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Laurie:<br>
If we can believe Jerry, there 70 (+ or -) memberships that have
not used or been in the club for 10 years(including boating).
These people should either pay more or make room for those who
will participate.<br>
Ron<br>
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On 6/16/2018 2:58 PM, Laurie Clark wrote:<br>
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But Ron...some of these members are boaters only...we need them
too. I wish they\u2019d use the club more but some do on the weekends,
I do see them.<br>
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On Jun 16, 2018, at 12:55 PM, Ron Laurence - Blueberry Bay Farm
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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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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>
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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>
<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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