ISC Members’ Meeting

3/30/2005 in Room 341, IMU

Read and adopted at the Members’ Meeting of 4/13/05

Meeting called to order by Commodore Schneider at 6:50. 18 persons attending (including Officers Adkins, Clark, Flowers, Steinman, Springsteen, Orzechowski, Huntley, and Schneider).

1. Minutes from the Members’ Meeting of 3/23 were read and adopted.

2. Officers’ Reports:

A. Treasurer, Eric:

Despite not possessing a printer than can print out

Quicken reports, Eric presented a Financial Report to the members en the form of an Excel spread sheet.

(Eric’s report, in the form of an Excel spreadsheet, is appended as an attachment.)

B. Racing Team Co-Captain: Eric:

1. Reporting racing team results from the MCSA regatta at Purdue University, Eric announced that although many were either new to racing, or new to skippering in a race, and although Iowa’s team came in last or second to last, all hands had a good time.

2. The next MCSA regatta is scheduled for Ann Arbor, U. of Michigan on Base Lake this coming weekend—if the ice has melted.

C. Commodore, Lindsey:

1. Lindsey announces that Heather Clark, Membership Officer, will organize events for the Open House.

2. Thank you and a nautical “well done” to all those who turned out for the Boathouse Opening last weekend: Tom Hart, Tom Southard, Karl Friedrichsen, Josh Walderbach, Shaun Cassells, Todd Burzynski, John Huntley, Dave Steinman, Heather Clark, Warren Darling, and Lindsey Schneider.

3. Unfinished business.

Moved (Huntley/Woodworth) that the ISC abandon plans for holding a 40^th reunion celebration, concentrating instead on strengthening the Club locally.

Moved (Flowers / Darling) what was in effect a substitute motion, that the 40^th Reunion Celebration be combined with the Bastille Day celebration. The substitute motion discussed, the question called, the motion passes unanimously.

Commenting on this decision, Jenny reports that

!) Steve Branin and Jayne McQuillan have offered their farm as a place for holding the combined Celebration;

that 2) Jim Torner reminds us that 3 former members of the Club are eager to help organize the celebration, Robin Torner, Ann Robinson, and Ann Stokley (Sunshine); Bea Woodward in Dubuque may also give the planners some guidance from her experience 15 years ago.

that 3) next week, at the Officers’ Meeting, she will announce Committee appointments for organizing the “Iowa Sailing Club’s 40^th Bastille Day Reunion and Celebration”;

and that 4) the event will take place on the weekend of July 16 and 17.

4. New Business.

Moved (Clark/ Woodworth) that the Club establish charge accounts to facilitate purchases. An amendment (moved by Springsteen / Woodworth) that the Faculty Advisor establish the necessary charge accounts annually. The amendment discussed, question called, and it passes unanimously. The main motion called; it also passes unanimously.

There being no further business, Lindsey adjourned the meeting at 7:31.

Respectfully submitted, John Huntley, Secretary