Executive Meeting Minutes March 25, 2025

Executive Meeting

March 25, 2025

Present: Warren Duckworth, Aaron Holland, Paul Cone, Lloyd Kitchin, Bob White, and Nicole Shedden (non-voting member)

Treasurer: Sarah Paisley

Secretary: Dianne Duckworth

RVP and DG: Marty Parisien

Meeting called to order: 8:02 PM

• January meeting minutes: Motioned and approved with edits
• Secretary’s Report: Dianne Duckworth
  1. 2025 January Membership:313, February Membership 380 (2024 February 351 memberships)
  2. Will create a monthly by year (2021-Present) on membership numbers for next meeting
• Treasurer’s Report: Sarah Paisley-No Report
• First VP’s Report: Aaron Holland reported by Warren Duckworth, President
  1. NATIONALS
     1. Sandusky- Planning meeting last Wednesday. It was reported that the TCA loan has been paid back in full; check to Class has not been cashed. I’m still not sure why this has been paid off instead of using it to pay for RaceSense but is a moot issue with the proposal below. Worth noting, they reported their new break-even point is 50 boats.
  2. Vakaros
     1. John Howell and Jesse Shedden to work out deliverables and contract language for Vakaros. It was recommended that TCA hold the contract with Vakaros not the yacht clubs or members.
     2. They tried to get Sandusky to agree to a fixed price but so far, they have been unwilling. Idea is for Sandusky to pay TCA a fixed amount ($2000? Update from Jesse) and TCA G&P will cover the rest. Should be like previous agreement ($4000 from G&P, 2K to Photo, 2K to RaceSense)
  3. Future Nationals
     1. 2026 Eugene Nationals
        • Connecting with Marty re: Eugene Nationals ○ Need to pick NRC
        • Mark Foster has agreed to be PRO
     2. 2027 Nationals- Talked with Craig about North Cape, no progress there but trying again soon

• 2028 Nationals -Talked with Howard Mendlovitz about Blackbeard NC for a possible 2028. National’s. He sounds hopeful but is still putting out feelers. If he is successful with his plan, it will be an exceptional event.

1. Site Selection Committee

1. MWE
   1. Need to form a volunteer list
   2. Thanks to Bill Crawford who provided social media and photography for the event. We have access to and free use of all content.

• 2026 Pensacola, narrowing down the dates, exploring shorter events

• Second VP’s Report: Paul Cone
  1. Met with a boat builder in the PNW
  2. Bagpipe deadline is APRIL 1, 2025- National Article is ready to go/Coral Reef advertisement
  3. Continuing discussions about improving Bagpipe and website cross-pollination.  Updating website to fix broken content and add new.
• Third VP’s Report: Lloyd Kitchin
  1. Planning to talk with Matt Fisher about Boat Grant Program
  2. Working on U26 participates from MWW and MWE
  3. Planning a BP article for what has worked for the growth of fleet 36.
  4. Looking for U26 official reimbursement plan document to be published on website and in BP
• Chief Measurer: Bob White
  1. Working on compiling a list of things to be measured at the 2025 National’s
• Past President’s Report: Nicole Shedden
  1. Mini hubcaps for Nationals top 5
     1. Got mold from Larry Liggett; thanks to Mike McBride and Warren.
     2. Connected Metalcraft Solutions and Warren and Dianne via email to do mold pass-off. Told him we can also get him a plaque since I brought one home after Christmas from Larry.

• Will need to ask the top 5s from the past decade (plus) if they’d like to buy one – and decide what we want to charge.

1. Sailmaker educational webinars: Paul and I met to discuss how we could fit this into a bigger offering to meet what North Sails is looking for.

• President Report: Warren Duckworth – None
• Old Business
  1. KEMP document no updates
  2. Financial proposal document being updated with some more ideas after the Governing Board Meeting. Document is live and ExCom has access.
  3. Coach TCA rebrand: Talking with Stan Smith and Jerry Pignolet for help on crafting project charter.
  4. Key Event Management Plan: Documents are under peer review.
  5. NRC Documents: still working to get documents from other members
  6. When posting Key Event on website it needs to TCA branded and watermarked
• New Business: None
• Next ExCom Meeting: Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at 8:00 PM (ET)
• Adjourned 9:33 PM (EST)