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January - March 2020 Sally Spenny Volume XVII, Issue I Editor THE CAPTAIN’S LOG Captains Logbook mark. You sail amongst the First entry: January 1, 2020 best in the world, but I notice the wrinkles where the smiles Welcome ye all to my first have been (especially in the entry as Captain of this vast mirror). We need to draw in fleet. I awoke today feel- new shipmates as we all get ing refreshed and invigorat- older with each trip around ed to start plotting our the sun. This be a challenge course. The fleet has been to any Crew in our fleet. Rest well maintained, decks assured there are ideas and washed and sails mended. ways to help swell our ranks. As a Chief and a local We on the Board will do our Cap’n, organization be fair share, but it be up to each that register, the more our what I do best! Know this! of ye to spread the word and coffers overflow to bring ye Being a leader requires make this fleet bigger than the troubadours like ne’er three important things. ever! before! To that end, I en- One, listen and learn. Many courage….nay, challenge a little bird has been in me What will this do in the grand each of you to join the ear with thoughts and con- scheme, ye ask? This Board movement to support us in cerns that I will bring to the works extremely hard each this endeavor. Spread the table. Two, surround yer- year to provide a gathering of word amongst yer local self with the wisdom of an our breathren in Key West. A crews that the tides are a experienced crew and be Meeting of the Minds! changing and ye best be rep- the dumbest scalliwag in Through the years this event resented or risk being the room. I join that crew has evolved, and some of our stranded on the sandbar. already in place and I look own choose to make the voy- forward to learning what is age, but not pay the dues. Thank ye all for being part plotted and where we can Bear in mind, without this our ranks. I shall do me go. And three, delegate Meeting of the Minds, the rest best to represent ye. Soon early and often and trust may not happen. But without we weigh anchor and the yer mates. No one person the rest, it wouldn’t be Key adventure begins. Until can do it all alone, and we West now would it? In the then, I raise a flagon to thee need to sail as a team. humble opinion of this Cap- and a new beginning! tain, it is our duty to provide What we need now is a ye with an opportunity where- crew! If ye be reading this, by ye simply cannot afford Billy Brehm ye have surely made yer NOT to register! The more President, PHiP, Inc. PHIP NEWSLETTER CONTEST WINNERS 2020 PhiP FOR 2019! The Latest Board Of Hummin’ The following clubs were an- Headlines Directors nounced as winners at the General Membership Meeting at Meeting of the Minds on November 3rd, 2019. 1st place – Tampa Bay PHC ($300) 2nd place – Galveston Bay PHC ($200) PHiP “Captains Log” Pg 1 President rd Newsletter Contest Winners Pg 2 Billy Brehm 3 place – Parrot Head Club of Tidewater ($100) Golden Coconut Winner Pg 3 [email protected] Each club will donate their 2019 MOTM Wrap-up Pgs 4 - 7 Vice President Rick Fyffe winnings to the charity of their PHiP Financials Pgs 8-10 [email protected] choice. MOTM 2020 Registration Pg 11 Secretary We congratulate al of the 2019 Lone Palm Foundation Pg 12 David Cohen PHiP Newsletter Contest Win- [email protected] ning Clubs. PHIP Scholarship Raffle Pg 13 Dir. of Finance We also wish to thank every Parrot Head Club Birthdays Pg 14 Charlene Schultheis [email protected] club who submitted their PHIP Annual Renewal Pg 14 newsletter for consideration as Dir. of Membership Club Milestones for 2020 Pg 14 well as our esteemed panel of Sue Kermis newsletter judges. Regional Events Pg 15 [email protected] Domino College Dean’s List Pg 16 Dir. of Conventions 2020 Andrew Talbert MOTM 2021 Ad Pg 16 [email protected] Published Quarterly; Mid January, Mid April, Mid July and Mid October. PHiP and the TWT does not solicit advertis- ing for this particular publication. Articles for consideration must be submitted on the 5th of each month of publica- tion. Information contained in this publication is intended for PHiP membership. PHiP reserves the right of refusal to print any article. Consideration for article submission, contact: Sally Spenny at [email protected] Page 2 PANAMA CITY PARROT HEAD CLUB R WINS THE 2019 PHIP GOLDEN COCONUT AWARD On Saturday Morning at that it truly showed the the money or insurance to pay MOTM the winning Parrot “spirit” of the winning club. the rapacious contractors. The Head Golden Coconut Club President of the club also has was announced. But first a Like all of our PHIP Clubs, a band, and he donated their little history behind the this club takes the “Party time for the entertainment that Golden Coconut … In With Purpose” motto and next meeting, more than a 1996, Margaritaville and gives back within their own month after the storm. $9,000 Parrot Heads In Paradise, community raised. At one meeting. In ret- Inc. decided to create an rospect, that should have been award to be given to a de- When the storms of life a sign of things to come. serving Parrot Head Club, came, They immediately emblematic and in recogni- gathered together. The Read their winning essay at tion of the outstanding Char- President of the club was the Golden Coconut Winner’s itable and Environmental blasted out of two houses portion of the website to be … efforts of ALL Parrot Head and moved in with the Vice https://www.phip.com/club- Clubs. President for a month. That winners house became a command Today, competition for the post. There were no tele- Congratulations again to the coveted award is waged phones working, yet people Panama City PHC, a two-time through a "blind essay" sub- managed to communi- member of the prestigious mitted to an illustrious panel cate. They drove around de- Golden Coconut Clubs!! of judges composed of pre- bris to check on their neigh- vious Golden Coconut bors. Three of the group Award recipients. Bestowed broke out their back hoes, upon the winning chapter, front end loaders, and chain the Golden Coconut is a saws, and formed a rescue one of a kind trophy de- militia and went out riding to signed, hand-crafted pre- the sound of the chain saws sented during the annual roaring. They reacted to Meeting of the Minds. help people get the tree out of the hole in their roofs, The judges had a tough de- clear debris from the door- cision on their hands and at way, or clear a group of trees times the scoring was close. just to get out of the drive- However as we can honor way. The effort started first only one club per year, the with fellow parrot heads then esteemed panel of judges reached out to military, first did their job and scored the responders and anybody that winning essay on the basis needed help or didn’t have Page 3 Meeting of the Minds 2019 Wrap-up By Andrew Talbert, PHiP Director of Conventions The 28th Annual PHiP's Meeting what they do for boat tours and In fact I am happy to say as I said of the Minds "License to Chill" theatre concerts around town. I at the Club Leaders Brunch that was very successful in many also know that we poured several the 2019 registration number was ways and it all seemed to go thousand FREE Margaritaville up 18% from 2017. down in a few hours instead of Tequila margaritas and SOLD- days. Time does fly when you are OUT the priced-right Land Shark Budget. MOTM is in the black having PHun…The beach in Key Lager supply in the Key West going into 2020. That keeps us West was HOT… Abnormally area by the end of Saturday! NO moving into 2020 and beyond hotter than normal by 10-20 de- we did not run out of beer in Key thanks to support from our clubs grees at times. You may have West but we were selling some and watching the spending on the noticed there is a weather station alternative brands at a few of the event. Do we need on-going sup- on the roof of the main stage at hotel bars by Saturday night. Just port? Yes of course. PHiP, Inc. the Casa Marina to monitor the a hint to the local distributor… and your support by registering weather on the beach and watch next year BRING A BIGGER for MOTM provides several hun- the wind speed for any danger to TRUCK OF LAND SHARK! dred thousand dollars of stage, our crowd due to the roof used Parrot Heads LOVE THAT $3 lighting, production, crews, pro- over the main stage. One day the LAND SHARK LAGER at motion, and organization to an “feels like temperature” was at events in Key West! event that is registered with the 103 F! The average high temper- City of Key West. PHiP is com- ature in Key West for October 31 Success. We ended the year UP mitted to have the Parrot Heads is 82 F! We can’t control the in registration AGAIN from the buy out the Casa Marina for three thermostat on the beach but we hurricane Irma year which also nights to bring the best rates of can hopefully look forward to followed our 25th annual sold out the year to our attendees for this normal temperatures returning in event.