Moane Minutes of February 18, 2001

MOANE METING - FEBRUARY 18, 2001

                 Savin Yacht Club - Quincy, MA

Commodore Hal Streeter opened the meting at 11:45 a.m.

OFFICERS PRESENT                                OFFICERS ABSENT

Hal Streeter, Commodore                 Bruce Foshay, Rear Commodore
Bill Brock, Vice Commodore              Barbara Garland, Cruise Captain
Jeanne Brock, Treasurer                 Roger Garland, Jib-on-Line Editor
Chuck Crosbie, Member at Large          Pam Foshay, Member at Large

Also Present: Karl Ackerman, Bob Chase, Linda Chase, Chuck Crosbie,
Paula Crosbie, Charles Kerwin, Sara Hamilton, Mary Moran, Terry O;Connor,
Bob Smith, Barbara Smith, Tom Warneke.



I.                MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 28, 2001 MEETING

MOTION 3

Bob Chase moved, seconded by Tom Warneke, to approve the minutes as
amended.

a) Under March Meeting at Mystic,CT, the first sentence is removed and
replaced with the following: "Bruce and Pam Foshay will make
arrangements to hold the March meeting at Sailing Specialties in
Mystic."

b) Under the heading Rendez-Vous for 2001, the Lake Winnipesaukee
rendez-vous will be coordinated by Hal Streeter instead of Bob Chase.

                            ALL IN FAVOR


II.                       TREASURER'S REPORT

Jeanne Brock read the Treasurer's report.  She reported a balance in the
Treasury as of February 18, 2001 of $1,196.52.

MOTION 4

Bill Brock moved, seconded by Linda Chase, to accept the Treasurer's
report as presented.

                             ALL IN FAVOR

                              Discussion

The Treasurer reported new members as follows:

Jack and Raini Chadowitz, Sharon, MA - Venture 22
Vern and Suzanne Maine, Nashua, NH - Venture 21

Regarding new members, Jeanne asked the group what they thought about
contacting them, acknowledging the receipt of their dues, welcoming them
to the association and asking them to submit information and/or articles
for the web page.  The idea was met very positively from the group and a
suggestion was made to include renewing members also.

MOTION 5

The commodore called for a motion to authorize the Treasurer to
implement her plan and use e-mail or, if necessary, hard copy.  It was
so moved by Mary Moran and seconded by Paula Crosbie.

                           ALL IN FAVOR


III.                                    RENDEZ-VOUS FOR 2001

AREA            DATE           COORDINATOR             COMMENTS

Winnepisaukee   May 19-20      Hall Streeter       Hal will contact the Marina                                                              
Cuttyhunk       June           Ed Goodhue                      
Lake Champlain  June 30-July 8  The Foshays             
Allen Harbor,RI June            The Garlands            
Boston Harbor   August          Kevin Sherman
Portland, ME    August          Chuck Crosbie
Portsmouth, NH  August          The Brocks
Pleasant Bay
Cape Cod        -                        Hal will discuss this with John Worgan

Penobscot Bay,  Aug 25 or  Sept 9  The Wykoffs

Chesapeake Bay, September 25    -        Would coincide with the boat show 


IV.                                    BOAT U.S. COORDINATOR

It was decided to have Richard Clough continue to represent MOANE at
Boat U.S. 

V.                         APRIL MEETING

The April meeting will be held at the Nashua Country Club on April 21. 
Commodore Streeter will contact the club to make sure that date is
open.  It is planned to invite Mr.Jones back to give his presentation on
lighthouses.  

In case Mr. Jones is not available, the Secretary has a new tape
produced by Jeff Stagg on rigging his M26X in something like eleven
minutes that could be shown.  The tape has much of interest about
sailing.


                           ADJOURNMENT

MOTION 6

The Commodore called for a motion to adjourn and it was so moved by Karl
Ackerman and seconded by Tom Warneke.

                           ALL IN FAVOR

The meeting was adjourned at 2:45 p.m.

Respectfully submitted

John J. O'Connor