Joining the Grateful Oars
Rowing Club
Most members of the Grateful Oars Rowing Club live within commuting distance
from Norwood, in north central St. Lawrence County, New York.
Grateful Oars Rowing Club adult members join at two levels, full membership
and alternate membership. Youths over 14 and under 18 may join for a reduced rate.
Anyone who seeks to house a personal boat in the Oars boathouse joins at one
or the other adult level. There is an additional fee for boat storage.
The Grateful Oars has a "try before you buy" policy of offering two free rows
before a prospective member needs to pay dues and join the club.
Full members typically are assigned to one or more regular
crews that row once per week. Although there is no limit to the number of
crews one may row with on a regular basis, the need to accommodate all
full members' minimum rows, boat availability, and
members' personal schedules combine
typically for a practical limit
of one or two rows per week. Members of the racing crew may row more often when training for a regatta. At a minimum, full members are assured of
one regularly scheduled rowing session per week.
Alternates
form the core of the substitutes list, but are not assigned a regular row.
Alternates may actually row often, as full members will miss a row now
and then. The more flexible the alternate member's schedule, the more
he or she will be able to row when called.
The cost of full membership is currently (2007) $100.00 per year.
Alternates join for half that amount ($50). Those under 18 years of age join
for $50, regular or alternate. The minimum age for membership is 14. The membership fee is good for one year,
payable in the spring.
For more information on joining the Grateful Oars Rowing Club, contact Peter Phelan, President, 315-265-7608
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