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Minutes from the Summer Regional Meeting at Palm Coast Yacht Club on July 17, 2010 have been posted to the Meeting Minutes link.
The JUNE 2010 Gulf Stream newsletter is now available.
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Previous issues are also available for your convenience. |
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From the President...Joe Dowdell
UPDATE ON THE REGIONAL MEETING IN PORTLAND OREGON In the last issue, I attempted to answer some critisism about IOBG holding its Spring Regional Meeting each year to coincide with the Portland Rosarian Festival and Knighting Ceremony. Before the article was published, it was reviewed by IOBG Past Presidents Art Theobald and Harvey Sussell. They had been there and done that, so I thought after they made their editing corrections, it would be factually accurate. After the article was published in the Gulfstream and on our web page, I was confronted by current International President Ray Thompson at our District 8 regional meeting in Marathon about how I got it wrong, and how he could not believe that neither Art nor Harvey caught my mistake. I said the cost to enjoy the attractions is not subsidized. IOBG contributes nothing financially to the Rose Festival or the Rosarians. This much was correct but I went on to say that District Directors get a small travel allowance to attend the business meetings, and that our District Director, Lee Clifford, would get a small travel expense check to go from Ft Myers to Portland Oregon. WRONG! District Directors do not get any money from International to help defray their out of pocket travel expenses to regional meetings. Only the nine members of the Executive Committee receive payment toward their travel expense to attend regional meetings, which is coach airfare and a per diem meals and lodging allowance based on the Government schedules, which do not cover actual costs. District Directors as delegates to the annual meeting, receive either $200, $300 or $400, based on distance. This year, June and I flew to Portland Oregon for the Regional Spring meeting. The IOBG tries to get around to different regions of the country for their meetings, but it’s become traditional for District 5 to host the Spring meeting every year. They have 5 Chapters close by to share hosting the social functions. It’s a great place to go to do other things. While I attended the business meeting at Portland Yacht Club, June and Dawn Nemoy toured some of the local sights. The most important points I bring back from this meeting are: • Communication between International and the members has a long way to go, but it is improving. The organization is becoming more member oriented. Members are being encouraged to get involved, and members are responding. I feel I can contact any member of the Executive Committee regarding any issue or question, and get a response. • In the past, policy suggestions have been made, sometimes over and over, but have either been dropped dead or disappeared. Now any letter, suggestion or idea forwarded to the policy committee will be acted upon by the next meeting. I heard that pledge from President Ray Thompson with my own ears. • All proposed international bylaws changes passed and will be effective Jan. 1, 2011. |
UPDATE ON INTERNATIONAL'S BYLAW CHANGES...
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The District 8 Nominating Committee Announces Nominations...
The Nominating Committee for District 8 Offices for the administrative year 2010-2011:
| Past President A. Lee Clifford Royal Palm Yacht Club 3327 SE 18th Ave. Cape Coral FL 33904 239-542-9511 aleeclifford@aol.com |
Chairman, Past Pres. John Button Gulf Harbors Yacht Club 5557 Sea Forrest Drive #316 New Port Richey FL 34652 727-841-6956 jbutton@tampabay.rr.com |
President Joe Dowdell Marathon Yacht Club 11300 Overseas Highway Marathon FL 33050 305-304-1208 joedowdell@bellsouth.net |
| Ray Starsman Isles Yacht Club 1218 San Mateo Dr, Punta Gorda, FL 33950 941-505-0811 rstarsman@yahoo.com |
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Tom Ellis Vero Beach Yacht Club. 470 Ventura Place Vero Beach FL 772-234-2492 thetom34@bellsouth.net |
The committee’s nominations will be formally introduced at the regional meeting at Palm Coast Yacht Club on July 17.
President – DE RAMSEY, Royal Palm Chapter; President Elect – FRANK HUTCHINSON, Palm Coast Yacht Club; First Vice President – GEORGE EICHMAN, Isles Yacht Club; Second Vice President - BERT GARTENHAUS, Lighthouse Point Yacht Club; Secretary – ART THEOBALD, Royal Palm Yacht Club Chapter; Treasurer – CHUCK RANSON, Vero Beach Yacht Club; District Director - JOE DOWDELL, Marathon Yacht Club; and Alternate District Director – DE RAMSEY.
Elections will be held at the Annual meeting at Venice Yacht Club on October 9. Nominations from the floor are permissible provided that notice of the intention to place another name in nomination must be received by a nominating committee member in writing by September 8.
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