[Board-2018] Steward Position

Fri Apr 27 19:28:56 MDT 2018

Good evening all,

I appreciate being able to read all of these comments at once having been
away from my email today.
Thank you for the job descriptions, Roy (and Pat). The one main complaint I
have heard from members about the staff is that they are not appropriately
supervised or directed to complete tasks around the Club.
I think Freida is lovely and would probably serve us well as the Steward.
Has she had supervisory responsibility and is that one of her strengths?
Also, either Freida is ready, willing and able to be the Steward with
minimal training (general consensus) or she needs lots of training on the
details of running the clubhouse, staff payroll and supervision. etc
(Jerry).

Jerry told me earlier this week that Freida has to start at the beginning
of the process to get her launch license because it has been expired for 5
years.
I am not concerned that staff (Freida) are not able to drive the launch but
what level of liability does the Club have if there is any kind of
incident? Does our insurance policy cover an unlicensed launch driver?

Again, I support Glenn/Wes having direct conversations with the staff and
settling the terms of employment. It seems inappropriate that Jerry is
'negotiating' for the rest of the staff and positioning himself for a
subordinate job in 2019.

In my experience, when an organization likes how things are being run and
want it to continue in the same direction, new hires are from within. If
the organization wants or sees an opportunity for change/improvement, new
hires are from outside the current staff.  Given this point of view, it
seems (with a few tweaks) the BOD and members are happy with the way things
are being done at PYC.  Hiring Freida might send that message and stabilize
some of the unrest in the staff.

Hoping to see most of you tomorrow at docks-in.
Best,
Pat

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 6:26 PM, Jeremy Small <jsmall.105 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think it would be very hard for any Steward if Jerry is still around.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018, 5:53 PM Roy Briscoe <roysail at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a couple of questions regarding Frieda and what the plan will be
>> for option 2:
>>
>>    1. How many hours will she be expecting to work in a week?
>>       - Will this effect our current proposed 2018 payroll budget?
>>       2. What will be her job description?
>>       - Is she a dockhand outside the pay steps?
>>       - Is it a new special job description?
>>    3. What will she be doing during those hours?
>>       - She doesn't have a launch drivers license, yet
>>       - Will she be shadowing Jerry all the time or just part of the
>>       time?
>>       - Will she be covering all/some of the events assisting Jerry?
>>          - Which could "reduce" how many we need at an event
>>       - Will she be managing some of the events as part of her training?
>>       - Will she be covering as a bartender, dock hand and maybe a
>>       Dockmaster when Mike isn't around?
>>    4. Will we be able to reduce how many other staff we hire because she
>>    will be around?
>>    5. If she is offered the job and accepts, when will she be getting
>>    the launch drivers license?
>>       - We have been asking this question since late last summer!
>>       - Can she just renew or does she need to get recertified?
>>          - And who pays for this?
>>       6. Regarding offering the position as of Nov 1
>>       - Does this mean we wait until Nov 1 to offer her the position or
>>       are we offering her the position now but it is effective Nov 1?
>>
>> Also note:
>> If Frieda is hired as the Steward, Jerry would like to be a dock
>> hand/launch driver and continue working part time.
>>
>> We have a draft of the Job descriptions that we will be sending out
>> shortly.
>>
>> Roy
>>
>>
>> Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/weboutlook>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Board <board-bounces at portsmouthyc.org> on behalf of Glenn
>> Michael <glennwmichael at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Friday, April 27, 2018 8:56 PM
>> *To:* Board of Directors
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Board-2018] Steward Position
>> This is better than I hoped for.....great feedback on an important
>> issue.  We can do remote meetings (only kidding).  All comments are on
>> point and this is why we have a BOD and not a dictator.
>>
>> No steward decisions have been made other than to form the search
>> committee.  The only reason I sent info out is that I did not want the BOD
>> to be told about the new decision made by Jerry 2 or 3 months from now.
>> Better to deal with it at the present time.  Again, my attachment was ONLY
>> to provide new information and to throw out some issues that we may want to
>> think about.
>>
>> Thanks again and I appreciate all that we are doing,
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Ron Laurence - Blueberry Bay Farm <
>> info at blueberrybayfarm.com> wrote:
>>
>> I agree Glenn, we are not reactionary, and certainly should not be
>> offended by Jerry's kind *offer* (not an ultimatum) to stay on to assist
>> in training someone entirely new the following year.  It is my
>> understanding no offers have been made to Frieda or Mike as yet so we
>> really don't know if they will be accepting, demanding or otherwise.
>> Frankly, I think the inmates are restless at this point not knowing where
>> they stand.  And with regard to Frieda amassing an enormous paycheck, since
>> we have potentially so many dockhands (at lower rates of pay), simply
>> reduce the time Frieda spends on the dock by the amount of training time
>> she needs (probably very little; what's the big deal?).  Let's make an
>> offer to these people and then see whether they are boxing us into a corner
>> (which I doubt; I think they feel they have a pretty good deal at the
>> club), or let them walk.
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/27/2018 4:01 PM, Glenn Michael wrote:
>>
>> Thanks so far for the comments.   I agree that it appears that the
>> "inmates are running the asylum", but at the end of the day the BOD has the
>> final word.  This year has been interesting so far, in that we have had
>> significant personnel changes to deal with, and we are also trying to get
>> the salary picture into a framework that will benefit the club in the
>> future.  In some respects we may be behind the power curve, but this most
>> recent revelation was not on the horizon, and the plan that was voted on
>> was certainly accomplished in a timely manner to replace the steward.
>> As far as reactionary decision making, the only decision that fits into
>> that category is one that I made, not the board, so I disagree that the BOD
>> has been reactionary.  Plus, a lot of the issues that we are dealing with
>> have been pushed down the road in the past, and I thank this BOD for
>> stepping up and taking action.
>> Enough of my banter.  I will await further feedback, and this issue will
>> be on the next meeting agenda.  We still have time for either plan to play
>> out.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:24 AM, Glenn Michael <glennwmichael at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Good Morning,
>>
>> Please read the attachment and give me your input.  Since we voted on the
>> steward replacement plan, the picture has changed a bit.
>>
>> Thanks for your time and effort.
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
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