April Beacon

NCYC Regular Meeting Minutes March 9, 2023 Page 5 of 11

Correspondence (cont’d)

Flag Officers ’ Response:

The Flag is not in favor of removing the Senior Member category for the following reasons:

1) This would impact more than the yearly dues payment. We would also have to adjust the work hours for these members and many senior members are not able to work those additional hours. 2) This group is a finite number of people and is decreasing every year. This membership category will be eliminated over time due to attrition and does not need a new rule. 3) We do not support the possibility of pressuring (or running out) long time members that do so much for our club. The Flag is NOT in favor of removing the Non-Boating Member category for the following reasons: 1) This would require changes to our Junior Members benefit of being allowed to join the club as a non-boating member. If we choose the option of still allowing them to join as Non-Boating we will have the discrepancy of allowing it for some members and not others. Discrepancies of this nature are never good in a volunteer organization. 2) We do not have enough wells to change all non-boating members to boating status. If they pay full price, they will expect to be able to come to the island if not on their boat then on someone else's boat. 3) A significant cost to running the club is docking, seawall, pedestals, Wi-Fi, dock power, etc. In general, non-boating members do not use or contribute to these expenses as such they are deserving of a lower rate. All Board members are entitled to their own opinion on this. If anyone disagrees with the stance taken by the Flag, we are open to adding this as an agenda item for the next Board meeting. If not, this will be read into the Board minutes per our by-laws.

I. CURRENT BUSINESS

Philip Maniaci

Activities

No report.

Bill Frederiksen

Clubhouse No report.

Terry Steinmacher

Harbor & Grounds

No report.