[Bboa-members] Pegasus

[Tom & Lori Jeremiason]

Paul

 

I was in no way suggesting you were out on the boat... I hope your Hawaii
trip was good. 

 

I wanted my email to bring to your attention as a Waterfront Commissioner
what appears to be a problem with the Pegasus Project and its Berthing
Subsidy. It appears the Pegasus Project did not meet its promises from last
year. 

 

As a reminder from 2004-2005, while Peter Hayes was in Australia, the
Pegasus Project was given free berthing without Non-Profit Status. They also
submitted an annual report that at the very least showed more adult
volunteers rode on the boat than kids during that time. 

 

Peter Hayes promised they would be obtaining there Non-Profit status again
and increasing the numbers of children for 2006. It appears this has not
been accomplished. 

 

My point about the other spending the Pegasus has been doing is to point out
that if they can afford to install a Single Side Band radio or pay people to
varnish the boat then why can't they pay for a portion or all of their
berthing fees?

 

Tom Jeremiason

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Kamen [mailto:pk at well.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 9:19 PM
To: Tom & Lori Jeremiason
Cc: 'Brian Leary'; 'Maio, Linda'; 'Paul Kamen'; 'BBOA'
Subject: Re: [Bboa-members] Pegasus

 

Tom - I was in Hawaii on Sunday December 3, so clearly the person named

Paul who is referred to in the narrative from Peter Hayes is not me and is

unrelated to the Waterfront Commission. (And you know I would never

attempt the middle entrance in a big boat at low tide - see the BYC

website for the bearings to get in with 7.0 ft at zero tide, using the

south entrance.)

 

But even if I had been out on the Pegasus for that daysail, what's the big

deal? Occasional private use of equipment used mainly for youth access

programs is not taboo.

 

On the main issue: Does the Pegasus justify its berth space? I'm not ready

to say that 116 kid-days of sailing ($7,000/$60) on the Pegasus is a bad

deal for the City in return for a $7K subsidy-in-kind. Yes, the program

should be several times bigger, and you and I would both run it

differently if either of us were in charge. But I have no reason to

believe that Peter isn't acting in good faith in his efforts to grow the

program. We both know how hard the outreach part of youth sailing can be,

even after all the equipment and all the volunteers are in place and ready

to roll.

 

Also, I don't think it's fair to lump the money spent by the Pegasus on

upgrades and maintenance in with the value of the berthing subsidy. The

City did not pay for or subsidize the SSB or the varnish. Those

expenditures add to the value of what Pegasus can offer the participants,

and they do not belong in the "cost to the City" column as you imply.

 

It's too late for a new agenda item at the meeting this Wednesday, but

please bring it up in the public comment session at the beginning of the

meeting. I would like to discuss the issue with you and Peter and see if

there are new ways the the City and other groups might be able to help the

Pegasus scale up to a larger operation that reaches many more kids.

 

> 

> Dear Pegasus crew and volunteers,

> 

> Here is the report from last Sunday Dec 3 voyage with a couple of photos,

> from Tim McAnulty:

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