Nereid News, 8/11/06

On this page:
- Quaker City Masters Regatta results
- Head of the Passaic information
- Nereid membership directory
- Volunteers needed for Rutherford Labor Day Street Fair
- From the boathouse
- Coached Adult Open Row sessions
- Nereid Masters Yahoo group

Upcoming events schedule
September 4            Rutherford Labor Day Street Fair
September 16          Head of the Passaic Regatta
September 30          Head of the Harlem Regatta
October 21-22        Head of the Charles Regatta
October 28              Oktoberfest

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Quaker City Masters Regatta Results

Nereid was well represented in the Quaker City Regatta on August 5.  Congratulations to the participating Nereid members!

Men's Masters Single B
3rd       Marc Monplaisir

Men's Masters Single B
4th       Charlie Johnston

Men's Masters Lt. Single E/G/H
2nd      Christopher Doyle

Mixed Masters Double C
1st        Andrea Hurwitz

Men's Masters Quad D
1st        Nereid/Vesper/Baltimore composite

Men's Masters Double B
3rd       Eric King

Men's Masters Lt. Double C/D/E/F
3rd       Michael Glick         Nereid/Vesper composite

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Head of the Passaic Regatta - September 16

This year's HOPR will be the 6th edition of the race.  The regatta committee is working hard on the race organization, publicity, and finding sponsors.  If you are interested in volunteering before the day of the race, please email regatta@hopr.org.

* Registration
Registration for the HOPR is now open at RegattaCentral, http://www.regattacentral.com/. The registration deadline is September 9, but it helps us tremendously if you register early.

* Sponsorship
We have many sponsorship opportunities for the regatta, starting at $100 for a 1/4 page advertisement in the regatta program.  Contact regatta@hopr.org for more information.

* Volunteering
We will need many volunteers on the day of the regatta.  Watch this space for more details as the regatta day approaches.

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Nereid membership directory

We are going to publish a directory of all current Nereid members.  The directory will include home address, telephone numbers - home/cell/office, email addresses,years of membership, prior rowing experience and rowing accomplishments.  We are aware that some members might not want their names listed or some of the information outline above deleted. 

If you want to be excluded from the directory or if you want any of the information listed above deleted please contact me at nereidjoin@hotmail.com by Wednesday, August 16.

Phil Gartenberg
Membership Vice President

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Volunteers needed for Rutherford's Labor Day Fair

Nereid will have a booth at Rutherford's Labor Day Fair in which we will be promoting our Club.  In the past, it was an opportunity to recruit new members, and we hope to do this again. If you will be rowing that day (or, even if you're not) please consider coming by the Fair and help us man the booth
for about 2 hours. It's on Monday, September 4th from 9AM til 4PM.  Please contact the social co-chairs if you plan to help out,  Josie DiLena (JADL153@aol.com) or Carol Davison (davisoca@umdnj.edu). Thanks.

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From the boathouse

*  The officers would like to thank Erik King for spreading a new load of gravel behind the boathouse.  This will extend the life of our dock and improve safety.  Thanks Erik!!

*  We need a sturdy new end table for the seating area in the lobby.  Please contact Claire van der Tuin at clairelesley@aol.com if you have an end table that you are not using and that you are willing to donate to Nereid.  All donations will get an honorable mention!

*  Nereid's air conditioning system has not done very well in the recent heat wave and is showing its age.  The officers have decided to hold off on boathouse rentals until the fall, because the a/c system is not able to cool the house, especially when it is full of people.  Significant maintenance is needed, which will not be possible until the bulkhead construction is well underway.  We will make some inexpensive repairs which may improve the system performance somewhat.  Meanwhile, ***please do not turn on the system if you are planning to spend less than an hour at the boathouse.***

* Several members have come to the boathouse and found it unlocked.  The house should be locked if no one is on the property or on the water.
     - It is very important that every rower sign in and out on the log.  This is the only way of knowing whether there are still rowers on the water.
     - Please close and lock both bays, the front door and the gate if you are the last person out of the boathouse and the log shows that there are no rowers on the water.
     - The gate should be locked even if there are cars in the parking lot.  Those who leave their cars should be sure to have their gate key with them when they return to the boathouse.

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Coached Adult Open Row Sessions

The Coached Masters program will continue at least through the end of the summer on Saturdays and Sundays at 9 AM.  There is no coaching fee for these sessions for Nereid members.  Interested members are invited to attend.

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Nereid Masters Yahoo group

Nereid members have always organized crews informally by phone, email, or just meeting up at the boathouse.  For new members, it can be hard to find a crew to row with if you don't know anybody.  For all members, if you have a general question, want to sell equipment, or organize a crew for a regatta, there has not been an easy way to contact the general membership.

We believe we have a solution in the form of an online bulletin board that members can subscribe to.  Any member can post messages and board subscribers can decide whether to receive those messages by email, or just check the board online every once in a while.  Many other rowing clubs have found Yahoo groups useful for this purpose.

To subscribe to the Nereid Masters Yahoo group, send an email to:
nereidmasters-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

We encourage all members but especially our newest members to sign up for the group.  Hopefully it will become a lively forum for discussion.  Please give feedback on this idea to your president at nereidpres@hotmail.com.  If it proves popular, we may set up a similar group for the Nereid Junior rowers.

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Nereid News submission guidelines
Nereid News is published weekly on Fridays.  If you have a news item that is interesting to other Nereids, please send a few sentences to Alice Matthews at nereidsec@hotmail.com.  The deadline for submission is Thursday night.  Your contribution will be highly appreciated.

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