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I know that my column is supposed to be more about the fixed assets of the club, but I wanted to take a little print space here today to remind all of our members that each and every one of you has a vested interest in the club. Some members choose to utilize the club to its fullest while others are more casual members using it for the periodic special occasion or business luncheon. No matter how you use the club, I can assure you the board members of this club value your input. We recently completed a member assessment meeting whereby about 70 members helped discover the good and the not so good things at the club. Thankfully there were a lot more good than not so good comments but it did show us there are some things we can do differently. I can assure you that while we may not be able to fix everything to everyone’s satisfaction we will try hard to get as close as possible. I don’t want to steal Vice Commodore Lynn McCoy’s thunder so I won’t go into all the details but half priced drinks and changes in the lunch and Tiki Bar menu are either implemented or are in the works.
We can now return to our regularly scheduled article…
The Docks Committee and many other volunteers continually work around the club to help make the club a better place and to help keep costs down. With the members we have we could build an entire city.
Donnie Sikorski recently volunteered himself and his crew to polish up the parking lot in the way of tree trimming and such. Mike Alekson is finishing up the painting of the wall.
For those members who have come in the club recently you should have noticed that the new board members pictures are up next to the North elevator. No… I didn’t put them up there so they could get their fifteen minutes of fame and no I am not handing out dart guns to shoot at them either… I really had that request, in jest of course… I put them up there so you would know who you could speak with about concerns or ideas.
Eventually I would like to get some short biographies in the Binnacle. A little info on each of our board members should be interesting. I recently received some other clubs newsletters from Louise Redner showing their board members and biographies. It was nice to get some background on the members and I think we could incorporate that idea into our Binnacle. Thank you Louise.
I have to put another shout out to Dave Winkler, Don Chester, Dave McConnell and Jim Goergen for sealing the docks. It’s not easy and it’s getting hot out there. Thanks guys.
By now as well you should be hearing piano music in the foyer. It took me lying on the floor to discover that we only needed to purchase a longer cord. K.P. Coleman took care of the wiring. Thanks K.P.
Mark Webb and his guys finished painting the outside speaker grills. I know right about now you are saying to yourself, “What speaker grills”? Trust me they are out there and they were rusty. They are now white instead of the pretty color of rusty red.
I know I spent this article throwing around a lot of names. I think it’s important to let everyone know just how much member support we get in the way of slave labor, uh I mean volunteerism. Thank you to all the members who volunteer their time to make this club the best club around.
One last thing I would like to bring up; the club needs to purchase a vehicle for the Dock Master to use in his daily work routine. If you would like to donate towards the purchase of the vehicle please call or email me or Dave Winkler.
Well until next month… ciao!