Commodore Bill Brock opened the regularly scheduled meeting at the Nashua Country Club, Nashua, NH at 11:50 a.m.

ALSO PRESENT: Michael J. Corcoran, Tony DiStefano, Brian McGrail, Terry O’Connor.

I. MINUTES

MOTION 3.07 – Barbara Garland moved, seconded by Terry O’Connor, to approve the minutes of the regularly held meeting at Sailing Specialties in West Mystic, CT on March 31, 2003..

ALL IN FAVOR

II. TREASURER’S REPORT

With the absence of the Treasurer, the Commodore gave the Treasurer’s report. The 2003 ledger shows a balance of $1,882.23 in the M.O.A.N.E. account (as of 10/30/03). The total membership is 70.

MOTION 3.08 – Ed Goodhue moved, seconded by Barbara Garland to accept the Treasurer’s report.

ALL IN FAVOR

REVIEW OF CHANGES IN THE BY-LAWS REGARDING THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The changes in the By-Laws, as presented and approved at the January 25, 2003 meeting, stipulate that all elective officers shall be elected at the last meeting of the calendar year which will be on Saturday December 6, 2003. Nominations shall be solicited at the meeting prior to that last meeting of the year and may be submitted up to the time that the elections are held. The Commodore also said that nominations can also be received by e-mail.

At this point the Commodore asked the group to nominate members for the following offices: Commodore, Vice-Commodore, Rear Commodore, Fleet Captain/Cruise/Race, Treasurer, Secretary, Web Master/Historian, and for two members At-Large.

As no nominations were submitted at this time, the Commodore closed the nominations.

III. RENDEZ-VOUS

SCHEDULE FOR 2004

Barbara Garland reported that she would a tentative schedule for approval at the December meeting and to be voted on at the January 2004 meeting.

MAINE RENDEZ-VOUS

Ed Goodhue requested that consideration be given to having a rendezvous in Maine for a week in early August.

IV. REQUEST FROM THE TRAILER SAILORS

Barbara Garland reported that the Trailer Sailors Organization, which is located in the Great Lakes area, has requested permission to publish the M.O.A.N.E. Rendezvous schedule in their newsletter..

MOTION 3.09 – Motion was moved and seconded to grant permission as requested.

ALL IN FAVOR

V. WEB PAGES

Barbara Garland reported on the two web pages that M.O.A.N.E. supports i.e. moane.com and ne-ts.com. Rick Dieffenbach, the new Web Master, recommended that ne-ts.com be renewed for a five-year period. Rick estimated that the cost would be around $150.00.

MOTION 3.10 – A motion was made by Terry O’Connor, seconded by Barbara Garland, to budget the sum of $200.00.

ALL IN FAVOR

VI. DISCUSSION ABOUT THE INTERNET

Mike Corcoran discussed the possibility of setting up some kind of a forum, possibly a bulletin board, to alert the members concerning unscheduled rendezvous. Members could put up a notice as to where they are going to sail and when they would be sailing. Tony DiStefano added that it might be possible to have a Yahoo link.

MOTION 3.11 - Mike Corcoran moved, seconded by Tony DiStefano, to establish a forum and provide funds for its support.

ALL IN FAVOR

Barbara Garland said that she would contact Rick on the matter.

VII. ADJOURNMENT

MOTION 3.12 – Mike Corcoran moved, seconded by Barbara Garland, to adjourn the meeting.

ALL IN FAVOR

The Commodore closed the meeting at 1:45 p.m.

SECRETARY’S COMMENTS

We learned, belatedly, that there is a dress code for those using the facilities of the Nashua Country Club. All shirts must have collars and no jeans are allowed at the club.

There were eight members in attendance representing eight sailboats. The breakdown is as follows:

M26X - 2
M26C - 4
Contessa 26 - 1
S2 7.3 - 1

There were members in attendance from NH, MA and NY states.

Respectfully Submitted

John J. O’Connor, Secretary