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IMPORTANT NEWS - GSL and Antelope Park
by Dave Shearer 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

GSL Slip Renters and Marina Users, Over the last four years, with the economic situation and the Utah State Legislature taking a hard look at State Parks operations, Utah State Parks has taken some very serious budget cuts and has had to look hard at consolidating operations. One of the areas that has been studied for consolidation was Great Salt Lake State Marina and Antelope Island State Park. Well this is no longer being studied but actually being implemented. Great Salt Lake State Marina and Antelope Island State Park will combine into one Park COMPLEX. In general, what this means is that we would consolidate management and employees under one park management. Although the two parks would operate under one COMPLEX we will function as separate autonomous entities. You, as a slip renter or marina user, are unlikely to see any real change. The changes you do see may actually provide more opportunities for you. So let me explain what will happen with this COMPLEXING of the two parks. Then I will explain some of the benefits you may see that we are working on. 1. Jeremy Shaw, the Manager of Antelope Island State Park, will become the manager of the COMPLEX. His office will be based at Antelope Island State Park 2. John Sullivan, the Asst. Manger of Antelope Island State Park, will become the Asst. Manager of the COMPLEX. His office will be based at Antelope Island State Park 3. Kent Cummings, the current Asst. Manager of Great Salt Lake State Marina, will stay as the Asst. Manager of the marina. His office will be based at the Great Salt Lake Marina. 4. Dave Shearer, the Harbor Master of the Great Salt Lake State Marina, will now become the Harbor Master for Great Salt Lake State Marina AND Antelope Island Marina. He will also be the lead for Search & Rescue for the whole lake. His main office will remain at the Great Salt Lake. 5. Bob Rosell will become a Park Ranger and work primarily at Antelope Island State Park. His office will be based at Antelope Island and he will work with Dave in the day-to-day affairs of the Antelope Island marina along with his other duties as a ranger. Bob will still be working part time at the Great Salt Lake Marina. 6. Antelope Island State Park will remain Antelope Island State Park within the complex 7. Great Salt Lake State Marina will remain Great Salt Lake State Marina within the complex. 8. One of Antelope Islands maintenance employees will work at least one day a week throughout the year at Great Salt Lake State Marina. 9. The dedicated Great Salt Lake Marina Search & Rescue team will remain Dave, Kent and Bob. Antelope Islands budget has been cut substantially in the last four years. They lost one full-time maintenance position and they lost three law enforcement positions. This proved to be difficult for them. They went from four full-time LE officers to one full-time LE officer. Antelope Island State Park was in desperate need of Law Enforcement help. Great Salt Lake State Marinas budget, over the last four years, has been slashed around $100,000 and has lost 1 ½ positions. When Larry Modena died his Grounds Supervisor position was eliminated and his duties were primarily delegated to Dave in addition to Daves duties as Harbor Master. Dave was assisted by a seasonal (part time) maintenance employee. But that seasonal maintenance position was also eliminated in the new budget leaving the Great Salt Lake Marina in desperate need of maintenance help. Hence the thought of COMPLEXING operations of the two parks. Although Great Salt Lake State Marina needs a law enforcement presence in order to meet its contracted responsibilities, we do not have a lot of law enforcement needs compared to other parks (this is due to the fact that we have a great community park rather than a transient park like most parks transient meaning different people visiting each day rather than the same people). We can afford to share law enforcement with Antelope Island. Antelope Island has two full time maintenance positions along with seasonal maintenance employees. They can afford to share maintenance with us. In addition we are working on securing the funding between the two parks to hire another seasonal maintenance person that work 10 hours a week year round at the Great Salt Lake Marina. This would potentially put us back to 20 hours a week of maintenance help. As I stated earlier, you as a slip renter, will likely see little change and may actually realize benefits. Bob will still work part time at the marina. Kent and Dave will still be working full time at the marina. The faces you are used to will still be here. The day-to-day management of the Great Salt Lake Marina will still remain with Kent and Dave. Our budget will still stay with us. Although Jeremy will be the manager of the complex he intends to leave the Great Salt Lake Marina to run itself to better serve its clientele. After all, he still has a large park to run himself. But he will have involvement and oversight of the Great Salt Lake Marina. And you will see an increase on maintenance support at the marina. Many of those projects we had to put on the back burner because of staffing and money, will now become priorities again. We will be able to repair light poles, docks, floats, water lines, sprinkler systems and other projects rather than just focusing on high priority items such as broken water lines and broken docks. We can start focusing more heavily on preventative maintenance rather than band aids and splints. And we can move ahead with park improvement projects once again. Another benefit you will see is greater access; Greater access to Antelope Island Marina, favorite anchorages and hiking trails. Over the last year we have negotiated a deal with Antelope Island management to open up the long closed beaches on the west side of the Island. At present you can go to shore and walk along the beaches up to the high water line. Well that will open up even more. We are working on designated anchorages where you can access trail systems and hike greater portions of the island including to peaks. These designated anchorages may even include primitive camping areas. And it will mean even greater reciprocity for the marina up there. You can simply call me and arrange a slip at Antelope for the day, week or even a month or more. In essence, we will be working to open up greater areas of the lake and its islands for your recreation and enjoyment. There is also a desire to provide more services at both marinas. We are working on proposals at this time and some of them are being looked at very favorably. More information on that will be available soon. We will be going through with the COMPLEXING process starting today. The official date the actual COMPLEX will be finalized will likely be February 15th. Jeremy Shaw (Complex Manager) and John Sullivan (Complex Asst. Manager) will be coming down to the Great Salt Lake Marina on Saturday, January 28th to make themselves available to answer any questions you may have and to visit with you. This is the same date as the Yacht Clubs Polar Bear Cup. It is also the date that the Harbor Master (that would be me) holds his annual Clam Chowder feast at Trestle Dock (my home at the marina). The Clam Chowder feast will begin around 1pm. All marina patrons are invited to attend. This is when and where Jeremy and John will be that date. I will be sending out another email about the specifics of this social within the next day or two. PLEASE RSVP so I know how much chowder to plan for. Side dishes are welcome. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me. I will be happy to answer them to the best of my ability. Dave Shearer Harbor Master Great Salt Lake State Marina Antelope Island Marina 801-250-1898

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:. VIKING CRUISE 2012 .:
by LANCE FAIRBANKS 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

Return of the Forbidden :. CLASH OF THE VIKINGS .:Second Annual Viking Cruise.: Saturday, January 14, 2012 :. Meeting at 12~NoonBonfire at Dusk yfirgefa sverð Viking Attire EncouragedPrizes to be Awarded $5.00 Donation per Person PLEASE - RSVP Lance Fairbanksprimexchange(a)msn.com :. Weather Permitting .: Hosted by the Great Salt Lake Yacht Club,1877-2012All Rights Reserved (C) Sailing for 135 Years

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REMINDER - SLIP CONTRACTS
by Dave Shearer 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

GSL Slip Renters. Just a GENTLE reminder that your contracts expire at midnight tomorrow. Many of you have sent them in or dropped them by. Thank you. And you should have received a confirmation email back with the instructions on new passes, gate codes and keys. If you haven't sent your contract in yet PLEASE DO SO. Thank you Harbor Master

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IMPORTANT - Hacked emails
by Dave Shearer 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

GSL Slip Renters. Do not open any emails with no subject line. A couple slip renters, who are on the GSL Marina email list have been hacked. This has allowed their email list (including GSL Marina Email list) to receive the spam adds. If you open one of these, you could end up having your email hacked and all your friends will get spam emails for Viagra from you. So far the two hacked emails are Susan Chaffin and Charles Uibel. IF you open one of these emails and you do not have good protection on your computer you may end on this list. Thanks.

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Re: [GSL-Marina] (no subject)
by Suzan Chaffin 16 Dec '11

16 Dec '11

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Chili Party Reminder
by Dave Shearer 14 Dec '11

14 Dec '11

GSL Slip Renters and Marina Users, This is just a quick reminder of the Bottom-of-the-Pit chili party this Saturday afternoon. The party starts at 11am and will continue until 3pm. Remember that the party is not going to be in the Yacht Club room. It will be in the new building (building C) in the south end of the parking lot. I will turn the heat on to the bay so everyone can be cozy. Hope to see you there. Dave

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Important - Slip Contract Info
by Dave Shearer 14 Dec '11

14 Dec '11

GSL Slip Renters, ALL the slip contract packages have now been sent out to you individually. If you did not receive one then either we have a bad email for you or the past due balance was too high to renew your contract. This does not include the individuals that requested we send the contracts to you in the mail. You will be getting those shortly. Our stamps should be arriving tomorrow (got to love how the government purchasing works). If you have any questions, please feel free to call me at 801-250-1898 or email me harbormaster(a)gslmarina.com For those that have renewed your contract you should be getting an email shortly with the new gate code / key and parking pass information. Thank you, Harbor Master

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Pump-A-Head
by Dave Shearer 12 Dec '11

12 Dec '11

GSL Slip Renters, Unfortunately the Pump-A-Head is closed till further notice. Harbormaster

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Bottom-of-the-Pit Party
by Dave Shearer 04 Dec '11

04 Dec '11

36th Annual Bottom-Of-The-Pit Party Hosted by the Great Salt Lake Marina Staff. Chili Bowl.JPG You are cordially invited to the 36th Annual Bottom-of-the-Pit Chili Fest Saturday, December 17th, from 11am to 3pm at the new Great Salt Lake Marina building (Building 'C' in the south parking lot) Bring your favorite pot of chili to share with others. Prizes given for the best tasting, most original, hottest (spiciest) bowls. Come celebrate the shortest day (bottom of the pit) of the year and the coming of a new sailing season. (Ok, I know it's not the shortest day of the year. But it is close). This is also a great time to renew contracts. Hope to see you there. Harbormaster

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SORRY, WIND CORRECTION
by Dave Shearer 03 Dec '11

03 Dec '11

Sorry. That forecast for heavy wind was for tomorrow night.

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