Happy New Year!

Granted, it's not already January 1, but a new year is beginning on November 1, when the 2022-23 ERCU racing year officially begins.

This means that it's time to begin registering your boats and renewing your membership in the club. You can do both with a fillable form that's been added to the website (and make payment for your fees online via PayPal), or by downloading a fillable PDF and mailing it, with a check or money order to get yourself set for the new year.

As a reminder, current members have their current registrations "protected" until January 2, 2023 as a motivation to get renewals taken care of. After January 2 boat registrations that have not been renewed will be made available on a first-come-first-served basis for anyone to register.

A couple of changes have been made for the 2022-23 season, as well and they officially go into effect on November 1.

• Jim McKeon will take over for Ron Daum as the club's treasurer/registrar
  
• Paxton Reunanen has joined the club's board of directors and will serve in the at large director position
  

Our first ERCU Winter Meeting of the new year is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 on Zoom. We'll soon be sending an agenda and further information to the full membership, so keep an eye on your emails and your social media. Please plan to join us for this meeting as we begin to get ready for the upcoming season, which will be here before we know it.

The ERCU Board of Directors, including newly-elected Paxton Reunanen and outgoing board member Ron Daum, met via Zoom on Sunday, Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. via Zoom to determine officers for the 2022-23 ERCU year, which officially begins November 1.

Club officers for 2022-23 will be Nelson Holmberg, chair; Rick Evans, secretary; Jim McKeon, registrar/treasurer; David Newton, statistician; Jerry Dunlap, race coordinator; Bill Mowatt, inspector; and Paxton Reunanen, director at large.

A couple of new business items came up, which were discussed without any action being taken. Those items included a question about a need to purchase a new chase boat to replace our Livingston, which has seen better days; and a brief discussion of the question whether the club should increase entry fees on race days. That discussion did not gain a consensus or a majority, so it will not move forward.

Regular ERCU Winter Meetings will be held via Zoom on the second Saturdays in November, January and March, beginning at 10 a.m., so mark your calendars to join in on those meetings, which will include a board agenda and time for offseason member feedback and fellowship as well. There is still hope that the Roger Newton Memorial RC Boat Show will resume at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in February 2023, so stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

The ERCU Board of Directors is scheduled to meet Sunday, Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. via Zoom. The meeting is open to any member, sponsor, or potential member of the club.

Just one main agenda item will be handled at this meeting - essentially just the board electing its officers for the 2022-23 season, and beginning the transition of the treasurer/registrar from Ron Daum to the board member who will be assigned as the new person to hold that position. It is possible that new business items could come to the table during the meeting, but aren’t anticipated at this point.

Regular ERCU Winter Meetings will be held via Zoom on the second Saturdays in November, January and March, beginning at 10 a.m., so mark your calendars to join in on those meetings, which will include a board agenda and time for offseason member feedback and fellowship as well. There is still hope that the Roger Newton Memorial RC Boat Show will resume at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in February 2023, so stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.

The 2022-23 ERCU Board of Directors is: Jerry Dunlap, Rick Evans, Nelson Holmberg, Jim McKeon, Bill Mowatt, David Newton and Paxton Reunanen.

The meeting shouldn’t take more than an hour, and can be joined by clicking here. The password is ERCU2022.