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HARBOR 20 FLEET 4 
GENERAL MEETING
MARCH 5, 2015

1. CALL TO ORDER: Fred Rice Presiding. Present, Tom Wright, Geoff Slaff, Bill Bench, Kevin Cahill, Ann Hutchings, Bill Sheridan, Dale Zurawski, Sandra Denton, Ken Kieding, Dale Slaff, Brian Green, Scott Deardorff, Tom Kelleway, Brian Resnik, John Jeffries, Jane Watkins, Leslie Deardorff, Morgan Green. Briefing; one vote per boat; crew welcome at meetings, proxy forms to be posted online. Send proxies to Morgan Green, recording secy.. Membership contact sheet circulated. Morgan will circulate result.

2. OLD BUSINESS

A.  Minutes: Fred Rice - notes there were no Holiday Party meeting minutes. Tom Wright will send Morgan all the past minutes he has for the permanent binder. Leslie Deardorff will also check her records. November Fleet meeting minutes: accepted. Introduction of Officers: Fred Rice Fleet Captain; Geoff Slaff, treasurer; Bill Bench, Tom Wright, and Morgan Green, recording secretary. 

B. Bylaws Review: Kevin Cahill - Reviewed history of bylaws from 2010 on. He notes Fleet Four bylaws result after culling Class Association bylaws of all items Fleet 4 did not need and adding items the fleet wanted  (ex: dry storage, instruments, spinnakers).  Bylaws of other fleets do not pertain to Fleet 4. In February of 2014, the fleet adopted its bylaws. Kevin Cahill will create one document for the fleet’s permanent records. Fred suggests that all changes include the dates they were made as a matter of information for future fleet officers. Kevin agreed to “Pan Pan” on the result. The official fleet website will be the Fleet 4 Tab under the Class Association website. 

D.North/south and East/West Events: Fred Rice - The Fleet 1 Captain said they will supply us with 8 boats for the North/South event, and is working on housing. They will have a final word on dates before the next Fleet 4 meeting. The fleet 1 captain also will get back to us on the possibility of a separate June 6 and 7 race. The East/West event will be Oct. 23-25, possibly at Annapolis instead of Hilton Head. The site has not been set.

E. Suggested Fleet Spending: Geoff Slaff, Treasurer reported the fleet has $2007, with nearly all dues paid and no big expenses this year Note: Rules require that all crew as well as owners be paid up members of the Class Association. Owners are responsible for policing this. Suggestion: spend some money on take-home trophies (prizes) for fleet championship winners. Noted: The fleet board can decide this question.

F. Boat Equipment List: Noted: Is to appear in the bylaws being collated by Kevin Cahill.

G. Wind/Wave Limits: Fred Rice - Clarification requested. Members noted that the fleet agreed on a maximum of 20 knots of wind for one minute duration between 4:20 and 4:30 p.m. as the criteria for cancelling a Wet Wednesday race. Scott Deardorff suggested that, as the J-70 Fleet is doing, the H2O fleet produce a one-page Race Guideline for Santa Barbara Sailing Club use. It would include the wind limit and other regatta management criteria. Scott volunteered to produce the document for Fleet 4. He will send it to Fred.

H. Inclusion/Exclusion of SBSC events in H2O Championship Series (Due to Bad Regatta Management): Fred Rice reported talking with (then) SBSC Commodore Michael Burdick about H2O skipper complaints of faults in the club’s regatta management and resulting dangers and confusion. Burdick agreed the club will work with Fleet 4 and SBYC Race Director Brad Shaupeter to comply with all regatta management requirements . Shaupeter has agreed to help the SBSC.

2. NEW BUSINESS

A. 2015 Fleet 4 Championship Series Schedule: Fred Rice- After discussion, a majority of Skippers present voted to leave the schedule as is, including Santa Barbara Sailing Club Regattas. The schedule:
Spring One-Design, 3/21        Fiesta Cup, 7/18-19
Cinco De Mayo, 5/2-3             Fall One-Design, 10/11
Summer One-Design, 6/14     Goblin Regatta, 10/24-25
                                                Holiday Regatta, 12/5-6
 
B. Ullman Mainsails: Bill Bench - Bill Bench proposed opening the Fleet 4 sail requirements to include Ullman mainsails and other makers other than Elliott/Pattison. Suggestion: sail changes would be allowed for everybody who wanted after the end of the 2015 sailing season. Fleet member discussion. No consensus. Item tabled until next Fleet 4 meeting, and pending more research by Tm Wright into the latest updated Class Association rules and how other fleets handle the issue. 

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