• The new by-laws were voted on unanimously by all members who voted, representing >50% of the fleet membership.  A big thanks to all who took time to go to the meeting as well as those who voted.
• These by-laws allowed for a PRO (Principal Race Officer) who will lead a team of weekly race chairmen.  Thank you Jerry Mohney for volunteering to be ALCA’s first PRO and coming up with this plan!  The PRO is a  newly added Fleet Officer, per the revised fleet by-laws.  Jerry will be managing three sign up sheets for the racing season:

1. Pontoon boats used for weekly races (typically, the owner/driver will be scored Help points for their time and volunteering their boat).  This person may be the weekly Race Chairman, but not necessarily.
2. Weekly race chairmen (who doesn’t have to be the pontoon  boat owner, who will be making the on-the-water calls for the night), who will also be scored Help points.
3. Committee boat volunteers.   Depending on the amount of help on the boat already available, this person may not be scored Help points.  Jerry will be the arbiter of this and you should know going onto the boat whether you are eligible for Help points or not.

We are pretty much set for the first month of the Spring Series.  You can refer to your new by-laws that had been sent out a few weeks ago for more details on the different responsibilities of the PRO and weekly race chairmen.  We ask all members help keep the races running – either by assisting on committee boat or by being a weekly race chair.  With this current system, you DON’T have to live on the lake or be a pontoon boat owner.  If everyone does a stint, then no one person needs to take all the responsibility for the season.

• Spring Series:  Tuesday May 3rd to June 21st
  Summer Series:  June 28th to Sept 6th   No racing on July 5th.  
• For BOTH Spring and Summer, we will be racing Portsmouth A and Portsmouth B, with one start.  The start sequence for the first race each Tuesday is scheduled to start at 6:30 pm.
• We will be going to Brewster’s on Portage Rd for the year – unless notified otherwise.  Thank you Win for taking care of this!
• We will set the dates for the Pontoon Float Party as well as the Year – End Party during the season.  Stay tuned!
• There may be a regatta in St. Joe in September – Cesar Santana and Jesse Ward will be forming a committee of fleet members to explore this option.
• Lastly, the Saturday before the season starts, April 30th, is not going to work for a boat tuning day.  This has been rescheduled for May 7th, at 11 AM at the Austin Lake Public Access.   More info on this to follow.