Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022
| 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 |
Location: via On-Line Meeting
To Join On-Line Meeting: Will be provided the day before the meeting
Agenda:
- Quorum Requirements for Internet Meeting
- Quorum = 20% of class members as of meeting date
- USF18 Class Update
- Key Accomplishments in 2022
- 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 starting mid-Nov 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
- Future Regattas
- 2023 North American Championships
- 2024 Americas Championships
- Future F18 World Championships
- Fleet World Championships
- Raid World Championships
- Discussion Items:
- Commence solicitation of donations utilizing 501(c)(3) status
- Priorities for funding for 2023 budget
- Maintenance of USF18 Website
- USF18 Class Rule Changes
- Results from vote on crew compensation weight rule change
- Results from vote whether to allow GPS-devices
- Update on proposed rule changes to be voted on in December
- Any desired rule changes from US?
- Confirm Area Representatives:
- Eastern: Tripp Burd
- Northern: CRAM – Paul Krutty
- Northern: CRAW – Daniel Hearn
- Southern: Nick Lovisa
- Western North: Ken Marshack
- Western South: Nick Kofski
- Mid-West: Need new representative
- Brief Area Representatives Report:
- 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