Fall / Winter 2012 - Inland Lake Yachting Association

PAGE 16SCOW SLANTSFALL / WINTER 2012Board of Directors meets in HudsonMinutesOctober 28, 2012Hudson House Grand HotelHudson, WisconsinCommodore Trester called the meetingto order at 8:37 a.m. The following officerswere present: Commodore Trester, ViceCommodore Friend, Secretary/TreasurerS. Schmidt, and Past Commodore Prange.The following Directors at Large werepresent: Andert, Cox, Driessen, Driscoll,Kotovic, Oltrogge, D. Porter, and Reilly.Weston was absent. The following FleetRepresentative Directors were present:Haines, JP Porter, Boatman, Biwer, Barr,and Woldum. Rogers, Haeger, Spencer,and Hollister were absent. At LargeRules members Simon and Woldum werepresent. Crary attended for the Club 420fleet.. Measurer D. Schmidt was absent.Executive Secretary Smith was present.Mann attended as Race ManagementChair. C. Porter attended as ScowLineseditor. Hodgson attended as consultantto the Executive Committee. Guestsincluded Phil Petersen, Larry Kmiecik,Karen Alnes, and Kim Haines.Commodore Trester noted successfulregattas in 2012, all very well run andmost experiencing good attendance. TheMendota/ILYA cooperative Championshipwas successful thanks to the help ofmany under the leadership of Haines.The experiment proved that the ILYAcan be active in support of host clubs.A number of regattas were registered asClean Regattas with Sailors for the Sea.The ILYA needs to focus on the directionand purpose of the Club 420 fleet, and theYouth Development Committee shouldconsider its new purpose as transitioningyouth to our adult scow fleets.The Feb. 12, 2012 minutes of theboard of directors were approved (Driscoll/Oltrogge).Executive Committee actions onbehalf of the Board were approved (Barr/Haines). These included revisions to theby-laws accommodating the Club 420 asa sanctioned fleet and revising referencesof the A One-Design Fleet as the A Fleet,accepting Calhoun and Beulah as Club420 clinic hosts, setting the date for theYouth Championship at Beulah, andsubsequently cancelling the event, andrevising the by-laws regarding the host feestructure for No Tears events.ILYA fleets reported as follows:Class A (Haines) reported stableparticipation and the availability of manygreat used boats.Class E (Kotovic) reported thatthe NCESA membership initiative wassuccessful, and that better communicationwith regatta PROs is needed.Class C (JP Porter) reported that thejunior incentive program was successfulagain, and that a new mast die is beingconstructed.Class I-20 (Boatman) reported thatregatta attendance increased in 2012 andthat foil rudders are allowed.Class MC was not represented, butvia email Haeger reported no pressingissues for this meeting.Classes Melges 17 (Biwer) reportedthat the ILYA fleet is increasing regattaattendance and that the Pewaukee fleetmay number 13-14 boats in 2013.Class X (Barr) reported a great regattaat Delavan with 116 boats, where randomweighing was conducted, with no boatsneeding to add weight, and a few able todrop some weight, but most weighing pertheir stickers.IOD Class (Barr for Spencer) thankedPewaukee for a successful championshipwhich included a huge turnout in theGreen fleet, and No Tears hosts Okobojiand Cedar, Wis.Club 420 Class (Crary for Hollister)noted that the Championship was poorlyattended, mostly due to the lateness of theyear and conflicts with other events andadult fleets. A great number of used boatsare available as some clubs are purchasingnew boats. ILYA events need to have boatsfor charter. ILYA 420 sailors performexceptionally well in regional and nationalevents.Trester turned the meeting over toRules Committee Chair D. Porter to discussspecific class issues. Fleets reportedchanges to the RC Recommendationsas follows: Class I-20 determines a 5m.p.h. minimum for starting a race. ClassMelges 17 revises the target race time to40 minutes ±10. Club 420 Class opts forWindward, Leeward, or Modified WLcourses, revises race time limit to 75 min.,raises max. steady wind to 30 m.p.h. andmax. gusts to 35 m.p.h. and puts no limiton the number of races in a day or back-toback,and prefers to use Code Flag P as itsinitial preparatory signal, with Code FlagsI and Z as options.In Class C, by-law 85.10.m was changedto set the minimum sailcloth weight at 3.8oz. (JP Porter/Simon). Allowable tiller andtiller extension materials were expandedin by-law 85.1.d (JP Porter/Simon).By-law 85.6 was expanded to allowcubitainers for flotation (JP Porter/Simon).A proposal to allow unpaid advertisingon sails was defeated (JP Porter/Haines).After discussion a motion (Crary/Biwer)passed disallowing advertising on ClassC and Class X hulls and sails unlessthe advertising is regatta specific andbenefitting the entire fleet. The motionalso included allowing the display of clubburgees on Class C and Class X sails, sizeand placement of such to be determinedby the Executive Committee.In Class X, the whisker poleexperiment had positive, though limitedfeedback, with only one boat competingregularly. The fleet committee will ask toextend the experiment for another year.In Class IOD, age eligibility ruleswere revised to comply with USODA(Barr/JP Porter).There being no further RulesCommittee business, D. Porter ended theRules Committee meeting and turnedthe gavel back to Trester to concludeBoard business. The actions of the RulesCommittee were approved (Haines/Barr).Friend reviewed a letter fromHarry Melges III relating to ILYA youthprogression to adult fleets, emphasisof family-oriented regattas, X boatweight reduction, and the role of theClub 420 in ILYA. Extensive discussionensued, resulting in the consensus thatthe Executive Committee would head aspecial steering committee to study theregatta format/site issue. Kotovic, Reilly,Mann, Haines, JP Porter, Woldum, and C.Porter offered to serve. Friend will formthe committee and act as chair.The Class X committee will determineif sufficient data is available to discuss apossible reduction of the hull weight inthe near future, or if more data needs to becollected in 2013.Smith described renovations being made tothe Green Lake downtown park and harborarea, including docking and dredging, andpark beautification, and proposed thatILYA donate $100 to the project for apaver. This was passed (Haines/Oltrogge)and Smith was instructed to see if theILYA could do help in other ways with theproject.see Board, page 17