COLUMBIA SAILING CLUB BOARD OF STEWARDS MEETING October 4th, 2017 Board Attendance: Dan Robinson, Jan Jernigan, David Mosley, Curt Rone, Andrew Clarkson, Rich Boyle, Biron Kenline, Craig Milling, Meyer Moore, John Young, Jim Edwards, Charles Bumgardner and Tommy Tapp. Commodore Robinson called the meeting to order at 18:33 hrs. The September Minutes were submitted for approval. All ayes. REPORTS Secretary (Tapp) There are 171 members that count towards our cap of 200. Treasurer (Rone) The August Financials have been distributed for review and comment by the Board and have been posted on the website. If you have any questions, please direct them to the Treasurer. Membership & Education (Jernigan) Dick Dommel will be teaching a Race Committee seminar on October 7 th that has been advertised to and open to the public. Please make plans to attend. We have now new prospects this month for consideration by the Board. Sailing (Mosley) The Fall Classic is almost here in October and hopefully everybody has made plans to attend. The Midlands Regatta is the first weekend in November. We have 29 volunteers to help with the Midlands but could use a few more, so don t be shy in raising your hand to help out. The Oyster Roast is November 18 th. Requests for nominations for the various club awards will be published in the upcoming Telltale. Canteen No report. Back Cove (Oliver) We now have nine open slips available and three people on the waiting list for slip sizes that are currently not available. David said someone had asked about putting a dock box near their boat slip. A general discussion ensued about placement of dock boxes, the initial thoughts on those at the time the docks were installed and other possible locations for dock boxes. The 00177250-1 1
consensus of the Board was not to allow dock boxes on the docks due to a lack of room but did not rule out other possible locations. Boat Master (Jowers) Per the discussions from the last Board meeting, Jerry checked out Robert Key s boat as a possible replacement for the Carolina Skiff mark boat. Jerry presented a handout with color pictures and a verbal report of a sea trial. The boat is a 1982 Wellcraft 18 Fisherman series with 150 hp Johnson, two stroke outboard motor, approximately 2000-year model, with about 200 hours on the motor. The boat has a good trailer, T-top and boat cover. The sea trial went well, the boat performed up to expectations and the motor sounds good. A general discussion ensued concerning two versus four stroke motors, what to do with the Carolina Skiff and the possibility of swapping motors. The consensus was to decide about the Carolina Skiff at later date. Meyer Moore made the motion, seconded by John Young, to purchase the Wellcraft 18 from Robert Key for $3,500. Vote all ayes. Communication No report. CSCA Diane Augsburger reported the Auxiliary will be cooking a burger lunch for the Fall Classis and holding a Wine Tasting on October 20 th with the proceeds going to decorate the new Beach House. Docks Jim Holland is available to work on the docks on October 8 th in advance of workday. Commodore Dan asked for volunteers to help Jim and thereby get credit for workday participation. Entertainment The Fall Gathering Oyster Roast & Beaufort Stew event will be held on November 18 th. Please make it easy on the organizers by making reservations early. GSC No report. Grounds No report. House (Tapp) The Beach House concrete stairs have been installed. Dan Clayton will work on a landscape design to finish and have something ready to finish out the work in the Spring. Land Parking (Seiffert) On the upcoming workday the plan is to do some tree pruning to help with the parking of sailboats. Bruce suggested it was no longer necessary to have a moratorium in place on new power boats coming onto the property Andrew Clarkson made the motion, seconded by Brion Kenline, to remove the power boat moratorium. Vote all ayes. 00177250-1 2
LMYRA (Seiffert) The LMYRA Fall Classic will take place on October 14 th and 15 th. Recycling No report. Safety No report. SAYRA No report. Telltale No report. Telephone/E-mail/Yearbook No Report. Youth Sailing (Brooks) Charlie has contacted US Sailing about holding the sailing certification program at CSC, which takes place over a four-day period. Charlie will coordinate with David Van Cleef to see the best time for Gamecock sailors to attend the course. Youth Boat Maintenance No report. Webmaster No report. Long Range Planning Committee No report. Commodore s Report (Robinson) Dan noted there will be a workday on October 21 st with a number of projects going on. Craig Milling will be pulling fiber optic cable to the new beach House, the trees along J-Row will be pruned, we ll have a general cleaning of the clubhouse and there will be some landscaping going on. Dan asked if anybody was interested in reestablishing the swim beach mooring balls. Craig suggested David Phillips be asked to take that on and Dan said he will follow up. The Annual Meeting will be on November 9 th and Officers and Committee Chairs are asked to submit written reports for inclusion in the meeting notebook for all members to inspect. Officers should wear their blue blazers. The Long-Range Plan for 2018 will be submitted at the November Board meeting for a vote. OLD BUSINESS David Mosely has been working on a written policy for club members to use club boats. He presented a handout of a draft policy and asked for feedback going 00177250-1 3
forward. He used the written policies of the Savannah and Atlanta Yacht Clubs as a template. David noted most SAYRA clubs he has talked to have a sailing instructor on staff to handle and coordinate member use of boats as well as to give sailing classes and other such duties. A general discussion ensued on member use of boats and the merits of CSC initiating a sailing instructor position at the club. Several members noted the benefits sailing instructors had brought to other clubs that they either knew of first hand or had been associated with in the past. Some reservations were expressed about the liability of such an undertaking and it was noted that liability coverage was almost certainly incorporated into our insurance policy through US Sailing. It was noted that funding for such a position could come through the Long-Range Plan by pushing back the timeline on some projects and diverting the money from the Capital Improvement Fund to the General Fund until the position could become selfsupporting. David thanked everyone for their ideas and said he would continue to work on both the written policy for club members using club boats and the idea of getting a sailing instructor for CSC. NEW BUSINESS Jan Jernigan announced that friends of Steve Rose had asked about holding a memorial service for Steve at the club with outside guests in attendance. The date would be November 15 th at 6:00 PM. Andrew Clarkson made the motion, seconded by Charles Bumgardner, that the memorial service be approved as presented and that no fee be charged for the event. Vote all ayes. Andrew Clarkson reported the recommendations of the Nominating Committee for the slate of 2018 Officers, Board of Stewards and Membership Committee. The Committee consisted of Jamie Tupper, Larry Propes, Meyer Moore, John Young, Dan Robinson and Andrew Clarkson. Their recommendations are as follows: Commodore Jan Jernigan Vice Commodore David Mosely Rear Commodore Bruce Seiffert Secretary Jerry Jowers Treasurer Curt Rone BOS (3-year term) Steve Szymanski Jr. BOS (3-year term) Stanley Hassinger BOS (3-year term) Robbie Garfield BOS (1-year term) Tommy Tapp Membership (3-year term) Amber Parshall Membership (3-year term) Bradley Anderson Membership (1-year term) Peter Gindhart Membership (1-year term) Margaret Clarkson 00177250-1 4
Jan Jernigan made the motion, seconded by Brion Kenline, that the slate be approved as presented. Vote all ayes. ADJOURNMENT AT 19:43 HRS. Executive Session followed. 00177250-1 5