Good afternoon.
The Dine Around crew wants to remind everyone of the Dine Around on March 4th at The Sea Captains House. If you haven’t signed up yet, contact the Dunbars or Bergers.  Check https://seatrailma.com/march-dine-around-at-the-sea-captains-house/ for the details.

From the Finance Committee:

All 2019 dues and fees were due on January 31, and any unpaid balances are now overdue. The finance committee will be meeting Friday February 15 to apply a $50 late fee to all unpaid 2019 dues, so please get your checks to Debra Bordeaux by Friday noon to avoid having a late fee applied to your account. If you have any questions about your account, wish to schedule a payment or establish a payment plan, please contact Debra prior to Friday. If an approved payment plan is already in place or is established by Friday no late fee will be applied.

Starting on March 1st a 1% interest charge will be applied to all overdue accounts every month until the total balance owed is paid. In addition, the access cards attached to those accounts will be deactivated until full payment has been received. If full payment is received prior to March 15, there will be no fee to reactivate the cards; after March 15, there will be the customary $25 reactivation fee applied to the account to get the card activated again. The interest charge and card deactivation will not be applied to any accounts with an approved payment plan in place.

We regret having to take these steps, but each year we’re seeing an increase in the number of unpaid accounts early in the year. We can’t allow this trend to continue, it’s not fair to the members who pay on time and creates problems in our accounting system. If you have a good reason why you haven’t paid your obligations we’re more than willing to work with you, but we can’t do anything if we don’t hear from you.

John Rothermel
Treasurer, STMA