Cruising Calendar Cruising club calendars and organised events should be communicated to members. Jim Putt & Dick Newnham who are regular cruisers should forward this information to Simon Torvaldsen to communicate to members. Resources include: • Jim Putt reminded members of the Quindalup Cruise in February (3wks). • Fremantle Sailing Club cruising calendar: http://www.fsc.com.au/sections/cruising • Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club cruising calendar. Ø It was identified that the Saturday 14/03/2015 before the Commodores Perpetual Trophy Race is another potential cruising opportunity for the association. It was resolved that the committee would work on options and communicate to members. Commodores Perpetual Trophy Race The 2015 event was a great success despite some anxiety getting enough boats and Commodores, it all came together on the day. Results are posted on the website. Next year’s race is on 13/03/2016. The following items were discussed: Ø Sub-committee should be set-up to assist in organising the race with the FSC sailing office. Ø It was noted that the race is a FSC race and as such the running of the race and invitees is a FSC responsibility, the Association role is to provide suitable boats. However, the Association view if our opinion is requested is to run the race similarly to last year with Commodore or flag officer representative. Jim Putt suggested any club member coulod represent a Commodore, but the majority opinion was that tom preserve the standing of the event that any representative should have flag officer status. Ø It was agreed to continue the policy of aiming for too many boats rather than too few, with an Association pennant to being awarded to the winning boat in the event that no Commodore was on board.
8. Other Business	Ø Jim Putt put a proposal to the meeting that “the S&S 34 Association support young sailors as follows: • Annually an award be given to the most consistent junior helmsman and crew of a dinghy for their continued involvement in sailing • The youngsters be members of either Maylands or Shelley Yacht Clubs or alternative clubs as the Association may consider from time to time. • The award be a donation of money • Annually either the Saturday preceding the commodore’s Cup OR the Saturday following the Commodores Cup, S&S34 Association members and yachts take junior members from either Maylands or Shelley yacht Clubs for a sail in Cockburn Sound concluding with a light dinner at FSC. As Jim had to sail he left the meeting early with a request for these points to be considered in due course. The meeting resolved to put these proposals on the Agenda for the next Committee meeting. Simon Torvaldsen pointed out that the Association had already made a commitment to Chris Goldacre at RPYC for the Association to provide a trophy for the junior sailor with the best participation record. Ø Rob Elliott-Lockhart – to follow up on Association T shirts. Costings – 20 would cost approximately $600, including embroidery. If the order was for 100 shirts the cost per item would come down. Ø Attendees thanked the outgoing Committee, especially Caroline Michelides for her service as Treasurer.
9. Closure	There being no further business the meeting closed at 1pm.