Jan 13th, 2021
MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES
Present at virtual meeting: Rick Walker, Steve Lowe, Ben Hooks, John Springer, Rich Munson, and Lynn Easley.
Call to order by Rick Walker.
Present Minutes from last meeting
The minutes were previously emailed by Lynn Easley.
Motion to accept by Ben Hooks, seconded by Steve Lowe.
Financial Report
No change on the financial report, and no expenditures or receipts from the previous month.
Officer and Director Reports.
Rick Walker – The crew working on his dock is interested in looking at the mast crane when they get back on the lake.
Rick will send out an email for the Annual Meeting with a tentative schedule of events. The email will also remind members of the two 1 year terms for advisory positions. He also checked with Chuck Brazell to see if he would be interested in running for the Commodore position. Not currently interested but plans to remain active and help the club.
Rick has also upgraded to the paid version of Zoom, so no more cutting off after 40+ minutes.
John Springer – Holding off on sending invoices till we at least have a tentative schedule of events. John Springer also submitted a budget plan for 2021.
Suggested a date for the the Spring Fling Race and Social for late March. The date of March 27th was chosen.
John Springer will also take pictures of the mast crane and show it to a welding shop to get their opinion on it.
Steve Lowe – Steve Lowe contacted U.S. Sailing to see what kind of benefits they could offer the club. So far it seems its more towards individual benefits, but will research it more. Steve is looking for things that would benefit the club provide more value to the members.
At one time the club was a member of reciprocal benefits with other yacht clubs, but their fees have increased greatly. John Spring noted that Tyler Yacht Club had dropped it due to the costs.
Rich Munson – Rich Munson raised concerns of the current location of the mast crane. It’s current location makes it difficult to tie up a boat to the dock due to the way the dock is projecting out. An alternative location at the boat ramp was ruled out due to the lack water depth for sailboats.
Old Business
Slip Waiting List:
No current open slips and no one is on the list for a slip.
Annual Meeting:
Date and time for the Annual meeting was set for January 27th at 7:00 pm for a Zoom meeting due to the current pandemic. Rick Walker will send out the invite to the Zoom meeting with more details to follow on scheduled events planned for 2021.
New Business
Schedule of Events:
The directors scheduled several tentative events for 2021. The March Spring Fling race and social is scheduled for March 27.
An email from Jim Stevenson for the Saturday Race Series proposed the dates of
April 10th, April 24th
May 8th, May 22nd
June 5th, June 19th
September 11th, September 25th
October 9th, October 23rd
With the Fall Regatta in October, and the Christmas Social in December.
Securing of Barge to Dock:
It was noted that one of the boards that secure the barge is coming loose on the dock with the storms we have been having. John Springer said he would be out there this week, and would take a look at it to see what can be done.
Date and Time of Next Meeting:
The Annual meeting is currently scheduled for February 10th at noon via Zoom.
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn by Ben Hooks, seconded by Steve Lowe.