Midstream Newsletter DRAFT December 2012 - Claremont Yacht Club

COMMODORE’S REPORTDominic Papaluca reports:Hello Members,Before pung pen-to-paper, I took the me to readmy Christmas report last year. It was an illuminangexperience. I talked a year ago about the problemswe’ve been having with turnover of staff in thefuncons area, the 5 year plan, website, phonesystems, ranking of capital works projects – there wasa lot to get right. I’m happy to report that one yearon…we are just about there.The funcons area is really kicking goals for the club(financially speaking – not only have we stemmed thelosses – it actually makes a posive contribuon tothe cashflow of the club now). We sll have issueswith losing staff in this area…but I think that ispart-and-parcel of the industry. We have a great crewin place at the moment…and all seems to be goingwell. In fact, it is going so well, that we are looking atproviding Colin some extra room so he can plate upand keep everything warm with the larger funconsthat are coming through.Website, phones and the weekly emails to membershave also improved the communicaons around theclub.The new General Manager has some ideasabout how to further improve the communicaonsbetween members and the club – watch this space.We are now set to incorporate the capital works into aprogram of structured maintenance and costs throughthe five year plan. We are working on this right nowand will have it out prior to the half yearly meeng ofmembers – so you all have me to digest its contents.I signed the applicaon for H Jey on Tuesday 4 thDecember and it should be lodged with Swan RiverTrust by the me you read this newsleer. We areexpecng the SRT to come back to us with a range ofcondions regarding the car park and possibly the“old chestnut” of the riverbed lease may come upagain. We will keep you informed of where that is allgoing, once we know.The coage demolion is set for January 2013. Ourplan is to leave the area grassed for now.Management, Administraon and GovernanceDoug Hannaford is seling in to the role of GeneralManager. Obviously it will take some me for him tofind out “who’s who and what’s what – but I like theway that he thinks.FinanceThe Club’s finances are stable and we are in greatshape. We do not burn as much cash on a monthlybasis as we used to – because external funcons aremaking a healthy contribuon to the boom line. Weare on top of the A-West Jey maintenance fund andthe club is looking in good financial shape. We cannow start looking towards the future in terms ofimprovements and jey building.Capital Works ProgramOne of the burgeoning issues we have come across, isthe state of the ladies toilets upstairs and thecondion of the downstairs toilets (we get negavecomments on the Funcons-feedback formsconsistently nowadays). The loss of the men’schange-room area is making it difficult for our dinghysailors too. So, we are going to look at pushing theseup the list if possible. As menoned above, H Jeyapplicaon is submied, so we will deal with SwanRiver Trust requirements as a maer of priority. Wewould like to be driving piles as early as possible in thenew year. Here is the table of projects that we have inthe pipeline – ranked accordingly.While we are on Capital Works, I would like to thankBill Harding for arranging the trolleys to be painted,Peter Tate for diving and inspecng A West Jey andPeter Stanley/Rob Depiazzi on the great job they didon fixing C jey. If there are dive-qualified membersout there who’d like to volunteer to help clean up theseabed around the jees, please contact the club andput your name down – we are thinking of holding abusy-bee soon.Please look over the page...