Meeting Date:     January 28, 2018

Start Time:        5:13 PM

End Time:         7:23 PM

Location:        Joel’s house

ATTENDANCE

OFFICER REPORTS

Commodore - Excomm is committed to making CSC inclusive and to preventing sexual harassment at our club. As a reflection of society, we too have been plagued by sexual harassment, but we hold ourselves to a higher standard. We want CSC to be more inclusive and are implementing changes toward that end. Last night we amended our operating rules to adopt a clear policy against sexual harassment and I appointed Pilar Schmidt, con...@cal-sailing.org, as the Chair of Conduct. She will be a great resource for us as the club strives to become more inclusive. Sexual harassment complaints should be filed confidentially with her. However, these changes alone are not enough. As a volunteer-run organization, it is up to each of us to strive to create an inclusive space and to speak out when needed. Please read our new conduct policy:

Sexual harassment is defined as any unwelcome sexual advance or conduct that creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment. Any conduct of a sexual nature that makes a member or employee uncomfortable has the potential to be sexual harassment. CSC will not tolerate sexual harassment and will discipline any wrongdoers. The procedure for filing sexual harassment complaints is by contacting the Conduct Chair at conduct@cal-sailing.org. CSC will investigate fully any complaint received and will not tolerate retaliation against anyone who complains about sexual harassment.

Spoke with Ali Andress, and the staff at Berkeley Waterfront/Marina regarding security. They want to work with us more and they want us to call the police. If we call there will be more security presence and resources made available for the Marina. Ali met with Berkeley PD and they want us to have signs that say “no trespassing” need “welcome” sign and also by the stoop put “private” signs. Ali also confirmed that our dock replacement will be done by end of the summer. And she discussed the possibility of large-scale capital improvement projects, but those are complicated by the extent of deferred maintenance in the marina.

Vice Commodore - We found online boater card testing materials and passed that to Port Captains to use for DL training. The first open house of 2018 is next week. We are expecting lower than average attendance and reduced the number of volunteer positions for the event. We have a master spreadsheet and data gathering at sign up.

Third Vice - Completed the the free berth request to keep our keelboats at J-dock

Rear Commodore - Marie Duvernoy will the coordinator for the Adv. Dinghy lessons. Ben Lee, Allen Ostreicher, and Birk Huber will each coordinating a Fast Track.

Port Captain - We emailed all day leaders letting them know that they have to pass the Boater Card test before their first shift. A few have already completed. We don’t have any Boater Card training for non-DLs yet.

Secretary - Postcards are printed and will be available at the clubhouse this week. We are rescheduling the May Voting GMM from May 20 to May 13 to coincide with the Open House.

Treasurer - As of 1/28/18 we have $50,026   in the bank, up $1,453 from last report 1/14/18.

Income and expenses remain in good accord with the budget. Income is well ahead of spending, and most of the budgets have plenty left for spring 2018 expenses, with the exception of the dinghies and dayleaders budgets, which are the most heavily spent.

Regular dues (not including windsurf locker dues) in 2017 were a little higher than in 2016, but also a little lower than the 2012 – 2017 average:

Regular Dues Income by Calendar Year

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