Gregg Carville's Blog (23)

As I hope you know by now, a vote on the building project will be held on Wednesday. If you are planning on mailing your vote in, you will need to get it mailed first thing this week in order to make sure it is received on Wednesday.

What I have written below is just my opinion. I have been involved with this process for the past 3 years as a member of the bridge. As was pointed out at the last trustees meeting, I am part of the leadership and I share in the failure of…

As many of you are likely aware, the process for updating, beautifying, and maintaining the facilities at CYC began years ago. Each Spring members have come together to form work parties and have added great value to the property over time.  As we go forward, we remain collectively responsible for continuing the spirit and tradition of the member-owned and maintained club.

Over the years, lots of good, solid decisions have contributed to the development of the club and our…

We set a record for the June meeting - the Trustee meeting was wrapped up in about 10 minutes as we briefly went over the last meeting, a few items around the club, and then jumped into a club meeting devoted to brainstorming ideas for the new facility.

You can check out all the great ideas, and add yours to the mix, over on this page.

Bert Jongerden is chairing the…

Commodore’s Summary – Trustees Meeting 5_31_12

We had 12 folks from the bridge & trustees who were in attendance along with various committee heads and about 6 club members.

The meeting started with the minutes which Guy had sent around previously. They were approved with some changes

Lin provided a financial report. The club finances are in order. We have two capitol expenses this year, the new floats (came in about $27 per foot)…

This was sent to me, I was going to delete it as spam, but I realized it was from the local group. If anyone would like to donate their sails, they can contact Robin at the number below.

Gregg

Hi Commodore Carville and greetings,  

 

Phil Sargent, who is a valued volunteer here at the House, gave me your name and hoping you might be willing to help us out.  We are extremely humbled by the thoughtfulness of those who have already donated their sails, but…

Commodore’s Summary – Trustees Meeting 4_26_12 1900

We had 10 folks from the bridge & trustees who were in attendance along with various committee heads.

The meeting started with the minutes which Guy had sent around previously. They were approved without comment.

Lin did not provide a specific report this meeting but reported to us that finances are in order. We are getting new membership dues in and at things are normal at this point. We…

Thursday, April 26 - 1900

The club meeting on March 16 was the rescheduled date from the snow storm (one of two we had this year) The meeting had about 35 people with 20 or so members in attendance. We enjoyed a great talk from Nat & Betsy Warren White about their 5 year journey around the world in a sailboat.

The March 29 Trustees meeting had ten of the twelve members in attendance.

We started with a recap of the minutes and an introduction to a new tool for the Secretary. We now…

Commodore’s Summary

We had a short meeting on a very balmy February evening. There were 4 trustees absent.

Secretary – Minutes were distributed – no corrections.

Treasurer – the finances are consistent with expectations. The spring dues notice has gone out and is due back by March 15.

Vice Commodore – Burleigh will be out for a period of time as he recovers. I will handle hiring Launch operators (3 returning from last year at…

Trustees Meeting, Thursday, January 26, 2012 1900

We had a good meeting on a cold and wet evening. There were 3 trustees absent. The Commodore’s Chat focused on ideas for the 75^th anniversary season events. The meeting started with the reports from committees.

Treasurer – the finances are consistent with expectations. We are even saving some money on heating to date. (Presumably from warm weather? Also adjustments made to the…

Commodore’s Summary of the Trustees Meeting 12/22 1900

We had a good turnout considering the proximity to Christmas with 9 trustees and 3 members.

The Treasurer reported that the dues went out, he has received some responses from the note that was in the latest Centerboarder.

The Vice reported that the barn was nearly finished and would be so in the next week weather permitting.

Rear reported on the status of the house. They…

Here is the agenda for this week's trustees meeting. I will be holding an informal discussion at 1815 if anyone would like to talk about the club.

1900 - Call to order

Minutes from the previous meeting

Treasurer's Report

Vice Report

Rear Report

Committee Reports - Launch - Trailer Purchase request

Old Business - Barn Project Update, 2012 Budget - closing the clubhouse

New Business -

Next Meetings - Club Meeting with…

We had a very nice turnout on Friday evening for the Past Commodore's Lobster Stew event. There were 72 people in attendance. Dick Ingalls, Jack Callahan and Guy Gledhill led the kitchen effort with Mike Snow, Andy Howe, Tom Dobbins, Chuck Barr, and Paul Morin assisting. All the other PC's who attended lent a hand service the stew and cleaning up. We gave out every drop of stew and all the comments about the meal were positive.

Around 7:15 or so we called the club meeting to…

Trustees Meeting, Thursday, November 17, 2011

Commodore’s Summary

We had our first meeting of this season. I hosted a commodore’s chat with 6 members at 1815. We had an open discussion about meetings – the importance of running them in an organized fashion and making sure that they are held in a regular and predictable schedule. We also talked about membership involvement, how do we engage the club members and get many different people involved in the club and…

Here is the agenda for this week's trustees meeting. I will be holding an informal discussion at 1815 if anyone would like to talk about the club.

1900 - Call to order

Minutes from the previous meeting

Presentation from Scott Dyer of Custom Floats on the design of the new float system.

Elections - Finance Committee Chair

Treasurer's Report

Vice Report

Rear Report

Committee Reports - Launch - Outboard Engine purchase…