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July 18, 2005
Our next meeting will be held on
August 11, 2005 at Kelly's Restaurant and Tavern at
There has been some movement on our facilities and hopefully final plans will be ready soon. We now have a Princess and she will be involved in the Queen’s Pageant on August 13th at Penn’s Landing.
Hope to see you all at the next meeting.
16 June 2004
It that time again, our next
meeting will be held on June 10, 2004 at
Kelly's Restaurant and Tavern at
4201 Cheltenham Avenue Phila. PA. The
meeting will start at 7:30.
1. We like to thank Ron Baranowski
who is the rats new Fleet Surgeon for
2004 -2006
2. Remember that you must make 6
meetings a year to have a vote on
things that are going on in the club
Delaware River Rats Yacht Club
OFFICERS FOR 2004 - 2006
COMMODORE - Joseph Bonner
VICE COMMODORE - Robert (Bob)Steele
REAR COMMODORE - Harry McKee
TREASURE - Diane Steele
SECRETARY - Shelly Beers
Fleet Captain - Tom Andris
Dock Master - Jay Ribikauakas
Sergeant-At-Arms - George
Zlotnicki
Fleet Surgeon - Ron Baranowski
DELEGATES TO DRYL - Bob Steele
& Shelly Beers
3. The next meeting the club will
be looking at the new amendments to
the bylaws
Proposed Amendments to the By Laws
are:
Amendment #1
Delaware River Rats Yacht Club
Princess - the club will elect a princess
to serve for two years. (Unless she
becomes the queen of DRYL) Nominations
will take place at the December
meeting and voting by the membership will
take place at the January meeting.
If there is more than one candidate each
will be asked to respond to 3
questions posed by the Commodore or board
of directors at the January meeting. If there is only one candidate our
club princess must be elected by a majority vote of those members attending
the January meeting. If there is more than one candidate the candidate
receiving the most votes will be
declared the winner and club princess. In cases
of a tie the Commodore will put the candidates name in a hat and a member who
is not related to any candidate
will draw to see who the Princess will be
for the two years.
The club princess will serves at
the pleasure of the Commodore and or
the board of directors. They may regulate the length of her reign as they see
fit, for the good of the club.
To be eligible to run for princess
the person must have a relative or be
a member of the club. The princess must be the age of 16 years at the start of
her reign and meet all DRYL qualifications. Candidates must be single and must
not have or bear children during their reign.
The club will provide to its
princess:
1. Sash ( Must be approve by board
& DRYL)
2. Tiara ( Must be approve by
board )
3. Charm and pins
4. Club shirt of her choice
5. Club burgee of the club
6. Provide free admission to all
club functions for her and one escort.
7. All past princesses are free to
attend club functions.
8. Provide free admission to all
DRYL banquets and parities
9. Provide the application fee for
the DRYL Queen's Pageant
10. Provide a cash gift yearly to
the club princess to help defray her
expenses.
11. The current gift of
_____________will be presented to the club
princess at the yearly Christmas
party. This gift will increase as time goes on
by a vote of the general membership or by fundraising events for the
princess.
To be eligible for the club
princess:
1. You are encouraged to spend
time at your club (when able)
2. You are required to attend
opening day, closing day, DRYL Queen's
Pageant, DRYL banquet. ( usually
occurs on weekends )
3. You must have written
permission form from her parent or guardian
stating that she may serve as club
princess ( if she is under the age of 18 )
4. You are required to ware the
tiara and sash at all DRYL and club
functions
5. You may not Smoke or Drink when
you are attending any club or DRYL
function.
6. When attending other functions
you must have a escort from the club.
If the escort is not a officer of the club he / she must be in proper attire.
Note: If contacted and discussed
in advance the Commodore may waive some
but not all of the above mentioned
requirement, if he feels that they pose a
hardship to the princess.
Amendment #2
The club will Provide to each past
Commodore:
1. Past Commodore Flag
2. Past Commodore silver epaulets
3. Past Commodore silver collar
stars
Amendment #3
Creation of "Member of the
Year" Award:
1. Nominations will take place at
our September general membership
meeting.
2. Nominations must be typed and
submitted on an 8 ½" x 11" sheet of
paper and presented to the Board. Nominations should explain why a member
is
nominated and list his
contributions to the well being of the club.
3. Nominations will be read to the
membership by the Commodore during
the September meeting.
4. A vote will be taken at the
September meeting by secret ballot.
Members will be given a Yes or No choice per nominee. Ballots will be provided.
5. To receive the award a single
nominee must receive a Yes vote from at
least 70% of the members present
at the meeting.
6. If just one member is nominated
and that member does not receive at
least 70% Yes votes from the
membership there will be no award presented that
year.
7. If more than one member is
nominated the member with the highest
percentage of member Yes votes
will be declared the winner of the award.
8. In the case of a tie the Board
will cast the deciding vote.
9. The Person of the Year will
receive his or her award at the club
Christmas Party.
10. If no one is nominated at the
September meeting there will be no
Person of the Year Award for that
particular year.
11. A member may be nominated for
Person of the Year no more than once
every three (3) years.
12. The type of award to be
presented will be decided at the officers
meeting following the September
general membership meeting. If no
meeting is held the Board will decide the type of award that will be presented.
Amendment #4
The Board of J & R Enterprises
has the right to partnership with any
other non-profit organization, if they feel this will be to the benefit of the
club.
Thank You
Shelly Beers Secretary
20 March 2004
Dear Delaware River Rats Membership:
It that time again, our next meeting will be held on April 8,2004 at
Kelly's Restaurant and Tavern at 4201 Cheltenham Avenue Phila. PA. The meeting
will start at 7:30. We have some things to go over at this meeting so we need to
start on time.
Other Business:
On Tuesday, March 16, 2004
our Sergeant-at-Arms George Zlotnicki went into
Frankford/Torresdale Hospital for by-pass surgery. All officers and
members wish him a speedy recovery and best wishes.
Its dues time again. Please
have your dues paid by this meeting. We have voted to keep the dues down to the
low cost of $25.00 this year. So if you have not paid your dues yet, please send
them before the April meeting to:
Diane Steele
972 Broadview Avenue