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The Commodore’s
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Greetings:
Summer is finally here! June is
finally upon us, the waters have
warmed and the "boating season"
is in full swing. Students will be
out of school for the summer
soon and the ECSA Sailing
Camps are just around the corner.
I am looking forward to the
sailing camps again. I enjoy
seeing all the young people at the club. There is a
certain energy they always seem to bring with them, that
if you embrace it, it becomes infectious. I find myself
doing things I would never have dreamed when running
around with my seven year old.
on value we are looking for ways to invest our resources
to see the positive impacts it will have on our club.
One such recent investment is our partnership with the
Boy Scouts of America in starting a new Sea Scout Ship.
This new ship needs an investment of time and some
space for meetings, which we already have. I am looking
forward to many years of working with Sea Scouts. In
speaking with Past Commodores from other yacht clubs
that have a Sea Scout Ship, the program has made a great
impact on their clubs. I know it will do the same for us.
Another forward moving initiative is that the Board of
Directors recently voted to enact our Trial Membership
for the Summer. The "Fill the Slips" committee has
developed a plan to target boat owners in the area and
invite them down to a brunch in June to expose our club
to them. This is another great investment to expose
ourselves to a wider audience, and let more people see
the beautiful property we have and the amenities
available to yacht club members.
These are just two areas where we are investing in our
club to increase the value. There are many more
underway from the Vice Commodore's work on
infrastructure, the Rear Commodore's party planning and
the Fleet Captain's regatta planning. We are making
investments in our club this year and I am so happy to
see them paying-off! I hope you are enjoying this year
at the club. As we enter the summer season we will have
more opportunities to show our friends, family and
As we continue to look forward I encourage each of you guests how the Fort Walton Yacht Club has F.U.N.
to express the value you find in the club. As we invite Commodore Bobby Dewrell
guest s and recruit new members to the club, it is [email protected]
important that we are able to show and exemplify the
value we find in our club. When focusing on value, we
will find those people that share our same ideals and
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look forward to participating in the things we as a group
want to do. Ultimately, new members add to the value
of our club. They provide new points of view and fresh
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insights adding to our pool of time, talent and treasures.
While it seems like only yesterday I was taking my oath
as Commodore, my year at the helm is at its mid-point.
In looking back over the past six months, I feel we have
come very far as a club. I hear healthy debate among
the membership for the right things to do to see our club
grow. We have had to make some hard decisions in
these past six months and we have made those together,
as a team.
I have written in the past about value versus cost. If we
are focused solely on cost, we are only limiting what
we can do as a club. We must focus on value to move
ahead. Value includes a view of cost. It allows us to
look at the cost in terms of the investments we are
making in our club house, docks, grounds, staff and
ultimately members. If we are focused on cost we are
concerned with the money we are spending. If we focus
Robert & Cheryl Garrett
Robert & Sandy Ebert
Mike & Theresa “T” Nelson
Lorna Broering
~ Fort Walton Yacht Club, Established in 1951 ~