General Meeting Minutes

Pine River Boat Club

May 18/08

At the Lurgan Beach Clubhouse of the Pine River Boat Club

Attendance: 41 members signed in.

1) Call to order :10:33 am

2) Commodore’s Remarks: Vice Commodore David Hyman in the chair. David explained why he was in the chair. He welcomed the members present and asked new members to identify themselves. He recognized the work of the secretary and introduced the Directors that were present.

3) Minutes of the Previous Meeting & Directors : The minutes of the General meeting of September 2, 2007 and for information the minutes of Directors’ meetings of September 2, 2007, December 17, 2007 and April 27, 2008.

BIRT the minutes of the  September 4, 2005 General meeting be approved

moved  Gordon Cale         seconded John Wood       Carried

The Secretary read a letter of thanks from the Pine River Watershed Initiative Network for a donation. It was noted that next year will be the fiftieth anniversary of the club. Keys were available from the back of the room or in future by arrangement from the Secretary. Extra copies of the newsletter were made available. Some members indicated that they did not have a clubhouse key . Some keys and pennants were distributed. 

4) Treasurer’s Report: In the absence of the Treasurer attention was drawn to the report of the Treasurer in the April Directors’ Minutes. Members were asked if that report would be acceptable.

BIRT the Treasurer’s report  from the April Directors’ Minutes be approved.

Moved  Gordon Cale          Seconded  Dennis Emmerton          Carried

5) Officer’s Reports

BIRT the reports of flag officers be accepted at the call of the chair.

Moved Gordon Cale           Seconded  Dennis Emmerton          Carried

a) Vice Commodore: David Hyman reported on the issue of repair to the wall on the south side. He explained the rationale of the cost and noted that there would be no work this summer.  He was asked how many quotes he had and he said one but the delay would allow for more quotes to be obtained. It was also noted that the cost reflected the length of over 100 feet of bank.

b) Rear Commodore: In the absence of the Rear Commodore Peter Palubiski reported that river conditions look good and there will be no dredge at this time. 

The solar installation is delayed as the contractor is also working with the windmills.  The current lights are operating well.

We are waiting on a contractor for work on the clubhouse.

The channel markers are in and we are waiting for a calm day to find the anchor chain for the Fairway buoy

One sign has been installed by the mouth and another will be installed.

A short discussion concerned wake in the river particularly by jet skis.

c) Fleet Captain: John Wood reported on the decision to hold one party this summer on the Civic Holiday Weekend. It was likely that a ferry may again be available for people to cross the river for the party. Members were encouraged to provide the Fleet Captain with prizes for a raffle.

d) Harbour Masters:

Paul Buttinger, South side, encouraged members to ensure that their dock had their name on it as required by club rules and to assist the harbour masters. He passed around a printout of dock assignments from the web site.

Peter Palubiski, North side, noted he had 3 dock openings. He urged members to try to renew on time or earlier as it helped the harbour masters with assignments. He reported that the river had gone out 4 times this winter and required 2 occasions when large trees were removed from the channel.

A discussion took place about having a dock reserved for the north ramp as was the case on the south ramp.

BIRT the club maintain a dock next each ramp open on both sides for the use of members ramping and staging their boats.

Moved Paul Proudfoot       Seconded Steve Smith      Carried

It was requested that there be a sign on the dock to reserve it for staging boats.

6) New Business:

Right of Way: A member raised concerns with communicating the rules of right of way. He suggested a sign at the river mouth to inform non members. Attention was drawn to the article on right of way in the 2008 newsletter. 

PCOC: A member reminded that meeting that by 2009 all boaters will require a power craft operators certificate and that there was a local testing centre available.

50th Anniversary. David Hyman urged members to provide ideas to make our 50th anniversary memorable. He suggested that there be unique events, a freshened logo.

A moment of silence was held in memory of past members who died in the previous year. Particular note was made of the contributions of Sydney Stricker who had been instrumental in the incorporation of the club, our only female Commodore, for many years Secretary and the North side Harbour Master.

A question was raised on how we honour past members at their passing. The Secretary reported that it was part of his duties. Normally a donation of twenty five dollars was given in the name of the club to a designated charity. In the case of members who had served as Directors something more was arranged.

At the request of a member and with the direction of the meeting the Secretary noted that the Directors were requested to establish a guideline for the recognition of members who had died.

7)  Adjournment

BIRT the meeting Adjourn

Moved  Doug Brown            Seconded   Paul Buttinger   Carried

The meeting adjourned at 11:50 am

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Secretary