2018 BSI Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Tuesday, September 4, 2019 1800 GMT
Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club
Rhu, Helensburgh, SCOTLAND
Meeting Minutes (D R A F T)
Meeting called to order by BSI Secretary David Brown at 1818 due to late racing.
1. Attendees and apologies
Attendees;
Vicki Sheen
Laura Cammidge
BJ Blanick
Walt Raineri
Brian Peoples
Brian Arthur
Gary Kirby
Olivier Ducruix
Mathieu Simonnet
Giles Guyon
Kylie Forth
Liz Baylis
Sharon Grennan
Lucy Hodges
Ian Sheara
Liam Cattermole
Stacie
Erin McGlew
David Brown
Jodi Munden
Kris Scheppe (Skype)
Apologies from:
Ryck Lent
Ben Geddes
Dick Lancaster
Thanks to RNCYC for the room and Jean for printing the agenda
2. Previous meeting minutes from 2015
Read by Liz Baylis
Amend that Kylie attended on Skype
Lucy moved amendment
Sharon seconded
Passed.
3. Financial report 2017
Read by Liz
Opening balance 2017 $2,311.09 USD
10 dues payers in 2017 = $500
PayPal used
5.02 in interest
2816.11 current balance 2018-08-31
$35 per month for web site operations
Move to adopt:
Ian
Seconded by BJ.
Passed.
4. Chairman's Report
3 World Championships
Thanks to BJ
Scotland 2018
2 bids for 2019
BSI newsletters
Expansion in communication
Request for photographs from Ryck for newsletter
Thanks to Liz for up-dating BSI social networks and web site.
And Ben from N.Z. for up-dating Facebook
Acknowledgements to Ivan Sheen for providing and maintaining the BSI web site
There has been communication during the previous twelve months with our friends in Japan, Italy, Israel and Sweden who are hoping to join us for 2019
GBR invited all European countries to join them at their training weekends in the UK.
Brazil visited by Juju
Sylvia in Italy contacting Germany
Switzerland in contact with Lucy
Gary offered his son to help in Switzerland
BSI promoting blind sailing views to World Sailing
Have requested the W.S. member nation representatives to promote VI sailing back in their own countries.
BSI suggested a proposal to combine match racing at the Disabled Worlds.
Future:
- new web site development by Kay Van Valkenburgh from Boston
- Venture 2-person boat potential for Paralympics
5. Secretary's Report
5 countries and 5 states
6. Motions.
None received.
Constitution needs review. Working group proposed:
- Walt asked to lead this and report back to the BSI committee with his proposals.
- David to assist
- Support also offered by Kylie Forth
Development of web site working group to support Kay:
- Laura and possibly Toby
- Alex to ask students
- All to support providing web site content.
- Initially to start with a calendar
- Then move onto a BSI forum next
- Country reps to solicit help
Technology and Safety working group:
- BJ Blahnik offered to lead this.
- Alex Morrow offered to support
- Lucy Hodges offered to support
Alex summarized:
- Community Boating in Boston
- Match racing system
- Homerus system improvements
- Tack center replaces mercury switch
- Replace mark content with more waterproof and smaller
Beta testing:
- Navigate via GPS
- wifi for other boat location
Successful to transfer blind athletes to sailing
- Laura has a mathematical start system
- GBR has a system
- New Zealand has a system
- BJ to produce a strategy for short and long term plans.
Beginning of January
- Vicki to send Alex contact information to working group
7. Election of officers. Four-year terms
Vicki moved Sylvia as European rep
Lucy seconded
Passed.
8. Budget for 2019
Review membership fee increase next year,
9. 2019 regatta options
KYC (Kingston Yacht Club) - presented by Jodi
- 2 hours from Toronto
- Direct flight from Europe
- Fresh water site
- Top 10 sites on USA sailing
- East end of Lake Ontario
- Non-Royal Yacht Club
- Shark is slightly smaller 24 foot
- 10 boats
- Olympic sharks
RCYC (Royal Canadian Yacht Club) - presented by David Brown
- Sonars
- Downtown Toronto
- Close to international airport
- Recent host of Invictis sailing
10. Other business
Walt raised the following safety concern and suggested solutions:
- Non-aggressive sensory deprivation zones
- Sailor safety concern
- Systemic safety issue with current format
- Limited vision
- Audible input compromised near buoys
Should include review of:
- Must have 6 points on a boat
- BSI can advise race management revisions
- Liz Appendix C World Sailing event call implement tomorrow
- Rapid response call
World Sailing responses. Appendix C amendment for 2019:
- If umpire calls collision
- Instructed to avoid
- Penalty on give way boat if instruction is required
- Kylie offered to share a document produced at the 2011 Perth Match Racing event
11. Date for next meeting
2019 Fleet Racing championships
12. Adjournment 7:40 pm moved by Jodi Seconded by BJ. Minutes taken by BSI Secretary David Brown.