2010 Membership fees are now past due. November 2009 Newsletter (downloadable .pdf file) If you did not receive this newsletter by email or snailmail, contact Caren Craig: carencraig@gmail.com Join the Google Egroup. The Facebook Page. Our new club President: Manfred Jettmar (access him via the Facebook page) Upcoming Events (Last revised: 7/7/10)   July 2010: Sunday, July 4. Frolic with your Friends on the Fourth at Lake Hattie, WY (No RMWA event scheduled). RMWA Race #6: 6:00pm, Thursday, July 8, at Cherry Creek SP. Any questions call Chuck Mawhinney 303-972-9580 Larson's Gear Swap: July 10 & 11 at Larson's Ski & Sports in Wheatridge. Check the Larson's web site for more details. Any questions call Ryan Hurley 303-423-0654 Aurora Beach Party (potluck lunch & RMWA Race #7): Noon, Sunday, July 18, at Aurora Reservoir. Allow an extra half hour for possible gear inspection for zebra mussels at park entrance. Note that there is a new one-time $10 boat fee to help defray the inspection costs. Potluck lunch at noon, followed by the race. Any questions contact Randy Allen: rsallen.co@netzero.com  August 2010: Williams Fork Weekend (Race #8), August 14 & 15 This is an annual social camping trip held at Williams Fork Reservoir (near Parshall, between Hot Sulfur Springs and Kremling). Camping facilites are fairly primitive. RMWA Race #8 is planned @ noon, Saturday, followed by a potluck dinner. Any questions call Caren Craig 720-988-0295 The Google Egroup The old Yahoo group is now an "orphan" and all members of that group who are interested in Colorado area windsurfing chatter should sign up for our Google group. Instructions for joining the Google Egroup: Go to http://groups.google.com/group/colorado-windsurfing In the list of items on the right-side of the page is a link to "Apply for group membership". Click on that link. In the process of completing the form, make sure to identify who you are in the "Comments". You won't be able to join the list until I (or Mark Scranton) approves you, and we don't allow anonymity. If you already have a Google Account, go ahead and log in. If you do not have a Google Account, you will have to create one. So click on the link that says "Create an account now". Follow the instructions to create your Google account. In the process of doing that you will provide the email account you will be using to access the egroup and receive egroup emails. Once you have created your Google account, go back to the egroup page using the link shown in the first bullet above. Follow the instructions in the second bullet above. If you have problems, send me an email and try to describe where things went awry: Chuck Mawhinney:  mawhinnc@mscd.edu. The Facebook Page Ok sports fans, The Facebook site is launched. It is called, "Rocky Mountain Windsurfing & Kiteboarding". There will be 3 administrators for this site and they are: Andy Spellman, Sammi Igarashi, and I. We may try to pick up a 4th administrator for this site and that would be someone who is really in tune with the kiteboarding scene. Dr. Chuck and I have discussed the possible problem of "splintering of communication" with this move and I certainly hope that doesn't happen. It is my intent to make this site as informative as the Google site (this group I am presently writing to) on upcoming windsurfing events. At the conclusion of this upcoming sailing season (sometime in December), I will make a determination whether to continue on with this Facebook site or shut it down. Like I've said all along, this site has a lot more bells and whistles to offer, and I hope it goes gangbusters (smile). Cheers, Bruce Burkland Note: you do not have to be a Facebook member to view the postings at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Rocky-Mountain-Windsurfing-Kiteboarding/112290148800417