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Paddling events, safety awareness, and conservation
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Inside this issue:
New Officers
March Meeting
2
Cumberland Trip
April Meeting
3
Winter Touring
4
White Water Trip
Report
5
From the Bow by
Paul Alxander
6
Paddle to the Grill
Editor/VP Note
7
VP Note
Volunteers Needed
8
Trips 9
Trips
10
Chota Registration And more
FIRST MEETINGS
VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED
Volunteer Canoe &
Kayak race
CHOTA CANOE CLUB CON-
STITUTION
Feb/Mar 2012
Chota’s Annual
Chili Cook Off
Its that time of the year again. Kick off
the New Year and defrost from the cold
weather with a chili cook-off at out next
meeting!
On February 11 at 5:30 p.m. Bob and
Mary Eckhardt will host our annual chili
Cook off competition at their home in Far-
ragut. Their address is 613 East Fox Den
Drive, Knoxville TN 37934. From I-40/I-
75, take exit 373 and head south on Camp-
bell Station, turn right (west) on Grigsby
Chapel, go about 0.7 mile, passing 5 traffic
islands, then left on to Woodchase. Proceed
3 blocks, then turn right on East Fox Den
and it’s the 3rd house on the left.
Please bring your favorite chili dish, or an
appetizer, side dish or dessert to share. Our
club will provide beverages. Prizes, in the
form of gift certificates, will be awarded to
the winner, 2nd and 3rd runner up. We
shall take an opportunity to plan our 2012
white water, touring trips as well as Polar
Bear weekend, canoe/kayak school and
other fun events. Chota needs your support
and participation to promote paddle sport
activities and conservation efforts in East
Tennessee!
Boater Chick Festival 2012!
Will be May 18-20th at Nelson's Nan-
tahala Hideaway.
The Boater Chick™ Festival ("BCF") is a
grass-roots, not-for-profit event that began
in 2008 to give women in paddle sports the
opportunity to canoe and kayak together,
learn from one another, and gather in a
friendly and supportive environment.
BCF features clinics and trips on Class II,
III, IV, and V rivers, as well as friendly and
fun freestyle competitions and races, in-
cluding the "famous" BCF Boater Cross on
the Cheoah River . Saturday evening is
filled with camaraderie, good food, local
music, competition awards, gear raffle,
bonfire, friends...and the annual Boater
Chick™ of the Year Award.
While all river activities are ladies only
and geared towards whitewater kayaking
and canoeing we extend an invitation to
everyone in boating to join in the festivi-
ties. Squirt boaters, slalom and wildwater
racers are welcome. Boater dudes and dog-
gies are welcome for the off-the-river fes-
tivities as long as both are leashed. ;-)
Stayed tuned with the latest info by visit-
ing: eventhttp://
boaterchickfestival.blogspot.com/
Or visit the website at:
www.boaterchickfestival.net
Feb/Mar 2012 Page 2
Roll sessions at UT Aquatic Center Fri-day, (7 to 9pm) Con-tinues thru Feb, and Mar *Chota Canoe Club Spon-sored Winter Roll Sessions* 2012 Sessions will occur on the following additional dates from 7 to 9pm : - · Feb 03, 10, 17, 24 - · Mar 2, 9, 16 Additional sessions are possible after Mar 16 that will be re-negotiated with UT at that time. This year Chota will be subsidizing the full cost. All roll sessions will be limited to 20 people per session. 6 lanes of the pool will be reserved for Chota. White water kayaks, touring kay-aks, and canoes are all welcome for this winter practice.
Please make sure your boat is clean when you bring it to the roll session! Have Fun and be Safe !
Questions - Please contact Randy Bigbee at email [email protected] or call 865-567-7294
2012 Webmaster
Russell deCastongrene
865-966-5918
First Meeting of the year!
30 plus members attending our Jan Mtg,
overwhelmingly voted for our new Presi-
dent and Touring Trip Chair for 2012
Paul Alexander - President
Jim Martin - Touring Trip Chair
Let's give these guys along with our other
officers providing direction for our club the
best support that we all can !
Vice President - Iris Leung
School Director - Gary Kilpatrick
Newsletter Editor - Charles Goodson
Treasurer - Bob Eckhardt
Conservation - Katie Branham
Safety - Randy Bigbee
White Water Trip Chair - Beau Gragg
Touring Trip Chair - Jim Martin
Secretary - Roger Arnwine
Member at large - Steve Kopp
Chota Club Meeting March 08, 2012 March Meeting: Michael “Louie” Lewis A Legendary OC-1 Paddler
Webmaster - Russell DeCastongrene Past Pres. - Doug Johnstone
At our club meeting on March 8, we look forward to a great evening with Michael “Louie” Lewis, a legendary figure whose passion is canoeing the steep narrow, technical creeks that flow off the Cumber-land Plateau. As an OC-1 paddler since the 1970’s, Lewis made seven whitewater documen-taries, and claims five first descents and nine open-boats first. Most of theses runs were on creeks in the watershed of Wal-den’s Ridge and on the Tellico River. More recently, he has been running the Green River, NC Michael’s friend, Alex Vargas, which is Associated with Blackfly Canoes will also be at the meeting! The meeting will be held at Dead End BBQ, Knoxville, TN 37919
Cumberland Island Sea Kayak
Touring Trip March 18-24, 2012
Mike “Louie” Lewis running 0.050 CAL Rapid
Feb/Mar 2012 Page 3
Chota ‘s Officers for 2012
President
Paul Alexander [email protected] 865-
679-0359
Vice President
Iris leung
865-448-8907
School Director
Gary Gilpatrick
423-914-4070
Newsletter Editor
Charles Goodson
charles.nadia96@gmail. com
865-804-3979
Treasurer
Bob Eckhardt
robrt.eckhardt@earthlink. net
865-288-3249
Conservation
Katie Branham
517-896-8385
Safety
Randy Bigbee rbig-
865-588-4249
White Water Trip Chair
Beau Gragg
423-912-1955
Touring Trip Chair
Jim Martin
865-548-4200
Secretary
Roger Arnwine
865-531-1041
Member at large
Steve Koppsek
865-292-4829
Web Master
Russell DeCastongrene
865-966-5918
The last time we made this trip, we had a
group dinner the first night. We'll plan on
doing that again. Other than that, you will
be responsible for all other meals.
We will use Sea Camp as our base and
make day trips as weather and tides allow.
If wind or tides restrict our paddling op-
tions, bicycles are available to rent to tour
the island.
There is a $4 entry fee per person plus an
additional $4/day camping fee totaling
$20. Plus wherever we decide to stay the
night before we paddle over, either hotel
or camping.
We will paddle over from St. Mary’s,
Georgia or Fernandina Beach, Florida.
Please contact Sharon Cogburn to reserve
your place on the trip at one-
Join us as we paddle to beautiful Cumber-
land Island National Park off the southern
coast of Georgia! We will be camping for 4
nights in Sea Camp --paddling over on the
19th and back on the 23rd. It is situated
under a huge canopy of live oaks and
Spanish moss. Bathrooms and cold water
showers are the creature comforts of-
fered. Water is available but can have an
off taste so it would be advisable to bring
your own. Reservations have been made
for 3 sites/ 20 people although each site
will only allow 3 tents per site. With that as
a parameter, we may have to limit the
group size. Once I have a list of everyone
that is interested, we can sort it out.
Since water conditions can be a bit dicey,
it is advisable to be proficient in wet exits
and re-entry. Weather can vary from cold
and wet to sunny and warm. Be prepared
for cold water conditions.
Chota Club Meeting April 12, 2012 In the April meet-ing, a NPS park ranger will present a talk on the Obed River. He will give an overview of the park, including a description of difficulties and highlights of various sections, and give some safety considerations for specific rapids and hazards. Waterfalls/natural arches/vistas will be shown. Please come and join us for a great evening with a talk featuring highlights of this scenic river! The Meeting will be held at Dead End BBQ, Knoxville TN 37919
(Photo courtesy of NPS)
Park Ranger: Matt Hudson
Runs a rapid on Daddys Creek!
Past President Doug Johnstone [email protected] 865-804-5240
Feb/Mar 2012 Page 4
Conservation
We in Chota enjoy the natural environment in which we practice our sport. We feel strongly that nature should be protected today and for our children. To this end we are active in preservation and restora-tion of natural areas and conservation of our natural resources. We practice this as individuals by doing such things as volunteering for river cleanups and writing letters to government offi-cials. As an organization Chota actively supports many local, state, regional and national conservation organizations with dona-tions and other resources.
Chota Membership
Membership is good for one year from the time of joining or renewing. Dues
are only $20! Membership forms can be found in every newsletter. Click here for Membership
Application Please printout/mail-in with your information. Extra newsletters can
sometimes be found at the following locations: River Sports and Earth Traverse on Sutherland Ave., Little River Trading Co. in Mary-ville and Blue Ridge Moun-
tain Sports at Western Plaza, Knoxville location, or the Village Green, Farragut
location.
Our Mailing Address is:
Chota Canoe Club
PO Box 51194
Knoxville, TN
37950-1194
Winter Touring
Whitewater paddlers are not the only
boaters having fun in the winter.
Touring paddlers can go all winter in Ten-
nessee with the proper gear and planning.
We have plenty of warm winter days but
the water can still be dangerously cold so
you have to be prepared. First, don't pad-
dle alone, and always wear your PFD.
Having a drysuit is the ultimate piece of
gear for cold water paddling but is not ab-
solutely necessary. Wearing dry tops, dry
pants, wet suits, waterproof gloves and of
course having dry feet is the key to staying
warm and safe. Neoprene socks, wool
socks underneath and tall muckluk pad-
dling boots are the answers to dry feet.
Even if you don't have all the high tech
gear you can still paddle on those warm
winter days. If you paddle in a group and
have practiced self and assisted rescues
you can be safe. Just be prepared with rain
gear and a bailout bag to deal with bad
weather or an accidental dunking . A dry
bag with a complete change of warm
clothes, towel, and hand warmers can give
you the ability to warm up and continue
your paddling day. It is also a good idea to
carry a thermos of hot liquid or even a
camp stove for an emergency warm up.
The best thing about winter paddling is
that you often have the lakes to yourself.
There is very little boat traffic, few people
out on the water and more wildlife than
you usually see in the warmer months. Get
your boat out of storage and go out and
enjoy winter on the lake.
Jim Martin
Chota Touring Chairman
Doug off the bow of Jack’s kayak on a winter day!
Neoprene socks work great and are reasonably priced!
Feb/Mar 2012 Page 5
Coming in June!
Chota’s annual Canoe & Kayak School has been a great way to introduce our sport to newcomers for many years. We offer be-ginner classes in whitewa-ter kayak and canoe, as well as touring kayak. For those who are already into paddling, but wish to advance in skill level, our school also offers advanced beginner and intermediate whitewater kayaking classes.
White water equipment is available on first come first serve basis. Touring equip-ment is not owned by the club. Hope you can join us!
1 ft. We figured out our shuttle, got geared up and were off. Forty minutes later we were on the river. And what an awesome run. A fun Class II-III run with lots of play spots for those willing to brave some fish counting time in the cold water, and big wave trains for the big water junk-ies among us. And as usual for a plateau run, the scenery is amazing. After some warm up time and play time we came to Flying V. We're not sure what the real name is but from the pictures you can see that Flying V fits. A glassy, green tongue of water leading into a wave hole. We all came through with flying colors. Thank you for the photos Kemper. We paddled on a ways until we came to "the undercut". Some opted to walk and others decided to run it. Everyone who ran it had a good line and the portage was easy. There were a few more creeky rapids after the undercut and then we hit some bigger water. A lit-tle more surfing, one big boof and we're back at the takeout.
White Water Trip Report
Paddlers: Kemper Begley, Michael Ann Begley, Laura Eddlemon, James T. Locke, Russell deCastongrene, Paul Butler, Angela Garrison I woke up Saturday morning to drizzle and cloudy skies and thought I might just pull the covers over my head and go back to sleep. A text from Michael Ann woke me up with a report that White's Creek was running at 1ft and did I want to go? Well of course I wanted to go. White's Creek runs after a big rain event but it doesn't stick around long. So now I'm wide awake and throwing me gear together to meet Michael Ann, Kemper and Paul by 1pm. When I arrived at the takeout I found our crew had grown. Waiting there for me to show up were the original three plus Laura, James and Russell.
The three of them were on their way to do a different river when Michael Ann got a hold of them and changed their itinerary. Everybody loves White's Creek. To my sur-prise, the river had come up in the time it took me to get there, so it would be bigger water day with the river at 2ft instead of
And that ends another fabulous day on the river. Of course after the river there is usually food. A group vote landed us at a Mexican place in Harriman with cold beer and a salsa bar. Perfect! Angela Garrison
Paul @ Flying V
Feb/Mar 2012 Page 6
Other areas
that I plan
on addressing
to start the
year are:
1. Up dating the
Chota website- it has
some old data and the
various committee
members are looking
at their areas and de-
leting old information
and adding current
information.
2. Insurance Pro-
gram- reviewing
closely the insurance
requirements we must
comply with and
working to ensure that
trip leaders do not
have any require-
ments placed on them
that would jeopardize
the programs we have
enjoyed all these
years.
3. Special Club
Events’ make sure that
those events that the
club members want
have adequate club
support and are ad-
vertised in the news-
letter and on the
Website in a timely
manner.
Paul Alexander
Chota President pau-
In 1984-1985 I was asked by Ed MacAllis-
ter to join him and Bill Adkins to start up
River Sports on Sutherland Avenue. Ed
originally had the business in his basement
and had bought the property on Suther-
land. We did a lot of tearing out of old
milk truck operations and hung lot of dry
wall during that time. My last trip to Al-
gonquin Provincial Park was approximately
8 years ago with my wife and a college
roommate and his wife. We have been
trying to plan another trip since but build-
ing a new home and work got in the way.
The last two summers I returned to the
Canoe and Kayak School as an assistant
instructor in Sea Kayaking. This is my first
year as an officer in Chota. The Executive
Committee you have selected to support
me is excellent and I look forward to a suc-
cessful year ahead. Many of the areas in
which Chota is involved are new to me so
any help the members can provide to
From the Bow
Welcome to the 2012 Paddling year. As
the new President I thought that I would
provide a short bio of my paddling back-
ground before I talked about this year’s
activities. I started canoeing in Boy Scouts
during summer camp in Ontario, Canada
around 1962. The older scouts went on a
3 day canoe trip using aluminum rental
canoes. The portages were a real chal-
lenge for a young boy. I did not canoe very
much until college when a group of friends
got together and planned an annual canoe
trip in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario.
We continued these trips well past college
including a 210 mile trip down (travel
north) the Abitibi River in northern Ontario
ending in the town of Moosonee on the
southern coast of James Bay. In 1977 I
started marathon canoe racing in the
United States Canoe Association.
I did this for about 20 years during which
time I served as Treasurer for about 6
years and President for 4 years as well as
Camping Chairman. I sponsored a USCA/
World’s Fair sanctioned marathon race for
the 1982 World’s Fair in Knoxville. Those
of you who remember the 1982 World’s
Fair know that one of the unique aspects
of the World’s Fair was that they had sanc-
tioned sports events. We held the race at
the Marina in Oak Ridge on the Clinch
River and had 5 Voyageur Brigades who
put on the opening ceremony for the
event. I joined Chota in about 1981-1982
and attended my first Canoe School in
1983. Doug Johnstone was my instructor
in Intermediate C-1 Whitewater. I paddled
several trips with the club and attended
Canoe School again in the 90s. During this
time I did get the privilege of borrowing
Blue Hole #13 from Ann Phillips and pad-
dled it on the Nantahala River (a Chota trip
ensure a successful year of paddling is wel-
come. The big event of the year for the
club is Canoe and Kayak School. As in all
volunteer organizations, the support we
receive from all members is critical to a
successful weekend in Reliance, TN. One of
the areas we plan on emphasizing this year
is the marketing efforts to publicize the
school using our volunteer members as
well as available public forums.
Feb/Mar 2012 Page 7
White Water
Trip Rules
These trips are scheduled for Chota members, but ETWC members are welcome too! To join the club, please print the membership form from the website and send it to the given address along with the annual fee. You may also give it to the trip leader on the day of the trip. You must contact the trip coordinator by the Wednesday before the trip if you want to attend. The trip coordinator has sole discretion when evalu-ating skill levels for the in-tended trip. All trips are water level de-pendent. Trips may be can-celled or changed due to lack of water or too much water. The skill level of the group will be considered when choosing sections and appropriate water levels. These are not beginner trips unless marked with a (B). These are winter paddling trips. Appropriate clothing and gear is required. If you are not sure if your gear is adequate, ask the trip coordinator. You will not be permitted to paddle in shorts and a dry top no matter how far you drove to get to the river!!!!
Club Equipment Club boats and gear is available to Chota members at no charge. However, equipment that is not returned by the TUESDAY following the trip will be sub-jected to a $20 late fee. This is to ensure that all club members have fair access to the gear. If you are interested in using club equipment, please contact Mary Ann Grell at 865-207-6250
PADDLE TO THE GRILL! Jack Graham did a great job last year with our Thursday night Paddles to the grill! Chota will continue the Paddle to the Grill week night paddles! Jack moved out of state recently and will be missed by his Chota family!
Notes: From the New editor to the old editor. Thank you for two years of great Newslet-ters Scott Carpenter! As your new editor I will do my best to bring the same high quality to our news letter; Eddy Out! Charles Goodson
From the New VP to our previous VP. Thank you for putting together great pro-grams for our meetings and social func-tions during the last two years. Having moved from St. Louis in 2009, my first outing with Chota was on the Clinch River, below Norris Dam. The participants were Morgan Simmons, Sharon Cogburn, Tom and Tere McDonough. I was elated to have found a group that shares my passion for paddling and sent in my membership form the next day. As a newcomer to the east Tennessee paddling community, I would like to thank all the trip coordina-tors who volunteered to coordinate trips and share their knowledge of the many rivers and lakes in this region. As the member responsible for arranging
Taking a break on Tellico River
Jack Graham & Doug Johnstone
Feb/Mar 2012 Page 8
Touring Trips
To learn more about up-
coming trips, contact the
trip coordinator listed be-
low, or the touring chairper-
son for more details.
To organize other trips not
scheduled, or to find out
about other paddling
trips being organized, con-
tact the Touring Trip Chair-
person, email Jim Martin
at Photogmar-
or call 865-548-4200 .
Also, if you want to be on
the email touring distribu-
tion list, just send
Jim an email request to be
added.
Paddles to the Grill – Be-
ginning in June , Evenings
to be determined by trip
coordinator.
Chota will continue the
Paddle to the Grill week
night paddle, moving to
Thursday nights, on alter-
nating weeks (2nd and 4th
Thursday ). These paddles
launch at 6pm, are typically
4 miles in length, include
dinner at a marina, with a
return trip in the dark (lights
are required). Usually we
are back loading boats at
10pm. Occasionally, our
paddle to the grill will be
less than 4 miles in length,
of which recreational kay-
aks (15 ft. or less) and ca-
noes would be able to ac-
commodate a shorter length
evening paddle.
Paddler’s Choice Events If you’ve always been inter-
ested to paddle a particular
river or lake,
just give the Touring Chair-
person a call for spur of the
moment “Pick Up” trips,
contact Jim Martin at Pho-
call 865-548-4200
and he will assist in coordi-
nating the event!
Volunteers needed for a
local Race
Chota will receive the proceeds from the
Volunteer 27 of the Volunteer Canoe &
Kayak race! All that is required is six volun-
teers to work the 6 mile portion of the
race! The race needs a few volunteers at
the 27 mile marker as well in order to
check in Finishers of the 27 mile race as
well! This race will take place on 28 April
2012! One of the Volunteers needs to give
a safety brief for the 6 mile race and one
to keep time. The rest will work the points.
speakers at our meetings and help plan
social functions, please let me know what
kind of programs you would like to have
this year. For whitewater paddlers with
video cams mounted to their helmets,
would you like to share your videos/
pictures of running rivers at one of our
monthly club meetings? Please send me an
email with your ideas and suggestions.
Iris Leung
We need you to send your photos and paddling trips to the editor for a better Newsletter! Send to [email protected]
To volunteer or race, email Charles for in-formation at: [email protected]
Knoxville Rev 3 Triathlon - May 5th and 6th
Please mark your calendars to help provide support for the swimmer event of this years Knoxville Rev 3 Triathlon on May 5th and 6th. We are looking for around 8 - 10 kayaks for Saturday's Practice Swim ( 7am - 10:30am) on May 5th. For race day, Sun-day, May 6th, we would like to have at least 20 -25 kayaks, some with the capacity to carry a lifeguard. Sunday hours would be 6:15am - 10:15am - Pro race will start @ 7am. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Doug Johnstone at [email protected] or call 865-804-5240.
Date River (B) = Beginner Trip Coordina-
tor Phone
Scheduled Trips begin in the spring. See the Chota
list for pickup winter trips
Jan 28 Little (Class III-IV) Sinks to Elbow. Contact Beau Gragg if you are interested in attending.
Beau Gragg [email protected]
423-912-1955
Feb 4 Tellico Ledges (Class III-IV) Contact Beau Gragg if you are interested in attending.
Beau Gragg [email protected]
423-912-1955
Feb 11 Clear Creek (Class III) Barnett to Lilly. Contact Beau Gragg if you are interested in attending.
Beau Gragg [email protected]
423-912-1955
Feb 18 Tellico (Class III) Section 3 (Below Jared's Knee to Ranger Station). Contact Beau Gragg if you are interested in attending.
Beau Gragg [email protected]
423-912-1955
Feb 25 Big South Fork (Class III-IV) Confluence to Leatherwood Ford. Contact Beau Gragg if you are interested in attending.
Beau Gragg [email protected]
423-912-1955
March 3 French Broad (Class III-IV) Barnard to Hot Springs. Contact Beau Gragg if you are inter-ested in attending.
Beau Gragg [email protected]
423-912-1955
March 10 Chatooga (Class IV) Section IV. Contact Beau Gragg if you are interested in at-tending.
Beau Gragg [email protected]
423-912-1955
Mar 17 Tellico Ledges (Class III-IV) Contact Beau Gragg if you are interested in attending.
Beau Gragg [email protected]
423-912-1955
March
18th-24,
2012
Cumberland Island Sea Kayak Touring Trip
March 18-24, 2012 Join us as we paddle to beautiful Cumberland Is-
land National Park off the southern coast of Geor-
gia! We will be camping for 4 nights in Sea Camp -
-paddling over on the 19th and back on the 23rd. It
is situated under a huge canopy of live oaks and
Spanish moss. Bathrooms and cold water showers
are the creature comforts offered. Water is available
but can have an off taste so would be advisable to
bring your own. Reservations have been made for 3
sites/ 20 people although each site will only allow 3
tents per site. With that as a parameter, we may
have to limit the group size. Once I have a list of
everyone that is interested, we can sort it out.
Since water conditions can be a bit dicey, it is ad-
visable to be proficient in wet exits and re-entry.
Weather can vary from cold and wet to sunny and
warm. Be prepared for cold water conditions.
The last time we made this trip, we had a group din-
ner the first night. We'll plan on doing that again.
Other than that, you will be responsible for all other
meals.
We will use Sea Camp as our base and make day
trips as weather and tides allow. If wind or tides
restrict our paddling options, bicycles are available
to rent to tour the island.
There is a $4 entry fee per person plus an additional
$4/day camping fee totaling $20. Plus wherever we
decide to stay the night before we paddle over, ei-
ther hotel or camping.
We will paddle over from St. Mary’s, Georgia or
Fernandina Beach, Florida.
Please contact Sharon Cogburn to reserve your
place on the trip at [email protected]
Sharon Cogburn onehappi-
865-567-1072
April 21 Calderwood Lake, day paddle Iris Leung
[email protected] 865-448-8907
July 15 Upper Tellico Lake, day paddle, easy trip good for be-
ginners and families
Iris Leung 865-448-8907
Oct. 13 Chilhowee Lake fall colors tour. Iris Leung 865-448-8907
Date Location Coordinator Phone
CHOTA CANOE CLUB MEMBERSHIP FORM
Membership for one year from July 1 thru June 30
___ $20 Membership Fee Enclosed
___ New Member ___ Renewing Member ___Change of Address
Name(s): _________________________________________________________
Street: __________________________________________________________
City / State /Zip: _______________________________________________
Phone: (home) ______________________ (work)_______________________
E-mail address: __________________________________________________
Please indicate boats currently paddled: __ K1 __ OC1 __ OC2 __ C1 __ Touring K1
Other (please specify): __________________________________________
Skill level: __ Beginner __ Novice __ Intermediate __ Advanced __ Expert
Interest Area:
__ Whitewater Class 3 and above trips
__ Hairless whitewater Class 1/2/(3) trips
__ Touring Adventure Trips
__ Overnight canoe camping trips (rivers/lakes)
__ Touring kayak overnight trips
__ Day trips
__ Weekday evening local trips
__ Youth Activities
__ Weekday evening paddle trips
__ Hairless trips
__ Whitewater trips
__ Conservation Activities
__ Safety Activities
__ Canoe School
__ Whitewater canoe or kayak
__ Touring kayak
__ Western Trips
__ Whitewater
__ Touring kayaks
__ Gulf kayak touring Trips
__ Day trips
__ Self contained overnight trips
Waiver: Chota Canoe Club activities may involve risk to persons or property. I agree to
hold harmless from any liability the Chota Canoe Club, its officers and its members, col-
lectively or as individuals, for any damage or loss of property or any personal injury or
death to myself, anyone in my boat, or any member of my family covered by this membership
while at any Chota Canoe Club function or on the way to or from it.
__________________________________________________________
Date / Signature(s) / (Parent or Guardian if under 18)
Send to: Chota Canoe Club
PO Box 51194
Knoxville, TN 37950-1194
Chota Canoe Club ~ Promote community paddle sport activities, safety awareness
and techniques, while being actively environmentally responsible.
Constitution and By-Laws Changes
During the March Chota meeting we will vote on the following changes being proposed by the Executive
Committee:
Chota Constitution
1. Article IV – make members of Executive Committee agree with By-Laws
2. Article V – change Article title; move information regarding the General Membership Meetings from Arti-
cle X; modify time period to hold nominating meeting; revise text to indicate that election of officers shall be
held in November
3. Article VII – move Executive Committee quorum discussion to Article XI; move Executive Committee
meeting information to Article IX
4. Article VIII – revise Article number; modify time period to hold meetings to agree with Article V
5. Article IX – revise Article number; change Article title; consolidate Executive Committee meeting informa-
tion here
6. Article X – revise Article number
7. Article XI – revise Article number; consolidate all quorum discussion in this Article
8. Article XII – revise Article number
9. Article XIII – revise Article number
Chota By-Laws
1. Article III.F – delete discussion on monthly cruise-masters
2. Article III.G – incorporate Article III.K into this position as an assistant only
3. Article III.H – add duty for roll sessions
4. Article III.K – delete this position from the Executive Committee
5. Article III.L – add immediate Past President to the Executive Committee
Russell
Calderwood
Chota Canoe Club
PO Box 51194
Knoxville, TN 37950-1194
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Chota Canoe and Kayak School ~ Dates coming soon
