In that 2011 discussion, I wrote:

"The board needs to clarify this situation, either voting to allow Thompson another year based on something more than a "trust me" business plan or enter negotiations with Casper to take over all food and beverage operations if they are still interested. Perhaps other companies are interested as well. If the board wants to outsource food and beverage next year, discussions with potential individuals or companies must begin now."

Ocean Pines Maryland Forum Read Thread Thompson & Yacht Club - From: Joe Reynolds (oceanpinesforum.com)

With regard to Tom Stauss, below is Commentary he wrote in January 2012:

"Reaffirm the Yacht Club business plan as suggested by General Manager Bob Thompson that envisions the Yacht Club as primarily a summer destination, with some room to accommodate “open for business” in the shoulder months. As recently described by Thompson, a new Yacht Club would close during the winter months, except for special banquet events at the amenity that would be held on the new building’s second floor. This is a business with historical roots – it was the original operating plan for the Yacht Club in its earliest years – and it remains a plan that has produced a break-even operation at the Yacht Club as recently as two years ago. This past October, the Yacht Club produced a modest surplus open seven days a week; imagine what that profit could have been if it had been open during the prime Friday to Sunday period only.

"Thompson has announced that kind of attenuated schedule beginning this month; it will be interesting to see whether the results will more closely resemble October, with its modest profit, or November, in which the club lost more than $45,000. If January replicates November’s results, then the board and Thompson should apply that new found knowledge, by affirming that a new Yacht Club’s business plan will call for the facility’s closure for four or five months during winter, with the possible accommodation of special catered events on an ad hoc basis."