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July 7 Board meeting McKinley Pavilion
August 4

Board Meeting

McKinley Pavilion
September 8 Board Meeting McKinley Pavilion
October 6 Board Meeting McKinley Pavilion
November 3 Board Meeting McKinley RoundHouse
  December 1 Board Meeting McKinley RoundHouse
       
 

Board of Directors:

George Graubner
President

Gene Braaksma
Vice President

Rebecca Bardwell
Secretary

Carol Gegner
Treasurer

Board members:

Gary Bush
Tom Crowell
Sam Graubner
Paul Gutkowski
Frank Longenecker
Art Pfitzinger
Jana Prentnieks
Steve Shaw

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Note from your McBOAT President
Let me introduce myself, I am the new President of McKinley Marina Boat Owners Association (McBOAT). My wife Sam and I have been boating for over 20 years and have been residents of McKinley for 11 years. We have been members of McBOAT for most of those 11 years. You can find us in slip G-41.

We have seen a lot of improvements and we have seen some disappointments here at McKinley. I feel that we have a very nice marina and I think with everyone's help we can make it very special. I would welcome any comments from our members or non-members at anytime. You may contact me directly at (414) 791-8439 and I will listen to your concerns. We want to work with the management of the marina and the County Parks Department, and take any suggestions that may have relevance to them. Just remember there is strength in numbers. We are always looking for additional members and help on the Board and Committees.

We have a number of meetings and all are invited to attend. The Board meets every first Monday of the month at 6:00pm generally at the Roundhouse in the winter and at the Pavilion in the summer. Just look at our website for dates and locations of meetings.

Our last educational meeting was well attended. This meeting featured folks from the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters. They spoke about the Great Lakes Compact, which is very important to all of us. More on this later.

Hope to see you all this summer,
George Graubner
 
                                 New Marina Manager

                                              BREAKING NEWS.....Friday, June 6th
"Effective Immediately McKinley Marina will be under the management of Eric Lesch."
You can contact Eric by email at:  Eric.Lesch@milwcnty.com

McBOAT expresses our best wishes and thanks to Clarke Johnson during his tenure with the marina.

                              Milwaukee Air Expo Canceled

The 2008 Milwaukee Air Expo airshow scheduled for July 12-13 has been cancelled.
Plans are underway for the airshow to return in 2009.

 

                                                 

"The Mariner Network" has a new website that offers updated marine fuel prices around Lake Michigan from Manitowoc, WI to Ludington, MI.  Just click on the photo above to go to their website.
 

                           Special Event No-Wake Zone

The Milwaukee Harbormaster has declared that a Slow No-Wake zone shall be in effect and enforced in the Outer Harbor for 2 hours before and 2 hours after special events fireworks. This will help eliminate dangerous situation caused by boaters racing back to the launching ramps after fireworks events. Click here for the Notice to Mariners flyer.

 

 

    Pavilion Hours

The marina staff would like to remind
everyone that the Pavilion is open to the
public from 7:00am  until 7:00pm. Marina
tenants may use the Pavilion until 10:00pm.

There have been recent conflicts involving
tenants that wanted to remain after 10:00pm.
No one is allowed after 10:00pm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

McBOAT Educational Meeting

The McBOAT Board is looking for input from members regarding subjects you would like covered at our August Educational Meeting. Please e-mail your ideas for topics to President George Graubner at my_mcboat@yahoo.com
 

Strength in Numbers

From USA Today Leaving Land:   Did you Know that there are 53.6 million adult boaters.  Boaters spend $16 billion on food and fuel during boating.  So we as boaters do have voice that can be heard.  This does not include the upkeep or storage, or marina fees. 

 
 

                      Fishing within McKinley Marina

There have been many complaints regarding fishing within the McKinley Marina basin. The fishermen are allowed to fish within the marina basin and fairways providing they are "position fishing". This is defined as casting from a stationary boat, but not anchored. They are not allowed to troll or tie to any dock or wall. If you observe any violations of these rules contact the DNR warden or Milwaukee County Sheriff. The marina staff cannot enforce these rules.

The DNR warden is David Oginski, he can be reached at (414) 263-8549 or email at david.oginskijr@wisconsin.gov

The Wisconsin DNR Tip Hotline number is 1-800-TIP-WDNR (1-800-847-9367) or from your cell phone dial #367.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff non-emergency phone number is (414) 278-4788.    

 

Waterline Newsletter 

The latest issue of our Waterline newsletter was updated on November 1, 2007.  Click on the hyperlink below to access the newsletter in Adobe Acrobat format.

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