MINUTES OF NORTH COAST OHIO MEETING
Monday, November 7, 2005

The meeting at Anthe's Restaurant in Portage Lakes was called to order by President, Jack Lynett at 7:00 PM. Attending tonight's meeting were President, Jack Lynett; Secretary, Marilyn Demaline;Treasurer, John Vorhies; Directors, Les Demaline, Bill Hunter. Gil Maringer, Walt Stashkiw, Bud Long, Larry Prebis, Don Emery, Eric West, John Herwick, Ray McFarland, and Members/Guests Julie West, Greg Glick, Cheryl Maringer, Kathy Stashkiw, Mary Emery, Ginger Long, Nancy Herwick, Lucy Hunter, and Kim Vorhies. A motion was made to accept the minutes of the October meeting by Bill Hunter, seconded by Gil Maringer.

Jack also had the 2006 NCO calendars available for sale at $20.00 each.

Treasurer John Vorhies reported a balance of $9378.00 in the check book. As Membership Chairman, John reported that our current membership remains at 122. John reported that there were several ACBS members in the current Membership Roster who reside in northeast Ohio that had not declared membership in a local chapter. He wrote letters to those members inviting them to consider joining the North Coast Chapter as their local chapter.

Jack reported that the notices had been mailed for the Annual Meeting to be held on December 3 at the Edgewater Yacht Club. The annual awards have been ordered and will be ready to present at the meeting. He has invited the ACBS President, Jeff Rogers and ACBS Director Ted Grulikowski and his wife to be our guests at the annual meeting. The club will pay for their dinners and provide a gift bag to them. There will be no formal program, but Don Emery will set up a video to provide a continuous show of 2005 boating events. Members will donate items for a Silent Auction. Jack reminded President-elect, Greg Glick that he will be able to appoint up to 5 members to serve as Directors-At-Large for the year, 2006. He should also arrange to have 2 members audit the treasurer's books prior to the first meeting in January.

Bill Hunter reported on the Varnish Project he started in May, 2005. He had applied 4 different varnishes to 4 boards and set them up outside to test their exposure to the elements. He recently moved the boards inside for the winter and reported that there was no degradation of gloss to any of the boards at the end of the 1st season. He will return the test boards outside in May, 2006 and continue to monitor.

Les Demaline reported that Jim Bassett will chair the IX Show. He asked members to get in touch with Jim about displaying boats. Once again, NCO members will be asked to volunteer to help chair the booth during the show. Show dates are January 13-22. There may be some Lymans, 2 Chris Craft kit boats, and newly restored Century Coronado available for display. Arrangements will be made to finalize the entries. Jack will see that the NCO banners we purchased last year get to Les for the show.

Gil Maringer reported that letters were sent to 6 contacts at Lake Chautauqua requesting they find a local person to take over this show. Results of this will be reported at a future meeting.

John Vorhies reported that he recently received a letter requesting NCO members to bring their boats to a show at the Port Authority Marina in Conneaut. There was no date given so we will await further information on this show.

The Rendezvouz will be on June 3, subject to availability of Turkey Foot Island Club.

Portage Lakes Show will be on July 1at The Harbor. An awards dinner may be held after the show at Turkey Foot Island Club, if available.

Eric West suggested that NCO form a group to attend the ACBS Annual Show and Meeting at Lake Tahoe in September. This, too, will be discussed at a future meeting.

Following the business meeting a movie of the 1947 Boat Races that were held on Portage Lakes was shown by Bill Hunter. The meeting adjourned at 9:05 PM. Next meeting will be on December 3 at Edgewater Yacht Club.

Respectfully submitted,

Marilyn Demaline, Secretary

Past minutes

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