The US SAILING One-Design Class Council met at the Benson Hotel in Portland, OR on October 21, 2004. Chair Bill Stump was present and Clark Chapin functioned as Secretary. The meeting was called to order at 9:59 AM. Bill Stump asked the members present to introduce themselves.

The minutes were approved as posted on the ODCC web site.

Bill Stump described the process of award nomination and voting. Patty Lawrence encouraged people to make nominations. We need one good nomination letter rather than fifteen poorly written ones.

Chairman Bill Stump asked Lee Parks to look into revising the nomination site to make it more friendly for lengthier submissions.

The deadline for nominations is 1-Dec-04. A message for the ODCC List Server has already gone out and another one will go out before the deadline. Additional mentions will be made in both Scuttlebutt and e-US SAILING

Jeff described the event, which had 22 applicants for the twenty slots.

Class Associations that participate need to be US SAILING members. This year, four or five classes were not.

An eligible competitor must be a US, North American, or World Champion. The issues in the Championship Conditions include how to -select entrants based upon class size (or championship regatta size). The Terms and Conditions will be discussed in the Championships Committee meeting at 1:00 PM on Friday 22-Oct.

The Council discussed various reasons for lack of membership renewals. Steve Prime noted the classes that are major users of the small boat insurance program (where individual US SAILING membership, but not class US SAILING membership is required). On Saturday, the Inshore Committee will discuss strategies to improve class membership.

Clark Chapin reported on the upkeep of the ODCC web site. Dave Rosekrans suggested that an independent site with links to the ODCC web site might be more widely used, similar to www.sailingcourse.com.

Patty Lawrence and Jerelyn Biehl discussed the upcoming symposium. They circulated the draft schedule and discussed the topics.

Tom discussed the proposal to revise the structure of US SAILING. The ODCC would remain critical to the success of the new US SAILING. The Councils are places were representatives of a particular area of sailing have their say and discuss issues. The Councils and the House of Delegates are the areas for discussion of issues under the new structure.

The Council approved the following resolution by a vote of 11 For and 3 Opposed:

The One-Design Class Council supports referring the Structure Task Force Report to the Bylaw Committee.

Cory invited everyone to attend the ISAF Delegation meeting this afternoon, particularly the age limit proposal and the selection of 2008 Olympic Classes. The biggest issue in play is the selection of the Women’s singlehanded dinghy. Also, USWA is discussing whether to support a new board for 2008.

The Council approved the following resolution:

The One-Design Class Council supports the position that the issue of age limits in World Championships is best left to the classes.

The following officers and directors were elected:

Delegates to the US SAILING Annual General Meeting were selected. The Delegates signed a proxy that to be voted by Chair Bill Stump at the meeting.

There was no new business.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 AM on Saturday 23-Oct-05. The next meeting of the Council will be on Friday 1-Apr-05 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Newport, RI.

Respectfully Submitted,

Clark Chapin
Secretary