The 2021 Annual meeting will be held online according to below schedule and agenda.
Location: via On-Line Meeting
Date: Thursday, November 4, 2021
| Time | East | Central | Mountain | Pacific | Hawaii |
| Start | 8:00 pm | 7:00 pm | 6:00 pm | 5:00 pm | 2:00 pm |
| End | 9:30 pm | 8:30 pm | 7:30 pm | 6:30 pm | 3:30 pm |
To Join On-Line Meeting: To be provide week before the meeting
Agenda:
- Quorum Requirements for Internet Meeting
- Quorum = 20% of class members as of meeting date
- USF18 Class Update
- Membership Report
- USF18 Google Group Membership
- Financial Report
- Secretary Report
- Measurer Report
- Open for Nominations for 2022 Officers
- Elections to be conducted by on-line ballot start mid-November to have new officers in December
- President
- Staff Vice President – per by laws previous President appointed to position – Todd Riccardi
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Chief Measurer – Trey Sunderland
- Future Regattas
- 2022 US Sailing Multihull Championship (Alter Cup)
- May 2022 Worrell 1000
- October 2022 World Championships – Clearwater Florida
- Status for publishing NOR
- 2023 Worlds – to be voted on in Dec 2021 – most likely Travemunde, Germany second half of July
- USF18 Class Rule Changes
- Update on proposed rule changes to be voted on in December
- Any desired rule changes from US?
- Discussion Items:
- Priorities for funding for 2022 budget
- 501 (C)(3) application
- Website update
- USF18 Website
- Confirm Area Representatives:
- Eastern: TBD
- Northern: CRAM or CRAW Fleet Captain
- Southern: Dick MacDonald
- Western North: Ken Marshack
- Western South: TBD
- Mid-West: Need new representative
- Brief Area Representatives Report:
- New focus on area representatives by having them log into monthly board meetings
- Eastern:
- Northern: Fleet Captain for CRAM or CRAW alternating years
- Southern:
- Western: Nick Kofski
- Mid-West: Anyone to report?
- Report on:
- How many boats? New boats? Boats lost?
- How many events? Avg number of boats attending?
- #1 thing you’re doing to grow the fleet
- New or other business
- Open to the floor