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• Board Meeting

  • Start
    01/28/2026
  •  
  • End
    11/25/2026
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  • Schedule
    11 sessions
  • Location
    Dial In

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  Board of Directors Meeting

  
  

  See Board Meeting Agenda & Topic Request for Dial-in Information and Agenda

   

  Members are welcome to attend a board meetings and can present topics to the board but are excluded from any voting.  Please contact an existing board members for information how to join meeting.

  
  

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• Boat Driver & Crew Clinic

  • When
    05/29/2026
  •  
    8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    Ligon Home Disco Bay
  • Spaces left
    12

  Chair: Larry Ligon

  Co-Chair: Gwen Cauthren
  
  

  Event Overview:
  Can you optimally drag the rope handle to a downed skier?  Know where the brakes are? Properly pull a skier, boarder or surfer out of the water? Know your duties as a crew member? Almost none of these course materials are covered in the Calif. Boating Card/License or Coast Guard Courses.
  
  Experts will show you what to do, how to drive and pull skiers safely in almost any situation on the water.  Emphasis is placed on driving and crewing on the Delta. 

  This is a hands-on course that puts you in the driver's seat after a morning of classroom instruction and shows you how to master everything from parallel parking, skier guidelines, driver etiquette, towing skiers, surfers & boarders, crew member responsibilities, rules of the “water” and avoiding dangerous situations.
  

   

  The club strongly encourages any member who either wants to drive or crew on a boat to attend this clinic to obtain up-to-date training.  If you would like to gain the skills necessary to drive for the club, brush up your boating skills, or just learn to be a better boat hand, come join us. It is a fun, low-cost, learning experience, providing valuable skill building and enhancement of your boating safety. 
  
  

  Event Details: 
  Spend Friday 5/29 on the water at Larry & Gwen’s home in Discovery Bay for this informative course that offers increased confidence & awareness.  4 hours of classroom instruction will be followed (after a lunch break) by 4 hours of driving practice on the water with expert instructors.  

  
  NOTE:  Anyone planning to practice driving in the afternoon session MUST have their California Boating License/Card! 
  (If you only want to practice your crew member skills and not drive in the afternoon, then this license is not required but suggested) 
  
  Event Cost:
  

  Members: $ 20

  Non-Members: $ 50

  Member's Children 16 to 18 years old: $ 20
  
  

  Event Location & Directions:

  Larry Ligon's home                

  5597 Marlin Drive 
  Discovery Bay , CA 94505
  

  
  

  Special Instructions:
  Last Day to register or cancel a registration:  Monday, May 25

  Reserve your spot NOW (only 9 spots available) by registering for this event on the BAWSC WEB site and mailing your $20 (non-members $50) check (made out to BAWSC) to:
  
  BAWSC

  c/o Gwen Cauthren

  4835 Cottsberry Ct.
  Santa Rosa, Ca. 95405

  
  

  Event Chair Contact Information:

  Name: Larry Ligon

  Email: larry_ligon@sbcglobal.net

  Phone: 707-322-1157 

  
  

  Event Co-Chair Contact Information: 
  

  Name: Gwen Cauthren

  Email: gwen_cauthren@sbcglobal.net

  Phone: 707-322-8940

  
  

  To register click on the Registration button.    

  Note:  You will not be confirmed until payment has been received by the event co-chair.   Once the event chair records your payments you will receive an email confirmation confirming you are registered for the event.

  
  

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• Calif ProAm Slalom Ski & Jump Tournament

  • Start
    08/28/2026
  • End
    08/30/2026
  • Location
    Short Line Ski Lake, Elk Grove, California

  World's Top Skiers Coming to Calif Pro-Am Tournament in Elk Grove - Aug 28 thru 30
  

   

  Join us in Elk Grove, Ca. on the weekend of Aug 28 for the 2026, (24th annual) California Pro Am Slalom Ski & Jump Tournament.  Bringing most of the World's best Pro and Amateur skiers and Jumpers from around the globe to the largest Pro water ski event in the Western U.S., at the pristine waters of Short Line Ski Lake, located one mile East of Highway 99, in Elk Grove, Calif.

  
  

  Bring your family & friends (FREE!) to watch, mingle and be inspired by the sport’s top athletes like Nate Smith, Regina Jaques, Will Asher, Whitney McClintock (Rini), Terry Winter, Thomas DeGasperi, Bob Hardeman, Corey Vaughn, Greg Badal, Kevin Bishop, Darrell Smith, Jennifer Leachman/LaPoint and many other renowned pro skiers plus 35 amateurs as they ski head-to-head for cash awards and world records.
  
  

  Friday 8/28 - Action begins with the Men's and Women's Amateur preliminary competition at 8:00 AM followed by two additional rounds including the finals.

  Saturday 8/29 -  Starts at 8:00 AM with Open Women Pros and Open Men Pros (rounds 1 & 2) followed by Women and Men's Jump competition.

  Sunday 8/30 - Is kicked off at 8:00 AM with the the exciting Pro Open Women's head-to-head slalom finals and then the Pro Open Men's head-to-head slalom finals followed by the Women's and Men's Jump finals. 

  
  

  Attendance and parking is free for all spectators.  No dogs or animals please! 

  Share the excitement with many of your fellow BAWSC members who plan to attend the finals on Sunday Aug 30 beginning at 8:00  AM.  Wear your BAWSC logo clothing.

  Bring your lawn chairs, hats, cameras, autograph pens, sun lotion, food/picnic baskets, drinks and coolers.   (food is available for purchase on site)

  Cannot attend?  A live, tournament webcast will be streamed (at no charge) via a link at the official website.   http://www.caproam.com

  
  

  Directions: 
  

  Short Line ski lake is located at 8920 Shortline Lane, Elk Grove, Ca. 95624.  Gate code *1234
  
  

  From Hwy 580 head East onto Hwy 205.  Then take Hwy 120 to Hwy 99 North to Elk Grove.  Take the Sheldon Road turnoff East for one mile, looking for a right hand turn on the private driveway and gated Shortline Lane.  Gate code *1234.  Follow the signs to free parking midway down on the West side of the lake.  Then check out the BAWSC canopy.

  
  

  NOTE: This is NOT a BAWSC event and no registration is required.

  For further info and directions:  https://www.caproam.com
  or shortlinelake.com

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• BAWSC Water-Sports Day

  • When
    09/11/2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    Discovery Bay Marina
  • Spaces left
    16

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  Event Chair: 
  
  Name: Larry Ligon
  Email: larry_ligon@sbcglobal.net
  Mobile #: 707-322-1157

  Event Co-Chair:
  
  Name: Gwen Cauthren
  Email: gwen_cauthren@sbcglobal.net
  Mobile #: 707-322-8940

  Event Overview:  Whether you ski or wakeboard, join us on FRIDAY, 9/11/26 on the Delta waterways, meeting at 9:30 AM  at Discovery Bay Marina.

  Event Arrival Time:  Meet and check-in at 9:30 AM with your assigned boat.

  Boat Departure time:  Boats will leave promptly at 10:00 AM or earlier if the boat is ready with it's crew.  

  Event Lunch Plans:  We suggest you bring your own lunch since we will not return to the marinas for lunch (Union Point Restaurant no longer exists ).  If we are skiing nearby we may raft the boats together for lunch near where the Golden Gate Ski Club island used to be.
  Lunch is scheduled from about 12:30 - 1:30 P.M.

  Note:  No alcoholic beverages allowed during the BAWSC day of skiing or wakeboarding.  Please, no pets permitted.

  Event Location & Directions:
  Discovery Bay Marina Docks
  5901 Marina Rd. 
  Discovery Bay, CA 94505

  Google Map Directions Link:  
  

  Event Cost:  
  
  Members: $60

  Child Member ( < 12 years of age) $55

  Non-Members: $75

  Non-Member Children (< 12 years of age): $70

  Equipment you need to bring to the event:

  • Coast Guard approved vest
  • Ski and/or board
  • Gloves 
  • Plenty of sunscreen
  • Water
  • Towel!
  • Optional - Your own rope and/or rope handle if you don't want to use boat owners guest rope/handle 

  Note:  BAWSC does not own or provide any equipment. Participants must bring their own equipment to the event. 
  

  To register click on the Registration button. 

  Prior to registering please review the clubs current Event Procedures,  and Cancellation policy 

  Last Day to Register or cancel a registration and for payment to be received:  
  Friday, 9/5/26

  Additional Event Information:
  Please volunteer to help the boat owner launch, retrieve and clean up his/her boat at the end of the event.

  
  

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• BAWSC Officer Elections

  • Start
    10/01/2026
  • End
    10/30/2026
  • Location
    On-Line Voting

  Hello BAWSC Members:
  

   

  We are ready to start the election process for our 2027 BAWSC Officers.  The elections will take place during the month of October. 

  
  

  We are seeking people who are interested in the 4 Officer positions of the club which are voted on by our membership.  This is a great opportunity for you to get involved in the club next year and help guide the club as we enter our 33th year.  We are always looking for new ideas in how we can make the club more fun for everyone involved.  If you are interested in seeing the club continue as strongly in 2026, please consider volunteering to be an officer or board member in 2026.  Contributing back to the club either by participating as an officer, board member, or chair person, can be a very rewarding experience and will allow you to add new job competencies.
  

   

  Please contact me (Larry Ligon at larry_ligon@sbcglobal.net) if you would like your name to be placed on the October ballot for the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, or Secretary.  The deadline for getting your name on the ballot is Friday October TBD.  

   

  If you would like to be considered for a position on the 2025 Board of Directors, please contact me with this information as well so we can gauge how much interest there is from the current membership for board positions.  The 2027 Board of Directors will be selected by the 2026 elected officers in November.

  
  

  Please note that the board now meets by teleconference so it doesn't matter where you live to become an officer or board member of the club.  It requires a time commitment of  just 1.5 hours per month for board meetings and you help decide which events and policies the club should adopt going forward.   
  

   

  Feel free to contact any of the existing officers/board members if you have questions about any of the officer positions and what is involved as several of the current board members are past presidents and/or have been board members/officers of the club for well over a decade.

    

  The official election/voting will commence on October TBD and run through October TBD.   

   

  Thank you,

   

  Larry Ligon

  Vice President

  
  

  Officer Duties:
  

   

  The President, or in his absence the Vice-Presidents in their order, or in the absence of a Vice-President, the Treasurer, shall preside at all meetings of the membership and the Board of Directors, and they shall perform the usual duties of the office.

   

  The Vice-President, in their order, shall perform the duties of the President in the absence or inability of the President to discharge the duties of their office, and such other duties as the membership may determine from time to time.  The Vice-President will also be responsible for running the annual election and developing/publishing all board meeting agendas.

   

  The Treasurer shall collect, receive and deposit funds of the BAWSC as directed by the Board of Directors; render periodic financial statements to the Board of Directors and the membership and render such other reports and accounts of the financial condition of the BAWSC as may from time to time be requested by the Board of Directors or the membership and shall perform such other duties as are included in the office of Treasurer.  Treasurer cannot write a check in excess of THREE-HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($350.00) without board authorization. Treasurer will provide summary cash flow statement at each general meeting or when requested by any member.

   

  The Recording Secretary shall be responsible for the minutes and records of the meetings of the membership and the Board of Directors.

  
  

  
  

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