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Dear LYC Members:

First there are a couple of items that were not completed last year during the construction period and a couple of thank you to members.

1. Currently the landscaping committee has been meeting and has several landscaping designs for the outside at LYC.

2. We are also getting proposals for furniture for the new deck and bar. There are some newly completed additions in bar and kitchen. Thank you to Rob and Abby Ruhlman, they have added some color to the bar by re-hanging the burgees from other yacht clubs along the soffit. We also have addi-tional china place settings, a stainless steel kitchen utensil rack and additional stainless steel shelving in the kitchen thanks to Emory Wolf.

As a reminder please be sure that you have transmitted a current Certificate of Insurance to Cindy in the LYC office prior to this springs boat launch. And I hope to see you at the club.

Sincerely,

Mark Carrabine,

Commodore

Commodore’s Letter

Volume 87 , I ssue 3

March 1, 2017

The Official Publication of Lakeside Yacht Club 4851 North Marginal Road Cleveland, Ohio 44114 www.lakesideyachtclub.com

NOTICE TO MARINERS

Commodore’s Letter 1

Monthly Events 2

Weekend Specials 3

Commodore Cont. 8

Easter Buffet 9

Cooking Class 10

Ruhlman Cup 11

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

March Birthday’s

3rd Lynn Kuczmarski

4th

Lisa Berris

5th Michele Vorlicek

6th

Mary Cay McConnell

8th Ron Kuczmarski

Kathleen McConnell Abby Ruhlman

Continued on Pg. 5

Day Office Dining Room Lunch Dining Room

Dinner

Bar Drinks/

Bar Food Service

Monday 10am-5pm Closed Closed Closed

Tuesday 9am-5pm 11am-2pm 5pm-9pm 11am-10pm/

11am-9pm

Wednesday 9am-5pm 11am-2pm 5pm-9pm 11am-10pm/

11am-9pm

Thursday 9am-5pm 11am-2pm 5pm-9pm 11am-10pm/

11am-9pm

Friday 9am-5pm 11am-2pm 5pm-9:30pm 11am-11pm/

11am-9:30pm

Saturday 9am-5pm 11am-5pm 5pm-9:30pm 11am-11pm/

11am-9:30pm

Sunday

Closed

Closed Closed Closed

The Official Publication of Lakeside Yacht Club 4851 North Marginal Road Cleveland, Ohio 44114 www.lakesideyachtclub.com

Special Events in March

Every Tuesday $1.50 Beef Tacos 5-9pm Every Thursday Prime Rib Dinner 5-9pm 7th Board meeting 6pm 17th St Patty’s Day specials 9am-12pm Kegs & Eggs 18th Kids Movie Night 7pm-9pm 25th Comedy Night 7-9pm 31st Pasta Bar 6-9pm reservations recommended

March Hours Of Operation

Lakeside Yacht Club is offering to all of the members this year, that if a child of any member wants to join the club as either a Social, Junior or Senior member the initiation fee would be waived during the club’s fiscal year of 2017. If you’re interested in taking advantage of this special please contact the LYC office at 216-432-3270.

Did you Know?

Taco Tuesday every Tuesday in March Traditional Taco – Beef $1.50 or Chicken $1.50 5-9pm

Every last Friday of the month

Pasta Bar $19.95

With your choice of three kinds of pasta: penne, Angel Hair, or spaghetti, choice of sauces:

marinara, Alfredo, garlic and oil, or pesto and your choice of toppings: Beef, chicken, meatballs,

Italian sausage, scallops, shrimp, mussels, mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, artichokes, green

and red peppers and Lasagna.

The Official Publication of Lakeside Yacht Club

St. Patrick’s Day March 17, 2017

Kegs & Eggs

9am-12pm

$13 a person All you can eat and drink buffet ++ 18% Gratuity & 8% tax

Scrambled Eggs

Home-fries

Bacon

Sausage

Cornbeef Hash

Green Bud Light Draft



TBD

Book Club Meeting April 5th at 6pm

LYC Readers

Please join us for some

socialization, book discussions and

lots of fun! LYC Book Club meets the

first Wednesday of each month at 6:00

p.m. except for the month of September

ALL ARE WELCOME!

You are encouraged to read the book

selection for the month but you can

always join us and listen to what

others have to say. It may perk your

interest and you'll read the book.

March Birthday’s Continued

9th Maryann Smith

12th

Martin Jones

13th Brandon Balozs

15th P/C Terry Donovan

16th

Pat Ovark

18th Bill Berris

Brian Mulqueen Raleigh Snow

19th

Sidor Hadgis

20th Nancy Kopf

Mark Schwartz

22nd Sandy Schwartz

24th

Mary Ellen Nickels Chip Ramsey

25th

Ron Gerome

26th Judy Elk

Jim Priest Janet Stern

30th

Dianne Hunt Janet Thompson

31st


Every Thursday through the month of April

Free Money & Prime Rib Night 5-9pm

Free Money drawing takes place between 7:00 & 9:00pm

You have to be present to win! If lucky Member is not present, the

pot rolls over to the next week.

The pot will start off with $20 and will increase every week by $20 if no one wins. It’s

currently at $160 for this Thursday March 9th


Kid's Movie Night Saturday March 18, 2017

7pm

Popcorn Bar $4 per child M&M's, Chocolate chips, Reese's pieces, butter flavor, cheddar flavor, caramel fla-

vor, cool ranch flavor, gummy bears, marshmallows, nerds and lucky charms. The Movie will be the Good Dinosaur


Upcoming Events in April!

Book Club Wednesday April 5, 2017 6pm

Game Night/LCR Tournament April 8, 2017

7-10pm

General Membership meeting Tuesday April 11, 2017

Easter Brunch 11am-2:30pm Sunday

April 16, 2017

Tax Day Dinner 10.99 N.Y. Strip dinner 5-9pm Tuesday April 18, 2017

Pasta Bar April 28, 2017 6-9pm


Lakeside Yacht Club’s Ruhlman Cup Regatta is teaming up this year with Rainbow Babies and

Children’s Hospital.

We invite you to join us in supporting this event July 7th through the 9th. Your support of the Ruhlman

Cup Regatta furthers the hospital’s mission in providing the highest quality, family-centered care to

children and families in our community.

We are looking for donations and sponsors for this event. Donations may include a bottle of wine with a

value of at least $10 for the wine raffle and all donations are tax deductible.


Lakeside Yacht Club Board Meeting Minutes

For the February 7, 2017 Meeting

The meeting was called to order at 17:58 by Commodore Carrabine.

The following board members were present at this meeting. Several members joined the meeting via phone (Sparano, Lovinger, Kubik). They did not respond when roll was called, but were present for the meeting discussion.

Commodore Carrabine – Requested the appointment of Nico Cottone to fill the remaining term of the Trustee position vacated by Szabo (elected to Rear Commodore). A motion was made by Carrabine, Marquiss se-conded. Approved by vote.

Nico Condone joined the meeting as a new Trustee. Welcome Nico!

Secretary Marquiss called for the any corrections and or additions to the last board meeting notes (November 1, 2016). A meeting did not occur, no minutes to approve.

Correspondence – There were a number of items related to membership. They will be discussed here and

carried in the Membership report.

Flag Officers: Attendance when roll called

Commodore Mark Carrabine Yes

Vice Commodore Rob Ruhlman No

Rear Commodore John Szabo Yes

Treasurer David Hunt Yes

Secretary Garry Marquiss Yes

Fleet Captain Greg Vittardi No

Fleet Surgeon Jim Kubik No

Past Commodore David Black No

Trustees: Emory Wolf Yes

Mike Cunningham Yes

John Sparano No

Dan Lovinger No

Nancy Keene Yes

Scott Ginsburg Yes

Jamie Bevins Yes

Open


Mark Shapiro, Senior member, asked to place in abeyance. His boat was damaged. Ap-proved by vote.

Linda Graham, Senior member, asked to go into abeyance. She has sold her boat and eval-uating options. Approved by vote.

Bryan Inithair is resigning his Social membership. Approved by vote Lynn Barley is resigning his Social membership. Approved by vote. Barbara Ruhlman is resigning her Social membership. Approved by vote.

Commodore Carrabine requested that an honorary membership be extended to Ruhlman due to her longevity with the club. All agreed. Larry to communicate.

Treasurers Report (Hunt) – Report attached. Positive news, the club came out of the unusual year very well. Membership can be improved (more members needed), we did better than the prior but not to plan.

Cash balances were $275K at year end. The member bond fund was $155K of this amount.

Club is in good financial condition – after the tough year of construction.

Question:

Are we going to address how to get new members – what are we going to do? Jim Kubik identified that there were 35 people that were at the boat show that expressed an interest. Discussion to be tabled until the Membership section.

A motion was made by Szabo and seconded by Emory to accept the report. Approved by vote.

Manager’s Report (Orlowski) – Report attached. There were positive signs in the end of the year. November and December sales year over year (2016 to 2015) were roughly $23K better - $60.6K in 2015 versus $83.5 in 2016.

We continue to work through the transition to the new operating system from the old one. We will review security for the member only access site once the system is stable and fully functional.

Parties continue to be a good revenue source. The kitchen and bar were changed and remodeled during the shutdown. We have good

work flow and better management of the areas. The January boat show was a big success – 3 membership applications are already in pro-

cess with the remaining 32 being called for appointments. We will not be holding a large party for membership and instead will be setting up board meetings with the indi-viduals.

Question: What is happening with the 32 people that are interested (prior comment from above)?

Need to make contact and get appointments. Larry to handle meetings and will set up quickly. An email will be sent to ask board members to participate – please respond quickly to be included.


Harbor Masters Report – No Report. Carrabine, discussed the job description and work that has been done by Marquiss, Cunningham, Vittardi and Carrabine to get the appropriate training for the Harbormaster dock hands.

There was discussion on the projects and the direction that we are taking. Due to the nature of the dis-cussion notes were suspended. Please connect with the Commodore with any questions.

Fleet Captain (Vittardi) – No Report

Committee Reports (Following)

Membership Report (Kubik) – Report Attached. Jim indicated that we have applications are pend-ing for 3 new members. Each are going through the process, only one can be voted on today.

We will be posting application electronically – and vote as the process is set. Marquiss will handle the communication process.

Comments:

It is nice to see the club vibrant on Thursday and Pasta night – the club will show well and with the people in the club present a compelling picture to a new member. Ask them to come during that time.

Now is the time to get these people in as they are paying for dock fees in other clubs. Since we have waited, are we potentially losing opportunities? Let’s get these people in now. Larry to handle.

What are we going to set up to get new members – how do we create awareness. What are we do-ing to get these members?

Jamie and Nicco are now part of the membership team and will work with Kubik to answer the questions and assist in bringing in new members. Larry will set the meeting.

Finance Committee (Hunt) – Report attached. Mostly personnel issues discussed in the committee. The club remains in good shape.

House and Grounds Report (Cunningham) – Reviewing landscaping proposals for the spring, 2 quotes with a 3rd on the way. In the near future will be the target to be completed – before the season.

Concrete is being looked at for the edge of the deck for south deck to the south wall. New drain tile was installed for the front of the building to help manage water run off toward the

building. The new drain tile appears to be working well. There is a new leak in the front of the building around the windows that needs repaired. The con-

struction company has been called. Erosion by the gas house needs to be addressed, the extra concrete from the South wall project can

be added to fix the issue. Walter Span – looking at how to tie in the West Wall and railing. More to follow on this project. The repair for the front gate for the remote entry – in process to review a new entry method. Furniture – we need, when do we order? Cunningham in charge. Hunt expressed the interest to

order the furniture now. Landscaping, furniture, and security system. Refer to the budget for the breakdown for the various pieces.

A sub-committee was created to assist in this project. Bevins and Condone will help to get bids and present them to the board.


Docks (Vittardi) – No Report

5 Year Planning (Ginsburg) – No Report

Regatta and Sailing Fleet (Ruhlman) – Report attached. Rainbow Babies is the fundraiser for the Regatta in 2017. The date for the Regatta is ***July 2017

Rules (Szabo) – Attached. A full 42 page document representing the Constitution and Rules were disseminated. So far, comments have been received and they are very good.

Comments:

Gratitude for the work that is done. Thank you. Need any board comments by early next week. Marquiss to send out a reminder. Domestic partner discussion – offers the same status as the spouse? The domestic partner is

renewed annually, so the provision to offer them the same treatment as a spouse is not necessary. Szabo will review and place it into the document.

Assistant treasurer – needed due to the complexity of the position and to maintain the conti-nuity of the club.

Good idea for only one person to sign checks – double signature checks are not a norm and not recognized by the banking system.

Are their methods in place to monitor and manage the checks and money? Discussion - yes What is the difference between the club officers and board of directors? Addressed, the

board are the officers. There was a fair amount of discussion on various sections and how they will impact the

club, the membership and staff. The goal is to present this to the membership in April. Should there be a smoking area where smoking is allowed – versus the current policy.

Make a suggestion. All comments to John by early next week.

The process - send a note to Szabo – and it will be addressed.

Grievance (Szabo) – No Report

Restaurant and Bar (Lovinger) – No Report. The board needs to be aware that Antwone is going to have a second knee surgery. Modifications to the kitchen will be made to accommo-date the injury and keep the kitchen running. Someone has been hired to take care of the kitch-en, new staff during this time of recuperation.

Entertainment Committee (Wolf) – No Report

Community Outreach committee (Sparano) – No Report

Officers Comments (Carrabine) – No comments

Unfinished Business (Carrabine) – None

New Business (Carrabine) –

Marquiss, described the day to clean up. A project plan and day to clean up the club will be posted. Fix the place up for the summer. More to follow.

House and grounds may be overwhelmed by the furniture. See note in that section for reso-lution.

Meeting Adjourned – Marquiss motioned and Ginsburg seconded the motion to adjourn at 19:20. Approved by vote.

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