Details
- Location: Ground-floor auditorium of the Women's Building at 3543 18th St. #8, San Francisco
- 6 pm: Doors open; pizza, salad, and dessert provided, $8-10 donation suggested for food cost
- 7 pm: Club news and announcements
- 8 pm: Presentation
Featured Presentation
- Topic: The State of the Kayaking Industry
- Presenter: Keith Miller
- Presentation Summary: Keith Miller, founding BASK member and Kayaking Guru/Entrepreneur of California Canoe & Kayak will discuss trends and usage patterns in our sport, suggestions on promoting safe introduction to kayaking and creating lifetime paddlers, how "sea kayaking" is being re-defined, continuing trends of industry consolidation—the good? bad? ugly?, and geographic challenges of being a west-coast business. Keith notes his presentation will have two overarching themes: 1) Don't shoot the messenger(!) and 2) Without environmental advocacy, our sport will suffer. This comprehensive overview of the state of our sport is a Not to be Missed Opportunity to get the Down Low from someone who has had his finger on its pulse for 35 years and counting.
Other Agenda Items
- Vote on proposed membership dues increase
- Proposal of next year's officer's slate
- Recent and upcoming events
- New member introductions
Transportation & Parking: You can take BART to the 16th & Mission station; it's a short three-block walk to the Women's Building. If you must drive all the way, we have a special arrangement that allows us to park in the Mission High School lot on the west side of Delores Street between 17th and 18th Streets. The parking driveway is closer to 17th Street and takes you up a ramp to an elevated parking slab behind a chain link fence, as shown in this Google Street View. From there, it's a two-block walk. Put something that says "BASK" on your your dashboard. The lot will be locked at 10 pm, so make sure you're out well before then. Other parking in the Mission is limited. If you need to drive, carpooling and parking west of Mission St. is recommended. There are two parking garages in the area. For trip planning information, see the Women's Building contact page.
Note: This presentation will NOT be "broadcast" as a "virtual meeting" and it will NOT be recorded.