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SEQUOIA SCOPE Sequoia Yacht Club Redwood City, CA June 2009 Sequoia Yacht Club P.O. Box 5548 Redwood City, CA 94063-0548 First Class Mail Sequoia Yacht Club 2009 Roster 441 Seaport Court, Redwood City, CA 94063 (650) 361-9472 www.SequoiaYC.org Flag: On The Water Activities: This Month At A Glance Commodore Beer Can/Redwood Cup Capt. Petra Gilmore Richard Butts Vice Commodore Cruising Fleet Capt. 6/3 Wednesday Lunch 12:00 Byron Jacobs Terry Burley Rear Commodore Sailboat Fleet Capt. 6/5 Drop in Dinner 18:30 Joseph Curtis Jim Peterson Staff Commodore Power Fleet Capt. 6/12 Drop in Dinner 18:30 John Graves Sheila Jones 6/13 Cruise Out: San Francisco YC Secretary Micro Laser Capt. Sherry Warburton Steve Holmstrom 6/17 Wednesday Lunch 12:00 Treasurer Junior Sailing Program Marc Cohen Kate Humphreys 6/18 Mega Cruise: Leeward Islands Port Captain Eric Anderson David Pirrone House Activities: 6/20 Cruise In: Spinnaker YC Directors: Bar Manager 6/26- 6/28 Disney Train @ Port of Peter Blackmore Ron Brown John Draeget Breakfasts RWC Bob Eustace Larry Mayne Alex Huang Club Steward Note: Beer Can Racing and Dinner Robin Weber Lina Reynolds every Wednesday 17:00 Fred Wydler Drop In Dinners Byron Jacobs Key Functions: House Manager Accounts and Office Manager Sherry Smith Officer of the Day (OD) Joanne Wright Rental Manager Roster Dan Doud Risk Management Calendar Manager Dennis Lowe 6/5 Alex Huang John Graves Delegates: Social Chairperson Peter Nardini (PICYA) Kathy Harris 6/6 Herb Huber Larry Mayne (YRA) Swap Meet Manager 6/13 Robert Huggins Olivier Lauzeral (SBYRA) Mike Harris Fred Wydler (PICYA) Wednesday Lunch Prog. 6/14 Dan Humphreys Gaylord Van Dyne Membership Committee: George Carr Jerry Jones 6/20 Jim Humphries Nauti Girls & Buoys Ed Coopeland Deb Blackmore Ann McDonough 6/21 Not yet assigned Burgee & Trophy Monitor Rick Gilmore Peter Nardini 6/27 Don Inouye Webmasters: Engraver Ann McDonough Bob Stanfield 6/28 Byron Jacobs Sherry Warburton Haberdasher Newsletter: Kristin Butler Deb Blackmore, Editor Oya Curtis, Ed. Asst. Email Sheila Jones, Photos articles to Jerry Jones, Circulation [email protected]. Cover photo by Kathryn Maxwell. Larry Mayne, Advertising Check out club activities at Robin Weber flying the spinnaker on Sheila Jones, Roster www.SequoiaYC.org Agave. 2 Commodore’s Report: Vice Commodore’s Report: Petra Gilmore Byron Jacobs Our club was founded in 1939. At that time, Americans It’s summertime and fun time at the Club! Kristin Butler were struggling with high unemployment, the frightening hosted a wonderful Floato de Mayo party on May 2nd with a news of an impending war in Europe, and an explosion of lively Margarita contest between Larry Mayne and Mr. Robin new technologies. Sound familiar? I’m sure that our founder Weber. Tom Keegan hosted our annual Mother’s Day Brunch members, like everyone living here on the Peninsula back again amid reports the ladies were nicely pampered. Many then, were trying to fi nd enjoyment in a stressful world. Th ey thanks to all the people that pitched in and helped make these wanted to create a little haven of peace where those who events great hits. enjoyed the water could take a break. And I’m glad that they th did it! Now, serving as Commodore seventy years later, I’m Coming up are the Past Commodore’s Dinner on May 30 , th th th proud to be overseeing the fi ne traditions they established for the Disney Train visit on June 26 -28 , and our July 4 the benefi t of us all. celebration on – you guessed it! Out Social Chair, Kathy Harris, is looking at the Disney Train visit as an opportunity Th e By-Laws Committee, to throw a party in June so keep visiting our web site to keep which consists of Steve updated on any changes there. And don’t forget that the th Holmstrom, Bill Stark July 4 BBQ is always accompanied by beautiful fi reworks and Mike Harris, has provided by the Port of Redwood City. amended their report and a A very special set of acknowledgements go to Steve Higgs and copy is in this Scope. We will Bar Houston. Steve fi xed the big oven that’s been leaking heat be having a Special Meeting since some of our very senior members were Corinthians. He within our June General also calibrated the vertical ovens and has been helping Lina Meeting to vote on it. Please get the galley ship shape. Bar Houston fi xed the fl ickering plan to attend. lights in the Oates Room and our public address and music Rub-a-Dub-Dub, Th ree Men in a Tub system that liked to hum along with our Commodore. I also ...Our Wise Founding Members? want to personally thank Petra Gilmore and all who helped her and Lina for the Drop In Dinner on May 8th while Jeanne Mega Cruisers will be off to the Leeward Islands starting and I were in Kansas City. And another thank you to Gaylord June 18th. We have 5 boats going with a crew total of 25. Van Dyne and his entire crew for pitching in and helping us St. Martin here we come! put on the DID on April 24th while Lina took some time off . New members: Lisa Corsetti, Kathy Conte and Cathy Attendance has been light at our Friday Drop In Dinners and Moyer joined us in April and Dianne Herscher joined in May. we miss you! Th e food has been a hit with those attending so Please introduce yourself and welcome them into the Sequoia come on out and join us. Yacht Club family. May you have fair winds and following seas, Th e Nominating Committee is hard at work fi lling the open positions on our board. Ann McDonough is the chair of this committee. Please join me in thanking the committee and consider adding your voice to our board. Sequoia YC is blessed to have so many active members. Members that plan, cook, joke, sail, work, laugh, repair, lead, support, and love. Th ank you for making the Club our boating home. 3 Special Report: By-Laws A Look to the Past By-Laws Amentments to be discussed at the June General Meeting: Section 4: Sustaining Member A Sustaining member may be any Peter Nardini, Senior member who has been a Senior member of the Club for a Club Historian & period of 15 years and has attained the age of 65 years. Th e class Past Commodore of Sustaining member may be awarded by the Board of Directors upon written request of the Senior member. Th e Sustaining member shall pay 50% of the annual dues and assessments and shall have all the rights and privileges of a Senior member. (On _______, 2009, this Section 4 was amended to increase the number of years from 10 Oh, to have been a fl y on the wall in the newly formed to 15 years. Sustaining Members on such date shall continue to be Sequoia Yacht club seventy years ago. Th e newly relocated Sustaining Members notwithstanding such Member has less than 15 Port of Redwood City had only been in place for two years years membership; provided all other requirements of membership and the peace and quiet among the sloughs would have continue to be satisfi ed.) made a fantastic retreat from the cares of the day in 1939. Or Article X would it? Imagine it, the founding members of SYC would Section 2: Nominees. Nominees for offi cers and directors shall be have been deluged with disturbing news from Europe that chosen from the ranks of Senior, Life and Sustaining members or year. Hitler invaded Poland and Czechoslovakia; refugees their respective spouses. Such members shall be in good standing fl ed the Nazi Holocaust. Winston Churchill was called back and have been a member for a minimum of one year before from semi-retirement to become Prime Minister. Th e terror taking offi ce. Candidates may be nominated and elected prior to of another devastating world war hung in the air as Franklin satisfying the one year membership requirement. D. Roosevelt steered America out of Th e Great Depression. Unemployment across the country hovered at 19% and a pall Article III of unending deprivation and hardship hung over the land. Section 109: Domestic Partner A Domestic Partner is defi ned It can’t have been a time for congenial chat over a beer at the as a person living in a cohabitative relationship with a member. A member’s Domestic Partner shall be identifi ed upon initial club, or could it? nomination for membership or by subsequent identifi cation (including changes) by formal written notifi cation from the member “How’s that brightwork comin’ along? to the Board of Directors accompanied by a “Statement of Financial “Oh, slow. You know how it is. Margaret’s always Responsibility for a Domestic Partner”. Th e privileges and duties naggin’ me to take her to the movies.” outlined below extend to the Domestic Partner of any member. “What’d’ya see? Th e member assumes responsibilities for any expenses or liabilities “Well, last month it was Th e Wizard of Oz. Tech-ni- incurred at the Club by that member’s Domestic Partner. Th is color. Th at Judy Garland’s quite a gal. responsibility continues as long as any expenses or liabilities are “John Wayne in Stagecoach. Now that’s the ticket. incurred by that Domestic Partner. “Gone With the Wind. Th at’s what she’ wants next. (a) Th e initiation fees and dues paid by a member shall entitle “Shame about Lou Gehrig.