Thursday, October 22, 2015

August 2015


Editor: Catherine D. Kobasiuk    Assistant: Marina Kobasiuk


July General Membership Meeting Report


The July General Membership Meeting included a talk by Village Historian Jamie Reason. Everyone was reminded about our upcoming events. Jean San Martin made a proposal for a by-laws change. It reads as follows:

Page 18, Article VI- Amendments:

Requesting an Amendment change to page 15, article IV, Meetings, Section 1

From:

The general membership meeting of this association shall be held on the first Thursday of each month.

To:

The general membership meeting of this association shall be held bi-monthly on the first Thursday of that month.


This proposal will be read again at the August and September general membership meetings and voted on at the September general membership meeting.

August General Membership Meeting


The August General Membership Meeting is scheduled for Thursday August 6 at 7:30 pm. A representative from the Suffolk County Police Department 7th Precinct will be speaking.

Blue Claw Crab Festival


The 11th Annual Blue Claw Crab Festival at the Marina 1 waterfront on Riviera Drive is Sunday August 30 from 11am to 6pm.

Please park at the MBPOA Clubhouse located at 31 Neighborhood Road in Mastic Beach and take the shuttle bus down to the marina. Handicapped parking will be available at Marina 1 but will be very limited. The shuttle bus is being furnished by Montauk Bus Company. The bus will be dropping off passengers right near the Marina 1 handicapped parking. Please obey any No Parking signs that the village posts, they are for your safety and the safety of others.

There will be vendors, seafood, including crabs, clams, crab cakes, shrimp, other types of food, beer raffles and live music.


Volunteer help is need in the following areas:
Set Up and Preparation
Ticket Sales
Cooking Crabs and Crab cakes
Clam Shucking
Serving Food
Serving Beer, Wine and Soda
MBPOA Registration Table
Raffle Table
Clean Up after the Festival
Transporting Items back to the Clubhouse.


Please call the office at 399-6111 if you are available to help at any time during the event.

Music By the Bay Report

Our 9th Annual Music By the Bay was a great success. The MBPOA would like to thank the following individuals and groups for working so hard and making it possible to have this event in our community.

Suffolk County Legislator Kate Browning and the County of Suffolk
Village of Mastic Beach and Mayor Maura Spery
John Pastore and Ice-Cream Cottage
Neighborhood Country Deli
All the MBPOA volunteers who worked tirelessly for days and especially on Saturday.

Snapper Derby


The annual Snapper Derby for Children 5-12 years will be held on Saturday August 15th at the south end of Marina 1 on Riviera Drive. Fishing is scheduled from 10:00 am to 12:00 Noon. The Snapper Derby is free and is sponsored by the MBPOA and the Mastic Beach Yacht Club.

Participants are asked to bring their own poles (preferably a snapper pole) and are not permitted to use a reel. Parents can bait hooks, but cannot fish. Bait will be provided by the MBPOA.

Prizes will be awarded and hot dogs and soda will be served to the children by the Mastic Beach Yacht Club afterward. It is always a fun day for the kids and parents. Parents, do not forget your camera!

Special News for Marina Slip Renters


Important news for Marina users, boat slip renters and their guests.

We will be having our Blue Claw Crab Fest on August 30 at Marina 1 and will be preparing the area during the week before. There is absolutely no over night parking on the east side of Marina 1 from Friday August 28 thru Sunday August 30. Regular parking will resume after everything is cleaned up after the Blue Claw Crab Fest. The Marina 1 Ramp will be closed on Sunday August 30. Please use the Smith Point Suffolk County Ramp or the Forge River Brookhaven Town Ramp. Please remember you will need to pay at these ramps. Please obey all posted parking signs and instructions of the marina guards for the whole week. We appreciate the help of our members in making one of our biggest fund raisers a successful and enjoyable event. We hope to see all of our members come down and have a good time.

Marina News


Please remember that the area between the entrance buoy and the marina is a no wake area when entering or leaving the marina. This area is not for swimming, fishing, water skiing or jet skiing. Please be considerate of your marina neighbors and the beach area to the east of the marina. The MBPOA wishes everyone a safe boating season.

Please remember and tell your friends and neighbors that Marina 5 is closed. This includes the ramp. Someone has removed the chain and closed signs from the ramp but that does not mean it is permissible to use the ramp. Anyone found using the ramp at Marina #5 will be fined and their membership will be denied next year. This is a safety issue and not up for negotiation. The MBPOA will not be held responsible for loss of life or property. Ignorance of the rules is no excuse.

For those not familiar with the ramp at the MBPOA Marina, please ask the guard to point out the line which indicates how far in to put your trailer. It is an orange arrow on the ramp.

Reminders of best practices for using the MBPOA Marina are as follows: Carry-In/Carry-Out: no garbage should be left anywhere on the marina property. Please take all of your trash with you. No fileting or cleaning of fish in the marina and no dumping of bait, or fish waste into the marina. No discharging of sewage into the marina water. A Brookhaven Town pump out boat can be arranged on VHF Channel 73 or go to the Brookhaven Town Marina at Forge River to use the pump out there.

Section 1 Park/ Beach


The park/beach at the end of Marina 1 is for members not customers with ramp passes. Please obey all posted rules and take your garbage with you when you leave. Jet ski's are personal water craft and have no business being on the beach and playing in the mouth of the marina. The rules according to the NYS Boaters Guide are:

Swim Areas - no operation permitted within 500 feet of a designated swim area, except in bodies of water where the opposing shoreline is less than 500 feet or when launching and retrieving a PWC from a designated launch site. PWC must not exceed 10 mph when within this zone.

Reckless Operation - strictly prohibited, examples of such operation would be:

• wake jumping too close to other vessels

• weaving through congested traffic

• last minute swerving to avoid collision.

Any members who have a complaint with a jet ski are urged to call in a complaint to the Suffolk County Police.

Country Dancing


Dancing will be held on August 7 and 21 this month. Admission is $8 for MBPOA members and $10 for guests. There is a 50/50 raffle, complimentary coffee and cake and a cash bar. No outside beverages please.

Fridays Nights


Friday nights are Meet & Greet at the MBPOA Clubhouse Bar. Members and their guests are invited to stop by for a drink (alcoholic or not) and a chat. Nights that are not Country Dancing nights sometimes become karaoke nights.

August Monthly Calendar


August 2nd – Smith Point Triathlon
August 6th – General Meeting – 7:30pm
August 7th - Country Dancing – 7:30pm*
August 14th - Meet & Greet – 7pm*
August 15th – Snapper Derby - 10am
August 20th – Board of Directors Meeting
August 21st - Country Dancing – 7:30pm*
August 28th - Meet & Greet – 7pm*
August 30th – Blue Claw Crab Fest - 11am

*Bar Open
 


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