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Date June 6th (Monday) for most of us. Tuesday for
South Africa.
Time: GMT 4:00 or 8pm US (W), 11pm US (E), 6am in South
Africa (I think), 2pm in Western Australia.
Agenda for Meeting # 1 Duration 1 hr
General Introductions
Attendence -
- "Blurr" - Andy - Ontario
- "SailSD" - Don - San Diego
- "Mobetter" - Rick - Texas
- "Alerion28" - Jerry - Seattle
- Eric S - channel islands
- "Clewless" - Tim - San Diego
- Organization charter
- Election of officials
- International standing -ISAF registration or not
- Orgainisation finance
- Class rules
- Fleet assignments (by region)
- Any others?
It was a bit of a struggle to get the first meeting started due to setup
issues - both Andy and Eric could not get their microphones going, so they
ended up the chat box instead. Mental note to all others - make sure your
mike works.....
The group felt that the items listed above are the
correct ones to address. However, things like class rules will have to come
later when the design becomes more clear.
Organization charter is first priority - we need to
establish a good representation of the vision of the designer, the builder
and the owners in order to build from there up.
Regarding the international nature of the class.
Suggestion was to approach the class organization compliant with ISAF, so as
to not preclude that. General feeling is that ISAF may not be too cost
effective in these early days.
The group recognized the need to have the involvement
of Hiptrader LLC. I informed the group that Brian Stevens has been appointed
as the representative to the class organization.
Even though we agreed that it is way too early for
class rules - there were comments surrounding the CF mast - with consensus
that CF mast is preferred since mixed AL & CF in the fleet would not work.
There was a suggestion to talk to the officials of
other class orgs (goo and bad) to learn from their experiences. And not to
repeat their mistakes. e.g. some classes (in this case J105) picked
non-optimal sail materials that cannot even last half a season, and the boat
performance fluctuated with sail age.
Motion for adjournment at the end of 1hr. Seconded.
Closed.
Jerry kindly volunteer to lead the first team to work on the organization
charter. (Anyone interested, please contact Jerry aka "Alerion28" to discuss
this further)
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