Upcoming Dates:
Deadline for early membership renewal, May 17th
Icebreaker Social, May 17th
Tea Cup Race, May 24th
Hi everyone summer is almost here and your new executive is up and running and have put together a busy schedule of events for the summer. Many thanks to all who participated in our Annual Business Meeting on
Stewart Anderson - Treasurer
Kevin Booth
Chris Boutcher – Rear Commodore Racing
Rod Boychuk
Rob Eby - Commodore
Sharon Flood – Secretary
Jeff Greene – Past President
Nicole Kirouac Luke
Ann Peikoff
Paul Van Gils - Safety
Bill Whitehead – Cruise Week
You will notice that we have a few executive members with no specific titles detailed beside their names; one of the things that we want to accomplish this year is to discuss changes to the board to be reflective of the current direction of the yacht club and technology. When that charter of the club was put together many years ago, email and the internet did not exist. As a board we want to examine and propose changes to the executive to be more reflective of today’s needs.
One of the changes the yacht club is planning this year is to focus on more “in harbour” social events vs. on the water events. In this we plan to provide a calendar of events that has wide appeal to all boaters at
Schedule:
Thursday May 1 - Executive Meeting
Saturday May 17 - Ice Breaker Social. Music man or band, social-like foods later in evening (no meal)
Saturday May 24 - Tea Cup Race
June 7, 8 -
Friday June 13 - Pizza Night
Friday June 20 - First Day of Summer Party – Hosted by the Hall family, open to all boaters at
Saturday June 21 - Summer Solstice Pursuit Race to 22 ft Bay
June 28 – July 2 - Warroad Race
Saturday July 12, - Fish Fry
July 19 – Commodore’s Cup Pursuit Race and Queen Island Children’s Treasure Hunt
July 25 – Aug 1 or 4 - Cruise Week - option to stay through the August long weekend for those not going on LOWISA, overnight at Totem on July 30
Friday August 22 - Roti Night
Saturday Aug 23 - Rear Commodore’s Pursuit Race to
Sept 13, 14 - Fall Sea Fever - date tentative pending final date for Manitoba Keelboat Championships
Monday November 10 - Fall Lift and Awards at
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=northernyachtclub%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Winnipeg
Communication:
Our new website can be found at:
http://northernyachtclub.blogspot.com/
Please bookmark for future reference.
Our primary mode of communication will be via email. Please make sure we have your correct email address (or addresses) and be sure to advise us if you have any changes. We will be sending regular updates and reminders on an ongoing basis to keep everyone apprise of upcoming events and changes. In addition to current members, our distribution list also includes past members and others at the harbour who may have an interest in joining and attending events. If you do not wish to be included please reply to this email indicating such and we will be happy to remove you from the list. If you know of anyone that is new or that may be interested in Northern Yacht Club, please fee free to forward this on.
A link to our calendar event page is now up and running on Google Calendars and can be viewed with the following link:
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=northernyachtclub%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Winnipeg
Please save and bookmark this link for future reference and updates to the calendar.
Northern Yacht Club Car Pool:
With gas prices on the rise, we thought it might be a good idea to create a weekly car pool list. We will send out a weekly reminder on Wednesdays. If anyone is heading down to the lake by themselves and has room or is looking for a ride, please provide your name and phone number by Wednesday night. We will send out the list to everyone by Thursday so that you can reach out and make arrangements for a ride.
Classified and Announcements:
If you have anything you would like to sell or buy, or have an announcement you would like to make to the general membership, let us know and we will include it in our regular email communications.
Membership Renewals:
The early membership renewal fee is $80 and the deadline has been extended to the Icebreaker Social on May 17th. Please feel free to drop off a check to any member of the executive prior to or at the event. After May 17t the regular membership will be $100. We plan to send out a reminder via email with a renewal form prior to the Icebreaker.
Northern Yacht Club Wear:
We have an inventory of Men’s and Ladies Jackets and Vests along with Hats available for purchase on sale. Men’s Jackets are $67, Ladies Jackets $51, Vests $39 and Hats $10. These are available for purchase at the Bowline Yachts Store. Many thanks to Jim and Sharon Flood for offering to store and sell these items for us at no additional cost.
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