2010 Closes Up And 2011 Rolls In

New club officers were elected, a Christmas Party to remember is now past, and some of our own ran a marathon to honor one of our own. It’s been quite a send off to 2010. Look out 2011, here we come.....

The annual club meeting scheduled for November came to pass. If you weren’t there, you might’ve gotten nominated for a board membership. It’s always good to show up to the meeting.

New board members were elected and some stayed the same. New board members were as follows:

Commodore: Travis Jennings

Vice Commodore: Tony Guinn

Social Chairpersons: Carla Koonce / Tammie Guinn

The rest of the board positions remain the same. Our thanks to the new members for serving and especially the ones who remain to serve. It takes effort from everyone to keep the process going.

Our race chair (Chuck Jacobus) reported that 8 to 10 boats had been racing for each series and that the year, overall, was very successful. Chuck managed to get a sponsorship from West Marine by way of gift certificates to award to race winners. No-doubt that helped get excitement up for racing.

Though he agreed to take the race chair position for another year, Chuck has had to back down due to health reasons. We’re counting on everyone to pitch in and make an effort to assist the racing program this year.

Jean Parsons (social chair for 2010) stated that it had been a great year and wanted to thank everyone who helped her with hauling food and beverages but especially those who volunteered to cook on the grill.

Tony Guinn suggested collecting toiletries, socks, t-shirts, etc for the homeless or Mission Arlington. Brian Hebert volunteered to be the collection home for the donations.

Commodore Skip Duty reported that the LCYC sign at the entrance to the Marina had been fixed by Chuck Jacobus and the LCYC bulletin board had been redone by Keith Ford. He thanked both of them for their work.

Carla Koonce announced that LCYC had a relay team for the White Rock marathon on December 5th. Members were Elena Fitzpatrick, Tony Rider, German Chew, Dan Brown and Carla Koonce. Brian Hebert announced that Connie Hebert was currently running in the Leukemia & Lymphoma Race in Dallas. These members were running the marathon in honor of current lcyc members who are battling this illness. Please recognize them for their giving spirit.

The annual Christmas Party was held at Piccolo Mondo. We had a great attendance and great food. Photos are uploaded on the lcyc.org site under the photo gallery menu.

A Chinese auction was held and it got heated with a few of the specific items battled over furiously.

The first race of Summer Series Racing began Sunday, January 30th to really mild weather temperatures. Here’s hoping the weather is nice to those who intend to brave the elements. The races days are tenatively scheduled as follows:

Jan. 30th Race 1
Feb. 6th Race 2
Feb. 13th Race 3
Feb. 20th Race 4
Feb. 27th Race 5
Mar. 7th Race 6
Mar. 13th Race 7
Mar. 20th Race 8

Make up races will be scheduled as needed. Be sure to mark your calendars and if you can’t participate with your own boat, try and lend a hand as crew. Hopefully, old man winter won’t be with us too long.
Thanks to all our great members for participating in club events. Have a great year.

Brian Hebert
Publicity Chair