3. Rear Commodore's Report
Welcome to November. The fall season is on us with its shorter days, grey skies and wet weather. It can also be a reminder for us to shift gears and begin to ready our boats for the months ahead. November is a good time to perform routine maintenance, inspection, and service on our boats. As always, special attention should be given to the batteries and bilge areas, including cleaning bilge pump strainers and the testing of the high water alarms. We need to inspect electrical connections to ensure that they are still tight and not corroded. On-deck areas need to be examined for any changes in the gel-coat, loose stanchions and of course, condition of dock lines. Last but not least, please check your shore power connections regularly (weekly if possible) to ensure connections are properly fastened. If your power connection has the threaded screw-on ring connector make sure that it is tightly fastened and in place at both ends of the shore power cable.
SECURITY: I am pleased to report that all facilities are safe and secure at this writing.
Recently, our Security Chairman, Capt. Rod Hilden, acquainted me with how the in-station clubhouse and our Winslow outstation security systems work. He gave me a behind-the-scenes tour of the clubhouse to show me where all the components for the security system were located. Rod went over the issuance of member gate cards and security codes necessary to override the system. I was also pleased to learn that P/C Scott Grimm has agreed to continue as Rod’s backup and will answer emergency calls when Rod is unable to respond. Our appreciation and thanks to both of these members for the fine job they do.
GROUNDS: Capt. Becky Garvie, Chairperson, continues to do an excellent job of maintaining our clubhouse grounds. Looking forward, Becky made several suggestions on maintaining the grounds and beatification around the clubhouse. One suggestion was to install one or two black wrought iron benches in front of the clubhouse fronting Boyer Ave.
By the time you read this, we will have already completed a very successful Pride of Queen City fall grounds cleanup of our clubhouse on Sept 25. Over a dozen volunteers turned out for the cleanup. We swept the outside decks, removed debris from the driveway, spruced up the bank areas and cleaned up around the dumpsters. We cleaned out the flower beds, planted new bulbs, and all the large pots were repotted with new flowers. Becky and I want express our appreciation to all the volunteers that came out to help. Thank you!
MEMBERSHIP: Our current membership is holding at 355. However, as noted in the last general meeting, our membership numbers will be going down slightly over the next couple of months due to anticipated withdrawals because of member relocations, declining health situations and/or sale of the family boat. On the positive side, it is nice to report that since the June general meeting, Capt. Chris Benson, our Membership Chairman, has added four new memberships and he is currently working on several more new applications. We are off to a good start thanks to the diligence and hard work of Chris and the members of QCYC.
Reminder: P/C Ed Jennerich always used to say, the most overlooked reason for not signing up new members is because “they weren’t asked.” (Still does – ed.)
Regards,
Bob Stettner
Rear Commodore,
