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I think the Board would need more information to consider justifying any increase. For instance:
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<div>What are the other local yacht clubs (10 mile radius) charging for dues and the initiation fee?</div>
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<div>Compare their services and overhead to ours</div>
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<div>Do the same comparison to other clubs say from Portland to Situate the BOD have been to so we have first hand knowledge. </div>
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<div>When would the increase take effect? </div>
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<div>Would/could that effect people on the wait list?</div>
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<div>What is the problem we are trying to resolve? For me having a long waitlist is not a problem. It means we have a backlog of people wanting to join so we have future money coming in. KPYC has no waitlist</div>
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<div>How would/could this effect the make up of the club and what services are expected?</div>
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<div>And probably a few more questions. </div>
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On Jun 14, 2018, at 10:47 PM, Scott Blidberg <<a href="mailto:scott.blidberg@gmail.com">scott.blidberg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>First, allow me to apologize for my absence this evening - I started a new job this week and the schedule has been challenging to say the least. I had been anticipating the discussion this week and am sorry I missed it. That said, I look forward to a
review of the meeting via the minutes!</div>
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<div>In response to the proposal above I'd like to <b>strongly</b> oppose an increase, particularly of such a degree. While some of the points may be valid for certain individuals (at least anecdotally), I would also like to point out that there are many,
many members (myself included) that would have no possible way of joining the club should the application fee be anywhere near as high as proposed. While the situations mentioned may not be fiction, they are by no means the norm and do not, in my view, warrant
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<div>One of the tremendous appeals of this club is that it is <i>not</i> a place where only those with large amounts of disposable income can be members.<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> Members
similar to myself, who are active and who very much feel the real impact of an annual expense in the thousands (when factoring in dues/slip/etc...), are not the type that we are going to gain more of by raising initiation fees. In fact, I would argue that
they are very much the ones we will lose. Additionally, t</span>here is absolutely no guarantee that those who have the means to spend $2500 - $5000 simply to apply will be more active members or won't be interested in joining for exactly the reasons addressed!</div>
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<div>It is important that we not lose sight of exactly what the financial impact membership can truly be to other members. This club - in my experience through a lifetime of being in and around it - has never been a place where you needed to have a lot of money
to be a member. I for one will always do my best to make sure that remains the case. We need to grow our membership based on the quality of the people we choose to let in and not their ability to fork over larger and larger amounts of money.</div>
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<div>As always, I look forward to the thoughts from the Board!<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 9:54 PM Ron Laurence - Blueberry Bay Farm <<a href="mailto:info@blueberrybayfarm.com">info@blueberrybayfarm.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Garamond">I would like to strongly recommend that the PYC Constitution be amended to rectify our absurdly low application fee. Our present fee does little to insure that applicants for membership truly want to participate in,
and contribute to the <u>Portsmouth </u>Yacht Club. Without a more reasonable fee, such as $2500, or $5000, we will continue to discourage earnest applicants with a painfully long waiting list, largely, I feel, because of people who:</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Garamond">- Want to gain a membership card in a bargain yacht club simply so they can have dinner at any reciprocating club in the country (world?);</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Garamond">- Are local residents who think its great to be able to walk to dinner, so inexpensively;</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Garamond">- Wish to be able to tell their friends they belong to a "Yacht Club", so inexpensively (and take pride in showing off their PYC sweatshirt or other garment);</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Garamond">- Want to be able to show on their resume, and/or their obituary that they belong(ed) to a yacht club;</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Garamond">In that our Steward claims there are at least 70 members, in his roughly ten years of service, that have never set foot once in the clubhouse, pretty much indicates the above situations are not fiction. Why not eliminate
or greatly reduce these absentee members and give those on the waiting list who really want to
<u>belong</u> (and contribute to our financial situation through participation) a chance to become accepted into membership in a more reasonable period of time, and not diminish their enthusiasm.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+1"><font face="Garamond">Therefore I urge the entire board to approve this proposal so that the entire membership can affirm it.
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