A Special General Meeting of the United States Sailing Association was held at the Adams Mark Hotel, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 2004.  President Janet Baxter presided.

1          Roll Call.  A quorum of 73 voting members was present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting.

2          A Motion to adopt the following change to the Bylaws of US SAILING was made by Ted Everingham, chair of the Bylaws Committee:

ARTICLE ELEVEN - COMMITTEES.  7(b) Duties - The committee shall nominate one candidate for each office to be filled by election at the annual meeting.  The committee's slate of nominees shall be published in the Association's membership magazine in an issued mailed on the US SAILING website no later than 30 days before the annual meeting.  The committee shall make its report at the annual meeting.

Motion seconded and carried.

3          A Motion to adopt the following change to the Bylaws of US SAILNG was made by Ted Everingham, chair of the Bylaws Committee:

            GENERAL UPDATING AMENDMENTS

The Bylaws of the Association are amended throughout to change "Sailor-Athlete" to "Sailor Athlete" and to change "Sailor-Athlete Advisory Council" to "Sailor Athlete Council."

Motion seconded and carried.

4          A motion to adjourn was made, seconded and carried.  The meeting adjourned at 5:15 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Dick Hanneman, Secretary