US SAILING VOTES IN FAVOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURE
Board of Directors Reduced From 49 to 14

Phoenix, Ariz. (October 21, 2005) – US SAILING, national governing body for the sport, today voted in favor of restructuring the organization, reducing the size of its Board of Directors from 49 to 14. The decision was made after a vote at the organization’s Annual General Meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. and after months of preparation and review. The new structure follows the direction that most national governing bodies for sports nationwide are adopting.

“This restructure will increase the effectiveness of the organization as the Board of Directors will now meet monthly to make decisions,” said US SAILING President Janet Baxter. “This change demonstrates that US SAILING is trying to modernize the way we work and facilitates meeting our mission of encouraging participation and promoting excellence in sailing.”

A transitional Board of Directors has been created for the first year of the restructure, which will take effect after the close of business of the Annual General Meeting on Sunday, October 23. Next year, US SAILING’s members will vote directly for the organization’s Board of Directors.

For more information on US SAILING’s restructure and the organization’s new bylaws, please visit www.ussailing.org/organization/taskforce/structure. The list of members of the Transitional Board will be available by Monday, October 24 at www.ussailing.org/bod.

The United States Sailing Association (US SAILING) is the national governing body for sailing and sailboat racing. Headquartered in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, the organization’s mission is to encourage participation and promote excellence in sailing and racing in the U.S. US SAILING offers training and education programs, supports a wide range of sailing organizations and communities, and provides administration and oversight of competitive sailing across the country, including the US Sailing Teams and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Sailing Teams. For more information, please visit www.ussailing.org.

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