Boat Owners Association of NSW Rejects Membership Application
10th May 2007.
Dear Mr Da Silva
The board of the Boat Owners Association of NSW has declined your application for membership and I return your cheque accordingly.
Yours Faithfully
Sue Merricks
Hon. Sec.
I find it interesting that the Boat Owners Association of NSW seems to apply a selective membership policy. The association undertakes lobbying of government and appropriate agencies on behalf of the interests of boat owners in NSW.
The association has exclusive access to certain facilities on public land for the benefit of its members such as the lease of a slipway in Woodford Bay.
Ironically, it was Don France, life member of the BOA, a well known character on Woodford Bay and tireless volunteer operator of the Woodford Bay slipway, who invited me to join the BOA in the first place.
For these reasons I will be further investigating the membership policies, selection criteria and processes of the BOA and will report back here on my findings.
The motto on the BOA letterhead reads “Representing All Boaters”. At the present moment I can only conclude, based on my personal experience, that this appears to be a misrepresentation.
