b"C H A P T E R T H R E EOne important procedural step was announced early on by Lynn Landy: her husband would finance FSHWs incorporation and its designation as tax- exempt and non-profit. Understandably, that gesture was greeted enthusiastically.As she remembers that September gathering, Joan Kimball says that those present were concerned about vistas, water quality, shell-fishing and appropriate development that would respect the harbor. But the single memory that stands out for her was discussion about a commitment to keeping Stage Harbor as it was. While they were not forgetting OMBY, the organizers had clearly gone beyond it in voicing their determination to safeguard every facet of this choice Chatham waterway.The minutes of the meeting on September 2 suggest that vaporousWhen a handful of issues threatened platitudes would have been unwelcome. the charm and safety of Stage Harbor, Rather, the group wanted to get goingJoan Kimball (here with her two on substance. A ten-memberchildren) took on the task of organizing nominating committee was formed,and then becoming first president of while Sue Wilmot urged her companionswhat is now Friends of Chatham Waterways.Courtesy of John KimballKamily.to spot and address issues on the horizon.That called for forming study groups,but everyone agreed that FSHW should not take any stands at this time. Among issues identified: appointment of a town waterways commission; what to do about the Coast Guard Station on Stage Island (still a problem today); the need for a second police boat; questions about numbers of moorings for inner and outer harbors; water quality; problems particular to Oyster and Mill Ponds; and even what tracts of land might be coming on the market. And, going back to its root cause for getting together, the new association concurred it should be a watchdog to monitor traffic at OMBY.Certainly theyd soon need a statement of purpose. Batch Batchelder, on the threshold of a new life as a full-time realtor in Chatham, said this formal declaration should state that FSHW is for 'appropriate economic development so that the people who make a living on and by the water realize we are concerned for them also.Five weeks later, on October9, the new association met at the home of Spencer Grey. After recapping the short history of FSHW, chairwoman Joan40"