75TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP INITIATIVES
on Thursday January 2, 2014 10:37PM
75TH ANNIVERSARY
SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP INITIATIVES
LIMITED TIME OFFERS
In celebration of Fishing Bay Yacht Club’s 75th anniversary the Board of Trustees approved a set of limited-time-offer special membership initiatives, valid in 2014 only. We are taking these steps to promote the sport of sailing, which is our mission, and to increase membership. Our ten year decline in membership and participation parallels the alarming trends outlined in a report from US Sailing. Also, we want to recruit members less than 40 years of age. Reaching a younger demographic is our most challenging objective and the one most critical to our future.
The essence of this year-long membership campaign is a significant reduction in the initiation fee for a new or returning member. The normal initiation fee is $2,800. The following limited-time-offers make becoming a member in Fishing Bay Yacht Club an opportunity one cannot afford to miss.
• Persons age 20 – 30, a $300 initiation fee, with a “Forgiveness” credit for each year they remain in the Club, completed in 5 years.
• Persons age 31 – 40, a $500 initiation fee, with a “Forgiveness” credit for each year they remain in the Club, completed in 5 years.
• Persons 41 and older – a $1,000 initiation fee with pay off in one year.
• Crew member offer – with sponsorship of the skipper, a crew member who has crewed for at least a season, may join with the initiation fee waived (pay no initiation fee).
• Boat partnership offer – when both partners join at the same time, they would pay only one (1) initiation fee, based on the age brackets described above (oldest partner).
• Re-applying former members offer – 25% of the initiation fee based on the age brackets described above with pay off in one year.
For membership information and an application click the “How to Join FBYC” tab at the top of this web page.
Tags: 2014