<div dir="ltr"><div>Great thoughts by all. I am collecting all of these and this will be on the agenda for July.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to all of you for some good ideas for the club.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy Fathers Day to all of the Dads out there!!</div><div><br></div><div>Glenn</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Laurie Clark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lauriec15@comcast.net" target="_blank">lauriec15@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">As the lifetime member here, I know I can\u2019t vote on a dues increase and probably not on this application fee. But I agree with Scott and Jeremy...maybe an increase of a few more hundred but not as high as Ron has suggested. <div>I would put this out for consideration:</div><div>How about a $100/150 social dues fee? It would certainly make up for the members who don\u2019t come and it would only be a once yearly amount. </div><div>All would pay including lifetime members. It wouldn\u2019t be a huge fix but I do think all members would and could afford it.</div><div>Laurie </div><div><br><div id="m_-1347083113738624556AppleMailSignature">Sent from my iPhone</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On Jun 15, 2018, at 11:40 AM, Jeremy Small <<a href="mailto:jsmall.105@gmail.com" target="_blank">jsmall.105@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">Very well put Scott. I think there a misconception of the demographics of the club. In my opinion, we need to be more open to getting younger active boating member in rather than increase the buy in. <div><br></div><div>Jeremy</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 10:46 PM, Scott Blidberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott.blidberg@gmail.com" target="_blank">scott.blidberg@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr">Hello all,<div><br></div><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><div><br></div><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 such measures.</div><div><br></div><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="float:none;display:inline;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> 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><div><br></div><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><div><br></div><div>As always, I look forward to the thoughts from the Board!<br></div><div><br></div><div>-Scott</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="m_-1347083113738624556HOEnZb"><div class="m_-1347083113738624556h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 9:54 PM Ron Laurence - Blueberry Bay Farm <<a href="mailto:info@blueberrybayfarm.com" target="_blank">info@blueberrybayfarm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">
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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Garamond">Commodore Michael & Officers
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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. <br>
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