April 2025

Board and General Meeting Minutes

At the Board meeting of March 27, Shane Nicholls introduced Darren Nakatani as a prospective new member. There are now 11 people on the wait list.

Dave Burke asked if members might be interested in having a sale/swap meet some Saturday or before a meeting in the parking lot so members can buy and sell their extra stuff. The membership decided to have a swap – sale meet before the May dinner on May 17 beginning at 4:00. Come bring your unwanted gear and either sell or give it to other members. Come and sell your gear so you can buy more!

We also talked about adding a for sale section in the newsletter so members could list what they might want to sell or give away. Please let a board member know if these are things you might be interested in.

Victor Lazzazzera has been doing a lot of research on the golden muscle situation. Beginning April 7th it will cost between $35 and $100 to have boats inspected at a licensed facility. Not sure where those will be. He will look into the possibility of having a station at the boat club. Don’t plan on going to a lake with your boat if you have not had it inspected.

At a future meeting we will have Drew Gantner from the Solano County Water Agency come and talk about the muscle and boat inspection situation. As of right now, there is still a lot of
confusion at all the lakes.

We received a letter form Dr. Bailey Morrison from the Valley Institute for Sustainability Technology and Agriculture who would like permission to use the boat ramp as they are
researching to map invasive aquatic vegetation throughout the Delta. I am emailing her with
Bob’s number so she can contact him.

Tommy Acosta and Brian Williamshen were interested in recapping the fish and water reports
that the various agencies find when in the sloughs. They would present their findings at the
meetings and in the newsletter, waiting to follow up on this.

The Board O.K.’d Rosie buying a new pot for beans, the one’s we have now are either too
small or too large.

Dinners

For those of you that have not been to any of our dinners you are really missing out on a fun time with fantastic food. Last month’s Mexican dinner by Rosie and Sherman was fantastic. Everything they served was great.

The next dinner is April 19th when Manny and Brad will be serving their famous smoked pork
ribs. Manny wanted to remind the new members that they have to work one of the dinners to fulfill their obligation to the club, if you would like to help at Manny’s dinner please contact him at 707-685-1898. We will be taking reservations beginning on Sunday April 12. Make sure to make your reservations early as this will fill up.Email me at Dixonboatclub@gmail.com or text to 707-592-4395.

Dan Calestini is willing to help organize a work crew to put new flooring down in the kitchen. He would like two volunteers (good chance to get work day hours in) to help. Please contact Dan to set up a time to get this job done. Membership voted to give him a budget of $1000. for the job. (Dan – 916-270-5001)

Danaca Flores asked about having a kids’ fishing day at the club. They would play games, fish and possibly bbq hotdogs. Membership thought it was a good idea and she will follow up with more information. If you are interested and have kids that might be interested please contact Danaca – 707-685-4481. This is in the early planning stages so any input would be appreciated.

Shane Nichols lost $100 in the poker chip drawing. You can’t win if you aren’t there!

The club would like to send our get-well wishes to Fred Vanderwold’s wife Linda. She fell and had a compound fracture of her arm, it then got infected and she is now in a Vacaville Rehab
facility to try to get better. Keep her in your good thoughts.

Would also have to report some sad news that within the past year Jessie Sanchez passed away as well as Jim Wright.