b'Chapter FourTheFriends vessel had hardly made its way south through the cut when all hands took to their knees to holy-stone the deck. Or so it seems, looking back. In Mrs. Kimballs crew, there was work for everybody.Thats the way its been for FCWs board right to this day.As president, Joan Kimball could have delegated assignments to others. That was not her style. Even when her husband, John, and she left their Stage Island home at summers end and returned to Lincoln, shed be in touch with colleagues and drive down to occasional meetings in Chatham on week-ends.And she invested her energies in various tasks in Lincolnputting out two newsletters in the first year (with editing help from Lew Kimball) and assembling a Presidents Book, containing minutes, reports on actions, newspaper articles, letters to the editor, and newsletter copies.Along the way, she was guided by a new, formal statement of purpose.That declaration had been worked up by the time of a nominating committee/bylaw meeting September 11, 1983, at the Hoyts home on Stage Harbor. What the ten members fine-tuned there won ratification when the full membership gathered on October 9. That Statement of Purpose read:The associations purpose is to he an informational resource for members and other interested parties concerning the condition, development and preservation of the Stage Harbor Waterways and adjoining lands.A. prim ary interest of the association shall be the developmentof the recreational and economic uses of the waterways compatible with the protectionof the natural resources and the character of the area.The responsibilities of the association shall include the monitoring and! or creating of informational sources; defining issues of concern; disseminating information to appropriate agencies; and initiating action on issues as determined and approved by the membership.It is gratifying to see how much subsequent boards have stuck to the spirit and indeed the letter of this statement. As one example, FCW used its49'