Attendees: Marie Cofrode, Alan Canonico, Diana Herres, Cathy Linhart, Charlie Rossi, Debbie Rossi, Tony Murfin

Minutes of the South Venice Yacht Club Board of Directors

December 10, 2013

Attendees: Marie Cofrode, Alan Canonico, Diana Herres, Cathy Linhart, Charlie Rossi, Debbie Rossi, Tony Murfin
The meeting was brought to order at 5:09 pm.
Cathy Linhart read the minutes of the November 12 meeting which were accepted as read.
Tony Murfin gave the Treasurer’s report; we need more members coming to the dances. We also need to encourage people to send in their dues. Bottom line is that we are about where we should be. After the election, the Treasurer and Commodore need to work on a budget for next year. Even Keels will be donating $3000 to SVYC and spend $495 on new card tables. Cathy suggested that the estimated contribution from Even Keels should be $3000 and then if they can donate more, they will.
Charlie asked about the expenses over the summer. We talked about not needing a telephone. Can we get a less expensive service from Verizon? Tony will look into this. We have an insurance inspection at 3 pm on Wednesday afternoon. Cathy will sign off the invoice for the fire inspection and leave it in an envelope for Tony on the counter. This is for the fire suppression system on the hood. The beverage raffle in November was zero because we raffled a basket that went into the building fund. Tony’s report was accepted.
Nancy and Bob Jaderan have resigned. Calvin and Marilyn Bumpus have resigned.
Pat Dunlap has agreed to take Sunshine and Gary Miller has agreed to take the Rear Commodore position.
Vice Commodore – year end accomplishments will be read at the general meeting. Other officers should also report at the general meeting. Sherry Johnson approached Debbie if someone is interested, let them come to a dinner dance for free. The board decided this is not feasible.
Diana asked about the maximum number of people that we can seat, and the answer was 124. We have 180 chairs. We have twelve 8 top tables and one 10 top table, not counting the salad bar tables.
Cathy will send a copy of the flyer for New Year’s Eve to all the members.
Marie wrote a personal note to each of the people who rented tables at the Even Keels Craft Bazaar and invited them to participate next year.
The decorating went very well on Sunday, December 8 and people enjoyed participating. Debbie and Charlie provided refreshments.
Diana said we have 72 people for this Saturday. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Alan will remove the tables that are not needed for the Christmas Dinner Dance.
Charlie would like to get a bid on 1-1/2 air conditioning units and freeze that money in the Treasury. Tony asked Bruce to make a budget for maintenance for next year. One of the things to do would be to get prices for air conditioners; Charlie will try to get bids before he leaves office. Charlie donated a 10’ x 20’ canopy and a couple of picnic tables. Charlie would like to have little free events outside and use the grill. Tony said they will discuss within the building committee what they plan to do and present their suggestion to the board.
Tony reported that the building committee met twice and there were a couple of proposals. Tony asked people to cost those proposals. There will be another meeting of the building committee. We may lose some parking. Charlie said the storage shed can be moved and the wooden shed can be torn down.
Alan made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Charlie seconded it. The meeting was adjourned at 6:29 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Cathy Linhart