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SCC Archives
AGM Minutes Oct 25, 2008
AGM Minutes Oct 25, 2008
Frank M. Herrera 1484 Ten Rod Road Exeter, R.I. 02822 11/3/08 SCC AGM Minutes 10/25/08 Seamen’s Inne, Mystic,CT At 1300 Frank Herrera gave a brief welcome expressing how fortunate we were to have the ability, facility and freedom to enjoy boating in on the beautiful East Coast. There was an advisory concerning the necessity of liability insurance covering members during club functions. It appears to be an unavoidable expense. Ken Packie informed the members that the cost equaled the total value of the clubs annual dues. Any other expenses have been taken out of a reserve created from initiation fees when the SCC was formed and are now depleted. More later Frank continued with the plan for next years AGM asking if anyone had any objections to having the dinner at the Mystic Aquarium and meetings at the Go Fish Restaurant a 2 minute walk away. This would be a unique experience and the cost falls within the usual cost for such affairs @$100.00 PP. Everyone seemed enthusiastic about the idea. Kathy Hodge, Membership: gave a brief history of the SCC from 2005 to the present when we have 22 members. David Booth, Communications: discussed the web page and Cruise News changes and use of PDF format. John Scarborough, Cruising: covered the Summer cruising schedule- local, Maine and Nova Scotia. Rain, cold and fog did not dissuade the Hodges and McKays from enjoying Canada. Ken Packie, Commodore: Presented the 2009 slate of officers: BOD Slate presented: Commodore, Ken Packie Business, Frank Herrera Finance, Pieter deZwart . Cruise, Charles Hodge Membership, Jane Bonner Communications, David Booth Past Commodore, Dennis McKay, Safety & Seamanship A motion was made, seconded and the membership voted to approve the new board. Ken discussed the expanding SCC membership and the ageing of members, different cruising goals and folks moving to different locations away from the Stonington area. Bylaw changes were presented and discussed: 1) Proposal to change bylaw to reflect the permitting of two members of the one unit to serve on BOD at the same time Motion made to accept the by law change was: seconded, voted upon and passed. 2) Proposal to allow both members of one unit one vote each. Motion made to accept the by law change was: seconded, voted upon and passed. On both motions the BOD must formulate the proper language that captures the intended spirit. Next item was a reminder of a winter gathering in the Berkshires at the “Red Lion Inn”, on January 9th and 10th, 2009. One accommodation unit has 9 bedrooms, 1 great room and 1 kitchen. There are additional rooms available. Cross country skiing is available at the Inn and downhill within 30 minutes. Cost is $190.00 PP/PN. Pieter de Zwart then presented the Budget: All SCC expenses after the insurance are unfunded at this time. Therefore we must raise the dues to $200.00. All of the cash used to pay expenses had come from the initiation fees of past members and this has slowly been depleted by the cost of various club expenses. Motion made to increase annual dues per unit to $200.00: Seconded, voted upon and passed. Charlie Hodge, the new Cruise Director presented some new ideas to make the Club more user friendly to new members. The establishment of a cruise mentoring program to introduce new members’ to night cruising by supervising them on a hands overnight passage. This can be accomplished on one boat or two separate vessels and should include a night harbor entrance to bring comfort and confidence to those expecting to make a overnight transit some time in the future. Mentoring will also be available for those who feel the need of a little more experience or have questions regarding the SCC type of cruising. Richard Walter will be handling short and local cruising this year again but in a more defined position (Deputy Cruise Director) . Next summer there will be postings of dates, anticipated routings and overnights for those interested in joining these cruises. Awards presentation for 2008: John Scarborough presented the CRUISING Award to Serge Pinto Ken Packie presented the SPIRIT of SCC Award to Richard Walter David Booth presented the SEAMANSHIP Award to Charles and Catherine Hodge. The closing attraction was a slide presentation of the Bermuda 1-2 Race by Luis Meyer aboard “Strummer”. Laced with good humor it was an interesting and enjoyable show with his daughter Emily filling in some of the details from her point of view. The meeting was adjourned at @ 1735. Cocktails and dinner were followed by an interesting and informative presentation of the SCC long range cruise to Nova Scotia by Charlie Hodge. Charlie and Cathy with the company of Dennis and Sue McKay. They took the fog, cold and poor harbor information, from CCA books, in stride completing the trip in good spirits. They all had a great time. The beauty of Nova Scotia made it all worth while. Frank Herrera, Operations |