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Minutes of the March General Membership Meeting
April 6, 2015
Hosted by: North Star Sail Club
The meeting was called to order at North Star Sail Club by Commodore Terry Dunn at
7:32 p.m. and leading the delegates in the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.
Invocation: By Yvonne Murray of NCYC. (PC ART BROOKS, absent- excused.)
Officers Present: Commodore Terry Dunn, Vice Commodore Rick Romatz, Rear
Commodore Ed Bolsendahl, Treasurer Brian Kaser, Secretary Kim Scicluna. Past
Commodore Matt Barrells.
Club delegates Absent: Idle Hour Yacht Club, Nautical Mile Yacht Club, Y-Knot
Boat Club
Commodore’s Comments:
● Welcome to the April 6, 2015 GM Meeting at North Star Sail Club,
Co-hosted with Sand Point Yacht Club
● Everyone had a wonderful time in Midland at our Spring
Rendezvous; if you haven’t attended you should attend next
year.
● Would like to thank MacRay for hosting the educational series.
Last week there was a boater safety class which was informative
and interesting. Boaters should plan to attend. In a couple of
weeks there will be a class given by Border Patrol on
international travel.
● Reminder to let your mentor know if you would like them to
attend an event or meeting at your club.
Secretary’s Report:
● Motion made to approve March 2015 GMM Minutes by P/C Bill
Calihan
● Second, Harvey Karpinski
● APPROVED
● Reminder to call in your dinner reservations to the host club by
the date requested. If you are hosting a meeting I would like to
get your flyer on the table for the previous month’s meeting.
● On the ABYA application, there is a question regarding whether or
not your club is reciprocal for Commodore’s Ball. This means if
you will provide free tickets to another club’s Commodore. If
your information is inaccurate, please send an email to our
Secretary
Treasurer’s Report:
Marc(h) 2015
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Beginning Balance as of 2/22/2015
$ 7,201.20
Income
$ 17,252.00
Expenses
$ 16,232.22
Current Balance as of 4/2/2015
$ 8,220.98
o Motion to approve March Treasurer Report P/C Harvey
Karpinski
o Second, P/C Gary Nowicki
o APPROVED
● Spring Dinner Dance flyers and tickets for North Channel are
available tonight, please ensure you get yours when we do the
“good of the order”. Tickets are $25.00 per person. There will be
a steel band this year
Rear Commodore Report:
● Thank you to everyone that attended the Spring Rendezvous –
for everyone that helped or volunteered. Without you it would not have been the
success it was
● The Christmas Charity Ball is on December 5, 2015 at Fernhill Golf
Club
● The Clinton River Clean-up is on Saturday, May 16 – we need
volunteers, Inflatables and boats.
Vice Commodore Report:
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Ships Store items are available. If anyone needs burgees for their
Blessings of the Fleet, let V/C Rick Romatz know ahead of time so
they can be ordered.
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Our speaker this evening is Captain Luke Clyburn from the Pride
of Michigan and the Noble Odyssey Foundation
If you have never been on the Pride of Michigan – get out on May
16 to take a tour during the “Pride of Michigan Open House”.
The sea cadets are between the ages of 11 to 17
We had a lot of graduates in 2014
Captain Luke Clyburn provided a short film of the
accomplishments of the Sea Cadets
In 2015, we will be making movies in Port Austin and Harbor
Beach – received a grant from Michigan Coastal and will be
studying the lighthouse foundations. Dr. Smith will be coming
out of retirement to assist this year.
Next month we will have Terry Landis from the Huron Twp,
environment committee to discuss Clinton River Clean-up.
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Power Squadron – Mitch Gawrysick – announced the Put-In-Bay
event on August 7. Flyers on the table
Past Commodore:
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P/C Matt Barrells still looking for candidates for 2016 secretary.
Please let Matt know if you have anyone interested.
Old Business:
● No Report
New Business:
● We will start looking for advertisers for the safety books.
Club Reports:
● Bay Harbor B.C.
o No report
● Bayside Y.C.
o No Report
● Belvidere B.C.
o No Report
● Bouvier Bay B.C.
o No Report
● Clinton River B.C.
o No Report
● Conger Bay B.C.
o No Report
● Great Lakes Boat Club
o Spring Awakening – April 24/25 in Port Huron – flyers on
the table
● Harbor Club N-S
o No Report
● Jefferson Y.C.
o Fleet Fitting Out Party – April 11 at 5:00
o Commodore Ball - April 18
o We will soon start a Trivia Night –more details to come
o Flag Raising – June 6
● MacRay Y.C.
o No Report
● Moslem Shrine
o Stag Event – 2015 Paper Drive – Flyer on Table
● Nautical Mile Y.C
● North Channel Y.C.
o Will host the Spring Dinner Dance – May 30
● North Star Sail Club
o No Report
● Sand Pointe Y.C.
o Sand Pointe thanked everyone for attending
● Shores Harbor
o No Report
● Windmill Pointe Y.C.
o No Report
● Y-Knot
o No Report
Past Commodores Present:
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1994 – P/C Harvey Karpinski
2000 – P/C Bill Calihan
2002 – P/C Frank Olejniczk
2008 – P/C Scott Bell
2009 – P/C Gary Nowicki
2014 – P/C Matt Barrells
On behalf of the ABYA Board and the Delegates, we would like to thank you for your
continued support and attendance this evening.
Commodore’s Closing Comments:
● Commodore Terry Dunn thanked North Star Sail Club hosting this
month’s General Membership Meeting. A special thanks to Sand
Point for putting on a very good meal. Thank you to
Commodore’s Chris Gerkin NSSC and Jim Markwood SPYC
● THANK YOU!!
Upcoming Events:
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April 16th – Border Crossing seminar at MacRay Harbor
May 16th – Clinton River Clean-up
May 16th – Pride of Michigan Open House
May 30th - Spring Dinner Dance at North Channel Yacht Club
Next General Membership Meeting:
● Next General Membership will be May 5, 2015 at Bouvier Bay
Yacht Club.
Uniform of the day: Summer Whites
Please remember to call in your dinner reservations by the due date.
Motion to Adjourn:
Made by………….P/C Bill Callihan
Second by….……P/C Harvey Karpinski
Motion Approved
Meeting Adjourned at 8:26 p.m.
Submitted by: 2015 ABYA Secretary Kim Scicluna