Race Committee Agenda 2023-01-21 – William H Seward Yacht Club

2023-01-21

Agenda

Patrick: Propose / establish scope of responsibilities of RC
- Plan and execute races
  - Race day membership enforcement
- Race Day Events
  - Pre-Race Breakfast (Optional)
    - Depending on volunteers
    - Generated a lot of cash for the club last year
  - Organize Post-Race BBQ
    - Required
- Outreach
  - Crew Clinics
- Set local sailboat handicaps
Patrick: RC internal website page
- Single source of truth for scope, inventory, plans.
- Google drive?
Liam, Patrick: Crew Clinics
- Lake Hood Gym: $25?
Patrick: RC race planning guidelines
- Schedule race planning meeting after previous race
  - One week out? Good for ideas, but person plans often change.
  - Day of? Used to just occur at “skippers” meeting morning.
  - Current all-inclusive meetings is good for skipper / crew education
- Only plan what someone signs / is responsible for
  - Avoid race day thrashing
Patrick, Gary, Sam: Race gear inventory
- Have Marty’s inventory
Liam: Outreach
Patrick: Plan for post-race BBQ’s, skippers’ sign up sheet
Patrick: RC public race pages, goal for updating, etc.
Gary: Idea for automated timing
Committee Boat
- Dan
Enforcing race-day membership
White Sails
- Destination race?
Candidate Crew Clinic Topics:
- Right of way
- Tacking
- Starting Sequence
- Points of Sail
- Sail Folding
- What Sailing Gear to Bring

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