General Services Committee Agenda
Saturday, October 24, 1998
9:30am - 2:30pm

1. Do we have the capability to sell "Sailing?"  If the answer is yes, tell us how.  Through non-boating magazines?  Via plants for neighborhood newspapers?  Through a speakers bureau (talking to whom)?  Does the selling of "Sailing" do anything for the NGB?
   
2. What can we do to penetrate the One-Design classes to a greater degree?  So many classes hold championships using yacht clubs and US SAILING designees (Judges, etc.).
   
3. Should we attempt to rid ourselves of the "elitist" image?  Would a cartoon included in our mailings soften our hard appearance?
   
4. Can we identify streams of entry into the sport?
   
5. It is a given that many people go to sailing schools.  How can we hold them in the sport after graduation?
   
6. Should US SAILING broaden its membership base by seeking the non-racing sailor?  It is a given there are more than them than us!
   
7. The strategic plan states 70,000 members by 2002.  Can we reach this goal?
   
8. Any other matter, if time allows.

Gene T. McCarthy
General Services Chair