|
JYC Weekly Update
- Monthly Issue -
|
|
|
- Social This Thursday
- RSVP Now for Monthly Dinner March 19
- Juneau Yacht Club Work Party This Saturday - March 7
- Recap of Last Week's Social
- A Little Humor
- Member Survey Results
- New Members
- Coronovirus Precautions
- Featured Photo of the Week
|
|
|
There will be a Social this Thursday, March 5, at 5:00pm.
Helen Clough will be our Social Cook and will be serving Lasagna with Bread and Salad. Please bring Potluck Items such as appetizers, fruit or desert if you can.
Our Bar Host will be Win Gruening who will be mixing Irish BLT cocktails. That's Bourbon, Lemon and Tonic. Win is looking forward to St. Patrick's Day later in the month.
Social Dinners are $10.00 for members and guests. Drink chips are $3.00 each or 4 for $10.00. Doors open at 5:00 pm.
|
|
|
| If you are not a Juneau Yacht Club member but are interested in joining the Club, please come to one of our Thursday evening Socials as a guest of a member or come and introduce yourself to any Board member. We will be glad to make you our guest, show you around and discuss the benefits of joining. Under our Club Liquor License, non-members are not allowed to purchase alcoholic beverages but your host may treat you and you are welcome to join us for dinner as well. |
|
|
|
|
|
RSVP Now for March 17 Monthly Dinner
|
|
|
The next Juneau Yacht Club Monthly Membership Dinner Meeting will be on Thursday, March 17 starting at 5:00pm. The program has not been pinned down yet. There will be a full dinner for which the menu has also not been pinned down at this early date.
Dinners are $15 for members and $20 for guests. Beverage drink chips are $3 (or 4 for $10) for blue alcoholic beverage chips and $1 for white soft drink chips.
Members can sign up early below if you think you may attend. You can always update or cancel your RSVP at a later date by clicking and filling out the form again. Guests should be included in member's RSVP.
|
|
|
|
Juneau Yacht Club Work Party - This Saturday
|
|
|
The work party will be this Saturday, March 7. If you have time, please come down and help get the Clubhouse in top shape for the coming season.
We plan to start at 9:00 AM and work until at least 5:00 PM. We have lots of tasks to accomplish from new flooring in the Graham Room and other improvements in the bar to pantry shelving installation to cleaning chairs, tables and general cleaning to caulking and painting. There will be plenty to keep you busy! We will even supply some pizza for lunch!
We will need some tools so please bring your favorites like drills, screw guns and skill saws. One special need is for a portable table saw. If you can bring one, please let Chris Roust know by email at croust@gmail.com. Also may need a combination miter saw with carbide blade for cutting metal wire shelves.
|
|
|
|
At the February 27th Social, 42 Members and Guests attended with many enjoying delicious Loaded Baked Potato Soup prepared by Lisa Hickman. James Wycoff mixed some good Dark 'n Stormy cocktails. Potluck items included Tanner crab legs provided by potential member Wally Wallace (let's encourage him to join!), cookies, pecan pie, cheesecake, and ice cream bars. We had an informative talk by Bryan Caffrey of the National Weather Service on marine weather forecasting. The talk was arranged by the Southeast Alaska Sailing club (SEAS), several of whose members are also members of the Juneau Yacht Club.
|
|
|
Last month, Chris Donek, our Commodore, requested a survey to determine the needs and desires of the membership concerning the operations and activities of the Club. Fifty three members responded. Here are some of the highlights of the data we received along with a link to the detailed responses. Note that the link is a bit complex but, with persistence, you can see gross scores and individual comments from each member to each question.
SUMMARY:
1. 17 members were surveyed with paper surveys. They were presented with one question which was not included in the full results below. That question was how many Raft-Ups would you attend this year. Of the 7 people who answered that question, all 7 said 1-2.
2. On Newsletters, the most requested frequency was Once a Week with none of the answers saying they did not want to continue newsletters.
3. On Programs at monthly dinners, most would like to explore non-marine but Juneau-related topics.
4. On Special Events, over half wished to have a Commodore's Ball and almost half wanted a Fourth of July Party with strong support for a Princess Kathleen Party and some support for a New Year's Eve event.
5. On Classes, 39 were interested in attending sessions on a wide range of topics.
6. Most respondents did not know what the Sea Scouts program was and few were willing to help establish a local chapter.
7. Sixteen individuals were interested in taking US Coast Guard Auxiliary classes.
8. Sixteen individuals were interested in sailing or crewing on a sailboat.
9. Numerous individuals were interested in volunteering to cook for Socials and a few were interested in chairing a monthly dinner. Unfortunately, the survey results were anonymous so we were not able to contact those individuals. If you are willing to volunteer and have not previously signed up, please do so by clicking one or both of these links: Social Cook and/or Monthly Dinner Chair.
10. Many of the respondents said in their comments that they were happy with how the club is operating.
Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Please send an email to admin@juneauyc.org
Click Here to See Full Survey Results
|
|
|
|
The Juneau Yacht Club has gained several new members since January. Our membership is now at about 205 pending renewals. Please welcome the following new members:
|
|
|
Harley Clough
Denise Wiltse
Mark Riederer
Nathan Peimann
Catherine Peimann
Stu Robards
|
Dave Thomas
John Bitney
Ina Yost
Jeanne Fischer
Martha Defreest
Nate DeMars
|
|
|
Featured Photos of the Week
|
|
|
Photos from Tom Dawson
Last years Maritime festival…
Time to start planning for this years festival May 2.
Please send us some photos! Newsletters are much more interesting with photos! If you have boating related photos, new or old, that you are willing to share, please send them, with a brief description, to the link below.
It's easy to send photos. Just attach them in this: Photo Submission Link or select a photo and email it to admin@juneauyc.org.
|
|
|
|
JYC Coronavirus Precautions
|
|
|
|
Most local health care professionals are expecting this novel coronavirus to spread to Juneau and are especially concerned about its effect on people who are elderly or have a weakened immune system. The Juneau Yacht Club will be taking extra precautions in anticipation of the introduction of the virus to Juneau. Here is what we plan:
1. We encourage anyone with a potentially contagious disease, even a cold or seasonal flu or stomach flu, to please not attend JYC events until this novel coronavirus is declared to be under control. Covid-19, if it reaches Juneau, has a better chance of becoming serious in a person who already has a weakened immune system. Such individuals and anyone with chronic respiratory illness are encouraged to avoid crowds in all types of public events.
2. We encourage anyone who has not had a seasonal flu shot this season to get one now. A person with seasonal flu is more susceptible to catching the coronavirus and it will potentially be more serious in an individual with both illnesses. Pneumonia vaccine is also suggested.
3. We have placed disinfectant wipes in each restroom, the kitchen and the Graham Room. We encourage you to wash hands often and use disinfectant wipes after handing commonly touched objects like door handles, faucet handles, toilet flush levers, and bar or table surfaces. We will attempt to wipe them before and after use.
4. We have placed nitrile gloves in the kitchen for use by our volunteer cooks and food handlers and encourage their use.
5. And for the 38% of Americans in a recent poll who believe the coronavirus has anything to do with Corona beer, rest assured it has not and we will be serving Corona along with 12 other brands of beer at the Club!
|
|
|
|
2020 JYC & Juneau Boating Events
|
|
|
Mark your calendars! The list below shows all known boating events in the Juneau area for the next couple of months.
|
|
|
|
Upcoming JYC Social and Dinner Schedules
|
|
|
Check this bar and dinner schedule for upcoming Thursday events:
| EVENT DATE |
BAR HOST |
SOCIAL COOK |
DINNER CREW |
| Mar 5 - Social |
Win Greuning |
Helen Clough |
- - - |
| Mar 12 - Social |
Debbi/Kent Hart |
Hal Geiger |
- - - |
| Mar 19 - Dinner |
Jerry Burnett
James Bibb |
- - - |
???? |
| Mar 26 - Dinner |
Dave Larkin |
Charla Brown |
- - - |
| Apr 2 - Social |
Christopher Burton |
David Thomas? |
- - - |
| Apr 9 - Social |
Jay Nelson |
Julie Hamilton |
- - - |
| Apr 16 - Dinner |
Shalyn Harris
Annie Piper |
- - - |
Paulette Simpson, Chair? |
| Apr 23 - Social |
Liz Gifford? |
Dean Rasmussen? |
- - - |
| Bold = Confirmed ? = Not Confirmed |
JYC Social Schedule sheet for several future months is posted on the JYC Members-Only webpage. (See sign-up link near bottom of page if you do not have access.)
To confirm or reject assignments, please respond HERE.
|
|
|
|
|
