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2007 Annual Report TABLE OF CONTENTS Administration: Directors and Officers ………………………………………………. 2 President’s and Executive Director’s Reports …………………… 4-5 Treasurer’s Report ………………………………………………….. 6 Fundraising Committee Report…………………………………... 6-7 Appeals Committee Report……………………………………. 8 Judges Certification Committee Report………………………… 9 Ontario Sailing Membership Report…………………………. 9-15 Auditor’s Report …………………………………………………….. See Website Annual General Meeting Minutes ………………………………… 16-19 Recreation: Learn to Cruise/Power Committee Report ………………………. 21 Able Sail Report ……………………………………………………… 22-23 Women Sailors’ Association Report ……………………………….. 24 Learn to Sail Committee Report………………………………….. 25 BOOM Report………………... ……………………………………… 26-27 Competition: Race Management Committee Report …………………………….. 29 Athlete Development Committee Report …………………………. 30-31 Regatta Management Committee Report.………………………….. 32 Awards Report ………………………………………………………… 33 Record of Ontario Sailing Trophy Recipients………………………. 34-35 Honour Roll—Past Presidents …………………………………………………. 36 Individual Donor Campaign Report………………………………………………... 37 Corporate Sponsors …………………………………………………………….. 38 *Please see our website, www.OntarioSailing.ca, for our full Annual Report ONTARIO SAILING OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS - 2007 President Todd Irving Vice President / Treasurer Erin Sinyard Vice President / Secretary Tim Bishop Vice President - Recreation Bernie Luttmer (Sr.) Vice President - Training Kim (Case) Foley Vice President Craig Pattinson Past President Jim Dike Director Tom Babcock Director Keith Hobbs Director David Lewis Director Mary Neumann Director Christine Searle Director Claudette Searle Director Donna Scott Director Cam Watt Director Sarah Urquhart Executive Director Glenn Lethbridge 888-672-7245 ex. 224 Program Director Eric Cartlidge 888-672-7245 ex. 226 Program Assistant Eryn Sullivan 888-672-7245 ex. 227 Administrative Assistant Shauna Cartlidge/ Brenda Ferguson 888-672-7245 ex. 221 Bookkeeper/Sales Margaret Mummery 888-672-7245 ex. 223 Article 3-Objects of the Association The objects of the Association shall be generally to foster interest in sailing and to promote and encourage proficiency in the sport, particularly among young people in the Province of Ontario to promote sailboat racing events and to encourage the de- velopment of skills in sailboat handling and seamanship. Ontario Sailing Vision Statement To be highly regarded in the sailing and boating community as a central resource that exists to foster an interest in safe sailing and boating through a partnership with our member clubs, sailing schools, camps, and class associations – a federation. 2 ADMINISTRATION Al Will (bottom row, far right) & Family. Retired as Executive Director in March, 2007 after 12 years. Board Members Craig Pattinson & Eryn Sinyard along Glenn Lethbridge & Brenda Ferguson accepting with OST Member Joanne Prokop at Celebration of Ontario Sailing’s portion of the proceeds from Sailing 2007 Boating For Children’s Charities 2007 for the Able Sail Program. 3 PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT From Todd Irving, President and Glenn Lethbridge, Executive Director Ontario Sailing has once again had a very busy year this year with a substantial amount of staff transi- tion, an increase of program capacity and the introduction of a new membership program. The Board of Directors and the Staff at Ontario Sailing have worked extremely hard to continue to serve the mem- ber clubs, schools and camps of Ontario and make sure that all of their needs are looked after. Below are just a few highlights from different aspects from the 2007 season at Ontario Sailing. Staff In March of this year Al Will retired from his position of Executive Director of the association after 12 years of service. The Ontario Sailing staff and Board of Directors welcomed Glenn Lethbridge to the position of Executive Director. Glenn’s experience at Buffalo Canoe Club as the General Manger and his role in running Harbour West Sailing School will be a great asset to Ontario Sailing for years to come. Also in March of 2007, Ontario Sailing hired a Program Assistant, Eryn Sullivan to aid our Program Direc- tor in administering the Instructor Development, Officials Training, and the Training Membership pro- grams. Eryn’s experience in running LTS programs at member clubs and her Instructor Evaluator experi- ence will be a great asset to Ontario Sailing’s staff team. Eric Cartlidge, Program Director, continues to run quality programs and has taken on new areas of pro- gramming this past year, including Instructor Development. Under his direction, the BOOM Program grew substantially in 2007. See the BOOM Program report for further information. Eric has been invalu- able in the transition and training of the new staff! Shauna Cartlidge gave birth to Rachel Cartlidge on July 27th, 2007. Mom, Dad, and baby are all doing great! To cover Shauna’s responsibilities while she is on maternity leave Ontario Sailing hired Brenda Ferguson. Brenda comes to us with a great deal of experience in office administration and organiza- tion. Amy Goman, the Ontario Sailing Provincial Coach, has left Ontario Sailing after almost 4 years of em- ployment to pursue other coaching opportunities. Her coaching talents and her skills organizing the Ontario Sailing Team will be missed. Margaret Mummery continues to offer the best customer service to our clubs and instructors with book orders and registrations. Margaret has helped very much in the transition and training of all the new staff including the Executive Director! BOOM Program The Ontario Sailing BOOM Program has had another outstanding year. With a lot of help from the On- tario Trillium Foundation, Fogh Marine and Vanguard Sailboats, the BOOM Program trained over 650 participants and visited 28 different sites. A record for both! We look forward to continuing the success of the program far into the future. Accessible Sailing Ontario Sailing is proud to report that there are 20 Accessible Sailing Programs across Ontario who facili- tate sailing opportunities for people with disabilities. In addition, a number of our member clubs are making modifications to their club facilities in order to make their clubs more accessible. The Access BOOM program once again a had a very successful year running 6 weeks of programming and training 60+ sailors. Instructor Development This year Ontario Sailing teamed up with 14 different member clubs and schools to help run the instruc- tor development programs. Welcoming 3 new Instructor Evaluators to the ranks, Ontario Sailing ran a very effective instructor development program this year training over 300 candidates in a variety of clinics. The break down is as follows: 4 PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT (cont’d) From Todd Irving, President and Glenn Lethbridge, Executive Director Course # of Participants Trained Green (Level 1) 116 Blue (Level 2) 56 Red 22 Learn-To-Race 5 Windsurfing Instructor 13 Basic Cruising Instructor 20 Basic Power Instructors 5 Intermediate Cruising Instructors 3 Advanced Cruising Instructors 1 Prerequisite Course weekend 66 (First Aid, Boat Rescue, PCOC) Skills weekends 10 Total 317 Racing The Youth Worlds, the Youth Nationals, the National Qualifiers and the Inaugural World Access Champi- onship were all held in Ontario which allowed many Ontario able-bodied and accessible sailors to par- ticipate in highly competitive regattas. Ontario Sailing had some great highlights on the racing scene this year. They include: Ontario Sailing initiated a Provincial racing series to determine the best sailors and best race teams in Ontario Robert Davis, an Ontario Sailing Team member, placed 14th in the Volvo Youth Worlds in the Laser Class, and 3rd in the Youth Nationals. Robert also qualified for next years’ Youth World’s being held in Denmark. Peter Soosalu and his partner Nicholas Kroeger place 21st at the Volvo Youth Worlds in the 29er Class and Alanna Foscarini and her partner Alison Ludzki placed 13th at the Volvo Youth Worlds in the 29er Class 3 accessible sailors from the Ontario Sailing Team competed in the IFDS World Championships held in Rochester, New York putting together some impressive results. The Ontario Quest for Gold Lottery was able to fund 8 able-bodied sailors and 2 accessible sailors with approximately $8,000 each to allow the athletes to afford the travel, accommodations fees of a sailing season Ontario Sailing looks on building on the accomplishments of 2007 into 2008 and far in to the future with improved service in our programs, improved access to coaching and training for our athletes, im- proved services to our members and better promotion of the sport of sailing to all populations in On- tario and in Canada. Joining CYA On behalf of our member Clubs, Board of Directors and Staff may we thank Todd Irving and Kim Foley for all their dedication and leadership to Ontario Sailing over the past years. Both Todd and Kim have joined the Board of Directors at CYA and will be serving the sailors of Canada in this very important role. Todd has served as President of Ontario Sailing for three years, and before that as Vice President. Todd has brought his leadership and love of sailing to his role helping us to rebrand Ontario Sailing and launch three new websites. Kim has served Ontario Sailing on the Instructor Development portfolio. Kim has been a valued voice in helping focus our Instructor programs while preparing for the change to CBET. Thanks Todd and Kim! 5 TREASURER’S REPORT From Erin Sinyard, Treasurer The year ended
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