MINUTES OF NORTH COAST OHIO MEETING
Monday, March 6, 2006

The meeting, held at Dimitri's Restaurant, was called to order by President, Greg Glick at 6:35 PM. In attendance were Treasurer, John Vorhies; Directors, Don Emery, Sylvia Chappell, Bill Hunter, Les Demaline, Ray McFarland and Jeremy Goldstein; and Past-President Gil Maringer. Guests included Mary Emery, Lucy Hunter, Cheryl Maringer, Bob McEwen, Jim Bassett, Rose McFarland, and Marilyn Demaline. Secretary, Jack Lynett was excused and Marilyn Demaline agreed to do the minutes.

John Vorhies reported the treasury balance at $10,810.00. As Membership Chairman, John reported that renewed memberships for 2006 is 114. He asked members to review the current list to see if any of the non-renewals should be contacted one more time. Letters will be sent to 8 new members from our area who joined ACBS to encourage them to join NCO as their local chapter.

An updated report for the in-water boat display at Conneaut on Lake Erie was given by John Vorhies. The Show will be Saturday, July 29 from 10am to 5pm. The Port Authority will host a Pancake Breakfast on Saturday morning and a Charter Captain's Fish Fry for us on Saturday evening. A block of rooms have been reserved in the name of NCO for Friday and Saturday evening at the Day's Inn. In addition to NCO, the LBOA and the Allegheny ACBS Chapter have been contacted to participate. The Port Authority has been busy promoting the event and hav already had radio interviews, and future media coverage and community backing has been assured. There will also be a car show event and we will be provided a tent and tables for our use.

The competition to obtain a Chris Craft kit boat was discussed. At this time we only had one Boy Scout who showed some interest, but he wanted to build the boat with his Dad and then keep the boat. Members did not think this fit the criteria of the program as outlined by Jim Shotwell. Jeremy Goldstein will check with the Sandusky Maritime Museum to see if they would have a group of youngsters interested in doing the project, but he thought that all the classes already set up were for adults. Les will check with the Great Lakes Museum in Vermilion to see if they would have any interest. Greg will need to know the results of these contacts by the end of March to determine if NCO will participate in this Youth Program.

Gil Maringer reported that a group of NCO members met with the Portage Lakes Committee in February to finalize plans for the July 1 Show. Cliff Wolfe will do the posters for the Show.

Plans for the Chautauqua Show on July 22 are well underway. The request for NCO sponsorship will be honored to the extent that our members will give some direction to the committee and the show will receive the ACBS insurance. The chairman will look for local sponsors to help provide a program and pay for the trophies. The committee is currently working on making transom backs to use as trophies for the show winners.

Editor Sylvia Chappell is beginning to collect articles for the April issue of The Beacon. She requests contributions from all members. Once the articles, photos, ads, etc. are ready for publication, she will contact Dan White who will prepare the issue for printing.
Jack Lynett will do an article on the presence of NCO members at the Mt. Dora Boat Show in Florida. To date, the following members expect to join Jack and Sy Lynett at Mt. Dora; Ray McFarland, Cliff Wolfe, John and Nancy Herwick, Bud and Ginger Long, Walt and Kathy Stashkiw, Eric and Julie West and Les and Marilyn Demaline.

Following a suggestion made by Gil Maringer and a motion by Bill Hunter, seconded by Ray McFarland, the Board voted to plan a visit to the Warther Museum in Dover, Ohio on Saturday, April 29. It was felt that the outstanding wood carvings on display would be appreciated by our members. Gil will locate a place for lunch and then prepare a flyer to send out to all members about the event. This will be in lieu of a Spring Workshop.

Les Demaline asked that the Board approve a budget for the I-X Boat Show in 2007. Expenses include $150.00 for parking, $350.00 for an information handout (500 pieces), and $200.00 for miscellaneous booth expense. Bill Hunter moved to approve, seconded by Gil Maringer. Motion passed.

Don Emery reported that due to remodeling, the Edgewater Yacht Club would not be available for the December, 2006 Annual Meeting. The suggestion was made to check with the Turkeyfoot Island Club. Bill Hunter will do so this week and try to confirm if they would have an early December date available.

The next Board meeting was set for Monday, May 8 at Dimitri's at 6:00 PM.

There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Marilyn Demaline

Past minutes

February 6, 2006
January 9, 2006
December 3, 2005
November 7, 2005
October 10, 2005
September 12, 2005
May 2, 2005
April 9, 2005
March 7, 2005
January 3, 2005
December 11, 2004
November 1, 2004
October 4, 2004
May 3, 2004
April 5, 2004
March 3, 2004