Minutes of The Dinghy Meeting 7^th February

Present IW, ID, JG, HP, AP.

Apologies None

1) Agreement of Minutes

All agreed minutes

2) Chair’s Report

Noted

ID notified dinghy com that the section now had it’s own e mail address

ID had attended the WAY meeting the meeting had achieved the following.

An elected officer responsible for Youth transition – Bill Jackson

A combination of club dates for open meetings etc to be compiled by the WAY sec.

ID had been elected to develop Adult training.

WAY had sponsorship available to support the above. Possibility of using these funds to have an RS200 demo.

ID also mentioned about Lease sponsorship.

The above com are to meet twice a year.

Agreed

There would be a FF 15 and Ent open meeting to be arranged by dinghy section.

HP would amend club racing SI’s and then amend these for the open meeting.

The dinghy section would run a refresher course for SB and OOD training on 26^th of February.

Racing would start on 6^th March

HP would run start line training 19^th March ( Turbo starts)

The dinghy section would run a Dawn to Dusk fun event to raise money for charity. This would be instead of the 24 hour race. This will take place in the summer and will use the clubs and sailing schools Omegas.

Treasurers Report

Noted

JG noticed some anomalies in the accounts received from the office namely income from the laying up supper, and the fact that the section had been charged for the provision of boat stickers. JG to investigate.

Discussion as to the collection of race fees followed. IW reminded com that the new system for collection had already been agreed and was on the website. IW further suggested that we needed to develop the role of fleet captains and that these could be used to assist in the collection of racing fees as well as encouraging sailing.

3) AGM

Noted

ID ran through the agenda for the AGM

Chairs Report

ID would give a resume of the years events and a overview of the proposed events for next season.

Treasurer’s Report

John would give a brief report on the finances emphasising the importance of Race Fees and the FF15 and Ent open which will act as a fundraiser.

Racing Program

AP would give an overview of the racing schedule for the year

HP amended SI’s

ID to mention Fleet Captains

The system of prizes

1^st Place for each series

Fleet prizes

<5 boats 1^st prize only

6 < 10 boats 1^st , 2^nd prizes

11 < 20 boats 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd prizes

> 20 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th prizes

There needs to be discussion as to the types of prizes that membership want.

Training

HP to outline training.

SB OOD refresher 26^th Feb

Race starts 19^th March

Use it Loose It

AP to give brief explanation of changes.

Election of officers

ID to mention

Election of Officers for the Dinghy Com

Currently two spaces on the dinghy Com.

Items submitted for discussion and open forum.

ID dibble to chair.

4) AOB

AP provided the com with statistics on the number of people racing, pleasure sailing over the last two years. It appears the over all number of members racing has declined as has the number of members cruising, despite the number of sailing boats increasing. Some of the reasons for this can be put down to a number of sailing boats not achieving the required number of sails for the year and some members boats being significantly damaged. The section will attempt to encourage all members to sail.

Chris has said he is happy to continue running the SB and OOD roster. IW suggested that the list of members to do this duty should be up dated. Also the new berthing request form has a space for members current e mail. This could be used to remind members of their responsibilities for SB and OOD.