1 Call to Order and Introductions – Jerelyn Biehl

Vice Chair Jerelyn Biehl called the meeting to order at 9:41 AM CDT. The members and observers present identified themselves.

2 October 2003 Minutes -- Clark Chapin

The minutes from October 2003 were approved as posted on the web site.

3 Reports of Officers and Staff

3.1 Chair – Bill Stump

3.1.1 One-Design Awards

Bill Stump announced the winners of this years awards:
Leadership: David Silverman, Melbourne YC.
Regatta: Austin YC’s Easter Laser Regatta
Service: Kay Snider for her work on the Houston Ensign Fleet.

Bill discussed the various ways to generate nominations, including e-US SAILING, the ODCC List Server, and mention is Scuttlebutt.

Bill noted that the voting process by e-mail had not worked well this year. This year’s deadline will be 1-Dec-04 so that the voting can be completed by about 1-Jan-05.

Stan Betts suggested a more complete explanation of the award be included on the nomination site so that, for example, nominations for the Club Award are instead for the individual who is the sparkplug.

3.1.2 Championship of Champions

In the absence of Roger Brown, Jerelyn Biehl reported that the event will be held in JY-15s at Rareton YC in New Jersey on September 29-October 2, 2004. The NOR is done and a PRO has been chosen.

3.2 Inshore Director -- Lee Parks

3.2.1 Membership Report

In Lee’s absence, Jerelyn Biehl distributed the latest membership report

The Executive Committee will divide up the lapsed classes and contact them for renewal.

4 Sailor-Athlete Registration – Dean Brenner

Dean Brenner spoke about the need for sailors to register on the sailor-athlete web site. Registration allows US SAILING to identify candidates who can fulfill the USOC mandate of 20% athlete representation. Anyone who registers also gets to vote on the Sailor-Athlete Board Members. The ODCC Exec Comm will assist in further promotion to the classes.

5 US SAILING Promotion Support

Marlieke Eaton discussed the various promotional opportunities, including e-us sailing and the event calendar.

6 Regatta Sanctioning

Lee Parks introduced a Regatta Sanctioning Proposal, which is in Attachment 1.

7 Web Site – Patty Lawrence

7.1 Fleet building web page links

Patty discussed a proposal by North Sails to have us include links to a fleet development page from North Sails. The Council noted that if links were available, they should not be exclusive, i.e. any other organizations should be included as well. Clay Mock noted that usually commercial operations pay to display links on our site.

7.2 Home Page Visibility and Content

Patty asked for input for improvements, including links or samples from the Class Management Handbook.

A US SAILING service that would offer both on-line registration and an automated upload of results from widely used scoring programs was discussed.

Dave Rosekrans suggested establishing a national ranking for each class based upon regatta results such as is done for skiing. Such a system would drive a lot of interest in the US SAILING web site.

7.3 New Web Liaison Needed

Patty asked for candidates to replace her as the web liaison. Clark Chapin volunteered to replace her.

8 ODCC List-serve

Patty Lawrence noted that the One-Design list server needs some re-invigorating. Tom Hubbell suggested publishing periodically a list of just who is on the list serve. The regatta sanctioning proposal would generate some discussion.

9 Power Line Safety – Joni Palmer

In Joni’s absence, Clay Mock noted the need for continuous vigilance for power line hazards. Judges and Race Officers need to be educated to inspect for hazards. Dave Rosekrans suggested that the Safety Committee could draft a checklist or guidelines of what to look for.

10 US SAILING Structure – Tom Hubbell

Tom Hubbell reviewed the work thus far with the US SAILING Structure Review Board. The process of nominating members to the new Board and the relationship between the new "House of Delegates" and the current voting delegates and Board of Directors was discussed.

Clay Mock pointed out that the new structure must be consistent with the laws of the State of New York, since US SAILING is a New York corporation.

Tom stated that the current proposal envisioned the election of the President, Secretary, and Treasurer from the Board after the popular election of the Board.

There will be a recommendation with much more detail at the Annual Meeting in October. If the Board approves, the By-Law Committee will draft the appropriate changes to the By-laws.

The Council approved the following motion:

The One-Design Class Council is in favor of restructuring toward making the Board of Directors smaller, more efficient, and more nimble including, in principle, the combination of the Inshore Committee and the One-Design Class Council.

11 New Business

11.1 2004 US SAILING Special Meeting

Secretary Clark Chapin prepared a delegate signup and proxy form which was circulated to provide delegates to the 2004 Special Meeting on Saturday 13-Mar-04.

11.2 One-Design Symposium

The Council enthusiastically discussed ideas for the 2004 One-Design Symposium. Joni Palmer captured the various topics that were suggested. The tentative date is for November of 2004. One Cardinal Rule: No meetings, just the exchange of information.

11.3 Adult Participation

Glenn Schmidt noted that the explosion of junior boats, such as the Optimists, has led to a decline in adults because the parents were traveling with the juniors. He asked for ideas to address that problem.

Jerelyn Biehl noted the idea of an event where the kids must skipper and the adults or parents crew. She also noted that this is a topic that will be addressed at the Symposium.

11.4 Athletes Right to Compete

Dave Rosekrans noted that many organizers, clubs, and classes are creating problems for themselves in dealing with problems in violence, alcohol, sex, and protecting an athlete’s right to compete. A series of "guidelines for eligibility requirements for sailing in the United States". He asked that the classes review the draft guidelines and return comments before the Annual Meeting in October.

12 Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 11:00AM. The next meeting of the Inshore Committee will be on Thursday October 20, 2004 in Portland, OR.

Clark Chapin
Secretary