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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Dear Fellow Board Members,</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Below is a letter from a new member of PYC, Kristen McCormack. Another member of the club, Joe Cunningham wrote a similar letter that Whit sent to us on May 16 at 5:54 pm. </span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Every member of the club should be treated with respect and dignity and it certainly didn't happen with Kristen and Joe. bLet's discuss this further at Thursday's meeting.</span>
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If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me.
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I look forward to seeing you on Thursday.
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Best,
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Bill
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From: Kristen McCormack <mailwonderwoman@gmail.com>
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Date: 06/07/2022 9:03 AM
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Subject: Letter of complaint to the PYC Board of Directors
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" class="p2"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="s1">To whom it may concern at the Board of Directors of the PYC, </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" class="p2"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;" class="s1">I\u2019m writing this letter to inform the board of my displeasure of the way I was treated during last month\u2018s board meeting. It was one of the first times I came into the yacht club for the year. I came in to sign up for some upcoming events in the book near the kitchen. I quietly came in and started looking at the book when this loud, stern and abrupt voice started scolding me for interrupting the private board meeting. I was shocked. I didn\u2019t say a word and just gave the thumbs up indicating I was leaving. I found this to be incredibly rude and unprofessional. I immediately left and upon leaving I checked the front door for a sign there was a private event occurring at the yacht club that evening. No sign was posted. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Over the last few years I have only come in to the PYC a handful of times due to Covid. I was so excited to start the season off and get into the swing of things and this was my first engagement at the PYC for the season. I spoke to a few other members about this and they were also shocked at the way I was treated. I then found out that another member experienced the same treatment that same evening. I\u2019m asking the board to have their private meetings upstairs or at another location to allow members to enjoy the space they pay for. At a minimum the door should have been closed, locked <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and a sign posted that there was a private meeting. Would it have been OK for someone to walk through the yacht club to access their boat? Is it fair to close the club to paying members? The board could <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>have met <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>offsite if they needed privacy. I am on a local Board of Directors and we meet at the Portsmouth library or the Senior Center in Portsmouth for free. I also know that the New Castle library has a meeting place that can be used for private meetings. I don\u2019t think anybody with a leadership position should be speaking to a paying member this way or anyone else for that matter. How are paying members to know if there\u2019s a private meeting going on if there\u2019s been no notification. I think it was predictable that members would try to access the club during the time that the board was meeting. Why was this oversight not taken into consideration? The door was wide open and there was nothing to indicate a private meeting. This doesn\u2019t make any sense to me. At a minimum I think I and the other member that was treated this way deserve a written apology. The way I was spoken to was completely unnecessary. I would like to know what the code of conduct for the PYC indicates and if this is the kind of behavior that is appropriate? A few kind words would have gotten the job done and left me feeling good about the situation instead of feeling like I was doing something wrong and not welcome. Is this <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the behavior that I and other members can expect from the Board of Directors and is this the type of behavior that you think is appropriate? My family has been members at the Portsmouth yacht club since the early 70s. I have never experienced anything like this at the PYC. I hope that this is an isolated incident and the person Who spoke to me that way is removed from their position. Since this encounter I have been apprehensive to go in to the PYC because it made me so uncomfortable. Is it the boards intention to make people uncomfortable so they don\u2019t want to use the space that they pay for? If not then I think something needs to be done about this. If I acted this way in the organization that I\u2019m on the board for I would immediately be removed. Please do not approach me in person at the PYC to discuss this matter I would prefer something in writing. I already feel very uncomfortable going into PYC and I don\u2019t want my experience further tainted.</span></p>
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