ILCA-NA Executive Committee

Meeting Minutes

March 13, 2018

The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm EDT.  In attendance were: Al Clark, John Long, Eric Reitinger, Andy Roy, Jerelyn Biehl and Sherri Campbell. Meka Taulbee was unable to attend.

1.The minutes from February 12, 2018 call were approved as distributed.

2. Office Report

1. The Laser Sailor – deadline for the Spring 2018 issue is March 15. Missing regatta reports on the MW; have submissions for major event previews.
2. Finances – distributed prior to the meeting.
3. Membership – memberships were good at MWE as they tied registration to the Laser Membership. Memberships stagnant with another hard push on renewal notices this week.

3. New Business

a.Request to change border between D12 & D17: discussion on annexing part of Georgia into D12.  D17 includes Tennessee & northern AL & MS with little action in that region. Agreement to combine the 2 districts. It will need to be approved by ILCA.

b.ILCA World Council update: WS has a anti-trust review which may affect Laser. The lawsuit is still ongoing, but ILCA is currently out of the action. Trial to be held in “late 2018.”  ILCA sent a defect notice against Laser Performance Europe builders for non-conforming sails (training sail).

4.Old Business

a.Laser equipment supply: positive comments recently on available equipment from various dealers.

b.ILCA-NA new Website: to be done

5. Any other Business - none

Meeting adjourned at 7:22 pm

Next call: Monday – April 9, 2018