New Board members of the CGKA.

Mark · Thu Jan 28, 10 8:15 am **New Board members of the CGKA.**

Please help me in welcoming the new members of the Board of Directors for the CGKA. When you see them out and about give them a warm thank you for volunteering their time.

Mike Kirnak - Avid NW Kiter, Airline pilot, and garage tech extraordinaire.

Adam LaPierre - Avid NW Kiter, Hood River born and raised local, Reporter for the Hood River News

Darren Craig - Avid NW Kiter, Hood River local, former Whitewater River Exped company owner (he knows water access and water traffic laws, very, very well)

Nick Stuart - Avid NW Kiter, Hood River local, Sales Mgr for Naish, personal access experience from living on Maui and being involved with kiter assoc access on the islands.

Tom Gallegos - Avid NW kiter, Portland-HR local. Huge helper to CGKA and other events.

Welcome and Thanks again.
Mark
President CGKA

Pepi · Thu Jan 28, 10 9:07 am

Would also like to throw a very appreciative "Thank you!" to past members of the CGKA Board of Directors.
When you see any of these guys/gals on the beach, please let them know that you appreciated their volunteered time and services .

THANK YOU TO :

Henry Rico
Adam Monaghan
Steve Fisher
Brett Kelly
Garrett Zallen
Jim Grady
Tonia Farmen
Lloyd Nickson
Corey Roeseler
Kirsten Andrews
Mark Worth

Very overdue thank you to Mark, Corey and Kirsten for helping us get a jump start 4 years ago with the 'summit meeting' that helped spark the CGKA back to life.

Pepi Gerald
V.P. - CGKA

Campbell · Since 07 Sep 2008 409 Posts Camas, WA Obsessed

For those of us who are interested, can you please post again how to join the CGKA?

Thanks,

Colin

Bettyboarder · Thu Jan 28, 10 12:17 pm

You can sign up at the CGKA's webpage

http://cgka.net/become-a-member/

Pepi · Thu Jan 28, 10 3:31 pm

Membership is only $10, access to the Columbia River for Kiteboarders is Priceless.

blowhard · Since 26 Dec 2005 2028 Posts Windward

I can get you access to the pacific ocean
for $5 Cool

forrest · Thu Jan 28, 10 10:02 pm

You're so funny Blowhard!

Moto · Since 03 Sep 2006 2698 Posts Still a gojo pimp! Moto Mouth

Thanks everyone for stepping up!

JMatic · Since 12 Aug 2008 252 Posts Boise, In Dat Ho Obsessed

Ahhh shit, it's not even water season and hypotheticals are getting thrown around.

For $2 the frozen tundra of the Camas Prarie is yours--lodging not including of course!!!

Sella · Fri Jan 29, 10 12:20 pm

Excellent new representation list......congratulations amigos!!! Thumb's Up

forrest · Fri Jan 29, 10 12:37 pm

Hey, it's fun to joke around but please understand Pepi wasn't saying that access to the Columbia river costs $10.

Obviously, it's free if you can get to the Gorge... But imagine that over the coming seasons your access, and thus your experience, became bigger, better, cleaner, friendlier, grassier, more free, more convenient, and more like an experience in beauty and pleasure that rivals some of the best times you've had in your life? I'm not just talking air compressors and the event site, And I'm not only talking about the Sandbar, the entire Gorge is kiteboarding's home.

That's what the CGKA is about and that's why we work so hard. Your $10 membership supports that and makes you part of one of the best communities in Kiteboarding. We have a lot of challenges and battles ahead, and while revenue helps us fight these battles, even more helpful is the fact that we represent a large group of the public willing to put their money where it counts. A list of signatures is nice, but an organized community has the power to make real positive change happen.

It's time for all of you to step up to the plate so that we can tackle access issues head on, with the voice of 1000s.

pdxmonkeyboy · Fri Jan 29, 10 1:54 pm

Did the membership price drop? It seems to me it was $20 last year? If so that's pretty cool as things rarely get cheaper.

Gman · Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped

no - still $20 for you

Mark · Fri Jan 29, 10 2:12 pm

Yes the price dropped to $10. Thumb's Up

We still need as much help as everyone can give. This year should be pretty exciting. We have many projects that we are working on. Some of which should be coming due soon.

Those of you that have pump and dried at the Event site, launched at Viento, or Stevenson have seen some of the visible things we have done. Trust me there is alot more that goes on behind the curtain!

Please also thank the current members of the board, some of which have been doing it for TWO years!

Nichole
Pepi
Forrest
Janet
Nate
Steve

Thanks again for your support. 2010 will be a big year for the CGKA and kiters!
You can also follow us by joining the CGKA kiteboarding group on facebook. Sign up there for free updates.

Mark
President CGKA

forrest · Fri Jan 29, 10 5:47 pm

It's actually $40 for both MonkeyBoy and TinyE! Just kidding.

BTW, the Board of Directors has to pay too.

Chooch · Sat Jan 30, 10 3:41 pm

Congrats to the new board members Exclamation

So what is the current list of board members Mark?

Mark · Sat Jan 30, 10 5:51 pm

Here is the 2010 CGKA lineup:

Mark
Nichole
Pepi
Forrest
Janet
Nate

New board members:
Mike Kirnak
Adam LaPierre
Darren Craig
Nick Stuart
Tom Gallegos

We meet every second friday of each month. Everybody please feel free to stop by and help out.