Notice of Spring FYC General Meeting The FYC will be holding its annual spring General Meeting on Thursday March 25th, 2010 at the Crowne Plaza. Refreshments will be served at 6:30 pm with the meeting beginning at 7:00 pm. The agenda and details will follow next week. Henry Pasma

Electric Power Use
At the Fall General Meeting I advised that a substantial part of the utility budget was spent during the winter on space heating use at the Fredericton yard. As a result of an analysis that was done to determine the incremental power use during the winter the Board implemented a process to allow members to use power to heat their boats during the winter by way of a honorary reporting system, which would allow the club to allocate the costs to those who were using heaters in their boats during the heating season.

This is a reminder to those who attended the Fall meeting and to advise those who were not in attendance that a self reporting system is in place to report your use of electricity to heat your boat during the heating season. A spreadsheet is available on the club’s web site that allows members to report their use of electricity so that the cost of this extra power can be paid by the members who are using it.

Since October 2007, the electric bill in Fredericton shows that 828 kWh of power has been used for heating purposes between October13, 2007 and February 11, 2008. The cost to the club for this power is $350.00, which adds to the already forecast overage of expenses for this fiscal year. Although this is a substantial reduction from last year, it is still an incremental cost that has to be shared by all club members.

If you are using an electric space heater to do work on your boat during the winter please complete the form on the web site and mail it into the club or email it to me at mark.butler@enbridge.com. If you have any question on how to complete the form please call me at 457-7721.