A General Meeting of the Raritan Yacht Club was called to order at 20:20 on February 8, 2005.

 

1.     Roll Call

 

 

N

D

J

F

M

A

M

J

J

A

S

O

N

Commodore Len Keating

n

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VC Dave Frizell

o

x

o

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RC Vicky Jo Neiner

 

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC William B. Adams

m

x

x

o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jim Bauer

e

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Codd

e

x

o

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Mackevich

t

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ann Myer

i

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skippy Paul

n

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC Raoul Rabiner

g

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tony O’Reilly

 

o

o

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Rebovich, Jr.

 

x

x

o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barry Rosengarten

 

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jerry Solas

 

x

o

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roger Young

 

x

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

x = present, o = absent

 

2.     The January minutes were accepted.

 

3.     Shep King presented the Financial Report for the one month ended January 31, 2005.  The cash balance at January 31 was $156,508.  Excess revenues over expenses YTD were $19,136 vs. $18,343 budgeted.  Kitchen equipment, including a new stove and other items totaling $8,000, was added to the list of Fixed Asset Additions.

 

4.     There were no questions from the membership.

 

5.     Vicky Jo Neiner presented the Rear Commodore’s Report.

 

a.     Meetings with the Fleet Captain and Launch chairs are planned for Saturday.

b.     Bulkhead repairs will resume when the weather improves.

 

6.     Dave Frizell presented the Vice Commodore’s Report.

 

a.     The Entertainment Committee is considering a “Do-op Sock Hop” and is looking for support from the Board.  The St. Patrick’s Day event in March will include two bands.  The Committee is also considering a Spring Formal dance.  Such an event had been held previously at RYC with success.

b.     The Bar will be open on Wednesday evenings beginning February 16th.  The Galley will not be open.  A suggestion was made that some type of snack be available.

c.     The ABC issue was settled.  A ten-day suspension was required, but it will not take effect.  There will be no fine and no suspension for two years.  If no further issues arise in that time, the record will be removed.  RYC received help from the City.

d.     Slavko was rehired.  While Dave was in Florida, Bob Morrison found that new kitchen equipment was needed for the Galley.  Bob purchased the equipment, and the money, approximately $7,000, will come out of the Sinking Fund.

e.     The Planning Committee will meet on February 14th.  At the next Board meeting there will be plans for everything.  Dave distributed two handouts: one was a diagram of the proposed additions to the Surf Room and the other was a list of planning options.  The Board needs to decide what planning options the membership would want.

f.      Regarding the House, the Club no longer has folding chairs.  There are plastic tables, which fold up and can be stored outside.

 

7.     Len Keating presented the Commodore’s Report.

 

a.     Defibrillator training is scheduled for Saturday morning.  Twenty people will be taking the training, and there are openings for more.  The training will be held 9:30 to 1:30.

       

8.     Roger Young distributed a handout that listed items for the next issue of TellTales.

 

9.     Old Business.

 

a.     A motion was made to approve a new general rule regarding partnerships.  The new rule reads, “Any boat, trailer, or personal property that is moored, docked, or stored at RYC shall be owned by an Elective Member of RYC in good standing.  In the case of partnerships or joint ownerships, all joint owners shall be Elective Members in good standing.  If a joint owner’s membership is discontinued, the property in question shall be removed from RYC unless the remaining owner(s) produce documentation (such as a title) indicating ownership only by Elective Member(s) of RYC in good standing.”  The motion carried.

b.     A handout was distributed regarding an increase in late fees on monthly bills.  Late interest would increase from 1% to 3% and would be imposed on the first day of the month following the month when the bill was due (30 days after bill was due).  A late (posting) fee of $25 would be charged for the first offense and be imposed on the first day of the second month.  The fee would be $50 for the second offense, $75 for the third offense, and $100 for the fourth offense.  A motion to increase the fees as described in the handout passed.

c.     A motion was made to increase docking fees from $330 to $360/season for inside docks and from $220 to $250/season for outside docks.  The motion also included an increase in the 2005 summer yard storage fee from $10.50 to $11.50/ft.  An extensive cost analysis was estimated to take about one year.  The fees are much lower than those of commercial yards.  The motion passed.

 

10.   New Business.

 

a.     Raoul requested that the Club provide space for a Coast Guard Auxiliary training course.  The Auxiliary has been asked by the Coast Guard to patrol the waters from about three miles up the Kill to the Keansburg area on Raritan Bay.  Because of other Homeland Security responsibilities, the Coast Guard can no longer patrol this area.  The training would provide instruction to those Auxiliary members who will participate in the patrol.  The course would include eight Thursday evenings for about 20 people and one Saturday afternoon for about 40-50 people.  Raoul and several other RYC members would be present as Auxiliary members.  The request was approved.

b.     PC Jack Buzzi requested permission to run the Juvenile Diabetes Fund Raiser during Red Grant weekend, as has been done in the past.  His request was approved.

 

11.   The meeting was adjourned at 21:42.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Fred Hartner

Secretary

 

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