M.O.A.N.E MEETING - JANUARY 12, 2002 Commodore Hal Streeter opened the meeting at 11:48 a.m. at the Nashua Country Club, Nashua, NH. OFFICERS PRESENT OFFICERS ABSENT Hal Streeter, Commodore None Bill Brock, Vice-Commodore Bruce Foshay, Rear Commodore Jeanne Brock, Treasurer Barbara Garland, Cruise Captain/Fleet/Race Roger Garland, Jib-on-Line Editor/Historian Pam Foshay, At-Large Chuck Crosby, At-Large ALSO PRESENT - Loyd Dussault, Ed Goodhue, Ted Goodhue, David Jenkins, Susan Jenkins, Terry O'Connor, Stephen Pierce, Tom Warneke, Sean Warneke. I. MINUTES MOTION 2.02 - The Secretary requested approval for the minutes of January 5, 2002 and October 26, 2001 meetings and it was so moved by Bruce Foshay, seconded by Roger Garland. ALL IN FAVOR II. TREASURER'S REPORT - JEANNE BROCK The Treasurer reported that the balanced in the treasury stands at $1,154.00 with 67 paid members registered. A discussion took place regarding raising the membership dues but the consensus was that they be left at $10.00. MOTION 3.02 - Bruce Foshay moved, seconded by Barbara Garland to accept the Treasurer's Report. ALL IN FAVOR III. ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 2002 The slate of officers nominated by the Board were presented to the membership for election: COMMODORE MOTION 4.02 - Bruce Foshay, moved, seconded by Bill Brock, to elect Hal Streeter as Commodore. ALL IN FAVOR VICE-COMMODORE MOTION 5.02 - Loyd Dussault moved, seconded by Pam Foshay, to elect Bill Brock as Vice-Commodore. ALL IN FAVOR REAR COMMODORE MOTION 6.02 - Roger Garland moved, seconded by Pam Foshay, to elect Chuck Crosby as Rear Commodore. ALL IN FAVOR TREASURER MOTION 7.02 - Terry O'Connor moved, seconded by Roger Garland to elect Jeanne Brock as Treasurer. ALL IN FAVOR SECRETARY MOTION 8.02 - Terry O'Connor moved, seconded by Barbara Garland, to elect John O'Connor as Secretary. ALL IN FAVOR CRUISE CAPTAIN/FLEET/RACE MOTION 9.02 - Bruce Foshay moved, seconded by Bill Brock, to elect Barbara Garland as Cruise Captain/Fleet/Race. ALL IN FAVOR JIB-ON-LINE EDITOR/HISTORIAN MOTION 10.02 - Bruce Foshay moved, seconded by Tom Warneke, to elect Roger Garland as Jib-on-Line Editor/Historian. ALL IN FAVOR MEMBERS -AT-LARGE The Commodore asked for nominations from the floor to elect two At-Large members. MOTION 11.02 - Loyd Dussault moved, seconded by Barbara Garland, to elect Ed Goodhue as one of the At-Large members. ALL IN FAVOR MOTION 12.02 - Pam Foshay moved, seconded by Tom Warneke, to elect David Jenkins as the other member At-Large. ALL IN FAVOR IV. RENDEZ-VOUS FOR 2002 Barbara Garland reported the following schedule for 2002: May 17-19 LakeWinnipesaukee, NH June 7-9 Allen Harbor, RI June 29-July 7 Lake Champlain, VT July 19-21 Open August 2-4 Casco Bay, ME August 23-25 Boston Harbor, MA September 6-8 Cuttyhunk, MA/Martha's Vineyard V. LAND-BASED MEETINGS COMING UP February 17, 2001: Savin Hill Yacht Club, Quincy, MA - Tom Warneke will be in charge and members planning to attend can notify him by e-mail. Speaker for the meeting will be Bill Brock who will give a presentation on the use of computers in sailing. March 16, 2002 - Sailing Specialties in West Mystic, CT. Bruce Foshay will contact Mr. McLeod to make arrangements. The April meeting will be held at the Nashua Country Club, Nashua, NH with a presentation on lighthouses by Mr. Jones. VI. PURCHASE OF A CHART HOLDER MOTION 13.02 - The Commodore called for a motion to provide funds from the Treasury to purchase a chart holder. Estimated cost: $90.00 to 120.00 as agreed upon at the January 6, 2002 meeting. It was so moved by Barbara Garland, seconded by Loyd Dussault. ALL IN FAVOR VII. BURGEES A discussion took place about what happened to the burgees that officers in the club are authorized to fly on their boats. MOTION 14.02 - Bruce Foshay moved, seconded by Bill Brock, to request the club members who have possession of burgees, but who are not now officers, to bring them to the next meeting. ALL IN FAVOR VIII. WEB SITE 1. Name Change. A discussion took place about the M.O.A.N.E. Web site whether it would be advisable to change the name to make it more inclusive, i.e. to attract other sailors with non-Macgregor boats. The by-laws, however, specifically state that owners of non-Macgregor boats can join even though the name might be interpreted to mean otherwise. However, Steve Pierce mentioned that not all Macgregor owners are aware of M.O.A.N.E. He said that he owned a Macgregor boat for seven years before he even heard of M.O.A.N.E. The consensus of the membership was to retain the name M.O.A.N.E. and the issue was dropped. 2. New Web site. Roger Garland proposed that he would be willing to establish another web site directed towards non-Macgregor owners. He will research it out to see if an URL would be free. Otherwise, there would be a charge to set it up. MOTION 15.02 - Bruce Foshay moved, seconded by Chuck Crosby, to give Roger Garland the go-ahead to set up another web site. ALL IN FAVOR The URL for the new site will be ne-ts.com 3. Additions to the Public Domain. A discussion took place regarding the transfer of the ramp section, the minutes of the meetings and the roster of members from the private domain to the public domain on the M.O.A.N.E. web site. MOTION 16.02 - Bruce Foshay moved, seconded by Ed Goodhue, to transfer the previously stated items from the private to the public domain. ALL IN FAVOR ADJOURNMENT MOTION 17.02 - Bruce Foshay moved, seconded by Roger Garland to adjourn the meeting. ALL IN FAVOR Commodore Streeter adjourned the meeting at 2:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted John J. O'Connor, Secretary