Reply To: Somebody has to come out and just Say It.

[William Jatzek]

Hello. Our own  members rarely frequent  dockside anymore. And I tried the same post in Dockside for the reason you cited and it generated very little response. This post will move down the list shortly and casual viewers will have no interest in this post at all . But us members should be very interested in the situation at hand. I like this club a lot. It has a long history, good people that give accurate advice and genuinely nice people all around. I think the administrator’s and officials are good people and try to do the best job with the tools they have to work with. I have read many post’s about the financial conditions. I know the administrators are trying to get thru a tough time and have made some changes. I have had some thoughts also about what to do to try to improve the situation.  FIRST. the quarterly magazine is great it makes this club. SECOND. the directory is great also but I do not feel it would have to be printed every year. I would think you could print one every 3 years. And to those members that already have directories you could include  in one of the quarterly magazines a list on a separate piece of paper the list of new members and the ones that dropped out of paying dues. I am sure there are extra printed directories that AOMCI  has left over and those could be given to new members with the added list included in their initial mailing. 3RD. If AOMCI administrators have control of the face page of the free 19,600 in think on the front page where you join that group have a very visual redirect to the AOMCI web page stating if people interested in a long term interest in antique outboards and would like to participate in actual wet meets have the information that they can just click on our site and be directed instantly. I am sure if they get directed to the club website maybe 500 or a 1000 or however many may be interested in a more involving way.  I would be interested in all administrators and members thoughts. PS. my capitalizing 1, 2, and 3 is not meant to be shouting I just did not know how to make them be easily visual Sincerly Bill,