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Gulf Coast Sailing Club Notice of Election - Officers and Directors

 
All Nominations are complete! Now it's time to vote!


Elections will be held at our April 10th, 2024 General Membership Meeting.


Below is the list of Candidates for Flag Officer and Director Positions approved at the March GCSC Member Meeting:


Flag Officers:

Commodore: Trudell Kolpack
Vice Commodore: Laurie Conrod
Rear Commodore: Bob Andreini
Treasurer: Doug Foss
Secretary: Ann Graham


Director Positions this Year, for a 3 year term:

Director: John Steiner
Director: Kathleen Cahill

 

There are 3 Ways to Vote!

 
1. Attend the April 10th member meeting and vote at the meeting
 
2. Fill out the attached absentee ballot, (at the bottom of this email) and mail it to Gulf Coast Sailing Club P.O. Box 2121 Naples, FL 34106 by April 1, 2023

3. E-mail your votes to Paul Carlson  by April 1, 2024 – Chairperson of the Nomination Committee skippersail1@gmail.com. 


TrudellFamily

Trudell Kolpack

Commodore

The Commodore shall be the senior officer of the Club


My family and I relocated to Florida from the midwest about seven years ago.  Soon thereafter, I realized I had an interest in learning to sail.  I took sailing lessons on Marco Island and soon developed a passion for sailing.  We were quickly on the hunt for our first boat.  My family and I  bought a trimaran sailboat "Running With Scissors" and we have been exploring the local cruising area as well as racing.  My sailing crew consists of myself (captain Tru) and my Kolpack crew... wife Laura, and our 3 children Ryan, Ben and Jenna.  Many of you have seen the Running with Scissors crew learning the lines while competing in our first year of racing.

I would love to meet and see you all at upcoming meetings and events.  I look forward to continuing to share my passion for sailing with my family and all of you as well.
 
Trudell can be reached at commodore@gulfcoastsailingclub.org


 John Steiner

John Steiner

Vice Commodore

The Vice Commodore is responsible for Membership, Communications, Landside Events, and Volunteer Coordination activities for the Club

John is a native of Pittsburgh, PA.  He and his wife, Ilene, are Naples, FL residents and spend the summer in Pittsburgh.  John and Ilene sailed for decades on Lake Michigan while Chicagoland residents.  They moved with their daughters to Cleveland and continued cruising and racing on Lake Erie.
John raced for many years on Solings, C&C 39s on Lake Michigan (including 2 Mackinaw races).  He enjoys the pure challenge of racing as well as the relaxing effects of cruising!   
Before becoming Vice Commodore in 2022, John served as Fleet Captain, GCSC Small Boat Sailing Program.  He encourages all members to participate in that program at Sugden Regional Park.
After practicing the legal specialty of Healthcare law for 40 years, John continues with legal work on behalf of the family business in Pittsburgh; Steiner Realty, Inc.  
Here’s to great sailing and landside fun in SWFL!   
Look forward to greeting and assisting current and new members of GCSC!  

 

 

Bob Andreini

Rear Commodore

The Rear Commodore is responsible for the On The Water activities for the Club


Bob hails from Chicago, IL where he spent most of his life power boating on Lake Michigan and the mighty Mississippi River, having obtained his boat safety permit at the age of 14. 

However, it wasn't until summer of 2020 that a good friend invited Bob and his wife Michelle to a BVI sailing trip.  Prior to going, they decided to take a basic keel board sailing class and it was an instant conversion from power boating to sail boating!  Over the next few months, Bob received his ASA certifications for coastal cruising and bareboat chartering and by the fall of 2020, chartered his first cruising sailboat - a Hunter 36 out of Burnt Store Marina. 

In July 2021, Bob and Michelle purchased their first sailboat - a Catalina Morgan 381 Center Cockpit true cruising boat.  Over the past 2 years, Bob and Michelle have cruised from the 10,000 islands, Marco, Naples, Ft. Myers Beach, Cayo Costa, and all of Charlotte Harbor. 

Having upgraded the electronics on their boat with a new chart plotter, AIS and Radar, they plan to make overnight passages up to Tampa and south to Marathon and the Dry Tortugas. 

Having developed a true passion for sailing, Bob loves working with the crew and members of the Gulf Coast Sailing Club and looks forward to seeing all of you On The Water!
Bob can be reached at cruising@gulfcoastsailingclub.org  


Doug Foss

Treasurer


Doug Foss has a great love for sailing and boating. He has lived in Marco Island for the past three years and currently sails a Compac Legacy. He also spent many years sailing a Westerly Tiger on Lake Michigan. He has two grandsons 8 and 6 and hopes that they will also learn to love sailing.

Doug is a CPA and has over 35 years of accounting / auditing experience and served as a Vice President of Internal Audit for over ten years for a large manufacturing company. Doug joined the Gulf Coast Sailing Club in 2021 and has volunteered to be the Treasurer.

 

Ann Graham

Secretary





Board of Directors 2023-2024



Denise Brown
Paul Carlson
Laurie Conrod
Doug Foss
Ann Graham
James Lotspeich
Susan Watkins
Jerry Watkins



Committee Leaders


 
Fleet Captain - Cruising, Bob Andreini cruising@gulfcoastsailingclub.org 
Fleet Captain - Racing, Jeff Gage racing@gulfcoastsailingclub.org  
Fleet Captain - Small Boats, Doug Foss smallboats@gulfcoastsailingclub.org 
Fleet Captain - Day Sailing Peter Russo daysailing@gulfcoastsailingclub.org  
Fleet Captain - Chartering Anthony Short chartering@gulfcoastsailingclub.org  
 
Membership, Denise Brown membership@gulfcoastsailingclub.org 
Communications, Laurie Conrod info@gulfcoastsailing.org or newsletter@gulfcoastsailingclub.org
Public and Media Relations, Laurie Conrod info@gulfcoastsailingclub.org  
Webmaster, Michael Charalambous