3. Rear Commodore's Report
I can hardly believe the autumn season is upon us, time for grounds clean up, planting bulbs, checking water pipes, electricity loads and preparing boats for winter.
In becoming a bridge member, one begins to see and appreciate new perspectives around the club. In the first 12 days as your new Rear Commodore, I have needed to come to the club about 18 times where I have observed the same group of members busy, hard at work, focused, coordinating then fixing and maintaining these facilities. To this end, we need to gratefully acknowledge this group of active members many of which comprise our “snowbirds” group. Thank you!! Please consider saying yes to volunteering a few hours of your time when the call goes out for help.
MEMBERSHIP: As of 10/10/11 our Active Membership 349. Our Senior Life Membership grows by 4 to 119. Active Social Membership is now at 3. At our October 12th General Meeting 3 new Active members will have been installed. We have 1 Active Membership pending in November. We also have 2 Honorary Members.
During my long tenure (12 days) on the bridge, I have encountered some very excellent questions from members, so each month I'll state a question then research the answer for your review.
Q: What is a "Social Membership?”
A: Per QCYC Bylaw Article II, Section 2 (A) (4):
“Active Social Membership may be granted upon approval by the Board of Trustees to an Active member in good standing who has completed at least ten years of Active membership and does not own a boat. Upon approval, Active Social members shall pay one half of the current regular annual dues and shall have all the privileges of Active Membership except voting, holding office, proposing and seconding proposals for membership, temporarily mooring or permanent moorage at Club facilities, chairing standing and special committees, utilizing reciprocal moorage, and flying the club burgee. If an Active Social member wishes to return to Active membership, the member shall pay a new initiation fee, full dues and shall receive a new initiation date and member number.”
Grounds: A tip of the spade to Chair Capt. Becky Garvie and Mary “I’m Not a Member” Louise Alving for a wonderful job of planting containers of kale, mums & pansies and for sprucing up the grounds for the Commodore’s Ball. Thanks to Commodore Don and Judy Wilson for donating 30+ plants from their roof garden renovation. The parking strip looks amazing. Greatly appreciative to all of you!
Security: In our ongoing effort to keep docks safe, sound and secure, under the direction of security systems Chair Capt. Rod Hilden, we will be installing a Dock 3 view-cam for reciprocal mooring surveillance observable in the club office.
Thank you to the many members who have supported Laurean and me in this new position. (She thinks we are going out on a new date every night!)
Bob Myers
Rear Commodore
