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Date: Sunday, March 27th
Time: 2:00-4:00pm
Location: Wreck Beach (Trail 6 in Pacific Spirit Park)
Apres at Nevermind Restaurant (3293 West 4th Avenue) Special guest presentation from Serge Dedina



Surfrider Foundation Europe's annual Oceans Initiative (www.initiativesoceanes.org) is scheduled to take place from March 24th-27th, 2011. This event has traditionally marked the kick off of our beach cleanup season and this year the Surfrider Foundation Vancouver Chapter will be celebrating with a cleanup at Wreck Beach on Sunday, March 27th from 2:00-4:00pm. We will supply the bags and gloves, but feel free to bring your own reusable ones to help us Rise Above Plastics. Following the cleanup, we will head to Nevermind Restaurant for some food and drinks. There will also be a special presentation from Serge Dedina author of the book Wild Sea: Eco-Wars and Surf Stories from the Coasts of the Californias.

We have three openings on our Executive Committee next year. In order to run, you must be nominated by a current executive committee member. For more information, or to express your interest in one of these roles, please contact us at vancouver@surfrider.org.

Chair
The Chair is the Chief Executive Officer of the Chapter and is responsible for fulfilling the mission of Surfrider Foundation. The Chair presides at meetings of the chapter, the Executive Committee and has general supervision of the operation of the chapter. The Chair shall transmit to the chapter all ideas and plans proposed by the board and SFHQ, which may affect the chapter or its members; and shall take no action binding upon the chapter without either specific prior authorization or subsequent ratification by the chapter or the Executive Committee. The Chair is the primary contact with SFHQ.

Vice Chair
The Vice Chair is second in command to the Chair. This individual will perform those duties assigned by either the Chair or the Executive Committee. The Vice Chair is responsible for planning, organizing and directing a program that ensures membership retention and growth. This individual will also be responsible for helping to organize general meetings and will be required to run meetings in the absence of the Chair. The Vice Chair will also oversee those duties pertaining to financial obligations and regulatory mandates of the chapter.

Volunteer Coordinator
The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for coordinating all members within the chapter. This officer helps to recruit new members, coordinates all volunteers within the chapter, places volunteers within each committee, and delegates and supervises new and current volunteers within the chapter. The Volunteer Coordinator builds chapter membership and helps increase member satisfaction. This individual is responsible for brining in new chapter members on a regular basis, which is a vital component for chapter growth.

Since 2000, the Surfrider Foundation has published an annual State of the Beach report, which is available online at www.surfrider.org/stateofthebeach. The report evaluates coastal management policies, the availability of data and information, and the status of nine key indicators of beach health in 25 coastal states. These indicators include beach access, surf zone water quality, beach erosion, erosion response, beach fill, shoreline structures, beach ecology, surfing areas and websites. As a first step towards potentially expanding the geographic scale of this report, research was conducted in 2008 to evaluate the same beach health indicators in British Columbia, Canada. Information was gathered through Internet searches, literature reviews and phone conversations with coastal managers, scientists, environmental organizations, and activists, as well as onsite assessments of coastal areas. From this information, a report was prepared using the same general format as that used in the State of the Beach report. In general, coastal management policies in British Columbia were found to be convoluted between the various levels of government and restricted by a lack of funding, which has resulted in an overall lack of regulations and protection for coastal communities throughout the province. For more information on the BC State of the Beach Report go to Surfrider Foundation global website.

The best way to get involved is to become a member. An annual membership is only $10 if you buy it from your local chapter. This membership gets you on our mailing list so you can stay in the loop about upcoming meetings, campaigns and events as well as discounts at a growing number of retailers throughout the world. For a complete list of our corporate sponsors please see www.surfrider.org/retailers/. Memberships are available for purchase from Pacific Boarder (1793 West 4th Avenue) and Sitka Surfboards (1864 West 4th Avenue).