MINUTES OF NORTH COAST OHIO MEETING
Monday, April 5, 2004

The meeting was called to order at 6:55 PM by Jack Lynett at Dimitri's Restaurant on Snow Road in Parma. Present for the meeting was Vice-President, Dennis Naylon and Secretary, Marilyn Demaline; Directors, Les Demaline, Bud Long, Bill Hunter, Cliff Wolff, Don Emery, and Ray McFarland; and members Eric West, Dan White, Greg Glick Sy Lynett, and Mary Emery.

There was a correction to the minutes of the March 8, 2004 meeting. The minutes failed to mention that Cliff Wolff will have the Chapter logo redrawn by Tom Ott. This will provide the club with a clean, sharp version of the logo for future use on the web site as well as for other printing needs. The minutes were approved as corrected.

In the absence of John Vorhies, Treasurer, Gil Maringer reported that there was no significant change in the treasury balance as there had been little activity in the past month.

Committee and Director Reports:

Dennis Naylon reported that he has prepared a list of items owned by NCO and their present location.

Jack Lynett announced that he will be sending a notice to NCO members for the June 5 Rendezvous at Turkey Foot Island Club. Included in the mailing will be a notice to the Board Members requesting them to bring a specific food/picnic item to the pot luck. He reminded Board Members that if they were not going to attend the Rendezvouz, it will be their responsibility to either provide the donation as requested or find someone else to bring their donation for the outing. The Vermilion Boat Show flyer will also be included with this mailing.

Les Demaline announced that the Vermilion Boat Show plans were well on their way. He and Cliff Wolff are beginning to solicit advertising for the Show Program. To date Cliff has secured the largest advertising donation of $500.00 from the Sunnyside Porsche-Audi Dealer in Middleburgh Hts. Plans are also under way for a Trade Fair.

While Walt Stashkiw, Chairman of the 4th of July Show at Portage Lakes was unable to be at tonight's meeting, he conveyed through Gil Maringer that plans are well under way and he expects to have some room for displaying antique cars on the day of the show. If any members know of someone who might be interested, please contact Walt.

Gil Maringer announced that he is already receiving applications for the Chautauqua Show. The staff at Holiday Harbor will participate in this event and will help with the show and program.

Cliff Wolff has already ordered posters for the Chautauqua Show and the Vermilion and 4th of July show posters are ready for final approval before printing.

The award for the Most Preserved Antique Boat from ACBS Headquarters was forwarded to Jack Lynett for presentation at an NCO Show. Since this award has already been presented at Vermilion and Chautauqua, the club agreed to give it to Walt Stashkiw to present at the 4th of July Show at Portage Lakes.

The April 24 Workshop at Ray McFarland's in Newton Falls is coming together. A variety of projects will be presented and Ray will rent tables and chairs necessary for this function. Ray has also completed 50 sailboat kits for the Vermilion Show. Kits left from the 2003 show will be used at a Woods and Waters function so the sailboat designs will all be the same for Vermilion.

Dan White announced that the NCO Initial Web Site is now complete. Web address is www.northcoastohio.org. Members may email Dan at dwhite@northcoastohio.org, if they would like to have a free email address to this site. While the Members Only section is password protected, the Discussion Forum, is open to anyone. The Trading Dock will be available to members and we will offer links to commercial sites to companies who advertise in our newsletter and/or show programs. A disclaimer will provide that the links are not endorsements but merely a way to share information. The next issue of the Beacon, scheduled to publish in early summer, will outline the Web Site services to all NCO members.

Members approved the payment of $400.00 to Dan White for development and design of the Web Page. In addition, for Dan agreeing to take over the publication of the newsletter as well as his efforts in establishing the web site, a motion was made and seconded by Bill Hunter and Don Emery to have NCO pay for Dan's ACBS and NCO membership for one year. Motion carried.

Bill Hunter will produce business cards for NCO Officers and Directors. He will need a clean copy of the logo to do this. An attempt will be made to find an original letterhead to use for this purpose. If not available, he will wait for the new logo drawing that is being prepared. In addition, at Jack's request, Les was able to have magnetic name tags made for the officers and directors. These will be available for the May meeting and can be worn at all NCO functions and shows.

ACBS News:

Jack announced that the ACBS Board of Directors approved the purchase of the entire inventory of Bob Speltz books for the price of $25,000.00. The purchase includes all printed books as well as all the printing plates and copyrights so that additional copies can be printed when needed.

The next Quarterly Meeting of ACBS is scheduled for 4/29 through 5/1 in Houston, TX. The meeting will be hosted by the South West Chapter of ACBS and includes the Chapter Round Table Meeting, Quarterly Board of Directors Meeting, a visit to the Johnson Space Center and the Keels and Wheels Annual Boat and Car Show. NCO members Jack and Sy Lynett and Les and Marilyn Demaline will be attending this meeting.

Any NCO member who plans on attending the ACBS Annual Meeting and Boat Show at Lake Lanier, GA in September should contact Denny Naylon. He would like to hear from members that might be interested in traveling together as a group.

New Business:

Gil received a notice from NCO member Bill Gilroy about the Lyman Boat Owners' Ohio River Cruise and Boat Show on June 11-13. This announcement will be included in the Newsletter calendar.

There was some discussion about the article in the current issue of The Brass Bell that addresses the issue with the federal law requiring Hull Identification Numbers (HIN) on all boats built before standardized numbers were required. Ohio has come to the forefront in this issue and is implementing rules that will allow antique boats to display the HIN in locations other than on the transom. There will be a more detailed article in the next newsletter about this matter.

The next meeting will be on Monday, May 3 at 6:00 PM at Dimitri's Restaurant. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM with motions made by Cliff Wolff and Bill Hunter.

Respectfully submitted,

Marilyn Demaline, Secretary

Past minutes

March 3, 2004