Sailor Athlete Advisory Board Conference Call Minutes
February 13, 2002 9:00 PM - 10:27 PM - Approved by majority vote
Agenda
1. Roll call: L. Parks, J. Appel, D. Brenner, C. Dey, M.
Gaillard, M. Gebhardt, J. Lovell, B. Merrick, M. Reynolds, L. Gleason, D.
Rosekrans, N. Craw
2. Current athlete representation and US SAILING Committees
was discussed. Louise Gleason will update and circulate an excel file to all the
SAAC members for review. Follow up will include contacting individual committee
chairs and proposing options for coming into compliance. (A. Selecting
appropriate athletes or B. allowing the SAAC to make a recommendation of
appropriate athletes to bring the committee into compliance).
Generating an e-mail list of registered athletes may
facilitate finding appropriate committee members as necessary.
3. What is the SAAC anyhow? The role of the SAAC is to
represent sailor athletes within US SAILING. This council is intended to provide
a channel of two-way communication between sailors and the organization.
It is part of our role to encourage our sailing peers to
get involved or at very least stop speaking badly of the future of US SAILING
SAAC members are encouraged to be pro-active in reviewing
committee lists, proposed rules, formats etc. and browse the US SAILING Web
site, Scuttlebutt etc. to keep an eye out for issues effecting sailors.
Dave Rosekrans commented on how successful his e-mail
communication has been with sailors providing feedback. A chat room/e-mail
address for the SAAB may be an effective means of gathering input from
sailor-athletes.
Please register as an athlete!
4. Dean Brenner will chair a working party to develop a
selection procedure for athletes on the Executive Committee and BOD. Meg and
James will also participate. The current goal is to have that procedure drafted
and distributed for comment and revision, prior to the spring meeting in
Colorado Springs. The procedure may be voted on at that meeting.
5. Voluntary Athlete Registration and Confirmations - Meg,
Dean, Louise, James, Scott, Johnny have been involved in the process so far.
Some problems were identified in the system and outstanding problem
registrations will be followed up through KS.
Regattas being entered into the pull-down menu ought to
undergo an approval process before athletes can choose them.
Athletes registering in the system ought to be required to
enter an e-mail contact in order to address problems directly with the
applicant, and to facilitate future communication through the athlete e-mail
distribution. A phone number or some other contact may also be necessary.
"Elite International Events" as discussed in the
definition only applies to offshore/keelboat events.
6. 2002 US SAILING Spring Meeting in Colorado Springs, CO
March 15 - 17. SAAC Meeting Saturday, March 16. Planning to attend are Lee,
James, Dean, Meg, Mark, and Louise.
-SAAC to present a 5 min Presentation at the opening Board
of Directors Meeting 8:00am 3/15/02.
-Sailor Athletes to attend the following meetings,
introduce the SAAC and answer questions:
OSC, Nominating Committee, Article 14, Jr. Women's, Youth
Champs, US Single Handed, Hinman, OffShore Teams, Level 1Design, ISAF, SWSN/IFDS,
Inshore, ODCC, Women's Committee, CSA, US Windsurfing, Multihull
7. 2002 Elections
SAAC members were encouraged to review the
voting/nominating procedures for the upcoming 2002 SAAC election on the SAAB
password protected web page and make comments. Voting procedures to be approved
at the Spring Meeting.
8. OSC Ranking Systems attempted to consider ranking
skippers and crews independently this year. The SAAC discussed various aspects
of the issue and would recommend that teams be required to sail together
throughout any ranking system in multi-handed boats in the future.
9. One Design, Olympic Class or other sailors who may not
be sure about whom to confront regarding an issue are welcome to voice their
issues with the SAAC
10. Adjournment