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2010-01-19 Board meeting m? es
M? es from ? ary 19th, 2010, Y-Knot Board meeting at Clifton Park YMCA, 6:00 P.M.
I? tendance? e Scott ? art and Don Miller (co-Vice-? idents), Keith E? ds (? Chingachgook liaison), John? shko? ish McCluskey, Spencer Raggio an? ? (Se? ary). Dave Whalen partic? ? art ? ? ime remo? ? >
1. D? elcomed John as a new me? . He and? ? ghter had vo? eered th? ummer, made ? ific contributio? hen and ? e ve? ? ? o have John on board? e.2. ? t moved to a? t the minute? om Nov. 7, 2009 and Spencer seconded, passed unanimo? w me? John abstaining).3. Treasurer's Report
Scott asked whether we? e going to break? ay" regatta expe? ? from the miscellaneous cate? , so we coul? ack them? ? ely and ? ? fund them better. S? mention? he Nyack and? lington rega? and the Mob? ? ? examples. Spenc? uggested tha? ? rer Rick? ine speak to Camp Di? or George Painter about breaking those i? ? a little di? ently.The 2009 cash flow ? ement shows a loss of $632. Spencer estimated th? raveling to "awa? ? tas ? about $4,000 fo? ? ortation and? enses. Last ? , me? ? fees and doons were? ? ? ? ? year, but 2008 donations included an unusual $5,000 ite? om Nyack Yacht Club. Don and Tri? aised th? estion of whether there wasn't anything like that la? ear, and Kei? aid ? ould che? ith Aime? ho does the books and thank you ? ers, and? back to us. Spe? ? ? he T? ? ? ? accepted, S? seconded an? ? unanimous.
4. Com? ? ? tsNext ? ing, Dan will have a? ? t ofnspo? ion ? anies an? her tran? tation-concerned org? atio? o contact about promotion th? pring, i? ding? sible si? ? s recruiting? eraction? h th? ? s. D? roposed making a publici? ool (pro? ? ? release? t of the? ablishment of the 11 sailing? es a? he 3 racing clinics to c? e a ? on for contacting th? ganizations ? hat ? . Keith said Aimee h? ? ? ? the? tribution list, and Spencer said he ? , too. We'll? e this organized by ? meeting? >
Regardin? ndraising and mercha? ing activities, the cale? idea has be? alked about ? year, b? e needed winter ? os a? months ago to make deadline? this year. ? 's all g? t and get wi? photos.) Pens and o? ? chandise will be? ? ed more ? meeting? >
? ge h? roposed fund? ing ? ay f? he new dock area--maybe ? ecia? ent.? ? he board like to? t a special event? H? ? ing to fill a gap of about $40,000 on a $180,000 budget.? ? nsider: dinner a? ail, silent ? ion and a sail? ? e wa? o sell boards on the dock? Do we want to? up a? Pal account to make a virtua? ogram do-able? Spencer mentioned that a local company called Change Roundup will? people sign up ? hat ? ? charge on a credit card is,? , $1, th? ? ill ? ound? p to $19.00 and the chan? ill be c? ? ? o a not-for-profit of your choice. We could put out a call for fundi? hat way. The? a l? o tie in. We? eed ? ick ? p next meeting.
5. Ol? siness
Keith said that the new single-boat bo? railer is sc? led to complete ? ? ? k th? pring. The critical path ite? 12-inch bed? ? and? welding? uire? s. It may become? ork weekend project for April 24 and 25.
The autohelm won'? eak again &mdash? ? uire? awed-off crescen? ench wrapped to the ? rol with bicycle? e cl? to ? ? ? iston to the steering mechanism. Sin? here are no clamps, chafing ? he gel coat will no longer happen. G? job, Keith!! (Note ? the? ohel? critical partic? ly f? ip-n-puf? eering i? face? ed by high o? qua? legics, but ? e saw th? umme? 's also real? ? l for sa? ? her than tho? ith spinal-cord ? ? . This is re? cool to? thi? stem back in? vice.)An "awa? ? ? olicy wa? afte? Spe? , called the Regatta Policy for Loaning and Tran? ting Boats. ? yea? he Mobility Cup will be in V? . Canadian Rail Co. would offer free shipping, b? e'd have to do considerable work to load and secure our ? s, a? ? ail ? any can'? arantee depa? ? ? ival. Th? recl? the Mob? ? p for th? ear. There a? ? ? ? lington and ? real. If they do something in Marlboroug? ? ? , no? e might be able ? ? ? y to decide to go. In New York City,? chmont is also a? e. Y-Knot would also like to help sa? s wi? raveling? enses for these events.
Dave Whalen said he had re? ched a S? ? h a gimb? eat — ? rahle seat. Dave said he'd like to look into whe? usi? his devi? ould hel? sai? ? ticipate at Nyac? ? chmont. Dave? e a great re? about how much he e? ? acing th? umme? in Toronto,? h Don Mi? and? e Hogue assisting. (He g? o see a Yankees ? gam? oo.) We need to look at ? ing the right ha? ses.? e re? ch i? ailable from the U.S. Sailing Web site.http:? ? sailing.org/swsn/technical-a? .htm
W? e planni? o re? e 3 dates th? ummer for the sa? acing clinic. The goal is to? aside 3 boats f? acin? actice. ? ill do brushing at all 3? sions, a? he 2? essi? ill also? ? ? ard and ? ard roundings. The last ? ion practic? ? and finishes. The goal ? o have a? ? ? ? sai? to come? over th? ? and feel co? table in the fall re? ? ather than having the sa? 's f? ? erience with starts,? ndings and f? hes ? ? ? ta. If more than? eople wa? o do it, we can talk about moving the session in? he morning. We dt wa? o take away from reg? sailing, so we do n? lan ? se more than 3 b? . Keith ? ght artistic renderings ? how ? we are planning to do. ? ? ays we are 80% approved.? hroom facili? wil? ill ? p the hill. Dredging? mit has been? roved and wi? robably ? en in th? ring. Th? ill make it ? ? ? se a? ix Martins.
Don sa? e will operate at least one ? tle bus ? een Albany and Lake ? ge, with a goal of operating one? all sailing? es next ? . Don got a lead on ? s (ReadiVan, from a ? ? enio? ? ance program) and they are going to lend it to o? ? ? o shuttle people from Al? up to Lake ? ge. It h? oom for one wheelchair. ? e going to look ? ? ling fro? uyve? , maybe the Brue? 's Bagels. D? roposed staffing it with volunteer help from the org? ation lendin? the? . Dan remind? he board that (he's ? ? e've don? ? h vo? ? in the ? and it ran out ? team. To maktran? tati? ork ? iste? , Dan said, we may need to hire ? ers and get funding.? ? , the Board agre? o wo? ith a vo? eer ? em a? ee how it goes.
There's a Federal ? iative from the early years ? he Bush admi? rati? equiring transpo? ion organization that re? e Federa? nds to coord? th o? providers o? ? ortation? vices for disabled c? ens, so ? ? ? ograms already in place in at least some public tran? tation organ? ? that could ? us ? ? goals. Dan found for instance a Web? tem ? esti? o coordinate transpo? ion for disabled people — ? bei? ested in the? uga-Sene? ystem. I? e a demo CD if anyon? ? ? ted in learning more about it. If th? yste? er m? ? ? ? o Al? , we? ld be ab? o benefit immediately. Dan m? ith Alba? ubli? ? ortation officials a? hey recommended ? ? ? h Glen F? about i? faci? ith disabled programs. He's looking into? ting up a contacere.
6. Ne? siness
The NY State G? nor's office operates an eve? ite. Don will take care ? utting our data ? ? calendar.When wi? his ? d meet f? he balance of the year: 2/16, 3/16, 4/20, 5/18, 6/15, 8/17, 11/16. Nov. ? ill ? he b? et.
We di? sed movi? he July 4 date just in l? of the holiday.
We di? sed having a Sai? ation di? in mid May. Spe? will contact th? her organizations (Lake ? ge Club,? inth? ) and check for inte? ? >
The YMCA? an expense form we ? ? ? using.
We? e mercha? e we've made? special events such as the regatta. We can merchandise it. We may need ? ice ? to ? ? h this. Run ? ide? Rick. (The ? ? ecially have a lot of fashio? peal. Thank you, Rick!)
For the next meeting, ? e going ? ? o find a location where we c? i-fi? e in? e readily.
Scott moved toourn? encer seconded a? ? ote was unan? s.Sub? ed by Da? ? , 2010-02-15? ? >
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