Hello Raphaela, this email is designed for discussion in the FORUM of the GEAS NBC website and for the corporate officers (Cariche Sociali) of the club. As an ordinary member of the GEAS NBC Vela Colico I am renting and paying for some space for my Catamaran since some years. In the meantime the presidency of the Club has changed and the services I receive from the Club are very different from the past:
Sorry, but this miss-management will not work and last for long. A member renting a space does not want to work while enjoying his time on the lake on a summer weekend. Maintenance of the ground and the utilities must be done all summer (and not just regattas and schooling), because the members are coming along only for a few months. Socializing the cost of the space, utilities and maintenance in season does not work at all and is not correct, because the renting and sailor boat owners pay only, if you provide an appropriate service. By the way my complaint to the owners of the ground and houses has been out spoken in the meantime, enjoying a clear answer and decision to force the club for regular and continuing maintenance of the ground, utilities and buildings year-round next. If you do not provide permanent ground maintenance, why should a member buy a boat and pay for a space if others paying just a member fee and getting all services for free? We are not in a ‘kindergarden’, where everybody can enjoy the summer season for a few EURO. Sailing is an expensive sport. There has to be a responsibility for a service provided from the club and fair cost and return sharing. The attempt to ‘delegate the duties to all members’ as I learned in a meeting with Alberto and Raffaela is just nonsense and sounds helpless. Socializing responsibility and action does not work as we can see. Summary: After some years of membership and my present research, I understand now a bit more. If you go for a profit center approach for each activity, you will learn instantly, that a lot of people and activities do not deliver their fair share and return for the community and the health of the club. It is a shame that the paying and renting members get treated in GEAS NBC like a fool. Here my questions to the management of the club:
Thank you for a solution and a responsible management with fair cost and return sharing in 2022 in advance. I will think about selling my boat anyway for the next season and to stay with a regular Club membership just sailing the boats owned by the club from Monday to Friday for free, forget the rental fee for the parking space, my part of the maintenance and enjoy the GEAS NBC membership in Colico, one of the best sailing spots on the lake. Kind regards and happy sailing Ulrich PS. Please keep in mind, that we need just a hand full of members renting a space for their boats directly from the ground owner to cover the yearly rental for the space, while easily outsourcing the maintenance, enjoying a properly maintained structure, getting a positive image and may finally end up with a surplus to be spent for some amenities.
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