Tom Rizzo wanted to remind and invite on the following topics:
REMINDER JRC Cleanup on Saturday 3/29 @ 7:30 Bring yard tools and tool-tools. COME WATCH SOME ROWING! Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race Oldest intercollegiate competition 12:45 on ESPN U Meet at the Sneakers on Baymeadows at 12 noon to stake out a spot. The coverage was great last year.
Please pass along if you see that I have left someone off this list.
Enjoy your day, Leslie
A true Friend to JRC, Michael (Big Mike) Stevenson, has passed this morning. Michael was the Executive Director of Consumer Support Services, which operates the River House and the Springfield Center downtown. When JRC was in dire need of a home (at the time we were truly homeless) Michael opened up the River House property to us but more than that he was a real fan of the programs we offer and delighted in our successes and progress. Michael is survived by his wife Laverne and his daughter Lashell. Funeral arrangements are tentatively being planned for March 15th at All People Church.
Sincerely,
Barbara Sanchez-Salazer
Five (5) (or 10 hours of instruction) weeks of instruction offered at different times so that it suits your schedule. Classes are coed and for either adult or youth. Currently scheduled sessions are listed below.
Cost for the course is $100 and includes instruction, equipment and insurance, as well as the opportunity to row twice as a guest in our Level 2 class following graduation.
Class sizes are limited to 10 participants, so sign up to reserve your spot.
The course is designed for novices, but people interested in returning to rowing after a long absence might find the course helpful as well.
DATE: Sunday’s at 10 a.m. – Noon, beginning November 18th, 2007 Classes will run consecutively for six weeks ending December 16th, 2007.
Instructor: Leslie Smith
Please contact Leslie Smith at leslie1x@bellsouth.net (please put "JRC Level 1" in the subject line) to reserve a space.
Thank you from the Jacksonville Rowing Club.
As in previous years, boats will be rowing 10K (or more if they so desire). The format will be a practice on the First Coast Headrace course with chase boats from each rowing org keeping watch over their own shells. This year we hope to bring about a few changes from the format used the past three years possibly including – bringing a few JU boats into the mix, a match race between two teams with a grand finish at the regatta site, and inquiring whether the Brooks Rehab disabled rowers can join us. I will update you as changes are made to the schedule.
As in prior years, we will be hosting a celebration following the morning of rowing, where lunch and t-shirts will be provided to participants, as well as an awards ceremony. We hope the ceremony and lunch can become a shared time between all our organizations, where we can come together in good will for a wonderful cause.
Donor forms and other planning materials will be provided to participating organizations in mid- August. While we are unable to make any promises at this point, it is our goal to obtain as much media coverage of this event as possible. That is part of the reason that we are beginning our planning early. We hope to use this opportunity to highlight local rowing as well as the fight against breast cancer.
Within the next few weeks, a team member from the steering committee, Sandy Silverstein, will be emailing you information pertaining to corporate sponsorship of this event. I hope that you will forward that information to any organization or group you feel is interested in the cause.
Very truly yours,
Barbara Sanchez-Salazar
The Vespoli 2x, Wintech 2x, and Wintech 1x are all back in the boathouse, fully rigged. The five of us who went to Aiken this weekend all had a great time and great race results, too.
Conditions were overcast skies with occasional light rain showers, temps in the high 60s. Water was flat with a 5-knot tailwind throughout the day.
The times listed below are net times, which include the handicap. The raw times appear in parentheses.
Men's AA-B 1X 1. Peter King -- 3:43.3 (3:45.8) 4. Paulo Lorenzo -- 4:14.0 (4:17.6) Exhibition -- Jim Kolb* -- 3:51.1 (4:04.1) * Jim rowed exibition because we made a race-day change to move him from the novice category into an open lane in this event.
Women's AA-J 1X 3. Tina Bradford -- 4:19.8 (4:23.7)
Men's A-E 2X 1. Peter King / Will Lutat -- 3:10.2 (3:13.2 ) 4. Paulo Lorenzo / Jim Kolb -- 3:32.9 (3:43.5)
Mixed 2X 2. Will Lutat / Tina Bradford -- 3:37.7 (3:40.3)
Hope to see more members travelling to the upcoming races in June; we are thinking about both the Sunshine State Games and the Southeast Regionals.
Pull hard, Will
Returning Board Members:
Will Lutat David Fekke Paulo Lorenzo
Members on Ballot: Janet Frampton Jody R Janci M Peter King (incumbent president) Cameron Winship (incumbent treasurer) Barbara Salazar Tom Rizzo Katherine Isaacs
JRC Board Candidate Statements
Jody Rutz I have been a member of JRC for roughly 6 months. In that time, I have been involved in planning social events. Jeannie and I have planned both the summer party as well as the holiday party coming up. I also helped organize JRCs involvement in the Head of the Hooch. I am happy to continue organizing social events and race weekends.
I hope to see our membership grow. I feel we could be more active as a club in recruiting new members. I plan to work with the city and other organizations to fundraise for improving our equipment and boat house. Ideally a nice new boat house is the goal! I would like to look at other rowing clubs and see if we can adopt any of there ideas to improve our club. I plan to improve communication among members. I feel if we had more of a schedule for when people are rowing, we may be able to have more people out on the water. I hope to explore some coaching during the week, as it is difficult for members to make every weekend. I have changed my work schedule so I am more available for weekend rowing.
Barbara Sanchez-Salazar
I am running for the JRC Board for two reasons. First I believe that the youth team should have some representation at the Board level. Second, I have been involved with JRC since my return to Jacksonville in 1989 and while I attend Board meetings to bring to the Board a memory/brain of the past and to assist with Board legal issues, I have not had a voting seat on the Board since 2001. I would like to combine my rowing experience, administrative efforts, legal talents, extensive files, and historical memory into a voting seat on the Board.
Since my hiatus from a board seat, I have worked tirelessly to bring JRC Juniors back into existence and to keep it growing/becoming stronger but I have also worked very closely with the Board to assist in any endeavor they asked. For example, Chuck Metzler and I researched learn to row classes country wide and not only proposed but wrote the Level 1 and Level 2 manuals and race prep formats. I have been a member, representing JRC, at the steering committee for Row for the Cure since its inception and have represented JRC with the Mayor?s Council for Fitness and Well-Being and the Waterways Commission. I have coached youth and learn to row classes, sat at JRC booths for health fairs from CitiCard to CitiStreet, to YMCA to JCA and taught erg technique to the clients of the River House. At the board level I have worked many pro bono hours on a number of legal issues from DCF contracts, to lease issues to regatta management, to background checks, to hiring coaches, to handling the waivers/legal issues surrounding publication of our members photos, national governing body cost comparisons and insurance quotes ? you name it.
I would like to see JRC continue to grow not only in membership numbers but in retaining members by offering them quality programs and events. I would like to see more communication with members, including newsletters and exit surveys when members fall away; and use that info to improve the quality of the programs we do offer. I would like to see the youth and the master?s teams continue to achieve goals and speed but also continue to find off the water camaraderie with each other and with our members who do not race or are new to the sport. Finally, I would like to see JRC plan and execute a $100,000 capital campaign, develop a mentor program and think about looking for a site that will allow us to grow and expand as necessary.
If anyone would like to contact me to discuss my candidacy, it is best to reach me at Barbara@sanchez-salazar.com
Janci M I would like to be considered for a JRC board position next year. My interest in rowing began 5 years ago when my daughter learned to row, and I served on the board of OARS(Orlando Area Rowing Society) for 3 years. I've only been a JRC member since moving to Jacksonville in January, and I think there is potential to increase the club membership-if that is what other members would like to do. Supporting the youth program will also help bring awareness of the Masters program to the community. Hosting (or co-hosting) a regatta is a great way to gain recognition, and earn funds to support the club. And, if I can get enough "volunteer hours" working for the club, I can get 2 free US Airways tickets for JRC. Bring on the building projects Jim!
p.s. I won't be able to attend the party/meeting on Dec. 30
Katherine Isaacs
I have been involved with JRC and the JRC Juniors for about a year and a half. Following my daugher's ACL surgery two years ago, she searched for a sport that that would minimize having the knee problem again. She went to the Episcopal Crew camp in the summer and she and I together took the Beginners class at JRC that same summer. In the fall she rowed with Bolles and fell in love with the sport. This is the time we contacted Barbara Sanchez-Salazar about a youth team with Bishop Kenny. After lots of meeting and phone calls we had a youth team in the Spring. I was instrumental in organizing the trips out of town, including tranportation, food and lodging. We ended the season with about 21 rowers and went to States. For the Fall season we had 25 rowers including a mens boat.
I am most interested in helping the JRC Juniors grow, not only in size, but to compete at the state and regional level where other teams recognize our name and know we are a solid and strong team each year. Alot of schools do not have a crew team and we have an excellent opportunity in Jacksonville to reach out those kids.
I work 3/4 time and have most afternoons off after 2:00 so I am usually at crew practice or running errands for the team.
If someone would like to talk to me more about my background. Please email me or call my cell phone at 472-3091.
Cameron Winship >From Peter King: Cameron has been involved in the rowing community for many years and has children involved in rowing. He has done an excellent job as treasurer for JRC for two years. We have really appreciated having his common sense on the board. Cameron may be able to elablorate more at the Party.
Tom Rizzo >From Peter King: Tom is a professional who has been active at JRC for many years and has a son that rows with Stanton and a daughter that rows with JRC youth. He has volunteered for every one of JRC's construction projects and is a tireless competitor and an steel bunned erg monster. Tom is incommunicado now so he will be able to elaborate more at the party
Peter King I have loved the sport of rowing since I first started in college many moons ago. Being in JRC has been one of the best parts of my move to Jacksonville in 1999. I have stuck with the club through thick and thin. Two years ago, with only three members remaining on the Board, there was discussion of disbanding JRC and selling or donating the equipment. That's really how I became president. As you can see, JRC has come a long way in two years (baby)! Numerous infrastructure projects have been completed such as the building of the dock (that's right folks, we used to wade out in the muck), the shed (wich allowed us to have an erg room for free), remodeling of boathouse, and purchase of some great new boats and oars. I am a strong believer in competition, since we are "rowing club" after all. Winning these races is a big way for us to have pride in ourselves, in JRC, and in our city that we represent. It also gives us goals and a reason to get up early in the morning. I am also a strong believer in empowerment and ownership and not getting in the way. THat means giving people authority to do what they can do to make the club better and feel like its "their" club. The momentum is increasing as we get ready for another great year that will culminate in going to the nationals in Tenn. So let's kick some butt. Vote for Pedro!
In light of the weather and the upcoming holiday weekend, JRC has decided to cancel practice on Thursday, August 31st and Saturday, September 2nd. We will resume the normal practice schedule on Monday, September 4th, at 3:30pm. Have a safe and happy holiday weekend! Please spread the word around to any teammates you see at school. Also, please check your emails over the next couple of days. Sage will be sending out a waiver attachment for the YMCA. All rowers must have a signed waiver with them for the swim test on Tuesday (Riverside YMCA @ 3:30pm). We will stay at the YMCA for all of Tuesday's practice which will end early at 6pm, instead of the normal
6:30pm. If you have any questions, please feel free to email or call me.
Rowers: Feel free to stretch, jog, do some abs, jumpies, etc. over the weekend! Every little bit counts! Our 1st race only a month away!!
-Meghan Hooper Head Coach JRC Juniors
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