72nd Year - Annual General Meeting 2017-2018
Mornington Yacht Club on Sunday 15th July 2018 at 11.00am
Agenda

• Apologies
  
• Condolences
  
• Confirmation of Minutes of Annual General Meeting held 18th June 2017
  
• Commodores Report
  
• Rear Commodores Report
  
• CEO  Report
  
• Consider and receive Treasurers Report, Profit & Loss Account & Balance Sheet  for the year ended 31 March 2018
  
• General business on notice
  
• Election of Office Bearers and Committee for Season 2018 – 2019
  

Should a poll be necessary for the election of Office Bearers and Committee, proxies will be counted provided that the rules as to voting by proxy are observed.

• Congratulations to incoming committee
  

 
Please Note: Only Senior, Senior Concession, Senior Family, Senior Couple Concession & Life Members who are financial for the 2018-2019 season are eligible to vote.
 
All Correspondence to:
The Office Manager
Mornington Yacht Club
PO Box 291, Mornington Vic 3931           E | office@morningtonyc.net.au

The Mornington Yacht Club is extremely proud to announce a formal commercial partnership with Nicholas Lynch Real Estate.

The Lynch name is synonymous with the Yacht club as Nicholas’s father John is a past MYC Commodore. Both John and his Wife Di are both Life Members of the club.

Nicholas Lynch Real Estate based in Main St Mornington are a modern, innovate company utilising only solutions that deliver better customer service. With a central administration hub, they bring  services to you. You won't find their Sales Consultant's in the office doing administration tasks, but rather at people's homes delivering front line customer service and negotiating the best possible results for their Clients.

With no shop front they operate all over the Frankston, Mornington Peninsula areas, with their weekly Real Estate magazine being available from outlets everywhere providing shop front to lots and lots of buyers, many more than those who would just look in a window.

Nicholas Lynch said “we are excited to be partnering with the Mornington Yacht club and with my family’s history at the club and the professional way in which the club is operating we are very much looking forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship”.

The partnership formally commences on the 1st July 2018.
 
Wayne Holdsworth
CEO

 Our next Ladies Lunch is being held on: Friday 6th of July at 12.00 noon
Everyone is welcome – new members & guests

We have Kate Save a weight loss dietitian and exercise physiologist coming along as our guest speaker talking about "Be Fit Food".

Be Fit Food is helping Australian’s lose weight rapidly and keep it off for good. With scientifically formulated recipes, Dr Geoffrey Draper, a weight loss surgeon, and Kate Save, a weight loss dietitian & exercise physiologist, have created meals using real, healthy food that is nutritionally balanced to satisfy your appetite. You will feel fuller for longer, lose between 2-10 kg in just two weeks and ultimately create a long-term, healthier lifestyle by following the BE Fit Food programs. Click here to find out more

Special Ladies Lunch menu - order over the bar
Come along and enjoy an afternoon at the best location in Mornington!!
If possible please call the office to let us know you are coming on: 03 5975 7001
or email office@morningtonyc.net.au

13 - 15 July  at Albert Park Yacht Club.

A 3-day Junior coaching regatta taking ‘your’ sailing to the next level.

Our experienced team of coaches will cater for all classes and levels of sailing.

For detailed info Google apyc.org.au/wintersail 

Early registration is important to ensure we have the correct ratio of coaches to sailors - our excellent team has been selected but we are ready to expand the team if necessary.

Please feel free to contact me and share this invite with your sailing friends.

Peter
WinterSail: APYC Event Manager
0418 528 994
www.apyc.org.au/wintersail

If we receive your payment by 5pm on the 7th July you will receive a 5% discount on your membership fee (excludes any other charges e.g. boat storage/ mooring fee etc., therefore reducing your membership fees from the 2017/2018 season by 2%!!!

After a very thorough review of our operations and in line with our members’ expectations and our financial responsibilities we have made the decision to make the paid Training and Development position on staff redundant.
When a decision like this is made it obviously has an effect on a staff member and Donna Lloyd who has worked tirelessly to manage and grow this part of the club has been impacted and is no longer on staff at the club.
The decision was made after very careful deliberation based upon our financial resources. The decision was not made based upon the performance of Donna in any way.
Donna was professional throughout her tenure at the club and we wish her and her family all the very best for the future.
 
Wayne Holdsworth
CEO   

We have stock of our cozy MYC Hoody's $55 and also have some great new black or navy jackets (prices from $115) - our office hours are currently Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm, pop in anytime or call the office if you can't make these hours.

Our Sailability program came to an end for this season on Friday (& what a great day to finish on!) and will be starting up again in October.  A HUGE BIG thank you to our Sailability volunteers and to our amazing organisers Graeme Lyell & Noel Heyes - this program brings so much joy to the participants.

Click here to see photos from Friday

Come along for training at MYC! Open to all OTB boats
Being held on Saturday June 16th & Sunday the 17th from 10am to 3.00pm on both days

Please book in advance to ensure the appropriate coaches for your class can be booked for the weekend. 
Contact Details:Mel Hitchen-Haw

Add to your calendar - the following training weekend - 21st & 22nd July

Give our dolphins and bays a helping hand. 
Donate before June 30!Your support will achieve important outcomes for our dolphins and bays.
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Once a month the Head of State Coaching – Carrie Smith and the VST Squad invites you to join the Class Development Coaching Program at various locations. This program has a focus on participation and class development. The Class Development Coaching Program will operate one day per month (Sunday AM/PM sessions) aligned with the VST class specific clinics as per the attached calendar.
Sitting underneath the VST the goals of this program are:

• To develop the skills of sailors new to the approved pathway classes and allow them the opportunity to engage with VST athletes.
• To develop the skills of club and class association coaches through a mentoring process with the Head of State Coaching.

This will include:

• Class Development held once a month training along with VST
• Training with Head of State Coaching with daily briefing and de-briefing
• $400 per person for the 2018/19 session or $44 Adhoc per person (AM/PM) sessions

17 June – RBYC, 19 Aug – MSC, 2 Sept – MSC, 21 Oct – RBYC, 18 Nov – SSCBC, 9 Dec – RBYC, 24 Feb – RBYC, 3 March - RBY.
Sailors wishing to participate in the Class Development program will be required to apply to Australian Sailing Lesley Fasala – lesley.fasala@sailing.org.au | 9088 7202

Once a month the Head of State Coaching – Carrie Smith and the VST Squad invites you to join the Class Development Coaching Program at various locations. This program has a focus on participation and class development. The Class Development Coaching Program will operate one day per month (Sunday AM/PM sessions) aligned with the VST class specific clinics as per the attached calendar.

Sitting underneath the VST the goals of this program are:
 To develop the skills of sailors new to the approved pathway classes and allow them the opportunity to engage with VST athletes.
 To develop the skills of club and class association coaches through a mentoring process with the Head of State Coaching.

This will include:
 Class Development held once a month training along with VST
 Training with Head of State Coaching with daily briefing and de-briefing
 $400 per person for the 2018/19 session or $44 Adhoc per person (AM/PM) sessions
6 May – SYC, 13 May - RBYC, 15 July – MYC, 5 Aug – MSC, 16 Sept – SYC, 5 - 6 Nov – AWYC (offering two sessions), 11 Nov – MYC, 20 Dec – RBYC, 3 Feb – SYC, 10 March – MYC

Sailors wishing to participate in the Class Development program will be required to apply to Australian Sailing Lesley Fasala – lesley.fasala@sailing.org.au | 9088 7202

We are very proud to announce that Sophie Jackson "Female Sailor of the Year" and Matlida & Lily Richardson "Junior Sailors of the Year" have been announced by Australian Sailing as finalists for their awards!

Good luck to the girls - if you wish to go along and support them on Wednesday the 30th of May @ 5pm, please click here to book tickets

The Mornington Chamber of Commerce are very excited to announce that Mary Heart, an amazing talent is playing in the Mornington Winter Music Festival HERE at MYC on Saturday 9th of June 2018.  They have a special MYC members price of $20 for the show (food and beverages available to purchase on the day).

Go to their website to book or click here

Date of MYC Annual General Meeting

The General Committee have scheduled the AGM  for Sunday 15th July at 11am. This is about 4 weeks after we normally conduct the AGM but it is well within the time frame stipulated in our Constitution of 5 Months after our year end.

There are several commercially sound reasons why we have scheduled the date in July, I have listed below some of those reasons:

1. It provides the MYC in conjunction with our Auditors Smart Business Solutions a suitable time frame to have our financials audited, prepared and then distributed to the membership prior to the AGM. I met with our auditors last week and they were very supportive of holding the AGM in July as this provides ample time to conduct the audit in a thorough manner.
2. As we have advised previously we are working on formulating a Future Directions document and the content will be very much dictated by the feedback we receive from our membership at the member forums and key stakeholder meetings. By the AGM in July we should be able to provide an initial overview of that plan.  

Wayne Holdsworth, CEO

Thank you to everyone that came along and joined us for lunch this Sunday & stayed for the presentation of trophies and prizes - a great turnout!  Thank you Sheryl for organising all of the trophies & the day, along with Greg and other helpers - a huge task!

For those of you that were not able to be there on the day, please drop by the office to collect your trophy. click here to check to see if you have one to collect.

BIG congratulations to Al Clark for winning "Club Person of the Year", a very well deserved trophy for Al in recognition for all of his hard work that he puts in here at the club, it is very much appreciated.

Click here to view all photos

MORNINGTON YACHT CLUB FOUNDATION

Dear members,

The  Board of the Foundation is requesting members to consider making a donation to the Foundation to enable further projects to be undertaken for the benefit of the Club and its members. You will recall that the Foundation was established in June 2016 to provide much needed funding for three projects:

• Development of facilities for the initial training of individuals and the development of sailing skills in their early years.  Our objective is to encourage junior sailors to join the Club and develop the skills to become active future members.
• To provide financial assistance to elite sailors in the Club so that they can participate in regional, interstate, and international regattas and further develop their sailing careers.
• To provide assistance to the Club's Sailability program enabling more disabled individuals to participate in sailing activities.

As a result of your contributions the Foundation has been able to:

• Purchase for the Club 6 Pacer dinghies at a cost of $48,909.00, provide elite sailing grants to Club members totaling $6,000.00, and purchasing new sails for Sailability dinghies $1,244.00.

The Pacer dinghies will be used for both sail training, using world class instructors, and to participate in the schools team racing program.  Being competitive in this area, we will help attract the juniors we need to develop the club.

In recent seasons we have been fortunate in having outstanding youth sailors who have benefited from our junior training programs. Nick Sharman became our first Victorian Institute of Sport athlete and a winner of the Australian 420 Championships.  Currently we have the Richardson girls, also VIS scholarship holders, winning the Under 17 girls Australian Championships over the summer, and now on an overseas campaign which includes representing Australia in the Youth and Open World 420 Championships.   We provided them with financial assistance last year and are helping them currently with their international campaign.  I am sure we all wish them the best of luck in these events.

To continue these activities we need your continued support to fund these and other programs so desperately needed by our great Club. If you would like us to consider a specific project of your choosing please let us know. Please make a donation at a level you are comfortable with.

Donations can be made in the following ways:

• By visiting the Australian Sports Foundation website, locating the Mornington Yacht Club projects, and donating on line.  Donations made in this way will be tax deductable to the donor.
• By completing the donation form attached to this letter and forwarding it to the Club, who will then forward it to the Australian Sports Foundation.
• By making a donation through the Club office.

Receipts will be issued for all donations.

The Board of the Foundation look forward to the contribution that we can all make through the Foundation to provide tangible assistance to the Club.

Yours truly,
Stuart.F.Gooley
Chairman

WALKER 24
Headsails – No. 1 & 3
Gennaker
New mainsail 2018
New rigging
 
Fully equipped: VHF Radio Stereo / Autohelm / Safety Gear / Mariner longshaft 6hp outboard
Inflatable tender with 2hp Parsun outboard
 
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I am pleased to report that we have nearly sold out of the first print run of the history book and we are planning to order additional copies for a second edition.

I am keep to correct any error or omissions that you have noted in the book so can you please forward them to the office for my attention.

Thank you,
Stuart Gooley