APRIL 2016 BEACON

NCYC Regular Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 10

Commodore’s Comments: Commodore, Chuck Stroh I would like to welcome the NCYC 2016 First Mates. Thank you for joining tonight's meeting. The First Mates provide an essential function for the club. In keeping with the mission of the club, they provide fun for the membership through the events they sponsor. They provide an environment of comradery promoting the spouses to be involved in the club in a meaningful way. They can always be counted on to support the vital club projects, financially in their fundraising efforts as well as through their hard work. Sandi and I want to thank everyone who came to the 2016 Commodore's Ball and shared the special night with us. From all that I could see and the feedback we got, everyone that attended had a great time, good food, music, and fun. Thank you to everyone that helped us plan and put on the event, as well as those that came out for the Saturday morning set up party. We are making progress towards meeting the goals that we identified last meeting. Kim has found a way to add fields in the Club express database to collect essential data that we have struggling with, like work hours exemptions history. Frank was pushing the use of technology into the Board operation and we sit here with Kim on video conference participating in a meaningful way from Florida. Also Ian has the pricing updates to right the ship on bar sales to maintain the necessary profit margin providing revenues to the club-operating budget for the future. Let’s keep those goals in front of us to help us meet them. We only have 10 more meetings to get them accomplished. Vice Commodore’s Comments: Vice Commodore, Pat Carroll I would like to start off by congratulating Commodore Chuck and his wife Sandi for the fine job they did in hosting the Commodore’s Ball. The venue, meal, drinks, and entertainment were great and everyone in attendance had a great time. If we, as a board, are to accomplish anything this year, we must learn to work as one. That does not mean we can’t have our own opinions. It means we need to keep everyone in the loop. We need to show the membership that we work together, involving everyone from the newly elected to the Flag. Let’s remember that as we conduct our business, whether new or old, we need to show and prove that we truly are a board that is united and striving for the betterment of the club.

Rear Commodore’s Comments: Rear Commodore, Randy Pagel It was nice to see a good turnout for the Commodore’s Ball. It was a great time and great venue. Many thanks to Commodore Chuck and his wife Sandi.