, on Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 for our monthly meeting.

Regular Chapter Meeting topics for this month include:

• La Push Shower Project
• Surf Swap Planning
• Chapter T-shirts
  
• CSO news
  
• Calendar of events

Map to meeting location

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Please join us for some pizza and conversation, all are welcome.

Olympic Peninsula Chapter

The Surfrider Foundation

Meeting Minutes

In an effort to get caught up with the publication of meeting minutes from our chapter meetings, I have published our January and February 2011 meeting minutes to our Goolgle docs library. You will now find Jan and Feb meeting minutes and meeting minutes from several past meetings. I will try to do a better job of regulary publishing the minutes for all to see. If you ever find an error in the minutes please email me, Eric Waterkotte, at ewaterkotte@gmail.com for corrections.

Here is the link to the meeting minutes library: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G7jvqfShrpDihjGNJzqqPGu2NZT9ButOsy3uj9tFuns/edit?hl=en

Thanks,
Eric Waterkotte
OPC Secretary

March Meeting

The next Olympic Peninsula Chapter meeting will be held on March 2nd at 6:30 pm at Westside Pizza in Port Angeles. We hope to see you there!


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Proposed Agenda Items

• La Push Shower Project
  
• Chapter T-shirts Update
  
• Surf swap planning
• Port Angeles CSO's
• Calendar of events
  

If you have any agenda items to propose, please email opcsurfrider@gmail.com