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Laurie:I'd rather see a fee (or surcharge) to those <u>who don't
show up</u> after a certain long period. This might bring about
some resignations and thus clear some membership spots for these
who really want to belong.<br>
Ron<br>
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On 6/16/2018 11:14 AM, Laurie Clark wrote:<br>
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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
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<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>
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On Jun 15, 2018, at 11:40 AM, Jeremy Small <<a
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<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.
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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
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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 such measures.</div>
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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
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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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<p><font size="+1"><font face="Garamond">Commodore
Michael & Officers & Directors<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>
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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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