Dear All,

It seems that we have come to an impasse regarding the voting on changes to
the Constitution. Brice has sent out the vote count to you all.

We need to decide what to do next and I would like to suggest that we
table this issue for the remainder of the Spring Season and discuss this at
our next meeting.
(This has been agreed upon by the Exec Committee.)

If we do not table the issue one option would include reverting back to
the 2000 constitution, in essence eliminating the clubs from our State
race and/or including them in our State High School race. This would
probably not go over very well.

It has also been suggested that we allow clubs to break down to their High
School teams and race at the State Race as we have in the past. After
discussing this with several coaches and reviewing the USRowing Rules it
would not be in the best interest to all if this practice is allowed to
continue.

I feel that the best thing to do would be to race this spring with the
same guidelines that were followed last year. We will have a Championship
race for High Schools (no novices, only Frosh boats) and a Championship
Youth Race that includes the Clubs. With the spring season upon us and
being the host State for the SRAA Race we should focus on fast racing and
put the politics aside.

The Exec Committee can deal with individual problems as they arise and
hopefully solve them to everyone’s satisfaction.

Please feel free to contact me or any other member of the Exec Committee if
you have any further questions.

Sincerely,

Tom