As a reminder, 2019 will be a fun year for ALCA…it’s our 35th Year!!! Yep, some of us have been racing on Austin Lake since before others were even born!! Kathy and I have been going through old stuff and have some pretty cool things from the past!!! Does anyone know who Mr. Austin Lake is?? I saw him at the Kalamazoo airport a few weeks ago, we were on the same fog delayed flight to Detroit…or did you know that for the Austin Lake Regatta in 1998, you could rent an Airbnb before that name even existed…found my coupon for a free night’s stay!!
Given this, the new slate of officers for 2019 will be meeting in the upcoming days to start to get things rolling for the year. An upcoming FLEET meeting will be announced soon.
Good News/Bad News: Our 2019 fleet Vice Commodore, Austin Lee has graduated from WMU and taken a job in (and will be moving to) Petosky Mi. Austin is one of our fleet members who was born AFTER the fleet started in 1984. We wish him all the luck in his new job and location and look forward to seeing him at upcoming sailing events. It would be nice to have someone step up for Vice Commodore and run our education program to replace Austin.
Our 2019 Fleet Officers
- Commodore: Dan Troup
- Vice Commodore: need somebody to volunteer
- Race Chair/PRO: Julie Lenczycki will step up to coordinate but will lean on others for advice .
- Treasure: Faith Akert
- Statistician: Andy Lenczycki
- Secretary: Kathy Rubino