FROM THE HELM

Hard to believe - 3/4 of the year has gone. So nice to have the heat and humidity pass on by. Mostly I remain very thankful that we have avoided catastrophic weather events. None of us want to deal with that - either personally or as a Club.

I was not personally able to attend the Oktoberfest event. From what I hear it was an excellent evening. Our guests from overseas were as advertised - food was superb. Attendance was very good and a fun time was had by all. Again our thanks to Harry and Autumn for their efforts at putting the whole event together.

Plans are proceeding for the annual Oyster Roast - similar to last year’s event. Last year was also a fine event - hope many of you are able to attend and the weather is good.

We are still working on the probable wine event - tentatively for Friday 12/1 - partially serving as an early Christmas event. This would be our second time working in conjunction with Nuttall’s Store. Those who attended the first one in the spring remember a fun, lively time. As we noted at that time we expected that the format would need to be tweaked and it will be. Further details to come.

Fourth of Six: I said at the beginning of this topic that I would do it 6 times. Please plan to attend the annual meeting in January. As most of you probably perceive there are issues to be addressed. The Board has been planning aggressive efforts to make information available before the meeting. Please do not hesitate to contact Board members with questions as the meeting approaches.

Quiz of the month: Who said “Sometimes the majority just means all the fools are on the same side.”

Bob Davis, Commodore 804-725-8791 cell