2004 NE District Winter Meeting Minutes

The 2004 New England Winter meeting was held at 12 noon on December 12th at 83 Hanover St. Manchester, NH.

The meeting was called to order by District Commodore Patrick Gallagher at 12:12 PM

Roll Call of fleets
121 (Newburyport)
145 (Spofford)
273 (Massabesic)
301 (Malletts Bay)
493 (Bow Lake)
A quorum was met.
(quorum = 25% of paid fleets 121, 145, 189, 227, 273, 280, 301, 332, 493)

Secretary report - Ann Snow moved to waive the minutes of the previous meeting, all approved motion.

Treasurer’s report - Treasurers report was given by District Commodore Gallagher.

At the 2003 meeting the cash on hand was $1172.87. The current balance is $1295.86

Total expenses to date for 2004 are $249.29
-     Spring mailing $84.45
-     training video for fleets $163.84
Anticipated expenses for the remainder of the 2004 season (not included as expenses in the above balances)
-     Winter meeting expenses (approximately $120),
-     Ad for Yearbook (up to $260)
-     Tuning videos for fleets ($184.65)

Total Income 2004 $370

Fleet dues collected:
-     MBBC (301) $100 (20 boats)
-     Newburyport $90 (18 boats)
-     Squam $65 (13 boats)
-     Massabesic $25 (5 boats)
-     Spofford $45 (9 boats)
-     Bow $30 (6 boats)
-     Marblehead $5 (1 boat)
-     Bomoseen $5 (1 boat)
-     Wellfleet $5 (1 boat)

Interest $2.26

The following District trophy winners were announced:
- The 2005 District Circuit championship was won by Heather Ambrose.
- The Pratt Trophy for outstanding service to the district was awarded to Dave Hazelett
and Mark Gardner for successfully running 2004 Sears Cup at Malletts Bay.
- The NE District Sportsmanship Award was awarded to John Hughes for the highest
level of participation in the District Regattas this summer as well as operated a
crash boat at the fall Leaf Peeper event.

Fleet reports - (and designation of fleet officers for 2005) -
Fleet 121 Newburyport was given by Ann Snow. 2005 fleet officers are Fleet Captain Patrick Gallagher and Secretary Ann Snow.

Fleet 145 Spofford report was given by Bob Bush. 2005 fleet officers are Captain Bob Bush and Secretary Alex Gemmell.

Fleet 273 Massabesic report was given by Walt Colantuono. Walt is both the Fleet Captain and Secretary for 2005

Fleet 301 Malletts Bay report was given by Bill Fastiggi. 2005 fleet officers are Captain Mark Gardner and Secretary Patrick Zachary.

Fleet 493 Bow Lake report was given by Bob Shapiro. 2005 Fleet Captain is Ned Hinds and Fleet Secretary is Bob Shapiro.

A 45 minute recess was called for a Pizza lunch.

The following 2005 District Schedule was presented -

2005 Regatta schedule

June
4-5 MBBC Spring regatta - Malletts Bay
25-26 Dave Fitch Memorial - Spofford

July
8 WJM Districts - Massabesic YC
9-10 Districts - Massabesic YC
30-31 Atlantic Coast Championships

August
2-5 W,J,M NAs - Milwaukee WI
7-13 NAs - Sheboygan, WI
20-21 Brian Hughes Regatta- Newburyport
27-28 Squam Lake Regatta - Squam Lakes Assn.

September
10-11 Massabesic - Annual Massabesic Regatta
24 Bow Lake - Ed Hinds one day, (Sat only)

October
8-9 Leaf Peeper - Malletts Bay

Massabesic and Spofford both expressed interest in hosting the NE Districts. The NE Districts were tentatively awarded to Massabesic for 2005 pending approval from the Massabesic YC board of directors next week. Walt Colantuono will report back shortly. Tentatively Spofford will host the 2006 NE Districts or, the 2005 Districts if Massabesic can not host the event. Malletts Bay also offered to host the regatta in the event that one of the other fleets is unable to host.

Old Business - The executive committee decided to purchase six copies of the new Lightning tuning, (one for each of the active fleets of more than one boat.)

The membership ratified the decisions of the executive committee.

Commodore Gallagher discussed his desire to have a Lightning Lab clinic within the District next year and Fleet 301 expressed interest in hosting the event.

New Business - The following items were brought up for discussion:

Commodore Gallagher wanted everyone to make an effort to locate the missing district trophys. The Pratt Trophy, the District Circuit Championship trophy and the base of the District Championship trophy are all missing. Bill Fastiggi is sure that either he or Andy Horton has the base for the Championship trophy and has committed to locating it.

Secretary Fastiggi expressed a desire for improvement in the use of the website for storing historical data, regatta results, and as a promotional resource. Also to have all fleets using the emailer for publicizing events. Bob Shapiro agreed to help with the website.

The membership articulated a desire to have a New England District Ad in the 2005 ILCA Yearbook and authorized spending up to $260 on the ad. District Secretary agreed to pursue this.

Bob Shapiro mentioned that the Bow Lake fleet gives a 1 point scoring bonus to a boat that has a young child on board during fleet races to encourage participation. All agreed that innovative ideas like this were good for fleet building.

Commodore Gallagher brought up the possibility of changing the district By-Laws procedures to select representatives to attend the NAs in case the districts can’t be completed. The general feeling of those at the meeting was that the guidelines were specific enough as they are currently written and the District Officers were elected because of their standing in the district and their good judgment is respected. No action will be taken at this time

Election of officers for 2005 - The nominating committee nominated Bill Fastiggi as District Commodore for 2005-2006 and Bob Shapiro for District Secretary for 2005 - 2006. Those nominations were seconded, a motion to close nominations was moved, seconded and passed. Commodore Gallagher passed the “gavel” to Secretary Fastiggi.

Commodore Elect Fastiggi acknowledged the four years of service of outgoing commodore Gallagher, and the outstanding leadership that he provided. All attendees agreed.

Adjournment - Commodore elect Fastiggi asked for a motion to adjourn, which was seconded and the meeting was adjourned at 2:50 PM.