First off, Tami asked in previous post what can I do. First off, the timing is perfect to breath life into something that multihulls have needed for decades.
So, I would like nominate the following to jump in and help get this organization started, by either volunteering to be an officer, committee member, or whatever. Or just offer constructive criticisms
If you are not on this list, this does not mean you should walk away. I am just trying to say I know these people and know they really care about sailing and helping the sport. You do, too, I am sure. I just overlooked you:
Eric Anderson, Nacra
User Name, basket.case
Mark Batchelor, I-17
Rick Bliss, NEMSA
Bill Brooks, TBSC
Janet Caffee, Wave Class
Hollis Caffee, Rave Class
Kathy Clark, Mystere Class
Roger Cochran, CRAM
Bob Curry, A-Class
Jamie Diamond , OCRA
Sam Evans
Mike Fahle, Wave Class
Mike Hill,
Darline Hobock, US Sailing
Bob Hodges, A-Class
Tim Johnson, BEYC
User Name, Keith
Tom Korz, NY Hobie Fleet
Kathy Kulkoski, SHCC
Scott Malcolm
Alan Maquire
John McKnight, CABB
Rich McVeigh, NAHCA
Rhoda Meldau, Isotope Class
Thom Merrill
Jill Nickerson, Tornado
WF Oliver, A-Class
Tracy Oliver
Nigel Pitt, I-20
Carl Roberts
Bill Roberts
John Rodgers, Shark Class
Chris Runge, IRCA
User Name, Sail-S, Trapseat
Greg Scace, CRAC
Mark Schneider
Guy Selsmeyer, CRAW
Tami Shelton ,
Barb Short, Windjammers
Kirt Simmons, Taipan Classes
Randy Smyth, Prindle
Art Stevens, MHC
Tracie Van Houten, Fleet 32
Steve Vanderbol, F20
John Williams, Fl Panhandle Fleet
Now, below is a proposed constitution. I am sure there are lots of flaws and there should be stuff taken out, and stuff added. But, it is a start.
The file seems to be too large to post as an attachment.
Thanks,
Rick White
Proposed Constitution of NAMSA
1. The name of the organization:
a. North American Multihull Class Assn., Inc (NAMSA)
2. Objective:
a. To provide a medium of exchange of information among all multihull sailors and to enhance the enjoyment of these all multihull sailboats and all Associations in North America.
b. To promote and develop all multihull racing under uniform rules.
3. Membership and Voting:
a. There will be two different membership:
i. Association, Club, Fleet or Organizational (herein referred to as Association Membership)
(1) All members of an Association will have an individual vote
ii. Individual (If you are an Organization's member, you may not be an individual member,– only one vote will be allowed per person)
b. Any individual person whose NAMSA dues are paid for the current year is a member and is entitled to:
i. Entitled to one vote either in person, by absentee vote, or by proxy.
(1) Must inform the secretary in advance, via e-mail or in writing, of any vote if they intend to cast by absentee or proxy.
ii. Only NAMSA members shall be entitled to compete in class-sanctioned events
iii. Only NAMSA members (either individual or through an association) shall be entitled to vote on NAMSA issues, or hold office
c. Membership is for one (1) fiscal year (Jan 1 to Dec 31) , and dues shall be set for the next year at the previous annual meeting by a simple vote. If there is no quorum to vote, dues shall remain the same as the prior year's level. Only NAMSA member may hold office or be on the rules committee
i. Individual dues will be set at $30 per year
ii. Association dues will be based on number of member is the Association and will be assessed at $10 per member
4. Meetings:
a. At least one annual meeting shall be held on the first night of the North American Championships. In the absence of a North American Championship, the meeting will be held at the discretion of the class president
i. Special meetings may be held from time to time and can be done electronically with 15 days notice (web site posting)
ii. Officer meetings may take place from time to time for the purpose of discussing class business and establishing class policy.
b. Quorum: Shall consist of at least 50 percent of paid membership including any absentee ballots or proxy votes
i. If no quorum is present, a meeting for the purpose of informing the present membership may take place, with no "Official" business being conducted.
ii. Absentee ballots must be in the possession of the secretary by the beginning of the meeting
c. Order of Business: The order of business at the class meeting shall be as follows
i. Sign in
ii. Minutes
iii. Officer reports
iv. Committee reports
v. Old business
vi. Elections
vii. New Business.
(1) New motions.
(2) Vote on rule or bylaw changes
viii. Adjournment.
d. The officers and rules committee members shall be elected by majority vote at the annual meeting, including absentee ballots and proxy votes. The new positions shall take effect with the introduction of " New Business" during the annual meeting
i. If no quorum, the existing president may make appointments.
5. Officers:
a. The officers of this club shall consist of:
i. President
(1) Preside at all general meetings.
(2) Oversee the activities of the other officers and committees.
(3) In the case a position becomes vacant, may appoint a substitute until the next scheduled election for that position
(4) Create and make appointments to committees. All newly created committees must have
(a) A specific purpose
(b) Report its finding to the officers by the annual meeting.
(c) Must have an end date upon creation.
(5) Holds club elections and votes (except rules committee activities).
(6) Decide on NAMSA event locations and dates (3 member committee vote)
ii. Vice President
(1) Shall promote NAMSA
(2) .Shall substitute for the President if unavailable.
(3) Interface with the Association Members and Individual Members .
(4) Decide on NAMSA event locations and dates (3 member committee vote)
iii. Secretary
(1) Be responsible for the class minutes
(2) Maintain membership information.
(3) Maintain records.
(4) Receive class membership receipts and transfer them to the Treasurer.
(5) Determine NAMSA mailing address.
(6) Is in charge of any class mailings and web site postings and membership notifications.
(7) Assigns fleet numbers to any group who request it.
(8) Be informed all absentee ballets or proxy votes prior to the vote by the issuing member.
iv. Treasurer
(1) Have custody of all NAMSA funds and make payments as necessary, on behalf of NAMSA.
(2) Submit a complete annual financial statement to NAMSA no later then January 31 of the following year.
(3) Provide periodic financial updates to the officers.
(4) File all required financial paperwork on a timely basis.
(5) Be responsible for the legal issues.
(6) Prepare an annual budget
v. Rules Chairman
(1) Be responsible for keeping rules current and organize any proposed rule changes.
(2) Act as a single voice of the rules committee to the officers and membership, except where noted.
(3) To call and preside over the rules committee meeting. (Must have two of the three members in attendance with the third having been notified)
(4) Monitor rules and recommend changes to the committee (see 6.b.1.)
(5) Decide location of national and international events (rules committee vote)
(6) Authorize the Notice of Regattas (NORs) and approve the Sailing Instructions (SIs) for the NAMSA events
(7) Vote on whether to submit a rule change to the class (rules committee vote).
(8) Decide on NAMSA event locations and dates (3 member committee vote).
b. The term of office shall be two (2) year terms and officers shall be eligible for reelection. Elections shall be held on even numbered years.
c. Any officer may be removed from office by a majority vote of the balance of officers and rules committee membership for willful and unjustified gross act detrimental to NAMSA or its membership.
d. Vacancy of any officer or committee member shall be filled, by appointment, by the president, for the balance of that position's term.
e. Committees & Councils
i. Association Committee - Shall consist of one representative of each Association Member. Receive class membership receipts and transfer them to the Treasurer. The purpose of this committee is:
(1) Gain input from each and every Association
(2) Resolve issues between organizations
(3) Make suggestions for the event locations
(4) Make suggestions for rules changes
ii. Rules committee - Shall consist of a Rules chairman and an Event Coordinator. The purpose of this committee:
(1) Is to monitor the rules.
(2) Propose rule changes to the membership, as they feel necessary.
(3) Solicit national and international event locations.
(4) Make temporary rule changes as the situation arises.
(a) Job Descriptions:
(i) Rules Chairman (see above)
(ii) The Event Coordinator is responsible for:
1) Receive or solicit petitions for all events.
2) Present to the rules committee, on a timely basis, all locations under consideration for any NAMSA event.
3) Vote on whether to submit a rule change to NAMSA
(b) Term:
(i) Rules Chairman - See above
(ii) Event Coordinator, a. 4 year term
(c) Any rules committee member may be removed from office by a majority vote of the officers and balance of rules committee membership for willful and unjustified gross act detrimental to the NAMSA or its membership
iii. Nominating committee
(1) The Purpose of this committee shall be to receive or solicit nominations for officer and committee member positions.
(2) Is appointed by the president at the previous election.
(a) May consist of up to three (3) people
(3) Shall create the ballot for vote.
iv. Association's Council
(1) Shall be formed by one member from each association and selected by that association
(2) The Purpose of the Council is to advise NAMSA toward improvements in the overall purpose of this organization.
v. Any other committee that may be necessary. (see above)
6. Amendments:
a. Changes to the bylaws
i. May be made at any regular or special meeting, providing there is a quorum, by a two-thirds vote of the membership present including absentee ballots or proxy votes.
ii. Proposed changes must have been presented to the organization (via web site posting) at least 30 days prior to the vote and must be seconded by at least ten (10) current members.
iii. Become effective during the "New Business" section of the current meeting, unless specified in the motion.
b. Changes to the rules:
i. Proposed permanent rule changes shall be submitted, by any member to the Rules Chairperson, for consideration at least 30 days prior to the annual meeting. Upon consideration of the change, the rules committee may either:
(1) Recommend the change.
(2) Reject the proposed change.
(3) Modify the proposed change.
ii. Upon b.i.1 or b.i.3 above
(1) Web site posting shall occur stating the proposed change, at least 15 days prior to the meeting.
(2) "YES" vote by a two-thirds votes of the membership present, providing there is a quorum, including absentee ballots and proxy votes at the annual meeting shall be sufficient to change the class rule.
(3) To take effect on March 1st of the following year.
7. Dissolution - Should, for whatever reason, the organization need to be dissolved:
a. A special meeting shall be held expressly for that reason.
b. Consent of at least two-thirds including absent ballots and proxy voting to dissolve.
c. After payments of all club debts shall donate all its assets to (in order):
i. Newly formed association such most closely represents this body.
ii. Charitable organization for the benefit of promoting sailing as selected by the outgoing officers.
Geez! I am dumb. Sorry Jake. And thanks for your many great posts.
Rick
That looks good for a start Rick. If a few people would volunteer to be temporary officers we could then start immediately to fine tune this outlined constitution and get the proper voting done within a few days. I certainly would be happy to throw my name into the ring to help out where needed.
Rick Smith
Mystere 6.0m #579
Hey Rick,
I'll be happy to help in any way I can! Keep up the good brainstorming!
Thanks,
Tim J.
Rick-
More than happy to help! How would you like suggestions as to changes/editorial issues/etc. on the constitution?
Do you have this as a Word document you could E-mail me (us?) and I could do corrections on and then E-mail back or do you want me to put original w/ suggestion in () after and post to this forum or??
Kirt
Hello Rick-
I have a few questions:
1.The title states "Multihull" does this include trimarans, proas, etc. I believe all multihulls should be invited to participate.
2. If this is a non-profit is it a tax write off? If so let us know!
Also I don't have a problem if NAMSA has a bank account...
3. Would it be possible to have a "Charter Membership" in case that someone or some individual may want to contribute funds to get it off the ground? This "Charter Membership" would have one vote and no other influence and could donate as much as legally possible.
4. Where in the above text does it address the removal of representatives? I didn't see it.
5. Where will the concentration of efforts begin...nationwide or Florida or California? I know some people would like to drive to a national regatta in 2 days not 4 days one way.
6. Will efforts be made to include Canada, Mexico, Central America, etc?
7. In light of the lack of participation would it be possible to have a regatta category for a "Family class". For example each crew would consist of 2 adults, 2 middle age children. If you don't have a family one will be designated to you. With all the broken families it seems that it wouldn't be that difficult to build a crew. Maybe this is a bad idea???
8. Would it be possible to have the "Initial Officers" be unbiased toward any group, manufacturer, organization, etc. After reading post for the past month it appears that some nominees may/could possibly have an agenda if allowed to serve. That appears to be recipe for failure.
thats all I have for now
thom
add me to the list
Eric Arbogast
CABB
I have a few questions:
1.The title states "Multihull" does this include trimarans, proas, etc. I believe all multihulls should be invited to participate.
[color]A: Originally and now "Multihull" should be the phrase, including all craft with more than one hull. As you may know at the Tradewinds Midwinter Nationals, we have almost every kind of boat, including the Raves.
2. If this is a non-profit is it a tax write off? If so let us know!
Also I don't have a problem if NAMSA has a bank account...
[color]A: It is a non-porofit corp. No bank account yet open. That needs to be done. It would be nice if we had officers, a treasurer for sure to handle such matters.
3. Would it be possible to have a "Charter Membership" in case that someone or some individual may want to contribute funds to get it off the ground? This "Charter Membership" would have one vote and no other influence and could donate as much as legally possible.
[color]A: Why not? It is all wide open right now. Similarly the Intl Wave Class had some minor funding to start off by some of the key players. In order to open a bank account there has to be some money.
4. Where in the above text does it address the removal of representatives? I didn't see it.
[color]A: I believe it address removal of officers, but I am not sure what you mean by representatives.
5. Where will the concentration of efforts begin...nationwide or Florida or California? I know some people would like to drive to a national regatta in 2 days not 4 days one way.
[color]A: I believe we are referring to North America. That is why we need supporting people and organizations from all over this northern continent. (Aaaagggghhhh! Sorry for the "Continental" word!)
6. Will efforts be made to include Canada, Mexico, Central America, etc?
[color]see above
7. In light of the lack of participation would it be possible to have a regatta category for a "Family class". For example each crew would consist of 2 adults, 2 middle age children. If you don't have a family one will be designated to you. With all the broken families it seems that it wouldn't be that difficult to build a crew. Maybe this is a bad idea???
[color]A: Anything is possible. That would count me out, however. My daughter is way overweight
8. Would it be possible to have the "Initial Officers" be unbiased toward any group, manufacturer, organization, etc. After reading post for the past month it appears that some nominees may/could possibly have an agenda if allowed to serve. That appears to be recipe for failure.
[color]A: It would be bad if we had someone that had an agenda to support only their group. I agree. And one email letter said that Nigel in particular may not be a good leader for the this campaign because of possible negativities between NAHCA and Pitt. That may immediately put NAHCA on the defense and possibly unwilling to help out by joining NAMSA
Perhaps the next step would be to call for folks to volunteer to a committee that would initially appoint temporary officers. Once there, the constitution could better shaped and then set dues and start campaigning to get all the associations, fleets and clubs to join.
Let's keep up the talk,
Thanks,
Rick.
Rick,
I would really enjoy getting involved in NAMSA but I'm a pretty busy fella. For myself, and others that might not understand, what is involved with being an officer in a group like this? What kind of time and/or travel would be required? I will definitely contribute anyway I can.
Rick, your constitution proposal suggests:
"i. Individual dues will be set at $30 per year
ii. Association dues will be based on number of member is the Association and will be assessed at $10 per member"
And I read your response to Schneider.
So let me see if I understand the above.
What you are suggesting is that if I belong to Fleet 666 (or some cat club)...
and Fleet 666 joins NAMSA...
then I become a voting, full, member of NAMSA vis my membership in Fleet 666...
since NAMSA has assessed Fleet 666 $10/person...
(which Fleet 666 may turn about and ask me to ante up).
and...
if I don't belong to any local organisation...
or my local organisation doesn't join NAMSA...
I can join NAMSA as an individual for $30 with same rights and privileges.
Do I have this correctly? I mean, this sounds okay, that's not the issue. I'm gonna be in Ocean Springs for NewYear's so I'll see a lot of people and I want to see how they feel about NAMSA, so I want to be able to articulate the proposals.
sea ya
tami
I would say you have summed it up pretty well.
The idea is to encourage folks to join oganizations and then have the organizations join NAMSA. This will make everyone stronger in the long run.
However, there are folks that have no organization nearby to join. So, they would have the opportunity to also join and be able to vote.
Why more money for the individual? That might be the incentive to get them to seek out an organization to support.
As for the actual dollar amounts -- these are arbitrary, as is the the entire constitution. I posted all this just to get something on the table for discussion.
Thanks,
Rick
Rick, I think NAMSA is on the right track, and will be an important voice for all Catamaran Sailors. Kirt Simmons in his post Re: NAMSA Proposal to Rick and Mary, 12/11/01, suggested that a copy of "Catamaran Sailor" be included as part of the dues. Adding $15.00 to the proposed membership dues and including the subscription is an excellent idea. NAMSA will need a publication and Cat Sailor should be that voice. Kirt's suggestion of Discounts to Seminars, and other "goodies" is also a good suggestion.
With our NAHCA Membership we receive the NAHCA News. With US Sailing Membership we receive "Sailing World". Our membership in Hobie Cat Fleet 95 gives us the "Cattails" news letter, supports our Division 4 and the webpage at http://www.hobiedivision4.org. By the way, a lot of the misconceptions about NAHCA that I have read in these Forums, could be cleared up by reading the NAHCA News which is mailed to all members.
I do have a concern about the "Association" dues being assessed to each fleet based on the number of people in the fleet. This would be like US Sailing assessing their dues from the fleet, rather than the current voluntary method of membership. Wouldn't it be more democratic to allow each fleet member a choice to join NAMSA, and perhaps also receive a subscription to Cat Sailor?
In Div. 4 we welcome all cats, and currently have a good group in our X Class. They make up about 10 % of our current fleet. See our webpage for results and schedules.
As you will remember from meeting many of us at your Seminar this year at Lake Quinault, we a friendly lot that will sail in any conditions.
At Regattas we charge the same price for all entrants. We have experimented with offering discounts to US Sailing members and Local Fleet members to encourage the entrants to join these organizations. This seems to be well accepted and helps grow both organizations.
Caleb Tarleton, NAHCA Div 4, Fleet 95, H-17 # 6185
Well, I think the amount is just fine.
Charge much more, and will be a hard sell down here (at least), where the majority of folks are more interested in getting a whole lotta bang for the buck. We are interested in NUMBERS, eg MEMBERSHIP, yes?
Since most folks have some sort of Internet connection, digital newsletter production saves what in my experience was most of the money regularly laid out, that is, in newsletter production and postage. Copying and mailing is timeconsuming and expensive. Excel is a grrreat resource for handling mailout (email or snailmail), and Microsoft Word has a plugin to convert to pdf format. Voila! One can send coloured pictures and a rather large newsletter in a small package.
It will also be far easier to assess each member $5, with the other $5 coming from the local organisation. That's an amount I would imagine everyone could live with.
If NAMSA gets off the ground and can show something for itself, well, we can always up the ante, right? Let's work now on trying to get the MOST people involved.
sea ya
tami
Count me in! The holidays and work have me a little taken up right now, but I'm interested in helping out.
We, the Delray Beach Sailors, will gladly join NAMSA and use the new racing rules in the upcoming Delray Drag Race, Feb. 23 & 24, 2002 if Waveman would put us on the race schedule.
http://www.angelfire.com/fl3/delraybeachcatsailor/index.html
Chip Collard, N 6.0
DBSYC, vice-commodore
Have been a little busy with three major regattas in a row, Chip. Doing my best, buddy!
Rick
As for being a member or committee member of NAMSA I am more than willing to help out. I am also involved, as some of you know with the Trapseat class and Sailability International. I also run an inclusive (for people with and without disAbilities) sailing program in Coeur d’ Alene Idaho, along with my programming and activities with disAbled cross-country skiing and cycling. And finally I have a wife and four kids and work for the State of Idaho as a rehab counselor, along with all the other challenges of life and living.
I bring all this up not to let you all know that I am busy but that we are creating a issue here for some families and individuals. We have NAHCA (which I am a member - $35), USSA - $60 family membership which also maintains my sailing instructor certification, and now there is NAMSA which may cost 30 or so dollars (depending how they work the family membership). So I will be paying $125 for all three associations. I really don’t have a problem paying this but my wife who is new to sail (loves it a lot) finds is strange that I (we) have to pay so much to associations and wonders why there just isn’t one organization. I tell her the reasons why the best I can but she just thinks its all nuts. So the thought came to me that maybe we as sailors that are into it may be over looking an important component, those of the simple sailor, family constraints (or the singles life constraints), time availability, and funding. Now my wife sees some sense in paying USSA membership because I need to maintain my certification and my daughter is excited about reading the youth publication about other youth sailors her age. Then my wife indicates ok Miles you have about a month of vacation with holidays included (lucky state employees), and you want to go to various regattas, then family vacations (usually involving sailing), and other little vacations and special events which reduces your available vacation time next to nothing, and now you want to got to USSA meetings, some time in the future to NAHCA meetings (if they ever create a disAbled sailor committee position – ya right), Sailability meeting, and now NASMA meetings. Now lets think about it some people only get a week to 2 weeks of official vacation a year and many are not going to pay $125 per year for various sailing memberships, oh yes I have a local club sailing membership ($20 which now bring the total to $145). Heck my Rec. Therapy membership doesn’t cost that much and besides I am also an active XC-skier and cyclist. I know most of us are not rich and have other interest and commitments, it just appears that we are creating another organization when we may not have to, still don’t get me wrong I do see the need for this organization.
I know this is a long drawn out post but I just wanted you all to consider some issues of daily living. I am all for NAMSA but I am just wondering if there is a way to create a together program with USSA MHC or there committee (what ever it is called), because if we create another separate organization we may have new events and new programs which will then add more events and more challenges for potential members to have to decide between, what organizations dues to pay. Also I am all for supporting this new organization but if it does not involve the West Coast or Mountain States then forget it, as I am working hard in getting things going here. Ok I am done now and once again I am willing and ready to help out. But just for the sake of us time and money constrained people, lets think about this, or maybe I am just seeing problem where there is none.
Cheers.
Agreed, that if NAMSA was still another organization, then it would be redundant and even more time consuming. I don't think that is what we are seeking here.
We want to incorporate all the Groups into one main organization. NAHCA, Trapseat, CRAM, CRAW, et al. should be one strong voice.
Financial pain should be eased by having the various organizations assess a fee (hopefully not very expensive) to their already existant membership and the fee would be that organizations dues for the year. And every member of that organization would have voting rights.
Should a person belong to two organizations, they still would have only one vote.
And, for those orphans in the multihull world, we would have an individual membership as well. My thoughts are that it should be higher than organizational membership. That might help push folks into joining their local organization -- thus building multihull strength on the local as well as National/NA level.
The idea of working with US Sailing would simply not happen. They are not willing to open any doors for multihulls. They would certainly listen a lot better, if a strong NAMSA could speak from nearly every multihull sailor in North America.
In answer to your geographical question, of couse it should include all of North America, including Canada and Mexico.
Knowing how active you have been, you would be a great asset in helping as a member of the Founders Committee in getting this off the ground.
Thanks
Rick
PERFECT (regarding membership fee process, etc.), and I see now how this would work. So, lets get moving. I volunteer as one of the Founders Committee members. Your right about USSA can be very anti-multihull, even with the committee for Sailors-With-Special-Needs (can't stand that name) as we (Trapseat class) have tried to get involved but they continually shun us. Also the first USSA meeting (this was a non-MHC meeting) I attended last I felt like I was in 3rd grade again as when multihull issues were brought up I just sat there in unbelief as I heard all the negative comments. Still the MHC is doing miracles in that organization and would be great to give them more support.
So, are you going to add a section to your web site as the official NAMSA web site? I would also like to add that the Americans with Disabilities Act committee is setting new guidelines for accessibility of web sites and so the important thing is to keep the site simple so people with blindness (navigating with JAWS program) or cognitive impairments can navigate the site. Don't worry I am not going to go over board with the disAbled issues and accommodations but I will give suggestions to help out, which most ideas will be simple and easy to implement.
I am ready and willing, just wondering what will be the next step.
Great to have you aboard.
Where do we go from here?
OK! Everyone that is volunteering on the Founders Committee -- please go over the proposed constitution. It was just a generic proposal. Would it fit what we are trying to do?
Here may be some problem areas:
1) One of the things I worry about is the wording regarding quorums. For example, at national meeting there would rarely be a quorum present of all the members. So, at the national meeting should we have recommendations of changes to the constitution and/or rules, and then have a balloted mailing.
Just want to stay away from Republic-style voting that NAHCA uses where just the Div heads vote (usually without any idea of what their constituents desire).
2) Mary tells me we are crazy to try and get organizations to join NAMSA, rather go after individuals. She cited that as the reason NAMSA shut down before. And the reason it is like pulling teeth for folks to join US Sailing.
Personally, I think she has cited a case for NOT going after the individual, rather the organizations. I have already heard from quite a few organizations that said they were all for the idea.
So, is that the right path? Or go after the individual, or both?
3) Are the proposed fees too high? too low? Should they be formatted differently. I know many of us have dealt with organizations before -- so might have a feel what the burden may be on them.
4) There will hopefully be many committees dealing with many factions of our sport, i.e., Miles' interest in working with Trapseat sailors, someone needs to work on getting regatta insurance coverages, Youth programs, etc. . This should be covered in the way proposed constitution is worded.
5) Should the aims and goals aka "Objective" be reworded, more added, or subtracted?
On to some other thoughts;
On a post by former chair of the MHC, Gordon Isco, he pretty much lays out that MHC is doing about all it can do. He doubts that NAMSA can do more, but that would remain to be seen. He ends by saying that in the overall pictures, MHC is like having a state rep in Washington. Not a strong picture, in my eyes.
We also have to address communications to the members. The biggest thing that led to the demise of the former NAMSA was the newsletter died. For years and years I remember getting a great newsletter. Then the strong members of the org. dropped by the wayside, and Hobie Cat became the guidance system to courses and regattas. The Hotline took over the news. But, none of this covered other cats.
So, a news situation has to be raised. And this is a tender subject. Mary and I certainly do not want to push our magazine down anyone's throat, nor be accused of doing so.
On the other hand, Mary said she would be glad to raise the price of the Magazine by $5 and make those subscribers NAMSA members. Perhaps she can that as a Association Member, just like CABB, CRAW, et al.
As you can see, this is a touchy both with Mary and her subscribers.
Any other thoughts? On your mark (keyboard), get set, GO!
Thanks,
Rick
Here's a formated "PDF" (Adobe Acrobat Exchange) document of the Proposed Constitution.
Hey Rick!
Just reading through the threads. I have a few insurance contacts that may be interested in underwriting a regatta policy. I'll set them to their homework to see if they can tailor something to fit this venue...
Sorry for my absence -- small health problem that is fine now.
Some great posts over the holidays. Time to put it all together now.
I will get something updated on the constitution and then ask for volunteers for positions. OK?
Rick