February, 2012
First, many thanks to last year’s Officers, Board of Directors and all of those club members who volunteered during 2011 to make the year one of our best. We held fun tournaments, and new and different social activities. Our general meetings were open to the public and we had great attendance at our “docktail” parties and gained new members. We hosted two entirely new general meeting formats. The BOD decided in our difficult economic times the Club needed to focus on supporting our local marine industry. So in September we had our first “Charter Mania” to support the local charter fishing fleet. It was a huge success with over 250 in attendance. Feedback from the charter owners and captains was very positive with requests for us to host another Charter Mania in 2012. We also held a joint general meeting with the Corinthian Yacht Club at their facility. Experimenting with new venues has added new interest in the club. From each of our tournaments we learned something new: Ladies - how to spoil them; Small Boat - try a new venue with new sponsors; Junior - weathered out; Members - cooking our own fish was a blast for all and finally our Light Tackle - the most financially successful in many years.
Our achievements can only be accomplished with the generous support of our sponsors. For this, we all thank them. They are listed throughout this directory and we encourage all members to support their businesses.
Our challenge to each member, director and officer for 2012 is to help the club grow our membership and tournaments while maintaining our culture of family fun and well-run tournaments. For 2012, a professional event planner will supplement efforts of our tournament committees. The cost of this service has been underwritten by several members. Co-chairs of all 5 tournaments are hard at work. The challenge the Board and Officers has set for ourselves is for 2012 to generate income that will exceed our expenses by $20,000.
We encourage all members to get involved in our tournaments, docktail parties, and general meetings. Send in your stories and photos for our web site, and please give us your feedback. Bring your friends to the public events as potential new members! The club belongs to all of you and I encourage all of you to be involved.
Sincerely,
Dave Powell
