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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This email is firstly to mention some upcoming
events and secondly to outline some developments which mostly the committee is
aware of </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>(like </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>what we are planning to spend money on). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Drinks this Thursday:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Its time for sailing club end of semester drinks
this</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2> Thursday (3rd June) 8pm at the Uni
Bar! The plan is to have a few drinks at uni followed by a fairly
quite night out. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>If your interested give me an
email or a text </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>(0404 292 691). If you can't
make it to the uni bar but want to meet us after I can give you a text when we
decide where to go.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Something I would like to point out is that
some people have the impression that the Sailing club is run by
a group of close friends. This couldn't be further from the truth and some
of the most active members (including committee members) only just joined. If
you turn up to a couple of social events this will become obvious and you will
quickly get to know a lot of people.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Other Upcoming Events:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- For anybody who is interested (which is
probably nobody due to exams) the Brass Monkey regatta is on again at Gosford on
the June Long Weekend. When it hasn't clashed with exams it has always been
an excellent winter regatta.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Todd Loydell is trying to arrange for a
small group to crew on a Yacht in the Cruising Yacht Club of
Australia Winter Series. This would be an excellent chance for members to
sail on Syndey Harbour in a large yacht out of a famous Yacht
club (the organisers of the Sydney to Hobart). While naturally positions will be
prioritised on skill given that it involves 6 weekends in Sydney it is
likely that most weeks Todd will need an extra crew or two of any
standard to beef up the numbers.</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Melbourne University will be hosting a teams
racing competition in Semester 2. I suspect that like most uni sailing
events it will be open to everyone regardless of skill and the social events
will be just as important as the racing. I think the last event in Melbourne was
in 1998 so it will be a good chance to sail/party somewhere totally
different.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- We are planing to host Mini IV in Semester 2.
This will give us a chance to defend our win at Uni Champs last year and of
course the social events will be bigger than the sailing. Hopefully this year
ANU can bring home the Fish for the first time in many years by
winning the drinking competitions!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Committee Developments</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For those interested in knowing a bit more
about the club below I have outlined some issues that mostly only
the committee are aware of. Members who want to know a bit more are welcome to
come to the next committee meeting (this Thursday 3rd June 7pm at Sullivans
Cafe) or add themselves to the committee email list <A
href="http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/admin/sailingclub2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/admin/sailingclub2</FONT></A> .
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>What we want to spend money
on:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The committee has discussed what our limited money
is best spent on and this is the discussion in a nutshell. The
overall plan is to consolidate into the university classes (Lasars,
Tasars and Sharpies) with a couple of other vessels such as windsurfers
and cats to ensure we have something for everybody. The priority at the
moment is general use / training boats because they are the boats which are
receiving the most use. In prioritising toward general use boats we are
trying to tailor the clubs spending to the needs of members. This is all
flexible and if there is an increase in the number of active racing sailors,
windsurfers or trailer sailor enthusiasts the priorities would
change.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What we plan to spend money on...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- First priority is a trailer which can take
multiple boats inorder to simplify regattas and coast trips.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Second priority is improving the Lasers
by replacing the oldest with newer boats.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Getting Laser radial rigs which make it easier
for lighter/ less experienced people to sail and women to compete in
regattas.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Replacing Hobie 16 with 2 x smaller catamarans
(Hobie Wave or 14") which are better for general use, training and
trips away.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What we don't plan to spend money on
(or spend less on)...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Windsurfers. This is just because
we spent a lot in recent years and currently have 5 working.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Trailer Sailor (Yacht). The old trailer sailor
didn't get enough use and was to much of a maintainance burden to justify
replacing it</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Racing boats. Given that the general use Lasers
and Tasars are getting many times more use than the racing
boats they are the priority.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>All members are encouraged
to organise events:</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject to commonsense safety any member who
wants to organise an event (sailing or social) is encouraged to do so!
Simply contact a committee member like myself or Grant Warner. We will assist
you by getting you a key and enabling you to advertise your event by
posting to the club email list.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>An example of this is Ben Jeffares organising
Winter Series sailing. Ben only recently did a beginners course and
so </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>if he can organise a sailing session so
can you! Any ideas that you want to organise from as simple as meeting for
drinks to entering a regatta in Queensland just let us
know.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Non-Member Boat Use</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The University is cracking down non-student / SRA
member </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>use of SRA resources. The ANU line is
that SRA sporting facilities are only to be used by Students / SRA members
because students paid for the facilities with their GSF. This affects
the Sailing Club because we have always allowed members to take friends
with no relation to the ANU sailing. This is not going to change and the Sailing
Club wants to encourage members to take their friends sailing. However in line
with ANU policy the Sailing Club is going to place a fee
of $10 on taking friends sailing who are not ANU student or SRA
member. The will be a fee of around $2 for taking ANU students / SRA
members who are not sailing club members sailing.</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>
</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Boats in the
Clubhouse</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If any current members own or know somebody who
owns the old boats in the boatshed contact Boatshed Officer Toen Castle
( <A href="mailto:toen_castle@yahoo.com">toen_castle@yahoo.com</A> ).
The old unclaimed boats will be sold or dumped.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>cheers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Garrick Larkin</FONT></DIV>
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