April Beacon

NCYC Regular Meeting Minutes March 9, 2023 Page 2 of 11

Commodore, Brian Fringer

Commodore’s Comments

Rachel and I would like to thank everyone that came on the Commodore’s Cruise. We hope everyone enjoyed the Encore, the sun, the fun and camaraderie. I would also like to thank everyone who participated in the first of two TIPS training held at North Star Sail Club. Please remember this is required for all OD Managers, Weekday Managers, BOD and Flag. We have not determined the exact date for the second training. However, it will be late April or early May. The location is still TBD, but we are hoping to hold it on the island. I look forward getting out to the island in the very near future to start assessing any damage from the Winter. I also look forward to start working on the long list of projects we have for the spring. Please remember the Elite Brigade work parties starts April 15 th and continues for the next three Saturdays. The next two Saturdays will be the official work parties. The First Mates Fashion Show is April 30 th , 2023. Please send your reservation to Rachel Fringer if you plan on attending. Thank You to all of the Board Members and members that were able to come out and join us for the TIPS training March 4th at North Star Sail Club. At this point, we will have 45 TIPS certified trained members and hopefully after the next class we put together we will have more than enough members trained to keep ourselves covered at all times. We have a lot of Policy changes moving forward this year and I think it’s important that we get the Membership informed of these changes as soon as possible. Keeping in mind we are a social club and we need to educate our Weekend OD’s and Weekday Managers and members of the importance of enforcing these changed policies in a friendly way as much as possible. We should think about some signage moving forward as we started with last year to remind our members and guests of some of these changes i.e. only NCYC members can purchase alcohol; alcoholic beverages from your boats or coolers are prohibited in the club house and areas covered by the MLCC License. Vice Commodore’s Comments Vice Commodore, Rick Romatz

These are just a couple of my thoughts I’m sure we can put our heads together to get this done properly.

Rear Commodore, Bill Burkhardt

Rear Commodore’s Comments

First, I want to thank Brian and Rachel for a great cruise experience. All of Rachel’s hard work paid off with a great cruise. Final plans and numbers are coming together for the new garage, I will have a detailed plan and report next month. Since there is virtually no ice this year, I will be uncovering the pontoon in a couple of weeks so we can get over to the island and get things set up for the spring work parties. We are going to need everyone’s help to complete all of this year's projects. Phase I of the garage project will be getting the ground ready and pouring the slab. We will need lots of member help on this part of the project.

The Board is off to a great start doing great work for the club.