[C38] Cat 38 dues

[Mark Lewis]

Agree. $25 is a bargain.  Love my new hull #6, and would love an event to
meet other 38 owners and trade pictures and ideas.

 

Mark Lewis

 

From: listserve-bounces at catalina38.org
[mailto:listserve-bounces at catalina38.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Finn
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 2:16 PM
To: Catalina 38 Listserve
Subject: Re: [C38] Cat 38 dues

 

With the Americas Cup trials in 2012 and the big race in 2013 happening in
San Francisco, I propose we organize a C38 event around this.  What we do is
completely up in the air, but given it is San Francisco....  I bet we can
have a great time!  Why don't we start saving and planning for such and
event?
What do all of you think about a gathering around America's Cup?

Regards,
Chuck Finn
Commodore
Catalina 38 International Association


On 2/18/2011 8:03 AM, Steven Ribble wrote: 

I agree with Joe that we have a relatively small surplus at the moment and,
that [we] could use some promotion or other activity to 1) bolster our
membership and/or 2) maintain the perceived value/desirability of [our]
classic yachts.  I specifically use "classic" here because we have we have a
vessel that has widespread visual recognition and timeless, graceful
lines...and as we all know they are well built and will last long into the
future. 

 

I would propose that $25 is affordable and a non-burden, even in this
economy.  Given that, that we should continue at this dues amount at least
for another year and use the year to form a strategy which leverages some
amount of our "surplus" to the benefit of the fleet.  

 

Steve Ribble

Tittravate, #64

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Joseph Launie <jlaunie at cox.net> wrote:

Steve,
    Do not cut the dues. The surplus is relatively small for an organization
like ours. I would suggest the spending of a prudent amount of money on
promotion of the fleet. We could make a list of major boat shows and get
volunteers in the area to man a booth. (Catalina formerly had one that
provided us space free for the Anapolis show I did). We could make up a
poster and flyers. The more members we get - the more our data base of
experiences. There were 366 38's built so our market penetration is still
low. Joe Launie/Macavity

On 2/17/2011 11:22 AM, S Orton wrote: 

Ahoy All,
This is your humble treasurer speaking.  I am soliciting your dues ($25) via
email this year.  For those who joined at mid year and paid full price
($25), please email me so I can give your prorated dues for
2011(ssorton at hotmail.com).  I will wait about 30 days and send out snail
mail reminders to those who didn't respond to the email request.   
 
At present our treasurery stands at $2051.97.  Our annual expenses are $800
to $900 for the MAINSHEET member subscriptions and about $120 for our web
server provider.  The rest goes to promote our beloved boats- like the Cat
38 Nationals, which there is also an entry fee.  We presently have 65
members which five are are Canadian neighbors and one off shore.  So doing
the math (65 x $25 = $1625), we are collecting to much money.  So we need to
get a National's going, maybe in other areas beside the sunny So. Cal or
have regional get-to-gether's, say for 5 or more boats.  These events need
to be planned in advance!  Other wise we need to cut the dues.  Any of you
skippers have suggestions or ideals, if so please speak up??
 
My mailing address is, until May:
 Steve Orton, Cat 38
 29651 Wilhite Ln.
 Valley Center, CA. 92082
 
May thru December:
 10611 SE Cisco Rd.
 Port Orchard, WA. 98367
 
Thanks for your support.
Cheers, Steve    

 

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