Hi Chris,

All sounds great and I'm keen to be involved.

I can't make it this Saturday evening though. Could you possibly delay
the meeting to Sat 27th? I'm free then and could join you for racing at
Dobroyd followed by the meeting.

Cheers,
Roger.

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> Morning all!
>
> DAC is racing on Saturdays and we're trying to get more Wallies - see
> you there at 2 pm. Everyone welcome from beginners to experienced
> sailors.
>
> Thanks to Tim, Lloydie and Roger for their dates; a national calendar
> is just about ready.
>
> Up here in NSW, we need to get an association going. The YA insurance
> that sailing club members hold does not cover third-party liability.
> At the moment if anyone who is not insured with the Aust Windsurfing
> Association runs over a kid in the shallows, the race organisers
> could be liable, and I've had enough of having my house on the line
> even though the chances of anything going wrong are minute. Without
> an association we also have no cash and no structure. With an
> association, if we pay $150 to a state windsurfing association we can
> become an affiliated class and then everyone can get cheap public
> liability insurance through the Australian Windsurfing Association
> scheme ($18 per person p.a).
>
> These days, it's not worth having an incorporated body and the AWA
> does not require one. I think we if we do it right, we can also use
> their corporate identity as a bit of a hidey-hole if some legal
> problems such as abrogation arise, too. In the future we can also use
> YA insurance for the class officers, too, but at the moment they can
> be covered by the AWA's insurance.
>
> So I've prepared a constitution (attached, with comments in italics).
> It doesn't seem sensible to restrict to NSW and the AWA president
> wants it to be national, so it's out there for comments from other
> states. An association could be a big help in the smaller states like
> SA, too. The structure I've designed needs work but it's designed to
> make sure that it's a democratic class.
>
> The plan at the moment is to have a meeting, possibly this Saturday
> afternoon, to form the association. It may be a bit later but it
> would be good to get it up and running before the season gets too old
> and like the calendar, it was something I've not had time to get
> around to earlier, because of issues like a new job.
>
> As you'll see, cost for people who just want to sail in a local fleet
> or do one regatta is minimal - $20 to make sure that you are covered
> if your rig blows away and hits someone, etc.
>
> So.....please provide any feedback and indicate your opinion. Please
> put yourself forward if you are interested in a position; we'll hold
> meetings with Skype or something.
>
> For those in NSW, is a meeting at our place in Leichhardt on Saturday
> evening okay? Any preferred options?
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