b'C H A P T E R F I VEsomething to say.Actually, both of Millers choices for co-chairs were about as judicious as you can get.For nine months, the new subcommittee toiled away, then readied itself for a presentation at Town Meeting on May 8, 1989. It put together a budget ($62,800) and an information flyer, one of many authored by FCW over the years.Voters approved the elements of the plan, but when a second vote was held on June 29on whether to override Proposition 2 Vz limits on municipal spendingthe measure lost.That was a blow, generating real concern that the momentum behind the proposal would fizzle outthat the subcommittee would lose confidence, as the minutes put it.But FCW was not about to lower its sails. By early July, its response was set: it would raise money to keep the work going. At a July 4th Parade party in Colette Clarks yard, Martha Stone took up the challenge with Mrs.Clark and Sara Dunbar.They reacted quickly, according to Mrs. Stone,A fisherman for much of his life, Chatham remarking that an effective sumnative Dave Ryder willingly accepted shore-side tasks, such as being a selectwould be a snap to raise. And it was. man for three terms, and then co-chairing We raised $25,000 and more in such athe committee that defined what a Stage short time, she says, that it wasHarbor Management Plan should be.unbelievable to me.That Thanks- From the Ryder Family Archive.giving week, FCW President Batchelderhanded a check for $28,000 (including $5,000 from the Shellfish Advisory Committee) to the selectmen. Appropriately, Town Planner Margo Fenn added a forecast: it would take about a year to round out the plan.The Plan Unfolds -SlowlyWith FCWs August 13, 1990, annual meeting on the near horizon, President Batchelderwrote a letter canvassing for new members. He was buoyant about prospects for the harbor management plan and vowed that FCW65'