President’s Letter, September 2011
Hi Gang, its been a busy and fun year so far, and as it starts to draw to a close, I’d like to thank everyone who has helped me fill in for our beloved Fearless Leader Captain Henry.
I’d like to take a moment to thank Frank Nardi, our Treasurer, Mikee Wilkes, our Tournament Director, Dave Chambers, our Secretary (and club executive chef).
Susan Delosh and Paula Caesar, who volunteer at the drop of a hat and get the job done in excellent form. There are too many people for me to thank for helping me keep the club going, like, Sandy McKevitt, Dawn and Rob Johnson. Even my wife Miriam, who has her hands full taking care of her mom right now, has done her best to keep up with the photos of the club. Don Perry, who makes sure things get set up and get to the places they’re supposed to be. It’s those large and small things that get done that keeps the club going so well. We need and appreciate that kind of help. I know I probably left someone out and if I did, I’m sorry. Incidentally, at the officers last meeting earlier this month, we made Sue Delosh our official club Membership Director/ Social Director. She has shown a real ability to put things together and with Paula Caesar helping her, what more can I say about that dynamic duo? We have other plans for Paula that we’re keeping under our fishing caps right now, you’ll hear about that soon.
I’d also like to take a moment to thank Eric, Holly and Jade Anderson for opening their home and hosting the Seafood Boil last month. They did a super job of organizing the thing and they went all out to make it a great day. They have also offered to host our October Members Tournament on October 15th.
Let me go back a moment and mention Frank Nardi once more. He has been very patient and very instructional and extremely knowledgeable when it comes to the club’s business and his help to me has been invaluable. Those of you who may not know this, Frank retired from his very successful accounting firm in Patterson, NJ, the same state I come from, so I know he’s a good fellow. Did I say that wrong? LOL.
Frank’s son runs the firm now. Frank is an expert in accounting and financial planning, and for several years now he has kept the club’s finances in the black, with his expert knowledge and judgement, he has been an immeasurable advantage to the club. But Franks’ getting tired and would like someone to take over the duties of Treasurer so he can enjoy doing more fishing and less dealing with the numbers. He did his time and did it well. Frank has been in the club for quite few years now, ( he took over from our original Treasurer, Alex Hamilton) and he thinks its time for someone else to take over. He will assist and over- see the new Treasurer until he feels the new person can do the job properly. Frank will be available for advise and consultation, he will also report to the President how the new Treasurer is doing until everyone feels this ultra important position is in good hands.
Franks says the new Treasurer won’t have to do it exactly the way he has done it, but as long as it’s all ledgeable and correct, he’ll be happy and be glad to help the new Treasurer in any way he can.
The candidate for Treasurer must be financially stable and must posses outstanding moral and ethical qualities. It’s not a job the club will hand over to just anyone. If you’re interested in the position and feel you can handle it, please make one of the officers aware that you’re interested.
Dave chambers has also expressed that he would like to see someone else take over the Secretary duties next year, and since Bob Madsen has had to take extra care of his wife Daisy, who has been very ill lately, Bob may not want to go on with the Sgt. At Arms duties next year, we’ll have to see how it works out in the next few months and see how he feels about it. We do have someone interested in the job if Bob can’t continue.
Nominations will still be accepted for anyone who is interested in serving as an officer. We’ll be accepting nominations at the October meeting and on the floor before the actual election at the November meeting.
This brings us to the President and Vice President’s positions.
I have asked Captain Henry to notify me if he intends to run again and he will let me know before the next meeting in October.
If Henry does not want to run due to being away for so long, and as of right now, he doesn’t know when he may be back. If that is the case, I will be interested in running for President, then we’ll have to nominate a new Vice President, and there is someone who has expressed an interest if I was to be elected President. But, anyone can nominate a member they feel they want in any of the officers positions. (those people also have the right to refuse to accept the job, so check with them first so they aren’t embarrassed if they don’t want to be nominated)
I’d like to see some of the younger members run for officers positions. I’ve expressed this at the meetings lately because I don’t want to see the club die on the vine, so to speak. We can’t go on forever with the same old people running the club, we need younger people to take over and keep the club alive and going on in the future for the little kids who, in the future will keep the club going.
I’m very pleased with all our members and how, since we lowered the dues, our membership has increased dramatically. I’m also extremely happy with the quality of our new members who are very nice and are interested in the club and are getting involved. This pleases me very much because it’s been so much more fun now with more people involved in our activities. Lowering the dues was not entirely embraced by everyone at the time I suggested it, but it has paid off much better than even I expected it to.
Also, when we invested in our new website we have been getting more members through Pay Pal, which has been a real advantage to making membership easy.
Speaking of the website, I think we need to let more people know how useful and fun the Forum section can be. You can enter fishing Reports and For Sale items can also be advertised on our own club site free of charge. We even have a section on getting people together to go fishing. With gas prices as high as they are today, people can use the extra help paying for gas and bait and when two to four guys want to go out fishing, it’s much easier to get out there that way than going alone. Its more fun too! Just start checking out the Forum Section under the top of the home page where it says, “About Us” and go to the bottom of that window that opens up and says PHFC Forum and get a lot of information. You can even email other registered members in the Forum.
To wind things up, I’d like to say its been fun and exciting for me to be filling in for Henry for the last 8 or 9 months, I forget how long it’s really been. I appreciate all the help I’ve gotten from all of you and am looking forward to finishing out the year in good form and we’ll see what happens for next year when we have nominations in October and November meetings and elections at the November meeting. That’s going to be a pretty important meeting, so please try to make it.
Your VP
Emil Tuch
