Combined Comet Class Association (CCCA)

Annual General Meeting

Cotswold S.C.

Saturday 28May 2016asap after last race (but not before 17:00)

Chairman David Talbot

Agenda

All who wish to vote at this AGM must be members of the Association.

1Apologies

2Acceptance of last AGM minutes (published on the CCCA website)

3Reports:

  1. Association officers:
  2. Treasurer: (Bill Gott)
  3. Secretary: (Bob Horlock)
  4. Chairman: (David Talbot)
  5. Builder’s
  6. Versa, Zero and Duo (Andy Simmons)
  7. Trio (Glyn Rawson)

4Adoption of Accounts

5Proposed Changes to the Constitution

  1. Para 3edelete ‘ built by Andrew Simmons and Comet Dinghies and made in accordance with his drawings and specifications and’
  2. Para 7a first line delete ‘pace’ insert ‘place’
  3. Schedule 1 Comet Trio Licence holder delete Comet Dinghies insert Peak Dinghies Spare Ltd
  4. Schedule 1 Insert Comet Duo, Designer Andrew Simmons, Copyright Holder Andrew Simmons, Licence Holder Comet Dinghies

6Proposed Changes to Class Rules

  1. Comet Trio,
  2. Para 2 Protection of One Design
  3. Para 2a
  4. Delete ‘Only Comet Dinghies and holders of a valid licence from Mr A M Simmons shall be entitled to build Comet Trio sailing dinghies.’
  5. Insert ‘Only Peak Dinghies Spares Ltd and holders of a valid licence from Mr P Morrison shall be entitled to build Comet Trio sailing dinghies.’
  6. Para 2b
  7. Delete ‘Mr A M Simmons’
  8. Insert ‘Mr P Morrison’
  9. Para 2c
  10. Delete ‘Comet Dinghies’
  11. Insert ‘Peak Dinghies Spares Ltd’
  12. Para 17b
  13. Delete‘The Comet Trio will race on handicap with two different Portsmouth yardstick ratings reflecting performance as a two sail dinghy or three sail with spinnaker.’
  14. Insert‘In handicap racing only,the Comet Trio may race on two different Portsmouth yardstick ratings reflecting performance as a two sail dinghy or three sail with spinnaker.’
  15. Insert:
  16. 17c The Yardstick for the Comet Trio when sailed without spinnaker shall be 2.95% higher than the yardstick for the Comet Trio as a three sail boat with spinnaker. Such that if the Portsmouth Yardstick is 1086. The yardstick without spinnaker becomes 1118.
  17. 17d The factor by which the yardstick is increased to reflect its performance as a two sail dinghy may be varied from time to time by the class association, but only in response to numerical evidence of the boat’s performance in the two configurations.

7Election of officers and committee:

  1. Chairman (David Talbot)
  2. Secretary (Bob Horlock)
  3. Cruising Secretary ( Bob Presley)
  4. Treasurer (Vacant)
  5. Newsletter(Vacant)
  6. Versa Captain ( John Sturgeon)
  7. Duo Captain ( Stephen Linton)
  8. Webmaster ( Steve Ashford)

8Venues for Inlands, National Championships, and Open meetings for 2017.

  1. Inlands Proposal to share the Inlands with the Comet single handers at Burghfield : 29th April, 30th April, 1st May 2017.
  2. Nationals Proposal to stage this again at Exe SC August 2017.
  3. Open Meetings Shustoke, other offers?