Participating in the conference call: Brenner, Sertl, Parks, Swett, Reynolds, Leweck, Grosvenor, Billingham and guest Tom Hubbell

Members not on the call: Haenel, Hapgood, Lovell,

In the absence of Council Chair Louise Gleason, Vice Chair Bob Billingham conducted the meeting which produced the following significant happenings:

1. It was decided that the SAC would cast its votes at the October AGM as a single block to reflect the majority views of the Council.

2. The members of the SAC agreed that there should be a 2/3 majority vote to pass the proposed changes to the US SAILING bylaws.

3. The members of the SAC voted unanimously to support the proposed changes to the US SAILING bylaws.

4. Hannah Swett resigned as a Sailor Athlete representative to the Board and was replaced by Cory Sertl. Louise Gleason resigned as chair of the Sailor Athlete Council. Bob Billingham became interim chair.

5. Members of the SAC who will not be attending the Phoenix AGM were asked to send their proxy votes to Bob Billingham. Billingham also requested each SAC member solicit and obtain one additional proxy from a SA not on the SAC so as to provide 22 or 23 total proxies for the SAC’s votes.

6. Mark Reynolds and Cory Sertl briefly discussed the new ISAF Athlete Commission. Reynolds has been appointed to the Commission as the representative of the Star Class. The representatives are exclusively from Olympic Classes as ISAF is creating this Athlete Commission in response to IOC pressure. ISAF will be paying the expenses of the Commissioners to attend meetings in an effort to keep the representatives independent of their MNAs. Still, there was concern expressed that because of the make up of the Commission, this body could become Eurocentric.

7. Bob Merrick and Sandy Grosvenor have reviewed the makeup of US SAILING’s committees and found them all to be in compliance with 20% requirement for registered Sailor Athletes.

8. After a discussion of how to appropriately include more offshore racers as Sailor Athletes, Bob Billingham agreed to ask US SAILING’s Offshore Committee to include this item on their agenda at the Phoenix AGM and Tom Leweck will make a similar approach to the leadership of the PHRF Committee.

9. Should the proposed changes to US SAILING’s Bylaws be approved, Bob Billingham agreed to be one of three SAC representatives on the new Nominating and Governance Committee. The other two volunteers will be selected later.

10. Any action regarding updating the SAC Bylaws was deferred, pending the outcome of the voting on the proposed changes to the Bylaws.

11. By acclimation, the SAC members on the conference call agreed to the following SAC officers for 2006. Chair: Bob Billingham; Vice Chair: Sandy Grosvenor; Secretary: Tom Leweck.

The meeting was adjourned at 2207 EDT.

Respectfully submitted,
Tom Leweck