MARCH 2018 BEACON

3 Editor 5 Commodore

7 Vice Commodore 9 Rear Commodore 10 Chaplain Art Brooks 13 Ancient Mariners 15 First Mates Mention & Flyers

18 Organization Chart 22 Calendar of Events 24 Work Weekend OD & Weekday Managers 25 Mainland Well Waiting List 26 Flag & BOD Contacts / Meeting Info 28 Membership Updates NA Photos

30 BOD Meeting Minutes 34 Miscelaneous Flyers 38 Great Lakes Lake Levels 40 For Sale

I hate to sound like a broken record, but Wow!, where’s the time going? It’s already March and I’m looking for Green stuff to wear. You’ll find photos of the Commodore’s Ball in this edition. For the sake of brevity and to not play favorites I included just the Ceremony. For those of you who haven’t yet, I’d encourage you to log into the photographer’s website and have a look at the 7 albums of photos. If you were there, you’ll likely find a photo that you might want. You may download any you wish for free. You may also order prints right from his website. There are a Lot of photos, if you were there, he probably has one of you. To Access the photos Click this link: Photos Click Here. Once you’re there, the Password is NCYC18. Additionally, I’ve included the Great Lakes Levels for your reference. On the second page is a link to the direct page if you want to see additional information on the monitoring and regulation of the Great Lakes and connecting waterways. I’ve been reading these since the 1970s and learned a great deal about our hydro-system over the years as well as the various governmental agencies surrounding our lakes. Back then of course everything was printed and mailed, my mom used to jump every time I got a letter from the Army, even if it was the Corps of Engineers. We had a couple nice get togethers down here amongst the Snow-Bird membership, a big thank you to Scott Goemmel and Michele LaCombe for the wonderful hospitality at your new southern escape and to Dianne French who put us up at her clubhouse for a nice luncheon.

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It is now March and we are creeping closer to boating season and opening up the Club. We now have our new committee’s in place, weekend OD schedules shaping up for the 2018 summer. We still need 2 weekday managers to fill our missing slots in September. Please try to get some member friends together to fill those two missing weeks and let Vicky or Dick Raymond know. (810-794-4850). We created a new policy that will have rules and regulations for incoming rendezvous and Poker runs. Please see the actual document included in this March Beacon. The ABYA will be having their 2018 Spring Rendezvous on March 9 -11th at Valley Plaza Midland Resort. The cost is $370/couple. If you plan on attending, please contact Jill Romatz at 586-265-7793. The Blessing of the Fleet will take place at Mariner’s Church, the Maritime Sailors Cathedral, on Sunday, March 11 at 11:00 AM. Please let me know if you would like to attend. This is a unique church service and you get to see a lot of neighboring yacht clubs display their flags. Our first Elite Brigade work party starts April 14th. Please mark your calendars. We will need lots of help to start removing the old siding on the Clubhouse. There is still time to join over 60 of your fellow NCYC members for the Commodore’s Cruise in September. The cruise will take us from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia along the east coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Please contact me if you are interested in joining us or have questions.

Regards,

Commodore Randy

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With all the precipitation we have been receiving in Michigan and Ontario, I hope that everyone’s property has survived without incident! A positive outcome of the rain is that we should not experience a problem with low water levels this year. Also, the 14-day outlook is forecasting above the freezing mark. I hope this is a sign of an early and warm spring on the way! During our last Board of Directors meeting, all of the committees were approved and they are now in place to deal with the club business. If you have a suggestion to better the club, please feel free to direct them to a Board member or the appropriate committee. Your voice matters and we want to hear from you. With spring on the way, we need to start thinking about the projects that need to get accomplished. To name a few, we are replacing the siding on the lower half of the clubhouse, we have some rotten flooring near the icemaker and some seawall tiebacks that need replacing. We definitely require many hands to accomplish these projects and your help during the Elite Brigade’s is always appreciated. For us that stay north over the winter, it’s nice to get a taste of summer at the Detroit Boat Show. It was nice to see the place busy. Manufactures and vendors are reporting that a lot of people came ready to purchase a boat and that they are running out of stock. This is a good sign that the economy is going in the right direction and recreational boating is on the rise. This should prove beneficial to NCYC membership in years to come. Upcoming events are the ABYA Spring Rendezvous March 9th -11th, the Blessing of the Fleet on March 11th at the historic Mariners' Church of Detroit, the first Elite Brigade on April 14th and our First Mates fashion Show on May 6th . Hope to see you at some of these events!

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It appears that the 15 inches of ice that I was ice fishing on just a little over a week ago has given way to the high winds and warmer temperatures. The bay is opened up by our house and there was a lot of wave action today. March 20th is just around the corner and marks the first day of spring. With this in mind it's not a bad idea to make a check list of things to do to prepare for the upcoming boating season. One area of concern is that our young boaters have taken the required "Safe Boating" courses that are required to allow them to legally operate power boats and personal water craft. This time of the year our local Sheriffs Marine Patrol Divisions, Power Squadrons and some local school districts offer these courses. To familiarize yourselfwiththe rules and regulations you can visit the DNR website, Google "Boat operator age restrictions". With our first Elite Brigade just seven weeks away, it would be a good time to set your schedule for the date that would be best for you to make it out to the island to fulfill your work hourobligation. Don't forget that you can come out more than one Saturday. The more help we have the more work gets completed and less work carriesoverintothe boating season. Check inside this Beacon and find the 0.0. Weekend & Member Work Schedule. Make sure that you take note of when you are scheduled to work and for which O.D. you are working. Also, the 2018 Calendar of events is published in this Beacon for yourconvenience. March 17 is one ofour favorite holidays for the entire Calihan Family. We will all be together and we will do a little celebrating. Happy St. Patrick's day to all of you and be safe. Rear Commodore Bill

AMessage From ChaplainArtBrooks…

NOTES FROM THE CHAPLAIN, ART BROOKS On January 30, 2018 , William Fredrick Scarpace , aka “Mirror Man” passed away. Bill and Arlene were long time NCYC members. Visitation was at D.S. Temrowski & Sons Funeral Home in Warren. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Scarpace and Charles Cook ( stepson) family. A lesson from the Bible…… Proverbs 10:9 “The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out”. “Tell the truth the first time and then you won’t have to remember what you said” . That’s a quote attributed to the famous Speaker of the House, Sam Rayburn. If you choose to live a life being deceitful or perverse, you will constantly be worrying that people will find out. There is no security or assurance in crooked path.

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First Mates Mention

March 2018

Hi Ladies: Boating weather is just around the corner. I hope you all have a happy and fun St. Patricks Day. There are lots of plans and preparations underway for a fun year ahead so don’t forget to return your First Mates membership update and dues by March 31st in time to be included in the 2018 roster. The First Mate Fashion Show is on Sunday May 6, 2018. This year it is being held at Barrister Gardens and reservations are being taken by Jill Romatz. Form and check are due by April 21, 2018. The fashion show is a great way to take a more active role in participating with First Mates. This is our largest fund raiser. Donations are welcome for the raffle as well as monetary donations. Monetary donations should be made payable to Shelley Sweier. Please help to make this fashion show a huge success. Our membership meeting is scheduled for Saturday, May 27th, 2018, in the clubhouse followed by our annual Welcome Reception. Don’t forget about Ladies Week, date still to be determined. Respectfully, Lisa Roath 2018 First Mates Publicity.

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NORTH CHANNEL YACHT CLUB

ORGANIZATION CHART 2018

NCYC Membership

Commodore Randy Pagel

Commodore Past Pat Carrol

Commodore Vice Ian Blackburn

Commodore Rear

Bill

Calihan

Secretary

Membership

Darryl Transportation Campbell

Fleet Captain Ken Lipowski Julie Delauter

Supplies

Treasurer

Publications

Activities

Grounds Harbor & Tom Altobelli

Scott Clubhouse Greenfelder

Brian Fringer

Ron Draper

Glenn Nixon

Debbie Siwek

Dale Hall

Tom Martin

Committee Insurance Chairman P/C Tom McHugh

Committee Finance

Planning Forward Committee

Committee Reserve Fund

Procedures Guidelines & Committee P/C Rick Romatz

Committee Nominating P/C Chuck

Committee By Laws

Calihan R/C Bill

Brian Fringer

Glenn Nixon

P/C Pat Carroll

Stroh

Chaplain

Arms Sergeant-at-

Officer Safety

Recorder Board

Auditor

Leslie Leitch Master Harbor

Ann Malik Sue Mile Surgeons Fleet

Directors Youth

Co. LLC Bultynck &

Shelby Romatz Lisa Roath

Greg Brigman

Art Brooks

Brian Roath

John Sweier

NCYC Photographer Membership

Major Sargent

Pins Burgees & Judy McHugh Manager

P/C Pat Carroll Delegate ABYA

Manager Clubhouse

IT Officer

P/C Bill Hendricks

Scott Bell

Dick Raymond

Committee Approvals

2018 Insurance Committee P/C Tom McHugh Chairman

Commodore Randy Pagel V/C Ian Blackburn Anthony McHugh P/C Bob Watson

2018 Forward Planning Committee R/C Bill Calihan Chairman

Brian Roath 18, 19, 20 P/C Rick Romatz 18, 19, 20 Don Ruma 17, 18, 19 Ben Carroll 17, 18, 19 Steve Marten 16, 17, 18 P/C Bill Bauer 16, 17, 18

2018 Finance Committee Brian Fringer Chairman

Frank Corcoran P/C Hugh Vestal Steve Marten

2018 Nominating Committee P/C Chuck Stroh Chairman

P/C Bill Hendricks Diane French Renee McEvoy Kim Miedema Jill Romatz

2018 By-Law Committee Glenn Nixon Chairman

V/C Ian Blackburn Frank Corcoran P/C Rick Romatz Al Durand P/C Harley Burris Kim Miedema P/C Tom McHugh – Parliamentarian

2018 Cash Reserve Committee

P/C Pat Carroll (Chairman) Commodore Randy Pagel Brian Malik 1 st Year Mike Wonderly 2 nd Year Ken Lipowski 3 rd Year

Board voted and approved all committees.

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North Channel Yacht Club 2018 Calendar of Events January 20 Commodore’s Ball February 2 – 4 Edgerly/Malik Snowmobile Trip March 11 Blessing of the Fleet at Mariner’s Church March 9 - 11 ABYA Spring Rendezvous Midland April 14 Elite Brigade April 21 Elite Brigade April 28 Elite Brigade May 5 Elite Brigade (Steak Lunch) May 6 FASHION SHOW May 12 First Spring Work Party May 19 Second Spring Work Party May 25 – 28 Opening Weekend Fitting Out (OD: Tom Altobelli) 26 - First Mates Patio Party General Membership Meeting 1:00 PM Steer Roast Dinner – 6:00 PM 27 - Pride of Michigan Flag Raising Ceremony 1:00 PM Complimentary Luncheon following Ceremony Father Steve Blessing of the Fleet 3:00 PM June 1 - 3 2 - ABYA Dinner Dance (OD: P/C Pat Carroll) June 8 – 10 Tiki Bar (OD: P/C Jim Angers) June 10 – 15 Ladies Week (OD: Debbie Siwek) June 15 – 17 RENDEZVOUS St. Clair (OD: P/C Edgar Atnip) June 21 ANCIENT MARINERS LUNCHEON 1:00 AT CLUB June 22 -24 Kid’s Weekend Lisa Roath/Shelby Romatz (OD: Bob Carnaghi) June 29 – July 1 Big Smoke (Don Ruma) & Surf/Turf Dinner (P/C Brian McEvoy) (OD: P/C Tom McHugh) July 6- 8 Fourth of July Celebration (OD: Ron Draper) July 13 – 15 Ancient Mariners Horse Race (OD: Glenn Nixon) JULY 19 ANCIENT MARINERS LUNCHEON 1:00 AT CLUB July 20 – 22 FLOAT DOWN (OD: ?)

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July 27 – 29 August 3 – 5

Grosse Pointe Yacht Club

RENDEZVOUS (OD: Dale Hall)

Karaoke (OD: V/C Ian Blackburn) North Channel Yacht Club 2018 Calendar of Events August 10 – 12 OPEN (OD: P/C McEvoy) AUGUST 16 ANCIENT MARINERS LUNCHEON 1:00 AT CLUB August 17 – 19 RENDEZVOUS (OD: Darryl Campbell) CLUB ISLAND August 24 – 26 POT LUCK Swan/ Pagel (OD: P/C Huntley) August 31 – Sept. 3 Labor Day Weekend (OD: Scott Greenfelder) 1 - General Membership Meeting 1:00 PM Meet the Candidates P/C Beer Bust after Meeting hot dogs/hamburgers 2 - First Mates Dinner September 7 – 9 Commodore’s Golf Outing (OD: R/C Bill Calihan) September 10 ABYA GMM First Mates Dinner SEPTEMBER 13 ANCIENT MARINERS LUNCHEON 1:00 AT CLUB September 14 – 16 SMOKE ON THE WATER BBQ COOK OFF (OD: P/C Romatz) September 21 – 23 OPEN (OD:?) September 22 – 29 Commodore’s Cruise to the East Coast (OD:?) September 28 – 30 OPEN (OD:?) October 5 – 7 Haul Out Weekend (OD: Debbie Siwek) 6 - General Membership Meeting 1:00 PM 6 - Haul Out Dinner 7 - First Mates Haul Out Breakfast October 13 Fall Work Party October 20 Fall Work Party

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2018 O.D. and Weekend Work Schedule

1

2

3

4

5

Wknd

Fitting Out GM Meeting

ABYA Dinner Dance

Tiki Bar

NCYC Rendezvous St. Clair

Kid's Weekend Party (Roath/Romatz)

Date O.D. T Altobelli 5/25

6/1

6/8

6/15

6/22

Hrs. P Carroll 16 B Carroll 16 G Wojtalik 16 K Verkest 8 D Ruma 16 N Werner 16 T Verkest 16 L Verkest 16 S Scarpaci 16 V Scarpaci 8 B Scarpaci 16 J DeQuick 16 R Pawelczyk

Hrs. J Angers

Hrs. E Atnip 16 B Watson

Hrs. B Carnaghi

Hrs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

M Schoen M Busch B Breuhan G Murray B Swatosh R Richards

16 D Shepperson 16 D Duvernay

16 D Lockhart

16 16 16 16 16

16 M Riehl

8

L Garofalo

16 L Angers 16 W Angers

16 M Rathbone

16 D Carnaghi

8

T Idzikowski

16 R Currie 16 A Herzig

16 D Biel

16 G Kohout 16 K McGregor 16 S Richardson

8 8

J Biel

16 J Vandenbossche 16

S Stay

D LeVeque

16 P Rener

16

G Gostomski

16 S Oliver

16 J Dickson

16 A Garofalo (Jr.) 16 J Garofalo (Jr.)

8 8 8 0 0 0 0

C Stroh A Herr

8 8

M Oliver

16 M Snethcamp

10 11 12 13 14

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0

B Carnaghi (Jr.)

T Loy

16

K Miedema

8 0 0

G D'Haillecourt (Sr.)8

0

184 176

152 136

136 128

136 128

136 136

TOTAL

BUDGET

11

12

13

14

15

Wknd

Karaoke

Club Island NCYC Rendezvous

Pot Luck

GM Meeting Labor Day

Date O.D. I Blackburn 8/3

8/10

8/17

8/24

8/31

Hrs. B McEvoy

Hrs. D Campbell 16 J DeGregory

Hrs. D Huntley

Hrs. S Greenfelder Hrs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

D French J Tucker H Burris D Jacott H Taylor E Alcazar M Napior S Marten B Skibinski

8 B Malik

16 R Kemp 16 B Bauer 16 J Dequick

16 T Simion

16

16 C McEvoy 8 A McEvoy 8 R Adams 16 T Marini 16 B Malik 16 L Malik 16 S Criner 16 G Criner 0 J Edgerly 16 J Mile

16 D Aitken

8

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8

T Steinmacher

16

16 16

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

D Gronbach T Grennan M Winkler

8

16 16

8

16 16

B Swan

8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

8

10 11 12 13 14

B Rose

16 16

0 0 0

0 0 0

136 136

152 128

48

88

16

TOTAL

128

128

176

BUDGET

2018 O.D. and Weekend Work Schedule

6

7

8

9

10 NCYC Rendezvous Grosse Pointe YC

Wknd

Cigar/Whiskey/Wine Surf & Turf

July 4th Celebration

Ancient Mariners Meat Mania

Float Down (?)

Date O.D. T McHugh 6/29

7/6

7/13

7/20

7/27

Hrs. R Draper 16 C D'Andrea 16 C Cook III

Hrs. C Penzien

Hrs. D Hall 16 P Frame 16 G Smith 16 R Braun

Hrs. B Fringer

Hrs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

D Glick T Hart P Poirier P Kelton R Rzesut D Pelletier A Pelletier A McHugh R Latowski

8

D Pomeroy

16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

16 B Edens

16 B Malik 16 L Leitch 16 S Popkie 16 J Wyss

16 G Shalagan

16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

P Hugh Vestal

L Piecuch

J Zych

16 J Van De Winkle

M Davis

16 S Goemell 16 K Scicluna

T Grunwald

0 0 0 0 0 0

10 11 12 13 14

0 O Isbill

0 P Sullivan

0 0 0

0 0 0

144 128

168 128

48

128 128

TOTAL

128

128

BUDGET

16

17

18

19

20

Wknd

Golf Outing

Smoke on the Water

GM Meeting Haul-Out (Party)

Date O.D. B Calihan 9/7

9/14

9/21

9/28

10/5

Hrs. R Romatz 16 C Strzyzewski

Hrs. T Martin

Hrs. G Nixon 16 B Edens

Hrs. D Siwek 16 D Vanover

Hrs.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

B BuWalda

16 J Butler

16 16

M Linden O Isbill D White

16 E Romatz

8 8

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

A Durand

16 J Wunderlich

T Dean

8

8 R Mann

16 16

B Palumbo

16

F Zrepskey C Calihan M Calihan M Deneve D Kilicki16

16 D Hagendorff

B Marin

8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0

8 S Bell

8

S DeGregory

8 P Maniaci

16 16 16 16

J Hickey T O'Brien

16 J Prochaska

16

16 T Powers 0 R Brown

10 11 12 13 14

0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

120 128

136 136

16

16

96

TOTAL

128

128

136

BUDGET

NCYC 2018 WEEKDAY MANAGERS SCHEDULE

May 20-25

Vice Commodore Ian Blackburn and Marie Dick and Vicky Raymond

May 28-June 1 Tony and Sharon Simion

Darryl and Josette Campbell

June 3-8

Dick and Vicky Raymond

Diane French

June 10-15

Ladies Week

Debbie Siwek

June 17-22

Jerry and Irene Krist

Tony and Kim Scicluna Pat & Brigida Sullivan

June 24-29

Ron and Colleen Braun

Larry & Kim Miedema Dennis & Ellen Alcazar

July 1-6

Bob and Brian Fringer

Dennis and Janet Pomeroy

July 8-13

Ron and Colleen Braun

Tim Grennan and Eileen McDonald

July 15-20

Art and Sue Brooks

PC Rick and Jill Romatz

July 22-27

Scott Goemmel & Michele LaComb

Dale and Colleen Hall

July 29-Aug 3 John and Shelley Sweier

Frank and Diane Corcoran

Aug 5-10

PC Ken and Kay Smith

PC Harley and Linda Burris Al & Ruth Durand

Aug 12-17

Leslie Leitch and Patty Mok

Scott and Nicole Greenfelder

Aug 19-24

John and Shelley Sweier

Jim and Linda Lutz

Aug 26-31

Commodore Randy and Linda Pagel

Kemp's, Romatz's and Marten's

Sept 3-7

Chris and Julie Strzyzewski

Jim and Sue Mile, Pat Adams

Sept 9-14

MSU Week

Raymond's, Swieier's, Corcoran's & Frame's

Sept 16-21

OPEN

Sept 23-28

OPEN

Commadore's Cruise

Sept 30-Oct 5 Brian Milak and Lori Abry

McGregor's, Edgerly's, PC Tom & Judy McHugh

Please call Dick and Vicky Raymond @ 810.794.4850 if you would like to see what a Weekday manager's does. We could use a volunteer for a couple of days during week 3. Also we have two weeks open and need membe to fill these openings. Remember its more fun when you have two or three couples working together and

what a great way to enjoy a week on the island

MAINLAND WELL WAITING LIST

Updated June 8, 2017

JIM BUTLER (wells 2-6)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

CHUCK STROH

DEBBIE SIWEK(wells 2-6) RUSS ADAMS TOM ALTOBELLI TOM MCHUGH DENNIS BIEL JOHN ANDERSON MICHAEL LINDEN FRANK CORCORAN TOM FORD

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

BRIAN ROATH HUNT TAYLOR

RANDY PAGEL (wells 2-6) LOU GAROFOLO (wells 2-6) BILL CALIHAN (wells 2-6)

RICHARD RAYMOND

MEMBERS PLEASE NOTE: THIS LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME. Please contact the Transportation Director, Darryl Campbell for the current status of any well; or position of anyone on this list.

2017 WELL LEASES SENIORITY LIST Well No. Name Since 1 Ian Blackburn 4/3/14 2 Charles Herr 1992 3 Brian McEvoy 2008 4 Jeff Edgerly 2009 5 John Dickson 4/2/07 6 Terry Hart 4/26/11 7 Lou Garofolo 2012 8 Bob Marin 2003 9 Steve Marten 2013 10 Bill Hendricks 2006 11 Brian Maliik 6/7/14 12 Larry Malik 4/7/07 13 Ron Kemp 3/26/07 14 Mark Busch 5/10/11 15 Brent Malik 4/29/15 16 Ed Romantz 2004 17 Greg Criner 6/1/15 18 Dave Gronbach 2016 19 Keith McGregor 4/4/15 20 Donna Glick 2017

2018

For those who wish an extra Roster or 2 for the 2018 season please send me a check for $13.00 per copy made out to NCYC and mail to:

Ron Draper 9931 St. Clair Hwy. Casco, MI 48064

You’ll receive your extra copy or copies at the Opening Ceremonies on Memorial Day.

SAVE THE DATE! Greetings from your 2018 Fleet Captains! We have reserved three venues for the upcoming season… MARK YOUR CALENDARS! June 15‐17 St. Clair Boat Harbor July 27‐29 Grosse Pointe Yacht Club August 10‐12 Club Island (Clinton River Boat Club)

Membership update:

Interviews pending Here are the people on the waiting list for 2018! We look forward to welcoming them opening weekend!

Tom & Therese Adamowski Art & Mary Ashley Ron & Carrie Henry Stewart & Andrea Ireland David & Vicki Koch Tom & Denise Lisowski Gilbert& Kristin Palmer Sharon Sheroski Rodney Soenen & Bonnie Lang

North Channel Yacht Club Board of Directors - Regular Meeting 11 January 2018

Call to Order Commodore, Randy Pagel Commodore Randy Pagel called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. The meeting was held at Penne Lane. Roll Call Secretary, Glenn Nixon F LAG O FFICERS Present Absent Commodore Randy Pagel   Vice Commodore Ian Blackburn   Rear Commodore Bill Calihan   D IRECTORS Transportation Darryl Campbell   Harbor & Grounds Tom Altobelli   Activities Tom Martin   Treasurer Brian Fringer   Publications Ron Draper   Secretary Glenn Nixon   Membership Debbie Siwek   Supplies Dale Hall   Club House Scott Greenfelder   I MMEDIATE P AST C OMMODORE P/C Pat Carroll   A PPOINTED P OSITIONS Fleet Captain Ken Lipowski   Board Recorder Greg Brigman   Pledge of Allegiance All Approval of Agenda All MOTION: Moved by Dale Hall and seconded by Scott Greenfelder to approve the agenda. Motion Carried Approval of Meeting Minutes All MOTION: Moved by Scott Greenfelder and seconded by Tom Altobelli to approve the 14 September 2017 Board Meeting Minutes. Motion Carried

Swearing in of Officers

Chaplin, Art Brooks

Commodore’s Comments Commodore, Randy Pagel I am honored and excited to begin working with this board and flag for 2018. I know we will have a great time together as we continue to work as a team moving the club forward in 2018. I want us also to continue to be transparent with the decisions we make as a group with putting the members first with our actions and motivations.

NCYC Regular Meeting Minutes

11 January, 2018

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In 2017, the board was a very cohesive group and what was shared in our meetings stayed in our meetings. We need that to continue for 2018. We will have some disagreements and I’m sure all will agree that is going to happen. But at the end of the meeting, we need to all continue to be friends and continue to do what is best for NCYC. All of us are volunteers and all of us are giving of our time away from family and friends to make NCYC the best club on the lake. Let’s try to be patient with each other and support each other in all we do. Lastly, I want all of you to feel you can contact me at any time. There will be no dumb questions from you, but you may get a dumb answer from me. The success of this board will be due to the spirit of cooperation all of us portray to the membership who have voted and entrusted us to these positions of leadership. I look forward to this year as your Commodore. Vice-Commodore’s Comments Vice Commodore, Ian Blackburn Welcome new board members. Everybody’s got a critical role and we’re here to support you, so if you have something you need support on, please see fellow flag and board members. Also, we have committees coming up so if you’re a committee chair, please get those members chosen. Rear-Commodore’s Comments Rear Commodore, Bill Calihan I’d like to say welcome to everybody and I’m looking forward to serving as Rear Commodore at NCYC. As I stated in my past speeches, I will always put the club and its members first. I will be helping Tom Altobelli transition into his position in H&G and be there for support. Financial Report Treasurer, Brian Fringer Not a lot of activity in December. Discussed getting the new board members their charge cards to support projects. They need to stop into First Third Bank to get the cards. Discussed appropriate procedure for reporting H&G expenses to Brian and how things need to be coded. Brian to send procedure for doing that. Discussed reaching out to Dave Bidnick for a tax return review in the next couple weeks. Will get with Sue Reese (First Mates Treasurer) for their tax returns. V/C Blackburn asked about overdraft protection on the club’s checking accounts. Brian noted all accounts have overdraft protection that entails a small fee if an account is overdrawn, but this fee is significantly less than the fee for an overdrawn account. MOTION: Moved by Tom Martin and seconded by Scott Greenfelder to approve the Financial Report. Motion Carried. ABYA Report P/C Pat Carroll ABYA meeting was held on Monday, 1/8/18. Did an introduction of all the delegates for the clubs for 2018 and went through the history of ABYA. P/C Carroll wanted to remind everyone of the ABYA Spring Rendezvous this year, March 9, 10 th and 11 th up in Bay City. ABYA also handling Millionaires Parties at the Winter Garden with the first one at the end of March.

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ABYA has ½ off tickets to this year’s Detroit Boat show February 17th – 25th. Contact Ed Bolsendahl via the ABYA website for this. Correspondence All None CURRENT BUSINESS Activities – Tom Martin No report. Club House – Scott Greenfelder No report Harbor & Grounds – Tom Altobelli No report Membership – Debbie Siwek Membership packets have been mailed out and we’re starting to receive some payments. There are three members who still have not paid their work or pay obligation: Charlie Cook, Rick Brown and Samantha Richardson. All have been contacted and have responded that the funds are coming. There are 4 people on the waiting list: Kevin Rae, Linda Mae, Gerry and Susan Piccinin, Roger and Margaret Odette Resignations: Dan Pienta and his son Brad Pienta (Jr member). Motion to approve Debbie Siwek, seconded by Tom Martin. Motion Carried. Joe Lewandoski and Charlie Cook have requested LOA. Letter for the request was submitted by Charlie. Motion was made to accept Charlie’s LOA by Darryl Campbell, seconded by Scott Greenfelder. Motion Carried. Joe’s LOA was not approved as a formal request has yet to be received. There is a formal NCYC LOA document that members who go on LOA are supposed to get. Explains guidelines (i.e. can’t come to the club, still owe $50, etc.). Need to make sure this is sent to members requesting LOA. Commodore Pagel asked if any of the new member candidates have had their interviews scheduled? Debbie indicated it is recommended to wait until February for this. Debbie will bring all the applications in for the February meeting and they will get divided up for the interviews. Debbie received a letter from P/C Edgar Atnip requesting to go to Sr. Boating status. Edgar also sent in a request to have Mike Riehl changed to Sr. Boating status as well. The board indicated Mike will have to be the one requesting this. It was mentioned that member candidates Dave and Vicky Cook have submitted a $250 initial deposit, but their name was not mentioned as being on the waiting list. P/C Carroll clarified the process: the potential members first submit a nonrefundable $250 initiation fee deposit. At the

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official interview, the balance of the initiation fee is collected (and there are several payment options available for this) and their membership fee is due at this time. Following that, their application is reviewed at the following board meeting and once approved, they are official NCYC members. Publications – Ron Draper Just renewed the Flipping Book subscription for $650 (software used for Beacon) for two years (saved 15%). NCYConline.com domain name was renewed last year for 3 years, nothing due on that. Most of the 2018 board and flag updates have been done to the website. Need Tom and Debbie to Requested that articles/fliers for this year’s Beacon get to Ron by the 25 th of each month (deadline) for the following month. Reoccurring emails will go out to the membership by the 18 th or 19 th as reminders. While working on website, came across several old Beacons that won’t open. Not stored correctly. Does anyone have any information about this? A number of old Beacons are not recoverable. As a result, any Beacons that show up on our website that cannot be opened will be deleted. Got a request by a member who was looking to review Board minutes from past Beacons and could not find them. This raised the question of storing meeting minutes and vital documents in a more secure, accessible manor. Suggested we get some permanent form of document storage (i.e. Cloud). Many documents are gone. Need to get a better form of document storage for meeting minutes. P/C Carroll requested an update to the email address for the flag, Ron noted already done. Is there a list of members in bad standings? Bylaws stipulate this needs to be posted on the bulletin board in the clubhouse. Need to come up with a plan. Darryl asked if there was a place in the website for this? To be discussed at the February board meeting. Secretary – Glenn Nixon Sent out copies for weekend OD schedules and we are in good shape for the first 7 weekends with the exception of Tom Altobelli’s weekend. Tom mentioned that everyone who was on Check and Sandy Stroh’s weekend would transfer to his weekend including Chuck and Sandy. Debbie needs to get Glen the member preferences for work weekends that will be mailed to Debbie with the annual dues. Weekend OD’s are all filled for the season. Glen will take on the responsibility of paid bartenders this year, so members need to see Glen if interested. Ron requested to meet with Glen to work on formatting the document used to list the weekend assignments in the Beacon and roster. get pictures taken for website. Also needs comments from R/C Calihan. Set a 4/15 deadline to get information submitted for 2018 roster.

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Supplies – Dale Hall Dale discussed the concept of raising the cash prices for club items (i.e. drinks) for nonmembers, but members would use their cash cards, which would ring up the item at the normal price. This could help weekday and OD managers for the times we raise prices for special events (i.e. poker runs) or if we decided to charge higher prices for incoming rendezvous. Our POS system has the capabilities to do this. P/C Carroll asked how this would work for a member who wants to pay cash? Dale indicated the member would have to pay the higher price (can only get member price using cash card). P/C Carroll commented this penalizes members who only use cash. Additional discussion on this topic is planned for next board meeting. Transportation – Darryl Campbell No report. Fleet Captain – Ken Lipowski Confirmed for 2 of 3 rendezvous. St. Clair confirmed for June 15th-17th; we have all of pier 4. Additional docks are available if we need them. We are confirmed for as many boats as we want for GPYC on July 27th-29th. Not confirmed for Club Island. They have a conflict for the week we have scheduled and asked if we can do the of weekend Aug 10th-12th. Concerned, as it’s only a few weeks after the GPYC rendezvous. NEW BUSINESS Status of OD Manual/POS Manual for 2018 : Glen Nixon Darryl Campbell requested Glen add to the OD manual instructions to make sure Fins 2 and 3 are filled with gas at the end of the weekends, but not #1. Further discussion on manuals on hold until next month. Member request for wavier of work hours: Commodore, Randy Pagel Jan Parent and Don Reiss request waiver of work hours due to health issues. Glen Nixon motioned to approve, seconded by P/C Carroll. Motion Carried. Debbie will notify them. V/C Blackburn noted Jan was permanently waived at the 4/13/17 Board meeting. Debbie will inform both of the approval. Clubhouse inspections : Commodore, Randy Pagel Last year board approved licensed inspector to come out to look at clubhouse structure and integrity. Didn’t happen last year due to time constraints, but will be done this spring MOTION: Moved by TomMartin and seconded by Ron Draper to approve the expense for the builder to examine the clubhouse and provide comments. Motion Carried. Commodore, Randy Pagel Club has experienced challenges with incoming rendezvous, mainly incoming poker runs. Club damage is a big concern. Commodore Pagel distributed draft of suggested guidelines for these events that clearly explains our rules of behavior. Public gets invited to these events and sponsors leave and public is still there. Discussed various ways to mitigate the risks for these occurrences (i.e. security deposits). Intent is to remove the liability off NCYC and place on sponsor. The concept was agreed upon by all and will be kept for future discussion. Incoming Rendezvous rule proposal :

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Pete and Pam Poirier want to host another Jefferson Beach rendezvous, preferably during one of the NCYC rendezvous. Darryl stated last year their outing went very well (“everyone was just incredible”). But it doesn’t qualify for them for their 4 hour work party obligation. Tom suggested we assign wells and guest wells should be used first. It was mentioned Pete and Pam are good at placing boats in appropriate wells. Motion to approve weekend of July 22th, V/C Blackburn, seconded Scott Greenfelder, Motion approved. Flower Policy: Judy McHugh submitted an email to Commodore Pagel regarding NCYC’s floral arrangement sent for past member Norma Riehl’s funeral. In comparison to the other floral arrangements present, NCYC’s was very disappointing. To avoid situations like this in the future, she is volunteering to take over the responsibility for sending flowers for events. P/C Carroll mention he was at the funeral and was not pleased as well. All agreed this was disappointing considering the great support the Riehl’s have provided NCYC over the years. Budget is $60, need to spend more. First Mates currently have responsibility for sending flowers. Board agrees to check with the First Mates and see if they would consider having Judy handle the floral arrangements in the future. Weekend OD status: Already discussed. 2018 Committees and assignments: Commodore Pagel needs committees to give him names of who will be on the committees. ABYA Spring Diner Dance: Looking for board approval for June 1st, 2 nd and 3 rd for their annual dinner dance at the club. ABYA is looking for one night pay and one night free. Must pay Friday first to get Saturday free. Motion to approve P/C Carroll, second Brian Fringer. Motion Carried Commodore’s Ball: Randy distributed the Commodore’s Ball program with instructions for the night. Set up is at 9:00am. Peter Frame will be the MC. Member of the month: None Good of the Order Tom Altobelli raised the concern about guests not signing in. Because NCYC is a private club, should we require guests to call in first before arrival? Being we now have VHF monitoring, guests should use this and call in first. Signs stating NCYC is a private club have been located and need to get displayed at both entrances. We used to post these sign and need to start posting again. Discussion took place regarding members not displaying club burgees on boats. Not displaying it makes it hard for weekday and OD managers to determine who are members and who are guest. Randy asked how do we enforced? Do we need to put in bylaws or club policies? Club burgee is mentioned in bylaws,

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but not pertaining to displaying it on boats. Board wants to give to bylaw committee to get in and let the membership vote on it. NCYC burgee should be first on the bow above other club burgees. P/C Carroll motioned to give to bylaw committee, Scott Greenfelder seconded. Motion carries. Adjournment MOTION: Moved by Bill Calihan and seconded by R/C Ian Blackburn to adjourn the meeting. Motion Carried The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Next Meeting Date and Time: Thursday, 8 February 2018, 7:00 p.m. Location: Penne Lane.

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CHART DATUM 601.1 FEET (183.2 METERS)

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MONTHLY BULLETIN OF LAKE LEVELS FOR THE GREAT LAKES

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Water levels for the previous year and the current year to date are shown as a solid line on the hydrographs. A projection for the next six months is given as a dashed line. This projection is based on the present condition of the lake basin and anticipated future weather. The shaded area shows a range of possible levels over the next six months dependent upon weather variations. Current and projected levels (solid and dashed lines) can be compared with the 1918-2016 average levels (dotted line) and extreme levels (shown as bars with their year of occurrence). The legend below further identifies the information on the hydrographs.

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The levels on the hydrographs are shown in both feet and meters above (+) or below (-) Chart Datum. Chart Datum, also known as Low Water Datum, is a reference plane on each lake to which water depth and Federal navigation improvement depths on navigation charts are referred. Ԁ All elevations and plots shown in this bulletin are referenced to International Great Lakes Datum 1985 (IGLD 1985). IGLD 1985 has its zero base at Rimouski, Quebec near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River (approximate sea level).

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