[Board-2017] Table Reservations

[Nancy Gulley]

I agree it would be hard to implement this year but it would not be a bad
idea to put it in the faces of the club that we really do have a rule and
now will enforce it to the best of our ability.
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On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 11:45 AM Roy Briscoe <roysail at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> *From:* Board <board-bounces at portsmouthyc.org> on behalf of Glenn Michael
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> *Sent:* Friday, June 16, 2017 8:43 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [Board-2017] Table Reservations
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> Thanks for all of the input so far.  If we go the non reservation route,
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>>> This issue appears every few years.  At the Wed night dinner on June 14,
>>> the issue of reserving table seats reared its ugly head.  I needed two
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>>> Dock rules on page 59. It appears to have gone by the wayside and now
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>>> reserve seats.  Jerry is not the Maitre 'd of the club for table
>>> reservations, and members should be following the rules.  Please think
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