b'C H A P T E R T E Nstated that 450 flyers about the Friends had been distributed; more were soon going to ConsCom and various clubs active on town waterways.This insistence on talking to a lot more Chatham people than merely the choir of devotees has been written into the institutions ways ever since:the first education grants to school teachers are being announced; lets get a photograph of the winners and take it to The Chronicle with an extended caption Now the Captains Award projects request for nominations is coming up; write up a paragraph or two and get it to the papers and WFCC The Hook Fishermens Association has lined up a strong panel for our annual meeting; lets get out word through mailings and our newsletter as early as we can. In brief, almost everything the Friends takes on lends itself to an outbound information flowto communication. No one questions that self-imposed obligation.That determination has never reached larger proportions than in the case of FCWs initiative to amend the Zoning Bylaw. As the stem-winder of communications for the Friends, director Jim Blankenship sized up the issue this way: It was so contentious.very controversial. (And) it was a very complex situation, not easy to understand. In fact, it was as difficult to get your hands around as any project of FCWs up to that time.Grinding as that whole exercise was, it proved that the Friends had the horsepower for it. Out of the directors ranks came a handful of men and women to go for it. Mrs. Ecker and John Geiger, with strong help from John Sweeney and George Olmsted, manned posts on the front line. Then, backing them up with a program of communications, were directors like Walter Butler, Rob Carlisle, Nancy Rhodes, Barbara Streibert,and Marina Zellner. In the chair: Jim Blankenship, who knows a thing or two about account management.Town Meeting 2001 notAre Jet Skis racing by our beaches what only had FCWs fourChatham summers are all about?Zoning Bylaw revisionsWe of Friends of Chatham Waterways dont think so.on the warrant, but alsoThats why we urge you to attend Town Meeting May 14 and vote YES oo Article 32 an appeal to ban Jetto prohibit operation of Personal Watercraft (PWCs) Skis from waterson local waterways touching the boundary of Cape Cod National Seashore.touching the NationalIf you dont like the way Jet Skis pollute our air and water, or their high-speed thrill-riding off our beaches, or their chain-saw sounds, then Seashore boundary.vote YES on Article 32.FCW favored the ban, The background:as this FCW WaterWaysBy April 20,2002, the National Seashore will prohibit the operation of these craft within a quarter mile of its boundaries.display ad explained. Extending this rule to local waters touching the Seashore boundary is a goal of each town on the Outer Cape and of the Pleasant Bay Alliance of Chatham, Orleans and Harwich.Ail these towns will be voting on a by-law change to put this regulation into effect by next year.176'