Race Committee Minutes

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?

Notes

  • Add Cruising fleet
  • Add 1 destination race (new skippers’ interest)

Action Items

  • Patrick: Post-race BBQ skipper sign-up sheet
  • Patrick: Race scoring details
  • Crew Clinics
    • Kate: Make sure LHE gym can work
    • Kate: Flyer
    • Liam: Confirm March 4
    • Liam: Create WHSYC Facebook event
    • Everyone: Spread FB Event
    • Everyone: Plan CC content over email
    • Outreach – Social media, ADN, WHSYC page, ADP, meetup page?