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

[cruisedud at aol.com]

Looks like we lost the O-dock captain to Alameda this weekend. Tom was a driving force and voice for us all but who can blame him. Everywhere, but here, actually attempts to give their berthers value for their dollars.
Here, we just get smug indifference and tacit effort, at best.
Tom may just be part of a trend to not take the abuse anymore.
Right behind you, brother!  
 
 
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From: jcobb at californiawildlifefoundation.org
To: zach at nobel.org; Bboa-members at berkeleyboa.org
Sent: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Bboa-members] Berkeley BOA . Should we continue the list?


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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