1. Commodore's Report
Happy New Year!
Start marking your calendar for 2011. We have lots going on at our club. Look for your new annual with all of the upcoming events and take notice of the new photos of the captains. Your Vice Commodore, Don Wilson, spent a lot of time and effort to get this into this year’s annual so we could put a name to a face. Kathy Fish did another great job getting this together. We need your feedback on how many annuals we mail you, We have historically sent two, but these are slowly climbing in price and if you only need one let us know. In the future we may only mail one and charge for the second one.
As I write this we are in the middle of a whirlwind of events. Thanksgiving was wonderful with family and friends and at the club we had tree lighting at Vaughn’s by the fleet captain, decorating the Xmas trees and the clubhouse, Breakfast with the Bridge with 80-90 people, a Special People’s Holiday Cruise with 29 boats, a wonderful Captains’ Dinner by the Tarrettes, two nights of lighted boats, a children’s Christmas party by Sandy Werner, a WIC Luncheon and our monthly meetings. While I write this I realize how many of our club members have chaired and participated in making these events happen. Thank you.
We have a contract with an electrical engineer to examine our existing electrical system so we can fix as necessary or plan for replacement. We have been talking about this for six years and your Planning and Finance Chairman, Gary Stone, said let’s get to it. The cost of this is being covered by way of $.04/kilowatt hour surcharge, so only those who use power on the docks are paying for this project. John Alving has been and will continue monitoring the contracted work. Look for their findings in about two to three months.
What’s coming up? We have bowling on Jan 9th. Last year we had a great time, so get your name on the list. Winter is still here so keep an eye on your lines and cold weather problems. There are a couple of cruise-ins at Winslow, one by the Past Commodores on Jan 8 & 9 and then the current Grand 14 Bridges will be having theirs on Jan 15 & 16. Both of these events will be using the clubhouse for meals and presentations but feel free to use the docks and all the facilities: it’s your clubhouse. On the weekend of Jan 22 & 23 we are hosting the Predicted Log Racers “1st of the Season” Race and Mike Cochran will be making a special spread on Friday night the 21st. If you’re thinking of coming or can help let Mike know. The Big Seattle Boat Show starts on Friday the 21st and runs through the 30th. We have our booth at the show so sign up for a four hour shift. We need a few new members. Remember to wear something with our burgee on it. How about a Martini on Jan 29th? This is a well attended event. Let Scott McPhee and Traci know so they have plenty of olives.
We have finished the dock inspection so Art Mauldin has started making the list of Waterfront Construction items to repair and getting materials for these. We had at least 25 members who helped on this inspection project. Thank You.
The issue of “ Storage Boats” has been an on-going item for a couple of years and by February we hope to have the language in our rules made more clear and we will be taking some action. If you have not been part of the active club and have in-station moorage we will probably be talking to you. Come to the next two board meetings. They are open to all members, and we will be discussing this issue.
I keep mentioning The Bilge Pump. This is one of the key ways we communicate with all of you and we would like to know who doesn’t need a mailed copy and would just like to access it by email/website. Please let Deborah know so we can update the mailing list. These last couple of issues were packed with upcoming events. Pick one: if nothing else get your plans ready for the summer cruise, and let’s have some fun.
George Austin
Commodore
