1.    Roll Call. Executive Committee members Sarah Alger, John Ross, Larry White, Don Durant, Charley Cook, Mike Schoettle, Fred Hagedorn, Stephen Jeffries, Ted Everingham, Pat Seidenspinner, and Bruce Eissner were present. Also present were Executive Director Terry Harper and, at the invitation of the President, Budget Chair Donna Hobbs.

2.       Approval of Minutes

• Motion: A motion to approve the minutes of the Executive Committee held on March 22, 2001 as amended was seconded and passed.

3.    Exceptions to Meeting Requirements. Due to the nature of the business they conduct, the Executive Committee grants two committees an exception to the requirement, stated in the bylaws, that they must meet at Annual General Meetings of US SAILING.

• Motion: A motion was seconded and approved that the Article 14 Review Board and the Sportsmanship Committee are not required to meet at Annual General Meetings of US SAILING. 

4.       Unfinished Business

4.a.   Committee membership list. Further changes will be incorporated and a revised list distributed and approved by the Executive Committee.

4.b.   Budget Report.  Action on the Budget Report regarding Championships, the visibility program, accounting software, and contingencies for overspending was deferred to the next meeting pending a recommended plan of action.

4.c.   West Marine Contract. The contract was discussed, and suggested changes will be provided to Terry Harper for review and incorporation. Terry Harper was authorized to execute the contract.

4.d.    Proposed Bylaw Amendment. Charley Cook noted that the Race management members have asked that an opportunity for further discussion be incorporated into the initiation of the bylaws, as stated on the amended Proposed Resolution (Attachment A).

• Motion: a motion was seconded and approved to amend the Resolution Proposed for
  Adoption by the Board of Directors to revise the bylaws to read in its entirety as set
  forth on Attachment A.

4e.  Strategic Planning. Several Executive Committee members noted that the Priority Goals (Attachment B) were quite helpful to the committees during their meetings.

5.       New Business

5.a.    Offshore Ratings. Bruce Eissner made the Executive Committee aware that the IRC rating system, which is not a US SAILING rating system, is being marketed in the United States.

5.b.    International Foundation for Disabled Sailing National Classifier. It was noted that the IFDS requires the appointment of a national classifier to classify disabled sailors.

• Motion: A motion was seconded and approved that Dr. Ann Allen be named the national classifier for IFDS for a term to last through the end of the Annual General Meeting of
  US SAILING and that she report on a semiannual basis to the Sports Medicine
  Committee, Olympic Sailing Committee and Sailors with Special Needs Committee on
  the status of the training of additional national classifiers.

Adjourn

Next Executive Committee meeting - Tuesday, April 17, 2001 at 8:00 pm (Eastern standard time)

 REVISED March 24, 2001  

UNITED STATES SAILING ASSOCIATION

Resolution Proposed for Adoption by the Board of Directors
on Sunday, March 25, 2001 (Charlotte, North Carolina) 

RESOLVED that the following amendments to the Bylaws of the United States Sailing Association, having been prepared by the Bylaws Committee in accordance with Article Eleven, paragraph 4 of the Bylaws, are hereby initiated by the Board of Directors and shall be mailed and presented for approval by the voting members of the Association at its Annual General Meeting on October 20, 2001, beginning at 3:30 p.m., Eastern Time, all as prescribed in Article Sixteen of the Bylaws:

AMENDMENT 1:  Article Eleven, paragraph 2(c) shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:

(c)          Duties - The committee shall decide in conformity with the racing rules all appeals properly submitted to it, employing such procedures for handling appeals as are contained in the racing rules, except that appeals of decisions of a protest committee made under rule 69.1 of the Racing Rules of Sailing 2001-2004 (or its counterpart in future editions of the rules) and requests by a protest committee for confirmation or correction of such decisions shall be decided by the Article Fourteen Review Board.

AMENDMENT 2:  Article Fourteen shall be amended by adding the following paragraph 1(d) immediately following Article Fourteen, paragraph 1(c):

(d)          Certain Appeals -- Appeals of decisions of a protest committee made under rule 69.1 of the Racing Rules of Sailing 2001-2004 (or its counterpart in future editions of the rules) and requests by a protest committee for confirmation or correction of such decisions.  Such appeals and requests shall be decided by the Article 14 Review Board in conformity with the racing rules, employing such procedures for handling such appeals and requests as are contained in the racing rules.

RESOLVED that, notwithstanding the above resolution, the Board of Directors shall review this decision at its first meeting in October, 2001, and make such recommendations to the delegates to the Annual General Meeting as it determines appropriate.

RESOLVED that the Article 14 Review Board and the Racing Rules, Judges, and Appeals committees, and any other interested committee, are asked to provide position statements on this issue for consideration by the Board of Directors.

ATTACHMENT B

UNITED STATES SAILING ASSOCIATION

2001

Mission Statement

To encourage participation and promote excellence in sailing and racing in the United States.

Vision Statement

US SAILING is a member-based organization that accomplishes its mission through volunteers and member organizations supported by an administrative staff.  We affirm the principles of good sportsmanship, safety, fair play, equal opportunity and fun in sailing by people of all ages and abilities.

Strategic Objectives

• Serve as the National Governing Body for the sport of sailing under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 1998.

• Be the national authority for sailing.

• Be the source of information about sailing in the United States.
  

• Represent U.S. sailors’ interests to all national and international constituencies.
  

• Field national teams that consistently demonstrate excellence in international competitions.
  

• Be the primary source of education materials, programs and standards for training and skill development in competitive and recreational sailing.
  

• Achieve measurable growth in sailing.
  

• Maintain an operating surplus to reinvest in sailing.

 Priority Goals

1. Define and implement a plan that dramatically improves US SAILING’s communications, especially to volunteers and to individual and organizational members.
2. Improve fiscal strength and discipline.
3. Field Olympic, Paralympic, Pan Am, International Offshore and Youth World teams that are more successful in this cycle than any other country and support youth and other development processes that position us for similar success in the future.
4. Attain compliance with the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act of 1998 and USOC Constitution and Bylaws by November 2001.
5. Develop and implement a plan for strategic use of technology.
6. Complete the following certification and training programs: Power Boat, Safety Certification, Sailing Counselor, Level 2 Instructor Trainer, Level 4 Coaching.
7. Develop and implement a plan to better meet the needs of offshore sailors.
8. Develop and implement a plan to better meet the needs of grassroots sailing.
9. Start a fundraising/endowment program.
10. Improve administrative efficiency and effectiveness.