MINUTES - D.R.Y.L. Meeting
hosted by Red Dragon Canoe Club on
April 1, 2008
OPENING: Meeting called to order @ 8:00pm. President Jusino requested a moment of
silence for Tom Hopely of Red Dragon as well as for John Garlotta’s father. Juice introduced Commodore Bert Redgrave who
welcomed the DRYL and thanked everyone for coming. Commodore Redgrave thanked
the Red Dragon members who helped this evening.
ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS:
All present.
ROLL CALL OF COMMITTEE HEADS/ORGANIZATIONS: All present except Regatta.
ROLL CALL OF CLUBS: 30
clubs present
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Minutes were accepted as published.
OFFICERS & COMMITTEE REPORTS
President: President Jusino thanked everyone for coming
and mentioned the Opening Days that are fast approaching. He thanked PA Yacht Club for the invitation
to the Princess Ball. Bill HR2550 is
dead; new bill to replace it is 2766.
This is for addressing the senate.
Please get letters signed and sent out.
Copies are available at the meeting and on the website. Questionnaires were made available if you
want your club’s restaurant/bar on website.
1st Vice President: John Maloney – Spoke about response from Allison Swartz’s
office and looking for support from Arlen Spector’s office.
2nd Vice President: Butch Gricco – no report.
3rd Vice President: Steve Zielinski – no report.
Secretary: Rick Patton – Sympathy Basket was sent to
John Garlotta. Bill will be presented at
next meeting.
Audit & Budget:
Bill Branchide – nothing new. Will have
something next meeting.
Banquet: Mary Jusino – no report.
Cruise: Bob Grace – Talked about his winter cruise to
Florida. DRYL Cruise starting
7/12-18. Family oriented cruise. 15 openings available. Applications are available on website; $50
deposit will hold your spot. Total cost is still to be determined. Rendezvous
point for cruise will be Bohemia Bay Harbor on July 12 – cruise to Rock Hall
Landing – Mears Marina in Kent Narrows – Sassafrass Harbor Marina. Fuel costs are unknown at this point.
Donations – request
for donation from Art Freidman for Sea Scout Ship 484. Request for $300 is approved.
Fleet Surgeon: Harry
Borgenson – Mentioned cardiology conference in New York – introducing new CPR
procedures (no mouth to mouth). Also discussed two new drugs (statins) that are
now available: zatia and vitorin.
Article about dementia talked about rationing care to these
patients. It all comes down to
costs. Also spoke about SPFs –
Coppertone- and ultraviolet rays. Type A
causes aging and type B causes burning.
Protection factors – 30 prevents 96% of B rays and 60 only gives 2% more
protection. Apply frequently and again
after swimming. There is no protection
from A rays.
Pageant: Toni Nespola – Introduced Queen Leanne and
Princess Ashley. Pageant will be August 9th at the Seaport
Museum. Theme will be Philadelphia
Sports Team Pride. Decorated boat
contest. Docking reservation forms are
available and due July 1. Committee
decided to have a group photo of all princesses to be given to the princesses
instead of the individual button collecting.
Toni distributed list of uniform dress code regulations. Princess packets were distributed. Sunday,
May 18th is the first meeting with princesses, commodores and fleet
captains. Pictures will be taken and all
detailed information will be disseminated.
Second meeting, Monday, June 9 is the interview and public speaking
seminar. Wednesday, August 6 is the
preliminary judging at Cannstaters. Toni
addressed an anonymous e-mail that was sent.
She gave a statement concerning her feelings about this letter and
defended her position on enforcing the rules.
These rules were established long before she was chairperson. Toni’s goal is to help these princesses in any
way she can.
Picnic: Joe Gricco –
September 6th at Riverside.
Theme: “It’s a Pirates Life for Me”. Committee meetings will begin in
April. More information next month.
Public Affairs: Bill
Garwood – Senate Bill 2766 – letters have been sent requesting support. There was an article and picture in the
Inquirer about the aircraft carrier, John F Kennedy, being in
Philadelphia. Bill was in contact with
Inquirer reporter that is interested in knowing about the DRYL and its
events. Bill sent him a yearbook and
plans to stay in contact with him. Concerning LNG, BP continues to look for
places to build a site. There are 8
proposed sites
Regatta: Fred Saunders – no report.
Safe Boating: Frank
Gilbert – Distributed flyers about fire suppression systems.
Shoreline Planning:
Joe Campbell – Cherokee has moved out of Camden and Pennsauken mostly due to
the housing market slowing down. On the
LNG issue, Joe mentioned that it’s good to know that the sites are not being
approved. He feels accidents are
inevitable.
Webmaster: Paul Jusino/Ben Lewitt – no report.
Yearbook: Denise Leo – Final days for ads going into
yearbook. Still do not have pages or ads
from some clubs. Received $3140 for
ads. Yearbooks should be out for May
meeting.
Boater Voter: Joe
Campbell – no report.
CBYCA: Bob Williams – no report.
National Boating Federation (NBF): Bob Williams – Annual meeting will be in April in
Hyanisport.
Bob
spoke on the gray water issue. Urged all
to send letters to senators. Bill will
come to vote within a few months.
NJ Legislation: John Honer – mentioned 15 proposed bills – some from last
year. Specifically A1013 concerning
insurance liability. Insurance must be
at least $100,000 but has to go through a hearing process. This concerns all power vessels and any
vessel over 12 feet…including jet skis.
Much discussion ensued about ways to get insurance possibly through
homeowner’s policy and about the advantages of having insurance. Spoke about the incident at Harbor Light this
past fall and the cost of not having insurance.
Also talked about possibly requiring all boats attending DRYL functions
to provide proof of insurance in order to dock your boat.
Pennsylvania Boating Association - SE (PBA): Bill Garwood – Thanked Pennsylvania YC for hosting last
meeting, which was very well attended.
Also mentioned Power Squadron supports the same issues as the DRYL and
offers boating safety education. Next
PBA meeting will be at Red Dragon on April 25-26 and PBA-SE will meet the third
Saturday at West End YC.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
T-Shirts will be orderd
4/20/08.
Samples were presented for the
DRYL brochure. Suggestions were made for
distribution.
January 2009 DRYL meeting will be
held at Bristol Yacht Club hosted jointly by Bristol YC and Neshaminy Harbor
YC.
Anyone under the age of 57 should
have a boating safety license. Everyone
must have one by next year.
NEW BUSINESS
·
$300
to Sea Scouts Ship 484
·
$700
advance for cruise
·
$300
Pageant expense
·
$78
to President for copies
·
$61.94
to Secretary for supplies
·
Bill
Garwood will contact insurance company for DRYL events and pass on to committee
heads
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Checkbook opening balance
$19,101.87. Mike Kovacs reported income
of $3,280 while Phyllis Blackeby reported disbursements of $1,434.72 resulting
in a checkbook closing balance of $21,947.15. A motion was made, seconded and
approved to pay the bills.
GOOD AND WELFARE
·
Ran-Del Opening Day
Sunday May 4 at FSA @ 1pm
·
Harbor Light Saturday
April 12 – Commodore Installation at Tinnicum Fire House
·
Riverside Opening –
May 2-4th 2pm.
·
West End Ladies
Auxiliary – Adult Puppet Show – April 17th 7pm
·
New Commodore
Bordentown YC, Bill Oreck
·
Bordentown – June 21 –
Return of the Raft Race and Pig Roast
·
Toni Nespola was the
winner of the 50/50 - $70
CLOSING: A motion was made, seconded and approved to
adjourn the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Rick Patton, Secretary