December 2014 BEACON

NCYC General Membership Meeting Minutes Page 5 of 6

that the Boatique had sold $30,800 worth of merchandise this year. Don't forget about the First Mates breakfast to be served on Sunday morning. The Fashion Show will be held on May 9, 2015. Due to how busy the month of December is, the First Mates is having an Appreciation Dinner to be held on November 13,2014 instead of their annual Christmas dinner. This will be held on November 13 at Fern Hill. The cost is $35.00. Ancient Mariners- Archie Archibald Archie presented a check to the club for $12,500 to be used for the debt reduction. These were the proceeds from the North Channel Downs Horse Races, which was the Ancient Mariners fund raiser.

Recognition of Past Commodores: 1979-PC Paul Jarvis

1981-PC Bill Bauer 1991-PC Jim Whyard 1996-PC Ed McIntyre 1999-PC Hugh Vestal 2004-PC Rick Romatz 2008-PC Jim Angers 2012-PC Tom McHugh

1986-PC Cass Klapec 1995 -PC Scott Bell 1998-PC John Sevald 2000-PC Pete Beecherl 2005-PC Bill Hendricks 2011-PC John Dickson 2013-PC Don Vanover

Good of the order: VC Brian McEvoy reminded everyone that we get a commission from Amazon if we use it through the NCYC website. Just go to our website and click on Amazon and it will take you to the Amazon website. Please use our website when purchasing through Amazon. RC Chuck Stroh stated that he will be sending out a survey by email to the membership asking what you feel is important to the Club going forward. Bob Swan thanked all of the candidates for stepping up. He also stated that we put in 6 new paver bricks this year and we have one on order for next year. We need to have at least 6 to place an order, so if anyone is interested, please see Bob. Keith McGregor wanted to thank Bob Carnaghi for 6 years as a Board of Director.