[Bboa-members] Berkeley BOA . Should we continue the list?

[jcobb]

Zach,  I believe the central problem is that we haven't met to consider the 
most important issues and determine a Coalition position.
Everyone seems to be freewheeling.  Without at least a quarterly meeting, 
an evaluation of issues and positions structure, I don't think we will make 
much progress.  I'd be happy to pay for the website, if you believe it is 
worthwhile to keep it going.  Janet I-6, 204-9871.

>All,
>
>It's been a long time since we've done any meaningful communications. Now
>the domain name is due again & I want to ask the group if we should
>continue having a web site name (has anyone ever looked at it?)
>
>I can keep the list, without the name. That's free. Name is about $15 for
>a year (not much, but why bother unless we're going to use it)
>
>Moreover this is merely a good time to prod everyone into considering a
>more productive means of moving forward.
>
>I went to the last Berkeley Commission meeting. Some interesting subjects
>were presented. I did see a couple of other Berkeley Boat Owners
>Assoc (BBOA) members  show up eventually.
>
>However, we're not leveraging the voice of all our members. We really
>should make plans to have an organized representation at each monthly
>meeting.
>
>Then we can comment as a group on things like dock renovations,
>night time security guard, and privitizing the marina.
>
>A simple solution I've considered is organizing a calendar (I can add one
>to the website easily), wherein we have 2 different BBOA members
>designated & confirmed to show up at a given meeting.
>
>Those members can both report back to us, and to the commission on our
>perspective on things discussed.
>
>We now have about 40 members, that means that no person  would need to
>got to more than once per year (not a great sacrifice given we have no
>dues, overhead (other than what I'm supporting for the website), etc.
>
>A simple business card campaign could easily increase our numbers by
>double I suspect.
>
>Thoughts?  Can we organize to be more productive than simply reducing slip
>fee increases a bit?
>
>Yours,
>
>Zach
>
>
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