SDRC Starting Line for March '10 

Dear SDRC'ers, Family Members and Friends:

We'll try this NEWSGRAM approach to share key information, planning events for the Month, and notable SDRC Community items.  

• Please let us know what you think of the new Newsgram format - we'll adapt to suit your needs.

Thanks as always, for helping our Club prepare for it's next 125 Years!

Honor our Past, Execute in the Present, Anticipate our Future.

Answers to Some of your Questions:

Question 1. When will loose DOGS running around the Center (and MBYC) be taken care of?

Answer: We intend to resolve this lingering issue by March 15th.  Public Laws, safety and neighborly factors demand that we do this. And we will.

Question 2: When will our http://sdrc-row.org website be updated?

Answer:  Andy, Mark, Oscar, Sean and  Dan O'Neill are tackling this important project.  We intend to launch a dynamic and interactive web presence (linked to our social networking sites) by July 1st.

Don't be bashful if you have an itch that we can scratch for what you want to see - after all - that ol' radio station "WIFM" really matters!

Question 3:  Who won President and Captain Awards at our Annual General Membership Meeting?

Answer:  Excellent query!

Our commuter WildMan - Evan Helmy - snagged the prestigious BullSlinger Award.

Dodd Wragg (our Starboard Stroke barista and philosopher) garnered the Competitor of the Year.

Art Sloate is the recipient of the Dave Weigel Short OAR award.

Chuck Datte was recognized by President Richard Yocum for his long and successful support of winning crews.  If you want to race better - Reverend Chuck's sermons are available every Sunday morning.

Question 4:  Are we going to receive a cheatsheet to better use amazon.com associate and escrip tools from our current and future website?  I understand that the Club can generate needed income this way.

Answer: Absolutely!  Give us 'til April Fool's Day to publish a blow-by-blow instructional guide.  Hey - since many of us purchase things from amazon.com - why not let your Club receive a 5% payback?

Question 5: Where are sign-up and work-lists posted for our Weekend SPRING CLEANING (20-21 March)?

Answer:  Thanks for asking!  Our first Quarterly Cleaning precedes the Crew Classic weekend when we'll host ~ 300 GALA revelers at Le CARNEVALE di San Diego. Walter, Hunter, Dan and your Board are compiling task lists for this needed Work-day.  Look for them by Monday, 3/8 and please plan to be a part of our Spring Cleaning.  Much remains to be done.

A Power Ten from the Engine Room:

1. Oscar wants to get wet on his Birthday (3/11).  Happy Birthday to our Starboard Stroke!

2. Good luck Juniors at the Desert Sprints.

3. Good luck to all for the Long Beach Spring Regatta.  

4. ROW STRONG - all San Diego Crew Classic participants.

5. We Need You for ad hoc Committee support to run this Club.

6. Betcha can't wait for April's inaugural Clubhouse Colloquium featuring Olympic Rowers!

7. Have you signed up for Le CARNEVALE with family and friends?

8. Whether you eat Pancakes or not - we hope to see you at our Club's Hospitality Tent on Crown Point.

9. Have you reviewed the Safety Procedures to be followed?  Our Bay is getting more crowded - so please be neighborly on the water.

10. Thanks again to the 2009 Board of Directors for devoting their time, talent and treasure  to the Club we all love.

 

Please respond shortly to our All-Hands Survey.

You will shortly receive a convenient and very useful survey from the Club.  Kindly fill it out and give us your views - from good to not-so-good to just plain we need to do better.  Your Board promises to act on the issues that concern your Club "community" and you.  Thanks in advance.

Our Club Poetry Contest will start in April.

A randomly selected Club Member will be asked to the Judge and Jury for your submitted (PG - that is) limerick, haiku or other type of poem.  The monthly winner gets a Starbuck's gift Card. Please get your entry submitted to sandiegorc@sbcglobal.net by the last day of a month to be in that lunar competition.

Attention - write!

In order of our Club successes later this month on the water -  here is something to ponder:

Racing Pace, sweat drips
Race Intense?We're all in shape.
Our Lane is Win lane.

Trivial Pursuits

The winner of this month's Trivia Contest will receive a Starbuck's Gift Card (or a week of free java at the Starboard Stroke).  The winner will be randomly selected from a blind drawing of all correct answers submitted by March 31st.

Ready?

What is the name of the "inventor" of the legacy SDRC SKEETERS race?

 

Good luck.

From Your 2010 Management Team and Employees:

Have a Great Month, SDRC!

 

1. Dave Frost  -Ringleader
2. Rob Hibler, VP - now known as Mr. Inside
3. Andy Hewitt, VP - now revered as Mr. Outside
4. Hunter Butler - O Captain, My Captain
5. Margaret Moneybags Smiddy (Treasurer)
6. Missy (keep the Board on track) Studds (Secretary)
7. Mark (Fightin' Irish) Davis (Lieutenant)
8. Chris (hot wheels Feuge) (Lieutenant) and
9. the great Juniors Tag Team of Alleda and John Read (Lieutenant) plus: 
10. Boathouse (keep the lights on for you) Manager Dan Ohaks
11. Our Intrepid Boatman - Walter Hines