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ONTARIO SAILING ANNUAL REPORT 2005 ONTARIO ONTARIO SAILING OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS - 2005 President Todd Irving Vice President - Fundraising Erin Sinyard Vice President - Marketing/Secretary Tim Bishop Vice President - Recreation Bernie Luttmer (Sr) Vice President – Training Kim Case Treasurer Ivan Lavine Past President Jim Dike Director Susan Irving Director Clive Barry Director Keith Hobbs Director David Lewis Director Al Ouellette Director Craig Pattinson Director Michael Rustom Director Christine Searle Executive Director Al Will 888-672-7245 ex. 224 Program Director Amy Goman 888-672-7245 ex. 227 Program Director Eric Cartlidge 888-672-7245 ex. 226 Communications Coordinator Rebecca Benson 888-672-7245 ex. 222 Secretary Shauna Cartlidge 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 profi- ciency in the sport, particularly among young people in the Province of Ontario to promote sailboat racing events and to encourage the development 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 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Administration: Directors and Officers ………………………………………………. 2 President’s and Executive Director’s Reports …………………… 5-6 Treasurer’s Report ………………………………………………….. 6 Ontario Sailing Membership Report……………………………….. 7 Zone 1……………………………………………………… 7 Zone 2………………………………………………………. 7 Zone 3………………………………………………………. 8 Zone 4………………………………………………………. 9 Zone 5………………………………………………………. 9 Zone 6………………………………………………………. 10 Zone 7………………………………………………………. 10 Camps………………………………………………………. 11 Appeals Committee Report…………………………………………. 12 Marketing Committee Report ……………………………………… 12 Judges Certification Committee Report ………………………….. 13 Fundraising Committee Report…………………………. ………… 14 Auditor’s Report ……………………………………………………..SEE WEBSITE Annual General Meeting Minutes ………………………………… 15 Recreation: Learn-to-Sail Committee Report …………………………………... 10 Learn-To-Cruise & Power Report ………………………………… . 11 BOOM Report ………………………………………………………… 12-13 Women Sailors’ Association Report ……………………………… . 13 Safe Sailing in Camps Report ……………………………………… 14-15 Able Sail Report ……………………………………………………… 15 Competition: Athlete Development Committee Report …………………………… 17 Windsurfing Committee Report ……………………………………… 18 Race Management Committee Report .…………………………….. 19 Awards Report ………………………………………………………… 20 Record of Ontario Sailing Trophy Recipients………………………. 20-21 Ontario Sailing Zone 5 Report ………………………………………………….. 22 Honour Roll—Past Presidents …………………………………………………. 23 Corporate Members ……………………………………………………………... 24 Corporate Sponsors …………………………………………………………….. 26 *Please see our website, www.OntarioSailing.ca, for our full Annual Report 3 ADMINISTRATION Todd Irving, President Ontario Sailing Photo: 2004 J24 World’s Al Will, Executive Director & Jenny McEwen-Hill, Vice- Commodore for RHYC receiving grant from Kate Bursey, Ontario Trillium Foundation. 4 PRESIDENT and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT By Todd Irving and Al Will, Executive Director OntarioSailing.ca The launch of our new logo and move to a more intuitive name of Ontario Sailing from OSA has progressed well. In order to keep our homepage fresh we set targets for updates twice a week on Mondays & Thursdays. Most weeks we have hit our targets. On-line Registration Our on-line registration for Instructor Development Programs was launched in Spring 2005 and ran smoothly. More onus is put on candidates in terms of pre-requisites with all information hosted on our website. A successful registrant auto- matically has the detailed confirmation package e-mailed to them. On-line registration for regattas was implemented in June, un- fortunately too late to get a lot of buy-in particularly from host clubs. A lot of work is being done to get host club buy-in before we assign Ontario Sailing title events. We are currently developing LearnToSail.ca to be launched at the January Boat Show, and we will announce CrewBank.ca at the sale time for a Launch in April 2006. BOOM, Access BOOM and Safe Sailing In Camps Mobiles: 2005 was another busy summer across the Province plus a trip for Access BOOM to Cape Breton NS. Although we are always pleased with out safety record with sailors and staff, one of the high- lights of the summer was no accident to vans or trailers, not something we can say most summers! We have completed year three of our Safe Sailing in Camps program. Thank you to Ontario Trillium Foundation and our other sponsors for their support of this program. To date, just under 27,000 participants have gone through the BOOM programs. Our thanks to Eric Cartlidge, Pro- gram Director for his leadership of these programs. Officials Training & Volunteers: A big THANK YOU to all the volunteers that participate on the front line in hosting sailing events. Thanks also to committee members involved with the Appeals Committee, Race Management Committee, Regatta Management and Officials Certification. This year volunteers spent a lot of time updating out Regatta Hosting Package – thank you. Thank you to Committee Chairs & Project leaders: Regatta Chair - Irene McNeill Judges Certification – Lynne Beal Race Management Chair - John Weakley Appeals Committee – Alex McAuley Regatta Hosting – David Lewis Staff Changes: In 2005 we saw Sandra Johnson, Secretary & Database Administrator, Megan Will, Program Director and Alex Himmelman, Program Director all move onto new careers. We welcome new staff in Eric Cartlidge, Program Director, Rebecca Benson, Communications Coordinator and Shauna Cartlidge as Secretary and Fund Raising Assistant to our staff team. Barb Ar- seneault was on long-term sick leave most of the year. Athlete Development: Our congratulations to all of the sailors that participated in Ontario Sailing events, and especially our top sailors who represented Ontario Sailing so well at the Canada Summers Games and the CYA Youth Championships. Fundraising & Marketing Committees: To bring focus to both of these important mandates we found a format of back-to-back com- mittee meetings that worked well in 2005. Thank you to the Committee Chairs Erin Sinyard, Fundraising & Tim Bishop, Marketing for their leadership and thanks to all the volunteers involved. Financial Support: in 2005 a new Ministry was created and our major funders is now the Ministry of Health Promotion. How we apply for grants has changed and been divided into more categories but we continue to receives great support from our Provincial Government. Thanks to Scott Copper our Sport Consultant for being so helpful. Sailing is ranked 4th sport overall out of some 54 funded sports. Canadian Yachting Association: Todd joined the Board of Directors of CYA representing Ontario Sailing this year. Ontario Sailing Past Presidents continue to play major roles at CYA. David Sprague Chaired the Nominating Committee and is a member of ISAF. Ron Kobrick, is VP-Racing and Jim Dike is VP-Administration. Michael Vollmer is a Director responsible for Government Relations. CYA welcomed Tim Brown as their new Executive Director in October. Al was involved in two days of training with CYA on their Long Term Athlete Development Model, and worked with Tim Brown on securing a new sponsorship for CYA with Mercury Marine. Representing our Members: Todd gave leadership to gathering keelboat regatta organizers to start a coordinated regatta sched- ule. Todd also represents Ontario Sailing on the Council of Commodores, as well as being very involved in the J24 Canadian Class Association as President. This past year Jim Dike, Past President represented our members with his work of the Recrea- tional Boating and Tourism Technical Working Group of the Water Levels Study for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River, a project of the International Joint Commission (IJC). Al did similar duty as a member of the Public Interest Advisory Group and the liaison to the Recreational Boating technical working group. The changes in staff at Ontario Sailing forced Al to stay a little closer to home and retired from the following positions: Chair of the Ontario Recreational Boating Advisory Council to Transport Canada, Ontario representative to the National Recreational Boating Advisory Council, Secretary of the Canadian Safe Boating Council, Transport Canada review task force of the Safe Boating Guide, and in January 2006 will retire as an Advisor of the Ontario Boating Forum. Al continues to be involved with the Georgian Bay Biosphere, Community AIR, PRO/SAO Sport Volunteer Project, and the CYA Website Advisory Committee. Roger Shaw, Ivan Lavine and Brian Knoll also represent us on various committees concerning the Toronto Waterfront, Waterfront Planning, The Toronto Port Authority and City Centre Airport. 5 PRESIDENT and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT (cont’d) Retiring Directors and Volunteers: Alex McAuley: Alex will step down as Chair of the Appeals Committee at this AGM. Alex’s name appears in Ontario Sailing Annual Reports back in 1986 and consistently throughout the 19 years. Some years with Judges Certification, some years linked to Ap- peals and many years in both places. Our reports do not track the hundreds of events that he has served at throughout the world. Although stepping down as Chair,