April Northern News

Upcoming Dates:

Deadline for early membership renewal, May 17^th

Icebreaker Social, May 17^th

Tea Cup Race, May 24^th

Hi everyone summer is almost here and your new executive is up and running and have put together a busy schedule of events for the summer. Many thanks to all who participated in our Annual Business Meeting on March 27^th, 2008. Your new executive for the 2008 season is:

Stewart Anderson - Treasurer

Kevin Booth

Chris Boutcher – Rear Commodore Racing

Rod Boychuk

Rob Eby - Commodore

Sharon Flood – Secretary

Jeff Greene – Past President

Nicole Kirouac Luke

Ann Peikoff

Paul Van Gils - Safety

Bill Whitehead – Cruise Week

You will notice that we have a few executive members with no specific titles detailed beside their names; one of the things that we want to accomplish this year is to discuss changes to the board to be reflective of the current direction of the yacht club and technology. When that charter of the club was put together many years ago, email and the internet did not exist. As a board we want to examine and propose changes to the executive to be more reflective of today’s needs.

One of the changes the yacht club is planning this year is to focus on more “in harbour” social events vs. on the water events. In this we plan to provide a calendar of events that has wide appeal to all boaters at Northern Harbour and not just sailors. We plan to keep events open to non members. Members of NYC will be able to attend events free of charge for 2 adult members and all children under 12, for non-members and guests we plan to ask for a donation at the door to cover meal and other costs. The donation idea worked well last year for a few events and did not come with the overhead of selling and tracking tickets. We hope by changing the focus of the social side of the club to in harbor events that we can attract a wider range of boaters to join the club.

Schedule:

Thursday May 1 - Executive Meeting

Saturday May 17 - Ice Breaker Social. Music man or band, social-like foods later in evening (no meal)

Saturday May 24 - Tea Cup Race

June 7, 8 - Spring Sea Fever

Friday June 13 - Pizza Night

Friday June 20 - First Day of Summer Party – Hosted by the Hall family, open to all boaters at Northern Harbour

Saturday June 21 - Summer Solstice Pursuit Race to 22 ft Bay

June 28 – July 2 - Warroad Race

Saturday July 12, - Fish Fry

July 19 – Commodore’s Cup Pursuit Race and Queen Island Children’s Treasure Hunt

July 25 – Aug 1 or 4 - Cruise Week - option to stay through the August long weekend for those not going on LOWISA, overnight at Totem on July 30

Friday August 22 - Roti Night

Saturday Aug 23 - Rear Commodore’s Pursuit Race to Witch Bay

Sept 13, 14 - Fall Sea Fever - date tentative pending final date for Manitoba Keelboat Championships

Monday November 10 - Fall Lift and Awards at Mona Lisa Restaurant

http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=northernyachtclub%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Winnipeg

Communication:

Our new website can be found at:

http://northernyachtclub.blogspot.com/

Please bookmark for future reference.

Our primary mode of communication will be via email. Please make sure we have your correct email address (or addresses) and be sure to advise us if you have any changes. We will be sending regular updates and reminders on an ongoing basis to keep everyone apprise of upcoming events and changes. In addition to current members, our distribution list also includes past members and others at the harbour who may have an interest in joining and attending events. If you do not wish to be included please reply to this email indicating such and we will be happy to remove you from the list. If you know of anyone that is new or that may be interested in Northern Yacht Club, please fee free to forward this on.

A link to our calendar event page is now up and running on Google Calendars and can be viewed with the following link:

http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=northernyachtclub%40gmail.com&ctz=America/Winnipeg

Please save and bookmark this link for future reference and updates to the calendar.

Northern Yacht Club Car Pool:

With gas prices on the rise, we thought it might be a good idea to create a weekly car pool list. We will send out a weekly reminder on Wednesdays. If anyone is heading down to the lake by themselves and has room or is looking for a ride, please provide your name and phone number by Wednesday night. We will send out the list to everyone by Thursday so that you can reach out and make arrangements for a ride.

Classified and Announcements:

If you have anything you would like to sell or buy, or have an announcement you would like to make to the general membership, let us know and we will include it in our regular email communications.

Membership Renewals:

The early membership renewal fee is $80 and the deadline has been extended to the Icebreaker Social on May 17^th. Please feel free to drop off a check to any member of the executive prior to or at the event. After May 17^t the regular membership will be $100. We plan to send out a reminder via email with a renewal form prior to the Icebreaker.

Northern Yacht Club Wear:

We have an inventory of Men’s and Ladies Jackets and Vests along with Hats available for purchase on sale. Men’s Jackets are $67, Ladies Jackets $51, Vests $39 and Hats $10. These are available for purchase at the Bowline Yachts Store. Many thanks to Jim and Sharon Flood for offering to store and sell these items for us at no additional cost.

Announcements:

Join Kevin Booth for a get together and a drink to celebrate his retirement after 31 years. Sunday April 27^t at 5:00pm at the King’s Head Pub, 120 King Street. Hors d’oeuvres will be served. There will be no charge, but you may wish to contribute for the appetizers if you wish.