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osmepneo
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Initially Posted - 09/26/2005 : 21:01:05

I have just finished calling the elected officers and sharing the results of this year's election and the new by-law vote and c25 and c150 rudder changes.

The Association By-laws change has been approved, we are now an Association open for Capri 25 as well as the Catalina 25 and 250. this is a very big step in the history of our organization and I am excited about it.

Class rules for both the Catalina 25 and Catalina 250 concerning rudders were approved.

Jim Baumgart was elected Commodore of the Association.

Frank Hopper was elected Vice Commodore of the Association.

Kris Underwood was elected Secretary of the Association.

JB Manley was elected Treasurer of the Association.

Duane Wolff was elected Chief Measurerer of the Association.

It has been an honor to serve the Association for the past years, both as Secretary and as Commodore. During the past year I have had an excellant group of officers and staff who worked well together and have a ccomplished a significant amount for the betterment of the Association. I would like to thank the fine gentlemen who have served with me for their dedication and their support during this important year in the life of the Catalina 25/250 National Association.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve all of you.

Don Peet, C25/250 2004-2005 National Association Commodore
The Great Sacandaga Lake, NY

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 09/26/2005 : 21:03:33

Congratulations to our new officers, and many thanks to Don and last year's officers for a job very well done!
Derek

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 09/26/2005 : 21:53:43

Congratulations to our new officers, and many thanks to Don and last year's officers for a job very well done! - Derek

I wholeheartedly agree ... and Don, thank you for your service ... your presence at this year's National Regatta is but one fine example of your dedication to the Association.

Best of luck to the new lineup of officers, and welcome Capri 25 owners!

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cathluk
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Response Posted - 09/26/2005 : 21:54:37

Congratulations all and THANK YOU!

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 09/27/2005 : 10:32:49

Don, thank you for your service, I had mixed feelings about running against you. Since Frank wanted to become VC and I didn't want to step down, there was only one choice. After the great Nationals Frank put on, if he wanted to become VC, there is no way I was going to run against him.

Hopefully we will establish something like this as an informal pattern:

(1) Host of Nationals runs for VC for the next year so that we have some "corporate memory" of how to put on this event.

(2) VC runs for Commodore the following year.

Basically, I hope this tradition continues, that way Frank would be our next Commodore candidate, and Duane would run for VC next year.

Meanwhile we have several staff positions available, if anyone would like to take over the TellTale or Ships Store let me know.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 09/27/2005 : 10:34:08

PS. - Only 46 people voted. That is a shame.

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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 09/27/2005 : 12:50:29

I, too, would like to thank you, Don, for a job VERY well done. And just for the record, Don came out to Portland, too, for the 2004 National Regatta in 2004. Much appreciated!

Best to the new officers.

Gary B.
Fleet 94 Captain
s/v Encore! #685

And, yes, I voted (liberal, I'll admit)

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 09/27/2005 : 15:45:32

Jim, I've a problem with your proposal whether it be official or informal. To adopt it, your promoting that all Commodores of the Association will in fact be racing types. Such is contrary to the spirit and bylaws of the association. Any member whether they are a racer, cruiser, day sailor or putterer of a Catalina 25 footer who wishes to, is free to run for any office and should be welcomed to do so.

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 09/27/2005 : 15:55:09

Wow, Thanks Catalina 25/250. I can't tell you all enough how happy I am to be part of a National Association for the Capri 25. Like I stated before, I hope that the owners of the Capri 25's at WYC join the group and become active in it. Its only going to better the boats reputation. There is a big thanks comming to Rick for bringing this matter up to the group, and I will do my best to get my members active in the Association. Thanks again.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 09/27/2005 : 16:56:19

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Arlyn Stewart
 Jim, I've a problem with your proposal whether it be official or informal. To adopt it, your promoting that all Commodores of the Association will in fact be racing types. Such is contrary to the spirit and bylaws of the association. Any member whether they are a racer, cruiser, day sailor or putterer of a Catalina 25 footer who wishes to, is free to run for any office and should be welcomed to do so.

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Arlyn,
I feel as you do. I have openly said that I think the VC should be the current hosting Nationals sponsor, but you are right, we should not implement a career pathway that ends up putting racers in charge of the Association. I wish more cruisers would step up, we would all be the better for it. As a side observation; our boats are not racers and those of us who race are probably considered pretty "cruisy" be most racing standards.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 09/27/2005 : 20:47:40

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 09/27/2005 : 21:19:29

Thanks Frank, and I should have taken the opportunity in the earlier post to say that I also appreciate the outgoing officers and thank them for their service and have full confidence in the new slate.

I agree with others that its a good thing that Capri 25 owners now have a National Association and welcome them.

The Association has been running smoothly which may explain the small amount of ballots... it aint broke so it needs no fixin.

In other news, I've not been sailing since my month long cruise in '03 and its getting to me. We had to cancel the summer cruise last year do to health issues for Linda's mom who stayed with us all summer recovering. This year we had a Lake Superior cruise planned and again had to cancel it. On top of that, the corp of engineers lake I sail on locally, went online to a much larger community three years ago and the extra water load on it has rendered it unusable for recreation boating... all the ramps are high and dry. Some engineer either missed the mark or more probably, there was little choice but to take the water.

After spending a good bit of effort last winter making joinery upgrades, I haven't yet enjoyed them. I did ship a good many steering conversion kits during the last two years which along with the joinery have helped to keep my interest. My greatest boating pleasure of the last two years came last spring as I pulled maintenance in prep for the summer cruise (that didn't happen), my grandson and I shared a couple of very nice driveway sails (he played pirate while I puttered at a task).

I've filled the void somewhat by doing a lot of RC model airplane flying and construction. I was fortunate in that many of the group from twenty five years ago continued or have reactivated to that hobby and it was nice to renew the fellowships. The flying field is close by, which makes doing that fit with the need to stay near to assist with the care of mother.

Our plans are as most... to take it one day at a time. One possibility is to haul the boat to Michigan and store it there with family rather than haul back and forth with current gas prices and no local use. I've performed most all the upgrades desired and will catch any others that might come to mind this winter. We can drive there in the wife's sedan for one third the gas it takes to haul the boat. Our plans are to summer there for four months or so after retirement which is yet a few years off.

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 09/28/2005 : 13:53:20

The Nationals are the single biggest event we put on each year. We the current officers have talked at great length how to keep some corporate memory of how to put this event on year after year without relearning the whole thing each time.

We are lucky to even get officers to agree to serve, much less to run against one another for office.

My proposal is an informal suggestion as to how the nominations might go next year. However, I know as a group your current officers would be overjoyed if more people were nominated and ran.

Just for the record I'm now Commodore and have not attended a Nationals nor ever been in an organized sailboat race (except Newport - Ensenada) and so the cruising crowd has elected a representative.

That said, I appreciate the effort to put on the Nationals and I wish we could get some kind of National Cruise Week going as a counterbalance.

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coach
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Response Posted - 09/28/2005 : 15:24:28

Jim,

The national cruise week idea is a great one. Maybe we can associate that somehow around the race date. So, we have all type of sailors involved.

I do know that I am planning to attend the nationals. I believe our fleet is entering a boat and a few of us are going to race her. The only issue that may come up is...I work the Pat Summit Lady Vols basketball camp each summer and I am committed to that already...so if it falls on the dates of camp, I will not be able to make it. It is normally held the weekend and week before July 4th.

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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 09/29/2005 : 08:47:16

I also agree with Arlyn, but Jim is correct that we need to retain some "corporate memory" of how to put on the national regatta. Each year the officers struggle with the same questions, because nobody can remember how they were resolved the previous year. But that can be done if the person organizing the event this year will keep a diary for a few months, recording the questions that had to be resolved, and explaining how they were resolved. Then, when it's all over, he should put his notes in a format that addresses the problem areas, such as "Handicapping," "Measuring," "Race Committee," "Sponsors," "Finances," etc. and pass it along to the new officers, who should put together a loose-leaf notebook with similar information about the general organization and management of the national association. Once a "manual" is developed that can be passed from one group of officers to the next, it'll be much easier for them to find the answers to their questions. But, it'll take a little work for the first people to put it together.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 09/29/2005 : 09:16:30

I have the benefit of Frank still being on the Flag Line this year to tap his brain. I also have the added benefit of being a member of a club that hosts many, many of these things on an annual basis.

I’ve procured a CD of Regatta essentials that I plan to pass on sometime down the road that was put together by the regatta chair who put organized the J-24 Worlds when they were at Edgewater a few years back. Hopefully between what I can come up with and what Frank has we will have a good start on some legacy documentation for the national event.

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John G-
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Response Posted - 09/29/2005 : 21:03:42

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by JimB517
 The Nationals are the single biggest event we put on each year. We the current officers have talked at great length how to keep some corporate memory of how to put this event on year after year without relearning the whole thing each time.

My proposal is an informal suggestion as to how the nominations might go next year. However, I know as a group your current officers would be overjoyed if more people were nominated and ran.

Just for the record I'm now Commodore and have not attended a Nationals nor ever been in an organized sailboat race (except Newport - Ensenada) and so the cruising crowd has elected a representative.

That said, I appreciate the effort to put on the Nationals and I wish we could get some kind of National Cruise Week going as a counterbalance.
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“The Vice Commodore shall serve as Chairman of the Nationals Organizing Committee (“NOC”) and, as such, shall solicit bids from the Fleets to host the Nationals for the following year (Article VII).”

One interpretation of this clause could be that the current V.C. puts together a committee to solicit and facilitate bids for the Nationals. The committee members could/should be past hosts so that even if a V.C. is elected that has no experience with the Nationals he/she can draw on past experiences.

BTW The association does not “put on” the Nationals. As I undersand it we (the association) sanctions the Nationals but the host is totally responsible for the Nationals.

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