I hope you have all had a good Christmas. This note is to let you know about the first Social Meeting of 2019, our annual ACBO meal out and the storage and mooring fees for the coming year.

Social Meeting and Annual Dinner

At the last Social meeting in December we said there would be no January meeting because we thought the first Monday of January was the 1st. Now we have actually looked at our diaries we realise it is the 7th January! So there will be a social meeting that night – 8pm Wivenhoe Sailing Club. Thanks to WSC for letting us use the Club for our Monday meetings throughout 2018! This is not a facility we take for granted.

ACBO Dinner at the King’s Arms, Frating, Saturday 12th January. If you want to come but you have not yet booked up with Dave Hayes please do so now. There is space for more people (23 booked so far). You need to give Dave your menu selection and pay a 10.00 deposit..

Mooring and Storage Fees for 2019

As you know the management committee agreed new mooring and storage fees for 2019 to ensure we cover all the costs of running the Co-operative.

The fees will be as follows and will be due in February.

Membership: £10.00 (same as before)
Mooring £75.00 ((increase of 25.00 to cover public liability insurance for moorings)
Storage : inside / outside £6.00 per foot/ £4.50 per foot
Dinghy storage (if not tender to stored boat) £40.00

Please note that you will be required to provide signed paperwork and not just the money. We will have a new moorings agreement with Colchester Borough Council which includes stricter rules about checking moorings and keeping boats tidy. When you have a mooring licence with ACBOC you will be signing up to abide by the new mooring rules.

Happy New Year

I hope 2019 is a good year for you all. We look forward to seeing more of you at our social meetings, working parties, sailing and social events –as a Co -operative we rely on your participation to make it work for everybody.

Spare a thought for Bill and Brenda who are suffering record high temperatures in Australia while we bask in a high pressure area bringing us calm and mild conditions in the UK ( don’t speak too soon!)

Best Wishes and Happy New Year

Keith

The Autumn 2018 newsletter is available here, please click on the link:-  Autumn18

Notice of AGM;

To All Members ( Shareholding and Associate Members) Please find below the agenda for the meeting. It is important for as many members as possible to attend this meeting so that you can support ACBO and give you views about the pans and priorities –we look forward to seeing you there.
Alresford Creek Boat 0wner’s Cooperative

AGENDA AGM 2018

To be held at Wivenhoe Sailing Club Mon 1st OCT 2018, 20.00hrs
Welcome by chairperson

Apologies for absence

Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting

Chairperson’s report

Treasurer’s Report and presentation of prepared financial statement.

Election of the Co-operative Board (Management Committee):
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There are 10 positions available including 2 representing former ACBOA interests /Associate members

Appointment of Accountant

8. Plans and Priorities for 2018/ 2019

7. (AOB)

8. Date of the 4 Co-operative General Meetings and next AGM

Close of meeting

The regular Social meetings resume at Wivenhoe Sailing Club this month.

Just a reminder about the sheds working party at the weekend.

There are a few jobs that are in need of tackling this weekend.
Current list of possibles
1) Moving hard core into furthest corner of the plot. Smashing it into small pieces.
2) Seeing if the benches in the west shed can be moved (emptied, cleared and dismantled)
3) Refitting benches in the “cleared shed from last working party day”
4) Clearing rubbish (9.am Saturday) Bill and I will meet and give a hand.
5) Mixing some cement to fill cracks in South wall.
6) Weeding and hoeing around front of sheds, and concrete surfaces.
7) Extracting a galvanised tank from North side of sheds with a view to cutting it into sizes to cover remaining open drain on north side of sheds.
8) Sweep out sheds.

With these jobs in mind, bring gloves, hoes, snips, wheelbarrows?? ( There are a couple there and we’ll bring one.) Anything you have that will help you with any of the above jobs.
Look forward to seeing you.
Bacon rolls to be provided, with tea and coffee.

Regards
Brenda

Members wishing to go to the Heybridge rally should let Dave know as soon as possible as space in the lock is limited. Give Dave your boat name length and beam. Also the evening meal at the Jolly Sailor needs to know numbers, so let Dave know if you want to be booked in for a meal, and how many.

This year the rally will be on Saturday June 30th, Bernie Heatherington is coordinating.

Please Click on the link for the text version of the newsletter ACBOC Summer 2018

ACBO has two group mmsi numbers allocated for programming in to your DSC VHF radios.

The primary number is:
023200053

The reserve number is
023200054

See your DSC radio manual for instruction on programming and use.

Looking forward to the monthly meeting on Monday, 4th June. 20:00 at Wivenhoe Sailing Club.

Following meetings will be held on:

Monday, July 2nd

No meeting in August

Monday September 3rd