MINUTES OF NCO MEETING
March 8, 2004

Since President Jack Lynett was on vacation, the March meeting of the NCO Board was called to order by Vice-President Dennis Naylon at 6:50 PM. The meeting was held at Dimitri's Restaurant on Snow Road in Parma. In atttendance were Vice-President, Dennis Naylon; Secretary, Marilyn Demaline; Treasurer, John Vorhies; Past-President, Gil Maringer and Board Members Ray McFarland, Walt Stashkiw, Bob McEwen, Don Emery, Cliff Wolfe, Les Demaline and Bud Long. Guests included Rose McFarland, Mary Emery, and new members Dennis Hayes and Dan White.

The minutes of the February meeting were approved as written.

Treasurer, John Vorhies reported a balance of $7850.00. Motion was made and seconded to approve the Treasurer's report.

New members Dennis Hayes and Dan White were introduced. Dan White has agreed to accept the responsibility of publishing the Beacon Newsletter. Dan had been helping Gil Maringer with the newsletter in the past and is familiar with the format. News articles and information can be sent to Dan by e-mail at dan@lorainohio.net. The next issue of the Beacon is scheduled for publication in early June before the show season. Dennis Hayes offered to help with upcoming NCO events. I am sure his services will be welcomed.

Discussion of NCO participation in future I-X Boat Shows was discussed. Les thanked all members who participated in the January show but if we continue to do this event he is hoping to see more boats. Les will continue to take charge of this event and will ask Jim Bassett to help providing this his ACBS/NCO membership is current.

Coming Events:

Flyers for the April 24 Workshop will be mailed to all members in the next week. Members attending will be asked to pay a $5.00 fee which will cover the cost of the lunch. Cliff Wolfe was authorized to spend up to $75.00 for door prizes. Flyers will be sent to the Presidents of the Allegheny and Buckeye Chapters to be circulated among their members.

Plans for the Annual Rendezvouz at Turkeyfoot Island Club on June 5 are set. Jack Lynett, Chairman will be in charge of mailing out the letter for food donations for this event.

Les Demaline, Chairman of the Vermilion Boat Show on June 26 is having the registration forms printed. Cliff is working on the show posters and Les is contacting vendors for program donations. The Admiral Perry Antique Car Club will be participating in this event again this year.

Walt Stashkiw,Chairman of the 4th of July Show at Portage Lakes reported that he had attended a meeting of the Historical Society at Portage Lakes and requested they contribute $350.00 for the July 4th Boat Show if they are to be a co-sponsor of this event. The money will be used for additional awards to be given to show participants. Walt will attend their March meeting to confirm their part in this show. He will be making contacts for sponsors. The show will be at the Harbor Inn from 9:00AM to 2:00 PM.

On June 29th a charity auction will be held at the Turkeyfoot Island Club. While this is not an NCO sanctioned event some of the NCO members who live on Portage Lakes have formed a group of 4 or 5 boats that will offer boat rides as part of the Charity Auction sponsored by Rebuilding Together.

The Chautauqua Lake Show is scheduled for July 17 and 18 in New York. Gil Maringer, Chairman announced that the show flyers are already printed and Cliff Wolfe showed a draft of the Show poster which is being printed for this event. The picture used on the poster was taken by NCO member Don Emery.

Bill Hunter will be coordinating the annual show at the Turkey Foot Island Club on August 21.

Membership Chairman, John Vorhies announced that there are 133 members currently on the NCO roster. There are still some members from northern OHIO who only join the ACBS. He passed out the list and asked members who might know any of those listed to contact them to see if they would agree to join NCO also. John asked if he should continue to reimburse the junior members for their annual dues paid. There are currently 2 junior members. It was moved and seconded by Gil Maringer and Cliff Wolfe that NCO continue to reimburse Junior members the amount of the ACBS and NCO dues until they reach the age of 19. Motion carried.

John Vorhies heartily concurred with the Audit Committee report that was presented at the February meeting. He developed and passed out to the members the new Check Request form. This form will have to be completed and attached to all invoices that are turned into the Treasurer for payment. This will provide a much better system of identifying expenses and will provide good accountability for the club's records.

Les suggested that Event Chairman provide a Profit and Loss Summary for each activity to the Treasurer for accounting purposes.

Ray McFarland had some questions for Les about the design of the keel and rudder for the sail boat kits he is building for the Vermilion contest. Larry Prebis and Cliff Wolfe are assisting Ray with this project.

Dan White presented a viewing of the web page he has been working on for NCO. Members were quite excited with it and quickly discussed all the ways we can use it for communication. Everyone agreed that we should proceed with this project provided that it stays within the budget that was presented to Jack, The final approval will be discussed upon President Jack Lynett's return at the next meeting.

Members were once again reminded about the ACBS Annual Show and Meeting at Lake Lanier, GA in September. It is hoped that several NCO members will attend and Denny Naylon is looking for a way for interested parties to travel together to the show.

There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 8:50 PM. The next meeting was set for Monday, April 5 at Dimitri's Restaurant.

Respectflully submitted,

Marilyn Demaline, Secretary