The Telltale: November 2023

Sail Chicago Tell Tale
Issue 11: November, 2023

Another successful season wrap up and we couldn’t have done it without you, our member-volunteers, who have logged in countless hours making our programs work and bringing the joy of sailing to our greater Chicago community. Let’s congratulate ourselves on a job well done and remember to log your volunteer hours!

— Meighan Depke, Editor

Sail Chicago members taking the boats up river on a few blustery days in October.

It’s Volunteer Reporting Time
Gerry Stacy, Chairman

Our 2023 volunteer season ended on October 31. Thank you to all our members who gave so much of their time to keep our organization running. We all enjoyed another great summer of sailing because of you.

Now that the season is over, there’s one more job to do and that’s to complete your volunteer reporting. This is an important step in our annual volunteering process because:

— Helps maintain accurate volunteer and position records
— Confirms that members met their 2023 service time requirement
— Lets Sail Chicago know if you want your current volunteer position in 2024
— Gives an estimate of how much time our members are spending volunteering.

In the next few weeks you’ll receive an email from the volunteer team listing the positions you filled during the 2023 season. You’ll be able to click through each position, provide an estimate of the hours you spent doing the work, and tell us if you would like to keep that position in 2024. If we missed any volunteering that you did, you’ll be able to indicate that also.

Please complete your reports as soon as you can after receiving them. We will close the reporting process after November 30, record service time flags for 2023, and open the volunteer site to signups for 2024. Remember, any volunteer activity after November 1 counts toward your service time requirement for NEXT SUMMER and your membership renewal in 2025.

If you have any questions about volunteering at Sail Chicago or the reporting process, please reach out to the volunteer team at volunteer@sailchicago.org.

Run for the Board! 

Would you like to take a turn on the tiller that steers our organization? Do you have ideas that you know will make Sail Chicago better? Do you think there's a point of view missing in our leadership, and that's yours? Then run for the board!

Board membership is open to all Sail Chicago members in good standing, and we encourage everyone that wants to run for a board seat to do so. We have four seats opening next year, and anyone is welcome to run.

If you are interested in running, here's how to do it.

1. Renew your membership in January 2024. You must be a member to run!
2. Complete this candidate application form.
3. Have another returning member complete this
nomination form. Nominating members must have been a Sail Chicago member for at least 12 months and have renewed their membership. Multiple people can nominate you, but only one is needed.

That's all there is to it! All applications and nominations must be submitted by Sunday, February 11, 2024 to qualify for the election.

If you are curious about what it's like to serve on the board, come talk to us! We'll be holding a Meet the Board event in January. Information about that event will be posted in an upcoming issue of The Telltale.


Congrats BKI Instructors!

Please join us in congratulating Ben Carls and Franck Cappello on their successful graduation to BKI Instructor! After spending much of July, August, and September preparing for this intensive, 3-day evaluation administered by US Sailing, they completed the course in early October at the Jackson Park Harbor Yacht Club. Sail Chicago members interested in enrolling in a future BKI course should contact Candace Kohli or Tom Hertel.


End of Season Dinner Wrap-up

The 2023 End of Season Dinner held on October 12th was well attended this year. The menu was expanded to include steak, vegetarian and vegan options. The total cost was $89.10 per person this year but due to the generous discount from Columbia Yacht Club and cost sharing from Sail Chicago, we were able to keep our member cost at $30.00 per person. We hope that everyone that attended enjoyed themselves and the Social Committee is looking forward to a great 2024 season!

The Social Committee is planning a winter event to take place in January or February.  Watch this newsletter and SLACK for details.

Have comments, feedback or story ideas for The Tell Tale?
Feel free to email them to newsletter@sailchicago.org
Contact Us
Shop for your cool Sail Chicago Gear 
Follow us on Facebook for updates, reminders, event info and activities!
Catch up with the previous issues of The Telltale

Sail Chicago Mission Statement  |  Member Benefits  |  Fleet Locations  |  Member Log In  
Member Registration  |  Sail Chicago Rules and Regulations  |  Board Meeting Minutes
Instruction  |  Sailing Weather

Twitter
Facebook
Website
Want to change how you receive these emails?
You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.