Docks Committee Report
We held a first of the year work party on January 10 with 11 persons attending. Our collective thanks have to go to: John Strong, Allan Bender, Steve Weiss, Ray Huggins, P/C Larrie Chmela, Gary Johnson, Jim McFadden, R/C George Austin, Commodore Roberts, Docks Chair Arthur Mauldin, and Vice Chair Dave Svendsen. That’s eleven Free Lunch Opportunists! Let’s eat up even more free lunches when Dave hosts the next work party on Saturday, February 14. A big thanks goes to Willie for taking such good care of us. Our work parties on the second Saturday of every month can begin with breakfast by Willie at 8:30 am when we’ll hold a small meeting to set the day’s goals. Work parties should end by about 3:00pm with a lunch break in the middle. The committee needs persons to head up the many tasks that can be done simultaneously, if there is a person who knows what needs doing for each task. Almost all of those tasks require several persons to perform them, so please don’t feel you are required to manage them.
The club used to benefit from a weekday component to the work party concept. With time, lets bring back the Tuesday morning docks work idea. Contact us if you are interested. The Vice Commodore has addressed a considerable amount of the committee’s business in this issue. We ask that you read it and ponder the possibilities. It’s these efforts that will keep your spending less than it otherwise might be. We own some very substantial holdings on prime property and it’s our main station docks that make our yacht club sustainable. They are our major holding, our appeal, and our future. They deserve nothing less than our greatest devotion and care, but we must also understand that they are very demanding and require a lot from us as they have now done so many years service. Times do change and with those changes, updates also come due.
The Docks Chairman and committee members would like to answer your further questions and share real understanding of where we go. Please do feel free with the questions and given time, we’ll participate more in the web site where more people can gain that understanding.
Arthur Mauldin
Docks Committee Chair
