SECRETARY REPORTS
BY SCOTT DRESSLER
MINUTES OF THE BOARD MEETING
HELD MONDAY MAY 5TH, 2008
THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:30 PM, COMMODORE JIM BARKER RESIDING. ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TERRY DECKER, PLANNING WHO WAS OUT OF TOWN.
OLD BUSINESS
TREASURER’S REPORT:
CHARLIE GUARINO REPORTED GROSS REVENUES FOR APRIL 2008, TO BE $44,654., AND EXPENSES $50,178., RESULTING IN A LOSS OF $5,524., WE HAD ONE MEMBER RESIGN IN GOOD STANDING, HENRY NIXON, AND TWO CERTIFIED LETTERS WERE SENT TO MEMBERS FOR NON-PAYMENT WHO HAVE SINCE PAID. WE HAVE 18 WATER SLIPS AVAILABLE, AND CURRENTLY NO TRAILER SLIPS ARE VACANT. LAST MONTH WE HAD NO REQUESTS FOR SLIPS. THE DISCUSSION THAN TURNED TO THE PROCUDURE IN PURCHASING GAS. WE CURRENTLY BUY SMALLER QUANTITIES. ON MAY 2ND THE MARKET WHOLESALE PRICE WENT DOWN 12 CENTS A GALLON AND WE DIDN’T MAKE A PURCHASE, OVER THE WEEKEND THE MARKET WENT UP ANOTHER 10 CENTS, AND UPON LEARNING THE PRICE WAS GOING UP ANOTHER 5 CENTS WE THAN MADE A PURCHASE BEFORE THE INCREASE. GUARINO WAS CONCERNED WITH BUYING TOO MUCH GAS AND LOCKING US INTO A HIGHER PRICE AND THAN HAVE THE PRICE OF FUEL GO DOWN. GUARINO BELIEVES THAT WE HAVE A GOOD POLICY IN PURCHASING FUEL. DELL INDICATED TYPICALLY WE KEEP THE TANK HALF FULL AT 2000 GALLONS. HE STATED THAT WE SELL ON THE AVERAGE OF 800 GALLIONS A WEEK, WHICH WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 3,200 GALLIONS A MONTH DURING PEAK MONTHS. DRESSLER AND O’RIORDAN WANT THE TANK TOPPED OFF AT THE BEST PRICE POSSIBLE AS OPPOSED TO GETTING NUMEROUS DELIVERS EACH MONTH WHEN THE PRICES ARE RAISING. DESPITE ALL REPORTS OF RISING PRICES, THE COMMODORE INDICATED THAT IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DOCKS AND GROUNDS TO DECIDE ON HOW THE FUEL WOULD BE PURCHASED. NELSON STATED THAT DELL WOULD CONTINUE TO BUY FUEL IN THE SAME WAY HE HAS BEEN BUYING IT IN THE PAST.
SECRETARY’S REPORT:
DRESSLER REPORTED THAT HIS COMMITTEES FOR THE DAD’S DOLPHIN DAYS TOURNMENTS ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS AND FINALIZING THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE TOURNMENTS. THE SHIRTS ARE ON ORDER, (AND HAVE SINCE ARRIVED AND ARE FOR SALE CURRENTLY). BEN DECOOK PRINTED THE BROCHURES THAT WERE MAILED TO THE MEMBERS WITH THEIR NEWS LETTERS.
DOCKS AND GROUNDS:
NELSON REPORTED THAT TOM BERRY CLEANED OUT THE TANK DRAINS. SOME OF THE DOCKS AND DECKS WERE REPAIRED, AND THE NEXT ACME DAY WILL BE ON MAY 10TH.
MEMBERSHIP REPORT: BOB INGLIMA INDICATED HE HAS 5 NEW PEOPLE TO BE RE-INTRODUCED TO THE CLUB, AND HAS SEVERAL APPLICATIONS OUTSTANDING. INGLIMA STATED THAT HE EXAMINED THE CLUB RECORDS AND ALL MEMBERS ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CLUB RULES REGARDING MEETING ATTENDANCE.
SOCIAL’S REPORT: CHARLES KRESGE REPORTED THAT THE 20 YEAR MEMBER PARTY WENT GREAT AND CURTIS BERRY A 46 YEAR MEMBER SHARED STORIES FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CLUB. MAY 17TH IS THE CLUB POKER RUN AND DREW MOORE’S RETIREMENT PARTY.
VICE COMMODOR’S REPORT: O’RIORDAN REPORTED THE RESULTS OF THE WAYNE KABBES KID’S KANE POLE TOURNMENT.
COMMODOR’S REPORT: BARKER PUBLISHED A LIST OF MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH CLUB RULES REGARDING THEIR VESSELS. THEY WILL BE SENT LETTERS AND THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE DOCKMASTER THAT THEIR VESSEL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CLUB RULES, OR HAVE TO APPEAR BEFORE THE BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETING AND EXPLAIN WHY THEY HAVE IGNORED OUR LETTERS.
NEW BUSINESS
SECRETARY’S REPORT: DRESSLER RECOMMENDED THAT A FINANCIAL COMMITTEE BE APPOINTED FROM THE MEMBERSHIP TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD REGARDING THOSE FINANCIAL ISSUES THAT THE BOARD DISAGREES ON SUCH THE WAY FUEL IS BEING PURCHASED. THE TREASURER SAID HE FELT VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY INVENTORY AND PURCHASING IS DONE IN THE CLUB. O’RIORDAN SAID THAT HE KNEW THAT DRESSLER FELT UNCOMFORTABLE IN SIGNING CHECKS BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CHECKS AND BALANCES REGARDING FINANICIAL ISSUES. AND STATED THAT HE DOES AS WELL. THE CLUB HAS NOT HAD AUDIT IN THE RECENT PAST AND HE WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF A COMMITTEE. DRESSLER THAN MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT A FINANCIAL COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE PURCHASING AND OPERATING PRACTICES OF THE CLUB AND MAKE THE NECESSARY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. NELSON THAN READ THE BYLAW THAT REQUIRES THE TREASURER TO HAVE A FINANCIAL COMMITTEE. GUARINO SAID THE BOARD WAS THE COMMITTEE, HOWEVER, DRESSLER STATED THAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF ANY COMMITTEE DEALING WITH FINANCIAL ISSUES, AND WANTS A COMMITTEE APPOINTED. THE BOARD THAN DECIDED TO APPOINT A REVIEW COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE THE FUEL PURCHASING. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED AND WAS CARRIED. COMMODOR’S REPORT: BARKER INDICATED THAT THE CPR TRAINING COURSE WILL BE GIVEN MAY 31ST, WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED AN ACME DAY, THIS WILL INCLUDE THE USE AND CERTIFICATION ON A DEFIBRILLATOR, 8:30AM-12:30PM. ALL THOSE INTERESTED ARE ENCOURAGED TO SIGN UP IN THE PILOTHOUSE. JOHN SEMPER WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FIRE RESCUE WILL BE TEACHING THE COURSE AND BE ISSUING A CERTIFICATION ISSUED BY THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.
A MOTION TO ADJORN WAS MADE THAT WAS SECONDED AND CARRIED.