Dear all
This year has been hard and difficult for all, with this in mind I hope that you and your family /friends are safe and well.
There have been a few boats on the water making good use of the limited summer and quite good weather, we have been able to get the moorings inspected/repair the pontoon and put into place for your use, however this will be placed back onto the visitors moorings for the winter so we don’t have the same damage from the bad winter weather, while on the subject can I ask all boat owners on club moorings to take them off for the winter until next season please.
There are a few members that have not paid the club this year for either storage of boats or trailers and moorings even membership can you believe! This is a cheap club to be part of so not much to ask! You know who you are, and I ask you to please pay up before more drastic measures need to be taken by the club as it is totally unfair to all the other members.
This year we should be having a general meeting but under the circumstances of covid, I feel it to be unacceptable to ask any of you to turn up even outside.
So this year we will have our AGM in brief by email (reply to all), as I am not prepared to do it any other way, you know the drill, all committee members need to stand down in their roles and be reinstated or new committee members voted on, I will be letting you know sometime in November who will be standing for the post’s, I need to know how many of you wish to participate in the AGM, just give me your name and email address with a yes or apologies.
This year there are three committee members to my knowledge that will be standing down from their roles, these are (membership secretary, treasurer, and Commodore).
I am letting you know this so that you can think about helping in your club and commit to the running of the club. Without people to run it the club will not exist, please consider what you can do to contribute.
Simon as your Treasurer for a long time has been the most honest and efficient person for the job of treasurer, if only we could find another Simon.
Margaret who took over from myself as membership secretary when I became commodore has done a fantastic job and will be missed by her committee.
I myself am having to leave as commodore for personal reasons.
Please consider these positions as without them there is no club for you to enjoy.
Please contact me with nominations or volunteers for any of the committee positions.
I will speak soon by email about the votes the club needs to survive and who is standing for election. I cannot stress enough that without those positions being filled the club cannot exist.
Your Commodore
Colin Haste.
