Absent:

Guy Hausrath                                  

John Pytlak                              

I.                   Approval of Meeting Minutes: October 24, 2005

Motioned by: Amber Bach-Gorman

Seconded by:  Ty Kretser

II.                Commodore’s Expectations:

A.    Season Goals:

1.      Discuss the idea of a paid race committee.

2.      Regional Soling Regatta potential: to be discussed at coming Soling meeting. East Coast Championship event is a possibility. US Championships is definitely possible if VSC decides to pursue it.  Mid August or September would work best.

3.      Discuss use of club-wide emails and discussion board.  All club business should go through website. Brian W. will develop guidelines to be reviewed for next meeting.

4.      Recruit standing members for protest committee

5.      Put last year’s award winners into the NOR and Sailing Instruction Booklet.

B.    Committee Membership:

§         RC Boat Committee            Dave Bashaw     

§         Protest Committee            Eddie Trombley, Chris Lanigan (?) 3 phrf/3 soling

§         Race Committee                  Ty Kretser, John Trombley, PHRF designee

§         Rating Committee            Brian Dowling, Kjell Dahlen (?) Dave Bashaw (?)

§         CCC Regatta Liaison            Ty Kretser

§         Display Board                  Kristen Larkin (?)

§         Press Liaison                  Gail Recor (?) Andy Sajor (?)

§         Soling Fleet Captain            Eddie Trombley     

§         Sponsorship             Tim McCormick, Sam Scott (?), Katie Konstantine ?

                                                            Bob Bunnell?

§         Webmaster                  Brian White

III.             Committee Reports

A.  Treasurer’s Report:  Brian

After expenses VSC netted close to $2500. Balance of boat account has enough to pay 01/06 payment and 01/07 payment. The money is currently in a reserve account to be saved for future boat payments.  See attachment for complete Treasurer’s Report.

B.     Race/Boat Committee Report:  Ty Kretser

·        Trophies – still missing PHRF B series trophy; better round up of trophies at end of season needed; there are no 2^nd and 3^rd place trophies for A/B Series. Discussion still needed to determine action.

·        Schedule  - under draft for next meeting

·        Book – requires very little revision

·        Other: Does CB have the same slip as last year? Discussion needed regarding adding a center mark to the current permanent marks set by VSC.

·        Soling Fleet – meeting soon (DEC 19^th), Ty Kretser to report to Executive Committee

·        PHRF Fleet – meeting soon, Ty Kretser to report to Executive Committee

C.      Rating Committee Report:  Brian Dowling

·                Members – Brian Dowling, Dave Bashaw,

·                Meetings – No official meeting scheduled yet

·                Revisit specific ratings (Adhara)

D.    CCC Regatta Liaison:

·                Ty Kretser will work with Steve Frederick

E.     Press Liaison:

·                Pictures and/or press releases are better than reporting scores.

F.      Webmaster:  Brian White

G.    Social Events:  Amber Bach-Gorman

·                Winter Party – Lake Placid Pub and Brewery to be scheduled for Feb 06

II.                New Business:

·        US Sailing National Sailing Symposium – January 18 – 22 in Long Beach, CA. Discussion ensued re: possibility of sending a VSC representative

·        Giving back to community through Boating Center (donating 2 child scholarships)

·        Community Fun Sail to developing more community awareness and involvement

·        How to increase PHRF involvement? JAM Class? Snug and North and Willsboro for potential weekend races (i.e. Valcour to Four Brothers). Ty will pursue this and report back to the Executive Committee.

III.             Next Meeting:

Scheduled: Jan 9, 2006  7:15pm

IV.              Motion to Adjourn:

Motioned by: Ty Kretser

                   Seconded by:  Amy Jordan