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April 30th Board of Managers Meeting Minutes

Board of Managers Meeting Minutes

Date: April 30, 2008
Location: Clifton Park YMCA
Present: Steve Mintz (President), Scott Stewart (Vice President), Don Miller (Treasurer), Becky Bonn (Secretary), Trish McCluskey, Rex Moon, George Painter, Marc Carnevale

The meeting was called to order at 6:05PM
March 26, 2008 minutes were reviewed. Rex motioned to accept the minutes and Don seconded the motion. All agreed.

Treasurer's Report: Don Miller handed out a financial summary as of 4/30/2008. $6029.00 is in the designated fund at this time. There was a $2915.00 surplus from 2007 and $3000 will go out towards the dock project. About $4000 as come in already for 2008 and the first appeal has been sent out. Steve motioned to accept the report and Scott seconded the motion. All agreed.

Committee Reports:
Program: Rebecca was not present to report.
Membership: Jenny was not present to report. Steve has written a letter that he will send to George in hopes of generating more interest and participation.
Publicity: Dylan was not present to report. Trish picked up books concerning the new trophy and we agreed on $400. The group is looking for a wooden base and with enough room for it to be a perpetual trophy. Trish will work on and let us know.
Fundraising:
Scott has been unable to reach the Sandbagger Boats "Bull" and "Bear" to find out more on hosting them during the Americade. Scott is going to keep trying so we can possibly coordinate this for 2009.

George is going to send pictures to Steve & Scott so they can set up a meeting to work on putting a PowerPoint presentation together. Steve is going to contact Maryellen to see if she would be willing to help. The presentation will be a great recruiting tool.

George submitted request to the Lake George Rotary Club on 4/29/08 and asked for $5000 to be used on the dock project. Americade is June 2 - 7 and volunteers will be needed to help sell raffle tickets. George will send out a request for help soon.

Don is part of the USTA and would like to host a meeting at the camp on the same day as a clinic. George has two tennis courts available and think this would be a great way to generate interest.

Regatta: Rex Moon will contact Spencer about listing the regatta details as a pdf on other websites such as Mobility Cup. The NOR should go out no later than the end of May. George will email the database to Rex. The NOR should also go to groups and organizations that have attended previous. Steve called Steve Colletti at The Sagamore concerning the Chowderfest Regatta and they are not hosting the event this year.

Old Business:
Martin Demo, Clayton, NY on July 19th: Rebecca was not present to report. However Trish, Don and Marc will talk about this event.
Boat Repairs Days - all mains are on starboard and jibs on port. A huge thank you to Spencer for helping with the rigging and Bob Flanegan, Rick Irving and his son Jeff and Ted Brothers for doing a fantastic job cleaning the boats. Keith will be having #13 deck repaired and is in contact with a sail maker in Burlington. Spencer inventoried the sails and Keith is in search of a missing Spinnaker. Some work yet to be done but the boats are in good shape for the summer. Rex feels we should start looking exploring the idea of a second set of sails; the first set would be for training and the second for Regattas.
Checklist for setting up the Martins was created by Pete Hogg and handed out by Steve. Steve will send the list to George and he will make the list part of the handbook, which will be distributed at the Volunteer Training Day. The list will help train volunteers on rigging a boat. Steve will ask if Pete Hogg will be available to help assist on training day.
New Lift-SureHands - Chowderfest is not happening this year but we will need new lifts once the dock project is complete. The cables will be replaced on our current lifts.
Dry Eraser Board & Easel for the Pavilion: George will get them.
First Aid Bag: George has supplies at the waterfront. There is a nurse on staff as well. At this time we will take the weather conditions in account at each event to be prepared to the possibilities of hyperthermia and other health related issues.
Regatta policy for loaning & transporting boats: Spencer was not present to report.

New Business:
Nyack Boat Club is hosting an event of May 16-18 and will be donating money to Y-Knot. Becky will contact and see what they need. Steve would like to go but is not able to drive.
Governor Paterson's Expo on Assistive Technology May 15, 2008. Trish can possibly attend.

Next Meeting: TUESDAY 5/27 at 6PM at the Clifton Park YMCA
Meeting adjourned 7:45Pm
Minutes submitted by Becky Bonn 5/5/08

posted by Becky Bonn @ 5/05/2008 03:49:00 PM 0 comments

$100,000 Grant for Accessible Dock

Exciting news from YMCA Exec Director George Painter:

Senators Betty Little and Joe Bruno have made arrangements for member item grants of $100,000 to the YMCA to build the Y-Knot accessible dock and boat house at Camp Chingachgook. These grants have just been approved in the new state budget. It will probably take two years before the funding, permitting, and construction of this dream facility is accomplished. When complete, the Y-Knot program and everything at Camp Chingachgook's waterfront will be at a new level of performance, efficiency, and safety.

posted by Spencer Raggio @ 4/24/2008 11:32:00 AM 0 comments

Nyack Boat Club Supports Y-Knot

The Nyack Boat Club hosts an annual regatta and they have named Y-Knot as this year's beneficiary. Last year they raised over $3,000 for Shake-a-Leg. The Sonar Class Tappan Zee Challenge Regatta will be held May 16 through 18, 2008.

March 26, 2008 Board of Manager's Meeting Minutes

Board of Managers Meeting Minutes

Date: March 26, 2008
Location: Clifton Park Kidz Lodge YMCA
Present: Steve Mintz (President), Scott Stewart (Vice President), Don Miller (Treasurer), Becky Bonn (Secretary), Trish McClusky, Rex Moon, Jenny Overeynder

Steve welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 6:10PM
March 5 minutes were reviewed. Rex motioned to accept the minutes and Don seconded the motion. Treasurer's report was not available.

Committee Reports
Program: Rebecca was not present to report, although Trish will be meeting with Rebecca soon regarding the Program committee. Trish will be putting fliers at Double H for alumni's.
Membership: Jenny has emailed Maryellen and will connect with her. The focus will be on recruiting sailors, possibly from Sunnyview and contacting Vets. Scott has offered to work with Jenny on some names.
Publicity: Dylan was not present to report.
Fundraising: Scott spoke to Bill Dutcher about hosting Sandbagger boats during the Americade. Bill said this sounded good but we would need the approval of Mayor Blais and would need to find out about insurance. Also needs to research the cost of hosting the boats and what the rides would cost. Scott also contacted George about the Lake George Rotary Club and George will follow up on this in April. Steve mentioned using MSN Photo Story to put together a presentation. It was suggested that George most likely has everything needed to put a PowerPoint presentation together for Y-Knot.
Regatta: Rex Moon is taking over chairing the committee. He will handle and or delegate the following: setting schedule and format for the regatta, updating NOR and SIs, obtaining trophies/prizes, arranging volunteers and companions. Rebecca has in the past contacted the sailors. Trish will ask her if she will still be willing to help with recruitment. It was brought up at the last meeting about opening up the regatta to other small boats. The group feels that this will not be a good idea because it would require setting up two courses that requires much more handling.

Old Business:
Martin Demo: Rebecca was not present to report
Boat Repairs: George was not present to report
New Lift SureHands Demo for the Chowder Cup: Steve will contact Spencer
Dry Eraser Board & Easel for the Pavilion: Trish will ask a friend who works at Staples to see if they could donate one.
First Aid Bag: We need to clarify with George on what is currently available near the docks. Is there a nurse on staff or an EMT available? Is there an emergency plan posted? Volunteers need to be apprised of what to do.
Regatta policy for loaning & transporting boats: Spencer was not present to report
Y-Knot Trophy: Dylan was not present to report, Trish will follow up with him.
Generating more Interest and participation of membership: Steve will be writing a letter and will have available by mid April to send out seeking opinions from sailors and volunteers in preparation for the summer season.

2008 goals:
Setting up the martins for better equipping Quads. We would like to contact BJ and invite him to a meeting to present and explain his ideas.

New Water Front Area: We are anxious to hear from George and Rebecca on what happened with their meeting with Senator Betty Little.

New Business: Camp Chingachgook is hosting a US Sailing Instructor course on June 14th & 15th. We are curious to hear more.

Meeting adjourned 7:30PM
Minutes submitted by Becky Bonn 4/2/08

posted by Becky Bonn @ 4/02/2008 04:55:00 PM 0 comments

March 5, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes

Board of Managers Meeting Minutes

Date: March 5, 2008
Location: Clifton Park Kidz Lodge YMCA
Present: Steve Mintz (President), Don Miller (Treasurer), Becky Bonn (Secretary), and Scott Stewart

Steve welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order at 6:20PM
January's minutes were reviewed. Steve motioned to accept the minutes and Don seconded the motion.

Treasurers report (Don Miller) We could not review, the latest report was not available

Organization of Board members (Steve Mintz)
Need a vice president: Steve would like to nominate Scott Stewart as Vice President, the duties were explained and Scott accepted the nomination. All were in favor.

Committee reports:
Program Director (Rebecca Stanley) not present to report
Membership (Jenny Overeynder) not present to report
Publicity (Dylan Walrath) not present to report

Fundraising (Scott Stewart) Pete Hoags suggestion; Steve explained Petes idea of hosting sandbagger boats on LG. Don suggested maybe it could be during Americade; check with Bill Dutcher on this. Steve will provide Scott with more information on this so that he can follow up.
Putting together a power point presentation for fund raising ; help is needed to compile ideas and thoughts about what to put in a power point presentation, the other board members at the next meeting will be asked to help with this.
Lake George Rotary needs to be contacted to see if we can be included on their donation list

Regatta (Spencer Raggio) not present; however Spencer asked Becky to check with Rex to see if he would be willing to chair the committee since Spencer is not currently a board member. Becky has checked with Rex but has not heard back as of yet.
Don suggested opening the regatta up to other small boats (chartering sunfishes from the camp, etc.) This could make money for the regatta and the community sailing program and increase participation. Steve is concerned about this being a Martin 16 event. Could we have two starts and could we have a PHRF rating?? Details will need to be worked out
Steve is working on hype letter to send out to past and current sailors and volunteers; hopefully this will boost moral and increase participation

Old Business
Martin Demo in Clayton, NY (Rebecca Stanley) not present to report

Boat Repairs (George Painter) not present to report; Steve will follow up with George
Boat repair day March 1st (9:00am-12:00pm)
Rips in sails of 100 and the Freedoms main
Deck of Martin 13
Purchasing of new sails and slings

New Lift-SureHands (All)-Demo for the Chowder Cup; this needs to be followed up with Spencer and then check with Carol Colegrove the sales coordinator 800-724-5305 x 20 info@surehands.com and see if this will be a possibility for the Chowder cup

Dry Eraser Board & Easel for the Pavilion (George Painter) not present to report

First Aid Bag (Don Miller) An EMT First Aid Bag costs about $200.00, some of the items will not be needed but some form of first aid is needed at the beach and then someone is needed who knows how to use the first aid. Ice packs were an idea to help if sailors were overheating; it did not help with Rebecca when tried. Rebecca has mentioned in the past about a vest to help. We will need to keep investigating this

Regatta policy for Loaning & Transporting Boats (Spencer Raggio) not present to report; Steve will follow up with Spencer

New Y-Knot Trophy (Dylan Walrath) not present to report

Things to do with the Corinthians (Steve Mintz)
Don Suggested: Putting a racing team together, for Wednesday nights and Sundays, using the Y-Knot community sailing program
Generating more interest and participation of membership
Suggestions made at the year-end meeting: survey people instead of a meeting to see what they are looking for from Y-Knot; possibly a Sailors 2 day weekend at Camp Chingachgook

2008 goals
Suggestions: Setting up the martins for better equipping Quads.
New Water Front Area

Some of the items above have been tabled to the next meeting. The next meeting will be Wednesday, March 26th at 6pm. This meeting will be held at the YMCA Kidz Lodge in Clifton Park.

Meeting Adjourned at 8PM
Minutes submitted by Becky Bonn 3/13/2008

posted by Becky Bonn @ 3/18/2008 05:55:00 PM 0 comments

Jan. 30 2008 Board Meeting Minutes

Board of Managers Meeting Minutes

Date: January 30, 2008
Location: Clifton Park YMCA
Present: Steve Mintz (President), Don Miller (Treasurer), George Painter, Rebecca Stanley, Jenny Overeynder, Marc Carnevale, Dylan Walrath, Rex Moon, Trish McCluskey

Steve called the meeting to order at 6:00PM.

1: Goal to establish committees; enlist help from others not in attendance.

2: Reading of minutes - Don Miller
Discussion of number members have gone down Surplus of $2659 - George proposes that some of the funds go towards increasing the stone dust path for wheelchair access. Should Y-Knot contribute $3000 to the $5000 pathway? Marc asked if we could get packed stone dust by Rockwell Lodge to make the access easier for sailors who stay? Rex motioned to contribute $3000 and Don Miller seconded the motion, all in attendance voted in favor.

Dylan followed up regarding a new Trophy. Suggestion is for something nice with a price range of $400-$500 with room for names.

3: Program Committee description - Rebecca; recruit and train volunteers and communicate all information with the camp; idea was to have at least one committee member at each sailing event. It's time to rethink this because it is more than a one-person job and some of the major volunteers will not be available (i.e. Pete, BJ etc). Camp will take care of the boats and email blasts. Rebecca agreed to Program and Trish will assist.

4: Membership Committee is to recruit and get information to new members. Goal is to develop growth of membership; we need to look for organizations that outreach to the disabled. We can send mailings and work with counselors. Jenny will work on this and requested help, possibly Mary Ellen Rudolph or Steve Mintz. Don suggested putting an ad or an article in the paper.

5: Publicity - Do we need a chair? Is this position part of other committees? It's been suggested that Publicity be handled by camp. Dylan offered to do research for a publicity spot for the beginning part of the season so we can get off to a good start. Should we set aside a date to teach new sailors?

6: Fundraising - Scott and Steve. Steve will get together with Scott and see if he will be interested in serving on the fundraising committee. All agreed.

7: Race committee - Spencer will continue chairing this committee and Rex will help. George said he talked with Spencer about this.

Calendar Dates for 2008 - updated since meeting Here are the 2008 dates for Y-Knot as per our last board meeting. The only change is the canceling of the Wednesday, August 20 Sailing Day at Camp due to a conflict on that day with other programs.

Boat Repair days
March 1, 29 Saturdays, 9 am-noon
April 26 Saturday, 9 am-noon
Community Learn to Sail Classes
May 4,11,18 Sundays, 1-4 pm (Spencer will teach)
Volunteer Training
May 18 Sunday, 10am-3pm (George will coordinate Volunteer Training Day with Program)
Sagamore Chowder Cup
May 25 Sunday
Sailing Days
May 24 Saturday, 10am-4 pm
June 1 Sunday, 10am-4pm
June 14 Saturday, 10am-4pm
June 21 Saturday, 10am-4pm
July 6 Sunday, 10 am-4pm
July 8 Tuesday,10am-4pm
July 20 Sunday, 10am-4pm
July12 Saturday,10am-4pm
August 5 Tuesday, 10am-4pm
August 16 Saturday, 10am-4pm
September 13 Saturday, 10am-4pm
Y-Knot Cup Regatta
September 6-7 Saturday-Sunday
Y-Knot Annual Banquet
November 8, 4 PM, Camp Chingachgook
Board Meetings
January 30, 6PM, Southern Saratoga YMCA
February 27, 6PM, Southern Saratoga YMCA
March 26, 6 PM, Southern Saratoga YMCA
April 30, 6 PM, 6PM, Southern Saratoga YMCA
May 14, 6 PM, 6PM, Southern Saratoga YMCA
October 22, 6 PM, 6PM, Southern Saratoga YMCA
November 8, 2 PM, Camp Chingachgook
Other dates:
Montreal's Regatta July 25-26
Burlington's Regatta August 2-3
Mobility Cup Regatta, Montreal August 25-29

Clayton Demo Days – Rex questioned the timing, Rebecca
will report back with the details.

Rebecca motioned to accept the dates and Dylan seconded the motion and all were in favor.

2008 Goals:
Discussion of on water lessons; we are already doing this. Where have all the sailors gone? Steve suggested a newsletter. Rebecca suggested that Steve write a letter to people and invite them to "Rediscover" Y-Knot. We also need to increase member attendance; work on promotional ideas to increase numbers. Send out an email to poll for interest.

Rex offered to teach "fundamentals of sailing" lessons – a pre water lesson, lunch then go sailing. Other activities: Pool Party/ Social Events? Rebecca suggested we leave Y-Knot a sailing program.

Meeting adjourned 8:30PM
Minutes taken by Trish McCluskey
Submitted by Becky Bonn 2/21/08

posted by Spencer Raggio @ 2/21/2008 11:00:00 AM 0 comments

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