The US SAILING Inshore Committee met at the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans, LA on Saturday October 14, 2000. Chairman Larry White presided and Secretary Clark Chapin was present. Chairman White called the meeting to order at 9:30 AM. The following members were present:

(* = Present)

2 Minutes of the March 2000 Meeting in Chicago. The minutes of the March 2000 meeting were approved as posted on the Inshore web page.

3 Reports of Officers and Staff

3.1 Chair. Larry White noted the following issues:

3.1.1 Issues arising at the AGM. Larry White noted the issues of Budget, Directory, and a possible Dues increase.

3.1.2 Resolution in Support of the Olympic Team. The Committee passed the following resolution:

The Inshore Committee of US SAILING representing the inshore and one-design sailors of the United States heartily commends the US Sailing Team at the 2000 Olympic Games, athletes and support personnel alike, for their outstanding effort and exceptional results. BRAVO-ZULU – Well done!

3.2 Secretary/Web Liaison. Clark Chapin reported that the web site includes the minutes from the March meeting, a complete listing of the committee personnel, and the agenda for this meeting. He solicited ideas for further improvements.

3.3 Inshore Director. Lee Parks had no explicit report.

3.4 US SAILING Webmaster. Ken Signorello was not present.

4 Grant Requests. Ding Schoonmaker reported that USSF had approved requests totaling $40,500 at its meeting yesterday. The breakdown is shown in Attachment 1.

5 Reports and Discussion

5.1 Youth Sailing. Cory Sertl was not present. Ted Beier asked about the future of the Junior Olympic Festivals. Lee Parks reported that $40,000 of the funds has been removed from the budget. Major sponsorship has not been forthcoming. The Festivals will, however, continue at a reduced rate for 2001.

5.2 Sailing Smart. Betsy Altman reported on the program, which has been piloted for two years, but so far only at US SAILING certified sites, rather than at Parks and Recreation sites. The pricing is looking positive and an additional grant is being pursued to move into the next phase. Next year, a program will be run by the Oakland, CA Parks and Recreation Department, which is exactly the target market, because it provides an awareness of sailing to a group where present methods do not reach.

5.3 ISAF Issues. Charley Cook was not present.

5.3.1 Advertising Code. Clark Chapin reported that the ODCC had supported that non-ISAF classes should decide their own Advertising Category with the default of Category A.

5.3.2 Equipment rules of Sailing. The Committee did not discuss this issue.

5.4 Racing Rules Issues. Dick Rose was not present.

5.5 Race Management Issues. Marcia Everingham was not present.

5.6 Industry Relations. Chip Johns was not present.

6 Inshore Roles and Mission. Larry White noted that our former funds have now been rearranged. He challenged the members to think about the function of the Committee and how to make it more effective, if it is to continue.

6.1 US SAILING Services. Dave Shaffer noted four US SAILING functions that are seen by local sailors in the Midwest:
The Racing Rules of Sailing;
Support for the Olympic Sailing Team;
Race officer training and certification; and
Sail training instructors and instructional materials.

6.2 Grassroots Promotion. Ted Beier, John Potter, and Patty Lawrence were appointed to develop the ideas for promotion and development of grassroots sailing.

6.3 Schedule Change. Ding Schoonmaker supported changing the USSF meeting to Saturday afternoon so that Inshore’s Saturday morning meeting could be used to develop proposals to be presented to USSF at that time.

6.4 Realignment of Funds. The Committee supported restoring our access to the Olympic Windfall fund so those programs to grow small boat sailing at the grassroots level can be supported.

6.5 Information to Classes and Sailors. Sarah Alger suggested placing the promotion ideas that have been discussed on the US SAILING web site and, in particular, making certain that the classes have links between their sites and the US SAILING Inshore or ODCC sites.

7 What can Inshore do to help reach the Priority Goals for 2001? The topic was postponed until the Spring Meeting in Charlotte, NC.

8 New Business

8.1 US SAILING Budget. Larry White discussed the impact of the US SAILING Budget. Ted Beier reported that the CSA is unhappy that the Directory and the Regatta Visibility Program (RVP) are being eliminated. Lee Parks reported that analysis had shown that the RVP did not generate net revenue. Various options were suggested to drastically reduce the cost of the RVP, mostly by staffing solely with volunteers. The Committee passed the following resolution:

The Inshore Committee supports preserving the Boat Show and Regatta Visibility Programs by means of staffing solely by volunteers with only promotional materials from US SAILING.

8.2 Directory. The Committee discussed the availability of the Directory for 2001 and passed the following resolution:

The Inshore Committee supports that a means be found to publish a Directory for 2001.

8.3 Dues Increase. The Committee discussed the proposed dues increase, which includes a reduced renewal rate to soften the membership loss. The Committee passed the following resolution:

The Inshore Committee supports the dues increase proposal with the renewal rate discount as proposed by the General Services Committee.

8.4 Hinman Report. Betsy Altman reported on her experiences as Hinman Chair and as the local Chair of the 2000 Hinman Regatta. She noted that an additional six boats are needed to efficiently run the event. Hugh Elliot reported that the Sonar Class held the inaugural Kirby Cup this summer with three boat teams.

9 Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 12:26 PM. The next meeting of the Committee will be on Saturday March 24, in Charlotte, NC.

Secretary