February 19, 2015

Re:   Catalina 34 International Association Year 2015 Annual Officers Meeting

Dear Catalina 34 International Association Members, Officers and Board Members;

The Annual Meeting of the Catalina 34 International Association Officers was held via telephone conference call on Monday, February 16, 2015, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 5:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time.  The meeting concluded at 10:15 p.m. EST.

The 2015 International Officers are listed after these meeting notes.  Participants in this teleconference included Paul Erb, Jack Hutteball, John Nixon, Stu Jackson, and Ken Heyman. Rick Allen, Dave Sanner, and participating Past Commodores Lance Jones, Ken Juul, Michael Shaner and Dave Davis were absent.  Ken Juul provided his written observations on the agenda items prior to the meeting.

The meeting was based on the emailed agenda, dated February 3, 2015.

MEETING NOTES

1.   Financial Report & Projections – Treasurer Ken Heyman
a.   Cash is approximately $15.1k up from the $12.7K reported in March of 2014 and $20.7K in March 2013 (as of December 31 the prior year).
b.   Statement and projections accepted as presented.
c.   Motion made and passed to not institute a dividend for 2015 and to look at it every year as a method for keeping the balance to a reasonable amount.
d.   Discussion included consideration of reducing dues.  Downside of that is that Mainsheet costs stay the same and dues reduction could eventually entail raising them later.

2.   Membership – Secretary Stu Jackson
a.   594 members of which 32 are C355s, 562 C34s; down from 2014 figures of 639 members of which 41 are C355s, 588 C34 skippers; up from 2013 figure of 560 members, of which 28 were C355 skippers, 532 C34 skippers.
b.   Mainsheet magazine electronic distribution by PDF; Comments on PDF example  (Please see 2014 Meeting Notes for detailed prior discussion items)
1)   Issues discussed:
a)   Advantages of having both hard copy AND a PDF version is good for when traveling and a record after the hard copy is discarded; avoids having to save hard copies
b)   PDFs may be searchable but only per issue; possibility of merging into longer PDFs for searching; C34 Forum and website is easier to search for information
c)   PDF Distribution & Email Addresses:  John reported that he had emailed the Mainsheet publisher asking about the details of the PDF access as reported in the Spring 2015 Mainsheet issue Editor’s Barque.  It appears that the “distribution model” for an electronic issue has not been completely thought through by the publisher.  In commercial business magazine distribution  models, the publisher is the “gatekeeper” of the accounts and email addresses of the recipients.  In the Catalina/Mainsheet model, the publisher has no responsibility for records of membership and emails; each Association reports membership either by or through Nanosec (Lu Ann Smith), but emails have never been part of that Mainsheet mailing list process.  If PDF distribution was to be done based on the current Association membership mailing list method via Nanosec, it would place a previously non-existent burden on the Association(s) to maintain up-to-date email addresses of members, which in the commercial world is the responsibility of the individual member/subscriber to advise the publisher of their current email addresses and any changes.
d)   PDF Costs:  Agreed that most recent emails from the Mainsheet publisher made it clear that costs would remain the same for either print-only, PDF-only or both.
2)   Presenting Options to Membership:  If C34 IA members inquire, the reality is that the system is still in the works at Mainsheet, we are waiting to hear back from Mainsheet, and will report to membership as soon as possible.

3.   Website:
a.   Tech Notes Online Update
1)   Paul will check again with Dave.  Stu & John will check their files to determine the extent of the work that Roger Blake and Fred Koehlmann had done two years ago on updating the Mainsheet Tech Notes from the original material with John’s help.  Jack reported that he also had original Tech Note files back to when he began as editor in 2009.
b.   List of Website Administrators – Stu will develop and recommend any modifications.
c.   Home Page Editing – deferred, not critical.

4.   National Regatta
a.   Absent any Fleet 1 representation in this particular meeting, the IA will support Fleet 1 if they were to choose to hold a National Regatta.

5.   Fleets
a.   No report, no new activity.

6.   CD-ROM status & updates – Stu – using now discontinued updates from Bob Kuba
a.   Stu will continue to send CDs to new members.  Revisit next year to determine if CDs are still worth sending to new members.

7.   C355
a.   Little change from last year, again.  No technical material has been produced by C355 skippers.  Stu will contact the leaders of the C355 Google group to ask them what direction they envision for their future and report back to the Officers.

8.   Fleet Support
a.   Motion made, seconded and passed to extend Fleet Support for $10 per boat as of April 1st with those fleets that choose not to accept OK, requires a discussion and a motion for renewal every year.

Dear Catalina 34 International Association Members, Officers and Board Members:

February 2015

The 2015 International Officers listed were duly elected by a majority of Fleet Captains and the Past Commodores in accordance with the C34 IA Constitution.

2015 C34 International Association Officers

2015 Officers

2015 Commodore  Paul Erb
2014 Commodore
2013 Vice-Commodore
#1634  Yachta Yachta Yachta
erbsail34@Comcast.net
941-830-8802

2015 Vice-Commodore Rick Allen  (Fleet 1)
2014 Vice-Commodore
#746  Painkiller
sailorick@gmail.com
916-718-3789

2015 Secretary Stu Jackson  (Fleet 1)
1999-2014 Secretary
#224  Aquavite
mraquaq@aol.com
(510) 698-4250

2015 Treasurer Ken Heyman
2007-2014 Treasurer
#535  Wholesailor
kenheyman@msn.com
(847) 422-3371 (cell)

Chief Measurer – position vacant

2015 Mainsheet Editor Jack Hutteball  (Fleet 5)
2009 – 2014 Mainsheet Editor
#1555  Mariah II
JhuttebalL@comcast.net
360-558-4242

2015 Webmaster Dave Sanner (Fleet 1)
2005 to 2015 Webmaster
non-voting
#611  Queimada
sanner@big.net
775-588-6699

2015 Technical Editor  John Nixon
2010 -2014 Technical Editor
# 728  Otra Vez
jmnpe@flash.net
817-341-1219

2014  Associate Technical Editor Ron Hill (Fleet 12) – no longer participating
#788  Apache  (transferred boat to son – 2014)
non-voting
2004 – 2013  Associate Technical Editor
Past Technical Editor & C34 General Overall “Guru”
(540) 891-5297
ronphylhill@comcast.net

PAST COMMODORES

2013 Commodore Lance Jones (Fleet 13)
2011 & 2012 Vice-Commodore
#622  Kitty’s Cat
lance1959@gmail.com
770-330-4010 (cell)

2011 & 2012 Commodore Michael Shaner
2009-2010 Vice-Commodore
#300  Queequeg
michael@augustasteel.com
540-569-0424

2009 & 2010 Commodore Bob Kuba – no longer participating
#1291  (sold in 2013)
rjkuba@hotmail.com
773-327-9331

Dave Davis (Fleet 1)
#707  Wind Dragon
Davis_707@yahoo.com
(650) 948﷓3461

Jon Arck (Fleet 1) – no longer participating
#1346  Tweety Bird  (sold in 2015)
jonarck@kelarc.com
2004 &2005 Commodore
2004 Vice-Commodore
925-683-3997

Bill Jenks – no longer participating
#1484
2003 & 4 Past Commodore
2005 – 2006 Treasurer
Jenks@mashell.com
(360) 832﷓8760

2007 & 2008 Commodore Ken Juul
#1090  Luna Loca
kenandvic@cox.net
757-229-7611

March 25, 2013

Re:   Catalina 34 International Association Year 2014 Annual Officers Meeting

Dear Catalina 34 International Association Members, Officers and Board Members;

The Annual Meeting of the Catalina 34 International Association Officers was held via telephone conference call on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, 5:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time.  The meeting concluded at 9:30 p.m. EST.

The 2014 International Officers are listed after these meeting.  Participants in this teleconference included Paul Erb, Rick Allen, John Nixon, Stu Jackson, Ken Heyman, and Ray Irvine.   Ron Hill, Jack Hutteball, Dave Sanner, and Past Commodores Lance Jones, Ken Juul, Jon Arck, Dave Davis, Bob Kuba, and Michael Shaner were absent.

The meeting was based on the emailed revised agenda, dated March 7, 2014.

MEETING NOTES

1.   Financial Report & Projections – Treasurer Ken Heyman
a.   Cash is approximately $12.7K.  The dividend offered for 2013 was successful in reducing the balance by approximately $7,000 from last year’s $20K balance, as projected.
b.   Statement and projections accepted as presented.
c.   Motion made and passed to discontinue the dividend for 2014 and to look at it every year as a method for keeping the balance to a reasonable amount.

2.   Membership – Secretary Stu Jackson
a.   639 members of which 41 are C355s, 588 C34 skippers, up from last year of 560 members, of which 28 were C355 skippers, 532 C34 skippers.
b.   Mainsheet magazine PDF version now available from Mainsheet via Nanosec
1)   Issues discussed:  PDF is cumbersome compared to newer “magazine style” software; either/or print or PDF is limiting; electronic copies are helpful for storage and retrieval; electronic copies are cumbersome for storage space; C34 material is available on the website; skippers like the hard copy for coffeetable, reading elsewhere without computer/tablet; no preview or evaluation of this new PDF version makes the C34 Association the middleman for an untested product if members do not like the material or presentation; cost savings on actual publication by Mainsheet may not be provided by publisher
2)   To Do:  Paul will talk to Lu Ann at Nanosec to discuss issues including use, passwords, how does it work, costs and future plans for hard copies before we discuss with IA members.

3.   Website:
a.   Tech Notes Online – Stu repeated the work that Roger Blake and Fred Koehlmann had done last year on updating the Mainsheet Tech Notes from the original material with John Nixon’s help.  Those are ready to post on the Tech Notes Online.
b.   A list of Forum/Message Board “Administrators” should be developed.  Fleet Captains or their designated alternates should be administrators of the Message Board Fleet sections.
c.   Redesign work is needed on the Main Home page of the website.
d.   Paul will get in touch with Dave to address these issues.  Stu will forward Dave’s recent email to Paul.  A procedure needs to be developed to forward Tech Notes material from the Tech Editor to the webmaster for posting to Tech Notes Online on a regular basis to keep the TNOs up to date.

4.   National Regatta
a.   None planned for this year.  Ray noted that the San Francisco Cup could be offered as the Regatta.  Reconsider for next year.

5.   Fleets
a.   New Fleet 14 was successfully formed in southeast Florida by Robert Schuldenfrei, Acting Fleet Captain (Esprit du Vent, #422).
b.   Commodore Paul Erb will forward the Fleet Formation package to new Vice Commodore Rick Allen.

6.   CD-ROM status & updates – Stu – using now discontinued updates from Bob Kuba
a.   Last year we agreed that continuity of the CD was valuable and would be a good thing to have on the boat.  New thoughts this year is that wireless communication has largely replaced the use of CDs and that tablets and smart phones cannot employ CDs.
b.   Stu will continue to send CDs to new members.  Revisit next year to determine if CDs are still worth sending to new members.

7.   C355
a.   Little change from last year.  Stu advised that he sends Diane & Ed Walters the C355 roster on a quarterly basis. He noted that he had asked them for technical contributions for Mainsheet to begin to help them create their own identity; they were non-committal, only one C355 skipper seems to have developed enough material and expressed any interest.  No further action required.  Fewer C355 renewals (41 active of 100 boats produced are from new boats).  No need to change Mainsheet masthead to include C355, since no technical material has been produced by C355 skippers.

8.   Maine Sail website support
a.   An IA member wrote to Stu suggesting a one time financial support to this frequent contributor to the message board.  Discussion included:  not an Association member; financial support unwarranted for a volunteer organization, many of our  members contribute as much if not more; sets bad precedent; Maine Sail contributes to many other forums not just ours; contributions should come from individuals not the Association.
b.   Conclusion:  Stu to prepare and post a sticky on the Main Message Board suggesting that individuals who use Maine Sail’s website and value his contributions on our Forum contribute to his website directly.

9.   Fleet Support
a.   Motion made, seconded and passed to extend Fleet Support for $10 per boat as of April 1st with those fleets that choose not to accept OK, requires a discussion and a motion for renewal every year.

* End*

Dear Catalina 34 International Association Members, Officers and Board Members:

February 2014

The 2014 International Officers listed were duly elected by a majority of Fleet Captains and the Past Commodores in accordance with the C34 IA Constitution.

2014 C34 International Association Officers

2014 Officers

2014 Commodore  Paul Erb
2013 Vice-Commodore
#1634  Yachta Yachta Yachta
erbsail34@Comcast.net
941-830-8802

2014 Vice-Commodore Rick Allen
#746  Painkiller
Rick.Allen@dgs.ca.gov
916-718-3789

2014 Secretary Stu Jackson (Fleet 1)
1999-2013 Secretary
#224  Aquavite
mraquaq@aol.com
(510) 698-4250

2014 Treasurer Ken Heyman
2007-2013 Treasurer
#535  Wholesailor
kenheyman@msn.com
(847) 422-3371 (cell)

2014 Chief Measurer Ray Irvine (Fleet 1)
2009 & 2012-2013 Chief Measurer
#1383  Crews Nest
c34irvine1383@comcast.net
408-741-5918

2014 Mainsheet Editor Jack Hutteball  (Fleet 5)
2009 – 2013 Mainsheet Editor
#1555  Mariah II
JhuttebalL@comcast.net
360-558-4242

2014 Webmaster Dave Sanner (Fleet 1)
2005 to 2013 Webmaster
non-voting
#611  Queimada
sanner@big.net
775-588-6699

2014 Technical Editor  John Nixon
2010 -2013 Technical Editor
# 728  Otra Vez
jmnpe@flash.net
817-341-1219

2014  Associate Technical Editor Ron Hill (Fleet 12)
#788  Apache
non-voting
2004 – 2013  Associate Technical Editor
Past Technical Editor & C34 General Overall “Guru”
(540) 891-5297
ronphylhill@comcast.net

PAST COMMODORES

2013 Commodore Lance Jones (Fleet 13)
2011 & 2012 Vice-Commodore
#622  Kitty’s Cat
lance1959@gmail.com
770-330-4010 (cell)

2011 & 2012 Commodore Michael Shaner
2009-2010 Vice-Commodore
#300  Queequeg
michael@augustasteel.com
540-569-0424

2009 & 2010 Commodore Bob Kuba
#1291  (sold in 2013)
kuba3@rcn.com
773-327-9331

Dave Davis (Fleet 1)
#707  Wind Dragon
Davis_707@yahoo.com
(650) 948﷓3461

Jon Arck (Fleet 1)
#1346  Tweety Bird
jonarck@kelarc.com
2004 &2005 Commodore
2004 Vice-Commodore
925-683-3997

Bill Jenks – no longer participating
#1484
2003 & 4 Past Commodore
2005 – 2006 Treasurer
Jenks@mashell.com
(360) 832﷓8760

2007 & 2008 Commodore Ken Juul
#1090  Luna Loca
kenandvic@cox.net
757-229-7611