3. Rear Commodore's Report
With the Holidays behind us (and hopefully the worst of the weather), it’s time to start thinking about getting the Club and our boats ready for Spring. It’s hard to believe there’s only 3 months until Opening Day!
GROUNDS:
There will be a Winter Grounds Clean-up on February 9th. We’ll be working on gardening projects as well as initial construction of the dumpster enclosures. Additional information can be found elsewhere in this issue or you can contact Linda Roehl, Grounds Chair, at ljroehl58@hotmail.com for further information. This is a great opportunity to contribute to the Club and make new friends at the same time. I’d particularly like to encourage our newer members to come and join in the camaraderie. QCYC has a long history of member volunteerism—let’s keep the tradition alive. With enough volunteers, we should be able to finish around noon and -- we’ll provide lunch. What a deal!
SECURITY:
We’re in the final stages of upgrading our computer hardware for the security system and it should be installed by the time you read this. Thanks to Dick Geving and Craig Ranta for their work on this project. On a more troubling note, we’ve also had some recent incidents of property vandalism at the Club. The Bridge is looking at additional ways to enhance our security and we’re asking members to be increasingly vigilant around the club and report any suspicious behavior to the Rear Commodore. View the Policy On Proximity Cards
MEMBERSHIP:
Mark LaFountaine, Membership Chair, has started the year off in grand style but he needs our help. We still need approximately 35 more members to be at our full compliment. So let’s each of us make a commitment to go out and ask our boating friends and acquaintances to become fellow members of QCYC. We can do it—all we need to do is ask! Let’s not keep QCYC a secret. Remember—the #1 reason people don’t join organizations is because nobody asks them to join.
I’ve had the opportunity to meet with the Jr. Boating Committee chaired by Tim Rutledge and we’re exploring ways to form a stronger linkage between the Jr. Boating program and Club membership. You can help Tim, his committee, and the Club by getting the word out about this excellent program (see the Jr. Boating page on our website). Obviously, the Jr. Boating participants are too young to join but we may be able to use this as a means of attracting their parents to become members.
Fair winds,
Ed Jennerich
Rear Commodore
